skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Yeah, it kinda blew my mind how people I knew insisted the whole movie was great.

It's like, sure, it's OK if you like dogs flying in airplanes, but the first few minutes of the movie is the only thing that has any staying power. I'm pretty sure most people at this point who haven't watched the movie in a long time don't even remember what the rest of it was about. In contrast, I haven't seen Toy Story in 15+ years, and I can still describe to you roughly what happens act for act. Granted, I watched Toy Story as a young boy, so I'm biased.

As much as I think Wall-E was an excellent film, I consider The Incredibles to be Pixar's peak. It was a great story with a perfect balance of humor, child characters actually in peril, subtle mature themes (infidelity, "you didn't save my life; you ruined my death"), well stylized humanoid character models, a father character who isn't a deadbeat, a theme around having to hide who you are, etc. Lots of great stuff in there. Wall-E might have had a grander message and an artsier vision, but The Incredibles IMO has way more rewatch value.

Monsters Inc. was pretty great, too! For me, Pixar failed to make another film that came even close to Monsters or The Incredibles.
I find Sam a little too dismissive sometimes. He has relatively wealthy parents who let him convert a garage into a home fab, and talks about dropping $30k on a second hand ESM like it's no big deal.

Don't get me wrong, he's a genius, but everytime he transitions into "anyone can do this stuff!" It rubs me the wrong way
Because their motives are suspect?
It's generally illegal to invade other countries that aren't about to invade you[1].

There's quite a few heads of state who should be hauled out for trial at the Hague for doing just that. None of them will be.

[1] Unless, of course, you're a permanent UNSC member. /s
Meta-analysis of resting metabolic rate in formerly obese subjects (1999)
I worked for a place that didnt value solid engineering in this way, and our systems where always so janky and half broken. I dont expect building Spanner, but being able to migrate certain huge tables at all would be nice. But no, they always balked at spending time building engineering tools. Even a solid job execution system would be cool, but no, janky it is.
Aren't you guys just describing how business works?

You have 10 dollars. You can keep the 10 dollars and then have 10 dollars. Or you can invest that 10 and earn 11.

Or, in a real situation:

Walmart had 12B in revenue with 2% profit margin for 2023. It sounds like they started with 11.9B in money, bought inventory and paid their expenses, and after selling everything wound up with 12B.

How is this different to spending oil to make oil?
> We have to trust Apple tells the truth, because we have no access to Apple's servers and databases and because its software is closed source. There is no way to confirm this statement.

Yes. You do have to trust Apple to tell the truth, just like you trust every vendor to do the same. You can also choose to trust professionals[1] who do compliance/privacy auditing.

Only looking at what is directly visible to you (the filesystem) and jumping to conclusions (these things run Siri) is too shallow a pass to understand at all what is going on, and this blog post is just spreading FUD.

I helped create one of the daemons you link in the blog post, `siriactionsd`, and it was created for the Shortcuts app. It contains a bucket of different services used across the operating system by a series of features all attributed to Shortcuts. We then then did all of the work to wire everything up to a series of understandable switches: in Shortcuts settings. You can turn those switches off and/or delete the app and you have to (again) trust that the engineering team implemented them properly and in a way that you would agree with. Not all engineering teams are equally good, even at Apple.

If you like to understand how your operating system works and what every single process is doing, then I would switch to an open source operating system like Linux.

Try turning off other services and looking for traces of them – you'll turn up similar results. Daemons are baked into the read-only operating system image on all of Apple's platforms and there is no way to uninstall them.

[1] like Will Strafach: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/accuweather-i...
Once upon a time being sensitive was perceived as a good thing. As opposed insensitive.

"Have you always managed to avoid being insensitive about X?"
> You go to the doctor from time to time to take care of your physical health, why shouldn't you go to a therapist from time to time to take care of your mental health?

I don't know about the US, but here in Australia, GPs are supposed to take care of both your physical health and your mental health.

Feel the need to see a psychologist? You go see your GP, and they create a GP mental health care plan, which entitles you to a certain number of government-subsidised psychologist sessions per a year. At a certain point through those sessions, you need to go back to the GP to get the plan reviewed. The psychologist sends your GP status reports on your progress.

Feel the need to see a psychiatrist? You need to go to your GP and get a psychiatry referral, before a psychiatrist will see you. You have to go back to the GP once every 12 months to get the referral renewed. The psychiatrist sends regular reports back to the GP on your progress.

GPs also commonly prescribe antidepressants, anti-anxiety drugs, antipsychotics, etc. Individuals with more serious mental health needs are referred to psychiatry/psychology (sometimes paediatrics for children/adolescents), also those who need prescriptions GPs can't legally write (mostly psycho-stimulants for ADHD).

All this talk of "you need therapy" is very American. One thing the Australian government is concerned about, is people with only mild (or even non-existent) mental health issues consuming mental health resources, causing strain on the availability of those resources for those with more severe mental health issues who really need them, and adding to the burden on the taxpayer – especially when those who seek out professional mental health services for minor issues skew middle-to-upper class, while many lower class people with serious mental health issues aren't getting enough support.
My father attempted to be the opposite of my grandfather and yet still remained very similar to him. Thankfully still an improvement over my grandfather. Not implying this is you too. Just thought the observation was interesting.
I feel ya. My RPi does indeed have a case, with a fan. The backups are offloaded to an external HDD.
My employer's VPN has a bug that breaks ipv6. I've found that most web sites I visit are using IPv6.
Meanwhile in DC, (at least some kinds of) felons have preference for marijuana licenses.
Better not watch Dr. Strangelove, or Full Metal Jacket, or M*A*S*H, or The Birdcage, or Philadelphia, or The Colour Purple, or It's a Wonderful Life, or Erin Brockovich, or Dirty Dancing (yes, you read that right), or...
The stupidity of being racist: notoriously uncontroversial.
I trust this is because in currently ethical standards we should trust the concept that everyone belonging modern human civilization. so talking about discovery but didn't contain local residents is not proper anymore.
Ugh, I really hope the lesson Disney learns isn't more sequels, less original IP.

I thought it was middle of the pack for Pixar, not their worst, far from their best though.

Even worse than the quality of the movie was how they advertised it. The preview seemed so recycled - the story seemed unoriginal the characters so similar to what we've already seen before with Inside Out and Soul. We just went on a whim because its nice to have the excuse to go to the theater
The story an about him in a cab with Charlie Parker with Parker getting a blowjob from a prostitute while eating fried chicken was a particularly memorable anecdote.
Men have a need to feel like men, which means different from women. As emotional support is considered a feminine thing it might be better to use a different framing without necessarily changing much of the substance.
You just have to look at some of the prominent Karens who are now getting their behavior recorded to see how many have internalized this concept. Both SoHo and Central Park Karen's were quick to don the caul of victimhood to shine a negative light on males and seek special treatment when they were in fact the victimizers.
there motives are...?
Because we learned from this before with their support for XMPP in Messenger (which no longer exists)? And plenty of other examples for for-profit corporations initially embracing open standards/protocols that might threaten their moat?
Do you have a ZFS pool on each drive?
No trail leading to the DDoS attack, which would be executed by a botnet from compromised home computers, and paid for in bitcoin passed via a mixer, or something.
At best we have no information about the Russian presidential plane, which is exactly my point. We make all these assumptions about what's happening without any real basis for those assumptions. This is why I say most of the news around Russia/Ukraine is propaganda. It's all told with the narrative that the west wants.

Note: I support Ukraine, Russia is absolutely in the wrong
of course it is.
Depends on your definition of “racism.” I am referring to the classical definition of overt hatred based on skin color which almost everyone can understand compared to the modern subtle definition.
What exactly does it mean then? No matter how charitable I view "Kill all men!", I fail to find an interpretation that doesn't mean "Kill all men!".
You know what's dumb? Pulling a "black-owned" racial card every time there is anything happening, even if the rules have nothing to do with race.
Have you ever tried this approach in the real world? In my experience it just makes things worse.
What is more likely? That people have become lazy/stressed as shit and live off junk food or that genetics somehow spontaneously mutated in the last century that magically made everyone fat? It’s the environment, not the genes.
I don't really see what good can come from an entrenched social media company responsible for walled garden communities trying to enter the fediverse. The whole point of federation is to _avoid_ those single points of failure.

Besides, if I wanted to see posts from Facebook or Instagram users, I know where to find them.
Why is "not paying taxes on a sale" a conviction for tax fraud? Is it a simple matter of paying the amount due plus penalty? Where is the scheme to deceive?

I often get letters from the IRS correcting my taxes.
Law of Focus - at risk of being unhelpful, if you only have enough energy for work, then you’d best carefully select your work
Cap off the RF connector with a 50 ohm terminator.
Unfortunately, I think they and the people agreeing with him are actually being serious. I wonder if this is something they picked up through their lived experience or if they're just stuck in some sort of bubble.

>"our entire school system is setup to offer success to women, and failure to boys."
And these comments just strike me as strange especially in STEM. It's only recently that girls are being pushed towards this path, after decades of being actively pushed out and consistently told they are worse than their male peers.
I'm curious as to what you mean by rank. Is this a instead of a simple up/down signal you get something like a +10/-10 scale to rate how much you (dis)agree with a particular comment/link and then looking at the distribution of scores? Or maybe something like a rank vote of all comments at a particular tier?
https://github.com/bigskysoftware/dotmeta/issues/4

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While probably a bikeshed consideration, .config is a much more obvious name to use for this.

HN thread with many agreements:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36472613

Previous project suggesting .config:

https://dot-config.github.io/

I'd suggest leaving this issue around and collecting thumbs up / down (Please don't comment with +1s on this, unless you have something novel to add).
Fediverse: We want adoption in the Fediverse.

Meta: Sure. Let's get 2B into the Fediverse with Instagram Threads.

Fediverse: No! Not that sort of adoption! Block Meta from the Fediverse now!

As expected and predicted in [0]: 'Instagram's success on ActivityPub is also Mastodon's nightmare and it tends to more centralization.'

Looks like Threads is going to be the biggest Mastodon-compatible network on the Fediverse and the other admins of larger instances who signed those NDAs won't block them anyway, with the smaller ones making themselves irrelevant if they do.

Meta once again is winning.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36012434
Elemental is good. It's just the marketing was bad. The premise itself is generic and they didn't put the work I to the marketing to make it exciting. Despite that the actual movie is quite enjoyable.
It was probably added during the development of firmware for some cheap switch whose hardware did some unrecoverable nonsense when seeing such addresses in packets.
Currently stuck in the airport, flight rebooked two weeks out with the incredibly generous option for a refund. No compensation or covering of hotels or car rental as the delay was "uncontrollable".

I don't live here and not really sure what to do. Other flights seem to be leaving just fine.
The article is very badly written. Better to read the abstract.

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/early/2023/03/02/bjsports-2022-...
I'd encourage you to look up what toxic masculinity is and reflect on it
An LLM contains some portion of the training data exactly and the rest of it lossily. What I’m really arguing is that _alone_ that is enough to make the model itself a derivative work. It actually doesn’t matter whether that’s the same or different than a human; that’s a distraction. The AI model is itself a work that is derived from the training data.
> According to the FAA, air traffic was impacted due to a fire at Potomac Consolidated Terminal RADAR Approach Control (TRACON).

…

> Earlier reports claimed a fire at Potomac Consolidated Terminal RADAR Approach Control (TRACON) impacted air traffic, but an FAA representative told FOX 5 there was no fire.

Was there a fire or not?!
Thanks for all this info! I’ve got a different gastro issue (eosinophilic esophagitis). Who knows if it’ll work or not, but high histamine foods overlap with food triggers for my symptoms.

I also noticed correlation between higher stress work events, and symptoms, but wrote it off as coincidence.

Who knows if it’ll work, but it’s definitely worth a shot!
How much do you pay?

If your answer is non-zero, maybe you would have a point, but let's be honest, statistically it's highly unlikely that you do.

Poor pnt12, wants people to work for them for free, and insult them while you're at it.
I tried that exact prompt with my openai account and got nothing as breezy. Only a couple of exclamation points. See following.

Introducing "Galaxy Guide," the groundbreaking app that will revolutionize the way we connect, create, and explore! Hi there, I'm Alice, a 25-year-old app developer and the mastermind behind this exciting venture. I've always been passionate about technology and its potential to shape our lives positively.

Galaxy Guide is my brainchild, born from a combination of my love for social media, entrepreneurship, and creative pursuits. As an avid traveler, I've often found myself longing for a platform that brings together like-minded individuals, provides valuable resources, and stimulates my artistic side. That's why I decided to create an all-in-one solution that caters to these diverse needs.

What sets Galaxy Guide apart from other apps is its unique blend of social media and a marketplace. It's like having a virtual galaxy at your fingertips, filled with endless possibilities. Whether you're an aspiring writer, a digital artist, or an entrepreneur looking for insights, Galaxy Guide has got you covered.

One of the most exciting features of Galaxy Guide is its AI-driven tools. Imagine having your own personal writing assistant, art mentor, and business advisor all in one place. That's exactly what our AI companion, Orion, offers. Orion learns from your preferences, adapts to your style, and provides personalized suggestions and guidance. It's like having a trusted companion who understands your creative journey intimately.

Let me share a personal anecdote that inspired the development of Galaxy Guide. Last year, during a solo trip to the mountains, I stumbled upon a breathtaking view of the night sky. As I marveled at the beauty of the stars, I couldn't help but think about the immense potential within each one of us. That moment sparked the idea for Galaxy Guide, a platform that empowers individuals to unlock their creative potential and shine brightly like the stars.

But before we launch Galaxy Guide to the world, we need your help! We're currently seeking passionate individuals to join our exclusive group of testers. As a tester, you'll have the opportunity to experience the app firsthand, provide valuable feedback, and shape its future. Together, we can fine-tune Galaxy Guide into an exceptional platform that exceeds your expectations.

So, are you ready to embark on this cosmic journey with us? Join the Galaxy Guide tester community and be part of something extraordinary. Let's explore, create, and connect like never before. Together, we'll navigate the galaxy of possibilities!

Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions or want to learn more about the app. I can't wait to hear from you and embark on this incredible adventure together!

Warm regards,
Alice, Founder of Galaxy Guide
It should be noted, from biographies we learn he wasn't always very nice, or kind. To his friends, to his family, to his fellow musicians. He was a hard taskmaster. People say the same thing about Monk, who was also the personification of "cool" and Mingus who was red hot, but also very cool.

All three were angry at times.
That seems pretty similar to this, just swapping out the thin client and pi (and the exact Linux distro, if that matters). Which makes it a trade in all the particulars:), depending on exact price, power use, etc.
I am wrong there, they describe non-discoverable hardware so they are useful.

I am confusing them with the issue of getting a kernels built for a lot of the poorly documented hardware that varies a bunch which device trees try to solve but don't. No two vendors agree on how to boot things. I cant just download ubuntu or even openbsd for my phone or tablet as each of those has its own boot loader. Too splintered of a platform.
I've always thought the conventional wisdom was to not use your host as a registrar

That way, if you have issues with the host, you can at least point to a different host (without worrying about them managing your domain name)

Does this still apply here?

I guess no reason to trust any entity over another, just the eggs-in-basket principle.
Embrace, extend, extinguish. Like they did with news organizations already. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pivot_to_video)
>Blocking one of the biggest on-ramps will surely work wonders for adoption.

I'm not clear on what, exactly, Meta's AP offering might be (is it a separate user base from their other products, or an integration into them?) or how it will interact with other fediverse instances (FB/Insta users can follow users in the Fediverse without Meta enabling the reverse?).

If, on the other hand, there's full, two-way federation with Meta's services, that could be a huge boon to the fediverse, as it would share their "network effect" with a bunch of other players. Which, I guess, is possible.

But given Meta's track record of the lengths that they'll go to in pursuit of growth and profit, I'd be shocked if they actually did so.

As such, it doesn't surprise me that the fediverse is suspicious and skeptical of Meta's entrance.
It’s almost like issues regarding sexuality are much more concerning to parents than other issues like environmentalism.
> This “it was always political” is a common intellectually dishonest crutch to defend the placement of politics you agree with,

No, though, falsely claiming something is political in a way (other than the specific political viewpoint) other things are not is a common intellectually dishonest crutch to attack politics you disagree with while avoiding the meat of the disagreement.

> Some politics and light theming is very different than making it the core of the movie.

True, but irrelevant. Politics as the core is not any more common on any consistent-but-not-viewpoint-biased definition of “politics”. The common issue in complaints is status-quo bias.

> The politics were never so explicitly partisan

That’s somewhat true, in that for a long time (from the 1930s to the 1990s) the US was in an abnormally long political realignment, where the most highly salient political issues were not as clearly partisan
That's just HN types giving attitude. It's clearly not AI-generated. It's earnest, warm, and casual in a way that HN wanna-be entrepreneurs love to rag on.
Two weeks until the next flight? Is your destination somewhere you could drive?
Weird as it sounds, I would still describe the political message in Wall-E as more subtle than in Elemental, or even Strange World - another recent flop. Why is that?

Wall-E, although clearly and one sidedly in favor of environmentalist or conservationist causes, still describes the problem and the solution in fantastic terms. The entire planet being covered in skyscrapers of toxic trash may have some parallels to the present, but those are just parallels. The message you can take away from Wall-E is not a literal solution (planting plants to rejuvenate things ignores the complexity of real life ecosystems - just consider invasive species!). Instead, the message must be more abstract - something like "Care more about the environment."

The political situation in Elemental, by contrast, is barely abstract at all. There is a city, there are immigrants, and the elemental toothpaste commercial aesthetic is a thin veneer over real life racial and ethnic tensions. So any solution the movie suggests would be something that maps very closely to the real world.
It is now standard (at least in the US) because it was mandated by law (in 2007). USDOT took some sweet time to implement it, but it was required by 2018.
"
In retrospect, it seems clear that “Inside Out” was when Pixar’s Silicon Valley brain trust began to peel off from the universe and float into the metaverse, borne aloft by a kind of totalizing cleverness. "

Aka disappeared up their own bum. Lost the un-self-conscious being-in-itself, and went from "Pixar making movies" to "people trying to make Pixar movies"
Humiliated lawyers fined $5k for submitting ChatGPT hallucinations in court
That's pretty rich considering wars are still happening very often. Maybe we should generate a society where a person who has the personality suited for war can live as well as a person who has the personality suited for peace. For one thing is certain, war will come.
What's dumb is not comprehending the wider impact.

> The owner of Knoxville, Tennessee's only Black-owned radio station

You may recognize Tennessee from such hits as "Tennessee legislature expels 2 Black representatives".

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/tennessee-expulsion-house-d...