skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The one that really gets me is where vicious bastards pay off witnesses so they cannot legally testify against them. Is that situation being reported wrong?

E.g. Rose McGowan unable to testify against Weinstein because he setlled with her for $100k. Surely in a criminal trial you can be called, take the oath and tell the truth? I don't want to follow anything in hollywood if I can avoid it so I don't care to know the details of weinstein and mcgowan at all. Just it was being reported like that and my jaw dropped. You can pay off witnesses so they can't testify now? Wow.
I don't want to let you down, but implementing a compiler is part of most reputable master degrees in Computer Science. Having implemented a compiler is great and demonstrates skill, but may not be worth as much as a CS degree in an employer's eyes.

How hard it is to get a "compiler job" depends on what you mean. Getting hired by Apple to work on the internals of the Swift compiler is very difficult. Especially if you are not an American citizen. However, getting a job developing parsers/compilers/transpilers in lesser well-known companies might be considerably easier.

Hoping to get hired by a FAANG company by hacking llvm is essentially the same as trying to get a record contract by busking in the streets. I mean it happens if you are exceptionally talented, exceptionally hard-working, and exceptionally lucky, but it is very, very rare.
Nice. High chance we’ll start seeing a ton more tooling innovation of this kind.
I view gpt-4s information constraints very similarly to blockchains; it’s a bounded context. Blockchain solved this with oracles. I think there will be a more formal, widely recognized variant for gpt-4 pretty soon. Your feature for pulling down websites is basically it.

I found the context size for gpt-3 to be extremely limiting when I was hacking at ideas. Seeing this and knowing the context size for gpt-4 is larger is giving me motivation to pick up where I left off.
This is a silly argument. A community forks, not 'leadership'. The mechanism for forking the project is literally the same in both cases. Please describe what mechanism, ETH for example, includes that differentiates it from BTC in some way. This is just typical crypto tribalism and not rooted in a technical basis in any way.
I have been saying this to my customers for a long time, most projects do not really benefit from K8s but on the contrary, it is a huge operational/cost compromise to use K8s for a monolith app that does simple CRUD operations where occasional downtime is actually acceptable.

In my last project, I removed the unnecessary complexity that K8s was bringing and went back to ansible scripts, which has worked nicely.

With another customer, we inherited a frontend application that was being deployed with K8s while vercel is a considerably simpler/faster alternative.

K8s certainly has its advantages but I'd bet that many projects using it do not gain much.
In case you're wondering if the system is rigged, she obviously knew this was coming...

https://www.coindesk.com/business/2023/02/23/cathie-woods-ar...

and then yesterday... so convenient...

https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/cathie-wood...

Down 8.16% today...

https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/COIN/
Is There Math Beyond the Equal Sign?
profits mainly. some software managed to work just fine for years with one time buy..
Are you talking about some theoretical ideal according to you? Because you're definitely not describing how law actually works.

Here's a starting point on the topic, with plenty of references and examples: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraterritorial_jurisdiction
In one of GPT4's release demos, it is shown being fed a photograph of a hand-drawn web page. It then image analyses that, works out that it's a picture of a web page and turns it into a working web page (https://youtube.com/live/outcGtbnMuQ?feature=shares&t=972).

So here's the thing; what in that list of non-codegen tasks is more complicated than that which GPT can already automate?
I’d gladly pay 70$ for this, for myself and maybe a couple of friends, if it were a one-time purchase. As a subscription, I just closed the page.

Several apps on the Mac App Store have both subscription and lifetime pricing. I’ve bought several.
The thing I noticed is that they are not using any other AWS services. No S3, Elasticache, DynamoDB, etc. They are just running applications and databases.

This will not be the case with many people using cloud and a migration to bare metal will be much harder. Each of those services needs an equivalent to be deployed and managed and it's features might be up to what the AWS equivalent has.

Even the stuff that they are moving (databases, load balancers, etc) is significant operational overhead. In AWS database fail-over is an option you tick. Self hosting has whole books written about how to do database high availability.
"Radio Silence" does the same thing as this- but without subscription. And only $9.
I don't know why you're getting downvoted, but this is massively relevant. She sold before anyone else knew this was coming.
I have never played D&D (despite wanting to) but I really liked what you did.

It seems very well-made, though I bet people would appreciate one or two youtube tutorials (it seems very feature rich btw).You should try posting it on reddit and other sites to get more feedback.

Congrats!
No kidding. Just to consider a single project, my total time saved using esbuild instead of pure JS bundlers could probably be measured wallclock months, and I really like the way it's written: simple, approachable, handwritten lexer/parser, etc. The way that esbuild organizes its lexer state has infected my handrolled lexers, too.
Thanks for that. I was wondering why ETH vs BTC wasn’t affected (although since the 13th ETH has dropped significantly ~-10% versus BTC, so maybe professional investors know something?).

Disclaimer: I own some COIN shares (to get exposure to crypto without having to own crypto.). Aside: Coinbase had dropped ~6% during the day before the notice and has dropped a further ~13% in after-hours trading since the after-hours SEC notice.
It seems they are migrating for migration's sake.

AWS ECS -> Google GKE -> AWS EKS -> Self hosted Kubernetes -> bespoke solution.

They are pretty much changing their tech stack every few years, never maturing their knowledge of their current tech stack.

I am sure it makes sense to self host, but given their track record I am wondering if they wil be migrating to the cloud again in a few years.
me too! it's unfortunate that more services are starting ban google voice numbers.
I dunno, I kind of like it

In vale of silicon, where circuits hum,

A pixelated symphony is spun,

Where techne's children toil 'til kingdom come,

And seek the code to marry Earth with Sun.

The anodes in their lustre shew the gleam,

The cathodes purr, electrons dance and dream,

Each byte, each pixel, glass, and wire entwine,

As Silicon's soul thrums with life divine.

In this, the haven of the digital age,

Where thought is sculpted into byte and page,

A new Prometheus dwells, with vision keen,

To forge the bond 'twixt worlds, machine and gene.

O technologists, who weave a web of stars,

Like spiders spooling through the night's memoirs,

To link the globe in silent symphony,

And bring the world to whispered unity.

But hark! The human heart, a pulsing drum,

Still yearns for touch, for words from far-off climes,

To feel the whisper of another's sigh,

And drink the love that dances in their eyes.

So guard, ye architects of artifice,

The sanctity of nature's sweetest kiss,

And in your grand designs, hold ever fast,

The whispered wisdom of our storied past.

Preserve the flame that burns within our breast,

The human spirit, fragile, manifest,

That in the melding of the age to come,

We lose not all that makes our hearts a home.
I had the idea of creating a Kubernetes cluster debugger that’s gpt-4 based and runs in the cluster, consuming and troubleshooting then posting results to a Slack channel for dev teams to view. Don’t think I’ll work on it though.
The reality is that this sort of control would only be attractive to a very very small fraction of users, and no, not just because ‘people don’t care about privacy’ or whatever. There are just very few situations where someone is going to be able to look at this sort of data and do anything meaningful with it, especially when a) most apps are justifiably internet-connected, and b) the homogeneity of public cloud infra means you can’t really tell anything apart from endpoint alone.
Dungeons & Developers
What Will Happen After the Technological Singularity? – Ray Kurzweil
+1 for openphone. No affiliation but I've been using it for about a year now and it just works. Never had an issue and it gets out of my way.
For reference, back in 2017, the Chinese authority outlawed his ICO activities, and required him to hand back all the proceeds to the investors (or victims depending on your view) before letting him out of the country.
Yes, this is what small claims court is for. Business entities can bring disputes up of up to $5000, private individuals (including you if you did work-for-hire with a 1099 or the like) up to $10,000 - but you give up the right to sue in regular court.

There's a small filing fee, you have to get the notice of the proceeding to your problem customer (eg by registered mail), then you both have to turn up at a certain date. If you and the customer are far apart geographically there may be a way to conduct the proceedings via Zoom or the like - if not ask your state bar for advice.

On the day both parties appear, you can't have legal representation (though you can bring a friend, partner, or a witness). You'll be invited to try mediation first, usually sitting down at a table with a pro mediator that tries to straighten out miscommunications or hurt feelings.

If that doesn't work out, the case goes ahead. You both explain the facts as you see them to the judge, along with any supporting documentation. The judge will ask questions, make a determination, and maybe award damages or impose some sort of compromise depending on circumstances. SCC judges hear a lot of bullshit and don't tolerate side arguments or amateur lawyer theatrics. They like people who are organized, stay on point, and don't get emotional, shift the goalposts of their argument, or make personal attacks.

You will probably find it emotionally stressful even though it's informal, because the anxiety and frustration of the dispute will all resurface at once, you have to relive the whole dispute but with a complete stranger sitting in between both of you, and the complete stranger's decision is final. But win or lose, if you are honest and give it your best shot you will probably find it a good and educational experience.

You might not need to go to small claims court. A letter may be sufficient: briefly summarize the issue, explain that you need to move on, and indicate that you are ready to send either the debt to a collections agency, file a lien on the customer's business/property, or file at SCC. Be firm, but also be polite and word things in a way that leaves the other party's dignity intact.

https://www.amazon.com/Business-Law-Barrons-Review/dp/143800... is a great book that summarizes the legal principles, infrastructure, and common situations that arise in commerce. It's not a DIY guide but will help you to think and communicate clearly about your problem situation. Best of luck.
> make it so difficult to determine what's legit from what's fake.

So true. I still think the DNS was one of the only chances to grant, and teach, the ability to confidently make trust decisions in the general population. IDN attacks notwithstanding, it's hard to beat an inspectable string that contains its own trust chain, compared to "app names" that can often be set to the hacker's own choice. Sadly, antipatterns seem more common than useful patterns.

(Antipatterns like using a domain like "talktotacobell . com" (don't visit that) as the site to complete a receipt survey. Or every public school district or even school having a random .com or .org.)

People decided that end users would find an address like xhs.xsd.ed.ca.gov too complicated, yet people found 10-digit completely meaningless telephone numbers perfectly fine for decades.
You didnt let me down :)

I know the compiler industry is full of people with masters degrees and PHDs.

then would you say getting at least a BS in math or CS the way to go? or should i aim harder and get a masters or PHD? thanks
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ChatGPT:

Right to repair laws could burden businesses with regulations and compliance requirements, hindering innovation and economic growth.

Companies may be forced to disclose sensitive information about their products, leading to intellectual property theft and reduced competitiveness in the marketplace.

Unauthorized repairs pose a risk to consumer safety, and manufacturers may be held liable for any damage or injuries caused.

Manufacturers already provide ample opportunities for repair, including warranties and authorized repair services.

Right to repair laws could create unnecessary competition for these services, ultimately harming small businesses and reducing the quality of products in order to maintain profitability.

The market should be allowed to operate freely without government intervention, and there may be more effective solutions to ensure consumers have access to safe and reliable repair options
If I can't trust you to work on your own whether it is in the office or at home you are not someone I want to hire. Babysitting employees is a waste of resources.
Negative. No external tool/company has ssh access. GHA is strictly for CI, which is decoupled from the actual deploy.

If we do decide to tie it in, it will be using the GH Deployment API to inform the local tool on CI status or something.
in isolation maybe that's ok-ish?

How many other high-paying tweets that look like fraud did he keep all the cash? Do we know? Was it none?

"Dang, turns out that one is a loser - they got me on that one." Can be a business expense in a profitable operation.

I see this kind of thing as fraud and there /needs/ to be conviction and jail, even a week in minimum security. There has to be consequences that aren't a business expense for getting in on fraud.

The "I'm a dumb celebrity so I didn't know" defence is just garbage, they should be terrified of accepting such "gigs". Utterly crapping themselves about how bad it could go.
Is your point that wealthy people subsidize air travel by paying relatively more for the space on the plane?

That's a perfect example of when inequality biases a market to produce suboptimal outcomes.

Why?

Because if people wouldn't be willing to spend to pay the cost of an airplane ticket in perfect market conditions, then them not buying a ticket is the optimal allocation of resources.

If they then buy a ticket in current market conditions, that's an example of a suboptimal allocation of resources.

Same goes for the car example.
> Please describe what mechanism, ETH for example, includes that differentiates it from BTC in some way.

On what legal basis do you insist that the differentiation must be by inclusion of a “mechanism”?
Short version: "New York skyscrapers are built at around 50-70% the speed of Chicago skyscrapers. This seems partially due to New York constructing many more skinny skyscrapers with very small floor plates than Chicago does, which take proportionately longer to build."

Ones like this:[1]

[1] https://www.cnn.com/style/article/steinway-tower-intl-scli/i...
> by later today

Wow, that's the timeframe things are moving at right now, we better get used to it!
How is the individual going to know what to learn in advance? If anyone knows the requirements of companies, it's the companies themselves, no?
I don't think CreateProcess() is worse than fork/exec, and I didn't even mention fork/exec. It's pretty natural that one should even jump to the conclusion that "dislike of CreateProcess()" -> "preference for fork/exec", but I'm a bit of a contrarian: I think fork() is awful: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30502392

My specific complaint about CreateProcess() is everything to do with how the child process is bootstrapped and how arguments get passed (as a single string! that the child has to parse like it were a shell! gaaaa!!!).
> Surely it's unconstitutional.

It’s not. Free market principles are not protected by the constitution. The closest is the Commerce Clause and its mention of contracts. But that’s the idea states can’t just wipe out existing contracts (debts). The government can regulate them.

> the government should not protect people from their own negligence or ignorance

This is an extreme position to take. All governments do this.
Why wouldn't he care? Keeping track of all the subscriptions "forced" upon you is a huge pain in the ass these days – and seemingly getting worse.

Personally, I refuse to use subscription services out of principle. I much prefer to pay once and have it off my mind.
Yeah, generally the pro-X communities convey the benefits more then well enough and downplay the risks.

And there often is no benefit - an anorexic would not be helped by liposuction even though I acknowledge they feel they would.
The problem here is “cloud” can mean different things.

If you’re taking about virtual machines running in a classical networking configuration then you’re not really leveraging “the cloud” — all you’ve done is shifted the location of your CPUs.

However if you’re using things like serverless, managed databases, SaaS, then most of the problems in the second list are either solved or much easier to solve in the cloud.

The problem with “the cloud” is you either need highly variable on-demand compute requirements or a complete re-architecture of your applications for cloud computing to make sense. And this is something that so many organisations miss.

I’ve lost count of the number of people who have tried to replicate their on-prem experience to cloud deployments and then came to the same conclusions as yourself. But that’s a little like trying to row a boat on land and then saying roads are a rubbish way to filter traffic. You just have to approach roads and rivers (or cloud and on-prem) deployments with a different mindset because they solve different problems.
The non-Mini version of Little Snitch is a one-time purchase.
Speed is affected by process, and process evolves in reaction to abuse. In the beginning, it's quick to do everything, but as people take advantage - routing contracts to friends, taking safety shortcuts - rules get put into place and those rules affect the time to complete.

For New York specifically there's another factor that it's strange the article omitted: Robert Moses.

Prior to the mid-1960s, it was fairly simple: if Robert Moses wanted something built, it was built. If he wanted it blocked, it was blocked. This made the process of getting approvals a known factor. Moses chaired a wide variety of authorities including NYC Planning Commission, the Parks Department, and more. He was the sole authority to negotiate with the Federal government for NYC projects.

This kind of central oversight allows certain projects to be completed much faster than it would be in other setups, but it also allows for a number of bad outcomes - corruption, ignoring the public good, environmental destruction, and more. As such, over time more process gets added. It's easy to criticize process, but many of the rules were written in blood with the best of intentions.
Hmm her fund has gotten totally clobbered since early 2021. If she were truly privy to insider info, why would her fund do so bad? Or put it another way, after being wrong so often, maybe she is bound to get something right by chance (stopped clock theorem)?
People seem to miss the most critical point. Physical buttons aren't needed when you can focus on the input, such as when a vehicle is driving itself. Physical controls are needed for all non tesla's / vehicles that require attention
> lock down of PC software to the Microsoft app store, probably roughly at the same time apple also tightens a lock down on macOS

Nothing is locked down. UWP and win32 are funcionally equivalent with sparse registration. If you decide to publish to the store anyways, you can even use your own payment provider and keep 100% comission.

> more anti competitive steps to make installing desktop Linux on consumer hardware hard while arguing you could just use WSL and it's "for your security" and they are not anti Linux because they embrace Linux on servers

Isn't WSL a win-win for the Linux-community and Windows-users alike? WSL2 and WSLg make Linux desktop apps more accessible than ever.

> trying to kill Valve, there should only be Windows games and only through the Windows app store
Xbox Game Studios games are released on Steam.

I could go on, but you get the point.
> It is very likely a gain.

Distributing python has to be some of the worst experiences I’ve had in the field.
Ok...do you have some other proposal by which we can judge systems that use mechanisms to do things?
Me: who are you?

LLaMa: Hi, I'm John. I'm a software engineer and I'm passionate about technology.
I’m not an expert or a lawyer but it seems pretty clear. Going by what the SEC has literally told them:

Coinbase taking money from depositors, loaning it out, and giving the depositors interest from the loan, is a security product. Page 1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/COMPS-1885/pdf/COMPS-188...

It… really doesn’t seem complicated. The SEC told Coinbase they’d be in violation of security laws if they expanded these products, last summer. And did so publicly.

I don’t understand how this could not be more clear. The first page of the securities act and the remaining of the paragraph that goes the page 2 describes exactly what they’re doing, and defines it as a security. The SEC has told them this is a security.

I’m genuinely baffled how people are still amplifying this “well they won’t tell us what part is a security!” They’ve been explicitly clear. The law is not hard to understand - just read the above link for 2 pages. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills here.
Looting, Silicon Valley Edition
Yep, AD + Windows here.
If you have the secret on how to work 40+ hours, stay healthy, on top of chores and social obligations, have at least a little time for your hobbies, get your 8 hours of sleep, and learn a new profession on the side, please do share. Most people are already fully booked with a fraction of these things.
> When you look at the issues: https://github.com/mrsked/mrsk/issues/44

Wow. That’s uh, that’s certainly a decision.

> They're the same service, because they're running the same image

If something purports to “run my containers” and “be an alternative to K8s”, I’d kind of expect it to run whatever it’s told. Whether running identical containers on the same host is a good thing or not really depends on your architectures choices and trade offs. Blindly being like “you can’t have this because reasons” makes this whole tool a giant non-starter IMO.
Or just leave the cable end outside of the box unplugged and only plug it in once the box is closed.
I agree with you.

That being said, I'd be strongly inclined to believe all your stuff [from Personal Accounts] -- even if only its metadata -- will be fed to OpenAI/Bing's Sidney sooner or later.
Same with Google with regards to Bard.
They're saying a VM takes seconds to boot up, yeah only because they run static dedicated servers, of course in the cloud if you wait for the VM to come online it's going to take longer, now how long does it takes them to add a new dedicated server and to add it to that pool of servers? days?

The other main issue I see is that they use chef and mrsk to setup applications, how is Filebeat setup? Is it chef that set it up or is it mrsk?
Should have run the source code of the open source library through ChatGPT to look for bugs. /s