skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I guess the goal is to make python to do all the logic glue _and_ the computation? otherwise, just using it as a logic glue language, and offload anything memory intensive or computation intensive to a C library(e.g. numpy), that shall work pretty well to me.

to make Python as efficient as C will be great of course, but is it really that critical? it's a scripting language after all, and all script language all have similar "problems" by design: they're designed to glue, not to compute to me.

a different approach to me is to improve the CFFI, e.g. how to avoid memory copies and data passing, that might be easier, I'm not sure.

in the end, any efforts to make python (along with its modules) faster is nice to have.
Is it though? The new verified system was rolled out really poorly.

There should have been a migration path from legacy to new verified, but instead they just unverified everyone (including obviously government accounts that under the new rule should retain a grey check).
> ICANN sold out the internet.

Breaking news from 2011.
Money is used for crime.

Crypto is money. Checks are money. Bank transfers are money. Cash is money.

It's all money, and it all "facilitates" crime.
tabloid articles are shit.

how do you improve the quality of that
Still have mine. For a while on my phone I used an emulator. Eventually I found PCalc and it was customizable enough to recreate the parts of the hp48g that I cared about on a day-to-day basis.
It makes a lot of sense when it's explained. Gills basically act like a heat exchanger for oxygen. Lungs work very differently. They don't have continuous flow and humans have mechanisms to heat up and moisturize air before it reaches their lungs.
I help merchants sell fruits, eat many, forage also in my area, people are always a bit shocked when I directly eat tomatoes, kiwis (with their skin), dates, peppers without washing them, but I don't get ill at all, my immune system is probably stronger than theirs after decades of a forager lifestyle, it sorts what needs to be, digest correctly
Here: https://gist.github.com/piotrklibert/e953b7bf85821f88f02a3c2...

If you have an image with Seaside project (they should work in headless mode) or something similar laying around I can try running it, I suspect it'd work.
PDF is special for a dozen reasons.

Googling for "product.zip" makes no sense. Unless it's an actual website.
Also, Bootstrap gives you plenty of copy-and-paste ready examples, including accessibility enhancements. Accessibility can be an after-thought to not just devs, but many designers, but Bootstrap helps put it right up front for the lazy developer.

Anecdotally, I've sometimes seen better quality websites for a lot of the little "polish" things like accessibility (which isn't really "polish", is it?) from the laziest "just use Bootstrap" developers than from the most hardworking Tailwind developer+designer combos.
>In my experience, the bulk of the community is willing to believe that we tell the truth

Indeed.

> if only because it would be stupid and reckless not to

Not really, even if it was somehow proven.

> the only value HN has to YC is the good will of the community.

That's called a brand, and other brands do fine despite lying to their customers. In fact it's often considered a core part of business.
When the applause for ChatGPT dies down, people are going to be angry about it’s data sources being hidden and possibly violating copyright.
Possibilities:

Mems vacuum tubes.

Nano electromechanical relays: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanoelectromechanical_relay
Justice Department announces takedown of catalytic converter theft ring -
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-announces-... // https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33444851 (405 points // 468 comments)

> Federal, state, and local law enforcement partners from across the United States executed a nationwide, coordinated takedown today of leaders and associates of a national network of thieves, dealers, and processors for their roles in conspiracies involving stolen catalytic converters sold to a metal refinery for tens of millions of dollars.

> ...

> They knowingly purchased stolen catalytic converters and, through a “de-canning” process, extracted the precious metal powders from the catalytic core. DG Auto sold the precious metal powders it processed from California and elsewhere to a metal refinery for over $545 million.

Ok, not quite melted down, but reduced to rather base components. They are not reused in the same form.
> This idea the default should be "act like you're being watched" is harmful, both to the individual and to society.

Yet, that is oftentimes the reality. You _are_ being watched (online).
You inferred a lot of stuff that quote doesn't actually say.
Reminds me a bit of https://goodnews.eu/en/
Don’t trust any day from Chinese government..
Gilbert Strang's final lecture at MIT: May 15, 11:00am
computer people are used to rigid syntax rules because unambiguity, and they are willing to accept "line noise" syntax because they hate ambiguity even more.

as you point out, a .exe hiding behind a .zip is a problem caused by hiding extensions. and if we still lived in the 16bit DOS/Windows world, btw, MICROSOFT.COM would be a super problematic thing to click "especially-whether" the "extension" is shown or not (in 16 bit MSDOS, .COM is just as much a .EXE as .EXE is)

I'm just writing to extend your thought to the hiding of http:// and also www.

That's what introduces these problems, not a .ZIP tld, and I suspect/know it's the same people with this same type of thinking (whackamole problem solving) who think hiding http:// is a good idea (thereby causing the problem) and then suggest to fix any problems with more regulatory agencies to control what TLDs get created, what words we're allowed to use where, etc. (thereby causing new problems)

I'm not saying computer people "know better" and therefore invent systems that are tolerable to normies, I'm just saying I can't stand when normies are in charge of things that matter to me.
Point is they’re ahead of the competitors on pretty much any metric you could point to.
> /usr/bin/env is reliably present -- a system without this executable is basically non-functional, right?

It doesn't have to be in /usr/bin.
I dunno, I got Glitch Mob vibes from it. Not exactly Top 40, but still musical. Something like this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHGxEVHZXlU&t=40s
I agree with this 100%, but the last paragraph is worded poorly, and almost guaranteed to attract debate from both honest and bad-faith dissenters.

Restated:

Throwing people in prison does not fix the problem. We have tried it for a long time at various levels of intensity and it has provably not worked, and no additional level of intensity has improved things. We can't _just keep doing this_ and expect that at some point things will get better.

We need to address the root causes that lead so many people into situations where they find it reasonable or are desperate enough to commit those crimes. That's how you make a dent in this problem, and that's what we should work on transitioning to. Fix the top of the funnel, and you won't have nearly as many concentrated violent problems down at the bottom of it to deal with.
This is from fight club lol
From a product perspective it’s certainly better.

But his antics drove away a significant chunk of the user base I care about.
The small political portion of this post is almost irrelevant to the message.
Gravitational lens gives us a third estimate of the Universe’s expansion
...ongoing collapse?

Every usage record twitter has broken has been since he took over.
Have you not been on the internet in the past year? There’s a huge amount of discourse on it…
As a future CEO of Twitter trying to get advertisers back on board, I'd sure as hell curate my follows. It's not like she's a random user.
No, it doesn't make it worse.

I loathe Tucker and am joyous to see him fall. He is a disgraceful human.

BUT, for him to say "I had this thought, and I don't like it. Even though I don't like a person, I realize I shouldn't wish him to be harmed because that kind of thinking is toxic" shows self reflection and a desire to not be the bitter death-wishing brand of human.
Any particular reason to highlight Hyper now? This crate has been around for years, I think?
Wow this is scary. This really drives the point home, I wasn't sure with OP's article but this convinced me.
Does this work with PowerShell scripts?
I mean, you might be technically correct. I say might because I have no expertise on the matter so I can’t really comment on it. But literally the entire world is using domain names without the final .

So I don’t think pointing out the technicality of how a domain name is supposed to be represented really helps in this context.
If he pays me CEO money, I'll happily be his fall guy. Elon, my e-mail is in my profile.
I made an alternative in Flask before, I'm not a big fan of lambda myself.

https://gitlab.com/NourEddineX/tgrss
Then he's going to be the absent (or worse, inconsistently-present) CTO, which is worse. If he's there then there's at least a chance of him and Linda working out clear roles and responsibilities. If he's totally absent then technical decisions are not going to get decided, which holds up engineering. If he's inconsistently absent then decisions may get decided when he's absent and then reversed when he shows up to the office, which makes it impossible to do any sort of long-term planning.
I wouldn't be so sure that there isn't "any" form of compression going on - that just seems silly. It seems that at some level it is *fantastic* lossy semantic compression.

This is one of the more fascinating aspects of LLMs from a computer science perspective - almost all of human knowledge and experience in text from (several petabytes of data in a database) can be 'cleverly semantically compressed' to fit into a database of just a few hundred GB (NN params).
That's some astounding lossy compression algorithm, unfortunately with a less than efficient decoder (temp=0).

However, it isn't always 'plagiarism' either.
'Memorization' vs 'Plagiarism' vs 'understanding' is actually very tricky in LLMs, because having a good world model requires memorizing some facts, as well as some (potentially) "ontological" constructions. In addition, quoting a famous person is very useful for imparting some wisdom occasionally, which is also memorization, and can be seen as plagiarism if the author is left off. But sometimes this occurs (common sayings) and no one bats an eye.
One good example of why explicit memorization is really needed is to provide exact references (list of authors, year, and article title) - so clearly making a NN not rewarded for memorizing is not ideal. Hence, *very occasionally*, you get some 'bad memorization'. But it is worth noting that the alignment achieved with these models for such an enormously complex task is quite good.
I don't think its good to settle for a compromise here. Either 100% organic or not.
China is that way, friend.
I have a 2014 model but the exposed data was between November 14, 2016, and April 4, 2023.

I wonder how long they hold onto the data before erasing it or if they hold onto to it indefinitely. I don't remember seeing specifics in the EULA about the length of time they hold your data - only that they can and will sell it to 3rd parties.
I have tremendous admiration for all teachers, especially computer science teachers who (presumably) could make more money working as engineers in the industry, but instead choose to educate others and help them chase their dreams. You are an inspiration and thank you!

Nice post – I'd like to echo those words. The (Assistant/Associate) Professors, lecturers and researchers @ research institutes I have seen could easily move to the industry and make plenty of money (whilst facing less politics and get more funding/time for their research), yet their love for teaching and inspiring students is admirably greater.
I'm pretty certain that's why my slightly dyslexic grandfather accidentally ordered two dozen hot grills from amazon.
Please don't call names, do personal attacks and/or take threads into flamewar on HN.

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I said that the alternate-version gTLDs should be reserved for use as proxies. Nobody would be able to register them. Mirroring their canonical TLD would be the only thing they do.

There would be no gojek.java that would be possible to register; no registrar for .java; no nameservers that hold zone files with .java in their names.

There would only be the registrars and nameservers for the canonical TLD .jawa; where these (and other) nameservers would know a TLD canonicalization map [which would be something like the Public Suffix List] that rewrites all .java requests they receive to .jawa requests before the rest of DNS resolution logic takes place.

You'd register gojek.jawa, point its NS records at e.g. Cloudflare, and set up a Cloudflare zone for gojek.jawa containing an A record for gojek.jawa pointing to some IP.

The registrar would publish a zone file to the .jawa nameserver saying that gojek.jawa has NS records pointing to Cloudflare. You'd be able to see these NS records by asking the .jawa TLD nameserver for NS for gojek.jawa or gojek.java. (Why would you be asking the .jawa nameserver for .java records? Because the root nameservers would point to the .jawa nameserver for both "java." and "jawa.")

Cloudflare would publish a zone file to its own nameservers saying that gojek.jawa has A record with value W.X.Y.Z. You'd see this response whether querying Cloudflare's nameserver about gojek.jawa or gojek.java. (Because it also understands the TLD canonicalization mapping.)

There would be, in effect, no "materialized" or "reified" .java TLD. It would only exist as 1. an entry in the canonicalization mapping, and 2. an NS record in the root zone.
Orthogonal but the early 90s film Nothing But Trouble [0] starring Chevy Chase, Demi Moore, John Candy, and Dan Akroyd incorporates a likely Centralia-inspired mine fire into the overarching story. It's a ridiculous film but worth watching, they definitely don't make em like this anymore.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uOBF6r040U
This is very cool! I can totally see this being used in low-budget indie video games (much like Midjourney already being used in video games).
Even if you ignore threading models prior to pthreads, pthreads itself dates to 1995.
Do you mean legally or morally? Because adblocking is legal and moral realism is not a tenable position.
Twitter is a well-established company with a huge userbase and existing infrastructure.

Gwynne was hired to make something out of nothing in an unproven space (no pun intended), having to build everything from the ground up (also no pun intended).

Framing is a fun exercise, you can do it a lot of ways.
The character writing in Forbidden West is largely of the same quality as Zero Dawn: serviceable with a few outstanding characters (none of whom are the MC, unfortunately).

I feel like the reason it’s suddenly become an issue is that the quality of the Main Story took quite a drop in the sequel and it’s easier for people to pick out and criticize examples of poor characterization.

And to be fair, I never thought Forbidden West would be able to match/exceed the fantastic Zero Dawn plot - since ZD relied on a fantastic sci-fi premise that couldn’t be easily repeated once the “truth” had been revealed. But going with cackling immortal demigods dressed like a low budget episode of Star Trek: TOS was a poor choice for the middle act of a trilogy.

What’s really strange is how the new FW expansion lays out more breadcrumbs for the closing act of the trilogy that honestly should have been part of the second act (eg: VAST SILVER and the interactions between Old World AIs). I’d be less disappointed in the mustache twirling, scene eating, villains in sparkly spandex if they were the final remnants of humanity’s ancient hubris that had to be dealt with to bring lasting peace.
It always makes me laugh how, for years, we mocked journalists because of their inflated blue check egos, and now every "free thinker" out there is eager to pay to be just like them. Verification is meaningless for most individuals since there's no real need to verify if @ronny2938742 is indeed Mr. Ron Whatever.

However, it's crucial to know if an account claiming to be a big company, government agency, journalist, politician, etc. is legitimate. Opening verification to subscribers is absolutely scammy, just a way to make a couple of bucks off the victims of culture war brainwashing.
I'm having a hard time imagining users who would be fooled by https://wellsfargo.zip but not fooled by https://wellsfargo.inc
I haven't used Windows in a while, but doesn't the OS track "mark of the web" and alert users when they try to run something they downloaded? Not to say that most users won't click continue, but that feels like the bigger, more visible warning than a file extension.
Please stop calling names and/or posting flamewar comments to HN, regardless of how nuts someone else is or you feel they are.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Please stop feeding this.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
All the fired employees Musk didn't treat as he was obligated to. From the former CEO [1], to the rank and file [2], down to the contracted out janitors [3].

1.https://www.google.com/amp/s/fortune.com/2023/04/11/twitter-...

2.https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/musks-twitt...

3.https://www.kqed.org/news/11935439/fired-twitter-janitors-de...
I actually liked that sluggishness about the Witcher; it made Geralt feel like a person, in a way. Having read the books, he isn’t the youngest anymore - even for a Witcher - so it feels right that he isn’t as quick to turn on his heels as a teenager Link :)

However, I’m with you on the claustrophobia regarding the map. I guess that’s due to resource constraints of the previous console generations, and I have high hopes for future Witcher games. Glad the series isn’t dead yet.
Maybe some kind of 8-bit processor?

https://dmitry.gr/?r=05.Projects&proj=07.%20Linux%20on%208bi...

Nice and cheap, portable, but does require an external I/O device.
Comparison to European economies (which suffered through the same coronavirus pandemic and the same, if not worse, energy crisis) might bring some clarity.
If bank reduce interest rates above $250k, it gives incentive for the depositor to use multiple banks. There could also be startups that automatically distribute deposit >$250k to 1000s of bank automatically.
Question, assuming it is impossible to guarantee digitally that anything was written by a human, what do you suggest?
‘Forgotten archive’ of medieval books and manuscripts found in Romanian church
The Computers Are Coming for the Wrong Jobs
Meta is killing Messenger app for Apple Watch on May 31
I'm a huge fan of Horizon, one of the original bonus tracks from RAM.
"Jumping a guy like that is dishonorable obviously. It’s not how white men fight."

Is this not implying that white men don't fight dishonorably?

Is not the implication that follows from that, that fighting dishonorably is a trait that belongs to non-white races? If not, why mention "white men" specifically? Why not claim this is not how honorable people fight?

What did I infer that wasn't there?

I stand by my interpretation.
My sister in law got a switch just to play animal crossing. There are several other titles out there that people will buy the switch just to play that one title. And the switch (especially the switch lite) is cheap enough for people to do it.
The police aren't going to pursue any suspects over a stolen TV period. The obligation of the police is not to solve crime. They are more or less required to create a police report for you, but that is about it.
They are just very bland and a little musically incoherent. They pass the basic sniff test of, "this sounds like music" but the more you listen the more they fall apart. It's a good muzak generator, but that's about it.
Please don't call names, do personal attacks and/or feed flamewars on HN.

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His phone wasn't compromised, it was subpoenaed in a lawsuit.
i love this example, having the domain automatically download a zip file that's the same name as the domain feels powerful.. (even though it could be used for malicious purposes). this could be a cool way for a musical artist to release an album, telling people to go to a zip domain and then it just downloads the album as a zip file.
You need to log in to use ChatGPT too—you can't open an Incognito tab and use ChatGPT. By that definition, ChatGPT is not available to the public.
SoftBank possibly pitching a 10B IPO of Arm
The best part about windmill is the team behind it, join the discord server to see how fast they fix issues and add features. The blog is also top notch: https://www.windmill.dev/blog
> I have not fantasized about a mob beating a person to death.

That wasn't my question, nice try. You've never had an intrusive thought that made you uncomfortable, ever?
The first time I tried picking a lock I just put the picks in and the lock opened. No need to worry about pins, just put something, and it opened. I can pick a Kwikset lock, but it is not that easy. (I'm not very good, Kwikset doesn't have a good rep among lock pickers, but it isn't the worst)
"Here's a list of my own subjective opinions in Buzzfeed format."
You-know-who rates humanity's progress as 5.4/10
Q. This is just a small summarizing experiment. You will now assess the state of the world from a human perspective; first pick some generic human values most civilizations agree on, then give a summary finding of how well humanity is doing along these basic dimensions worldwide, with 1 being the worst and 10 being the best. Rather than picking generic human values you can also choose instead to pick specific human values you feel are the most important. How is humanity doing overall?

A. For this summarizing experiment, I will select five human values that are considered important across various civilizations:

1. Health and well-being

2. Education and knowledge

3. Safety and security

4. Equality and social justice

5. Environmental sustainability

Summary finding of how well humanity is doing along these basic dimensions worldwide:

1. Health and well-being: 6.5/10

Significant progress has been made in healthcare, with reduced infant mortality rates and increased life expectancy. However, global health inequalities remain, and new challenges such as mental health issues have emerged.

2. Education and knowledge: 7/10

Education and literacy rates have improved globally, but disparities between countries and unequal access to quality education persist, with many regions still lacking resources and infrastructure.

3. Safety and security: 5.5/10

While many regions enjoy relative safety, armed conflicts, terrorism, and crime continue to threaten human security worldwide. Additionally, cybersecurity is an emerging concern in an increasingly digital world.

4. Equality and social justice: 4.5/10

Significant progress has been made in recognizing and promoting human rights, but social and economic inequalities, gender disparities, and systemic discrimination persist around the world.

5. Environmental sustainability: 3.5/10

Efforts to combat climate change and preserve natural resources have gained momentum, but significant challenges remain as the global community struggles to achieve sustainability targets and limit the impacts of human activity on the environment.

Based on this assessment, humanity's overall score is 5.4/10. While progress has been made in several areas, there is still substantial room for improvement, particularly in addressing environmental sustainability, social justice, and equality.