skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Instinctively applying Pascal case, maybe?
You might run into headwinds because in their era using a credit card was generally seen as a bad thing (borrowing, takes longer in line, etc). You might have luck finding a card with cash back rewards and/or a referral fee and selling them on those aspects.
It was meant humouressly. Not bothering the blind with such a silly anachronism is of course a good thing. In fact, we ought to get ligatures in fonts to protect the seeing from them as well.
>>>>Nobody is getting rich off grants.

University administrators and the pharma companies that leverage the "research" to push to market marginal improvement drugs would like to have a word.
yea all my Chinese (in China) relatives assume you should only invest in housing. And then when we tell them we have zero investment properties, they get really, really concerned for our future welfare and think that we're not doing very well.
I just don't get this about the system in the US.

If you keep creating money out of thin air — which as per my admittedly naive understanding is equivalent to just printing money without giving back anything in return — wouldn't it ultimately lead to a collapse or a hyper inflation? Like it did in Venezuela a few years ago (???).

Why is the US seemingly immune to this kind of thing?
I don't think it should be censored here but it is a sexist term. It is never used in a positive way. The publishing industry is female dominated. Imagine that during the recent coverage of their attempts to censor old books, people referred the individuals responsible as "pub maids" or something like that. I don't think it would be quite as accepted.
I can confirm that this is also the spec that we implemented at Fastly for this OHTTP relay service.
I recently came across this video [1] made by a famous youtuber who was able to interview a scammer that regularly creates copycats accounts of his youtube profile to scam his user base. It gives an interesting backstory and if the scammer was actually telling the truth, there must be so many people who still fall for these schemes.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iROF9Dd7FXA
The idea that programmers will be replaced is absolutely ridiculous. Being from the business side, I've never worked on a software project that didn't have unforeseen elements, hyper-specific requirements, unnecessarily complicated legacy code to deal with etc. The idea that I would have to deal with a chatbot to sort it out would make me blow my brains out. I don't need some macro understanding of all available code synthesized in a bot, I need micro understanding of our specific needs, environment and the office politics of deadlines and demands. It's great if a chatbot can support the programmer but no manager will stake his success on a chatbot just getting it right.
Unicode should make it easier for roman numerals by removing ambiguity. From the examples in the article, it makes it worse for many screen readers.
Ask HN: Apple iCal/CalDAV Documentation Exists?
I'm building an open-source Calendar as my senior project, I'm able to get my .ics files to validate on iCalendar.org and work on Google Calendar, but Apple's calendar doesn't accept it.
Aviation gin is quite good, at least he's smart enough to hawk something decent.
I agree they deserve to get paid, but there are better ways than essentially holding customers’ data and URLs hostage. The problem is they are trying to extract money from other open-source developers who are at least as cash-strapped as them.

Plus, I doubt they will get many people to actually start paying. People will simply move to other storage (like Github) and switch the URLs. Docker is fully open-source and works without docker.io, they don’t really have a position here except owning the name.

IMO they just need to edit / clarify that open-source developers and organizations won’t need to pay, only those who presumably should have the funds. And take a more passive stance: bug people with annoying messages like Wikipedia does, and threaten shutting down docker.io altogether if they don’t somehow get funding (some people will complain about this too but more will understand and will be sympathetic). Wikimedia, Unix/Linux, Mozilla, etc. as well as Homebrew/cURL/Rust all seem to be doing fine as nonprofits without creating huge controversies like this.
GPT-4 performance is overstated due to data contamination
Same here, I read the article linked elsewhere in this post hoping to find out what to do with them.
I don't think that it is "completely" random, in the sense that the message is telling something (maybe the exact way it is worded may make a difference), if it is actually "If you wish to use App Connect, please purchase an access code from your VW Dealer" it implies some form of intention to make the user pay (before or later) for use of the feature.

The "normal" error message should be more like "App Connect malfunction, please visit your VW dealer".
Clearly you're unfamiliar with Mint Mobile. It's by far the best mobile company I've used. Ridiculously good prices, same speed/network as T-mobile, dead simple website, and you'll even get a pre-recorded message from Ryan Reynolds if you're not using your plan to its full potential telling you that you can save yourself money by downgrading to a cheaper plan.
$270-$335M if his reported 20-25% stake is accurate. I'm assuming he needed to do this in order to support his bid for the Ottawa Senators.
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Thank you. Don't see why your comment got downvoted. Holding the Clown Platform accountable is surely in the interest of hackers.

Crazy story. Thanks for sharing and yes, suffice to say, this informs our tech stack choices, hah.
Nah, it's French.

> System D is a manner of responding to challenges that require one to have the ability to think quickly, to adapt, and to improvise when getting a job done.

> The term is a direct translation of French Système D. The letter D refers to any one of the French nouns débrouille, débrouillardise or démerde (French slang). The verbs se débrouiller and se démerder mean to make do, to manage, especially in an adverse situation. Basically, it refers to one's ability and need to be resourceful.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_D
We had a prototype Docker/BuildKit registry using IPFS at Netflix built by Edgar.

https://github.com/hinshun/ipcs
Ask HN: How do you become a better software engineer?
Hello! While I have come a long way from undergrad, I still have so much to learn in the world of software engineering. I prefer learning via a more hands on approach, but I’m not against reading either.

I’m just curious what resources (tutorials, books, blogs, etc.) you use to keep your software engineering skills sharp.

Edit: I personally work 99% on backend stuff. Currently, I use Typescript and our infrastructure is handled via code thanks to Amazon’s Typescript CDK library. For example, I know very little about the inner workings of AWS infrastructure and I don’t fully understand all the syntax when I review code related to our infrastructure. I have read quite a bit of the AWS documentation, but it’s just not clicking for me. Resources for learning more about AWS’ offerings is one of many topics I’d love to learn more about, but even general software engineering knowledge that applies to all languages/technologies would be appreciated as well.
> There is allot of financial illiteracy regarding the banking system.

And nor does the balance sheet become inexplicably unbalanced. It issues bills, a liability, which will cancel out as an asset unless it sells them, or takes a value from it's balance sheet capital, or gets interbank funding (which still balances, because that's another bank's asset).

You're not wrong a bank can fund it's lending, indeed there's that often cited BoE paper all about it, but that funding doesn't come from thin air.
I'm not familiar with the 'root namespace squatting' or the typo issue. Do you mean the image namespace as described here: https://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2464012&seq... or is there something else? What sort of typo would cause problems?
Would this file system access API finally allow use to use TiddlyWiki in the browser without add-ons or external tools finally? It's one of the sticking points for me for using it.
Ridiculous does not mean uncommon. Situations can be both common and ridiculous (absurd).

I'm American, but I have enough friends and family from other countries (my wife is an Iranian passport holder) to know what you're talking about and how difficult it can be.
I haven't seen that, but I haven't been following along. I'd assumed they would be very Google-funded still. Is it a general CNCF problem?
"stringent regulatory controls" might be controling for issues in US when you're trying to get mortgage in Asia.
While Back in the Box does resell some Android devices, the majority are iPhones and iPads, said its chief executive, Ari Marinovsky. A big reason is that Apple updates device software for more years than its competitors do.

That seems like the key to all of it. A 2 year old iPhone (or to be fair, Google Pixel now) still has enough years of support to be worth spending hundreds of dollars on for budget minded buyers.
You may have a healthy dislike for the corporate behemoth that is RH / IBM, but, to my mind, Docker, Inc is worse: they keep more things closed, and they literally pressure for money.

I mean, I wish guys like FSF would have produced a viable Docker alternative, but this hasn't happened, at least yet.
> Stablecoins are conspicuous in their absence in patio11's post.

Stablecoins are just fractional reserve banking but with a thin veneer of tech, and a massive narrative to differentiate them from standard fiat currency.

You're far better off just buying commodities directly, at least where your value is located is much more transparent.

Stablecoins are basically "trust me bro its worth this much, and will never drop, just don't trade too much and make me defend the peg."
Going to second direnv. It + pyenv really resolved so many of my Python issues
While GPT-4 won’t, it’s almost certainly a piece of the AGI puzzle. AGI has the potential to solve world hunger.
On the recommendation of maintaining accounts with multiple banks, readers at least in the UK should be aware that for the purpose of compensation, the important part is not the brand name, but whether the banks are part of the same group. This isn't so obvious so you need to check the FCSS website if they do.
Unfortunately I had to just give my parents (68 and 67 years old) ground rules for all forms of communication. This happened after my dad got a fake $3000 invoice from paypal and he paid it.

1. If a service provider you use reaches out via email asking for money, its fake. Login to their online portal (it took a lot of coaxing to get them comfortable with this...)

2. If a service provider reaches out to you via SMS or Phone call, even if they know your account number or other sensitive data: Tell them you will call them back on the phone number listed on their website. If they insist, its fake.

3. If you aren't sure its fake, just ask me to look at it.
This is exactly the example I was thinking of. There is a Reddit AMA where a user asks why they keep it even though it's universally disliked and the CEO essentially says "I hear you but DAU is higher on the redesign".

I think it's an example where metrics are taken too far. Yes, better DAU is good, but if you are alienating 100% of your power users and getting more engagement from your short-term, new signup users that's going to look great for a few quarters but kill your app over the long term as the community experts start telling everyone they used to recommend Duolingo to to go use something else.
Quick Google, this might help. Best of luck on the project. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/devicemanagement/c...
Yellen folded? What does this really mean? The “market” will test her how? The market is only interested in pnl. Insolvent banks are a great place to make a trade. Hardline central bank policy (Japan) would be a place to make a trade. Treasury secretary and deposit insurance? I don’t know what you see there.
What has Labour done to suggest they hate Israel?
> why is it that we allow a bank to not mark-to-market a security for which there is a liquid market?

Because at maturity, the bank gets back its money. So it is perfectly valid to say "in ten years, this $100m bond is worth $100m...and I intend to hold it for ten years, so it's worth $100m [equivalent] today". The "I intend to hold it" is the relevant part of the valuation, though.
Semiconductor manufacturing is not a zero sum game. We can increase the market by increasing the supply, and there are plenty of niches in the market for each manufacture to habit. More chips being produced is a net good for the world. I am more concerned that the chips are being used for something better than telemetry spyware or ad-tech spam than which stable democracy they are produced in.
Coming to a largely startup/business news website and complaining about the investments that celebrities make doesn’t make a ton of sense. These investments are better when made by a “no-name” individual?
Cheers! Richard Chuang recorded and posted them on YouTube. I saw this on Blinn's homepage (https://www.jimblinn.com/) and I thought folks on HN would enjoy it.
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They say there are 3 mirrors in the scene but there are at least 5 - one which can only be seen indirectly through one of the other mirrors!
> Nobody seriously uses AWS/GCP/Azure to have a couple VMs or dedicated servers alone.

Many companies and people do host loads that would be better served on dedicated hardware on EC2 because "cloud".

> Hetzner without much hassle then they shouldn't be using any of the other cloud platforms in the first place as they'd be definitely overpaying.

The ability to provision, de-provision, clone, load balance and manage without talking to people, waiting for hardware or really even having to understand in detail what is going on (yes this is bad, but still... ) is one of the big reasons cloud is popular. Many dedicated hosts have gotten a lot better in this area.
They would with a 20% reserve requirement. Since that's probably not viable, maybe some changes to the interbank loan system to make emergency loans for this purpose a thing. The FDIC already has wide authority once they're called in, but a system like this could have prevented the need for it. Bigger banks could provide the money to prevent failure of an otherwise solid bank rather than be expected to help clean up the mess later.
It is my understanding that Microsoft has previously tried to purchase Docker. Despite me having problems with companies buying up each other, I wouldn't be surprised if Microsoft revisits, or already is revisiting, buying Docker.

Being a heavy Visual Studio Code user, I have centered my personal development around Docker containers using VS Code's Devcontainer feature, which is a very, very nice way of developing. All I need installed is VS Code and Docker, and I can pull down and start developing any project. (I'm not there yet for all my personal projects, but that's where I'm headed.)
Ask HN: Anyone using Cloudflare R2 in production?
We are considering moving from S3 to R2 due to the egress costs and we already use cloudflare for other stuff. Also it is S3 compatible anyway so switching at least for new usage shouldn't be a big deal.

I know R2 was released just over a year ago and wondering if anyone has experience using it in production and if switching to save egress costs are worth it ?
I mean - these companies have a ton of workers, are hiring a lot, and have attrition. A recruiter/sourcer is not a job indirectly hired to "do nothing". They make headcount goals for growth with forward looking expectations, every big company hired hundreds/thousands of recruiters and then one day/week when expectations weren't so rosy basically cut off hiring. So they weren't hired "to do nothing", just that what they were doing was de prioritized. I suspect because they are cheaper than engineers working on a cut program they probably weren't in a rush to reallocate or downsize.
One of the many ways AGI is often defined is “human-level intelligence,” so that seems like a tautological impossibility.
unless you use dotcom accounting, in which case you can say that you lose money on every sale, but make up for it in volume.
> You are delusional.

I agree with the OP that US devs are producing more value - pound for pound - than European based devs, if what we mean by value is money, and I'm 30 something year old European.

The reasons are that the European dev is probably working for a business that's addressing a much smaller market, and that the smaller market probably has a much lower GDP per capita than the US.

It doesn't mean the American dev is better at what they do, or smarter.
e-myth, get a grip
Call me cynical, but I view the subsidies for these new US fabs as hedge against loosing production in Taiwan in the event of a war with China.

That small price delta will be nothing if that happens.
Isn't this just a bad copy of "not everyone can invest passively"
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We are talking about replacing the docker hub and the like, what people "should" be doing and what happens in the real world are substantially different. If this hypothetical replacement can't serve basic existing use cases it is dead at the starting line.
It'd be nice to replace all Roman numerals with cuneiform sexagesimal instead, aka 'Babylonian cuneiform'. It's a much better system.

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-cuneiform-notation-o...

See also, the history of zero:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0#History
High output management
It's a case of never. No machine will ever create a new 'work of Shakespeare' and it's ridiculous to think otherwise.
> The point of company perks is to convince people to forgo more salary than the perks costs the company.

It's also that the company can provide these things to all employees for less than it would cost for every individual employee to buy them by themselves.
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A different take on your anecdote is that your friend goes to a big bank and they're willing to take a 20% down payment which gives your friend 5x leverage on the mortgage. Your friend says: "that's not good enough! I need more leverage because I also need money for renovations!". But big bank says "absolutely not, that's irresponsible."

Your anecdote presumes that the small bank is right and the big bank is wrong. I'm not so sure.
Limitations based on copyrights significantly hinder the helpfulness of this site, although the design is top notch.
> IT, mostly in SV and other places cargo-culting ie Google is often really treated like divas. Bear in mind that this was never true in corporations where IT was treated as a cost center, ie banking.

It's interesting to look at fintech, where banks purchase tech focused company with great engineers because their internal IT simply can't compete thanks to a cost-center culture.

Any industry that doesn't have a regulatory moat around it has tech circling it, looking for the parts of the business with the biggest margins. Even Amazon and Apple are timidly entering highly regulated markets such as health.
Maybe I’m old fashioned, but we used to call this mirroring.
Having heard many recommendations, I tried reading that book more than once, but have real issues with Stephenson's writing style there.
Could you please recommend an overview of the qualities of the AI tutor that I could go over instead?
With LLaMA out there once there is something like an open voice.ai to pair it with I could see this number getting much higher.
In 2008 the Fed was decreasing interest rates, which helped support asset prices. Banks held a lot of bad loans which were worth much less than their balance sheets showed. Both of these factors could have caused the unrealized losses in 2008 to look somewhat small, but the high leverage at banks caused forced asset sales, and the uncertainty around credit losses led to asset prices tanking.

In 2023 the situation isn't necessarily worse, but it is certainly different. Asset prices seem relatively well-understood, in that their declines are a straightforward function of interest rates as opposed to an uncertain function of credit losses. Bank leverage is less than in 2008 as a result of regulation.

If the situation in 2008 was "some banks are _super_ insolvent, and it's hard to tell which ones", in 2023 it seems to be "some banks are mildly insolvent, and it's fairly clear which ones". A mildly insolvent bank can probably stay afloat as long as it continues to have access to capital, which the Fed is giving them. But if people start withdrawing their deposits from one of the mildly insolvent banks, it will become increasingly difficult for that bank to dig out of even a small solvency hole, so there's still some uncertainty as to whether the Fed lifeline is enough to save them.
Wouldn't that just create simulacra of human language? Seems difficult to draw a circle around "human stupidity" while keeping the innate human qualities & also not amplifying similar AI aberrations
> Instead it has a multi-million dollar company behind it, and VC's who demand profits from a thing that shouldn't have ever had a business plan.

But you don't have to host curl? Who's gonna put the money to host all the images and bandwidths that ten of thousands of companies use but never pay?
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Vulkan, I suppose.
his celebrity is certainly a significant part of the company's value
but... it understands the meat-eating goat part just fine?
That it hasn't learned enough doesn't show that this approach can never learn, which seems to be the point you're making.

It's input dataset is many orders of magnitude bigger than the model itself - it can't "remember" all of it's training data.

Instead, it collects data about how certain tokens tend to relate to other tokens. Like learning that "goats" often "eat" "leafy greens". It also learns to group tokens together to create meta-tokens, like understanding how "red light district" has different connotations to each of those words individually.

Is this process of gathering connections about the different types of things we experience much different to how humans learn? We don't know for sure, but it seems to be pretty good at learning anything thrown at it. Nobody is telling it how to make these connections, it just does, based on the input data.

A separate question, perhaps, might consider how some concepts are much harder to understand if you were a general intelligence in a box that could only ever experience the world via written messages in and out, and how some concepts would be much easier (one might imagine that language itself would come faster given the lack of other stimulation). Things like "left" and "right" or "up" and "down" would be about as hard to understand properly as the minutae of particle interactions (which humans can only experience in abstract too)
This is really well done. Paragraph view really helps to visualize it.

CSS Font Stack [1] used to be the place for this, but that site hasn't changed in decades.

The one piece missing for me is the percentage adoption by platform (like in the above referenced site). Regardless, this is still replacing CSS Font Stack for me.

The irony is that they were both created by people named Dan.

[1] https://www.cssfontstack.com
You believe charging businesses more will lower prices? That doesn’t sound right.
I have never seen them actually create meaningful change. I have been in a lot of very racist trainings lead by these people.
And he just rejoined them in February.
"solvent that is clear, colorless, volatile, nonflammable, and environmentally persistent"

Call me stupid, but can it really be volatile and persistent? I'd expect volatility and persistence to be negatively correlated.
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