skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This is a class of tools called time travel debuggers. Here is a little history of them:

http://jakob.engbloms.se/archives/1564

Generally speaking we do not see much mention of them because the technology involved is reasonably tricky to develop and software developers and companies are as a rule penny wise, but pound foolish with respect to tooling. So, there is very little money in actually expending the development effort to make a polished, accessible tool and any such tool will see relatively limited mass market uptake unless it is free as in beer. This largely precludes the existing relatively polished commercial offerings from achieving ubiquity and thus why it stays relatively niche and underused. That is also why despite there being so many examples over time none of them have been able to achieve escape velocity.
Good luck with funding. That seems to be the barrier right now.
So one thing I was curious about is those who were laying off (at least the big 4) have xyz billions in the bank. If there is truly fat then it can be trimmed by either flattening the org, cutting down pay, changing work hours etc (nobody works just 40 hrs anymore). So the layoffs seem clearly for paying homage to wall st. What would happen if one of these CEOs grew a pair and held off and directed the fat to muscle? Yes their share price would fall in the short term but surely with the trillions and "toughening + austerity" wouldnt a company actually innovate and build more? It seems like the homage to wall st is needed because when CEOs go on their next play they need wall st for a good reference by the looks of it.
U-Nets are proving to be extremely versatile networks.
Ask the inner city kids to describe the suburbs? Dangerous, get pulled over by cops.
I wonder this. It's the route I want to go if I get laid off (or if I find the right business to get into).
The Earthshaking History of San Francisco’s Quake Shacks
Minecraft was inspired by Infiniminer: https://www.zachtronics.com/infiniminer/
How long do you guys anticipate current crisis to be over?
I'm not expecting us to ever return to the Covid craziness of hiring but lets say to relative stability?
I think we have another year in this and then things improve. Interest rate needs to go down first.
Well, technically you are a boss. You're just a boss of a one-person and unprofitable business.
I'm having trouble coming up with any reason my response to this should be anything other than "Hallelujah!"
There is at least one macro that dang uses, for expanding past threads about a topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34913653

But on the whole it does seem like the old-fashioned method of clear consistent communication.
Show HN: I made an AI assistant to write better song lyrics
Contract maintenance software allows you to monitor and execute contract management processes in an automated fashion. This will help your legal team to focus on other critical areas of your business, allowing you to improve your overall efficiency while maintaining complete visibility of contract lifecycles.
Dueling was largely illegal, which means lots of legal liability for the combatants as well as any one who facilitated the event.
But its still no M2 Pro, which has about 3.8x the FP32 throughput of the A16.
There was a model that could set up a simulation to estimate the answer for you. So it won't use pure language, but it only works in a few cases.
By using your data as training data, OpenAI might disclose your stuff to the world at large
Mary Kay. Tupperware. AmWay. Only the names change.
The cases of actual litigation with a big payout are rare, but the cases of people in paid positions meant to prevent big payouts and to make sure employees are speaking to each other and hiring people in the least risky way possible are not. That’s been a huge industry.

I’m not arguing that there’s no legitimate level of complaint or job for helping employees relate to each other better, or that people shouldn’t strive to relate to each other naturally on each others’ terms, but it seems like there’s been a steep rise in bureaucracy that is less about actually encouraging productive cooperation and happy employees and a lot more about job stability for the bureaucracy.

That can be true despite there being a majority of good faith participation in that bureaucracy and a lot of employees who believe in the mission. If you get a job and you’re a decent person, which I believe the majority of people are, you want to do a decent job. But if it’s hard to find other comparable jobs, the need to feed and house yourself usually overrides considering whether or not your job is actually exacerbating the problem you’re tasked with solving.

I don’t think having people dedicated to monitoring employee communication for insensitive interactions and training people in the way that is currently done typically helps, I think it typically makes employees more paranoid and prone to overanalyzing interactions due to increased focus on sensitivities. Which is tragic, because again, I think most employees who get involved in jobs to help people communicate better legitimately want to be making a positive impact.
Yes, scaling is trivial on AWS if you rewrite from scratch 3 times and rearchitect 4 times, but at least you don’t have to enter your credit card number twice.
I don't understand at all where you're coming from. Phones with a SM8450 (Snapdragon 8 gen 1) were available in January, 2022.

Phones with A16 were available in September 2022.

Phones with a SM8550 (Snapdragon 8 gen 2) were available in January, 2023.

You're saying it is unreasonable to compare the last two (4 months apart), and instead the valid comparison is between the first two (8 months apart). That doesn't seem fair.
Now that I routinely read stuff generated by LLMs, I suspect it everywhere. That line about it "even" being on Schitt's Creek somehow tripped my "nice try, robot" response. The idea that LLMs are going to replace this kind of fluffier journalism is seeming more plausible to me.
> Not really appropriate to compare a market neutral product's Sharpe with the S&P

Why?

I tend to find it okay to compare Sharpes so long that the returns exhibit a somewhat close distribution.

I would expect both the S&P and an equity market neutral L/S to have normally distributed returns.
Prompt engineering is only getting better. Also,

> You can't search these weights with command-f

Sometimes you can, https://clementneo.com/posts/2023/02/11/we-found-an-neuron
>> Really we should start a community lollipop person schedule and sort it out.

That's how it's done in Japan in the mornings. Kids first collect into small local groups, they walk together to the nearest designated adult helper. From that point, there are adults manning every crossing to the school. They help the groups cross.

It's not a huge commitment for the adults. Maybe 20 minutes on average. Not every week.
Oh right, sorry! Ironically I misunderstood what you were saying :facepalm:
> On my GFs computer Chrome starts in about 7 minutes after fresh boot, no other programs running, yet.

There is something wrong with your GF’s computer. I have no idea what but a seven minute start time is absolutely atypical.
LLMs are models of language, and language is a model of the world. So we have a model of a model of the world, but a LLM does not get much grounding in the real world.

There is a phase of training called multi-task instruction tuning where the LLMs solve problems and thus are grounded in exact answers. That makes the difference between the difficult to handle GPT-3 from 2020 and the better behaved GPT-3 of 2022. But that dataset is small by comparison to the raw text used in pre-training, it won't do the grounding perfectly.

Real grounding comes from real feedback, even humans need the feedback or we are just going on wild tangents.
I feel like the Lightning network addresses the ease of use and transaction cost issues, but I agree that there is still work to be done.

Regardless, this is the part where I’d tell one of my friends that I’ll buy them a beer if they’re right. Time flies so I’m sure we’ll get our answer soon enough.
> My use case is simple: web programming and general computing.

You should probably just use Linux (I personally prefer Fedora) on a ThinkPad. Ensure that the ThinkPad you buy works well with Linux beforehand (most of them do).

Or, just get a newer Macbook with the M1/M2 chips.
Never heard of this! Fascinating. I guess it was the Iraqi vice president's suggestion.
https://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/meast/10/03/iraq.bush.duel/
I was at a networking thing on GroupMeet or some app like that.

Thought I made a friend, then it was an MLM setup like damn.
The Dream of Forgetfulness
Related: One reason I just started using Rainforest API is because Github Copilot recommended it.

But also last night I tried for 30 minutes to get it to write me some fairly simple HTML parsing code. The tricky part was I couldn't use DOMParser since it was running on Cloudflare Workers and it could never produce any working implementation using HTMLRewriter or regex no matter how many examples I gave it
Yeah, Sony has a strong position for sure.

If only consoles could be used for more "workstation" things, including VR. I would have killed for a windows/linux desktop with a PS5 or XSX chip and 24GB-32GB of unified RAM.
Windows is fine for people who don't need to do all that much with a computer besides just completing a task that happens to be on a computer. Like another user stated it's "baby's first computer" and "aggressively anti-poweruser".

It's a special kind of hell for power users. It's like sending college graduates back to kindergarten and the teacher actually treats them like children, using all the silly voices and explaining concepts through fun little stories, and don't forget about the mandatory nap time.

Gaming is the ONLY reason to still be using windows. Every single other thing is better in the *nix world. Gaming isn't even that bad on *nix anymore anyways. Most issues come from anti-cheat in online games.

I consider Mac to be in the *nix world, but it's like the Windows of the *nix world with the added detriment of being exclusively for rich people, which I think is disgusting, and the detriment of being closed-source which I also think is disgusting. It's objectively more poweruser-friendly than Windows, but it's still extremely restrictive.

The only two reasons to use Windows or Mac are:

- your workplace / school requires it because of specific software

- you want to play games with absolutely no issues

You said you're into programming and general computing, both of which are leagues better in the *nix world. This whole ecosystem is build by and for programmers. It gives you the power to make your computing experience actually be the way you want it to be.

That said, I don't agree with people whose initial suggestion is to use WSL. Use actual Linux, WSL should only be considered if you actually need Windows to be your daily driver, which I doubt. It's just an added layer of confusion and you'll end up confused as to where Windows ends and Linux begins.

Just my opinion though.
I have noticed many of those too.

> their posts are rate limited

I don't like this one... if your comments are shadow banned or automatically hidden.. what's the point...

There's also a lot of editing going on, but most of the time, they let you know what was edited, which is nice, thanks.

When a "veteran" user flags a post, it apparently also gets a LOT of weight from what I heard... It might be why in some cases a post with a lot of momentum quickly falls off from the front page. There's probably other reasons too.

I know that if a user has multiple accounts, they also somehow connect them together to the same person (not sure if it is automatic). They connected multiple of my account but not all... Dang confirmed it (I try to increase privacy by switching account once in a while)

When you get 500 karma, you can down-vote...
Do not despair, in all likelihood you're just a Boltzmann brain anyway.
I walk my kid to the boys and girls club, and back, it is 5 minutes away, school is 7 minutes. It is nice to live in a semi urban area.
Don't forget gitgraphs! Super neat.

https://mermaid.js.org/syntax/gitgraph.html
Thinking finding change on the ground
Company switched to Alma, I switched to Fedora

CentOS was never terminated, it just switched from stable to unstable
Ask HN: Guide to Understand Equity Compensation
Hello, I am a recent hire within a young startup in the US. I wanted to understand how equity compensation really works. I come from an academic background and haven't had much chance to look into the details of this.

One of the many questions I have in mind is the distinction between common stock and preferred stocks. And how do the absence/presence of these specific types have an impact on the eventual payoff, if there is ever one?

Also, how can one negotiate around the eventual dilution of the equity as the startup raises more money?

Is there a guide that goes through these details? I also wonder whether this kind o equity can be used for investment in other assets such as real estate for instance.
Yeah how about some screenshots?
At least in the fields mathematics, physics, and to a lesser extent CS (which has a huge number of students and is becoming like a new business degree), professors view undergraduate degrees as a way to find good students who can go on to graduate school. So there is a tendency to be adversarial in classes. The GPA is one way to measure student aptitude but it's not perfect. Typically more than one metric is taken. If you just love these topics that's a great thing to learn. But if you want to contribute to the fields, it will be hard unless you go through the credentialing process.
Really nice article. It's inspiring! I understand that you are the only user but can you share the code on github?
Gotta wonder why these are legal.
My biggest issue is that controversial opinions are buried. It’s too easy for users to flag content they disagree with and then unflagging takes too long. On any topic, there is an acceptable HN Overton window of acceptable opinions and it skews very Silicon Valley. This window is too small for debate. Personally I enjoy reading reasoned, logical, rational arguments that I disagree with because it interests me. But if you throw a bomb here it is defused far too quickly for my taste.
Ten fucking pages!
I used to keep my linkedin fresh just to see what feelers I get. I also funnel all recruiter emails into a folder. (It's a good ego boost sometimes, not gonna lie.) Last time I was looking for a job roughly four years ago, I just opened my email recruiter folder and started responding. Responded to four emails, (three faangs plus linkedin), and now I'm at a faang.

Now, there's no way to know for sure that keeping linkedin fresh actually helps. Also it was a special time where I had just finished an online masters in CS and I was really on a roll so I was taking a bunch of MOOCs afterwards as well. IMO keeping my linkedin updated with a degree in CS and mooc certificates helped. Normal day to day stuff I wouldn't update linkedin for.
If you study renewables at all, you’ll find that it’s not going to be a silver bullet.
Ok so, you replied everyone on this sub-thread except the top-level comment. Why is that?

Your first task to improve your privacy policy is to review whether you really, absolutely, for reals, can require OpenAI to follow this: "they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose."

Because, it looks like you can't, and OpenAI will absolutely use your customers' data for their own purposes, so you probably should remove this line from your privacy policy at minimum.
Fuck you too buddy.
I think the one piece people miss is that scientists dont assume the literature is reliable.

When i worked in the lab, it was well know that a good part of the literature can not be replicated.

On top of that, specific journals and labs have reputations for less-than-quality research. If a paper comes out, its not assumed to be true until proven otherwise (usually expanded upon by others). The only time that's different is if it comes from certain labs that are known to have a good track record.

So its not like shoddy research is causing other scientists to waste time except maybe the time spent reading the paper.
Excerpt from this 2015 email..

"An innovation brand comes from building tangible new products. Our work in VR/AR is the best example we have. Our core social networking work is no longer new, Internet.org is extending something rather than inventing it, and AI is not yet tangible... succeeding in VR/AR has the most innovation potential in the next 5-10 years."

> AI is not yet tangible

Did Meta bet on the wrong horse?
I would think the other way around: Public markets are correcting to a higher interest rate (i.e. liquidity being removed from the system) but for startups and scale-ups this correction did not start yet with all force (e.g. valuation slashing, 50% layoffs, acquisition and liquidation by PE firms, etc).
Isn't LinkedIn basically social media? I will have no part in that.
For the past several years, “startup” meant at least 5 years in operation with over $1 billion valuation.
I have had very similar experience to this and everything said here is 100% accurate. It is extremely taxing on my mental health. Fortunately, my hobbies have really helped.
World’s fastest laser camera films combustion in real time
> if your comments are shadow banned or automatically hidden.. what's the point...

The point is to prevent your continued participation in the community from doing more harm or, in the case of filters like rate limiting, to frustrate you until you leave or apologize and ask for the filter to be removed.
Criticizing the "girlboss" fad even a year ago would have been a bona-fide way to end up jobless and blacklisted. Glad to see a few people are finally using the term for what it deserves: a joke.
Healthy human beings can walk, let alone stand still, for over four hours a day easily.
Google Play Billing Challenges and Alternative Payment Methods
Probably far simpler than whatever other tools come out in the end.

With terminal utilities, the potential for automation is continuous - until the process reaches Shannon limit and can no longer be improved.

That will almost never happen for a GUI program, they usually stop far short, and often cannot be improved/fixed at all.
Gun game servers are where I encountered all sorts of custom maps, including fy_iceworld.

I spent so many hours in high school and into college playing gun game in CS:S. It was very easy to just hop in and have fun. It was a nice alternative to the more serious, team objective oriented modes.
Just be mindful that Firefox/Android doesn't have process isolation. https://www.privacyguides.org/mobile-browsers/#android

This is because the desktop browser uses the full "Gecko" renderer, but mobile uses "GeckoView", that doesn't have that implemented yet.
I feel like this could describe a lot of the culture around startups, too:

> Until we all begin to acknowledge there’s more to life than “the hustle,” and that struggling financially is not a personal failure, MLMs will continue to recruit and exploit aspiring girlbosses under the guise of female empowerment.

You could easily change that to:

> Until we all begin to acknowledge there’s more to life than “the hustle,” and that struggling financially is not a personal failure, startup culture will continue to recruit and exploit people under the guise of [getting rich, disrupting tech, changing the world, etc.].

I mean, it’s not an organized thing like an MLM, but I see a lot of the same toxic language and behavior around startups.
And even more importantly, dozens of hours per month.
The funding gotta go somewhere somehow.
PSVR and the Quest are kinda different markets.
Failure is a step towards success! /s
What do you mean? Lawyers have extensive ethical obligations.
Obvious suggestion: don't keep writing blog posts that mention your company name and the phrase "phone lookup service," which ChatGPT may get trained on in the future.
You can basically port your resume to it and do nothing else and it can get you the occasional lead on a job. 3/4 of my last jobs were from LinkedIn recruiter outreach. One of the recruiter I told I wasn't ready, and then months later I pinged them and got right into the interview process and eventually got a new job.
The custom mapping community of CS 1.6 was truly special, and it's incredible to see how much it has shaped the games we know and love today. Back in those days, community building was as simple as spinning up your own dedicated servers and hosting new maps that everyone could enjoy.

I ran a few popular fun map servers, constantly experimenting with new mods, game/gravity settings, and rotating new maps based on community votes. There was a strong sense of excitement around testing out the latest custom maps, and even the quirky bugs added to the fun.
This seems analogous to claiming that an MMA fighter with cauliflower ear just thought they were better than they were. One of the great thing about sports is that they teach humility. You're going to lose a lot on your way up. And it's going to hurt - sometimes quite literally.

Even when you don't lose in your pro career, these are the ears of an undefeated champion: https://qph.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-13f49281504e1359e87fec...
I have heard this exact sort of thing frequently and it’s always from upstream devs who literally want to decide exactly how downstream do everything and refuse to accept reasonable changes from people using their stuff in the field who just need it to work slightly differently from the upstream version.

I don’t use Ruby, but I have had to monkeypatch a lot in Java and literally every time I would have preferred not to, but did it because I had to.

I once had a fun conversation with a head of product for some software once where he said a monkeypatch is ok for a spike when you’re testing something but you should never monkeypatch in production and I explained I had 14 monkeypatches to his product currently in production and you couldn’t even log in with ssl to his product without monkeypatching out some parts of the SSL cert verification code because the cert verification wouldn’t work with certs issued by an enterprise CA (rather than a trusted root CA).

In all of these cases these were patches that had been submitted upstream that I didn’t want to have to maintain but had been rejected by upstream because my use case wasn’t what the dev thought the general use case was. That’s fine btw and exactly why monkeypatching is useful.
I think it was MESA-related, but strangely only some games were having issues.
Remember the computer scene from the film Minority Report?