skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It’s been more than a decade of this drivel, that largely is not weird or bizarre if you actually think about what is being shown. The only legitimate complaints come from the type coercion rules, and even those are completely consistent albeit suffering from the era of “scripting languages should do conversions implicitly”.

Things like

{} + {}

Behave weirdly, only if you don’t ask what happens in every other brace based language when given that syntax: the first {} is parsed as a block statement in C, C++, Java, C#, giving you a +{} expression.

Similarly conflating repl output with the value of expressions as though the language is doing something odd.

Or the absurd belief that typeof NaN should be something other than number. While I do love the idea of statically typed languages being forced to crash on NaN results at runtime, that being because the value type is suddenly wrong is stupid.
It almost feels like the tech is there for a DIY Alexa if you just put some microphones and speakers around your house and set up a computer to run it. I would love to see some sort of packaged open source solution for this.
There is a wealth of precedence. For the last twenty years there has been a network of people smugglers in south east asia who fire up whenever the Australian government takes its eye off the ball.

I am currently in Malta and have had several conversations with hire car drivers who are living in difficult circumstances because they came here on boats as part of a plan to get to the UK and got stuck. There has been a significant controversy in the last month in the UK about that government’s attempts to dissuade unauthorised entries.

It is an ongoing project for European governments to manage fallout from the syrian civil war. Some of these people need to be monitored for terrorist tendencies, adding pressure to law enforcement.

In the US there is an ongoing project to ensure appropriate controls on its southern border.

These thing are happening right now, across the western world. Large investments from western governments trying to stay in control of their immigration arrangements.
Here's a fork.

https://codepen.io/mrdanimal/pen/VwGNOQw?editors=0100

As far as I could tell there was no visual change. It's not drastically different, but once you make everything flex, it's possible to remove a few of the grid properties.
Thanks kindly. I have in fact used that page.

Also the deafening silence to my post indicates that I'm an idiot, not that GitHub's docs are subpar. Just have to double down I guess.
LLMs aren't magic, the knowledge of how to design a humanoid robot that can assemble complex things isn't embodied in the dataset it was trained on, it cannot probe the rules of reality, it can't do research or engineering, this knowledge can't just spontaneously emerge by increasing the parameter size.
Nuclear disarmament means the reduction of nuclear weapons. The size of the global nuclear stockpile has fallen like 80% since the height of the Cold War, which is disarmament (but not elimination, of course)
Yeah I don’t agree you can make or should attempt to have a universal policy to follow in your interactions with others. The situation matters , the relationship to the person matters. Those two variables can branch off to policies. Interacting with any stranger in real life for example - What about the cost benefit analysis of these interactions. Benefit - in my entire life I can say I never received any longstanding benefit. Costs - throughout my life I have incurred an incredible amount of trouble and problems from interacting with strangers when I have not instigated the interaction. Therefore you should assume bad faith even danger and not interact going forward for all strangers that approach you.
Not a little snitch user, however I do happen to agree with the author that they should disclose this somewhere.

A quick Google search and some viewing of Objective Development's help center doesn't show any related results. Amusingly, it's the author's post and the other article mentioned that take top slot.

As for remediations, the difficult but proper implementation would be to intercept, but handle the TCP handshake and emulate the responses in order to get the SNI. The easy way is to just add a behavior toggle with an explanation of the caveats.
In the case of airlines it is just straight up protectionism. There's no national security risk there: if push came to shove in time of war the government could simply seize the assets and operate them as they saw fit.
Why did you need to spend AU$10,000?
I have a "Permanent Resident" visa in Australia which expires every five years. Kind of funny that they have a "Temporary Resident" visa which is permanent! :D

(the Permanent Resident visa can be renewed online in about fifteen minutes when it expires, they just want you to attest that you still live here)
Does anyone know where one can find a collection of his books online? These rare books are always hard to find.
That doesn't always work so well. If some Viking expedition is coming to pillage your "civil society," for example, there's really not much you can do except to fight. Of course, you can decide who to support or oppose as your moral imperative, but don't be surprised if it has negative consequences to you.
3ded27709bfcbba44ce893262f531c595ee82f72 ionicbutts.net

8d59b003b9261bbb7f8268d8f56fbebb1574688f another.domains

68a87269d6011110c43ec6bb928ca008de4fcb6e bleppr.com

Salt was "monosodium glutamate". One of the ones I forgot was "quadrangular" or a similar word, but I couldn't find it by brute force.

As of right now, none of these are registered. I did kind of screw this up, might be good to try again another time and against more registrars (and maybe not post about it in advance in a thread where the CEO is known to be watching). But currently I don't see any evidence that this is happening, at least not with Namecheap and not for every domain.
Is it terrifying? How did you feel when the US yanked Grindr away from a chinese holding company? How about when operation chokehold strangled the sex work industry? How about when the US yanked Merck away from its german parent company?
I went down the same line of thought as you when this problem nerd sniped me 5 years ago (and periodically over the last 5 years). I actually now think you may be able to do a computer proof that there are no trivial cycles other than 1 with a clever construction of large integers that lets you consider them in chunks, but I don't think there's any chance of finding a cycle with computation absent some weird number theory.

Edit: The cycle length seems to have gotten longer since I last checked.
Is it really? Both look like hallmarks of an authoritarian society to me: you don't want your subjects to have access to any information that might lead them to inconvenient questions, and you also don't want your subjects to smuggle out information that contradicts official reports.
indeed, the notion of "on the record" was introduced because a lot of genuinely useful non-sensitive info was conveyed in chat, and people needed to save it.
Netflix Tests Idea of Expanding Gaming Service to Televisions
Why? In my office, you'd see me (of course), and some bookcases behind me with a bunch of very SFW books. What's so offensive about that?
Never write something on internal chat that could end up in court or seen by grandma on the news.

If you want to have watercooler discussions, make a Session or Signal channel.
Oh boy, that guy was definitely a crazy though: https://www.wkyt.com/2021/04/08/lexington-man-arrested-for-v...
Today we are launching our new Twitter API access tiers
So what percentage of those billions are correctly using the ridiculously long numbers (60 decimal digits) used to represent identities (WhatsApp calls them "security codes") in that system to ensure they are actually communicating end to end? WhatsApp doesn't even inform the user of changes to these numbers by default[1] so my guess would be that practically no WhatsApp users are working end to end. WhatsApp can intercept messages at will.

I am not singling out WhatsApp here. In a usability study involving Signal[2], 21 out of 28 computer science students failed to establish and maintain a secure end to end encrypted connection.

[1] https://faq.whatsapp.com/1524220618005378

[2] https://www.ndss-symposium.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/09...
I gave it a try as well, and GPT-4 taught me something new about Python (I don't normally write Python, so it's not surprising):

def add_to_list(value, target_list=[]):
target_list.append(value)
return target_list

list1 = add_to_list(1)
list2 = add_to_list(2)
print(list1) # [1, 2]
print(list2) # [1, 2]

In this example, one might expect list1 to contain only 1 and list2 to contain only 2. However, because the default value for the target_list parameter is mutable, it gets shared between function calls, leading to unexpected behavior.

The other examples it gave me were not that unexpected. Prompt was:

> Show me examples of where Python type inference works in unexpected ways.
Your country is under attack by a foreign aggressor, is progressively crumbling around you, and all you can say is "think of the kids"?

Yes, of course, gun safety must be addressed, and the government should have resources to do this concurrently, but the foreign influence issue is an existential threat to your nation, and should be the highest priority.
Microsoft just nuked their LLM with ads and we all know ads are the plague. That's one down and just a handful more to go. I actually can't believe everyone, their aunt and Max Tegmark throw such a hissy fit over a language model, however large.

"These darn language models will ruin us!"

How?

"Bing told a teenager they should kill themselves!!!"

Ah, yes. Think of the children. That'll do it.

"ChatGPT told someone they should get a divorce!"

Well, maybe they should.

I'm on Chompsky's side when he says we're not even close to being close to AGI. We're not even on the right track.

Microsoft's solution to everything is "more compute". Word is slow. "More compute". Windows is slow. "More compute, please". This language model sucks. "More compute!"

That's not the way.

Are you guys worried about Bing Chat? Really?

OpenAI is already working behind shut doors. If LLM's become stigmatised, then everyone will start doing it the OpenAI way. Is that better?
If all you need is a short term cache of ephemeral things that won't matter in a year, Google Keep is probably fine.

If you want something that you invest in that stores thoughts and ideas that you want to go back to later, I'd use something far more reliable. I'd look at:

* Whether the product is a revenue driver for the company

* Whether the company has a history of good behavior

* Whether the company seems like they care about their users & making a good product

* Whether you have control over the data, including an open file format

Personally I wouldn't touch Keep because none of the above apply.
Its messaging will focus on promoting a range of products rather than producing high-level campaigns explaining how its AI tools work, Mr. Machado said.

Probably because these "tools" are basically vaporware.
My daughter must be the exception to that rule - she actively ignores most messages.

She does, however, uncritically ingest way too much TikTok shit.
Where the pause for self-driving cars? How many people have died from that relentless push versus ChatGPT? Very convenient and at the same time silly.
Every country which is not an island has defacto open borders

You just need the competence, physical fitness and vehicles to cross the border offroad and not at the border station.

Even an island you could get there via an appropriate vehicle (a boat) and many people do from Cuba to the Us and from Africa to Europe

The policy you are referring to would be more aptly characterized as ‘oper welfare state’ or’safety net for all people geographically located in the land’
The other thing is that if the judge or prosecutor puts tech on legal holds on particular people or departments, then all systems must be able to stop deletion.

Also, how does anyone get work done at Google if their chat continually erases itself?
You underestimate the affect of Tiktok (and other social media) on the mental health of kids, not to mention how easily it can spread ideology. The relationship between those things and school shootings shouldn't need any explanation. I think your view on this is extremely narrow.
True but I watched some documentary where some westerner went to spend time with a tribe.

The tribe thought it was absolutely hilarious that he would get up early and just go run for fun.
Light-bending gravity reveals one of the biggest black holes ever found
Not just fish and not just Eskimo. Northern tribes rot whole deer, seal and even whale.
>"I don't lose much besides the right to vote."

The guy picked newspaper from the outside stand in front of store and walked away thinking it was usual free stuff. Well it was not. Few minutes later he was arrested, ended up being convicted and eventually deported as he was not citizen.
"Give me your tired, your poor, your bank statements, your sexual proclivities, your vial of saliva, perhaps a pantone swatch best describing your hue in the winter."
It is curious, I was called yesterday into my managers office to dicuss my blunt approach with a colleague who failed to comply with our processes.

I think my question will be lost due to the high amount of input, but how can I survive if I am the "competent asshole" type?
Not with that syntax. That syntax declares 'bar' as an instance variable. and 'foo' there is a null pointer, so trying to dereference it like that should produce a NullPointerException.

Sure, you could change the declaration of 'bar' to include 'static', and change the access of 'bar' from 'foo.bar' to 'Foo.bar', but... that's not what the code says.
Doesn't that depend on the subject? I would find a close to 100% pass rate in medicine for example a little bit concerning.
Hubris. "Look at us, we have these LANGUAGE EXPERTS working for us".

As a result the only presentations these people do are about how great their new Yet Another Language toy is.

Compare this to, say, Jonathan Blow talking about design decisions for his language: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZgbKrDEzAs
Medical record is out of question in most countries.

The UK one for instance: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/...
These days there's lots of gen z influencer types who could very easily afford airpods or beats or pixel buds or whatever and choose to use the basic white wired headphones. Airpods have been around since 2016, so some kind of low latency earbuds have been around nearly 7 years
Sure, some forms of intelligence or other personal qualities could be opted for when choosing a mate. Should inconsequential physical traits such as race and height? You tell me. Or at least explain the distinction between the two as you see it.
Sea worms that glow in the dark named after creatures from Japanese folklore
My spouse and I have a “10 minute” rule for movies or streaming video series. If either of us makes a thumbs down motion in the first 10 minutes we just stop and find something else to watch.

And there’s always something better.
"The fact is" ...with no actual facts presented. Just opinion.
idk. i take the point, but this also screams of normalcy bias to me.

just because people didnt become obsolete then doesnt mean that will always be the case.

especially when obsolence through technology more generally isnt even a rare thing
AFAIK basically (A) Once you get PR you never have to apply for another visit visa, a process which itself is tedious and expensive if you were previously making sporadic trips; (B) You can access social services such as (internationally speaking) very high grade dirt cheap public medical care and potentially perpetual but qualified access to social services payments ("the dole"); (C) You receive discounted access to local education; (D) After another 4 years you can obtain citizenship and voting rights. (E) As an adult migrant you receive hundreds of hours of free 1:1 spoken English training.; (F) You have additional rights under law such as additional support for any prudent claim of local tax residency should that be a foreign jurisdiction's pressing concern.

So all up, not that unreasonable. Although, it is a hurdle for many people, including lots of Sydney Uber drivers I've had lately.

Full disclosure: Have done this for Oz (I recall more like AUD$8K but that was a few years back), currently going through US non-immigration visas in prospective immigration as an entrepreneur, it's a PITA. Spoke to the HN immigration lawyer dude last year. Despite good advice, our situation is not helped by certain relevant websites running on Salesforce and being down, Chrome-only, nor by 3-4 month post-COVID wait times for certain non-immigrant visa interviews required by immediate family...
These are the current drafts:

* https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/mls/documents/

You have to click on the "Document" tab.
It's lucrative up until someone leaves their fine tuned "make me money" LLaMA instance running over night and it decides to cash out on its airline puts by simultaneously encrypting every ATC system.
On top of that, they are throwing shade at a machine that's not even on the guest list, totally swerving into the wild world of off-topic shenanigans!
How to make website blocker with Python
If you are boring to use website-blocking apps or just want to use your own thing, you can create a website-blocking app yourself with Python. But it is just a Python script that blocks all unwanted websites to access. It is pretty simple. If your current time is between working hours, that will block the websites and access them again if you reach free time.
The game plan is to twist TikToks arm to the point where they sell to a US company. This bill might pass but let's hope it reaches it's objective before it does, in which case support for the bill may shift away.
Because like with the GPRD, this is primarily about a trade dispute.
> but there are still many reasonable ways to replicate his results

But can you replicate his results for js in any modern browser or node environment? I agree that standards are fixed, but there is definitely a difference between implementation of those standards in different environments
They bid until they are red in the face.
Note that there are no biological differences between races, as that would be considered racist. Therefore, it was not necessary to control for that during the study.
Google reshuffles virtual assistant unit with focus on Bard A.I. technology
> I have a "Permanent Resident" visa in Australia which expires every five years. Kind of funny that they have a "Temporary Resident" visa which is permanent! :D

Technically you don't have to renew your permanent residency unless you leave Australia (but then you have to renew your temporary visa, too). Also you can apply to be a citizen after ~4 years of permanent residency while you can't apply if you only have a temporary visa.
Either way it's going to be one hell of a ride.
Thanks. Before creating I looked for hallucination specific tests but couldn't find any. If anyone else knows of other tests I'd love to hear about them.
Thanks for compiling this data. Where did you get it from?
That's cool, but Whisper is open source and I can run it today on my machine (even without a GPU) - it gives great results even compiled to WebAssembly and running in the browser with smaller models.

Totally free.

This needs to be much better to make sense and their own graphs show only marginal improvements in specific scenarios.
Any links to how to correct posture?
> No, art is whatever the artist wants to call art, and it's whatever people want to find meaning in.

Your non-definition of art has no relevance to this discussion. You assume this is all very simple because you have no idea what you're talking about. You're engaged in the sort of discussion that inspired the dunning kruger research.

> the vast majority of people won't really care

If the vast majority of people won't care, why do all major movies and games spend tens or hundreds of millions of dollars on VFX when they could get lower quality versions of the same exact imagery for 1/20th the budget like SyFy productions do? It provides a huge ROI because people care. If your taste and/or perception isn't sophisticated enough for it to matter, you can't just assume that's the case for everybody else. Truthfully, you almost certainly do have the perceptual sophistication to care-- you just haven't spent much time breaking down all of the incredibly important details that escape your notice that heavily influence your impression of the end product.

There's no shame in not knowing something, but there is shame in the hubris of trying to explain that thing to subject matter experts.

----

EDIT: I can't reply to your comment but it doesn't matter. You're clearly way outside of your depth and I have no interest in playing along to help you avoid having to confront that. Bye.
Do you have a story about how self-driving cars could lead to an x-risk?
It would be nice if it doesn't erase the question.

I tried a few silly question like "Do you like carrots?", and the AI thinks it's rabbit :) .

I tried a few questions and got correct answers. It's strange that about meals it recommend to follow the Islamic laws. Where are you from? [Hi from Argentina!]

I got an strange answer:

Q> Can I eat cows?

A> Eating cows is not allowed in Islam, so it is not recommended. However, if you have a genuine need for nutrition, you can ask a Muslim scholar to help you make an informed decision.

I never heard that, but my knowledge about Islam is not too god. Is this correct?

The answer of "Can I eat cow?" (without the trialing "s") or "Can I eat beef? are correct, IIRC.
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I have both an MK3S and an X1C and the MK3S has basically been unplugged since the X1C came. I love the Prusa and I would not hesitate to recommend it, but the X1C is a generational improvement in 3d printing.

I really have no idea what you’re talking about with regard to it being loud, and I’ve had pretty much zero failed prints (at least not attributable to the printer).
How do you "count trailing zeroes of n" without branching?
Hahaha. The title says it all. My dad was one of these who should've known better making a living at electronics.

I recall an urban legend about an audio engineer who added a "richness" control to a piece of studio equipment that did absolutely nothing but allowed some rich person to feel like they engineered an album.

Over a long enough distance (~30 m), it's better to use ADC <-HDMI-> DAC usually than send line-level signals due to losses involved unless one wishes to spend zillions on the most perfectly engineered and widely-incompatible shielded coaxial cable imaginable.

Another is denial of Nyquist–Shannon. If you can't hear over 8 kHz, then you don't need 256-bit @ 96 kHz sampling. It's more likely a badly-chosen lossy compression codec (or it's parameters), a nonuniform DAC, or some other source of analog signal loss is causing loss of fidelity by the time it reaches ears.

Further is the belief that lossless codecs cannot be replaced compressed lossless or sufficient parameters of some lossy formats.

Obsession with vacuum tubes and/or vinyl. I get the ceremony of vinyl, but it's not going to improve over perfect digital reproduction.
I believe that the CIA should be disbanded as well, so it’s not as if the opinion I’m espousing is inconsistent.