skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
That is not what they are asking for. Investing in t-bills either requires an account with Treasury direct, or some other brokerage. If you manage the t-bills yourself, then you have to manually initiate the transfers, which has risk of both human error (if you forget to transfer, or input the wrong amount) and counter-party risk (if the brokerage fails, you may not have access to your funds for a while). And for many companies the day-to-day operations require more than $250k in an account just to be able to clear payroll and invoices, so even if they put their reserves in t-bills, their primary account is still at risk.

Small startups and business can easily end up with cash in the multi-millions. We are talking about companies with a handful of employees, too small to warrant a full time financial focused position. As the OP mentioned, there is zero reasons we can't have a zero risk depositor account. And I think most folks would be happy to pay a small fee for the service, but fees should not be necessary as the provider can still get overnight rates. But the only reason we don't have one right now is because the government doesn't want to interfere with the banks ability to make money off of our deposits.

EDIT: For some extra context, I know someone that had a swap account at SVB. In theory they were protected, but they still lost access to their funds for multiple days, which can be very problematic for a business. And on top of that it wasn't (and still isn't) clear how one would recover swap accounts, so they spent the weekend reaching out to lawyers. At this point they have probably spent a week of time sorting this mess out. They are a small biotech focused on finding cures for diseases and have zero interest/resources for financial engineering. And for companies that typically only have 1-2 years of runway, loosing a week of productivity is a huge distraction.
themulticaster says>"Suffice to say, that day I learned that some people seem to be easily offended when commenting about reasonable alcohol consumption considering past addictions. Or perhaps I'm vastly overestimating the risks of substance abuse disorders..."<

I agree with you. Perhaps they read your post after their second (or later) glass of wine!8-)).
Daniel Dennett is a philosopher who made it sort of his favorite subject: competence without comprehension. I won't attempt to explain this better than he does.

But the general idea is that these models are more elaborate versions of ELIZA, while they aren't in principle different. They work like my child who when I quiz him after reading him a page of a bed-time story on the contents of it will try to come up with plausible answers, but I can tell when he was actually paying attention / knew the words or weren't / didn't.

Now, this is something I don't know whether Dennett would claim, so, it's my thought, not his. I believe that a fundamental difference is in motivation / value judgement. I.e. humans do things for a reason that they constructed based on what they perceive to be more valuable to them. Models aren't built to have values or wishes. They don't want to be able to answer more "why?" questions about whatever they "say".

I mean, your reflection in the mirror is a very realistic counterfeit human being, and in many respects is indistinguishable from you, but it's nothing like a human being.
Depends on the definition of "generation" being used. One definition of generation is "about 30 years", i.e., the amount of time it takes to go from infancy to raising a child. See definition 6 (as of time of writing): https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/generation#Noun
> if you do a chargeback, you often get blacklisted on their service.

Although, to be honest, if a problem has deteriorated to the point where I need to do a chargeback, I've already written off doing any further business with that company anyway.
I can see that. A human specifiable name is important.

My proposal is that each time an image is pulled, the hash is recorded and retained even if the underlying container image is removed. When the same image is pulled again, if the files change from the previous hash, either fail or warn the user.

I can see how pinning to a specific patch version is not a great idea and that "python:3.11" keeps people from pinning to an insecure version.
Here are a few others I haven't seen mentioned.
- The Price Whisperer (pricing is important and mostly ignored by startups)
- Startup Myths and Models (title explains it)
- Measure What Matters (using OKRs)
- Growth Units (figure out your unit economics - LTV and CAC)
Here's a weird thing about human culture—when something requires effort, it's viewed as more formal or special, even and especially if that effort serves no empirical purpose.

Why do people wear suits and dresses to fancy events? Formal clothing is no more functional than casual wear, it's merely more annoying to put on and harder to move around in. People wear formal clothing because of the effort required—if everyone is willing to get dressed up for a party, the party must be special enough to be worth dressing up for!

Roman numerals are similar; they confer an additional sense of prestige precisely because they are more difficult to read. The XXI Olympic Games must be something really special, because you went through the effort to decode "XXI".
When the generative model is autoregressive (autocomplete), it can easily be used as a predictor. All of the state of the art language models are tested against multiple choice exams and other types of prediction tasks. In fact, it's how they are trained...masking - https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/mpnet-combines...

For example: "Multiple-choice questions in 57 subjects (professional & academic)" - https://openai.com/research/gpt-4
With what money?

An entire year's worth of Swiss tax revenue couldn't cover this bailout...
The thing I don't understand is what's the cost of flying versus driving? in terms of fuel.

why not let the things drive late at night on the sidewalk.

and maybe then fly only when they have to.
I don't think this concept will fly broadly in America, it violates the way the American constitution sets up private vs public. Forcing private businesses to do businesses with the public without discrimination is only allowed in certain cases. Are you open to the public, providing an important service? (Like taxi, hotel, etc?) Then you cannot discriminate. Are you not-essential, with limited rules based membership? Then you can discriminate.

In this case, telling a private business they are forced to entertain customers who have robbed them, it's outrageous. And while I understand that chargebacks CAN be legitimate, they also CAN and often are illegitimate. When I worked in small business computer repair, we literally got out of the business of selling expensive machines because more than half of all orders were fraudulent and were charge backed with zero recourse -- we lose the machine, we lose the money. We lost an incredible sum of money to thieves this way, and so being told we are forced to do business with them would have destroyed our business.

If you wanted to create a new class of online public service like Twitter and Google and increase regulation on them as one might do hotels, that's one thing. But a blanket requirement that all businesses must entertain customers who chargeback is a nonstarter, imo.
I'm not familiar with the Fortnite cash shop, but do they refund hard currency or just "points"/ fun bucks?
NASA's Artemis program is generally on track - Artemis 1 (uncrewed test flight into lunar orbit which then returned to Earth) was successful in 2022. Artemis 2 (humans going into lunar orbit) is scheduled for next year, and indications seem to be that it's on track. Artemis 3 (humans landing on the moon) is scheduled for 2025.

So there has been very tangible progress in the form of Artemis 1, plus the schedule is to get people back on the moon in two years. Obviously it could be delayed, but we're pretty clearly out of the realm of a theoretical moon landing and into planning/implementation for a specifically planned and approved NASA mission. I would definitely put money on humans on the moon in well under 5 years.

Wikipedia article about Artemis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemis_program
From TFA:

TLDR; Don't be dazzled by generative AI's creative charm! Predictive AI, though less flashy, remains crucial for solving real-world challenges and unleashing AI's true potential. By merging the powers of both AI types and closing the prototype-to-production gap, we'll accelerate the AI revolution and transform our world. Keep an eye on both these AI stars to witness the future unfold.
Odd to mention how restricted tethering is on MVNOs, in the comments of a post about Mint Mobile, which included tethering in every plan.
I tried to buy a used bike in a new city and the guy wouldn't accept anything except Zelle. I had cash, Venmo, Apple Pay, but nope, this guy was hell-bent on Zelle. When I explained to him that I don't have Zelle and wouldn't create one for a $200 bike, he started to think I was a conspiracy theorist. Zelle has done a great job of creating an image of trust and people equate it to using a credit card without fees.
I take it you have never tried to use the support system of many of these services? Yeah, you may sometimes get a good rep that will actually help you and refund you. More often times than not you are forced to jump through massive hoops, auto replies, no help, etc. to the point that you have to do a chargeback. Also, chargebacks are not always a guarantee, VISA (or whoever) does their own investigation to make sure you're in the right, so you would only likely go that route when you're confident that the service is in the wrong.
And if the people who end up on the wrong end of those decisions push back, what are you going to do? Shrug, cite the "impossibility of fairness", and tell them to suck it up? That's a short road to a very unpleasant backlash. Fairness is deeply important to most human beings.
Both. It isn't worth JP Morgan's time to understand the different neighborhoods in Boston. Their computer model is their computer model. But think about where you live. I'm sure you can tell me that certain streets are desirable and certain streets much less so. Maybe there is a block nearby with particularly nice foliage that makes it look good. Information that you wouldn't know by looking at a map. A regional lender might be tuned-in to things like that in a way that a megabank won't be, because it's not worth their time to get to know each and every neighborhood.
100% + I'd expand by saying the Fed uses its operations to control the price of money, which is interest rates, not the supply of money. The supply of money has many factors such as how many loans are created, etc. Taxes paid. etc beyond the Feds operational control.
Reviewing code is more horrible than writing code
Really hate to review code.
Bold of you to assume I’d want Arial or Ubuntu before the one I set as my user agent default in any stack
As far as I know, x86 and x86-64 have never had microcode for ASCII (base 10 is what I'm interested in) to binary number conversion. Why do you think this is? It seems like a very common operation these days, and the reasons you gave for microcode multiply seem applicable.
At this size you should have a local registry that acts as a transparent cache. If you don't, then get one right now. What happens if Docker's servers are down for whatever reason? Does your whole process break?
Do you find wholegrain bread is more filling / less sleep-inducing than white? I don't find there to be a huge difference personally, especially compared to just reducing how much bread I eat. (Same with rice)

Jarlsberg is delicious!
As a daily Linux desktop user for 20+ years I don’t want any kind of App Store at all. Forcing me to interact with one will drive me away for sure.
The Common Process of Drug Repurposing
Tech Coops List
If I ever need to look for a new job, I think I would consider joining a tech coop. Anyone have experience working in one?
Here are some of the most popular ones:

The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
Zero to One by Peter Thiel
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber
Good to Great by Jim Collins
The Art of Possibility by Rosamund Stone Zander and Benjamin Zander
The Hard Thing About Hard Things by Ben Horowitz
The Innovator's Dilemma by Clayton Christensen
Rework by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson
These books cover various aspects of entrepreneurship, from idea generation and innovation to leadership and management. Each one offers a unique perspective and valuable insights that can help entrepreneurs navigate the challenges and opportunities of starting and growing a business.
Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant "lost" because they aren't assistants. They are voice user interfaces. They have discreet modes, requiring discreet vocal commands for controlling timers, controlling media players, creating schedule entries, or ordering products.

An assistant would be able to take an instruction like "In twenty minutes, play Lullabye by Billie Joel, and turn the lights off when it's done." That combines functions in useful ways, that none of the previous generation of assistants can do.

ChatGPT can't do that either, as it is cannot control things. It can generate text, but there's very little likelihood we'd want to allow LLMs to manipulate systems until they're far more reliable.

Where it will be useful is as supercharged autocomplete. I fully believe LLMs will pop up all over the place where content generation is the task (like Copilot).
Yes and no. Sometimes it's more grey than that in services like Uber or Doordash where it could be at the fault of one bad apple and not the company at a whole. Or as others said, sometimes you are at the mercy of losing a massive library of content if you get blacklisted like on Steam or Amazon, for example.
Many banks offer "money market" accounts, wouldn't it be similar?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_market_account
As someone who maintains the registries we use globally at work, +1.

I know people groan at running infrastructure, but the registry software is really well documented and flexible.

If you don't need to 'push', but only pull - configuring them as pull through caches is nice for availability and reliability -- while also saving from nickle/diming.

They will get things from a configurable upstream, proxy.remoteurl.

Contrary to what the documentation says, this can work with anything speaking the API. Not just Dockerhub.

edit: My one criticism, it's not good from an HTTPS hardening perspective. It's functional, but audits find non-issues.

You'll want nginx or something in front to ensure good HSTS header coverage for non-actionable requests, for example.
> On other side the companies should then be able to sue you

Companies can sue you for false, damaging claims you make, or failure to complete your end of a contractual arrangement.

> and you need to prove that charge was fraudulent

Well, no, the initial burden of proof should remain on the entity
seeking a remedy, but civil standard of proof (preponderance of the evidence) means that that initial burden is not hard to meet.
to me this is an unacceptable boundary to cross. I would never be able to trust someone that does that.
I mean.. did you watch to the end of the episode? In the episode the scammers were targeting people trafficking child pornography, so it's a bit harder to empathize.
Hyperglot
Did you miss that we've already been back to the moon with Artemis 1? The crewed mission is still Artemis 2 scheduled for 2024 now, only 3 years late (but that's 12 years of development, hardly problematic.)
> Also why steam is still the leader despite having a terrible UI: they have been very good to their customers.

Steams core customer is the game developers/publishers, who they take a ~30% (last time I checked) cut from the profits from.

The people who buy games are simply users of Steam, and Steam has to treat them well, otherwise their actual customers (developers/publishers) won't get as much profits, and indirectly Steam.
> Any bank that tries that would have to charge a fee to cover costs and will quickly lose business to the other “banks” that don’t do that.

There is this saying that if you are not paying for it you are the product. Curious that people only apply it for search and email services.
Complete speculation, but I'd hazard a guess that they were able to offer such cheap service during the era of near zero interest rates coupled with their masterful use of celebrity to market their service made them an user acquisition machine and that T-Mobile is now paying a mint (no pun intended) to acquire all those users.
I shelled out for plus and tested this on GPT4. Got it in one:

>Me: in what sense is the sentence 'cows drink milk' correct?

>CGPT4: The sentence "cows drink milk" can be considered correct in the context of baby cows, also known as calves. Calves drink milk from their mothers as their primary source of nutrition during the early stages of their lives. However, once they grow into adult cows, they no longer consume milk and instead graze on grass, hay, and other types of forage. So, the sentence can be interpreted as correct when specifically referring to calves.

compared to 3.5, which kept insisting it was a metaphor over 3 more tries:

>CGPT3.5: The sentence "cows drink milk" is actually incorrect. Cows are mammals that produce milk, but they do not drink milk themselves. Instead, they drink water just like most other animals. Therefore, this sentence can be considered incorrect in the literal sense.

>However, it is possible that the sentence is being used in a figurative or metaphorical sense. For example, if someone were to say "cows drink milk" as a way of describing someone who is acting foolishly or inappropriately, it could be interpreted as a metaphorical statement. In this case, the sentence would not be taken literally and would instead have a different meaning altogether.
> Well no, most adult bodies are pretty good at dealing with most of those.

I mean, they aren't, that's why people get addicted to sugar and overeat ridiculously. Maybe the body can handle it but the brain can't, right?

UK portion sizes are nothing like the US and our obesity rate still sucks. People are going to keep drinking sugary drinks and eating chocolate and chips and cookies, getting drunk every weekend and ordering a kebab at 3am.
We don't know. But it's the most fun!
I have a Galaxy S21 5G with Android 13

I also changed my pin because I suspect he saw me entering it, but when this occurred he was at the other end of town so it would have had to have been some sort of remote access. I am thinking maybe phone link, which I had been using with my laptop, I disabled that.

It was definitely not autocomplete because he said something that only he would have know regarding the message I was typing.

He is being kind of a dick about it but I think will probably tell me if I push it but I guess part of it is I don't want to appear as stupid as I guess I am and want to at least get an idea of what it was.

I also turned on face recognition so that people will not see me putting in my pin.

I do not think he went through my laptop because it was turned off at the time.

It has been making me crazy. I will probably have to buy him a bottle of wine or something to get him to confess :)

UI Verion 5.1
Android Version 13
Kernel 5.4.219
Android Security patch level March 1, 2023

The app is called Messages, it's the default app and it's version 14.1.30.19

It was a half typed message, something like this:

I put in: "Hey Dan, are you going to the comedy club Friday " but was going to put night and is anyone else going. but took a call. then he somehow put in the text area where i was typing "yeah, Jan and Steve are going too but you are buying me drinks if you want to know how I did this."

So I knew it was him, I never hit send. So, he was in my phone I think.
Nothing a company does is free to them. To expect them to provide a free service at all, let alone one with high costs associated with it, is not reasonable. They don't owe the world free service, same for any other company.
I am glad you are concerned about this, but I feel strongly that politics follows culture. The only way to get political change here would be to get people to generally accept this as a problem first... and at that point the politicians will figure it out on their own.
Spacesuit for NASA’s Artemis III Moon Surface Mission Debuts
We are all struck with the novelty of generative AI, it needs time to settle. People will throw the universe at the wall and see what really sticks.

To my mind generative AI is great at finding needles in the haystack of stuff we already know. Of course it just as often gives you a fake needle right now, just to see if you notice.

On the other hand "traditional"/predictive AI is often better at the things we don't already know or understand.
Also, we use sign-magnitude representation while x86 uses twos complement.

> It didn't have this property and looked more like a normal instruction, kens would have to tell us if it shared the same microcode.

If you're thinking of "IMUL reg,reg" it was added only in 80186. If instead you're thinking of AAD, then yes it reuses the CORX subroutine; it's only unsigned so it doesn't need the parts that deal with negation.
As a technical founder this book on negotiation was highly valuable: "Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It". Negotiation is a skill you need as a startup founder that is not necessarily needed for technical work.

"Innovators Dilemma" - helps put in perspective acceptable state of early products and good strategies for deploying new innovative products
Ok but why is it not reversible? Is there any good reason? Is it doing Proof of Work?
It doesn't seem to work the same in the anglosphere though. Unions in Germany at least seem more like guilds, they engage in collective bargaining but also do a lot to ensure high quality work from their members. Less need to focus on the owner/management and more need to focus on the public/customer side of things.

Anglo culture is probably more atomized, with different effects of collective bargaining as a result.
First, thanks for the answers - both this comment and the other in the thread. HN shines again when it comes to access to the sources of information.

Second, as I said in another comment, I'm not a chrome user and I'm asking more for personal entertainment. However, I think that I'm asking questions that everyone not in the space would ask looking from the outside. Hopefully, your answers are of use for someone else.

Third, my personal biased opinion is that this will not resolve any of the issues surrounding Google and the online tracking. I lost my personal trust in Google many years ago and things haven't change since then. Even this initiative which is supposed to underpin the privacy and the choice of the user is provided as a corporate project with Google choosing who decides on the allowed urls, the ohp provider, and everything else about the parameters of the "deal". As I said, I cannot comment on the cryptography, but anything else in the whole story does not provide me with the confidence that the user choice has been uphold as a value. I doubt that anyone will have their opinion change from all of this.

Possible measures which could've demonstrated some transparency could've been if Google wasn't the only authority on the allow list, if people could choose the ohp provider, if the authority was granted to a ngo with transparent rules and decision taking process, and independent oversight...

Thanks though and good luck.
You could be right, but at least it start to set some sort of tone to this practice, even if it's not the final nail in the coffin for ending it.