skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I don’t do PowerPoint presentations often, but whenever I do this is basically what I do. Blank template, just enough text (in the default font), sparse animations/transitions (reserved only for slides when exposition is useful for clarity), and light on graphics.
I am not a water engineer, so I'm curious, if you have a slurry with two types of impurities, human waste and fertilizer run-off, what are the properties used to categorize them and split them out? It all just goes down the drain to me so I've never considered the problem. I'm sure the answer is interesting!
This makes total sense to me as both an employer and for hiring contractors.
Sure, if it’s easy to find a square sink expert (it’s usually not), then select for that, generally though, my needs are more varied than that, even if that’s my immediate need and I’d prefer a targeted generalist to be able to solve my immediate problem with a short ramp up time and then hopefully go on to provide value in other areas.
No - in general shrinkflation is a thing - and it tends that things peaked 20 to 30 years ago. Many junk food items are larger than when they hit the shelves but substantially smaller than their peak sizes.
That is cool. People get only one invite? Anyway I have added a temp email in my profile. Just in case one lands in my inbox.
Really confused as to how processed meats lead to an insulin resistance disease. Also, I thought refined carbs have similar glucose index as their non-refined counter parts, so how would adding more insulin inducing foods be beneficial? And how come the grand daddy of insulin spikes, sugar, isn't a factor?
It's nice that they explicitly state the meaning of the author-order.

For a while, [StackExchange.Academia](https://academia.stackexchange.com/) (like StackOverflow, but for questions about academic life) seemed to be getting a lot of questions about the meaning of author-order, where it seemed to vary across fields and even then be prone to subjective interpretation based on unstated rules. It was a very silly situation, made sillier by the fact that those doing it seemed to be under the misimpression that it was the serious, respectable way of conveying authors' relative contributions.

Of course, their particular approach to doing this does leave open one potential avenue for confusion. In particular, are they doing this because:

1. they're researchers who want to stress that the name-ordering is arbitrary in a humorous way; or

2. they're hardcore rock-paper-scissors competitors who were primarily motivated by a desire to better advertise the results of their tournament?

(Though, in the spirit of being clear-and-explicit, I'm just kidding about that last part!)
We use it a lot at my job. A lot of tasks that used to hour long minor tasks are great for generating with ChatGPT and getting them done in a few minutes

Prompts like these

1. Generate me a build pipeline using GitHub actions that builds a java project with docker and posts JUnit test results to a PR

2. Write me a python program that copies all the Cloudwatch dashboards my production AWS account, replace all the instances of the word ‘prod’ and replace with ‘qa’ and and post the results to this AWS account.

These are two things I’ve done recently that aren’t particularly enjoyable but necessary parts of any software work.
It’s just too hard to resist pulling out of an intersection with lots of acceleration. I’ve more than a few times heard my wheels squeal going from stop to 25 in a couple seconds.
No there are definitely bad products.
> I’ve been a developer for a decade now and never run into an issue where JavaScript’s loosely typed nature has created a problem for me.

yeah... ok
I like to use low hardware machines and tweak the os and software to conform to it. One of my favorite changes is to disable websites from using their own fonts and colors and other things in Firefox. It basically disables all css that doesn't deal with layout mechanics.

Here's the docs:
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/change-fonts-and-colors...

Anyway everything ends up looking like craigslist and it's nice if you're into that. Probably a good way to POC with this idea.
Jobs that are set to disappear in a decade, and ones that will take over
Would a pure chocolate (99% or 100%, no sugar at all) help avoid T2 due to increasing levels of adiponectin?
It really helps me to overcome inertia and unblocks my mind to get started, even if it not always get things right.
I'm wearing a lot of hats at the moment since we're still in startup mode so the list is pretty varied:

- I ask it to create list of questions that different personas might want to answer with our reports section. I then ask it to categorize those questions & to then provide suggestions for graphs & dynamic filters that would help answer those questions.

- I ask it for help translating emails and documents for international customers.

- I ask it to create markdown, formatted spec documents with really verbose context. Helps me as sort of a foundation for feature sprint kickoffs.

- I ask it to take internal documentation and to simplify it so that we're able to use it for public facing help center documentation.

- I use it as my first resource for asking questions about SQL queries, React patterns, explaining different things eg SVG properties and how to manipulate them. I gut check things with Google when I feel like it might be hallucinating but generally it does really well ~ 90% of the time. Saves lots of time compared to going to Google first.

- I ask it for help writing tests or help refactoring code

- I asked it for help in creating some policy & procedures docs that we needed for compliance. Essentially gives you a decent template to then build from & customize.

- Lots of other things. It replaced Google for so many things in my daily workflow. It also helps a lot when you're not feeling creative and you need some ideas.
And low contrast text, although that is not restricted to employer sites.
Grrr!
Give it the context it needs. If you have internal APIs give them a .proto file or whatever you use to define an API. Phrase the question in a way that forces it to explain its thought process. Use chain of thought reasoning. Find documentation online, give it the documentation, then give it your code, then ask it to do something. Frequently spawn new sessions, if ChatGPT is repeatedly giving bad answers start a new session, modify the context, and ask in a different way. Basically you have to brute force it to get it to give you the answers you want on harder problems.
Add FMODE_NOWAIT support to pipes: Pipes 10-23x faster
I was there watching. Maybe Silver doesn’t understand how to communicate verbally, only through numbers designed for consumption by statisticians. The impression he gave in his comments, if not these exact words — Hillary in a landslide.

Communication is a skill. Like the skill of a great sportscaster like Scully. Election reporting is, I’m sure, a similar unique skill set. Silver doesn’t have it, and I never want to listen to him again.
There's at least a repo: https://github.com/spotify/annoy
Federation is great when properly applied. Email is an example of federation done right. But federated social media is a mistake. Not because it is federated, but because all social media is a mistake.
If our lawmakers actually cared about us, the DMCA would have a clause to the effect of "if bypassing an effective technological protection measure is necessary for anyone to exercise any of their fair use rights, then the means to do so may be freely created and distributed notwithstanding anything else in this law."
What is missing to have Plasma providing a full experience on Linux phones or tablets, e.g. PinePhone/Tab2?
A few directors have sent emails lettings folks know it's ok to experiment with as long as they dont send passwords or PII.

I had it draft a thorny recursive SQL query for me one time (which I did write some extensive automated tests to validate)
Two things. First you can get custom tips made for airpods (not exactly cheap, but custom isn't cheap). Second, you can actually use a training app, and then import that profile into the airpods for even better, personalized performance.
This project is being led by Tim Berners-Lee, for those who weren't aware.
There aren’t any VCs involved, so.
The computer-generated voice talking about moods reminds me of "the design is very human" guy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcLoG4KAsBk
I agree: don't autoload lib.

Even better: Autoload discrete subdirectories in lib occasionally.

Occasionally? If something is a library, why do you want autoloading anyway? The likely answer is that you are actively working on it, and autoloading allows quick feedback loops, and is a huge productivity boost.

I would expect a "library" is a true, cross-cutting technical dependency, not behavior for the application domain (or else it ought to be in app). It is safe to autoload some number of things inside of lib some of the time, if you knowingly placed it there. One manner of achieving this:

- Be specific, and don't use a wildcard or globbing notation. Maintain a list of exclusive sub-directories in lib that are capable of optionally being auto-loaded (in development only).

- Set up an environment variable that controls when and which of these curated lib subdirectories are be autoloaded. Only enable one when actively working on it, keep disabled otherwise.

As with many things in Rails, there are (a) a dozen other ways to achieve a very similar result, (b) people with different aesthetic preferences for one or the other, and (c) other people who chafe at there not being a "blessed" way to do this, or even think that making one's own conventions ought not be done.
I rarely waited 5 minutes for a tube in London late at night, never more than 10. On Bart in San Francisco you frequently wait 20-30 minutes for a train on a weekend or late evening.

The weirdest thing about moving to car-centric Silicon Valley are the after work drinks. These are often in the office (since they are located at motorway junctions away from anything else) and then you stand there carefully nursing your one drink since you all have to drive home.

In London you'd just go to a pub for a few beers after work with your colleagues, or meet up with other friends after work because you all worked in the city centre anyway so it was easy.
The whole point of a kernel level anticheat in that it can bypass the isolation to find cheats.

The isolation still exists for normal programs when the anticheat is present.
I’m looking forward to what Etymotic and Shure field in this market. Bose currently has the product that most closely approaches a hearing aid but isn’t.

Hugh end hearing aids are just ridiculously expensive.
I think Shanghai’s metro is great…during rush hour (well, as long as I can fit onto the train, it can be rough sometimes). Otherwise I’ll just grab a cab and get where I need to go much faster. But ya, you don’t need to own a car.
Note: this page seems to have big localization issues, as the French version actually has few parts in English because they amended it at the beginning and at the end, and that makes this article feel quite messy.
An example since the pandemic, a "pint" of Hagen Dazs ice cream is no longer a pint (16oz). They are now 14oz. Same with most other brands that come in that size container. Halloween candy also got pretty microscopic. The "bite size" snickers, etc, are like 1/4 the size they used to be.
> Maybe Silver doesn’t understand how to communicate verbally, only through numbers designed for consumption by statisticians.

Nate Silver the pundit and TV personality and Nate Silver the constructor of statistical models are, oddly, like completely different beasts.
This is already a solvable problem.

The first thing to understand is there is a carbon cycle just like the water cycle. If it comes out of the ground then it needs to go back in the ground. This happens naturally on large geologic time scales, except humans are pulling it out faster than normal. To balance this all out we have to put it back in faster than normal. The solution needs to be cheap and easy otherwise it will never get done. Carbon capture is expensive and hard so it won't work for political and socioeconomic reasons.

The best solution appears to be growing biomass and the ocean is the perfect environment for it because of its size and the fact there is already a mechanism in place. Sea water is high in calcium and nitrogen but lacks iron in comparision. Algea need these as a basis to grow and reproduce. Micro organisms feed off algea, plankton feed off micro organisms, small fish feed...etc. By releasing iron oxide into the ocean it causes an algea bloom, an immediate proliferation of biomass. Once the iron is consumed the ecosystem normalizes, returning to levels prior to the application of iron oxide. By requiring a distribution system on container ships, and determining seasonal application amounts and times, we could seed our way to large biomass. The key is that unconsumed biomass sinks to the bottom of the ocean effectively capturing carbon, moving it along in the cycle to the point where the next step is oil conversion. Once the CO2 levels in the water are at a negative differential with the atmosphere, the ocean will pull the carbon back in as a simple matter of equilibrium. Over time this decreases global CO2 not only cooling the air but also the ocean. This mechanism is both easy and cheap and requires minimal regulation and minimal ongoing funding to monitor and manage.

So, if this solution exists, and seems to be the best solution to overall warming of the earth, then ask yourself...why aren't we doing it?
Huh, Google Scholar is significantly crappier than I remember (at least for this topic)

Here’s one from 2004:

https://ia903008.us.archive.org/9/items/files-all/rnc-electi...

Search terms (ddg):

academic study of exit poll discrepancies 2004
This is stupid, and exceeded subjective.

The original usage is absolutely fine.
In what country do people graduate from US high schools at 16?
If you want your game to end up on a PlayStation or Switch, you'll still need to link/integrate their closed-sourced SDKs, so we're close to the "everything is built with open source compilers" but not quite there yet.
The inclusion of "land use" and "water use" immediately makes this suspect to me. What's wrong with using land for agriculture or using rainfall and water?

With the article calling out wheat farming as one of their top concerns, what do they want as an alternative? Starving people? Depopulation?

You can make strong environmental arguments without reaching to such extremes. It actually undercuts the position.
I would assume that those assets would be valuable and the source could be sold to an interested party such as Microsoft. Even if the companies ceased to exist, it's unlikely the assets would.

Android itself is sharded and open sourced, so there is almost no risk for android I would assume.

For such a large piece of infrastructure, the government bailing out with money is possible as well.

When a bank fails it's because it has more liability than assets which then forces the assets to be fire-sold and a loss to be realized which then causes a run on the bank, which forces more assets to be fire-sold etc. Other banks take on the both the assets and liability which can then put them at risk of failing. Too big to fail means that nobody can acquire their assets and liabilities because they are too big.

That's my probably naive, probably wrong understanding anyway.
I think if you are so reliant on static type checking that you can’t live without it, well, there you go. But it doesn’t seem like it has to be more of a problem than an hundred other oopses you deal with like passing parameters in the wrong order.

Most of JS’s most public issues come from thinking every programming language is
C++.
BTC protocol can handle transactions off-chain. I cannot take any post that doesn't address that simple fact seriously, since you're just repeating talking points without any research or technical analysis.
you're not supposed

Music doesn’t work like that.

Unless someone has convinced you it does.

And that would be most unfortunate.
The French aren't protesting for good things, they all believe in 100 different conspiracy theories at the same time and are protesting that the government won't reveal Qanon is real.

It's also completely ineffective, because the government can just ignore them when they get bored, and they don't actually get voted out or anything.
Show HN: Tech Layoff Analysis
Top companies with the most significant layoffs include Amazon, Meta, Google, Salesforce, Microsoft, and Philips, with Amazon leading the list with 27,150 employees laid off. The consumer industry has been hit the hardest, followed by retail, transportation, food, and finance industries.
> NVidia put in ray-tracing hardware into GPUs. It's not used much in games.

Well, it's true that the proportion of games that have ray tracing -- over the space of all games released -- is small. But most triple-A games seem to have ray tracing these days. Of the last four such titles I've played three had ray tracing (Resident Evil 4, Jedi Survivor, Hogwarts Legacy). I think that's only going to become more true in the future, as IMO it does materially make an image quality difference.
we built our own AI chat, it’s not that hard. It’s wired up to our internal data, with nlp search, and a few tools using swagger.
Kansas, birthplace of the Lynx browser.
And more importantly, on that same machine the build would take more than ten minutes without unified builds.
Very ironic to borrow the "Open[insert the name of technology here]" naming convention while trying to trademark the "GPT" acronym.
> Most Americans don't feel like they have any control over larger structures in their countries.

This is called "working the refs" or "talking their book".

Americans' main interest in local government is blocking new housing project to pump their property values. So no matter what happens they just say there weren't enough meetings about it and the project needs to be cancelled because it didn't get community input.

You don't have to believe them on larger political topics for the same reason you don't have to believe them here.
It's not just industries, we all do. If we are honest with ourselves, we are just some parasites to this planet
Serious question: what is the evidence that type 2 diabetes is caused by diet?

I’ve seen this assertion made universally, but never any explanation of its scientific root.
The hearing deficient kid I know is paranoid about getting his head wet. His parents, who are pretty well off, sent him the wrong messages about protecting his extremely expensive hearing aids when he was young and he developed a complex about it. If they were as cheap as retainers I think he’d enjoy swimming, but as things stand he’d rather eat bugs.
I don’t think candies and ice cream today are particularly less healthy than they were 50 years ago

Compared to 50 years ago, portions are larger and, based on little more than my personal impression, stuff has gotten softer and easier to eat.

Larger packages tend to be have shrunk some, but like there's "shareable" M&Ms or whatever by the register, in a much bigger package than decades ago.
Email still works, spam and all.
aren't the men, and the bricks, and the dropping all symbols? Perhaps the visual stimulus / qualia could be considered non-symbolic, but surely the high level abstractions "men" "bricks" "drop" are, even if the experience of thinking did not include hearing the phonetic expression of these concepts as words
I lived in Switzerland (Lausanne) and it was similar. There was basically no free street parking, so you couldn’t really own a car without a place to park it.
You're not all people.

This theft happens, that's the cut-and-dry of it.
Using for academic research. It is especially useful for translating long strings of numbers in classical Chinese sources into Arabic numbers. It's not perfect, but well over 90% accurate and saves much tedium.
Externalities are the activists’ favorite technical-sounding economic concept because they introduce a fudge factor into every single economic process that can be abused to support almost any conclusion.

The article essentially claims that nearly all major industries would be unprofitable is forced to pay their externalities. Great! Let’s shut it all down, let everyone gradually die off and then we’ll finally reach the sustainable utopia these people seek.
Link Between Long Telomeres and Long Life Is a Tall Tale, Study Finds
It's infeasible for Linux to switch to GPLv3, even if Linus and every Linux dev alive today wanted to, so it's a moot point.
Oops. JWST. Although the S seems superfluous.
I can't get the filter for max price to work.
This has happened. F1000 is an example.

A big issue is funding bodies/grant reviewers are mostly old guard who are happy with the status quo. Recently, a big journal was changing in a way that upset a large swath of such people. Unfortunately i can't remember what journal. But it was obvious they benefited substantially as they're more established.
I skimmed the Trucost report. To a first approximation, the $7.3T number is fabricated. This hyperbole harms serious problem solving.
Can’t you pay youtube or did they kill that feature?

I’ve noticed the “N trackers blocked this week” thingy on my web browser is trending down rapidly now that I only read news here and on apple news+.

(Though Apple News+ is turning into 100% clickbait, so apparently the economic incentives are nearly as bad there as they are at FB and ad supported sites.)
Noam Chomsky, an American linguist, philosopher, and political activist, once said, "If you're in a system where you must make profit in order to survive, you are compelled to ignore negative externalities, effects on others".

https://thedecisionlab.com/reference-guide/economics/externa...

Stephen Hawking criticized the economy for ignoring externalities, particularly in the context of climate change. In his book "Brief Answers to the Big Questions," Hawking wrote, "We are now learning that climate change is bringing with it not only changes to the physical environment but also to the way we think about economics. It is forcing us to recognize that many of the ways we have been measuring economic progress, based on the idea of unlimited growth, have been deeply flawed"
The non-refined versions may release as much glucose, but they don't do it all at once. Also the fiber that they contain is good for you.

Processed meats contain a LOT of salt. Salt doesn't cause diabetes, but it does cause water retention and high blood pressure, so is bad for people with diabetes.

As for sugar, they are on the list of foods they examined. What they found is that we're eating more French fries, so that turns out to be a bigger factor in practice.
I work with a Russian guy who still pronounces it the same as hijinx.
I already do, but in this case, I’m the content creator, not the email user.
> For example, during the conquest of Gaul, ~1/3 of the population was killed and another ~1/3 were sold off as slaves.

This is probably a misremembered quote from Plutarch:

> For although it was not full ten years that he waged war in Gaul, he took by storm more than eight hundred cities, subdued three hundred nations, and fought pitched battles at different times with three million men, of whom he slew one million in hand to hand fighting and took as many more prisoners.

The total population of Gaul was certainly higher - contemporary estimates range from 5 (assuming very high mobilization and highly exaggerated Roman numbers) to 20 (taking the highest ancient numbers at face value) million.
It may be difficult. It may be better in some cases. Around the clock pager support might be much easier. You can ship some features quicker by working on them around the clock. You only need 2-4 hours of overlap to cover the majority of meetings.
> only human waste goes through the "waste treatment plants"

I think you're probably right about this. It does seem a bit misleading now.