skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Is there some regulatory reason that everyone does this LED headlight thing now, or is it more about chasing the consumer market?

Are there any new cars that use older technology?
I recall reading about retailers using license plate scanning in their parking lots in the early aughts.

They also pick up the unique IDs from the wireless air pressure monitor chips in your tires.

Even if you don't have an internet-connected car, they're still tracking you from parking lot to parking lot. That information can then be combined with time/date information and your credit/debit card purchase to identify who you are, where you shop, and what you buy.
The question is, which change would be more practical and more realistic. Is there any plausible world where media literacy wouldn’t be an important skill?
Cash transactions outside the platform are prohibited by AirBnb. Report these hosts.
> LEDs can only shine at one brightness, they're either on or off,

This is factually incorrect.

LEDs shine at a range of brightnesses. The amount of light emitted is related to the amount of current flowing through the LED, which you are free to control however you want. The cheapest way to do this is to use something like PWM and monitor the average current flowing through the LEDs. However, you can also just use a constant current source, and adjust it to provide the amount of current that you want.

I don't know where the idea comes from that LEDs are only on or off. There's no basis in fact here, as far as I can tell.
This.

Additionally, many enterprise email security providers doing automated phishing checks that click every link in the email and screen scrape the landing page to verify it's not an attack vector. If your market is the govt, schools, or large enterprises, this is absolutely juicing your CTRs.

Vanity email metrics are incredibly broken right now - the only numbers that mean anything are frictioned conversions like sign-ups, payments, session duration etc.
Could you elaborate on "the way reviews are incentivized". As I understand it, guests review of the host is only visible to the host after the host has also reviewed the guest or a deadline has passed.

Do hosts look at the reviews the guests have left to previous hosts and that incentivizes the guests not to give bad reviews? Or am I missing something?
Great initiative however there's one issue that the problem space is much larger than just MFA/2FA flows for e2e test automation. I have done an extensive research and have experience first hand pain with setting up test processes & maintaining e2e test automation that are reliable. Unfortunately, it is very costly and time consuming, therefore decided to build my own service, https://lastmileqa.com to enable effortless e2e automation for all.
If you have a large channel sure, but they cut off smaller creators a while back with their new monetization requirements.
Bring back the original founders from UIUC instead?
In that case, mission accomplished.
Yup, this is definitely on the table since I just read the headline this morning that VA Gov Youngkin announced his opposition to a bill that would prevent law enforcement from seeking and collecting menstrual cycle data [0].

IOW, the governor of a major state (and the party that likes to tout "small government") is fully onboard with tracking your most intimate health data in order to prosecute people for medical decisions they don't like.

In comparison, use of shopping data to prosecute people will be completely ordinary.

I'd like to see someone get convicted and sue the stores for tracking them without consent.

Everyone thinks surveillance capitalism is only harmful to privacy.

They are wrong — it is literally the enabling technology for a totalitarian state. But sure, by all means, improve your next quarterly profits and nevermind the proto-fascists in the wings drooling over your tools...

[0]https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/02/14/youngkin-...
EBay had the same issue. It's difficult to walk away from all of that cash. Some people are price conscious until they make a decision, then they don't care.

It's unfortunate, as they had a good thing going for a short time.
What is this option? I would like to know more about it.
Finally a blog that doesn’t write a 3 paragraph filler to get to the point.
Emacs.

It provides multiple layers of documentation along multiple dimensions.

Say you're an end-user. Where do you start? Maybe you read the tour on the webpage. Maybe you watch one of the countless videos. The first time you open Emacs, your cursor is on a link to the tutorial. The tutorial is interactive and allows you to save and continue later. The system sets you up for success in learning.

The tutorial leads you to the manual, written in Texinfo which is published in multiple formats. Within Emacs, you can use the info browser (you can access the same from the terminal outside of Emacs) to search and navigate the documentation. All manuals and references are also published to Html (as single page to facilitate searching terms across sections), as well as PDF and bound paper copies (available from the FSF). There is no single interface to the documentation. The interface can be a web browser, the info browser, your thumb on a physical page, etc.

Info/texinfo is amazing. Documentation is indexed. This allows you to search for terms, as well as section headers and keywords. If a term doesn't appear explicitly within the text or within your current document, it may be included as an index. What would fail in the pdf or html is found this way. You can search across documents (for example, the user manual vs. the programming reference). The apropos function even compiles search results as a table of contents.

Navigation of the documentation is robust. Forward, backward, up, down, top. Within Emacs, this is even better. There are lookups for functions, variables, and symbols. Lookups within the various documents (manual, reference, do strings, etc) is quick and integrated. Because the cost/pain of lookup is low, as well as terms indexed, separate documents feel like one.

Each function and variable has a quick-to-access docstring. The docstring may include links to other useful features or reference to other documentation. Documentation always has a link to the source code.

A lot of what I've said addresses the interface to the documentation. It's also important to consider the use-cases for the documentation and its intended audience. There are tutorials to introduce high level concepts (assuming zero prior knowledge), there are references for in-depth explanation of component details, there are docstrings to explain specific functionality, and there is the source code, two clicks away and able to modified immediately. When pictures are helpful, they're there. Manuals include examples, offset from the main text.

There are clear, published guidelines for how to write documentation. I've found those generally helpful.

There are mailing lists which are excellent documentation. The rules for participating, such as avoiding top posting and organizing topics in threads, aid comprehension and accessibility. The mailing list documents why decisions are made. They document the history of an idea.

If you've ever wondered why some people are fanatical about Emacs, an underlying reason is that information about it is really easy to get at and is accessible.
It's likely Adyen surpassed Stripe in total payments volume in 2022
Probably "Sugar The Bitter Truth" by Lustig 2009 which was "controversial" at the time but more than a decade later its pretty much mainstream.

You're always going to have members of the general public and docs who don't keep upon on continuing nutritional education (snark, there isn't any) saying stuff that was out of date decades ago but I'd say the stuff in that video is pretty much mainstream now.
Discussion of her actual announcement at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34821472
> Efficient markets require perfect information

No, they don't. I'm wondering where people get these ideas.
What is "TFA"?
Both single core and especially multicore in Geekbench and Cinebench R23 are 10-30% faster than the Mac Studio (though using about 100-300% more power (total consumption measured at the wall).

So it'll be nice for times when I need the power, but I definitely won't let this system stay on 24x7.
Yeah moxie is diametrically opposed to me. This is why I don't promote signal and only use it through matrix for those two people who don't use anything else. Which is also in contravention to his highness' wishes because he hates third party clients.

Moxie believes in security above everything even if it takes choices away from the user and forces you to trust a third party (in this case him, but also the mobile vendor and Google because he doesn't trust custom firmware either). Basically what he calls the mobile security model. And the reason I hate mobile devices with their closed model and attestation crap to make sure I play by the vendor's rules.

I believe a user should always have the final say in everything. If the user makes it insecure that's their business. Basically the desktop security model. And the reason I don't like working on mobile devices if I can avoid it.

I'm as principalled as he (and other people like him) is so I wouldn't even enter an argument, there's no point.
With this hidden :is behavior, migrating to native CSS nesting from SASS will be extremely difficult.
Is it? I see in the network requests where the "likes" button data is returned, but not the dislikes. It's possible I just can't find it though - there's a lot of data in a lot of shapes.
> The auto safety regulator said the Tesla software allows a vehicle to "exceed speed limits or travel through intersections in an unlawful or unpredictable manner increases the risk of a crash." Tesla will release an over-the-air (OTA) software update, free of charge.

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-...

Sounds like it's just a patch release with regulators involved.
Trump definitely did talk about COVID in front of the camera, but maybe he shouldn't have?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfLZOkn0chc
stable less violent right up until the revolution ..
It may also be an effect of happiness (in the "contentedness" sense), which means that if someone is unhappy, telling them "Just buy less" may be a worthless remedy for them.
Apple reveals iOS 16 and iPadOS 16 usage stats for the first time
> In February 2022, after being required to by Congress' Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued a rule officially allowing automakers to install adaptive driving beam headlights onto new vehicles.

> Adaptive driving beams automatically adjust the high beams

That's super strange. Many cars in USA today already advertise adaptive high beams, and have for years.

Anyway this completely misses the point. The problem we have is not due to high beams blinding you (that does happen, but it's just driver error and it's 5% of the time if that), it's due to general misalignment, as the article notes earlier. I'd love to say I'm surprised by this bad conclusion, but this is BI so it's just normal clickbait for them.

Annual, or maybe biannual, inspection that includes headlight aim is an obvious and easy fix. As well as enforcement and fines. If socal can have a roaming on-the-spot emissions testing unit, they can also have a unit that just tags people for bad headlights. they'd rake in dollars.
I'm astonished consumers are still paying fifteen thousand dollars to be guinea pigs for this bullshit. No car that currently has tires on the road is going to let you fall asleep in your driveway and wake up at work.
That implementation is pretty easy to run! The whole Python block (along with some imports) is something like:

clip = core.imwri.Read(img)

clip = muf.ssim_downscale(clip, x, y)

clip = core.imwri.Write(clip, imgoutput)

clip.set_output()

> Any designer will tell you, after down-scaling you do a minimal sharpening pass

This is probably wisdom from bicubic scaling, but you usually dont need further sharpening if you use a "sharp" filter like Mitchell.

Anyway I havent run butteraugli or ssim metrics vs other scalers, I just subjectively observed that ssim_downscale was preserving some edges in video frames that Spline36, Mitchell, and Bicubic were not preserving.
I was bummed out by that too initially.But it's kind of inevitable with root not writable on the latest macOS releases and needing the store to be under /nix.
I've never really found the like/dislike buttons useful, and tbh they could get rid of ratings altogether and not much would change for me.
Even the nicest people become thugs when in power. Power corrupts.
Good article with very clear accounting.

The government could show its support for the dollar by simply giving the Fed enough bonds to keep it solvent. Equivalently, just let it print government bonds the same way it prints money.

Either way the point is that the government has to show that it will eventually use higher taxes if needed to prevent hyperinflation.
> None of them just accept a credit/debit (EC) card

So, do Tesla chargers in Europe have a card reader on them? Or do they also not "just accept a credit/debit (EC) card"? Could someone just go to a Tesla charger without having any kind of Tesla account and start charging?

Sounds like Tesla is a lot like those other charging networks, huh.
I have believed this since 1993.

I was a student in high school and did interviews for both a local newspaper and television station.

In both instances they misrepresented what I said, editing or rearranging my words to construct a different narrative, or in the case of the newspaper they just made up things.

The stories weren't even about anything serious, just local hometown feel-good filler stories and the actual, literal, lies that the journalists willfully constructed were inconsequential and actually made me look good.

But I figured if are willing to lie about something so trivial as what they lied about, then it was highly likely the entire system is a sham.
They used something called a smarttag, not sure what that is.

But I wonder if one could put an RFID tag inside the frame some where ?

And I wonder if you have a steel frame would that interfere with it ?
Oops, the bit about it sleeping perfectly was context leakage from another thread ;)
ASUS also supports NTFS. No need for using FAT32 (what the EFI partition is)
Wikipedia reliable sources list is basically implicit whitelist, and there is implicit blacklist, news sources from countries with hundreds of millions of people banned from Wikipedia. All this is contradicting its core content policies. Reliable sources based solely on being Western, such as being located in the Western world, having a Western worldview, being owned by Western entities, or aligning with Western national interests or security policies.
Walk me through this. How is money losing buying power not related to this? 3% gain on something that cant buy as much in the future is still a loss. It is relavent
Many Airbnbs don't let you do more than 30 days. In places like California, staying someone for over 30 days automatically turns you into a tenant, with tenant rights. There was a case where someone stayed in an Airbnb for over 30 days, became a tenant unbeknownst to the host, and then proceeded to squat there for months while the host had to go through the eviction process. It was a nightmare.
Comments and general channel credibility. If channel deletes comments or is often misleading people will likely catch on and avoid.
It may not be news to you but a lot of people have truly dismal fiscal literacy and terrible habits. The sitcom credit card episode trope is real, which surprised me as I thought of it as contrived stupidity since I was a child. Hell, many regard /thinking with math and using it to make decisions/ as inhuman.
"This leads to the overeating of high fat, sugary and salty food prompting excess fructose production."

Perhaps I'm reading this wrong but the article suggests that it's not from digested fructose, rather the body is producing fructose. I'm confused.
She quite literally got this far because of family. Geez I wonder why Youtube remains one of the most underperforming media assets.

Edit: SV is full of nepotism.
No? Im saying engage him on the merit of his argument and not his terrible choice of words.
I was recently fantasizing about winning the lottery and had the somewhat funny realization that I really couldn't think of what _things_ I'd want to buy. I'd buy a nice but not extravagant house, on a nice but not huge piece of land, and just enjoy having the free time to do things like spending time with my family and playing guitar.

In short, what I want out of life is largely not material things, but just a nice place to exist and pursue my interests.

I realize, of course, that nothing about this is particularly radical, I don't expect this comment to blow anyone's mind. By my estimate a cool 8-10 million would be more than sufficient for me to have basically everything I ever wanted - i.e. buy the aforementioned nice home and then live comfortably off the returns for the rest of my days.

If any recently minted tech billionaires reading this would like to donate to the cause of me fucking off from society to the woods, feel free to shoot me an email ;)
The Fucking/Featured Article
Ukraine says it shot down 6 Russian balloons that appeared over Kyiv
Did you friends that were hacked had the PIN set for their Telegram accounts? I'm curious whether there is actually a Telegram "hack" or yet another SMS hijacking (via ss7 or by just directly co-opting the telco).
> In England we have proper laws, so car headlights aren't so bad

I'm curious what the difference really is. AFAIK adaptive headlights are still somewhat of a niche feature, so most cars won't have it. I'd expect them to be largely similar to what we get in the US -- what laws are different that would change this?
'I don't understand how so many companies let their marketing department get away with this.'

Probably because their marketing people are highly skilled at marketing themselves.
Agree. Google desperately needs to clean house on the executive/management/VP side
When someone can drive from Palm Springs to SF with no intervention does that not make it bullshit anymore?
If you're blaming a specific coloring agent it's pretty easy to hide a drop. And I'm not talking about sugar or sweeteners or anything.
> Look at how US media covered the Northern Southern train derailment - one story on page 20, with no context linking the accident to Biden's strike breaking, no context about Northern Southern's $10 billion stock buyback last year, no context about their lobbying against the very regulations that would have prevented this. The vast majority of corporate news ources didn't even name the company.

And all of the investigative journalism sites that would report in this detail on events like this are asking for donations to keep going. The advertiser support isn't there.
The explosive growth in the printing industry suggests otherwise.
I'm not expert on YouTube's algorithms, how did getting rid of visible dislikes help improve recommendations?

I could see it having an impact on the comment section because rather than just dislike and move on people feel compelled to say what is wrong with the video, but I could also see the opposite effect where instead of just disliking and moving on now people spam the comment section with unhelpful attacks on the video/creator.
Explainer: What's known about Tesla's “Project Highland”?
It is inarguable that there were many examples of unfair or plainly factually wrong reporting on Trump. This list was compiled just a year in: http://thefederalist.com/2017/02/06/16-fake-news-stories-rep...

> But while you're looking, take note of how many articles were on substantive evils he was constantly committing.

The implication you are making is that it's acceptable for the media to report inaccurately or unfairly if the subject deserves it.
I'm a penetrations tester. When the client gives me a windows laptop with low privilege credentials, I'm typically domain admin by lunch time. Sometimes even before I finish my first cup of coffee. As a domain admin I could encrypt almost any computer, often including the backups.

Privilege escalation in Windows Active directory domains is really easy. Securing a large corporate network is really hard. Especially on a tight budget.
I’ve been saying this for a while - science is great at breaking things down to the atomic level and figuring out what does what, individually. But science sometimes is not so good at the systematic, or synergistic view of multiple variables. We keep trying to break things down to one variable that cures all when it’s probably a mixture of a lot of things + different for people with different genetic.
https://archive.is/sZ0XN
My Unicomp Model M (Date: 2/25/2020) had 8 key caps that didn't feel right. They worked but there was too much wiggle when fully depressed. I replaced them from my previous UMM (Date: 1/4/2007) keyboard which had developed a couple dead keys.
Just a counter opinion, I find them fairly useful.
Not 100% useful, but more often then not very useful.
The way I classify them is lying is "outright lies". "intend to mislead" is manipulation. The nuance between manipulation and lies is that manipulation usually distorts a collection of facts through rearrangement, omission or massaging those things to create a view that is not factual, which I think may also relate it as implicit lies. Lying is stating explicitly counter-factual things. I prefer the distinction of using manipulation over implicit lies as I think it communicates the narrower focused maliciousness of it, where lies don't always have that same level of "premeditation", for lack of a better term.
I’m really surprised that these cables have updatable firmware. Surely that makes the attack surface that much larger?
I bought my previous motherboard refurb, and found there was a capacitor barely hanging on near the first PCIe slot—someone had probably yanked a GPU and slammed it into that spot (there was also a little damage on the retention clip still).

After a few weeks the 2.5 Gbps Ethernet port stopped working, until I resoldered that capacitor.

Then a few months later it stopped working again, as one of the motherboard traces was also damaged and I couldn't repair it. Had to use a separate network card from that point on.

I didn't return the motherboard because of the hassle... it wasn't the end of the world using a different NIC.
Why does it need big ideas? Youtube, search, and adsense are huge cash cows. All it needs to do is not screw up, while making incremental changes to existing services. It could branch out into cloud or what amazon or shopify are doing, but this is obviously harder.
>"yet she made the most rewarding media platform today on the internet."

I think TikTok holds this position, not YouTube. Indeed, YouTube seems to be pushing really hard for Shorts to be a viable competitor but it doesn't seem to be working.

Or, do you mean rewarding in terms of monetization for creators and not engagement?
As a millennial that developed a shopping obsession for a few months last year, it made me miserable. Every time I bought something I’d be thinking about what I needed to buy next to solve the (very minor) problems the new thing created. Endless research trying to buy the right thing.I’d buy something and get some dopamine for 5 minutes then have buyers remorse for days.

I cut all that off and I feel so much better. I have learned how to love the things I have instead of finding flaws for an excuse to buy the next thing.
That's a good question, that you should also ask about the news.
The world’s biggest food company says prices will rise further this year
Sure, but they can't.
That wasn't under her. Google+ launched in 2011; Salar Kamangar was CEO of YouTube at the time.
OTOH, ubiquitus digital receipts would revolutionize automated plain text accounting for individuals.