skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
What is the difference between tobaco and social media?
What are the similarities between tobaco and social media in the brain?
Also, with the american quality level of construction for houses, by then those houses will require major investments and renovations to continue to stand.
Libraries negotiate ebook rates with publishers. I don’t see why there would be any correlation with physical copies.
There's a big divide in (tech) management based on how managers see their roles. On one end of the spectrum are folks who feel their only job is to make things happen, pronto. This is what gets you rewards, pats on the back, promotions etc.
On the other end of the spectrum are folks who don't care about delivery and think that the only happy team is where everything is allowed. The truth lies somewhere in between.
Sometimes the hardest part of my job as a manager is to stop my engineers from overtime/extra work, even if the project is late. I want to build a healthy, sustainable environment, not only because it's the right thing to do, but also because this is how the whole company becomes sustainable eventually. Anything else simply hides the sub-optimal things in the system (e.g. unrealistic planning culture). I wouldn't be doing a good job if I let messed up planning go unseen and hide it by pushing folks to overwork themselves. My job is not to micro-optimize but think about the system.
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I think Milan is easier than Rome. Milan might not be the administrative capital, but it's certainly richer, more tolerant and more international.
There are benefits to reducing anonymity: accountability, trust, relationships, etc. It's why humans evolved to recognize faces so well. We decide who to trust based on experience. It doesn't matter who controls the identification process, so long as its done fairly. And if corporations or government misuse identification for self-serving purposes, we should certainly push back.
That shallow angle can be found optionally in window sills too. You can sand off a part of the sill to add a positive drainage angle. You counteract the slope by using sill wedges to keep your window level. There also exists more proprietary molded plastic products that do it all in one.
Ruffle looks really cool as well as flash and especially flash studio did, since it was a truly simple way to get complex interactions out. I've been even toying with a thought to at least try to prototype a similar tool, but nothing happened so far.

One question that I have though in case anyone has insights: how would you imagine a platform like flash to work on mobile?

With html it's solved with query expressions and css which solves the problem there - html is not a gaming platform anyway, more like a place to use canvas and webgl on.

With vector graphics and timeframes I don't see an easy way to do the same
We've created a society where there are such things as 'jobs' and unless you're rich, you need a job to support yourself and maybe a family. I think this model of society worked reasonably well for a while, but with AI we're coming to the end of that era.

In the next era we'll probably live like aristocrats, but instead of the work being done by servants, it'll be done by AI.

Back to the case of the 3D artist, in this new era she won't need to have a job to support herself, and she will have the freedom to create her art as she wishes.
But come on, how it moving polygons around and snapping verts together really all that fun.

Bringing characters and worlds to life is what artists really dream about, and AI tools make that easier.
The "cord" in fascism is usually an ethnic group. I believe that is the problem with fascism, not the fact that there is a cord.
I believe you are spot on.

We are already seeing the same result of LLMs, with sci-fi magazines (temporarily) no longer accepting submissions and self-publication platforms such as Amazon's being flooded with auto-generated crap.

Hustle culture is part of it, but only one part of what I believe will be a negative outcome for society.

As AI systems display inherent bias, and it is possible to train for that bias (e.g. RightwingGPT), we have essentialy weaponized content generation, and we have no scaleable mechanisms such as fact checking to combat it.

Whether it is low-quality work, spam, disinformation, outright manipulation, copyright violations, or other forms of negative results, we have automated the ability to produce it.
What are you talking about?

Stop the traffic on a road to fix it without local administration permission? Do you think getting such permission is easy? How are you going to pay for the materials to do the repairs? Do you think it's easy to get a job as a gardener?
Mucinex is historically not DXM, it's Guaifenesin, that's what they built their brand on.

Recently they've revised their ingredients because Guaifenesin is a mild stimulant and they know that shoppers are not reading the active ingredients.

It was recently impossible for me to purchase pure Guaifenesin because the pharmacy only carries Mucinex DM/whatever rather than the original product, and all Mucinex day/night products contained Acetaminophen.
For one I won’t end up with emphysema, lung cancer, mouth cancer, whatever nor can I pass off the negative affects to other people around me by proximity.
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IQ isn't a social construct because intelligence is not a social construct. A social construct is something that is created by everyone agreeing that it is real, like money. Human intelligence is a function of how the human brain works and is NOT a social construct.
This is the right approach to using AI.

Went to a Vet. After the treatment didn't work, asked AI.

Considered AI's opinion.

Went to another Vet for Opinion.

Got Results.

Problem arises when People will blindly follow the diagnosis by GPT.

Got me thinking.

The first Vet might not have considered the issue due to a blind spot in judgement.

An interesting use of GPT for me will be to give it a scenario and try to come up with new ways of looking at the problem.

A way to detect blindspots in my judgement.
> I’ve actually had Linux become completely unresponsive when running many large node instances.

This is almost certainly not a scheduling problem but a swapping problem. Linux is famously bad at handling these kinds of situations.

About five years ago I decided to never use swap anymore, and I couldn't be happier with that decision.
Yes, I will keep the house and rent it if I need to live somewhere else. Also saves on capital gains.
Websockets can only connect from a browser to a server.

Webrtc can connect from a browser to another browser, but still requires a server to send a bit of information back and forth to get stuff organised.
And I know these. I'm not "punched card old" but I did start learning programming before SO got traction. And I remember how big the difference SO made for my own learning/career path, compared to mailing lists.

As a side note, my first intern job was to make a localized ripoff of SO (within a team, of course). It was still a relatively shining new thing by the time.
This looks both high utility and well thought-through.

Scraping to JSON is how my unofficial BBC “In Our Time” site works (discussed here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35073603) so I’ve used this approach before.

The post-processing steps are particularly vital (I found that GPT-3 sometimes trips up on escaping quotes in JSON) — and the hallucination check is clever.

This kind of programmatic AI is the big shift iho. I love seeing LLMs get deeper into languages.
And of course the Amstrad PCs which were hugely popular over here (until the hard disk disaster). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC1512 They were only mostly PC compatible with a few rough edges, eg proprietary mouse and keyboard, PSU integrated into the monitor (oh Amstrad!) They were all exceptionally cheap compared to similar american PCs of the time.
Part of the problem is that governments erode savings through inflation. They can't raise taxes much more, but insist on printing more money. The only way things balance is through inflation.
Houses have been a safe place for people to put their life savings into. So think of it as a house + plus a savings account in one.
I had a suspicion you would be downvoted for telling the truth here :-). It's an unfortunate choice between being truthful and being popular..
As I understand it, part of the difference between US and Europe is that US has massive access to cheap lumber, which makes it very cost-effective to build with balloon framing, which is not much used in Europe. US saves a lot on construction this way, but it has consequences for durability.
Was this supposed to be a gotcha?
More like Universal Basic Capital
Where do you host the base images? Someone's footing that bill or are you paying for it?
Surprised how few English speaking countries are in the top 10.

Kenya in top 10 figures though - friends were there for a couple years and absolutely loved it (only left because work required it)
I do this too with my iA writer windows - 3 columns with various ideas and texts. What I found is that the slim width of each window helps me to write better. Broad windows with their endlessly long lines made me loss focus on what I was writing.

Perhaps it comes from me being a 80-character line limit programmer and have always limited the width of my editor.
What kind of hedge would protect against this?
Yes, plus one for toggl. I used to track my time in a text file, but this became cluttered very quickly.
I've been using ChatGPT as a health consultant for all sorts of things. If you've ever experienced health anxiety, you know a huge problem is Googling your symptoms and the top links immediately going to diagnoses like lymphoma or HIV. There is no sense of the a priori likelihood of anything. But ChatGPT is pretty measured, and though it includes tons of disclaimers about needing to see a real doctor, it's impossible to definitely say, etc etc, it's much better about returning the REAL most likely reason you have a headache (you're dehydrated) rather than you have brain cancer.

Of course, you could argue this is lulling you in a false sense of security. But the same thing (arguably worse) happens when you go to a real doctor! Half the time they barely look at you and just kind of shrug off concerns/anxiety.

Edit: I got curious and ran an experiment. Typically when you are anxiously googling you are worried about the worst case (even if it's not rational).

Google: "headache brain tumor"

First result, before links even, is a huge out-of-context info box from the Mayo Clinic on brain tumors that highlights the words "Or a brain tumor can cause swelling in the brain that increases pressure in the head and leads to a headache." Jesus Christ!

ChatGPT 3.5: "I have a headache, could it be a brain tumor?"

First two sentences: "A headache can have many different causes, and while a brain tumor is one possible cause, it is not the most common cause. Most headaches are not caused by brain tumors and are usually due to other factors such as tension, sinus issues, or migraine." It then goes on to list tumor-specific headaches symptoms (like changes in vision or hearing) and calls out to see a doctor if you're getting those.

Which do you think is more likely to calm you down? Or is
more legitimately helpful and going to provide good outcomes?
They said that about Telsa FSD and after many years, not many drivers trust fully trust it to drive without any human intervention, despite promising "robo-taxi level AI".

One anecdote is not even close for this to be reliable for life and death advice, especially with the high risk of hallucination and sophistry. This is survivorship bias at its finest.
Another piece where a plausible looking but completely nonsensical code generation output is uncritically presented as correct. At least it is a quick way to see either the author has no idea about software development or doesn’t care about facts in their arguments.
Oh my bad, for some reason I thought the main ingredient was always DXM. Yeah I certainly haven’t seen pure Guaifenesin anywhere. How recent was the trend? I could have sworn I’ve seen at least DXM/Guaifenesin Mucinex in the past few years
"Cache buyers" does not really mean people buy houses with their disposable funds. It means only that the deal does not involve a mortgage contract. The deal can still be financed through a loan, just not a mortgage. During the highly competitive market in 2021 people had been takin such loans to make cache offers and beat competition [1]. Also we had massive emigration from the states with high RE prices such as CA and NY to TX and FL, with much lower prices. These emigrants might have had enough equity in their old houses to buy a whole house in the new place too.

But it would really be great if your assertion had been true, in 2021 alone 6M houses had been sold so there would be at least several million people so rich that they buy houses like groceries.

1. https://www.npr.org/2021/12/06/1061896221/everyday-people-ca...
Not sure why everyone is complaining this is badly written - it's prose, written for dramatic effect with TSMC as the idk, plot? It should be read for beauty and word-taste, not just the story.

If AI can produce this, that's only good news since that means we can have more fiction-like nonfiction (for these who want it).
In what way was this different from people Googling medical advice and then badgering their doctors/vets?
In 2019 I purchased land in Mt Washington, about 15mins outside downtown Los Angeles for $200k. My father is a builder back home in Australia so we know more about building that most. Even the after 3+ years, we finally received permits. The city is making us widen the road ($75k), extend a water main 12 feet ($75k), move 3 power poles (can’t get LADWP to tell us what that’s going to cost yet as they have to design it) and install a septic system. We are going to go all electric so we don’t have to run gas lines.

The amount of bureaucracy is insane. Often times we have been the go between for different departments of city that have offices in the same building as each other. They all point the finger at each other. Can’t get answers to the power pole questions from LA DWP without Bureau of Street Lighting, Bureau of street lighting won’t do anything with out LA DWP etc… it’s madness.

House will be 3200sqft, very nice with a pool but lots of value engineering (thanks to my dad). Construction budget is $2m. Will be getting a construction loan. Requires monthly income of $35k combined. Lucky I’m doing this with my twin brother, so we might just be able to afford it, but currently can not due to interest rate rises since we started. Swinging big.

Bank appraised finished project at $3.5m.

My take away from the whole process is that LA infrastructure is terrible, and the city has effectively made it impossible for new construction by family’s. LA DWP single handedly cost us a year in permitting and its incentives are just so not aligned with home owners. My dream is we can go solar and batteries and tell them to get lost. I now have a real respect for what Starlink is doing. Down with the entrenched utilities!!!

You have to be rich to build a house in LA. Renovation is the only real option for individuals. Which just drives up house prices. New houses built is the only way out I think, and the government seems to only be making it harder.
Will the vast majority of houses rise in value?
Another factor here is the rising costs and complexity of zoning/permits. In my area it will cost you 6 figures just to put down a foundation with the paperwork. This puts a floor to how cheap a house can be and what is financially viable to build.
IMHO this is also the case in Italy - Milan is more foreigner friendly, compared to Rome. (I grew up in Rome and have visited Milan on many occasions as I have friends who live there).
as a hobby music producer, this thing make me sick :)

actually I think this problem started earlier, with many _musicians_ using pre made beats and auto tune. right now it just takes it to a whole other level.

music should be a tool of expression, not one to gain fame & social acceptance
> we don't have to be the bad guys taking it away

You not wanting to explain something to your kids and enforce limits based on said explanations isn't a reason to make a law.
Attempted to read, caused chrome to crash (twice) with the Aw Snap screen, gave up. The modern web.
We currently have three doctors in our local town, which is already a lot for Germany. All of those are completely overworked and close to retirement age. I cannot imagine what it will like be when they're gone without replacement.

Maybe we need to reconsider our approach to this and AI can certainly play a vital role in improving the situation.

Our life expectancy may even rise, because it's much more accessible.
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I was delighted to see that the document understands Markdown (for the formatting that you allow)!

It recognised URL's but they a not clickable. Nice to have clickable links.
why do I have to sign into wired to read this?
> not many drivers trust fully trust it to drive without any human intervention

It's a very good thing. Especially regarding GPT-4. Better than people fully trusting it and following its advice.
Kids can be mean to each other, now or in your day. Next they ban kids from talking to each other in person or having friends. Is that the life you want for your daughter?
bizarrely long response!
That's ironic, considering that in this case it was THE DOCTOR whose advice would have killed the patient, and ChatGPT who saved them.

The pedestals that our society has put professionals on are going to start tumbling very soon now.
No need to even do that.

The law defines 'social media platform' in terms of what account holders can do, and 'social media company' in terms of the number of account holders.

It really goes out of its way to distinguish 'users' and 'account holders', and if there are no account holders, it’s not social media. Apparently.
Guess we should ban all teens from stack overflow, LinkedIn, and hacker news because kids might have toxic interactions online if we don't.

Let's also not mention how the only way to reliably do this is to require identity verification from all adults. Get ready to scan your drivers license to post on hacker news and every other site (except traditional news sites apparently).
AD vs AD vs SOUND
"No Silver Bullet Solutions to the Werewolf Crisis"

https://progressandpoverty.substack.com/p/no-silver-bullets-...
This is a solution that will work for a very small percentage of the people - those who were born in rich families and those who are a lot more driven and/or smarter and/or luckier than the average.

What about the other 99%? As they say a revolution is three missed meals away...
In what way is driving a car different from riding a horse?

Efficiency and accessibility.
I don’t think there is a need to invoke blindspots and such. Many doctors, let alone vets, are just dangerously incompetent and GPT is a godsend.
Tweet author here. First vet was incompetent. Second vet was highly skilled and very professional, I am 100% confident they would have been able to place the correct diagnosis regardless.

If we continued staying with the first vet without getting a second opinion, she definitely would have died. On the other hand, if the first vet had access to specialized AI medical diagnostics tools, she wouldn't have died. I think that's the key takeway here.

I think it's also worth pointing out this was less about GPT placing a certain diagnosis, and more about it swaying me in the right direction (i.e. away from listening to bad doctor's advice, and towards looking for a second/opinion trying something else). When the first vet said "welp, don't know what else to do, we gave her the treatment and there's nothing else it can possibly be, so we're just going to monitor her and see how things go", I stayed up all night asking GP4 various things, and no matter which way I sliced it, it was obvious something didn't add up
There’s many TTS tools out there. I use ListenLater.FM to send them to a private podcast feed. For more UX focused there is Speechify and the like. (I’ve also coded up my own python script to use Google API to TTS text to mp3 and out on podcast feed, but don’t do it manually anymore myself).
This next era may take 100s of years though, AI taking up physical labor is still science fiction (and I'm not fully sold on the utopia angle). She'll need to support herself much sooner than that, let's be realistic
There are still masses of people making music without “pre made beats and auto tune” they just don’t get played in places like the radio because the radio is mostly for sanitized stuff that appeals to mainstream trends. I don’t expect most of the artists I listen to because an AI can produce a generic trap beat or something. Of course, there may be more garbage to sift through.
Italian bureaucracy is very hard for everyone in Italy, sadly no politician really want to change it, many jobs are at stake.

Public departments don't talk each other so people must transfer data theirself by hand. IT ignorance is a thing: happened to me, courthouse asked paper copy of a document when I provided a signed electronic one I got from Internal Affairs Ministry website because, as far as they told me, they didn't know how to verify its legitimacy.

My former wife stayed at home when pregnant becase of illness caused by pregnancy, but due to complex laws no one knew if it was plain sickness or early motherhood period (they have very different consequences for the job after child birth), but we had to file a request stating the reason to stay at home. Public office people just told us "try something and let's see".

I could go on forever...
I mean, people accidentally killed themselves consuming fish tank cleaning product thinking it would save them from COVID-19 too [1]

At some point you can't help people who lack common sense.

1. https://www.pharmacypracticenews.com/Covid-19/Article/03-20/...
Wished the modern Lisp could be used to write apps for Android.
In development countries , you will be surprised how many lives were taken away because of not enough access to health care or getting bad diagnosis from overworked doctors
> It's incredible, but I think we're going to witness the first person who gets killed by medical reference book in about 3~6 months.

> Someone is going to blindly follow medical reference book’s medical advice and meet their end.

> It's incredible, but I think we're going to witness the first person who gets killed by internet in about 3~6 months.

> Someone is going to blindly follow medical internet’s medical advice and meet their end.
My biggest observation from switching from Haskell to Rust is the change in thinking in terms of program composition.

In Rust you need to really make some careful design choices in your producer/library code depending on the expected use. All of them quite on the operational level and not really semantically. So many internal choices about refs/arcs/pins/mut/ownership leak out.

In Haskell you don’t really do that. If your library internals are neatly written combinators with the right type and semantics you can just expose them and you’re done. Like the article explains, laziness is a big part of this.

I understand where that difference comes from, but it’s really a very different way of thinking.