skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
At some point, I think US cities have to just accept & own up to the fact that we have quite bad infrastructure for pedestrians.

Drawing some lines on the road isn't going to stop a 5,000lbs hunk of metal going 20mph over the speed limit from hurting you.

Walking around the city (even just a few blocks to chill and eat dinner with friends after work) is the opposite of "relaxing travel" — it's a pain in the ass.
I bike toured with a liquid fuel camping stove some years back. Few things will confuse a gas station attendant quite like sliding a quarter across the counter and telling them "pump #3, please". And then they look out there and see a loaded touring bike.

In Oregon, though, not only were they not confused, the attendants managed to fill the fuel bottle without making a mess. That's a trick I still haven't quite mastered. Going reeeeeaaaalllly slowly seems to be part of it, but I still spill about half the time.

The gas seems to come out aerated, and foams over before settling down. It's a bit like pouring a carbonated beverage, but you can't see how full the glass is.
HFT bros jizzing in their pants
I've never used an ad blocker. 98% of the time I immediately press the browser back button.
I like the spirit of this idea – to remove outdated and unenforceable laws from the books – but I think this is unpractical at most levels of government. I also think legislative bodies would adopt work arounds that would nullify the desired effect.
Building a high performance spreadsheet in the browser
I have unfortunately done it I think three times, every time because I'm trying to turn the volume up or down quickly.

the first time I cancelled the call, they called back and I explained.

second time, I stayed on the line to explain, which they appreciated. this time I turned the feature off.

third time was on a new phone and hadn't disabled it...

I don't remember if iphone switch the volume button side between generations, but on Android it's not consistent model to model..

it's a great idea for sure, but it's easy to do accidentally if you confuse volume for power.
I wish I could get rid of RHEL. Forced to use it - and pay through the nose - with a state agency I'm doing contract work for.
Current fiber optic cables transmit signals at 2/3rds the speed of light. Modeling has shown that starlink's laser backbone would allow it to beat deep-sea cables in some situations. This article estimates a NYSE -> FTSE reduction from 76ms to 43ms. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that there is a HFT bidding war going on.

https://archmeregreenarch.org/1456/news/starlink-and-the-ris...

There is a newer version of fiber optic cable that uses a hollow core. Testing has shown it transmits signals at nearly the speed of light. It is very difficult to produce at scale and will require a generational shift to deploy.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-19910-7
> Close-up of unrecognizable white man purchasing gas at pump.

The caption isn’t wrong but it seems… kinda weird, no? At least for an article that’s focused on pumping your own gas. Is this a machine-generated caption?
That's simply untrue: https://www.ndsc.ncep.noaa.gov/uvspect_web/Polar/

Moreover, people of Nordic ancestry tend to have paler skin, which is arguably an adaptation to the low levels of UV.
Why is scaling always necessary? Can't we just do this same thing, but more of and bigger? I mean, that makes it easy-peasy.
ya you're right it's not the 2-ton hunk of metal hurling through space with teenager addicted to tik tok behind the wheel where a wrist movement of an inch is life vs death.
> wealth inequality gap is widening

You can’t fine a business just to reduce inequality. Any jurisdiction that starts ruling that way fails basic definitions for rule of law. (This is in part what ruined Argentina.)

Also, in what universe would larger fines for banks decrease income inequality? The history of enforcement is capricious penalties increase incentives for cover-ups. If a record retention mistake means personal bankruptcy, you have zero incentive to correct mistakes. In practice, this leads to corruption among regulators, who are now the de facto commanders of private business.

> due to pussyfooted enforcement on white collar crime

Where is the crime here? The SEC investigated and found no wilful wrongdoing. Those twelve private plaintiffs are going to win judgements, as will everyone else who brings claims which could reasonably by covered by the missing records.
Perhaps the ocean is protective to some degree, but beyond very short lengths undersea cables have powered repeaters that draw considerable current, and which would plausibly be destroyed if the base stations are too.
Bing Chat:

"According to a book called “Mental Dominance” by Ha-ha Lung and Christopher Prowant, floral scents influence guests to spend 50% more playing time at the Las Vegas Hilton1. More recent studies have also indicated that ambient aromas have a powerful impact on the behavior of the average gambler.

In general, warm scents such as vanilla or cinnamon make people spend more than cool scents such as peppermint. Simple scents are the most effective in encouraging people to shop."

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/these-scents-will-make-you...
In germany as well, mainly in "Lustiges Taschenbuch" which still exists (new issues being released, still mainly translated from italian i believe).

When my family moved to the US when i was 10, i was shocked that no equivalent existed! And hugely disappointed by the US comic book culture because, although 10 year old me really liked the images, it felt impossible to know what was going on without access to all the volumes.
But, go further. Why shouldn't 1/3 be represented exactly when 1/5 is?

If it makes you feel better, with our current system, 1/256 is represented exactly. Using relatively few bits, all told. :D
What, you don't like looking out the view slit in a tank as you try and drive down the road?!

I know it's supposed to be for increased impact performance, but surely being able to see out also reduces the incidence of accidents...right?
That cuts both ways; RH doesn't owe anyone free (gratis) software, but they're also not entitled to good will or free work/contributions. Or users or customers, for that matter.
That's just a sophisticated argument that boils down to: "we will prioritize some people over other people merely because they were born into specific ethnic groups". That is the definition of racism - using inborn/unchangeable characteristics to discriminate for/against.
It is even worse than that. You just pay the correct people cash.
Remember: regulations are written in blood.
The most confusing thing about autjlib is this.

> Authlib offers two licenses, one is BSD for open source projects, one is a commercial license for closed source projects.
"You've never actually set foot in a gas station, have you?" [0]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl_Qyk9DSUw
Look at QLoRA. The QLoRA can be attached to all layers, allowing you to alter behavior with much less data than the original LoRA implementation. It seems to "stick" better.

I just fine tuned a ~30b parameter model on my 2x 3090s to check it out. It worked fantastically. I should be able to fine tune up-to 65b parameter models locally but wanted to get my dataset right on a smaller model before trying.
One of the more confusing parts is probably the variety of ways you can flip up a pump handle cradle to start it up.
I dont have an answer for why. Just it has. I live in a major city in the midwest and its wild how often I see people drive with zero regard for anyone else.

Running red lights and almost hitting someone, cutting people off, swerving in traffic erratically to be faster. Its honestly scary some days.
Thanks, I've fixed this now. I assume you were on mobile before.
> I use Slackware at home.

Slackware was my first distro decades ago, and I have lots of fond memories learning Linux with it. How is it these days? What makes it your distro of choice at home in 2023?
Sure. And if there are consequences, face them.
I reflexively click the button to lock the phone before I put it in my pocket, but iOS has some impossible-to-disable shortcuts that work even when the screen is locked, such as activating the camera. Several times I've pulled my phone out to see that the camera is on. I've got no idea why this is possible with the phone "locked" but I've searched for a way to disable it and there doesn't seem to be one.
I think that’s right. In practice it just took time for memory to increase a bit and for statistical input methods to show up. Certainly actively bad writing systems delayed IT adoption.

In fact, famously, the underlying theory of the Fifth Generation Conputing Project was the belief that advanced intelligent machines were needed to provide a working word processor for Japanese.

No small amount of cultural supremacy was involved in that era, as well, now mostly forgotten.
> there is nothing wrong with viewing users as potentially adversarial

There is a world of difference between considering users adversarially (social engineering is the most common threat vector bar none) and considering kiosk escape a serious threat.
You're being down voted because of your odious victim blaming. Moreover, CDC data shows alcohol being the leading cause of fatal crashes where a vehicle strikes a pedestrian. Texting by pedestrians doesn't even register in the statistics. Furthermore, no city is making it illegal to text while walking, that would be fucking absurd. The law proposed in the article you cited was proposed by State Senator John Liu who is a joke, and it never went anywhere.

Blaming pedestrians for bad infrastructure and giant cars is a super dickish, car-brained take. European cities don't have the same problems and people are no less likely to text and walk in those places.
Perhaps they used the stock photo description as a caption.
>"less police enforcement"

I personally don't think its "police enforcement" but I would wager a large % of deaths (at least in New Mexico, the state with the highest rate) are from panhandlers in the street. IIRC, they're trying to make new laws to prevent ppl from standing in the middle of the road.
It would also still go in the other direction as well would it not? Meaning contributions via paid Red Hat devs would still benefit the wider Linux community, even as they close off the free forked versions.

I'm not sure exactly how much Red Hat contributes to Linux though but if I remember correctly it's quite a bit. Maybe Red Hat making more $$ = more devs. Or maybe this is just a net negative for the ecosystem code-wise (as opposed to just hurting the current users of the forked OSes) as it pushes more devs/software away from a very popular 'platform', reducing exposure, free online support on forums, testing, etc.
Encouraging someone who needs exercise to exercise is almost always met with a dismissive attitude from my experience. They view it as thinly veiled insult. Might as well call them fat or lazy or dumb. People can be incredibly sensitive.
Hi HN, I’m one of the founders here at Equals.

We've been building Equals – a next gen spreadsheet with data connections – for a few years now. Making Equals fast is a constant stream of work and we've had to solve some pretty interesting problems, we thought it'd be fun to start sharing some of our learnings here.

Our most recent bottleneck was our formats system. The hard thing about formats in a spreadsheet is you can apply them to hundreds of thousands or millions of cells at once. Formats aren't just a presentation concern, they are also the spreadsheet's type system and thus affect the speed of all calculations. The linked post here is by Mike on our team describing the computer science behind how we finally made formats fast.

We shared one of our previous launches on Hacker News [1] and so thought this might be of interest too. Would love to hear any thoughts or feedback.

Ben

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34805132
Your site logo has a 8 bit flair. Are you a Minecraft or Mario fan?

Are you comfortable in sharing your MRR? Even ballpark is ok.

If traffic is slowing down, your site might be suffering from that post-runout exhaustion in that channel. I see you are already taking steps to mitigate that. Have you thought about partnering or hosting your inventory on a popular retailer's site? Good luck with your biz.
"Densification" can eaily lead to poorer quality of life and oppressive housing, though.

There is a middle ground, I think.

I like individual houses with gardens (most people do, I think) with a size such that convenience stores are viable and reacheable on foot. It's like that in my area (England): good size houses but it's dense enough that I can walk to 2-3 different convenience stores when I need a few things, with a Post Office counter in one of those stores.

In Europe there are also plenty of small scale 'appartment buildings', say 3 to 5 floors surrounded by some greenery and a small carpark, which I think works well, too. A random example in France (near a world famous tourist site): https://goo.gl/maps/avKMYuRAfgxq3gvM9 (that area is also built around a big shopping centre, which is therefore within walking distance).

The bigger it gets the higher the likelihood that it becomes shit.
If the SFC loses this case I wonder if this will lead to the creation and mass adoption of GPL v4 explicitly forbidding this loophole(and others which have popped up over the years).
But “less than six figures” does mean less than $100,000
There is a lot of food which can contain benzene. Because it contains sodium benzoate that in some conditions leads to benzene.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_benzoate
So many people want to be "the person who orders the thing be done" and not "the person who does the thing".

Dysfunctional organizations have (somebody-else-is-doing-it / im-doing-it) ratios that get way out of control. There's also (talking-about-doing-it / doing-it), where dysfunctional orgs lose the ability to experiment.
Fused Quartz
You can just as easily change your license to one which does not allow corporate use. This has the same result, the last previously licensed version of your project is forked by corporations. I.e. if your goal is to stop providing free use of your future work you're always welcome to it, but don't hold your breath that these companies will suddenly clamor back as a result.
Musical modes are just holes
Are pedestrian and bike bridged out of the question?
In this analysis, pickup trucks and SUVs are identical, in that they have high vertical grills that obstruct the driver's view of the area immediately in front of the vehicle. This vehicle configuration is the major cause of the increase in pedistrian accidents.

However I was surprised the article didn't mention pedestrian behavior at all, which is clearly increasing the risk of pedistrian accidents in recent years.

My experiences with pedistrian near misses have been when people step in front of my car while staring at their phone. The worst cases being mid-block, at night, while the pedestrian was wearing all black.

Walkable cities are awesome! Unfortunately in the US the overwhelming majority of places offer very poor, or no, mass transit and cars are still the only practiucal means of transportation.
>> A young child should be named after him.

That's a deep cut.
I wouldn't trust politicians at all with this. They purposefully stalemate laws that are needed to use a bargaining chips or attach irrelevant but self-serving amendments. The midnight vote to keep murder a crime will also fund a nuclear waste plant in Ohio and a pig jacuzzi in Kentucky!

It would be better to vote for better politicians who work together to enact sensible, reasonable and evidence based policies but that'll never happen, because humans.
There's much much more. Hope you enjoy some of these below.

https://www.everythingasterix.com/news-and-views-content/201...

https://www.everythingasterix.com/news-and-views-content/201...

You will find Paul McCartney too. When I read them as a kid in India I missed many of these, not the Beatles or Dubbelosix.

I have read every one of the 'originals' (Goscinny and Uderzo ones) so many times, but even now when I re-read them in my late 40s I discover something that I had missed before. Usually something happening in the background -- mark of stellar writing and drawing.
Looking through the settings, I reckon one can set a message to be sent automatically to your "emergency contacts", along with your location when you use the mentioned feature. A possible use case: coming home late at night, you get followed by a sinister looking guy; you can discreetly ask for help without pulling your phone.
In most cases it's just regular gas pumps, with nothing specifically to prevent you from serving yourself. Usually there's someone standing there as you pull up, but if it's cold, or if it's not super busy they may be inside. If you forget the rule and start pumping your own gas, someone runs out with a slightly panicked look and says "this is Oregon, this is Oregon!"
This question is very relatable to me that I decided to make my first HN post. My situation may not apply to you, but I hope you found it helpful.

I self-taught myself into a front-end position at 30 (with help of connection.) Several years later I'm still at the same position, I still like my job, but I don't love it. The coding part of the job is not boring nor challenging.

I'm the oldest one in my team, with the shortest developer experience. Most of my co-workers are either from good university or started coding since early teen, or both. They are more skilled than me, and more passionate toward coding than me. Work with them causes anxiety and imposter syndrome.

The worst part is, regarding front-end territory, I don't have the fire to improve anymore. I still enjoy coding now, but I stopped browsing github daily, looking for new tech and tools to play years ago. If a piece of information is necessary for my job, I will study it, but that's it.

My attention, however, is at indie game development these years. It's a passion and dream I have had since teen and had never took it seriously until about 3 years ago. I plan to do it solo, and to make my vision happening, I need to study every aspect of game development. Planning, programming, art, sound, you name it. Now I have motivation for a lot of topics, all of them new and challenging to me.
Possible Genetic Risks from Heat-Damaged DNA in Food
Perhaps that would be the time to transition into playing rainmaker.
Akshually, medical field is exactly like that, with experiments clearly indicated and closely monitored. And I really hope it does stay like that.
> with me before I lost it, and never had any issue with water. It's not obvious to me that this is automatically an ureliable setup

Samsung itself thought that it was enough of an issue to have constant warnings.

Now multiply your anecdote by 1.5 billion - the number of active iPhones in existence. What are the chances that 5% won’t encounter an issue over 5 years with more moving pieces if something as simple as a physical home button had reliability issues over the years?
Show HN: Mofi – Content-aware fill for audio to change a song to any duration
I worked on a web service that allows you to import a song and define a target length that the song will be shortened or lengthened to. It does this by analyzing the song and finding repeating audio patterns. This is helpful for making any song match a video or performance with a set duration. You can also specify areas of the song to prefer or avoid. An example is available here: https://mofi.loud.red/edit/8bd3fdf780f8c3927e41029f3b957f8a7...

The cool thing is that after the song is analyzed on the server, the client can recompute and preview the results completely client-side through an implementation that uses Web Workers and WebAssembly. The audio previewing uses Tone.js. I am thinking of writing up some more details about the implementation in the future.

I'm still working on a way to explain this easily, but I like the idea of carrying over the concept of content-aware fill from images to audio.

Please let me know if you have any comments or questions!
In a line of circuit breakers it is impossible to not know which one is off.

Unless they are all randomly off and on for some strange reason
Servo: Dev effort between Mozilla and Gecko on shared webrender and style crates
Nice, hadn't thought of that issue!
Grammar discussion requires words. Not a surprise.
JP Morgan and other similarly acting agents in finance have become literal economic cancer tumors, attracting undue angiogenesis and convincing the body that excision is fatal all while leading it to its demise.

We haven't figured out how to cure cancer in humans because we turn a blind eye to it when we create it ourselves.
> It takes two to not get run over.

Who thinks like this? Seriously what is wrong with you? Large SUVs have blind spots larger than people, and fatal crashes are generally happening in cross walks in cities. They often happen when vehicles are turning. Blaming pedestrians is just fucking awful.

[EDIT] I checked the data again most strikes are happening in urban areas in places where there is no crosswalk or on shoulders. So largely due t infrastructure placing pedestrians and cars in contention.
Currently, you can cut internet connections to most countries with a small deep water sub. China, for example, was busy building one that can be used at 10k+ depth and has arms.
Slackware ftw. Came back to Slackware on pretty much all workstations/laptops around 10 years ago. Some servers are also running it but mostly I've switched to OpenBSD.
Because 'more and bigger' can be summed up as 'scaling'...
Open source means you can redistribute the code having received it. If you aren't allowed to do so, the program is 'source-available', not open source.
Why was this illegal previously?
I think the Bing and Kagi summarizers do that now, don't they? Not totally sure.
IBM trying to shake some loose change out of Red Hat users and copying Elastic's homework with the licensing switcheroo?
RHEL isn't a choice for a lot of us. If you work in finserv/government (especially DoD), many/most of the time RHEL is effectively the only option.
No, you are very much encouraged to sell GPL software:

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/selling.en.html
> In such a case, use a Python script to generate the configuration, and then commit that generated config into source control. Keep the script and the generated config together in the same repo. You can set up a commit hook to keep them in sync.

I can't really understand how all of that is simpler than having your config file have a little power in itself. Especially when that power is as easy as "use ruamel." You can't enforce commit hooks so you end up making it a build failure and that's honestly really annoying to have to push again because "right I forgot to run the config generating thing." And you're one ci.skip away from messing your system up.

Like it's adding failure modes
for such little gain. If you really must have the final generated output then save it as a build artifact for inspection later.
Uni. investigation found prominent spider biologist fabricated falsified data
Laser erasers?

Example, one used on some monuments in Florence:

https://www.lasersystemseurope.com/news/infrared-laser-used-...
https://archive.is/HCNIS

TLDR: breathlessly portraying Putin as losing his grasp on power without new information. PS: it was 8,000 troops behind Prigozhin not 25,000 as misreported earlier. Prigozhin is exiled to Belarius, but Belarius is a satellite of Russian power. Putin is likely going to clean house (assuming events are what they seem), but it's far from clear what actually happened inside of Russia at this point, and what we've been told has already been shown to be false information. The chances of getting objective data from Western media sources in situations like this is effectively zero - it's a combination of clickbait to sell ads and disinformation. I'm going to wait and see with an open mind.