skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Customers pay restaurant employee wages anyway, so I'm not sure I understand what model "makes no sense" exactly. Tipping is a way to create a direct feedback between customer, and server, and as such it makes a lot of sense. I guess in States it went a bit farther than that because cultural norm makes you feel obliged to tip, but as long as you still can choose how many - it works. Now, if POS doesn't let you choose arbitrary amount it's a problem with POS/cashless society/banks, and not with tipping.
Yeah, and I'm not all that sanguine about calling that boat "seaworthy" either.
You don't conduct business as a corporation. The corporation conducts business.
How about Kung Fu Chess?
Honestly. I thought CMake was painful until I tried to make sense of autotools.
I'm kinda surprised Meson hasn't become more popular it seems like a pleasant alternative to CMake
You haven't specified in which way this is too advanced for you.

Still, I'll take a stab at recommending some other resources.

1: Practical Deep Learning by fast.ai - a (free) hands on course that's designed to get you to making something useful as quickly as possible.

2: Neural Networks Zero to Hero from Andrej Karpathy - A Series of Youtube Lectures that requires only basic python knowledge and takes you all the way up to a simplified implementation of the tech inside gpt models.

3: Neural Networks from Scratch by Sentdex. A book that's explicitly written to teach you the basics. Doesn't cover stuff like Transformers and other advanced concepts, but really takes its time with the basics.

Take a look at all three of them. They all have a different teaching style and I'd guess that at least one of them will gel with you.
You are partially right — OpenAI is way ahead of everybody else. Even though OpenAI team is thinking and doing everything for safe deployment of (baby) AGI, public and experts don’t think this should be effort lead by single company. So Google naturaly wants to be the counterweight. (Ironic that OpenAI was supposed to be counterweight, not vice versa.) However, when you want to catch up somebody, you cheat. And cheating with AI safety is inherenťy dangerous. Moratorium for research and deployment just doesn’t make sense from any standpoint IMO.

Regarding the hand-holding: As Hinton noted, simple extrapolation of current progress yields models that are super-human in any domain. Even if these models would not be able to access Internet, in wrong hands it could create disaster. Or even in good hands that just don’t anticipate some bad outcome. Tool that is too powerful and nobody tried it before.
There's a big assumption persisting throughout this thread which I will challenge.

That is: that HOA rules and enforcement results in better-maintained properties.

What I have observed as a near-universal property of neighborhoods is that there are good neighborhoods and bad neighborhoods. This always correlates with the quality of the population of the surrounding area, and sometimes (but not always) correlates with its socioeconomic status and property vales.

Anecdotally, where I have seen the most overgrown grass, dogshit, and intra-community hostility, there typically is a HOA present. While one could argue that these communities have an insufficient level of rule enforcement, this is contrary to the reality where some neighbors are constantly surveiling and reporting others and compliance notices and warnings are sent out regularly.

The best neighborhoods, as measured by low crime, well-maintained properties, sense of community, and so-on, are often those without an HOA at all. They tend to be expensive, but aren't necessarily so. Here, a compliance notice or warning is unheard of. Generally, neighbors know and help one another and there is a broad, unspoken social contract concerning the way things ought to be. People do the right thing because they know they ought to, not because someone is holding a big stick over their head.

For maximizing both quality-of-life and net worth, it's therefore a good idea to target these neighborhoods as a primary residence, even if it means allocating significantly more capital to acquire the asset. Going hand-in-hand with this, it is also inherently a good idea to uphold the social contracts and take care of one's own property, as interests are aligned throughout the community.
I would say an (in practice; even if in theory it runs in 5 billions years or so) unlimited, low/non polluting power source that is easy to copy and roll out. Unlimited power solves many issues.

But most leaps would not result in ‘x will make things unequal’ if the people making would give everyone access to them in an affordable manner. That’s why an unlimited source of energy has to be easy to make and copy and not be hampered by patents on hurdles that prevent that. Otherwise these articles are absolutely right.
When you run out of HN, do you hit up ChatGPT?
Do explore it, but check other (reputable) sources for the effect on Parkinson and for counter-indications (although there don't seem to be obvious ones).

The journal, however, is bad. Looking for articles, the first I found claims that sounds of nature have a positive effect on gambling addicts, something unwarranted by the actual experimental conditions. The peer review and editorial process seem to be lacking.
> likely these franchises will never see a day of light on any other cloud gaming platform except Xbox Cloud.

Do you know somebody nobody else outside MS does? Cause that doesen't seem at all likely to me.

I looked at some of the most recent games released or to be released by Microsoft, like:

Grounded

- Age of Empires IV

- Forza Horizon 5

- Halo Infinite

- Psychonauts 2

- Minecraft Legends

- Ara: History Untold

Guess what, every single one of them is available on Steam.
Doesn't that mean what they said is still right?
I don't know...multi-level marketing still seems alive and kicking.
One of the reasons they might think that way is because they haven't known or interacted with someone appreciably different.

The more people interact, the smaller the gaps between us become.

At the end of the day, we're all human.
His IG of weird vintage tech shit is dope: https://www.instagram.com/adamc1999/
That was in beta 1.8, iirc.
I believe most people upvoted because of the domain `github.blog` before reading the article.
> I consider this an abhorrent system, that should not be supported.

I agree it’s abhorrent. But we must support it by tipping. If you don’t tip, you’re not fighting the system you are harming the workers.

My approach is to tip and also advocate/vote for/support businesses that don’t allow tipping and instead just pay a higher wage and they factor that wage into the food price.

This is pretty rare though and even the restaurants that say “we pay our servers a wage so please don’t tip” still allow tipping so that’s not good.

I’m not sure how you break this in the US unless you pass some strict law disallowing tipping. Maybe something where the advertised price is all inclusive and no add-ons are allowed, so it must include tip, taxes, service charge, whatever. I don’t see that passing.
that's true for old people, but almost anyone have access to the internet/computers today, so for younger generations the questions isn't did you have access/support, but did you prefer playing minecraft/fortnite/watching youtube or learning to code?
When Private Equity Firms Bankrupt Their Own Companies
Recently, more and more people have noticed that the cryptocurrency exchange okx secretly modifies user agreements, causing a large number of users to be unable to withdraw their money:

https://www.reddit.com/r/OkX_WithdrawalHell/comments/134ba3r...

https://www.trustpilot.com/review/okx.com

OKX suddenly changed their rules without any notice or announcement, prohibiting many KYC Level 1 users from withdrawing their assets. They claimed it was "for compliance" and "to protect users" without providing any buffer time.

When OKX attracted new users, they wrote that if you completed Level 1 KYC verification, you could have a withdrawal limit of 500,000 U per day until April 29.

However, once you submitted your information and deposited your assets, you would find that you could only withdraw 5,000 U in total.

As more and more users noticed this and raised it with them, they claimed it was a BUG. They modified this prompt by working overtime during the holiday, but users who had already deposited were still prohibited from withdrawing more than 5,000 U in assets.

The attitude of the OKX official customer service is very arrogant. If you want to retrieve your assets, they offer several options:
- Submit more private data and biometric data for forced verification
- Contact their customer service and provide more private data through strange channels like QQ, and record an extremely humiliating video to assure them that you are a good person in front of the camera, then they will consider allowing you to get your money back

Note:
- OKX has three KYC levels:
- KYC1 only requires basic identity information to trade and withdraw within a reasonable range
- KYC2 and 3 require users to provide biometric data and more privacy information to get higher limits

Such brazen breach of promise does not seem to anger the speculators in the blockchain field. Most people's response is "If there is nothing wrong with your coin, why don't you dare to verify it?"

Hey guys, look, they (OKX) spread bait on the road, waited until they attracted enough prey, and suddenly closed the cage door. The prey must prove themselves to be "legitimate pigs" to get out alive.
The one from https://www.digibarn.com/collections/screenshots/xerox-star-... , right? "15 May 84".

Also, https://www.digibarn.com/collections/screenshots/xerox-star-... shows the date as "Tuesday May 15", which occurred in 1984 but not 1981.

Further down it has a window with "9-Feb-84", consistent with this being from 1984.

And https://www.digibarn.com/collections/screenshots/xerox-star-... has date from 1983.
>You think we should have the same process for an individual painting their house and a multi-trillion dollar corporation attempting to dominate markets?

I'm not claiming that microsoft should be allowed to do the merger on the basis that individuals can choose to paint their house blue, only pointing out that "microsoft isn't elected either" isn't a valid rebuttal to the objection that unilateral decisions by unelected bureaucrats are undemocratic.
WSJ opinion pages have been publishing a lot of great things on this front trying to show possible reasons for these failures:

* https://www.wsj.com/articles/deposit-insurance-encourages-ba... - argues the FDIC and Fed encourages poor investment of money by banks.

* https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-silicon-valley-bank-bailout... - attacks the decision makers in the Fed and Treasury.

* https://www.wsj.com/articles/president-biden-bank-failures-s... - argues the government is lying when it says it won't tax Americans to bail out these banks.

* https://www.wsj.com/articles/barney-frank-signature-bank-fai... - highlights Bernie Frank (of Dodd Frank) interviews saying the Fed has it in for crypto.

* https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-proven-way-to-avoid-moral-haz... - the FDIC should not fully pay our deposits beyond the limits. (Written by a former FDIC chairman)

* https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-fdic-should-act-like-a-real... the FDIC should act like a normal insurance company and base cost to insur based on risk. (Former currency comptroller and FDIC member)

* https://www.wsj.com/articles/federal-reserve-michael-barr-se... and
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-fed-absolves-itself-silicon... say the Fed is deflecting blame from itself. The article basically blams the Fed for being asleep at the wheel.
https://xkcd.com/1053/ but instead it's the unlucky 10k per day learning about a scam the hard way
Lithium-ion batteries a growing fire hazard in NYC garbage trucks
I agree we should not have gotten here, but given the situation we are in, I'm not sure there was a better outcome possible. Let FR fail to teach uninsured investors a lesson? That has some moral appeal but not sure it would be a better long term outcome.
> Apparently Xbox Cloud has 60-70% of the market share. Activision Blizzard acquisition would only strengthen Microsoft's position and would not improve competition.

The same way they "controlled" the smartphone market with Windows Mobile in the pre iPhone/Android days?

It's an entirely new market. 60-70% of all current users is an insignificant proportion of all potential users so it doesen't mean much. And well it's not their fault that they other megacorps like Google are so incompetent.
That depends wildly. What you described is known as quasi geographical, which basically amounts to "its ok to stretch features but not beyond recognition depending on the purpose of the map". If you're looking at a street map, you mostly care that all the joints are connected as depicted, not that the distances depicted between each corner are truly correct down to some precision. That tourist highway map in the gas station, they mostly need to see where the roads go and some additional markers to have a visual reference for where to turn and what to look for. No one is bothered by making those roads curve a bit more or go at a slightly wrong angle in order to fit more map on the page. Just don't try to use your street map for geological surveys, and don't try to use your subway map as a street map.
Sure, but the revolving door between the FAA and Boeing is widely documented.

For decades it has been discussed the whole situation stinks and someday the consequences would start to materialize. They did with the MAX and I fear it’s just the beginning.
Imagine symptoms improving being in the placebo group?

What are the statistics on that?
I think the correct solution is to first try a bloodless course if possible and resort to more violent means only if absolutely necessary. The monarch could decide to give royal assent (not necessarily because from the goodness of his heart but because the mere threat of repercussions would sway his judgement in favour of your cause)
One really important option that I've yet to see considered is rolling back a change from 2013 that allowed banks to buy securities directly from the central bank at any time.

Previously banks would only buy on the open market unless a specific lot of securities was put up for sale. The Fed was concerned that future increases in interest rates would be delayed if banks didn't immediately increase the cost/rates of securities to match so they wanted to be a direct player in the market. If the Fed can raise rates and then immediately start offering securities at the higher pricethe open market would have to follow suit.

Unfortunately that's exactly what banks did in 2020/2021 when they were handed piles of cash. Now those securities are a risk and here we are. Without that rule change banks would have found other places to park the cash, they wouldn't have been able to load their books with too many low yield government securities.
The state of the art in AI suddenly appears to be a decade ahead of my expectations of only a couple years ago, but whether AI powerful enough to warrant actionable concern is here now or decades out doesn't really change much.
Personally I was just as concerned about the risks of AI a decade ago as I am now. A decade ago one could see strong incentives to improve AI, and that persistent efforts tended to yield results. While there is much to debate about the particulars, or the timeline, it was reasonable then to assume the state of the art would continue to improve, and it still is.
Yes, I would start with Google Scholar, or at least Wikipedia because it tries to provide sources for each statement that it makes.

> Who’s to say that ChatGPT doesn’t provide a better job of filtering it out?

No one because no one knows what sources ChatGPT is blending together in its sentences.
> Probably safe to assume that people hitting Reddit via Google aren't opening those search results in a third-party app

I absolutely do, Reddit is basically unusable in a browser for me which also seems to be the consensus in this discussion. But probably fair to assume that for a large majority.
Love that bias lol. "We do science therefore we are incapable of logical fallacies".

There are plenty of people they screen for and/or boot off of juries. When I went to jury duty the questionnaire asked about if you are / were / related to a cop or lawyer, if you had ever worked for a police dept or court system as a civilian, if you had experience with regulatory or GRC roles, or if you were a PI. They also asked about level of education and if you had experience in management or HR.

Keep in mind that this is not the court asking these questions, it's the lawyers.
CSS needs baseline rhythm for typography. I hope it happens in the next decade
Subway takes the cake of mass market chains that seem like they ought to be a lot better than they are.

I directionally agree with you. There are already a lot of relatively labor-intensive things in the West that even upper middle class people don't routinely have like personal drivers, chefs, and even housekeepers, or lawn care. Given demographic shifts, it wouldn't shock me if thoughtlessly eating out at fast food restaurants joined the list for a fair number of people. (More automation too though you can only do so much. Eating at home is generally going to be cheaper.)
We do have laws and the minimum wage that reflects $2.92 or whatever includes language that the hourly wage after tips must meet regular minimum wage.

I think the issue is the federal minimum wage is very low $7-8 or so so that minimum amount is low for waiters and everyone.

If you increase minimum wage, you will also enforce that minimum wage for waitstaff.
Lots of examples being added in the comments, so I'll mention Google Tone. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/google-tone/nnckeh...
You will never have ongoing stability, at least not in the way you're looking for. It's a dynamic system; it's never going to hold still. You can't have static stability in the economy. It's like driving a car. You're only a few seconds away from crashing most of the time. But you don't crash, because you keep steering. In the same way, the economy is as stable as it is because the Fed keeps steering, not because there's some condition where it will be statically stable forever after.

After each adjustment, people change their behavior to fit the new conditions. That changes the conditions and sows the seeds of the next problem. So there always has to be a next adjustment coming. Those periodic adjustments are what keeps the system stable - but they don't feel like stability, because the system isn't statically stable.
> We will need new devices of trust...

the challenge is that the pace at which existing (imperfect) devices of trust get destroyed (e.g. the demise of ads financed journalism) is far faster that the rate of new device invention

in fact the only positive example after many decades of "digital innovation" might be wikipedia
Didn't realize that got delayed, thanks! Guess that's good for this year but doesn't help long term.
Doesn't look like my tone came across correctly.

I agree with you.
I just tried. It starts with the wrong aspect ratio. I can fix it by pressing "a". And "." and "," can be used for zooming. But a major drawback for me is that on Ubuntu I need to use snap to install it. Also, I have to set the XAUTHORITY variable to make it work over a remote X11 connection.
Just as a frame of reference, $60/hr is significantly lower than prices out in more major metropolitan areas on the coasts. In Boston it’s definitely over $100/hr.
I dunno - you ever met a banker?
That anime character? That's gotta be some extreme prudity where you live to be NSFW. Let me guess, America? Shield your eyes from the Waifu tiddies my child!

I remember the early to mid '90s's when it was still acceptable to have half naked women on PC screen savers, wallpapers or calendars on the walls in the office (Europe). IIRC some German hardware suppliers still gifted us wall calendars with women in bikinis in 2018.
Seriously just make it a federal law that each states minimum wage be a living wage for the living costs of the area, and disallow employers from counting tips towards wages. US workers need to stop waffling (pun intended) and demand things workers in the developed world all successfully demanded over the last century.
I'm starting to think that having a better night's rest while sleeping in a tent is not from the ground you sleep on, but the fresh air you've had all night.
Expectations Become Reality
Take a look at Switzerland. Universal suffrage only became universally applied when courts forced the last holdout cantons, in the 1990s. They also recently refused decarbonision efforts because those would result in higher taxes.

Masses of common people are fundamentally unprepared for voting and compromising on important and complex legislation. That's why (supposedly expert) agencies and lawmakers exist, to handle that with some higher level goals and objectives and strategic thinking.
No, what makes you think that?
I think letting ' (named lifetime or loop label) into the language does not help readability at all.
You know what you're right. But not far behind these quacks are neurologists.

If you've ever had someone in your family that might have had Alzheimers or Parkinsons you'll know what I mean.
> If Waffle House can't hire employees at a price point the market demands then it shouldnt operate.

If WH can't hire employees at a price point the market demands it *won't* operate - there will be no employees. People are willing to work at those rates so there will be a pool of employees available.
Patent Spat Leaves DJI Owing Textron $279M
Yes, and I apologize: but the crack was too sweetly set up to pass by.
xterm is one of the few terminals that supports titeInhibit functionality to disable the alternate screen at the terminal level. Yes, you can disable it through termcap hacks and application configurations, but it's nice to just set it in one place and have it apply to all the machines I ssh to, etc...

I understand the idea behind the alternate screen, but it really annoys me to have something on the screen (like a man page or editor session) and then have it gone while I'm trying to do my next thing (like type a command based on a man page).

But, I'm addicted to wezterm's keyboard-driven copy&paste and tmux+mosh-like functionality.
> Alas it just means that running on the web the target so going to be primarily in-memory for a long time because the web spec folk seem so uninterested in doing a good actual filesystems impl. Origin Private File System seems to be the one place there's interest in being fast at all, and they seem overwhelmingly concerned about making sqlite in emscripted fast & not a ton else. What we would do for real wasi on the web!

Despite the constraints of the browser sandbox and the performance penalties, when you consider all the environments where people have actually used coreutils to great effect, it's undeniable that people were getting real work done in the 90s and early 2000s on strictly worse systems; if you tried to simulate many of those experiences entirely in-browser today, then you still wind up at an advantage (even with modest hardware, like, say, a 5-year old Chromebook) compared to what people were actually getting by with at the time.

The biggest stopping force is really the premature fatalism that follows from the comparison to programs that run with the system linker/loader, have unmitigated access on the host, and the freedom ("pleasure"?) of running memory-unsafe code, or so on. I'll further stipulate that programs that are written in such a way that they require any one of these things are fundamentally broken (at least for most values of x).
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