skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
They have. There was a post on HN earlier today about a 17% decrease or something on SO.
I was thinking more edge in the distributed serverless sense, but I guess for this type of use the compute part is slow not the latency so question doesn't make much sense in hindsight
That’s a good invite prompt for friends, I like to see my attractive friends naked
Ask HN: How to Develop VR Apps for Apple Vision?
MKBHD said that the actual product will be released in about a year. They are giving time for developers to build apps for it till then.

But how can people build and test the apps without the device? Are there any tutorials/manuals that can help in this?
Does anyone have more details on this point: "Support for Ed25519 cryptography." ? I imagine it's part of SubtleCrypto, is it based on https://wicg.github.io/webcrypto-secure-curves/ ?
CFTC chair cites lack of clarity in need for new digital assets bill
This isn't keeping ad-tech in check. Twitch itself is an advertisement business. They continuously have increased the amount of ads they run. (for people who don't know what this is about, twitch has introduced rules that keep banners on streams to 3% of the screen size and banned 'burned-in', that is independent ads run by creators)

The entire point of this is the same as Reddit's, to take away direct revenue agreements between creators and third parties, so they can take a cut on every transaction made. How can anyone on earth hope that internet monopolists ban independent revenue channels for content creators? Google is also an advertisement business. They will never ban sponsorships, they will just force everyone to use their APIs.

There is no need for anyone to moderate this for the very simple reason that you, as the watcher, can simply turn the stream off if you don't like what the streamer shows you.
I think they (the octopuses, crabs, and lobsters) would rather you didn't.
Clearly and unequivocally. To the point that disagreeing or even discussing the fit of this metaphor in a 90s sci fi show earns the Transphobe badge and risks a mod ban.
Does this offer any advantage over gradio? One big issue I have with gradio is that « simple » computations happen in the backend and make the UX very slow on deployment
The tongue-in-cheek MOTD of the Agda IRC channel outright says “We last proved false at ...”.

Of course, Agda is somewhat unusual because they are kind of making up the (very strong) logical theory as they go along instead of having a fixed core logic they could dump proofs in for double-checking, like Coq. On the flip side, Agda actually makes for a halfway usable programming language—unlike Coq.
Ever watched someone work on a chickens feet that have a staph infection? Seems like the infection must hurt like hell because chickens won’t stand on it and limp around. Watching someone treat these infections you’d think chickens pretty much don’t feel pain. I don’t think your suggestion is as clear-cut as you think it is.
These are all fair points though they mostly can be addressed at the application layer. One could, for example, use a wrapper that opens the sqlite library and immediately turns foreign keys on. One does this once per language in your project and never think about it again. Similarly, type constraints can be enforced at the application layer.

I agree that it would be nice if some of these things were built in but at least sqlite is reliable when configured and used in particular ways.
That would be good[0], but doing it all in one step is about as plausible as going up a mountain in one step.

[0] while the question "what even is this sentience thing anyway?" remains open, animals-as-food is not environmentally sustainable for 8e9 humans, so ending that is still good even when the ethics has a layer of indirection from suffering
Not having sensation would be a massive evolutionary disadvantage...
When out of beta and generally available, this will be useful! Ideally the iCloud sync will work across the same app built for macOS, iOS, and iPadOS.

I used SQLite a few years ago for a Swift/SwiftUI macOS app, and this looks like what I would have used if it was available. All in all, Apple is going in a good direction with Swift, SwiftUI, SwiftData, etc.
Could you point to the OP(s) please? No luck here with HN search
Do you normally have the ability to see things at half-speed?
Ok, there's still Java, Kotlin, Go and other memory safe languages in the sense of that they are statistically way less likely to have any memory related bugs compared to C, C++ or similar low-level no GC, no reference counting languages and thus the original argument of "good developers" not doing memory related bugs as well as "Java is as unsafe as C after a certain size" is utter bullshit.
Well, yes because I don't want to be involved in things that are so authoritarian in nature, with draconian punishments enforced by the government for what amounts to being stupid.

I want to be involved with hobbies where you can be more playful and carefree, where the threat of such punishment is not present. Where there's freedom for exploration and experimentation, like the ISM bands, which are what I use instead. Without authorities dictating to you every minor detail of what you're permitted to do or not, under threat of force by the state. And requiring you do identify yourself at all times, or be ratted out by a fellow ham and prosecuted. No thanks.

Also I've been personally threatened by a ham radio operator (in the UK), over me constructing a perfectly legal, non-interfering high voltage power supply. And hearing other people having the same experiences as well, as if hams consider parts of the radio spectrum their "territory". I know myself, and many other people do as well, that the amateur radio community has this authoritarian streak, which is so eager to call out those breaking minor rules. And back that up with threats of prosecution.

http://home.ptd.net/~n3cvj/hamvcb.htm

Yes, from personal experience, so many in the ham community are very rule oriented, which is counter to my personality and philosophy. That's another reason I want nothing to do with it as a hobby.

And no wonder there's a lack of innovation in the field, it's all tied up with rules and the personalities that thrive in such environments.

https://wizehire.com/disc/high-c-personality

Also about overcriminalization in America: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/era-...
I see the netsplit issue caused by server level blocking to be the biggest issue with lemmy/mastodon.

Choosing a server wouldn't be a huge issue if you knew for certain you could still access the posts/content on any other server. Currently what you can access depends entirely on the whims of your (and their) local BOFH.
> It wasn't necessary, because they had an alternative way to accomplish the goal

having an alternative way to accomplish the goal is not good enough if the result is the precedent set of extrajudicial drone killings of suspects by police

put simply, the ends don't justify the means

> Cops don't sign up to risk their lives

yes, they do. It's part of the job, and part of why they get paid so much, and part of why they expect to be viewed as heroes, despite the litany of lower-paid, more-dangerous professions which are not

you don't sign up for the secret service if you won't jump in front of a bullet for the president, and you don't sign up for the police if you won't jump in front of a bullet for a child in a school shooting (hence why the Uvalde police have been shamed)

> It's not an extrajudicial killing if the dude is actively murdering people from a window.

he was cornered, unable to shoot anybody, as was previously mentioned, when the police sent their suicide bomber bot in, so yes, extrajudicial killing.

was it because the police liked explosions? was it because they wanted blood for someone who killed another officer? was it because they were too lazy to negotiate? was it because they were too impatient to besiege him? was it because they were too cowardly to confront him? ultimately it doesn't matter, it was an extrajudicial killing, and a terrible precedent
This is a study by a center which treats gliomas, a type of brain tumor. They noted a trend in rapid tumor progression following covid-19 infection and decided to study it. The patients at this center are given regular scans.

Study sample:

* 67 patients with glioma
* 56% vaccinated before PCR confirmed infection
* 13% asymptomatic infections

Results:

* 58% of patients had tumor progression at a median of 34 days after a positive test
* 22 patients (33%) had measurably increased tumor progression, median of 63% growth
* 16 of these patients also developed multi-focal tumors, meaning multiple tumors.

They also found 10 patients developed glioma within 31 days of coronavirus infection. However, it is not clear from the abstract where these fit in the sample.
How about an octopus?
You can just smell the pages as you flip through.
Once upon a time, there were a whole industry of software firms that just ports iOS Games to Windows Mobile. They were paid really well and they don't even have to be that good as on iOS.
Part of me feels like writing a new interface of what I need to Jira using their API to get things how they're needed while maintaining some meaningful compatibility.

Then I remind myself I'm not the only person to ever think that.

What amazes me is the number of times JIRA has landed at a clients while we are working with them (from us introducing them). It is excitedly rolled out to hundreds of employees on a project eam after they see what it can do with modifications for their workflow.

Every single deployment has eventually been shut down because Confluence can't digest updates every 5-10 minutes, nor can Jira.

A plugin isn't realistic in some cases, so some other ways was found around it.
They talk a little about the state of the project and it's ability to scale here:
https://beehaw.org/post/438094
That's...fascinating. There's enough space on TSMC but the PCB is the hard part?
Some of the most hilarity I've ever seen was asking various 7B models: "How old is a child who was born 9 years ago?"

Paragraphs and paragraphs of complex calculations, ending up with "9.5" or "11" or some other close-but-very-wrong answer.
Ok, let's use the second half in the title above. Thanks!
Fellow Volunteer here so totally empathize with the summer sun making the runs even harder!

I used to be far more systematic with my life many moons ago, in my late teens and early 20s. That helped immensely and I credit a lot of my personal growth towards that.

I don't think this is the best forum to get into the weeds about it, especially since everyone is different and YMMV. The root of the systems were to 1) create a singular, specific goal that was _the most important thing to me_. More important than pride, than sleep, than food. That's not healthy and only works so far so I then added 2) retrospectives every week on how I'm doing in relation to that goal. Are the steps I'm taking actually helping me reach that goal? Is that goal actually more important than anything else? Is that goal the actual goal I'm after or was it just a flag bearer for what I think the goal might look like? Being solely focused on one thing that influences everything and iterating on that goal are the two "systems" I now use in a general sense.

As an example, I wanted to get into software but dropped out of school and worked manual labor jobs. I decided that my only goal in life was to become a software engineer so I spent all my free time, all of my energy, all of _me_ in order to reach that goal. That came at the cost of the manual labor jobs which meant I had to couch surf for a few months/a year and get food from my friends so I could literally focus my whole life around that goal. I was blessed to have that support network, privileged one might say these days. I'm not saying that's a good choice and I doubt most people have the support network of friends with couches that they'll offer you. But I do think the _severity_ of my desire for that goal was the root cause of success.

Having a singular, focused, concrete goal is the biggest takeaway from all the other "systems" I used. Happy to chat more if that's your jam!
Nobody is actually “confused” though.

Crypto proponents (like every other industry that has come before, and will come after) want zero regs.

Everything else is just hand waving.

Regulators clearly know (from these filings) exactly what’s going on.

Congress needs to pass laws to spell out exactly what falls under which new regulations.

It’s clearly possible (see: Australia, NZ, UK, EU, etc, etc)
It is little-known but clearly established knowledge that psychedelics are very potent at curbing inflammation, including inflammation in the central nervous system. Inflammation in the CNS and feeling bad are highly correlated.

For more information, see this paper for instance – Psychedelics and Immunomodulation by Dr. Attila Szabo of the University of Norway, published in 2015: https://doi.org/10.3389%2Ffimmu.2015.00358
It's for the same reason when you find yourself being forced to enter a 'state' on a website address form , yet you're not from the US.
I'm reminded of a Rage Against The Machine lyric from back when public schools were mostly controlled by the religious right: "They don't gotta burn the books they just remove 'em"

Back then they didn't need to ban books, they just didn't order them to be placed in the library in the first place. I'd be curious to see how much of the work of authors like Thomas Sowell is available in these libraries, I suspect very little but without all the tears about it being banned.
Russia’s image was trashed when they failed to take Ukraine in the first weeks of the invasion. Winning now (or months/years from now) isn't going to fix that. Even if they did win what would they get? Russia has no real need for Ukraine. I'd rather be known as a country who screwed up but knows when to quit than one who does something dumb and is too embarrassed by it to pull their head out of their own ass no matter what the cost.
Have a pile of inherited laserdiscs. not sure what to do with em.. Anyone want to trade vintage computers for a bunch of laserdiscs?
we should be aiming for a reciprocal treaty with great cthulhu.
Demoscene in Poland gets accepted as national cultural heritage (2021)
Anyone needing to hire a head of sales and marketing, but can only hire 1?
I have 8+ years of startup experience and my MBA.

I am wondering if anyone knows of a young startup who needs a blend of Marketing/Sales as a Director of Demand Gen.

I help companies 3x pipeline through creative sales and marketing approaches that can scale.

These days, postings have hundreds of applicants & my personal network doesn't have any leads at the moment.

Anyone know of some interesting, young startups that I should look into?
Bitcoin isn't any different than cash except it’s got a decentralized public immutable ledger and therefore isn't a bearer currency. But like cash its transactions are not governed by an authoritative financial institution that can repudiate and/or reverse them. (It’s proven effectively easier to regulate than cash on the tracking transactions front, though.)

That’s the “anarchy” the paper refers to.

In the paper, the goal was not to topple governments. It was to build a digital cash equivalent where the payment processing happened in a distributed and ultimately trust-less “anarchist” manner. Thus allowing people to transact as they do in cash, but digitally.

All this anti-regulation no laws style of anarchist stuff is downstream. Sure it’s adjacent, but also easily conflated.

Anyway, to be super clear, being resistant to the rule of law is a very different property than being resistant to centralized control.

Cash is decentralized.

Credit, debit, ACH, are centralized.

Crypto is decentralized.

All are subject to the rule of law. But only centralized transactions can be manipulated without coercion or use of force against a one of the parties involved (if they are unwilling to abide).

I don't know any technology that fundamentally cannot have laws created governing its use. It’s just not possible to prevent someone from legally regulating something. But it is possible to design systems that don't require 3rd parties to mediate transactions and do require an actual authoritative monopoly on violence to manipulate, as we’ve seen with cash and as is the case with BTC.
Thanks for the intro to NixOS. I was trying to remember one I had seen & forgotten and I think this may have been it.

I have been playing more and more with UTM in the Mac world and it's encouraging how mature it seems already and hopefully can be picked up into NixOS, Sandstorm, etc.

I like proxmox more personally, however have changed my stance recently where nix and sandstorm could just be run in a proxmox vm and then provide more of an IaaS role. The newer versions of ProxMox are even easier and they were pretty OK the past 5-7 years.
This is by far the best piece I've ever written on the impact AI will have on society & the most articulate response to the hysteria gripping the discourse.
> To go 10x lower we're at $339. Thats not happening, this thing has essentially a full blown macbook baked into it.

The hardware could be a loss-leader if they intend to maintain their 30% commission on software purchases. Do we know if that's how it will work?

(edit: but boy howdy, somebody would have to sell an awful lot of apps...)

I guess we could debate what the exact multiple is by which this item is overpriced, but on a message board where people will leap to the defense of the $1000 Apple monitor stand (true story) I think I'll take a pass. The main point, I think, is that when the price right out of the gate is this exorbitant, a major tension exists between increasing user adoption and lowering prices via economies of scale.
> i.e. burned-in sponsorship logos

This is actually not something that is banned but they do call it "limited". One of the images on the tweet[0] shows that "On-stream brand overlays are limited to 3% of screen size." I'd imagine the mention of "banner" advertisements is for logos which take up more than 3% of the screen.

[0] https://twitter.com/zachbussey/status/1666111039736258561/ph...
Ramesses the Great was a superb self-promoter
Is the desktop GPU-rendered by this point? What's battery life like (for those using Asahi daily)?

Thinking about taking the dive...
The SEC isn't catching up to it when they've explicitly refused to clarify to both the people they are trying to regulate and the lawmakers themselves on what they determine to be a security.

The SEC created a situation by which any action could be deemed criminal and only decided to regulate when it was politically expedient to do so.

There is no reason to believe they are doing this on behalf of protecting investors, because investors have consistently asked for clarity and the SEC refused to do so, and are only now going after the large exchanges after a rash of traditional finance banking failures.

For all of the criticisms against crypto, there is zero reason to believe the SEC is operating in good faith because they have shown time and time again they are not.
Without weighing in too much on this (I'm ok with meat personally, assuming a human execution and a happy life for the animal)...

... the difference is we can choose not to.
How does that explain the other contrarian phenomenon of developers hating to use existing code from elsewhere and preferring to reinvent their own wheel or polygonally-shaped solution to an existing problem?
I've been going on and on about this in HN: Open source can win this fight, but I think OSS is overconfident. We need to be clear there are serious challenges ahead - ClosedAI and other corporations also have a plan, a plan that has good chances unless properly countered:

A) Embed OpenAI (etc.) API everywhere. Make embedding easy and trivial. First to gain a small API/install moat (user/dev: 'why install OSS model when OpenAI is already available with an OS API?'). If it's easy to use OpenAI but not open source they have an advantage. Second to gain brand. But more importantly:

B) Gain a technical moat by having a permanent data advantage using the existing install base (see above). Retune constantly to keep it.

C) Combine with existing propriety data stores to increase local data advantage (e.g. easy access for all your Office 365/GSuite documents, while OSS gets the scary permission prompts).

D) Combine with existing propriety moats to mutually reinforce.

E) Use selective copyright enforcement to increase data advantage.

F) Lobby legislators for limits that make competition (open or closed source) way harder.

TL;DR: OSS is probably catching up on algorithms. When it comes to good data and good integrations OSS is far behind and not yet catching up. It's been argued that OpenAI's entire performance advantage is due to having better data alone, and they intend to keep that advantage.
There are two scenarios here.

One scenario is that argc is 0 and argv[0] is NULL.

The other scenario is that argc is 0, argv is NULL, and argv[0] does not exist.

The C standard makes the second scenario invalid, but Linux was allowing it.

This is all directly relevant to the first two posts in the comment thread, talking about "relying on magic values (NULL termination)" and "Obviously, if argc == 0, you should not dereference anything in argv. [...] shows why C is such a hard programming language". Even though they were talking about C by itself, that's actually incorrect, C guarantees the null termination and this rule was being broken by the OS.
> I don't mean to be negative but - has anyone at all found a use for any of the 7B models?

Productive/generative and logic-based tasks improve with the size of the corpus, but smaller models are useful for reductive tasks where florid prose and accuracy are not a requirement-- i.e. summarize this or classify that. I use dolly-3B for quick-and-dirty work like this since I can run it on spare hardware.

Commercially, you could probably get away with hot-swapping large models for small ones during periods of high demand-- for a chat service, kick every 3-4th exchange to a smaller, cheaper model to reduce load on the larger one. Nobody is perfectly coherent all the time...
Hottake having read the whole thing,

I think too much is made about the "personal vs social" binning of Meta vs Apple.

It's true off the bat, but, is more useful as a hook to hang philosophy about our isolated selves on, than a concrete projection of how this is going to develop.

To put a sharp edge on that, I will go so far as to say I think this is quite the wrong take, and I have receipts. Maybe.

The FaceTime bit about scanning your face, and presenting you sans mask in teleconferencing? Great, I look fine in FaceTime!

...the exercise left to the student to infer is that if you can appear in FaceTime, next you can appear in the space with me outside that frame. Or your AI-backed agent, which also you know, can replicate your manner of speaking and voice, because Apple has infinite hours new and old of your speech, written and verbal, on tap, right?

You and proxy-you are going to be in shared space with other wearers... soon.

And then well we have something world-altering to deal with,

because our monkey-minds fully accept such figures as "real" and our memories filter out the virtuality of our interactions, where our analytic mind does not.

The world of "Her" and Joe's "girl friend" in Blade Runner etc are all getting really close. See the clickbait about someone "marrying" their AI boyfriend yesterday?

Anyway I digress, but, yeah, I think Apple is quietly collecting cards for shared virtual presence, and as per usual will take their time to make it wow on disclosure.