skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Exactly right. I don't want a self-driving car that is "average safe" because I am never "average drunk" when I drive myself. I refuse to drive after even one beer earlier that day, it's a decision I make for myself; I choose not to be an average driver. Why should I pretend that I am not myself, but rather am an embodiment of a statistic with no free will of my own?

inb4 "everybody thinks that", such inane arguments don't make me drunk.
California's Vehicle Code (VEH) would still allow for a DUI charge when riding a horse. According to urban legend (and a lot of dubious websites), there are cases where Californians have been convicted of a DUI on a horse, though I haven't been able to find reputable sources for those claims.

VEH 1.670 [0]

> A “vehicle” is a device by which any person or property may be propelled, moved, or drawn upon a highway, excepting a device moved exclusively by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.

VEH 11.12.23152(a) [1]

> It is unlawful for a person who is under the influence of any alcoholic beverage to drive a vehicle.

[0] https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySectio....

[1] https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySectio...
Is there anything about Unix -- then or now -- which is unquestionably better than Linux? And if yes, are the Linux versions of the features or capabilities a significant enough constraint to warrant using Unix instead? It seems that certain networking and NAS applications are measurably better on Unix (Netflix is still a big using of FreeBSD caching servers iirc) but can't Linux close the gap?
It's not good for efficiency because you still have to keep those rudimentary signals for non-digital users of the streets. Like, you know, humans. While ths might work on closed tracks, it also means that "all vehicles" will never be autonomous, and unless you ban vehicles from cities, you'll not get close to "vast majority" either, so you'll never reap the complete benefits of this efficiency.
> Why do people work so hard to intentionally misunderstand what self driving and autopilot mean? (they don't mean autonomous)

"People" here includes the CEO of the company selling the damn things.
It seems to me you're the one working hard giving humans far too much credit for being as aware and cognizant of things as you are. People buy Teslas because they are fashion statements, not because they are anal super detail-oriented Type A personalities.
It’s not required to use a basic editor from the early 90s, no… but it can help on a big codebase. Why handicap yourself? I make patches once in a while with nano/micro without issue. Maybe your functions are just too long, dunno.

A lot of folks can’t survive today without a giant ide awhile you advocate not to use something downright tiny in comparison. Do you hate working with jpeg or blender files because they require software? Rather move bits with a magnetic needle and steady hand?

Admit I was put off by it for an hour or so as well. One spring day in 2001? That afternoon I realized it as a masterstroke and didn’t write another line of c, perl, or java by choice for almost two decades.

Two ways to delimit blocks is redundant. Either one indents already or the project is a disaster.
It's your responsibility to know this stuff, if you don't, you are a
liability for your team.

The fuq? I feel sorry for your spouse.
What an interesting question!

I'm a bit glad that BSD didn't "win", because as time has been passing, Linux is getting to be an increasingly bad fit for me. I'm looking at switching to BSD (I haven't yet because that switch will be a lot of work -- I have a lot of machines) as a better alternative.

So BSD looks like an escape hatch to me and I'm glad that it's there.
I once got pulled over because I was using autopilot. And I was stone cold sober. Damn thing just couldn't figure out how to do easy corners on I-5 without ping-ponging. Turns out there was a cop behind me.

Fortunately it was resolved quickly with chuckles all around.
This sounds sick - just signed up/excited for this Hack!
This long article is a great example of why I believe GPT has a strong future.

The article spends several pages to explain hexadecimal, bases, etc. Probably some fraction of the audience already knows that. In that case, the article should automatically adapt and skip that section. Some people will react negatively to the mathematical formulation, preferring the intuitive section that follows instead.

But this is a static blog post, so it doesn't know how to adapt. Imagine the same post, but with some toggles/sliders (you can come up with even more sophisticated mechanisms): I indicate my level of competency, and the article re-writes itself to match my knowledge. Skip the boring math, show a lot of examples, etc. Or the opposite. The point is that it adapts to you. GPT (or some future variant) is really good at doing this.
What if your system is the one actually sending the emails (ie, you are the 3rd party in this scenario)
Nope options allow you to choose your probability so it's NOT 50/50. We tend to sell premium with prob of profit of 80 - 90% it's less premium

YOU are mistaken.
In fact, many of the banners are just illegal, much like shrink wrap agreements. You are not allowed to process data without affirmative agreement. There's no implied agreement possible.
Enabling FSD Beta is categorically irresponsible. To hear him praise such an abysmal product definitely altered the way I consider him. He's still my friend but I'm now aware of a new dimension to his personality; he has poor judgement when it comes to fancy gadgets. I now see that he is prone to getting swept up in futurism and gadget consumerism. I told him this and we agreed to disagree, so long as he never enables that shit with me in the car again.
And a motor with a static magnetic field is just as weird.
> And again, that's not a problem LIDAR can solve.

Tesla are scared of clouds and shadows and don't see big metal boxes

It's 100% something a lidar would help with. It wouldn't hit shadows or clouds but it definitely would hit a big metal box early enough to at least brake instead of accelerating
The whole point of market economies is to let people freely trade goods and services, but has absolutely NOTHING to do with the silly fantasy of "consumption equals governance." That's textbook nerd BS that just doesn't play out well in real life. You need direct governance, you can't expect a tool designed for one thing to do another.
I think you're being overly harsh.

That describes literally every culture in the world: There is a ton of mutually-held assumptions, and if you don't buy into them, you look weird.

I like diving into different cultures since they help me find assumptions like this one in my own.

I've found the Less Wrong community to start from a fairly sound and rational set of assumptions, often different than my own, but interesting nonetheless. The few times I've engaged, I learned a lot from it. It's certainly less cult-ish than either the far-left or far-right the US seems to be degenerating into, or many other cultures.

I didn't like this post, but it's about a post, and not about a group of people.
I would agree and have always felt like it would ultimately be the insurance companies that end up "mandating" autonomous driving, but... I have a Tesla and after a year with the FSD "beta" I finally tried it out. OMG, that was scary. It works fine until you come to a place with the slightest bit of driving ambiguity (and those abound in the metro Boston area) at which point it becomes a vacillating bundle of indecision not knowing whether to go left, right, forward or slam on the brakes, so it basically tries them all in short order. I don't drive drunk, but I can tell you that if the choice was me driving drunk and letting it take over anywhere other than a relatively clear interstate road, I'd drive every time.
Like I said, there is a difference between the facts, that you state, and how the PR and marketing are presenting them.

You don't even need to go far at all, here are the very first words, right now, on tesla "autopilot" page [1]:

> Tesla cars come standard with advanced hardware capable of providing Autopilot features, and full self-driving capabilities

You cannot in good conscience tell me that this doesn't implies something different than reality, and please don't be one of those that try to claim "no, the word autopilot doesn't ring any bell in people's head they don't have any preconception".

You need to go all the way down half the page, a full 4 scrolls down on my 1600px tall screen, to see "Current Autopilot features require active driver supervision and do not make the vehicle autonomous."

So yes, like I said, the fine line always give the trick. But the marketing pushed forward implies something different, and if marketing didn't work we wouldn't be doing it.

(that's just one exemple amongst lots of them)

[1] : https://www.tesla.com/autopilot
And if the compiler of your ${favourite_lang} doesn't conform to these hypothetical arbitrary standards (Or maybe it does but Deloitte doesn't have a sales rep in ${compiler_dev_home_country} allowing them to buy the certification software? What then?
Does that include donors supplying resources in kind though? I'd imagine running a high profile exit node could cost upwards of 10k$ yearly too
I just built a windows “gaming PC” w/ the latest Zen2, liquid cooling, RGB bling, all SSD storage, etc. I settled for a 4080 because those were possible to get. I wrote a web app that collects data and builds text (and some image) models. It runs tailscale so I can access the application from my tablet or laptop anywhere.

I also have a rather old desktop computer that runs Linux, has a 1050 and has a ZFS storage array on hard disks and serves files, media, controls WiFi access points and does other IoT controlling tasks.

Other than getting a 4090 I don’t want for much. It is possible to build a much more powerful machine but in terms of fan noise it is not easy to live with. Some people’s “ideal” would be about small size, low power, no fan, etc. See this site

https://www.servethehome.com/

For insight into hardware from hyper scale to micro desktops you can buy on ebay.
There aren’t enough EVs to have “civilization consequences”
Racing wheel/DDR pad
Looks like just barely. According to what I found[1], the average age is 59, so 1964, which is the border of boomer and gen x.

1: https://ajrmediagroup.com/media_kits/Product_Partners/AAA/AA...
It is full self driving, the car computer is controlling steering and acceleration. That doesn't mean it's autonomous, there must be a human driver monitoring and responsible for its operation at all times.
> The outcome is the same, but to me, one person is thoughtful and the other person is a jerk. I have never thought that someone trying to be thoughtful with their words was patronizing me, but that's only my experience.

I have the opposite visceral response to this sort of thing. If someone refers to me either singly or as a part of a collective such as "persons having a mental impairment" I immediately know I'm dealing with the sort of bastard that no human connection can be formed with.

The language betrays the intent, and the intent is to proclaim a shibboleth for the purposes of in-group/out-group reinforcement.
It is a hard market but foreign retailers can be very successful if they have the right value proposition. Uniqlo and Decathalon (French) are both packed whenever I go.
Of course, this is basically why they invented it in the first place.
I'm curious to hear about corporate culture in less cutthroat economies. Given how much of managerial BS is about making sure your underlings don't get fired, just making it harder to fire people in the first place would do a lot to remove that incentive.
The "Joi" character from Blade Runner 2049 is an implementable reality, today.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Blade_Runner_character...
In contrast, REI’s management is looking pretty smart for a move that a lot of people questioned at the time.

https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-gear/gear-news/rei-sel...
Love the stores, the flagship one in Seattle downtown is really great. I needed a tux for my wedding and a very sharply dressed older (Cuban) gentleman took just one look at me and the first tux he pulled fit perfectly, which isn't easy as I am skinny and most clothes are just too big and baggy. He then sent me one of his personal handkerchiefs to match the tie I had. Great service!

Now my children go to school with various grand and great-grand nordstroms. That family contributes to a community really nicely and is appreciated/

But back when Amazon bought Whole Foods I read some analyst that predicted that purchase and she was also suggesting that another Amazon acquisition would be Nordstrom. I bought on the rumor. As of right this very moment I am -43.63% on that position. Hmm. I'll hold.
Click on the link to skip the delay.
The notable thing is the dog that isn't barking. You'd expect everybody to object to it, regardless of party, but the only people objecting are all on one side.

The bill itself is not a threat. But it's indicative of an Overton window shift that it could even be considered.
> Would Linux have gained the mind and market share it did or would the BSDs have won?

From the horse's mouth:

> Linus: Actually, I have never even checked 386BSD out; when I started on Linux it wast available (although Bill Jolitz series on it in Dr. Dobbs Journal had started and were interesting), and when 386BSD finally came out, Linux was already in a state where it was so usable that I never really thought about switching. If 386BSD had been available when I started on Linux, Linux would probably never had happened.

- https://gondwanaland.com/meta/history/interview.html
This is nitpicky. Fine. It does not require Apple to "build" something or to engage in additional work.
Another data point: I was the third child, and my mother has described my childhood as effortless. I was non-argumentative, aware, quiet, timid, patient, easy to entertain, and basically could take care of myself. Those kind of kids exist. It's a little bit of luck, some genetics, some good parenting, and some trust. My two nephews are also pretty easy kids.
Are you looking at the time period we were all in a pandemic?
Surviving the Fifth Deadliest Earthquake of the Century
> DUI checkpoints

One of the nice things about living in the PNW is that both Oregon and Washington prohibit such unconstitutional crap.
Indeed it does. And I have no idea which way it will vote on this.
I think a better way of putting it is "Money alone doesn't buy happiness." You can be happy with or without money, sure, but it absolutely helps. Either too much or too little of it can negatively affect your life satisfaction
It looks like these people are using it as kind of a bookmark somehow, with the issue title as their bookmark title ("learn", "python learning", "30 days of python", "python").
This is a false equivalence. The reason people make fun of Trump for being ugly is because he himself mocks others based on their appearance -- particularly women. This is akin to queer activists in the 80s outing closeted gay Republicans who were advocating for anti-gay laws.

Turnabout is fair play. If Trump doesn't want people to make fun of him for his physical qualities, he shouldn't do the same for others.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/us/politics/trump-women-i...

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/08/donald-trump-protest...
How does that square with a dozen people driving FSD and posting it on YouTube weekly. Quite successfully too.

Here is one example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3DCiSFakmI
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But you get a door as a desk! How cool is that.
> with cleaned up laws

Which one I'd pick depends a whole lot on what those "cleaned up" laws consist of. But generally, this looks like an exercise in determining which is the lesser evil.
During project Monterey I had to setup all of the services that allowed SCO/IBM/Sequent on the IGS/IBM side. A few short years later I was tasked with pulling all of the IBM AIX design docs and source code for discovery going back to the beginning.

One has to recall that what sued IBM was the Ray Noorda Canopy Group. Aka Caldera.
Which also levied lawsuits against Microsoft. Far from the ocean view of Santa Cruz.
55% are age 55-65

Source: https://ajrmediagroup.com/media_kits/Product_Partners/AAA/AA...
Thanks for the kind words; I had so much fun building that chandelier! Please do reach out; it's always a lot of fun working with people who have a strong vision and working with them to figure out how to realize it in wood.

Regarding stick chairs, I put one together from an accumulation of scrap pieces recently (hey, this could be a leg some day! throws it in the stick chair pile). Putting one together out of random pieces and letting the pieces you have "inform" the design is about as close as it gets to the sheer hackery joy of banging together some wild one-liner (if I use awk this way and pipe it to sort it'll do what I want) in the shell and hitting enter.

It's like, there's no way this could possibly work, and then you're sitting in it marveling at the fact that it only wobbles a bit. And then you level the feet (or fix your quoting), and damn if it doesn't do just what you want it to!

It's also a cool opportunity to make some of your own tools. Jennie Alexander has a great article on making your own tapered reamer[0] (which does sort of require a lathe), and Tim Manney has one on using your reamer to make a tapered tenon cutter[1].

[0] https://www.greenwoodworking.org/steel-saw-tapered-reamer-pl... Dunno what's up with the certificate error, but the site is legit. You don't have to get picky about the compass saw. I did this out of one I picked up at my local large home improvement store.

[1] http://timmanneychairmaker.blogspot.com/2015/06/use-your-rea...
Pentagon orders engine vibration fix for entire F-35 fleet worldwide
I don't know if it counts. I was a programmer, worked for SaaS companies, and hated everything about that job, and sort of hated myself for doing it. Selling $60k/yr "solutions" to companies with the value proposition that they could lay off several people on their staff and replace them with our product.

I also hated being a front-end developer, because of the constant churn of new frameworks and techniques — "article driven development", where somebody releases a shiny new package or writes a neat article, and all the lemmings run in that direction for six months, before running in a different direction. I like programming, and still do it for fun, but it's such a different experience when you don't have to do it "at scale" and in a team environment.

I switched to doing design, which I sort of did already, and now work for a non-profit. My work is something I can more or less describe to my family and they don't have a glazed over look in their eyes. Still technically in "tech", but in a different corner of it, working in a different capacity (for less money...)
Maybe we agree in meaning but we don't understand each other in terms. Or not. But It's hard to tell as is.

That will have to remain an open question for now, for I won't elaborate right now on that non-obvious question.
Lol, Making me flex this one.

I have an undergrad degree in economics from Harvard University. Gotta say it makes me pretty well equipped to poke at how BS it often is.

edit: this is me idiotically angrily responding incorrectly to the wrong person. leaving it for the message "don't trust these clowns with fancy degrees, they often are clueless" :)
This is really cool!

With their Postgres scanner[0] you can now easily query multiple datasources using SQL and join between them (i.e. Postgres table with JSON file). Something I previously strived to build with OctoSQL[1]. There's even predicate push-down to the underlying databases (for Postgres)!

It's amazing to see how quickly DuckDB is adding new features.

Not a huge fan of C++, which is right now used for authoring extensions, it'd be really cool if somebody implemented a Rust extension SDK, or even something like Steampipe[2] does for Postgres FDWs which would provide a shim for quickly implementing non-performance-sensitive extensions for various things.

Godspeed!

[0]: https://duckdb.org/2022/09/30/postgres-scanner.html

[1]: https://github.com/cube2222/octosql

[2]: https://steampipe.io
In the context of buying a $50,000 car + whatever FSD/autopilot costs instead, it's fair to call $60 "a few bucks".
And yet, magnetless generators are the mainstay of power (as in your electrical service) generators everywhere.
In that sense every automobile is self-driving.
How do you make a distinction?

Planes could arguably be considered a type of dart.
Google is causing the delay so they get everything "early".
Bash on Rails
That's not a cynical take for anyone who's observed the past 20 years of the web.

Page and Brin explicitly spelled out how advertising could change the incentives of a search engine. That didn't stop them from selling out immediately and letting the VCs install a CEO to 'businessify' the company.
Campbell's law is not simply a "social variant" of Goodhart's law. The two have a subtle but crucial difference.

To paraphrase a DonaldTrumpism, Goodhart's law says "Sounds good, doesn't work".

Whereas Campbell's law adds "Worse still, it'll certainly backfire", and makes that the focus.

Incidentally, the other "law" alluded to in the text, also has a name:

> The (Lance) Armstrong Principle:

"If you push people to promise more than they can deliver, they’re motivated to cheat."

A more general rephrasing: if you create / hold people accountable (e.g. by forcing a promise) to unreasonable expectations of performance that cannot be delivered there will be a motivation to cut corners, e.g. cheat.

(Popularized by Andrew Gelman; I first encountered this in an article by friend/colleague Nick Yeung, about the bad side of forcing phd students to publish, also an interesting article in its own right: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-019-0685-4 )
And what of the failure mode when these institutions are swayed by malign incentives?

If there are tangible harms, why have judicial institutions not entertained civil suits? If there are tangible harms, yet the institutions have not entertained civil suits, could it be that malign incentives are already in play?

Would you trust voters in your locality to vote on how you create your next software project? Shall we vote on what you eat for lunch?

Ultimately these discussions boil down to our core premises. Doubtful either of us will convince the other to change those.
Well it happened before as one Irak. History speaks.
Have you come across anyone who changed their pronouns daily and expected you to keep track of it?

It annoys me how often this discussion gets bogged down in weird hypothetical scenarios. In my experience, people who use nonstandard pronouns (or pronouns that you might not guess from their appearance) are completely reasonable about it. They only ask that you make a genuine effort to remember the correct pronoun choice – which is not very much to ask. It's certainly no more work than, say, remembering the correct pronunciation of their name.

I might add that almost anyone will be ok with singular 'they', if you're ever unsure, as it is gender neutral.
Marvell Teralynx 10 Announced for 51.2T 800GbE Switching
Cucumber is very useful in projects with similar components and flows. Developing certain command patterns and writing tests on these commands really improves and speeds up the processes.
40-passenger hydrogen electric plane completes maiden flight