skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> If you have a product that works and makes a good profit, and you can maintain it with 10 people and extend it with 5 more, sometimes that just is the company.

C'mon now. With that attitude, how are you ever going to get imploded on top of the Titanic, or buy a social media company so you can smash it against the wall like a toddler with a toy truck? You want to live a comfortable, happy life, with happy employees and customers? No way! This is capitalism, baby! Fuck your customers and your employees, it's your right to throw them into a vat of acid so you can blow millions of their dollars to spend 30 minutes in the stratosphere wearing a cowboy hat! If you don't do it, someone else will!
Good hear, looking forward trying it out
You need to provide a phone number to sign up for Twitter these days.
Bury it deep below the surface. In old salt mines, perhaps.
"Users" of Threads are basically ones with Instagram account. So, having a 2B+ user base, this number means about 0.5% of the Insta users installed a new app.

Still, is that the fastest yet? Instagram took 2.5 months for reaching 1M users while it was 5 days for ChatGPT.

Somebody called it out on HN already that Twitter is going away because of Threads. Monopoly is never good, especially not in social media business. There should never be one social network to rule them all.
Reminder Linux is too big (MLoCs, and megabytes of object code) for it to be anywhere near bug-free.

As Linux runs with full privileges, this is a major architectural issue.

We should be looking at deploying well-architected systems based on microkernels (such as seL4). Some examples of such systems include Fuchsia, Genode and Managarm.
Responding to “Are bugs and slow delivery ok?”
Off-topic: it is not yet [global scale] because it is only available in US. Here in EU, I still get “not available in your country”.
When I was doing enterprise work with closed-source libraries, any defect required them fixing it. We've found some issues with AWS and they fixed it too.

The difference between most professions and programming is that we have open source. The equivalent of that in the real world is getting blueprints to build our tools and then building them ourselves, with no guarantees.
What kernel versions are affected by this, difficult to parse from the page on a skim.
Six months and it still doesn't have a basic and open web interface. Not impressive. Many apps, including HN, operate for years with only a web interface.
Interesting point, and one that's difficult to dispute. Belief in the supernatural or divine is baked into human nature. There's significant research showing that human capacity for faith is genetic. So, as we're building a secular society, it's worth asking: what happens to that need for the divine? Failing to account for basic human nature drove vast amounts of suffering in the 20th century, I fear that making a similar mistake will do the same.
Seems like there’s a startup opportunity to create a box these orgs can buy that splits off the non-US traffic and serves privacy-preserving content with only (localized) Google ads to increase your ad revenue (maybe) a few percent.
Threads is on the verge of being the biggest instance in the fediverse.

There is no question of it now.
I don’t think it’s realistic to expect to get useful stuff for free. However you’re right that having all your data locked in with a provider that can arbitrarily raise prices is unappealing. Still, many people do find Notion valuable so they probably think it’s worth the risk. In the end it’s still possible to migrate elsewhere even if it’s annoying.

Your calculation is roughly correct but a p/e of 10 is kinda low so probably you can halve the numbers at least.
Perhaps Musk is motivated to actually get in a cage match now as opposed to joking about it? As an aside, what if the exhibition of fighting billionaires resulted in one of them getting seriously injured? Corporate boards would insist on CEOs having a whole new list of things they cannot do added to their employment contracts...
https://kerunaru.substack.com

Maybe too niche but it's focused on applying Stoicism in our day-by-day situations at work. I started it in November 2022, I usually publish every two weeks. I use problems that happen to me as inspiration.
Dupe https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36612615
Government funding of generic user generated content hosting is a terrible idea, IMO.

But I do quite like your proposal for how it could be accomplished technically through federation. It at least sidesteps the problem of the government building it through their fundamentally broken technology "procurement" processes.
> “… I want an answer on what happened here and I want it today."

I think I would drive to the airport, go through security, and fly to DC just to throw a drink in that dumbass’s face and laugh.
Anyone have any tutorials on Godot that they recommend?

I've got a small RPG prototype that runs in the console but would love to give it an actual GUI/sprite graphics.
You can also show a proper error page (or continue) through edge functions[1]. They just didn't set any up. So the chances of them also doing so in another framework and caring about being notified is slim.

1. https://docs.netlify.com/edge-functions/optional-configurati...
While the new app isn't perfect the pent up demand for something else that is easy to sign up for and use is real. If only my local weather service and meteorologists move over thar is good enough for me. It's gonna hit 100 MM in less than a month.
What's the fastest way to gain 10M users?

Start with 2.35B users.
Parent here too, with three different seats (two are rotating, permanently affixed to the base, 0-3yrs, one is a removable base, 0-~1). All of which seem to have little torches on the isofix lugs, and the little one feeling infinitely more stable when using the isofix and leg as opposed to just the base. I will say the permanently affixed ones / bases weigh a tonne. Being able to click in and out was a delight when we were able to use the little seat.

I'm not sure if its a brand thing, but the isofix bolts on my last cars (Volvo, BMW, Audi) were all really well signposted, and in little plastic housings which you couldn't miss, even fumbling around. The ones on my wife's Ford are just sort of hiding behind the cushions, which doesn't seem as elegant.
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Thanks!

Our TigerStyle talk is worth a quick watch, if only to get a feel for TB's safety and testing techniques indepth.

It's certainly valuable to verify protocol specifications using formal methods.

However, compared to TLA+, we use Deterministic Simulation Testing, which enables us to test the system as implemented, not only as specified.
threads has always been heavily advertised with its Instagram integration. the app is called "threads, an Instagram app" and the onboarding flow itself is based on your existing insta follows. you can disagree with this strategy but it's definitely not unintuitive or unnecessary, they make it extremely clear
in which direction do you imagine the power dynamic OP mentioned went?

the one originating from the dude who used a swear word?

or the one originating from the company who felt comfortable ignoring the dude and the request?
https://discuss.tchncs.de/ seems to be picking up.

Alternatively, I'd be keen on inviting you to communick.news and help you bootstrap any type of community of this kind.
> after all, it anyone can feel comfortable demanding anything, what matters is what they get

Not when that someone is the government or its representative. The act of asking can itself be a violation of your rights as there’s an implication that if you do not comply their may be some unknown ramifications.

Judges are savvy enough to know that threats need not be verbalized to be received.
There is no threads account. There is no way to make a threads account. You sign in with ig. Threads really appears to be a subset of barebones and stripped down ig. Calling it a marriage of accounts seems misleading, it’s really just another Instagram client with rebooted follow list, that only lets you see posts from the new client.

The article title is absolutely written in a misleading and inflammatory way to sort of imply, without outright lying, that someone might run into a screen that causes them to accidentally delete their Instagram account. (I get a different title in yc and tc, not sure if tc is showing multiple headlines to different people depending on factors.)

The “The discovery of this stipulation has surprised many users” line in the article is one of those staples of modern journalism where they take a couple tweets or threads now, and make them out to be prevailing sentiment. Cite your sources on who is surprised TechCrunch.
This restores a little bit of my faith in humanity. Such a cool tool! Thanks for sharing.
I'd look at it the same as a police officer demanding things. It's not illegal for them to say whatever they want, and imply powers they don't have, but it's still coercive and an abuse of powers we've granted them.

Hopefully this ruling applies to more types of government speech.
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i tend to find the non-tech interviews the most interesting for the remoteness of the tools so to speak, e.g., coming across tools like https://www.wonderdraft.net/, a fantasy map creation tool, and thinking it's rather neat
Threads Hands-On: Instagram's New App Might Just Be Dull Enough to Beat Twitter
I can see the page on the web, but not the app. When I open the app and click the log in with Instagram button, I get an error that says:

Page isn't available right now

This may be because of a technical error that we're working to get fixed. Try reloading this page.
If they truly integrate with the fediverse like they said than it's great.
Aside: Someone recently complained about the use of the term "enshittification". It first appeared on HN 6 months ago[0], coined by Cory Doctorow and has since shown up in over 400 comments.

No point to this comment, other than that I find it interesting how these things spread.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34449504
Thanks for your comment. I'm really interested in this topic. How do you know the web server is Django? I searched but couldn't find this.

Why would they use Django? I did some small projects in it but I assumed it wasn't very fast and wouldn't be suitable for a big app like this. I would like to know the pros and cons. Why didn't they build up something in C++ or Rust? Won't python limit the speed of responses despite being build the hard stuff in compiled languages? Sorry for being so naive, I am an amateur.
And without any* users from the EU either.
6 or 7 seconds on a loading screen and I get a page with 30-odd words on it. What an incredibly bloated website
Yes, but the key difference is that White House staffers aren't personally pressuring dang.
The first two years for PS1 was insane. A true outlier.

Tekken, Rayman, Road Rash, Twisted Metal

Even random racing games were for the first time rendered in 3D so it was really mind blowing going from sprites to that.

The opening line up is god tier by modern standards

https://www.giantbomb.com/playstation/3045-22/forums/all-ps1...
I don't understand how Missouri and Louisiana have any standing here.

1. They aren't the victims.

2. The individual posters were censored by Facebook et al, not the government, so even they might not have standing. The social networks obviously have standing, but have they complained?

"Facebook likes the President" isn't something you should be able to sue the President for.
> While I don't know the specifics of Wisconsin politics, I wouldn't be surprised if the legislative branch was trying to gut the education budget.

Correct. (I'm a Wisconsinite.)

Wisconsin is one of the most gerrymandered states in the country, and as a consequence, the state legislature is dominated by Republicans, despite receiving fewer votes than Democrats. (State Republicans actually came close to getting a veto-proof supermajority but fell slightly short.) The Governor, who won reelection in 2022, is a Democrat.

The partisan conflict is so bad in Wisconsin that a number of years back, one of our Supreme Court justices (who was formerly the speaker of the state assembly) physically choked another Supreme Court justice in their chambers. Needless to say, the Wisconsin Supreme Court is extremely partisan.

Wisconsin is a weird state. Tammy Baldwin was the first open lesbian elected to the US Senate, while our other Senator Ron Johnson is... well, a total wacko who claimed that mouthwash cures Covid. And Wisconsin reelected both Republican Johnson and Democrat Evers in 2022. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
> 1. Him being a trump nominee makes me suspicious, but also sad that that is the effect and that papers need to list who nominated a judge.

See for example another nominee:

> On December 1, the Eleventh Circuit ordered the case to be dismissed because Cannon "improperly exercised equitable jurisdiction" over it.[64][65][66][67][68] The Eleventh Circuit stated that Trump needed to show that the case met all four criteria under the Richey test for equitable jurisdiction over lawsuits for seized materials, but failed to do so for any criteria.[69][70][71] The Eleventh Circuit found that under Cannon, "the district court stepped in with its own reasoning" multiple times to argue in favor of Trump, sometimes even taking positions that Trump would not argue before the appeals court.[72][73][74] The Eleventh Circuit also found that when Trump did not explain what materials he still needed returned, or why, the "district court was undeterred by this lack of information".[69][75][76]

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aileen_Cannon#Trump_v._United_...

The panel that over-ruled Cannon were also majority-Trump nominees:

* https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/09/22/thorough-...

* https://archive.fo/aR3KZ

So it may be 'just' that particular judges are incompetent (which you would hope would be discovered in some kind of vetting process).
If we can definitively command an AI, can it truly be superintelligent? Conversely, if an AI is superintelligent, surely it implies that we can't control it with certainty?
Oh sorry I replied to you elsewhere. I think it's a bad idea, but I like your concept for how it could be implemented with federation.
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Is he really anti capitalism? I always thought he’s just against “big” everything (tech, corporations, government) and pro individual freedom.
Capital One has this feature I believe, I've been to lazy to set it up.
Throw a trillion cores at anything and it can be global scale.
It is only unavailable in the EU.

Something, something privacy regulations.
If it flowers it must have pollinators, right?
First line of paragraph 2: Linux kernel 6.1 through 6.4
Every language will have its gurus and its own peculiar with-the-grain approach, but the python language has a ton of non-essential complexity baked into its very design/core (especially for a language that people seem to think is "simple"-- it's not, not at all; it's a language full of "pragmatic compromises", apparently by intentional philosophy), which places fundamental limits on how safe your application can be.
Is the name in any way associated with the two spark plug Alfa Romeo engines?
Compostable Plastic Is Garbage
They're not in the Fediverse yet. We'll see if they ever make it.
I'm not predicting that the future has no people. I'm saying that if the play is technology versus people, you should go to the side of the people.

Because who is going to use the technology?

If the northern juggernauts (U.S., Russia, and China) a.k.a. "Judeo-Christian West" -- what a misnomer that is -- (Europe is not even a consideration at this point, just look at France) are not reproducing their own population, but exporting technology to the rest of the world via proxy wars, smuggling, and aborted invasions, and importing people who have divided allegiances to their home countries, how does the power dynamic play out?
Does this mean I can yell fire in a crowded theater again? Apparently not limiting my free speech is more important than the impact of my disinformation.
Let me guess-you were a teenager/YA in that magical time? It’s just the way things work as you get older, it has nothing to do with the internet.
I think that would just teach people to type --trust-remote-code fast.
> Wait --- so all this stuff I read about not trusting fiat was just wrong? Seems like a lot of crypto bros are confused too.

You're seeing multiple perspectives and incorrectly attributing them to the idea of "trustlessness". That isn't an issue with cryptobros being confused, that's an issue with you not understanding what trustlessness means.

There are plenty of people in the blockchain space who don't trust fiat, but "trustlessness" was never meant to represent that a 3rd party couldn't manipulate the price.

> You mean like when the price of Bitcoin shoots up to $60K before it falls back to $20K --- and then the cycle starts all over again?

Again, you're focused on price manipulation which was never part of the idea of trustlessness. It was always expected that a market would arise for BTC and ETH because there would be demand due to their decentralized and trustless nature, but nothing was built into those blockchain protocols to stop price manipulation because that isn't a concern.

Trustlessness is all about your ability to independently verify the code you interact with and whether a transaction is finalized or not.
I figured that was the intention, but "just an ordinary guy without much money" is a nicer way of doing that than describing him as "average Eastern European basement dweller"
HN is an example of that as well unfortunately
> Even the most perfectly-written Python code will still be dog-slow and require an enormous budget to actually run at scale.

Nah, asyncio on uvloop is plenty fast.
Even if the electricity price converges to the mean, it’s easier to “create cold”/reject heat at night when it’s not as warm out (and sometimes get some good radiative heat loss to the universe).
As California fire season begins, debate over wildfire retardant heats up
… but the truth is on the sea, the bigger gun wins.

Yes. So why go through the rigmarole of trying to justify the actions when it comes down to we do it because we can and our leaders think it’s in our interests.
The only problem to me is that the "official" Joplin Server is proprietary: https://github.com/laurent22/joplin/blob/dev/packages/server...
Surprisingly, working in food service pushed my brain pretty hard for working memory. I managed to push myself from 3 items to 4, but it required constant effort to keep it there. The improvement would disappear after a week of not working.

I can’t think of any better test than trial by fire. Kind of like learning languages. Study all you want, theory won’t save you when it comes to practical application. :)

When it comes to programming, becoming familiar with your tools and learning to offload stuff to paper far exceeds anything else. If you know something well, you need less working memory to do it.
10M in less than 12 hours and it is early days.

This is exactly what a serious Twitter alternative is supposed to be. We don't need to wait long for this to surpass the entire population of the 'Fediverse', but again this growth is not a surprise but excepted.

At the point, Threads is the Fediverse, and it cannot be stopped. Either federate with Threads or stay irrelevant. But either way, LLaMa is going to get trained on Threads and the smaller fediverse.
I'd look at it as some random government bureaucrat demanding it: the fact that the company felt comfortable ignoring said random bureaucrat when it suited them seems to indicate they didn't feel coerced at all
Can you conclude that the mental state was irrelevant? You can't.

No, but you can’t claim it was relevant either. So either scenario is likely, so we rely on the experts at NTSB to make a call.

Saying “we cant prove its not relevant” is not actionable information, so it’s not really worth raising it.
Cheers! I was looking for a table or something in bold
Yes, the censor and safethink crowd at Twitter have more in common with fascist regimes than anyone else.
Incredibly reductionist argument. Success is impossible to define therefore all social networks are failures?

There are clearly properties of a social network that users would like to see: ease of use, reach, quality of content and moderation while also allowing for openness and free speech. Working toward a future where something like this exists at scale is worthwhile and a workable-enough definition of success.
Godot's issue tracker is very popular! There have been ~4700 issues created this year, more than half of which have been closed, with ~2000 currently open.

Also of note, there's an open proposal[0] 'Automatically close old issues in a way everyone should be happy with' attempting to deal with the significant backlog.

[0] https://github.com/godotengine/godot-proposals/issues/3481
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> Somebody called it out on HN already that Twitter is going away because of Threads

It seems severely early to say this especially when threads is such a barebones and incredibly unwieldy experience that seems to have been rushed out to capitalise on twitter's fumbles.

There's no "Following" timeline at all, you cannot mute accounts that you do not follow (only block), the video player is somehow worse than Instagram's, the UX is buggy and kind of awful, the algorithmic feed is desperately trying to focus on your particular region rather than even try to attempt your interests, things are tightly coupled with your Instagram profile and so on. This is also not even going into the nightmare that are the privacy settings which will probably prevent an EU launch for quite some time.

It feels to me that the "low" barrier of entry of simply having an Instagram account is enough to sign up for this which makes joining much more low effort since most people interested in this already had one. I'm not sure this is going to kill twitter so easily. Unless their velocity of improvements is significantly improved and they take the right feedback, this is probably going to be a flash in the pan.

Though I will say, if they somehow bring Japanese Twitter over to Threads by courting J-Pop artists, vtubers, mangaka etc, that will truly be the death knell for twitter.
Users hate increased prices, but what if we insinuate that they are stupid when we announce it to soften the blow?
GD Quest is considered the bog standard right now. It's the W3Schools for Godot.

As someone who is switching to Godot from Unity however, I think the tutorial ecosystem for Godot is a long ways behind.
Well, that's concerning. A lot of orgs manage their entire fleets of endpoints and servers from JC.
> Nazis have been writing books for nearly a century

Small, basement-run printing press? Sort of like nazi zines?

I remember seeing copies of "Soldier of Fortune" in the 1970's (US) but it was relegated to the one weird military-collectible-store-that-also-sold-Avalon-Hill-games. Extreme ideologies need buy-in from a printer, publisher, and distribution network — combined they create quite a series of hurdles, act as gatekeepers of a sort. I suspect that was enough to keep The John Birch Society and others in relative obscurity.

Letters to the editor in the local newspaper were of course heavily moderated.

The free internet with near zero-cost to print/publish/distribute due to social networks, site comments sections make the fringe voices just as loud as the mainstream ones.

Add bots into the equation and possibly determined state actors and it only gets worse.