skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Feels like its still the area of wait and see as the space shakes out. It would be great to be able to run our own models in some near future for applications but the amount of hardware needed to delivery service to a significant audience is pretty crazy. Right now I don't see any way but to re-bill the cost with a markup to end customers unless you have a giant pile of VC money that you can light on fire.
> Normalisation is there to make data accessible for multiple different users

Normalization is there to avoid anomalies which is another word for data corruption. If you have the same datum repeated multiple times in the base tables, any update can (and probably will, due to Murphys law) lead to inconsistencies, which mean the database is not a reliable source of information anymore. How do you quantify the cost of that?

> looking for opportunities to avoid writing the same JOIN in 20 different queries.

Then you define a view, with is literally just a named and reusable query, which can be used in other queries. Writing queries or using views is certainly not "denormalization". Having redundant data in a query or view output is commonplace and not a problem since it cannot introduce update-anomalies. (Some databases allow updateable views in some scenarios, but only when the view can be unambiguously mapped back to base tables, so no risk of update-anomalies here either.)
Actually there are few options how potentially do it even more cheaper - for example switch to arm-based lambdas or optimize execution time. Actually I don't have yet any statistics how much it could cost for me (I use it for about 50 Telegram channels and my RSS client check for updates in the feed every hour), but looks like I will not even rich AWS free tear limit in 1 million free executions.
If you remove ego out of the question, I think there is little evidence to reasonably believe that life has any meaning at all. Our life is no more special than that of an insect that just crushed on your windshield while driving down the highway.

When you understand that, the only thing left is to live your life in a way you feel the most happy/satisfied/fulfilled. To reach nirvana or ευδαιμονία. There is no magic sauce for that, each of us finds their way to this through different paths.
I think it's important to note a difference in context when reasoning about determinism.

When reasoning about individual atoms, the universe may well be deterministic, but the complexity of a human organism is so large (in comparison to the level of understanding it exhibits), that something very interesting may emerge, which you can thoroughly enjoy.

Even if freedom of choice is a big illusion, it is still a really big illusion, and you are more than likely totally unable to predict most of your life.

Assuming you are a bit scared of determinism, what would it mean practically? What would it help you with? Possibly not much. And how would it limit you? If you'd imply that life then has no meaning, and if that feels uncomfortable, I'd suggest to change your definition of "meaning".
True, but they're really one and the same.
Write down your ideas somewhere, but force yourself to not start them right away.

If after a week, two weeks, or a month, you still feel the itch / need to start them, then you can start.

This helps me.

A lot of time, having the idea sit on a list and simmer in your brain may make you decide it's not worth it to pursue.
He was in "reputation accumulation" phase.
What is dubious about Arab Reporters for Investigative Journalism (ARIJ), the Borealis Philanthropy Racial Equity in Journalism Fund, Howard University School of Law and the Institute for Intellectual Property and Social Justice (IIPSJ), InternetLab, STEM en Route to Change (SeRCH) Foundation, or the Media Foundation of West Africa? I've poked around to each of them and haven't found any scandals. Do you just not like the values of these organizations? I wouldn't think "dubious" is the right word then. Also, if you didn't like their values, it doesn't make sense to donate to wikipedia, an organization that implements the same values.
One thing to try: Pick one idea. Book recurring time (does not have to be that long time) to work on the project. During that booked time, do something that pushes the project forward. Draw concrete UI diagrams, write real code, design a few database tables. Do not spend that time on "research".

Start by keeping those timeslots so short you must get to work quickly to finish at least one thing (artificial deadline looming there).

Finish each slot by writing a note about where to continue next. Or leave code broken or a unit test broken. Next time you come back, you should have something simple and obvious to start.
Johm Brunner's The Crucible of Time. There are only aliens in that book, even if the aliens behave quite humanly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crucible_of_Time
They could drop off their info into a web server, like nextcloud request. It’s end to end encrypted. What’s the issue?
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abl8189

It looks like they looked at a larger amount of the genome, and still found that relationships at the level of Order and below were hard to be sure about, since different genomic regions disagreed. They then speculate that this is related to different geological / tectonic / geomorphological processes occurring at that point in history, compared to the time of the earlier divergences. It’s a frustrating area of science; we’ve learned that the reality is that some aspects of evolutionary history are very hard to be sure about, but scientific publishing and careers require more interesting claims.
Successful Lisp: How to Understand and Use Common Lisp (1999)
I believe it is essentially to replicate macOS behaviour. Part of the reason MacBooks have great audio is because instead of setting a hard volume limit they model the coil temperatures and modify limits on the fly. That’s something which is too complex to do in kernel.
I think it would be more fair to say “venture” or “growth” capitalism. Non-profit organisations exist on the same principles of capitalism that for-profit organisations do, and many of them would not exist in a world without the freedom from external governance that all organisations are offered through capitalism.

I know this can be a touchy subject for people on the American left, but there is likely a reason human history has not produced a whole lot of organisations with independent governance outside of capitalism. At least I think you will be hard pressed to find examples of it if you go looking. I know because I’m a left leaning Scandinavian who spent a lot of my youth looking (including a minor in history).

That being said, organisations like Twitter are the worst examples of capitalism. At least in my opinion, in that they are companies that do not generate a profit. But instead plan to, somehow, sometime, generate a profit for their investors. It’s essentially like running a non-profit organisation without any of the moral obligations. Obviously a very cool idea here on HN considering this is a venture capitalist site, but maybe not so good for humanity as a whole.
I think that science fiction should tangle more with both science and religion, and not because "it's an opportunity to write something interesting," but because in our real world the two are still fighting and, for now at least, one of them has the upper hand on fundamentally shaping our perception of human nature and on loudly proclaiming what's the meaning of life.

Sadly, your run-of-the-mill author and your run-of-the-mill editor are often shy of that type of conflict, and more interested on writing about interstellar conflicts and exploitative mining mega-corporations.
Change your focus from how to instead what you are making.

Taking what you've said at face value, you don't have a clear idea what you are doing so it seems inevitable that you would "fizzle out". You don't have a goal, you are just wandering around aimlessly with your new tools of the week.

So stop making "something", try and go make a thing instead. Make a specific goal and strive towards it.
> I think it does a lot of harm along with the good.

You said "also they redonate..." so you seem to consider that a separate issue. Thus, what "harm" have you found wikipedia to have done, specifically?
At some point I shifted my thinking from finding purpose to following goals. Then after achieving some goal, which seemed huge earlier, I realized that excitement of reaching the goal is very very short lived. The goals/milestones are not discrete as we imagine, they are continuous.

Working towards few simple goals is enough to live a good life probably. Having a purpose now sounds like I am an object made to do something specific. I am not. I only need to live a good life.
No, in this implementation I just scrap web-version of the Telegram and don't use their API.
For more complex parsing of telegram posts (like extraction of attachments, user reactions and replies) you will need to use their API and for sure it will require to have an account
They should also order that HP replaces all of the printers. Make it costly and hard work
That is not an answer, you are not describing anything close to TDD.
Did you read the article? Those problems didn't impact hospital revenues because they were handed billions in emergency funding from the government.
"After a few days or weeks" that is quite pathetic dedication. In my case, it's months and years. Even a decade for one project. The problem with you and me is that we like the creative part of problem-solving. We like to think about solutions. But once we figure it out, we are bored with it and want to move on to the next challenge. And there is nothing wrong with that, that's a role that not many fit and most prefer instructions to do their job. And it can be very lucrative role to play in the industry, if you have the skill and knowledge for big and mid tech companies. So my advice is to do that - become a part of a project where you will be the architect or hire people to help you materialize your projects. That way you take your creativity and problem-solving skills and join them with the skills of people who like to code by the book.
There is plenty of literature, especially practical literature: an example can be "Eat that frog ... Stop procrastinating" from Brian Tracy. There are also related YT pieces, one sees from searching for "brian tracy procrastination".

Maybe you could benefit to refine your framework of practice (i.e., in a way, the "coaching" literature that spells out the beneficial attitudes)?

Because the direct reply would be "choice and discipline - you do things that you elected as priorities by actually doing them, "staying there" until satisfactory completion".
You expect Lenovo to test with FreeBSD?
We got to the current state because you left out most of what the OS does now. That's like comparing a 787 to a Cessna, and stating "airplanes used to be light and easy on fuel - how did we get to the current state of the airplane?

I have a work account that I can use to log into all my devices. All my docs and even the stuff on my desktop is magically synced and backed up, and I even have versions. I can open a visio on my laptop in the kitchen, draw some stuff while I wait for the coffee, then go sit on my desk and keep working on that file. When I go for a refill, it's still open in the kitchen and I keep working. Yes - one document, open at the same time on 2 machines, changes being synced live on the screen w/o closing.

When I change my preferences to not select the entire word at a time, it magically saves in every outlook install on all my machines. Plug something in and the driver for it is magically downloaded and installed. Have disk? Remember that? Different sizes and shapes and density monitors? Monitors - many of them.

Gramma can use the computer now - you don't need a geek. Yes, the gramma interface is annoying for the tech user, but the tech user can easily put in a new window manager or tweak registry - the new dumbed down default opened computers to everyone - not just geeks. Tracking? Hmm, don't see any. Maybe because you can (a) turn it off, and (b) you can install a version w/o it. Yes, if you install the consumer version of Windows made for gramma, it will track everything. That's because it's for gramma, and tracking helps make the next version easier for gramma.

You also don't want gramma to be able to turn off updates, because she will. Updates on my machine? They were set to download and notify - never install, by default. But no, you don't get that on the gramma home version.

Do you ever get into a cessna and complain they don't have room for all the 40 members of your group? That's not a valid complaint. That's a bad choice of right tool for the job.

The OS is big because the 787 is big. And I say all that, as someone who hates MS and Windows with a deep, long, hard, smelly brown passion.
How to have your own private Brew package
True. If you don’t like it, go to Russia. (/s)
I hope people understand that if xorg stops working before Wayland is ready to be a real replacement, Linux is dead.
I've seen this play out badly for some though. As you correctly state, hard to be absolute about such things. For some people, it can escalate to a very egocentric behavior, in turn making live worse for others. One could argue most of us wanting the best living standard all the time is perhaps the main cause for a lot of problems around the world, including global warming.
Of course. The best of all is to let go of all dogmas about coding. But we will not get there by either blog posts or comments, it requires education over time.
I hope there will be change to a more secular government.
Yes for specific threatening posts. You cannot see a difference, I guess?
You stated the full potential of the web cannot be unlocked by capitalism.

I merely illustrated that the web was invented and ran by a capitalist society, the internet you see today is a product of capitalism, the good parts and the bad ones.

Unless you can link me websites created and ran from countries with different systems - that you had in mind as being superior.
Unfortunately, accepting a ps file is _very_ premium feature nowadays. Nearly nothing in the consumer space does it. I'm still using an old Samsung monochrome from the mid-00's (which, if my memory serves, cost about $50 back then) and to replace it would be four figures _just_ to match the postscript functionality last time I looked around. (And god forbid you want something that understands PCL.)
Difference is - I can be extradited to the US
What does a leaked Google memo reveal about the future of AI?
> Yes, not every random app and feature you use on Xorg will have a Wayland equivalent. Deal with it.

This attitude right here is why I don't use desktop Linux anymore. I'm tired of caring about my system components, instead of just using them.
Why don't the users simply select health care system outside the one that pays too much in their mind to executives? Surely in a free market society there must be alternatives, or maybe some VC firm should start one ignoring all the regulations like they did with Uber and AirBnB that everyone loves.
Don’t sell your soul to the algorithm
Do you actually own a printer? Since 10+ years I print stuff either at work or in hotel. If it's pictures, I print them in some printing company with some nice ICC profile I got from them.

Owning a printer in XXI century is waste of time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideological_bias_on_Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.COM
Predicting the future is a hard thing. It could be the future or something else might pop up that becomes the new hotness.

Having seen cycles like this over and over. Some project develops over decades which included many corner cases that need covered. It then becomes difficult to work with or adapt to some newer "things" (in this case modern gpus).

So people start to look at making a new project "taking" the bits they deem in important or adopting a strategy to work better with those newer things. Then after many years the project in some aspects starts to resemble a state of what it replaced. Repeat...

Now maybe I should have been a little more explicit I just kinda surprised how blunt the developers of this distro are being here. Having just decided to play around with wayland again just this last month and still noticing issues. I can see plenty of reasons why people would not want to switch just yet.
PART 1: THE MEETING.

Of course, Fortran and Matlab had heard of each other. How could they not
have, given so many mutual friends? Many of those friends thought that they
should meet up. Some even thought they would hit it off. But the common view
was that they would dislike each other. Elderly Fortran, who thought deeply
before even considering to act on something, didn't see much to gain in meeting
Matlab. And Matlab, long the darling of the just-go-for-it crowd, was by now
middle-aged, and saw little benefit in dating at all.

But on day, as the joke goes, they both walked into the same bar. Fortran
ambled in slowly carrying a musty book and exuding an air of superiority.
Matlab arrived a bit later and, busy chatting on the phone, did not even notice
Fortran sitting alone in the shadows. But after a while, Matlab did notice
a flickering over in that dark corner of the bar. It was a candle. Intrigued,
Matlab strode towards the light in the darkness.

Fortran, as always, was deep in thought. Buried in the book, sure, but more
than that. Fortran had been thinking about this thing for several weeks. And
not just thinking with a single mind, like others in the bar, but at this point
with ten thousand minds. The idea was only now just starting to take shape,
with these many minds and these many hours.

Now, Matlab was no fool. Matlab could recognize brilliance when it was sitting
right there, with the candle, the book and the furrowed brow. The rest
of the bar faded away. The music, gone. The conversations, the laughter, the
flirting, the clinking of glasses -- all gone. For Matlab had realized something: Fortran was sexy as hell.

So Matlab sat down. And Fortran, to the astonishment of anyone who had been
around for the past half-century, looked up. Wow. In this light, in this
place, at this moment Matlab seemed like an angel descended from heaven.

They said very few words. And the words didn't really even matter much. It
was the tone of voice that mattered. The pauses. The crinkling around the
eyes. After a while, Matlab's hand reached for Fortran's. And that was the
start of something new. Something neither expected. Something their friends
could not have imagined, let alone hoped for.

NEXT: PART 2, JULIA IS CONCEIVED.
Yeah I was going to comment that I was kind of astounded by the quality of the documentation. And though I haven't looked, that gives me high hopes for the code itself too. Usually well documented code tends to be well written code.

I find myself inspired as well. We should all aspire to document our code this thoroughly.
User to Wayland: Stop closing all my apps if you have an error.

Then I will consider using it.
> My position is that the companies would be MORE successful if they fired his ass.

So being the single most successful companies in their industry is not enough. You certainty have incredibly high opinion all the leadership behind these companies. And how do you come to this conclusion?

Shotwell is the only one being very public. She had a good career before, but not one that would suggest she could have lead an even more successful company. Most of the rest of SpaceX leaders after the initial set were promoted internally.

Nobody in the leadership of Tesla had such an amazing CV to believe the could do even better.

It seems pretty simple, you don't like him, therefore you just choice to believe that everything would be better without him even if there is no evidence that this is true.

> But yes, every major decision can be traced back to him, and it’s an epic fail.

So every major decision is a fail yet the company is hugely successful both in technology and business. You are so fucking deluded on this issue, it hurts my head to even try to understand your logic.

> Hell, I even forgot about him insisting that robots could do finally assembly, even though every company that tried it failed — repeatedly.

And yet now Tesla has some of the best manufacturing in the world. Their initial approach was flawed in execution but the direction was correct, they corrected and improved, within a year of this issue Tesla had solved the issue and had a highly profitable mass produced EV that changed the industry.

Now lots of companies are copying their processes that came out of that experience. The CEO of VW admitted the the threw-put of Tesla factories was far superior to their own.

You just repeating the same pattern over and over, blame Musk for all bad, don't give credit for good.

Your line of argument is just embracing and you would laugh at anybody making such arguments if it wasn't about Musk. This is just a simple case of you having some sort of personal hangup about Musk therefore you need to somehow justify your position.

> Sempai is a screwup

Man, I wish I had screwed up so much as to be one of the richest people in the world. What a fucking loser.
Because using a domain you don't own (https://krebsonsecurity.com/2020/04/microsoft-buys-corp-com-...) or that isn't an ICANN-known TLD (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad...) is trouble

Split horizon DNS just how DNS works. Its weird that HSTS preload lists has made security decisions assuming all domains under these TLDs exclusively point to the internet, when that's not how DNS works

Just use another TLD is nice when everything is from scratch, but when it isn't it means migrating an intranet to another TLD and managing hostname changes for every instance under the domain...
> Alyssa Rosenzweig probably forgot more about graphics on Linux than you (or I) will ever know.

I don't give a fuck about knowledge, I want a working system and Wayland has this misfeature that it has been declared "complete" long before any DE had the chance to reinvent the X APIs it dropped.

> You can either be on that train or watch all your software bitrot as new software just stops supporting X.

The question is what is it going to support instead? Wayland moved most of the X features into the hands of the desktop environments on one end and graphics drivers on the other end. The gigantic fuck up with NVIDIA compatibility was already a pain in the ass, do I even want to know how many GNOME and KDE versions (just to mention the big two) will need special treatment to make things work?
I decide what is annoying or not for myself.
Dear future Wayland thingie: Stop closing all my apps if you have an error.

Then I will consider using it.

So far all the software I use runs in X.
The topic is open source firmware though. There's plenty of open source drivers and many of them are based on the printers accepting standardized formats.
What the hell are you talking about? There is massive centralization.
Yes and this is a important distinction, as there are many russians in the ukraine not supporting the invasion. They happen to live there.

And they feel threatened with such statements, as they are sadly way too common.