skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Handling of very low income situations is separate (and exists in all?/most? areas of Germany), and most areas have their own very low income ticket for much less then 49€. This ticket was never targeting income groups which are already get income related social benefits (through Germany could make a low-income/social version of this ticket in the future).

> The 3 months where the 9-Euro ticket existed,

This was a very unusual situation where there where a lot of dynamics making people take advantage of the ticket at least once in exactly 3 month. Some people did things they normally wouldn't have done because they felt they would else wise lose out. Additionally the month before that time many people did feel constrained and used that time to compensate for the month before.

I wouldn't expect this to be a problem as the dynamics around it are very different. Not limited to 3 month, not that much cheaper then your normal monthly ticket (and especially more expensive then one or two full-day tickets), not hyped up that much, not the first time something like that was possible, etc.

The 9€ ticket was a special event, the 49€ ticket is more an improvement of the daily live expenses and convenience.

I expect many people to buy the 49€ ticket, I don't expect a massive increase in local transportation usage short term (but a constant slow incremental increase due to people slowly changing habits).
Surprised to see a project i made twelve(!) years ago on the front page today. Just to make it clear: this was most definitely a joke, and not an AI at all. It's just random words thrown together, which was kind of the point i was trying to make about some Java developers naming their classes ;)
As an entrepeneur, I left Russia last year, later than I should have, sooner than I could have. I also have a child and that was not the place I would want any child to grow up in, even if homeschooled (we tried). It's hard at first, but doable, new friends, networks, of course resentment/nostalgia, but part of being a responsible human being looking after another.

As for changing China from within, I can empathize fully [1].

1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/01/russia-child...
Most universities would admit kids that did well by one measure (or require both).

That hardly makes the school “irrelevant”.
Common shareholders get peanuts, C-suite gets tens of millions in retention incentives. Not saying that's what happened here, but that has happened to me in the past. As a small time shareholder what do you do? Assuming its even mathematically possible to do anything.
One example of this from a quick search: https://privacysos.org/blog/target-is-really-really-into-sur...

More information on some of Target's loss prevention techniques: https://www.businessinsider.com/target-employees-say-store-d... (Archive link: https://archive.is/wRol8)

I'd heard that they wait until losses reach above the felony threshold before prosecuting, documenting what particular individuals are stealing. Several videos about this had gone viral, and I'd heard about it from a friend but never looked into it until now.

From the Business Insider interview with several anonymous employees, though, the intent of the surveillance is more to catch high volume thieves, employees stealing, and career shoplifters, rather than folks stealing a few necessities. I could see most of their prosecutions rising to the felony threshold because of this tactic, since high volume is likely to cross the dollar amount for a felony. In other words, the intent is not being punitive for the sake of it, but actual loss prevention.

I tend to believe the anonymous sources, because they have nothing to gain from talking anonymously with the reporter, versus the influencers who are trying to accumulate followers. It's not a Les Miserables type situation.

A lot of the commenters on one particular video linked from the article seem to be pro-shoplifting, even without need, so there is to some extent people believing what they want to believe: https://www.tiktok.com/@jodessy/video/6899962247590743301

Examples:

"All I'm hearing is I have $499 in store credit" - 1700 likes

"I'm sorry but what?? I've stolen CELL PHONES from target" - 242 likes

"I def stole over $20k including but not limited to laptops, jbl speakers, ... only got probation so jokes on them!" - 103 likes

Anyway, I just thought I'd share this even though it's only tangentially related to the story since I'd just previously believed the viral rumor without really looking into it.
Have you dropped the artifacts in the Internet Archive yet by chance?
Simple social behaviour moderates the shit out of my individual behaviour. I'd love to go on cool trespassing adventures or maybe pull off a fancy art caper, but then the incentive structures of society (vis a vis jailtime) hold me back. Not complicated at all.
>> If you choose to live in a remote place

Lol. I'm one of a very small group that doesn't have such choices. When you are in the military you literally do not choose where you live. If you get posted to a remote location, you now live in a remote location. If you get posted to a "small" town of 20,000 people that doesn't have train or bus services... you better have a car. And if it is below -30c regularly, and you have to get to work even on those days when the power fails, that car better be gas and not diesel.
Dollar Dominance and the Rise of Nontraditional Reserve Currencies
> Many users and maintainers care. But even though they do, the bugs are not trivial.

Hector's point is also that the ability to fix the bugs is diffuse: to fix a problem with the SSD you ultimately need to get the SSD maker to care. To fix a bug with the sound, you need to get the sound chipset maker to care. And actually to get a broadly good user-experience such that it works good not just on your system but every possible system, you need to get an awful lot of people to care.

As ever, one of the plusses of the Apple platform is the absolutely fixed set of hardware it needs to target. There is only one wireless chipset that Asahi needs to get working, for example. There is only one sound chipset they need to get working. When it's working, it's working for everyone, and if there's bugs they're bugs that affect everyone and aren't a result of some obscure combination of drivers interacting in unexpected ways.

Also, Apple actually internalized a lot of control in ways that really piss people off when they want to upgrade hardware, but it also means the SOC has a lot of power to just do things right in the first place since it's all software-driven anyway. You don't have to worry about the NVMe controller doing something weird because... the NVMe controller lives on the SOC (might even be fully software-defined?) and just talks to some flash chips sitting on a card. It's completely different from how the rest of the market does it, and it's undoubtedly more work to get it going, but it also (paradoxically) means they don't have to worry as much about hardware quirks, because there's less hardware in the middle to begin with.

It's undoubtedly a reason they've been able to make such great progress - not that the dev team isn't extremely extremely talented anyway. But they don't have to solve the general Linux problem of getting 10 billion possible permutations of hardware to behave together. They just have to solve one platform with one set of peripherals.
Every decision is irreversible. Some decisions you can revisit and choose the other, later.
This link seems to highlight the eSIM chip https://www.techinsights.com/blog/teardown/apple-iphone-13-p...

So seems Apple also use chips atm
Hamburger was a noun before McDonalds came along. Swiss Chalet doesn't feel like a lie wrt to their food, because I know I'm not being teleported to Switzerland when I walk in and I know the kitchen is right there. There is no real deception happening, or if there is it's very small.
Larceny goes to a jury where you live?
Or posting spam / advertising competing games.

I wonder why twitter hasn’t explored exclusive hashtag write access, coupled with api, as a business model. Maybe if they were less dev hostile.
When it comes to privacy, I am always a little confused as to what people are interested in, versus the more mechanistic issues of GDPR rulings.

If there was a Woogle Analytics EU (GA mechanics, EU jurisdiction, EU servers, no US ties), as far as the curret anti-GA rulings are concerned, there would be no legal issue with its operation, correct?

If that is so: Is there something happening in the US that would never be an issue if a big EU corp had comparable market power – or are we just really happy to maybe hit two anti-privacy birds with one loosely aimed stone here?
It works out carbon negative because pieces of algae fall down to the ocean floor and remain there, as a side effect of algae cultivation. It's a significant number.
It's definitely an Amazon failure, as Amazon controls all sides of this return.
The Decathlon (sporting equipment stores like REI or MEC) stores in Spain (and other countries, I’m sure) have RFID self checkout and it works way better than the type where you scan everything yourself. There’s a big “basket”, you put in your items, and they’re just detected as they are put in. Then you just pay and go. They have the little barcode scanner guns for the bulky items that don’t fit in the “basket”.
What having a growth mindset means
China and France prepare to launch satellite to hunt for gamma-ray bursts
I've seen many actual doctors here.
The one thing about sushi and peanuts is that they both have a weight…
If they are so qualified, why not let them compete on the even ground with the rest of the applicants? Why is there a need to special track them via legacy?

Legacy should have been abolished long time ago. It’s the epitome of systematic racism.
Hersh is no longer a credible journalist.
Was this blog spam written by chatgpt?

All this time and money and not a single killer app. crypto needs to die already.
Image reconstruction with latent diffusion models from human brain activity [pdf]
Well, the idea comes from ML in the first place, and has been incorporated into some theories of brain function.
Only white males want to be rich and attractive? Comment seems racist.
I come from a poor Asian immigrant family, and this SAT shit seems wild. My parents always told me that America is an easy country to succeed in. Just do decently in school, ace the SAT, and boom full ride to a upper middle class life, no matter the background.

Its proven pretty true so far.
I walk past an amazon go store on my way to work. It's super convenient if I need something, I can be in and out within less than 30 seconds. The problem is I rarely have anything I need to buy on my commute.
It's a criminal charge, so yes, according to the Sixth Amendment it could go to a jury trial in any jurisdiction.
they probably had a warning of mailchimp that putting someone on a mailing list without their consent is a forbidden use of mailchimp.

source: I worked with an organization which put a lot of people in their mailchimp mailing list
Of course, there will always be a way for well off people to buy their way into higher standard systems.

We need a word for this. “Separate but equitable”?
This assumes that the rich kid rate is accurate and what’s missing is parallel accommodations for poorer kids.

But what about if instead the elevated rate is a result of fraud? In other areas of life (e.g. service animals and medical pot) it’s pretty clear that there are medical professionals out there are selling their letterhead to the highest bidder.

Why should we believe that’s not happening here?
Death of the Derailleur? Honda’s Bicycle Gearboxes
Prior art on the hyperloop.
"Risky", it sounds so strange now to call dual booting "risky". But it was a different time, where remediating a borked software change wasn't google-able.

Edit:
@throwawayx38: I 100%
agree with you! Thanks for your reply.
The constant filming from every angle is what makes me even more confused when you need to personally tell employees that something is broken somewhere, or the queue for the cash register is miles long, or some sales point isn't staffed and has people waiting. Everything is being watched, why aren't they reacting proactively?
> My conclusion is that there are major, well-justified reasons for why people strongly dislike functional languages.

I'm sure there are a multitude of different reason and likely require different conflicting tradeoffs to address
I don't understand, the Ampere they refer to in their free tier are cpu's not gpu's. How did you manage to do that
On the object level, Roko's Basilisk is absurd.

However, it's a very useful thing nonetheless, in that professing to believe in it is a Giant Red Flag. Any such person can be safely dismissed as a crank.
> These are plants that have had genes from another organism inserted into their DNA to give them a new trait, such as disease or drought resistance
Realistically, it would be easier to fight for abortions rights than to ban corporate spying on users. The US is not the only country that does this and frankly the situation ine the US is way much better than in China or Russia. Good luck banning spying on users there. You might think you are not affected by them, but check if you have TikTok installed. Here you go.
The article is light on details, but as a polyglot programmer, I encourage him.

I am an enthusiastic, but far from expert, Haskell programmer. I wonder if Brett is thinking of a more Python-like interpreted functional language?
>Then last month, someone came in and just wheeled out the entire tobacco shelving unit with a dolly.

And how would 'shutting off the self-checkout lanes' solve that?
"You simply CAN'T provide the same resource to all of them, some of them will have to vie for a lower-ranked resource."

Why not just distribute those resources via lottery? Why not actually just split resources evenly across the population? There are good practical reasons not to do this, but they are, fundamentally, ideological (eg, we might feel it is inefficient to spend resources on someone which may not provide as much productivity as someone else). It serves nothing to pretend these things are inevitable.
FTX Confirms $9B in Customer Funds Vanished
So why would Clojure or Erlang or Elixir fail to satisfy the need for a functional language capable of taking advantage of the available cores?
> I wouldn't normally expect that to be an indication that something was made in the country containing that peak.

You're probably American (where presumably these laws won't be applicable anyway, though I have no idea concerning US-Swiss Trade agreements). Europeans have been conditioned at least to some degree to associate chocolate with cows running around pristine alpine pastures to give the milk that makes Swiss chocolate so unique.

You're correct that European geographic origin tends to be more of an issue in Europe than the US. Reason being: European law does not automatically apply in the US. Otoh, to call something "Tennessee Whiskey" it must have seen Tennessee at least briefly.

I have to contradict your claim that the American interpretation is more "literal" though. "Champagne" is _literally_ the name of a region in France were a type of sparkling wine was invented.
It's a four paragraph blog post answering the question "why?". I'm not sure why you expect him to delve into the how at this stage: he probably doesn't have anything fully formed yet.
> He was trying to return a package, not shop at the store.

So then it sounds like he’s not in very a strong position to declare the stores as an unmitigated failure…
Much to my surprise, I genuinely loved the experience im the Amazon Go stores. I was super skeptical, but it is really convenient. I didn’t know how much I hate checkout lines or self-service checkout counters until I visited an Amazon Go store.

Amazon also owns Ring which can be used to protect your home (although it’s certainly less sophisticated). I own a Ring home security system and I’m very fond of it. Same for my parents when they go for their vacation home - big game changer for their ease of mind. Now, I’m not super fond of how Ring shared footage without consent in some countries with authorities; but it’s probably the company I trust most with my personal data footage etc. And I deem them more capable in protecting my data.
On 'modern' games, Max Payne 1/2 and Alan Wake didn't look "smooth and clean" like Unreal Engine based games, but crisp and "real world" like.
WRT patent slavery: My understanding is that patents are not globally enforceable. A US patent is enforceable in the USA. If you want to protect that same invention in Mongolia, you'd need to file for a separate patent in Mongolia and have it approved. There are certain timing and procedural limitations, as well. (e.g.: If you're an American citizen, you're obligated to file in the USA first. If your patent has been published, it may be no longer capable of attaining a foreign patent.)

The "patent slavery" claim is therefore only credible if:

(1) - The GMO seeds in question have a local Kenyan patent.

(2) - Local Kenyan courts decide to enforce the rights of the patent holder, and toss arguments that "an act of God," or something similar, compelled farmers to use the GMO seeds.

I think that both steps are a priori unlikely. Virtually no patents -- even very important ones -- are filed in every possible jurisdiction. And I don't think that the courts would side with the patent holders in any case, for, e.g, force-majeure/act-of-god/unequal-agreement reasons.
> If you can afford it, following the intrinsic motivation may be exactly what you need to do.

and

> Anyway, a lot of what works depends on what's broken in the current situation. I think that sometimes your desire to avoid something is right and sometimes it needs to be worked around. But in either case it can be at least heard with thoughtfulness and compassion.

Thanks for sharing these examples! I'm just wrapping an article which I think you and the OP would find interesting as it deals with this very problem. My goal is to help people see procrastination, laziness and play in a more useful manner.

I am terrible at working on things I don’t give a shit about. The list of those things extends with every passing year. And, I realised very late (mid 30s) how much stress was caused by forcing myself to brute force this problem instead of trying to understand it better.

To paraphrase Daniel Ariely: we’re irrational creatures, but the beautiful part is that we’re predictably irrational. Know your flaws and set up systems to help account for them. In other words: it’s not your fault that you feel a certain way, but it’s your responsibility to act when you can.

It'll be ready by Tuesday (if you're interested, drop me a line and I'll send you the link: hello@<my site domain from the profile page>).
I just read an article with good tips for getting value from Bing AI https://oneusefulthing.substack.com/p/power-and-weirdness-ho...
I really enjoy the simplicity of the UI and ease of playing.

I wish there was more of this on the web.
China backing Russia only further entrenches Western support for a side that is fundamentally winning the war.

And really, China is backing Putin to a certain degree, not Russia. If Putin's regime falls, the next power structure has a choice:

1) ally with Europe and apologize to the newly empowered Ukraine that is just a couple hundred miles from Moscow (and now has a modern, well-trained Western military of substantial capability), and where all your elites want to travel and live in

2) ally with China who are thousands of miles away, where most significant economic activity is across deserts and mountains, and none of your elites want to visit
Here in India, we have quotas for different kinds of people. There's caste based, Gender based and finally EWS (Economically Weaker Section) Quota. Overall 60% of total seats are reserved for these people.

My friend who's ultra rich was selected in EWS Quota. His father who runs his own company took Zero pay for the last two years so he qualified for the benefits. Meanwhile people who actually deserved this had to compete for the non reserved seats.

The point is you can't just give preference based on income as its incredibly easy to fudge.
Best thing about it is that it has support for huge files; I was looking for a hex editor that can do that
Yeah, dynamic mics are definitely still in use and very common on stages, for podcasting/radio (the classic voice of radio sound is a large diaphragm dynamic mic like the Shure SM7B), and many other professional applications. Though at the professional level there are many use cases where condenser-based microphones are preferred (i.e. low noise applications, shotgun mics, etc.)

However, looking at the transducer market overall, I would bet that condensers make up the large majority of global production. If only because of the growth of MEMS arrays in phones and computers and a growing number of cheap electret condensers used in other consumer and prosumer electronics.
USD share of global forex reserves has been declining for two decades, but it is still used more than all other currencies combined.

Here is a good article by the IMF that gets into how various central banks are diversifying their reserves into a broader range of currencies. https://www.imf.org/en/Blogs/Articles/2022/06/01/blog-dollar...
If you don’t disallow Bluetooth lots of retailers track secretly that way, using beacons
It basically comes down to nondeterminism. Pure functional languages supposedly make it easier to exploit associativity, commutativity, and distributivity to allow many expressions to have nondeterministic semantics that are amenable to concurrent execution. Argument evaluation also can be specified nondeterministic so the runtime is free to execute something like the following with two or more CPU threads:

f(g(), h())

Of course a well designed imperative language could also avoid overspecifying deterministic semantics and open itself up to similar optimizations, but for various reasons that hasn’t caught on. One example would be specifying the conditional to select a branch with a true guard nondeterministically rather than deterministically in the order of appearance in the program text. Dijkstra’s EWDs give many practical examples of why one might want such a thing.

Another example would be deducing when statement composition is symmetric and allowing nondeterminism when it is. For example if f and g don’t have access to each other’s data then the following can be executed in two threads even with mutation:

f(); g()

Side effects will appear nondeterministically though which may or may not be a problem. As always an algorithm needs to be designed for the semantics the language has not those the programmer wishes it does.
Wait until you're using it on your chest in bed and accidentally poke your lips with the corner! It's a surprisingly good zap for an allowed amount of stray

Not that I've ever done that
dont waste your time w/ this author
They didn't think it would lose money though, right?
I'm working on a project that makes it easy to create Python front-ends: https://www.pycob.com/

Do you have any examples of the pet projects posted on GitHub? I could try to take a stab at giving it a front-end, which would probably be the first step in making your pet projects SaaS