skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I can’t speak on his behalf, but I can speak on my own experiences in creating art. It could be something as simple as that whatever you create is not always intended to be a great work, but rather it starts out as an experiment to teach yourself something, or learn a technique, and you work on it so much that you enjoy it, and it eventually becomes something. Artists aren’t really concerned with perfection all the time, sometimes we’re just discovering something in the craft.
How about a portable shredder right in the store, with a nice big glass window on it? Bring your phones in and let your kid drop them in the shredder and watch the snap-crackle-pop, and get paid a nominal amount for each one!
Titanium in perfectly pure form is very reactive and it would be dangerous in contact with organic matter.

Fortunately, it is pretty much impossible to come in contact with pure titanium, because whenever it is exposed to air it becomes immediately covered with titanium dioxide.

The ratio between electric charge and radius of the titanium ions is such that titanium dioxide is one of the least soluble oxides. It is practically inert in water or blood.

This inertness of the titanium dioxide ensures that titanium is one of the safest materials for making implants that will have to stay forever in a human body or for making objects that will be in contact with food.

While glass remains the best food-contact material, titanium is a decent choice for applications where glass might break, e.g. spoons.

On that scale, titanium would be placed between silicon and iron. It should be kept in mind that the position on that scale actually refers to the behavior of the oxides, not of the pure elements, because all the elements mentioned are oxidized quickly in air and they are oxidized even faster in a living body.

Titanium dioxide is more inert than silicon dioxide, so less of it can become dissolved, but once the two oxides are dissolved, the silicon dioxide is safer, because most living cells have mechanisms to deal with it.
To clarify, by “adult themes” I didn’t mean that they aren’t suitable for children. Just they didn’t really hold my kids’ interest.

I watched a bunch of Studio Ghibli movies with my kids when they were age 4 - 6 or so. Spirited Away, Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service, Castle in the Sky, and Nausicaa. The pacing is quite a bit slower, and the action more subdued than in Pixar movies and other animation targeted at kids.

My kids tended to gravitate toward Pokemon, Crayon Shin-chan, Doraemon, and other animation aimed at kids - which I don’t really have any problem with. Also Demon Slayer and One Piece - which we probably shouldn’t let them watch - but they seemed to handle it ok. And finally YouTube, which is mostly trash, but we tolerate in moderation. I would definitely be happy if they showed more interest in Ghibli movies - but it’s hard to compete with endorphin rush of YouTube.
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People underestimate how responsive companies are to feedback, especially from customers, much much more responsive than governments. And again, you can switch jobs much easier than countries.

The entire current censorship issues are because of a small group of very organised people who want to enforce their worldview on the world. It's not views held by the majority, but companies still comply as they'd rather do that than fight.

But have a look at what happened to Bud light, they are in serious trouble because of one advertising deal. They changed their tune extremely quickly. This doesn't really happen with governments.
Hard to see how it's very economical even for many devices, given you have to take each one far enough apart to remove the battery or else throwing it in the shredder sets your truck on fire.

A better play might be to liaise with phone repair shops both carrier-owned and independent, since they already do this as a matter of course, and it's quicker if you don't care what damage you do in the process. Lot of cats to herd, though, that would be.
Ah no all the linux people have this error. kek
The UK is for some reason very surveillance-friendly. CCTV's were prevalent there much earlier than most other countries.

I guess since Orwell was British they think they are on top of this.
We’re Building Things Based on a Climate We No Longer Live In
Wood clogs sound terrible for the health of your feet.

There's guides for making huaraches with tire rubber.

And there's also barefoot sandals that claim to last a life time (but cost like 100 bucks).
I have been trying to immigrate to Canada as a (US citizen) tech worker for the past six months.

The H-1B visa thing is cool, but it's the other changes that are exciting for me. I'm particularly interested in the new LMIA exemption.
Just telling you why even as a fan I can see why he rubs people the wrong way.

If you look at previous HN threads on his content many have similar complaints.

Every one loves the content and premise of revisiting SM64.

Many don't like the presentation.

If anything I think I'm being charitable assuming it's optimized for the lay public.
Seems they reported it on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/MSFT365Status/status/1674022971680206849
Roger me sidewise, this is wonderfully crazy. I foresee a bright future for the creator.
Solar power is bailing Texas out this summer
Also Harry Potter—8 movies in a row that were, at their worst, merely good. I was amazed they pulled that off, given as you point out, how many series are utterly terribly by the 3rd title (anybody see Jurassic Park 3?).
Ask HN: Ideas for Thesis Topics in the Application of LLMs
Hi everyone,

currently I am collecting interesting ideas for thesis topics around the subject of LLMs.
More specifically I am interested on how LLMs can be applied to solve business problems by fine-tuning and/or prompting it.

Do you have interesting ideas that would be worthwhile to pursue?
Yesterday it was crashing for me. Teams quality is still terrible.
I had the same reaction to "Irises" at the Getty Museum in LA.

If a city near you has the Van Gogh Immersive Experience, go see it. It's quite impressive. Also, if they're your thing, it would be a great thing to see while on psychedelics.
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Who here tried the Zero Waste lifestyle ? (from her https://duckduckgo.com/?q=zero+waste+bea+johnson&t=h_&ia=web)
Lotus Notes all over again - worst piece of software on my computer.
It is something that was dragged out of a hackathon and succeeded thanks to Covid.
I would echo this advice, In the UK you can press civil charges against the assailants within 2 years of the crime.
> What's a more convenient scale for human living conditions? 0–100 °F or -20–40 °C? I am aware people live in even colder and hotter environments, but the majority of people in the world don't need to worry about values outside of this range. I also think "0 is very cold" and "100 is very hot" just makes more sense than "-20 is very cold" and "40 is very hot".

The idea that 0-100F is somehow the range of “human living conditions” is completely bizarre to me, but I can see why someone from a place like the American Midwest might think this is true.

To me 0C is so much more meaningful than 0F, especially when talking about weather. The difference between -1C and 1C is something you can literally see around you. The difference between -1F and 1F is not.

Anything “below zero” is literally frozen and completely inhospitable to normal human life!
Because we live in it.

I hope to be breathing tomorrow. Therefore I care about what we put in the air today.

I hope to be eating next year. Therefore I care about what we put in the soil this year.

I hope to be drinking next decade. Therefore I care about what goes into the groundwater this decade.

What I eat, drink, and breathe becomes my body. If those things are garbage (or worse, poison), my health will suffer.

[Edit: And to answer the actual thrust of your question, because the corporations aren't going to.]

Corporations may "own" that stuff (I disagree, but let that pass). But my body is mine, and corporations aren't going to take care of it for me.
What species, what country? Because absolutely no softwood in North America does this. You can run Deckmates into the oldest pine you want all day.

(And hardness has little to do with the strength or survivability of a constructed building.)
There are lots of parts that can and should be recycled (at the very least the battery), so that sounds like a waste.
I use my old 7 years old iPhone as a pet cam. Set it to auto answer after 3 seconds, and put it somewhere where you can see your pets. Call it over Facetime whenever you want to check them out.

iPhones are very long lasting devices, pretty useful even after many years but would have been even better if Apple let you unlock these things. Facetime can autoanswer only on the selfie camera and I would prefer a solution which would do this on the main camera but unfortunately that's not possible under current access level to the device.

It can be more useful to re-purpose those device instead of mining them for metals?
Gas Stations Impacted by Cyberattack on Canadian Energy Giant Suncor
The same issue in Ukraine, wtf
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Let's explore vital security aspects that all startup founders should know. These insights will help you understand what you should expect from your security team. Even if you're not a technical founder, you still need a basic understanding of security. In the end, you are accountable for any leaks or security breaches.
And even with just images. Last winter a saw two horses in snowy hills. It was a beautiful image. I tried to capture it with my camera but couldn't. The hills were too flat, the snow didn't have the blue hue from my memory and the horses didn't have such a wild manes. Maybe the picture I took was a more realistic representation of reality but it did not capture what I expirienced. Stiqll think of painting it.
Same problem here in Italy. Linux user, I tried both with Firefox and Edge, same error
Their concept of a "two year old" is completely different from our concept. So though the words may translate the same, it's just a different definition. For them, it's equally weird to think that a child would go through a year of life being "0 years old."
Ex (fairly senior) GCHQ-er here (retired after 35 years). Since you mentioned the option of a degree apprenticeship at GCHQ I thought that I would chip in to note that although GCHQ certainly isn’t perfect as an employer one thing that they are very focused on is inclusivity and would be required to take into account any disability in the recruitment process (you would clearly have some sort of medical evidence) and also to provide appropriate support where needed (the Disabled Employee Network is very active). The degree apprentices also get to work on some really interesting stuff (at least the ones in my area did) - if of course you like that sort of thing (and I appreciate that some here wont). I’d also recommend the cyber degree apprenticeship rather than the software engineering one - the work is much more interesting.

I can’t offer any medical advice but I’d reiterate the suggestions to slow down a bit and take time to heal properly - in the big picture an extra year won’t make any real difference.
> they're a tiny country that lacks the clout to push around American tech giants

I'd wager the power dynamic is more along the UK's membership in five-eyes and their ability to be a useful sigint ally.

For all we know the NSA wants a better way to spy on Americans using Signal. How does that work? Get the Brits to do it.
Canada is seeing record emigration of it's own citizens (amongst other reasons, it's less affordable, less opportunity
and lower salaries than the US). Anyone with the option (meaning the top people) will ignore this and stay in the states. This kind of thing works to get people, but not the best or even necessarily "good" people (from a qualification perspective)
It's nice to see the competition for immigrants but wish we would see more of it in europe
>I expect the same for 7nm. Both 12nm and 7nm will be much more affordable in 2020. Right now the uncertainty is 5nm and 3nm. Both are technically achievable, the problem is cost. At the moment 5nm+ cost structure looks like exclusive to certain industry and clients. [1]

That was my oldest comment I could find on HN made in 2017. Although my projection was made on Anandtech some time around 2016.

I was originally projecting a slow down to 3 years cadence post 5nm at 3 / 2nm. But at the time there were no "Trillion Dollar" company and AI wasn't a thing. I was also at the time ignorant of HyperScaler's volume.

Even if all of that will allow us to go further, 2nm in 2025, 1.4nm in 2027 and 1nm in 2029 / 2030. Surely the hypotheses remains, that at some point the market will not be able to justify the cost of new node. And will have to amortized over a longer period of time.

At 1nm, if it were to cost $30K per Wafer, a 100mm die would cost $50 at 100% yield. That is excluding the potential $2 - $3B design cost.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14835609
You can also use a ServiceWorker to implement caching using its fetch proxy and local offline storage. You can even build whole Progressive Web Apps to run offline.
> the position of fruits and other products of the fields, on sacrificial breads

So you're saying pineapple is in fact a pizza topping!
It depends on the type of glass. Some glasses are incredibly resilient, and some of them are flexible. They all look the same, so people who don't know tend to think of all glass as the same substance.
sure we can... assumptions on top of assumptions on top of assumptions.
my biggest pet peeve is having "rc-update <action> <name>" vs "rc-service <name> <action>". systemctl does this consistently, at least.
I disagree entirely with the "horrible echo chamber" characterisation. It's usually code for something else.

All you're telling me - if this accurately characterises yourself - is that your views are such that most people don't even want to hear them, let alone "mostly agrees with your views", and for once you are shamefully denied a captive audience because mastodon isn't a VC-funded outrage machine. Oh noe.

Well, I'm quite happy with this state of affairs. Preach to your choir all you like, I'm sorry that your horrible views are very unpopular, but I don't have to care now. I have freedom of association, it won't arrive in my feed. Wontfix, works as designed.
Mostly I do remote work from a coworking facility. This is liberating for me in much the same way as work from home, but has none of the downsides you mention. The article keeps returning to the term "flexibility" which occurs 22 times. It seems the experiments underway are more varied and complex than a simple work from home test run that breaks sharply away from hundreds of years of experience.
I can’t imagine the stress of being H1-B. I know for a fact I just couldn’t handle it, so I admire anyone who is willing and able to take it on to better their life and their family’s. If I weren’t American I wouldn’t have the guts to try.
It’s insane how they are treated; both for their own and for America’s wellbeing.
Exactly same here. I gave him too much food while I searched and returned to a dead paul :(
Never watched Monsters Univ. but Monsters Inc. left me somehow speechless. There's a subtle yet relentless crescendo in that screenplay that robbed my brain until the last second.
Is that vastly different from holding a bomb to your ear?
Good way, and perhaps one of the only ways, to counter the coming population collapse and intense strain on social welfare and healthcare costs in next ~10 years
> the masterpieces ended after Up in 2009

And yet Inside Out came out in 2015, Coco in 2017, and Soul in 2020.
https://archive.is/iXRcw
I use TinkerTool to remove most of the animations from macOS, which makes it feel much snappier. That one, unfortunately, I haven't been able to disable.

Which is weird, because the launchpad page switching animation can be disabled and it is very similar to the Spaces animation.

It is amazing how much snappier the os feels by just removing those dock and "genie" animations from the interactions.
> The receiving bank doesn’t bear any risk, Venmo is taking the risk.

What risk? Venmo is the sender here. Almost by definition, the sender doesn't have any risk: They either send money they have (in which case all is well), or promise to send money they don't have (which is the recipient's problem).

If you're talking about the transaction that originally funded the to-be-paid-out balance, that's a completely different story.

> Venmo is sending money from Venmo bank accounts to your bank, through a direct integration.

Yes, and that "direct" integration is typically ACH (for transfers "in 3-5 days") or debit card rails (for "instant payouts"). It might also be RTP these days, and maybe soon will be FedNow, which are both cheaper than debit card push payments (although I don't see payment app providers stopping their very lucrative business of charging ~1% for instant payouts any time soon).

For ACH, there is no risk to the recipient. since nobody is floating anything: It takes 3-5 days. For debit cards, there is also no risk since these payments are effectively final immediately after they're announced to the recipient, even though they don't settle instantly.
It's sort of hard to take Firefox serious as a competitor to Chrome when their main source of income seems to be Google.

They're ostensibly kept on a leash, permitted to exist because it's convenient for Google to have token competition from an anti-trust perspective, but it's sure as hell not real competition.
> Plastic cutlery and containers banned

What did they replace takeout containers with? Where I live, they replaced them with "paper" containers that are lined with teflon...
How are people using PDFs that’s SEO is relevant?

The PDF should be a somewhat of a print version of the web site.
Replacement you say. Care to elaborate how this is replacing Canadian population? Are we shipping neonazis down south in return ?
IMO it’s absurd that you cannot download over your local LAN and have to rig up a Raspberry Pi (or similar) to read via BLE. That turned me off, although I’m still looking for a sensor with radon.
That's going to change the economics of commercial real estate. Why should I be willing to pay full price rent if I'm only using the space 80% as much?
US Broadband Monopolies Again Push Idea – Tech Giants Should Pay Them Billions
BHP also recently released their plans. They believe converting their mining trucks will overall save them money.

https://thedriven.io/2023/06/23/bhp-says-battery-electric-ch...
Because everyone else fell for it /s
I think that "requires a tweak at the string level" is not precisely true/correct, but the overall idea is true. For any non-trivial, long-lived, application you will at least have to inspect the ORM-generated SQL string for some query and you'll have to either adjust your ORM calls (e.g., add even more magical Hibernate annotations) or use an "escape hatch" to write the query by hand.

The larger point isn't really that you can't accomplish everything with the ORM, IMO, but rather that the conventional ORM value proposition of "you don't have to write/understand SQL" is totally false. You will have to understand SQL and you will have to fiddle with your ORM to generate the SQL you want at some point. But, if you're going to end up fiddling with your ORM and inspecting the generated SQL anyway, then why not just start with something closer to the SQL in the first place?

Phrased differently, we have to learn SQL no matter what--and you won't convince me otherwise--, so why should I have to learn SQL, and Hibernate's APIs and gotchas when I do Java, and Laravel's Doctrine APIs when I do PHP, and Entity Framework when I do C#, etc, etc.
How do you find out where your bottle of generic pills was made?
You are 100% factually right and I shared the same level of frustration as it seems you had with GP. I just wanted to 1) say thanks for sharing knowledge!, but also 2) suggest taking a deep breath or a walk before replying to folks like GP. I’m often guilty of it myself, but trying to get better.
Zig has been able for a while now to compile to C code, which is part of our bootstrap procedure now, so you can compile that output with an appropriate C compiler and target whatever you want.

We do have plans for adding backends for unconventional targets eventually.
same problem in brazil
I wonder what is the sentiment of complete abolishment on the Visa regime. Just plain background check for security maybe, and let everyone who wants in. Maybe keep the social programs for the citizens but let whoever wants to work, work. IMHO it's ridiculous to have the bureaucracy as the first step in employment, people shouldn't be asking bureaucrats for permission to work.

Edit: Can you please also write why you don't like the idea? Are you worried about competition? About culture? About something else?

Edit2: Wow, I wasn't aware of how much people love restrictions on working and traveling. Please tell me, I want to know your thinking behind this, maybe you are right about it?
I think a good number return once they have kids...
If you're advocating for tool fetishizing and rewriting things by chasing hype cycles, then that is part of the problem.

The world is awash in half baked tools that are extremely popular until people somehow collectively realize it's a waste of time.

The frenzied mania of mobs shifting from framework to framework every 6 months is like the world of top40 radio brought to programming; relentlessly promoted crap that just disappears silently to be replaced by more irritating crap with a different version of the same problems because there's always a new generation of teenaged programmers who think they've fixed everything.

The people who follow and fall for it are part of the trainwreck programmers I'm talking about.

Really I want to stop the burnout and churn of the industry. I strongly believe the decrease in quality is because senior people tend to exit. We're 45 years into the microcomputer revolution and 65 or so years into career programming yet whenever I go to a startup, conference or meetup, the "in industry < 5 years" outnumber the old by a significant margin (except for sysadmin stuff).

It's an intrinsic cultural disposition that reinforces itself and we're going to continue to be stuck in this interregnum until we can somehow unmoor ourselves, collectively, from it.

I think a cessation of tool fetishizing and substitution with tool skepticism will help.
I went to the Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam because I was there and it was on the bucket list. Pictures in a book or on web pages do not do justice to how vibrant the pictures are in real life. Plus, in the days before additional security was required, you could go right up to them (within reason) and check them out up close. They look like they were painted yesterday. Not everyone likes his work but I'm a fan.
Could you maybe elaborate instead of just disagreeing without references or even explanation?

In ACH, as soon as you get the notification about an inbound credit transfer, it's effectively final. Whether it ultimately settles on the same day or 1-2 days later is irrelevant, since what matters is finality.

ACH credit transfer clawbacks are very rare compared to ACH debit rejections (due to e.g. insufficient funds or fraud).
This article puts (as usual lately) all the onus on the little people - households in this case. No more paper straws, no more avocado sandwiches, accept pay cuts, I've heard it ad nauseam lately. But what's the plan with the industry, big agriculture, naval and road transports, everything else? Hypothetically if we disconnect all household consumers from the grid, would it make a dent in the climate goals? It would, sure, but such a minor one.