skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Again, the original thread said “The industry should avoid single points of failure”. Neither Apple (Mac) nor Google (Chrome) represent single points of failure for the industry.
This is what makes me nervous. Is it not bad to be generating stuff you don’t understand that _might_ work?
they do not use winetricks. they built their own system for installing dependencies and managing prefixes. you are right that it fills the same role, but that's not what you asked. it also does a lot more than just the things that winetricks does.
My hope is that with the rumored Mastodon interoperability, I can create an account on Threads, keep my entire Instagram social graph, and then move to the Mastodon app and never look back.
I still remember the story from my friend where his professor died and caused a delay to his final thesis for more than 2 years.

He hated that question, but he had a perfect reason for a delay. At the end, his PhD took 7 years, and he said that wasn't bad. lol

Phd students need a union. The characteristics of the job very much need it.

Low pay. High switching cost. Success depends on a single person mostly (your prof).
Are you not good at them or do you refuse to do them? Or both?
Agreed, and this is someone who isn't a fan of the complexities frameworks introduce.

Not OP but I'm not sure why people think you can't just use different tools for different jobs.

There's times where a framework isn't needed but in my experience its rare, unless you're doing something _very_ simple that won't be changing often.

I can't imagine how a "simple tools" site would work with a team and client... and that's not a diss on anything its just that I really don't see how.
That was a narrow 5-4 ruling. One overturned ruling hardly means this case has no merit. Do you have any counter-arguments to his 155 page ruling?

And he was confirmed by the Senate 98-0.
Though what you say is technically true, most people I know don't have the mindset to save and invest for the long term. Many people making six figures live paycheck to paycheck. They spend every dollar they make, and then some.

If we had better financial education in America, early retirement would be much more common.
> Let us look at the front page of today’s New York Times, the gold standard in news. In the top spot there is a story about Republicans feuding among themselves. There is a photo of soldiers in Iraq. A stock exchange chief must return $100M. There is a concern about some doctors over-selling a nerve testing system. There is a threat from China against North Korea. There is a report that violence in Iraq is rising. And there is concern about virtual science classes replacing real ones.

> None of these stories have relevance to my life.

The Tea Party, Iraq war and excessive for-profit medical care ended up having a massive impact in the US. Not every day is going to cover decade-defining events but this day in retrospect seems pretty relevant in understanding the following 10 years of US politics (2006-2016).
I wonder if history is any guide here. With how prone knees are to injury, I wonder what the historical outcome for those injured by ACL tears was. The gut reaction is “death,” and I’m sure that happened a lot, but I’m sure there were some who survived. How did they fare long-term?
Lobotomizing Gnome (2018)
There's a version of this that may actually be correct if you restrict it to the number of humans ever older than 60 years old, but I admit I never followed up on that one. The roughly 100 billion ever claim I recall more readily as it's an interesting remark to give to people who think they see ghosts to see what they think of it and the related question of where they all are.
Yes, that was also incredible. I appreciated that it was very different from the main game.
Arch is very heavyweight for a task like this, there are already far more stripped-down options. But even with those, if you're running a general-purpose OS just to run a single application, I have to ask why.
That's interesting, will have to check that out. People have mentioned online sms, which sounds pretty much like what I need.

But yeah re:Google Fi, $240/y to recieve maybe 3 sms is pretty bad imo. And unlimited is only within US.
You do know that LGBTQ refers to 5+ different things, right?
> Consider including "print" as a built-in statement

I really wish Python 3 had taken that advice. ;-)
I find that a lot of engineers don't understand good communication, and definitely don't understand the value of relationships.

When I was really junior, I'd go to meetings and think that the vast majority of the time was wasted. As I became more senior, I realized that a lot of that wasted time is for providing context, relationship building, and alignment. You may not need those things for your current task, but your leadership and partner teams may need these things.

Yes, a lot of meetings could be emails, and a lot of meetings could be better run (agendas and objectives in the invite, action items assigned at the end), but unless you're working somewhere awful, most meetings probably have a reasonable purpose and aren't all filler. Lots of jobs require way more meetings, and probably aren't filled with context relevant to you.

Looking down on non-engineering positions is a personality trait I associate with inexperience. It's absolutely something I'd consider when denying a promo.
> most extensions are actively malware

Citation needed.

This seems like scaremongering to me.

Moreover, even if your claim were true, which it's not, then this new Firefox feature wouldn't actually do much, because it only disables extensions on a select list of sites, currently empty.
https://ng-tech.icu/
Yes. I have had many weeks, and sometimes even months when I have done nothing.

The root cause for me is ADHD. I'm often distracted to an extreme level. I'll get into work, boot up my computer and then realise it's 5 in the afternoon and I've been reading datasheets for LEDs all day instead of writing code related to work.

Of course this then triggers the anxiety. How do you tell your boss that you haven't done anything? Especially when you have no good reason.

I advise you to nip this in the bud. Try to work out if there was anything internal or external holding you back but if not, don't sweat it. Get away from work, rest, relax and then try again tomorrow.
I like the premise. Problems and solutions that you didnt find on google. So now we can.
> ...there could be fringe situations where it behaves badly

I think the more important takeaway is that we humans don't know those fringe situations or corner cases beforehand. No way around finding the problem in prod.
Can you explain how sleepsort is constant time when it requires looping through n items?
70k USD. I am based in Japan and I'm looking for remote positions or Japan based ones.
I don't notice any "flash of white" (Firefox, Chrome, Safari on Mac; Firefox, Chrome on Android). Not on initial page load, refresh nor toggling between Dark and Light. It seems to just work.
> I verified that no employee would have a compensation regression

What's wrong with "I made sure nobody got a pay cut"?
> “The problem is that it’s not a treaty; that’s an American law,” Sai said. “The United States could no more annex a foreign country by passing a law than it could pass the law today for the Congress to annex Canada. It has no effect beyond the borders of the United States.”

I'm actually not sure? Prima facie, I think it would in fact be legal for Congress to conquer and annex Canada. A bad idea. But the constitution does not seem to prohibit it.

Anyway, while the premise of this article is cute, it forgets something about the right to self-determination. It includes the right to choose "incorrectly". In practice, as things currently stand, if you gave the population of Hawaii the vote on this, they'd vote to join the United States. So speaking of an independent nation of Hawaii, as if it would ever exist is essentially fantasy.

Here in Canada, provinces have a clear legal right of secession from federation; they're sovereign and they may exercise that sovereignty. The biggest reason none have actually done so, I think, is that it would simply be a massive headache for little clear purpose.
It's a bit off-topic, but the role of urine in teeth cleaning reminds me one of Catullus' poems, poking fun at someone who was a bit too eager to laugh/smile as trying to show off how much urine he drunk.

For context: Celtiberians used urine to brush their teeth. The Romans were aware of that, but they thought that it was disgusting.

(The poem is Catullus 39, if anyone is interested. Link: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Translation:Catullus_39 )
A review of it that Carmack links:
https://youtu.be/sx4Xw0Q0GFA
Last I heard, Dr. Filbay is working on a decision aid for patients.

Here’s my guess as to what it’ll suggest:

First, do the bracing protocol. Then do intensive physical therapy. If, after both of the above, you have functional instability that is adversely impacting your quality of life, consider surgery. Otherwise, don’t.

>Would imaging be able to delineate?

Seems like a strong maybe. Check out “Implications of findings” on page 7 of the paper.
As long as you have a good reason for your decision. Some things you just have to make tradeoffs and can’t please everyone. Enter key to submit or enter key for newline in a chat context? You’ll go crazy trying to solve for all - sometimes it is just not possible
I recently transitioned on the desktop from Debian then-testing to Alpine edge. I switched for a newer kernel (4.9 to 6.1 for recent fixes to busted microcode -- little annoyances around charging and the touchpad) but I like a lot of things about it: quick install, up-to-date repos, easy-to-understand init, battery lasts longer...
They'd fare just fine. You don't need your ACL. It helps to keep your knee from giving out during certain sudden movements, but a lifetime of conditioning would prevent against that. High level football players have played seasons without an ACL, for example.
Watch the video? He makes just such a thing.
This is perhaps true for shrink-wrapped software (in so far as that still exists), but for B2B SaaS products, the ability to easily maintain and enhance the codebase is vital to the long-term success of the product.

Maybe it won't actually matter, because if AI generates a 5MM line ball-of-mud, it will be able to easily add features later due to the code being styled in alignment with its training, or maybe the context size limitations will allow future systems to digest the entire thing. It could end up being like coding in a very high-level language: who cares what crazy bytecode is kicked out as long as it performs within expectations.
Do you really think that those minor inconveniences are the issue if we suddenly lose internet access around the globe?
Pseudonymity is not transparency. Transparency in theory is not transparency in practice.
Haven't used winetricks in what feels like 10+ years, but as I recall it only dealt with a single wine prefix (~/.wine most likely). Bottles are namespaced prefixes (usually one for each application installed this way).

I don't know in practice how much that is needed in wine in order to avoid one "trick" interfering with another "trick" for another app. However, makes it easier to remove the extra cruft of uninstalled applications (like the dozen variants of the .net runtime, or whatever else it was that you had to install ad-nauseum in the past for some windows apps/games).
It’s a catchy structure/fact that people use for many true things that reenforce misremembering false things. For example there have been many articles recently that more scientists are alive now than in all of history, which is probably true.
For anyone else confused, I think the parent comment means Lina Khan. I was struggling to see what a film director had to do with this.
Exactly. The cynical view: If you were any good you wouldn’t need the master’s degree. If you were good and wanted to learn more you’d do a PhD. But you didn’t learn what you were supposed to in undergrad, or could not get/do a job, or need a visa. So you paid a bunch of money to some school that wouldn’t let you into undergrad or a PhD, but will take your cash for a full fare professional masters degree mill. I’ve seen this in industry and in academia.
to provide a more homogenous experience for all users.

think pinned drivers, no random background processes, custom kernel, etc.

arch has a nice iso image story. could be anything as long as it’s good.
> In the old days you would have to show up at the theater, stand in line to buy tickets (with no way to know how many had already been sold), then go into the theater and hope there were still decent seats left. It would stink to go back to that situation.

Don't most theater still work this way? The ability to buy specific seats at a theater isn't an Internet thing.
I self host a lot of stuff at home. I don't need a large RDBMS. A lot of software is written for Postgres and I don't bother running it as I don't want to manage it. I'm really interested in this if I can start using those apps now, without spinning up postgresql.
Agreed. I'm no Oracle apologist and I'm sure the author was understandably emotional when drafting this, but opening with "It is known that this provider will randomly ban accounts without any reason" - especially without linking to any references - just undermines the author's credibility and makes them seem immature.
No, 90% is massive if true. Speaking from experience the surgery is an absolutely brutal experience. Even though my graft was successful, if I had my time over I'm very much not sure I would make the same choice. I would at least explore other avenues. Many people do fine without an ACL. In my case my cartilage went from, in my surgeons words, pristine (post injury and before surgery), to tricompartmental osteoarthritis 18 months after the operation.
The idea does not sound to me like it is fully formed. But it reminds me of "datatypes" in Amiga OS 3.0.

A datatype was a kind of plugin that could be used to decode/encode a specific file format. You could just drag the datatype file icon into the "DEVS:Datatypes" directory, and it would become available to all programs that requested datatypes for a specific category of file formats.

Thanks to Datatypes, Amiga OS was the first OS that got support for the PNG file format in all web browsers on the platform.
I imagine such rules are easier to apply when it is a singular context and physical delineation of space. It takes advantage of our subconscious human rules of behavior.

An office-example might be if you had the super-serious conference room that is exclusively used for super-serious things. The physical context would affect how likely people are to follow the desired norms.
I had the experience of my entire states internet going down from around 24 hours. Not only my fibre internet at home but also my mobile data was down, although phone calls still worked.

Contactless payments and other card payments at shops stopped working. Also, most of the ATMs were down.

Luckily I found one ATM that still worked. I think it had some kind of dial up backup mechanism.
https://www.timveletta.com/

Mostly just write about issues I come across in the hope that its easier to fix for someone else.

- https://www.timveletta.com/blog/next-js-13-layouts-by-exampl... - Next.js 13 layouts by example

- https://www.timveletta.com/blog/accessing-react-state-in-you... - Accessing React state in your component cleanup

- https://www.timveletta.com/blog/saas-products-not-cloud-prov... - Why I used SaaS products instead of cloud providers
https://blog.mohdshahrim.com

My personal blog written in Bahasa Sarawak
You asked for an example and you got one. I'm not sure what margins have to do with anything? If you're talking about those, he was nominated by a President who lost the popular vote by 3 million.

> Do you have any counter-arguments to his 155 page ruling?

This is dishonest and sealioning.
Yes, quite often. I like programming but can't do it for 8 hours per day. I'm not sure how I'm keeping this up, but I am. I do it for like 4 to 5 hours at most.

I know I should count my blessings as programming is an easier job than most (doesn't wear on your body, etc.). I just don't know how I'd be able to work 8 hours per day in any job. I don't want to work. I try myself to get to work because it's not a nice situation to be in, but here I am.

Currently getting away with 25 hours per week. I don't feel guilty. I couldn't bear life if I had to work more. I'm trying to get myself to work more, I just can't.

I don't think it's burnout, I've had this since I was a kid. During college I didn't have it since I was hopeful for rapid career advancement. But FAANG never looked at me, despite the fact that I had a good GPA + side jobs. I just don't see the point in being ambitious. I don't see the point of working more. HN made me too cynical to ever see an employer as my friend. All I know is balancing this tightrope.

I'm learning a lot of random stuff. I like learning a lot of random things, just not one specialty thing. And it's all outside of work. People outside of work think I'm a wonderful person. My colleagues seem to like me too.

Life is weird, whatever. I'll roll with it. I have no other option anyway.
That’s probably going to differ between individuals quite a bit. I had a pretty bad broken leg, and could barely use it at all for nearly 4 months. There was a noticeable size difference after the bone had healed, but normal function wasn’t really impaired, and it was only a couple months more until I was training like normal again.
http://evanfields.net

Sporadically updated, but I'm pleased with most of the posts. It's a mix of personal reflections and some personal tech projects.
Between Steam and Heroic Launcher ( Epic and GOG client) I've been having a really good gaming experience on Linux. Things just work and the UIs are really polished.

This looks great too.

Get the FlatPak version of Heroic Launcher as it does a lot of tricks out of the box, like letting you be seen as online by friends to be added directly to games, cloud save and dealing with DRM
ACL surgery is much worse
At some point the models will produce code with a lower error rate than existing libraries.
Here we go, please let me know if this could be improved upon:

https://hartr.net/

Edit for https. Probably my third time posting on hacker news.
http://malloc.dog/ - anthropology of Islam stuff and distributed systems
Suggestions?

Fast-following you sounds good!
This looks cool!

Bit surprised that even though there seems to be interest in IPSec in OpenBSD nobody ever finished sasyncd. Which is used to create an IPSec failover setup between OpenBSD hosts. However sasyncd was never fully finished. It can't sync existing SA states. Meaning the first failover works, but the second time you failover you are missing SA's.
That sounds considerably more expensive than Microsoft's usual "embrace, extend, extinguish".
> "And everything was a plugin, literally, everything.."

I usually link to Alan Kays demo of smalltalk here showing toolkits talking to each other; https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AnrlSqtpOkw&t=4m19s
> And, to be a grumpy old man, it seems most of their employees lack experience in offline credit cards or cash and making change.

Usually the point of sale system doesn't allow any offline credit.

Similarly for the making change, most point of sale systems track exact change very closely, and trying to do something outside of what eas entered into the PoS causes issues with logging/audits. (Yes, including the "I just found a $coin, can you give me different change" situations) That's before you get to the people who try to fast talk you into giving extra change.

PoS Performance is also usually horribly slow and requires manager overide for anything off the happy path.

Source for the above: worked as a cashier in the late 2010's.
https://www.mcherm.com/

Not updated nearly often enough, but it is not entirely abandoned.
Because GRU is in Guarulhos, a neighbouring city
Oof, bracing your leg that long… i hyperextended a knee and ‘miraculously’ didn’t tear anything… but then my knee didn’t fit together anymore tightly like it should. It was a painful recovery with months in various braces and a lot of pt. Over a decade later I’m barely on par with muscle mass between the two legs.
There's a lot of things which could be done to improve this:

1) It could use the JSONformer idea [0] where we have a model of the language which determines what are the valid next tokens; we only ask it to supply a token when the language model gives us a choice, and when considering possible next tokens, we immediately ignore any which are invalid given the model. This could go beyond mere syntax to actually considering the APIs/etc which exist, so if the LLM has already generated tokens "import java.util.", then it could only generate a completion which was a public class (or subpackage) of "java.util.". Maybe something like language servers could help here.

2) Every output it generates, automatically compile and test it before showing it to the user. If compile/test fails, give it a chance to fix its mistake. If it gets stuck in a loop, or isn't getting anywhere after several attempts, fall back to next most likely output, and repeat. If after a while we still aren't getting anywhere, it can show the user its attempts (in case they give the user any idea).

[0] https://github.com/1rgs/jsonformer
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> What is the motivation of anyone to make a website at this point? I don't see it.

Making websites to sell stuff and services for example, ie a business. You'll find some of the best information on websites that are a business, because it's in their direct monetary interest to get you that information. As opposed to ad-supported websites.
This page is pretty wrong on a whole lot of points, and doesn't even go into enough detail on any of its claims to comprehend how it got there.
it's a bit odd considering there's much more directly impactful reasons to look for firework alternatives. Apart from being just generally loud and obnoxious if you don't happen to be viewing the display, they can be traumatic to some people and a large fraction of animals. There's a reason they tend to be heavily regulated or outright banned.
Seems like it would be a lot quicker / easier to pick up a few large sunshades? Coolaroo makes roller shades up to 10ft / 3m wide which are easy to mount under eaves (no association, except I installed one on a west-facing balcony and it works nicely), if your structure has a roof with those. Then you can block solar heat in the summer, but let it do what it can for you in the winter.
As a stepping stone out of Ubuntu, Pop_OS! has been pleasant and snap-free.
What are your thoughts on (1) Obsidian vault (folder of markdown files), (2) stored on a shared Google Drive folder (several team members can edit files using Obsidian) (3) Less technical users could publish the site by using GitHub Desktop app. When they commit changes (4) git-based CI/CD uses MkDocs-Material to publish the site somewhere...
That face when you realise that it's all Actual Intelligence and it's just some of it has extra steps.
Except only for people and states that wanted/voted it to existence?
https://nuxx.net

It's a place where I can write things that I want to be public. Bicycle stuff, some techy stuff... Goes back years.
I write about Regular Expressions, Linux CLI one-liners, Scripting Languages and Vim: https://learnbyexample.github.io/

I also read a lot of fantasy and sci-fi novels, and have a blog for my reviews: https://learnbyexample.github.io/escapist-reviews/
lol, yes, it was. As I plunged my fingers into the keyboard I was reminded of how much I hate that billboard, so much hate it couldn't even be typed out.
https://swaits.com/

The early years (from decades ago) are long gone. But I fired it up again a few years ago and intend on posting more actively henceforth.
This is good for Radiologists and not so good for orthopedic surgeons.
This is my go-to filter for blocking YouTube Shorts garbage.
https://medium.com/@0xmatriksh