skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Have people ever really had a quality vs. price choice? With all the computing power being discussed, the quality may be well beyond what has been available in any previous headset. Much lower latency with much higher resolution graphics. If that is the case, there is no existing applicable lesson concerning price vs. quality. You may still be right, but my point is that if the quality is pushed enough, the price/quality tradeoff may be much different.
Also they used a lot of miles. So real $ cost would be higher.
> Java's database drivers massively lag behind (e.g. there's still no good async support for most of them),

Very Hard Disagree. JDBC is pretty amazing actually. Thats why you find so many Database tools and wizards written in Java as opposed to Rust.

Regarding async - With Java 19 virtual threads , you have newer versions of JDBC drivers support async with none to minimal changes. Example: https://medium.com/oracledevs/introduction-to-oracle-jdbc-21...

I am very, very glad that human civilisation standardised on one system for gears instead of every manufacturer making their own special snowflake.
It's the age old "growth fixes the old stuff" (bit of a shameless plug but here you go, https://matthewc.dev/musings/no-roads-for-old-men/ couldn't find the HN discussion link). We expect new development to foot the cost for existing roads and infrastructure.
If inflation occurred at an early time, it could indeed be vastly larger.
This is the entire point of the high speed rail. It unlocks new labor markets. Now workers can live maybe not in LA and commute to berkeley, but further in the central valley and go either way. Cities like Fresno or Merced could see booms as these areas take on the housing demand brought on by labor.
Have you seen Caltrain's service lately? To be realistic, I'd prefer our regional systems have more frequent headways and BART to circle the bay. SF-LA commuters are a drop compared to local commuters. I'll even settle for a 3am last BART train instead of the lone 800 bus or the 24 hour service we'll never get.
I appreciate that you must live in a cooler climate. This is not the case everywhere. My garage cooks on a bad day. Great for the hot water heater, not so great for everything else.
I think I was in an A/B test a while ago on YouTube where muting the ad paused it. I remember that behaviour from somewhere...
People from Europe don't realize just how local so much of this stuff is. Where I am (small town America), the public school system pays for the school busses, and they handle all the schools in the district, even the private ones. There's a small charge if you want to use them for non-school children (think: daycare).

This setup may or may not be replicated in the next town ten miles away.

And until you've lived your poor life you don't realize what an absolute ass it is to have transit schedules continually changing on you; and the bus may change when it comes but when you have to be at school or work won't, and so the moment you save enough for a car ...
The author deleted it. Maybe dang could update the link? The last commit before that: https://github.com/microsoft/guidance/blob/8677/notebooks/ch... / https://archive.md/rGdnw
Yeah, my town spends a month or two a year at 40c and 90% humanity. That’s a whole nother level. Like, 99 seconds just standing outside will have you covered in sweat, but the sweat can’t actually evaporate because of how humid it is.

Literally so hot the elderly and otherwise vulnerable are frequently told not to go outside at all in summer. Heat emergencies are a thing.
Not really, I just wanted to bypass ratelimits from certain download sites so I figured that maybe rotating notebook sessions would work. Silly me for not checking TOS every other week :P
around 50MM since he owns half the company
Is this really based on an 8088? I thought Windows 3.0 requires at least an 286
IMO - log every 5xx (4xxs too), ensure your logs/error messages are groupable by message (e.g. keep variables like ids in a metadata object separate from the message), and keep a close eye on errors grouped by message and HTTP status code. Then fix any 5xx error that’s too common - IMO, for most cases, this means more than a handful of the same 5xx error most days. And of course, don’t just rely on ppl happening to look at dashboards, alert/page on significant 5xx volume.

But there’s no need to send every single error to Slack individually, just keep an eye on counts by error message.
When those major leaps occur, Apple should be well-positioned. Remember they play the long game. My office mate had Apple's first tablet 30 years ago - the Newton. And even further back - 40 years ago - Jobs said he didn't want the Mac to have a keyboard and mouse. He rightfully considered those to be a very artificial means of human-machine interface. His engineers made him understand that current tech didn't yet fulfill his dream. But that dream was eventually realized.

Those major leaps will occur. Apple has the wherewithal the stay the course. I'll look at the first generation VR headset the way I looked at their first tablet 30 years ago. Or their first computer 40 years ago.
If you check out the OP's FlyerTalk thread, they were already doing LAX-MIA-LAX mileage runs before attending Cal.

https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trip-reports/2093205-epic-co...
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Cubicles were mocked into being removed for no good reason. A programmer analogy would be the goto-statememt. Mental institutions are another.
I had a similar device in my hands 15 years ago in Thailand, with the company making it trying to find a market when OLPC was getting all the press. It was a netbook with a low power 386 compatible CPU and just enough circuitry and support to drive the keyboard, screen, some RAM and the SD card serving as the hard drive, and USB. It booted DOS, and in theory could have run Linux. It was powered by 6 AA batteries. They might have been able to produce them in bulk for $100 USD at the time, but I suspect it would have been more like $200. Didn't go anywhere as far as I know.
How many times do you need to scale? In the usual case.
On another thread, people were wondering where all the hackers went.

Here's one, and it's a lot of fun! Can't wait to give this a try this weekend.
I love being able to walk a block to the grocery store (though it now closes at 9 PM instead of 11 before Covid, ah well), and I've done that walk during literal national-weather-service-says-you-all-gonna-die blizzards, because walking through snow drifts is easier than trying to drive through them.

But the car adds to that.
The point is it wouldn't apply to most people without points. And the point they were trying to prove in the post is it was possible for others.
The russians did what the article described decades ago.

It’s almost as though they watched Dr Strangelove, and said “that’s a great idea; we’ll even keep it secret to improve its effectiveness as a deterrent, just like in the movie!”
I always love hearing about how people visualize. I have almost zero visualization abilities. Instead I seem to get by on intuition. I can sort of just sense the direction i need to go, technically, and then try it out and iterate on it. There is never a clear picture until its done. Iterating is probably way less effective than good visualization, but its all I got.
Go ahead and quit cars and live in your "you will own nothing" apartments crammed together like livestock in a factory farm. That's what propaganda pieces like this are trying to push you towards.

The rest of us will keep our cars, all of our other property, and stay the hell away from and fight against that emerging authoritarian socialist dystopia as much as possible.

Clearly, the rabidly anti-car fanatics have never experienced the pleasures of driving a comfortable and powerful car on a long highway trip.
Valuing miles us a tricky thing to do because it depends on factors each are personal, and in this case unknown. I get that the airline has a book-value for them, but that's not the same as value-to-me.

Firstly, unlike $ they can expire. So it's not like you can save them forever. I recently had 15 000 miles expire, simply because there was nothing I wanted, or needed, that I could spend them on.

Secondly they're not universal. To follow the article, i can't spend them on rent. So they really only have a value if I can trade them for something I would/could have spent $ on. So sure, upgrades are nice, but not like essential.

It's the same with time. You can be time-rich or time-poor. You can be cash-rich or cash-poor. Typically your priorities will be to reduce poorness. Rich people spend cash to get more time. Cash-poor people spend time to get more cash.

Miles-rich follows the same argument.

So it's not so easy to put a $ price on miles or time. Clearly the equation will vary from one person to another.

Incidentally given the choice of commuting or working minimum wage, I'll choose commuting all day long. Especially if that commuting is eyes-free, so I can use that time in a productive or entertaining way.
These weren't fringe ideas, they were all of the top level, highly upvoted comments.

While the Airpods seem completely obvious now, they were pretty radical and controversial when first announced.
Like Java and JS right?
Yeah, the crazy part was the flying. But, people commute long distances for work or school all the time to save money on rents, especially all major cities. Having better subways definitely helps. For e.g. in NYC, where many commute from Jersey, or Long Island.
The flat screen seems to make it impossible to make the curved base of an ergonomic keyboard. I have never seen a laptop with a curved keyboard and thus always carry my ergonomic keyboard with me when I bring my laptop to conferences etc.
Even before cars existed, there was room for them; look how wide old streets in the USA are (because turning a team of horses takes some space!)

Or look how packed with cars Europe is, even in the tiny streets of Sienna they wedge little cars in everywhere.
"Please drink a verification can."
Here is a thorough analysis by Alex Kleber - https://privacyis1st.medium.com/the-dark-side-of-the-mac-app...

Yes, there are multiple scam apps
1. Sell children
2. Sell single family home and move to within walking distance of public transportation
3. Allocate additional time to running errands
Build more density in the cities you want rather than bussing people in. That's the best answer.
Ah. You're right.
The starting premise is that some students have families in different areas than their schools?
This is similar to saying that you are just justifying your preference for board shorts and flip flops.

Although I am a huge proponent of WFH, I had found it very hard to build relationships during the beginning years of the pandemic, and it wasn't until travel has opened up and I met in-person many of the people who I've only ever met over Zoom that I was able to start building relationships, which noticeably accelerated a lot of the work that I do that relied on other people. It's just so much easier to break the ice with someone when meeting face to face. Also, people will tell you things when meeting 1-on-1 in person over a beer that they will never tell you in Zoom, and this applies to customers and vendors as well as co-workers, and is extremely useful to understanding the hidden forces which is sometimes crucial in doing your job well.
I replied to a comment above: here is an analysis by Alex Kleber https://privacyis1st.medium.com/the-dark-side-of-the-mac-app...
Just a heads up, it looks like these guys ripped off Serge Kiselev's 8088 BIOS [1].

[1] https://github.com/skiselev/8088_bios
> needs to be casual or failing to get the lower rate.

Or in a positive version - it may be just starting up, so every $ matters.
Yeah well, if you read the doc, you know that SQLite doesn't support the boolean type.

"SQLite does not have a separate Boolean storage class. Instead, Boolean values are stored as integers 0 (false) and 1 (true)."

If you choose the right SQL and right data-types, you can definitely have database independence. Our integration product (>10 years old) supports 4 diff databases for customers with a single, common code base. As long as you have the test-suites, its definitely doable. But you need to use a language which has a standard for interacting with databases.
The supreme court handed this down?

I mean the world is melting down and we're arguing about Warhol's art (who is dead) and Prince's image (who is also dead).
Go try building Netsurf with a c++ compiler and then call us back. Or Linux.
Most people mixing C and C++ have no clue of what are saying.
I mean, Android is practically malware on its own.
There are iterations...the design isn't usually done. But they evolve as I work on the idea.

Taking off parts and swapping out others.

It was really nice learning CAD design for this reason...being able to properly get the designs into the real world.
every one of these culture stories is about imposing urban norms on suburban and rural communities
How much do you even pay in the UK for a 5 guys hamburger? the previous comment had a complicated order. For reference, in southern california, the regular hamburger is $10.79 from five guys. A lot higher than in n out, a double double is less than $5, but probably $2-3 cheaper than what you'd pay at a low key sit down restaurant like a brewery or whatever.
Bizarre how people do that.
Thanks Andrew, for me a big frustration with Rust is the compilation times coming from Go.

Based on your Milan presentation as well, I have a lot of hope that Zig is seriously pushing on this.
It helps when you have so much power over suppliers they can't complain or cut you out when you overtly threaten to replace them with vertical integration.
It's a 2-year degree, but beyond that it's unclear.

An associates could be a blue collar trade - welding, carpentry, etc. It can also result in a paraprofessional certification - nursing, CAD, etc.

Some students get associates in things like "liberal arts" so they can get general credits out of the way and spend two years at a (more expensive) 4 year school.

They can also specialize and put that towards a 4 year degree.

There's a military college that offers an associates degree in military science. When combined with enrollment in ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) it results in commissioning as a Second Liutentant in the US Army.

So it's pretty much any 2-year degree. Much more flexibility in what that means than with other degrees.
Let ChatGPT visit a website and have your email stolen
Agreed, the same risk does exist.

But .zip already has malicious use, so the comparison is moot. What's different is that normal users of all platforms talk about .zip files, only slightly-technical MacOS users talk about .app. That attack base and opportunity is much smaller.

https://news.netcraft.com/archives/2023/05/17/phishing-attac...
Not only does it “just work”. The sound and noise canceling quality is fantastic. On par or even beating many larger over-ear headsets in same price range. (Talking about the gen 2 pro)

I haven’t heard anything in-ear that comes close, disclaimer though I honestly haven’t tried many other in-ears in that price category.
Apart from the asinine war drugs, risky foods, weapons, counterfeit goods, and dangerous devices, ordinary prohibited goods aren't arbitrarily decided by fiat of Big Mother.

Kinder Surprise were banned due to the letter of the 1938 FFDCA law as "non-nutritive object".

There's usually a regulatory reason, such as homologation on automobiles. There are some protectionist laws around types of automobiles that can be imported.
https://github.com/iced-rs/iced

Doesn’t seem to be.
Right. I actually lived in Italy for a number of years without a car, and then got one. I used it sometimes, but it's such a difference from "yeah, occasionally I want to go out somewhere tough to get to without a car, for a hike" and "I literally can't do anything without an automobile", as is the case in most of the US.
Can you file a claim in civil court? Then receive a court order?
Don't worry, we Americans found out how to loiter in cars - it's called cruising and it's illegal in some cities: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruising_(driving)
while people in most other countries have zero issues adopting it wholesale

Because on average they don't value personal freedom as much as Americans: There's something innately offputting about the thought of getting on a vehicle that is mostly out of one's own control, along with many others, and being taken somewhere instead of controlling one's own vehicle to a destination.

Obviously, this causes public transit to evolve to a bare minimum service.
This is interesting, but the amount of flavor that the yeast provides make it basically impossible to taste the ale as it was, without having access to the original strain.

This time period predates the understanding of microbes, there was just some essence that needed to be moved from one ferment to the next (flocculated yeast, basically a yeast starter.)

There are a few old yeast strains, like the Trappist beer strains that are specific to each monastery, left over from this time period, and that specific yeast MAKES the flavor of those amazing beers.
Key quotes:

> I was living in LA, rent free.

> I love flying and I have a lot of frequent flyer miles/points from credit card sign up bonus/flying over the past few years.

> I booked all my tickets for Fall 2022 back in April and May 2022. Then I booked all my tickets for Spring 2023 back in Nov 2022. Most tickets were booked using Alaska miles or Southwest points

> I have elite status with Alaska and Southwest, both offer a valuable perk called same-day change. I always book the cheapest flight of that day and call them when the check-in window opened to change to other flights of that day free of charge.

> Spent 45972 minutes on my commute, equivalent to 31.93 24-hr days.

So basically, if you're rich and have already spent several times the cost of rent on travel in your gap year(s), willing to spend over 20 hours a week commuting for 3 days of class, and have literally no concept of the value of your time, you too can afford the miserable commute from LA to Berkeley for university!
As someone who manages a team and hires good number of candidates, I can confirm that I do care a lot where a candidate learned what they claim on their transcripts. Its not the only thing I care about but certainly MIT and The University of Phoenix resumes do not go into the same pile. Don't fool yourself.
One very cool thing about this is that when you snap the photo you actually get a half second or so of video from before you snapped the picture. I've had a number of cases where I fumbled as quick as I could to take a photo, missed the shot, but found that the shot I wanted was in fact captured by the live video.
The real reason is that there aren't enough businesses out to fill it. Sad but true.
I still have a DOS based, off brand, laptop from the 90's. It can run the new and improved Windows 3.11. The auction is open. Place your bid. :)
tl;dr student doesn’t appreciate the extreme privilege they live in (LA rent free?!?!?) and don’t realize this is totally untenable for someone scraping by trying to afford college (i.e. anyone in the USA not in the upper class).
In Go, every line would start with "if". In Rust every line would end with "?".

I find the anti-exception attitude of newer languages questionable.
They didn’t have pitching rates, because they didn’t know what yeast was or have any idea of microbes. It was just the “essence” left over from beer making, and if they didn’t move it into the next barrel it didn’t work.
Because it's what people who have no clue say when they have run out of reasons for their conspiracy theory.

Q: Why would anyone do that?
A: It's to train an ML model, maan.. to train an AI, maaan... to target ads, maaaan..
These numbers are not public, but the grapevine is that visa/mastercard keeps about a third of all interchange.

Credit card rewards are a regressive tax on the poor -- literally, only those like us here on HN with good credit can get 2% cashback on everything, the rest who pay with debit/cash effectively subsidise our 2% discount. I enjoy my 2% cashback, but really would rather see a world where, like the EU, interchange got slashed to 30bps and it all went away.

Take a look around the rest of the world -- Alipay in China is 55bps, TNG is Malaysia is 50, Pix in Brazil (I can't find concrete numbers, but seems to be around 22bps), etc. 2-300 bps is outrageous, we should demand better.

I don't know what's the solution here. I'm weary of government intervention in capping prices, but I'm not sure what's the alternative here -- force each card to be available over multiple networks and for them to bid the interchange per transaction? Durbin amendment style caps? I don't know. But I do know that the status quo cannot stand.

Edit: see the classic Boston Fed paper https://www.bostonfed.org/publications/public-policy-discuss... for a more through explanation of my point
Ask HN: Did a formal college education make you a better programmer/engineer?
I have read many articles that suggest that college education is not required to earn a living as a programmer. That may be true for many programming jobs. But may not be true for many, also.

What kind of work do you do as a programmer or engineer? Has college education make a difference for you in the real world? How?
My parents are from the "boomer" generation, and their idea of environmentalism is pretty good in a lot of ways, but in terms of lifestyle, they think of it as "live on a big lot with a lot of trees and drive everywhere". Yes, they get to see lots of green - but they are very fossil fuel dependent.

There really is a shift in mentality from thinking about what you see out your front door to thinking about the whole thing as a global system, and not everyone is capable of connecting the dots.
There are plenty of apps on iPhone that suck battery. Those that make use of the camera and depth sensors, for instance. Or games.

Apple doesn't want other browsers because they don't want runtimes. They don't want a way for someone else to build a marketplace on top of iPhone or to escape Apple's stringent review process and deploy on their own timelines.
I'm sure everyone's tired of hearing about the hypothetical risks of .zip TLD. Here's actual malicious use that matches the warnings.
> In Go switching database drivers in as simple as importing the new library.

Neat!

Kinda like Java. (JDBC)

Kinda like C#. (IDb)

Kinda like Python. (DB-API)

Kinda like PHP. (PDO)

Kinda like Perl. (DBI)

Kinda like C/C++. (ODBC)

Of course, you work as the lowest common denominator and have abstractions that don't quite match the implementation. And let's be honest, how often do you switch databases.

But yeah this is very common.

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I'd argue in practice, Java follows your advice the most of any community:

* JDBC

* Servlets

* SLF4J (not technically stdlib but very common)
The amount of new movies, literature, and similar cultural artifacts matter here, not the absolute number of people who understand a language right now.

Language comprehension stats can change in as little as one generation.
Interesting, I’ve often heard that introducing inline assembly is likely to confuse the optimizer more than anything else. Do you happen to have any examples of this technique that you can share?