skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think a nuclear deterrence against insane countries like e.g. Russia is of critical importance.

I'm am also concerned about the quality of the work on UK's four nuclear subs.

2012:

"British submariner tried to pass secrets to Russia"

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-russia-submarine-...

2017:

"Nuclear submarine sex and drugs scandal: Nine Trident crew expelled from Navy amid 'cocaine' and affairs allegations"

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/navy-nuclear...

2022:

"British Submariners’ Emails Put U.K. Nuclear Deterrent At Risk, Judge Rules"

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/british-submariners-em...

2023:

"Royal Navy orders investigation into nuclear submarine ‘repaired with glue’"

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/feb/01/royal-navy-o...
give it to enough people and there will likely be that one person who just wants to see the world burn...their answer will be something like "hotdog juice"
spending more time trying to internally prove that the product is bad than time spent externally trying to prove it is good is a very strange approach at selling product.
But they weren't. All turning traffic has to give right of way to pedestrian traffic, in all cases, unless there is a green arrow in for that turning direction.

There's no case where you can blindly turn at an intersection just because you have a green light.

I get what the author is saying in terms of bad intersection design, but ffs bad design does not absolve the driver of responsibility for what they are required to do at every intersection. If you are making a turn, and you can't see that the crossing is clear you slow down. If you can't see it because of a neighboring car, you slow down. If you can't see it because of the weather or time of day, you slow down. If you are turning, and you do not have a green arrow in the direction of your turn you do not have right of way.
oh I see, so it's not that they picked the same center and said "oh btw now you can land in a larger circle around it" but rather they picked a different site altogether? that makes a lot more sense, thanks
Nice. It far exceeds my write-only publishing system
That negotiation sounds like the estimation process at some companies I have worked for.
That seems harsh. If they really are raising B2 storage prices by 20% having held them unchanged for 7 years then in my country that's not even keeping up with inflation. And if they're charging flat rates for their other system but average data volumes have increased a lot - which seems very likely - then again a transparent increase in the pricing isn't unreasonable. The last thing I'd want for a backup service is to end up quietly cutting corners because they are no longer making enough money to do things properly.
Just checking in here, did you find something in my writing that suggested I was being disparaging or dismissive of what an awesome accomplishment this is? If so would love to know how you got there so that I could be more clear in the future.
It has its merits but Thiel Truth is a bit of a reach
Just a nitpick on the "half its power plants are offline" bit - Macron administration decided to finally retrofit a lot of the reactors and thus they've been offline during a critical time (with climate change - fueled heatwaves and Russia/Ukraine war). They likely decided for a drastic move since the legislature is no longer centrist majority.

I don't think France's nuclear situation is as dire, but it does expose some of nuclear's weaknesses: need for fresh water, and maintenance (which was overdue).
> Unless the number you give is significantly higher than any of your potential employers are ever going to offer you, you are shortchanging yourself by giving that number

Then do better research before going into the meeting instead of playing games after multiple interviews rounds.

Also companies don't have a lot of incentive to pay too much under market rate anyway, especially for higher end jobs where they provide some training, or churn from people getting pushed constantly for a dollar more will kill their business.
Some years ago, I read a post on HN where someone made a text-mode game(? or something similar?) available through SSH. People could play the game by opening an SSH session and play from their terminals. This was non-trivial, and they explained all the ways they configured sshd to prevent players from running binaries other than the game.

I didn't bookmark that post, and I haven't been able to find it again to my great dismay. If anyone remembers this post and still has it, I'd love to read it again.
If pressed, I'd just say: "I would immediately say yes to the job for $1 million/year."

Who cares if they laugh? Why negotiate against yourself and hand them your actual min value on a silver platter? They're not going to tell you their max value.

EDIT: Oops, looks like another commenter already spelled out this strategy[1]

1: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37241739
I think the idea is that most people with electric cars will install 240V in their garage and charge at home. For 90% of trips it's fine. If you want to roadtrip, then the answer from the EV industry is LOL charge at one of our (usually broken) stations way out in the middle of nowhere. Or take a plane. Or whatever, we dgaf once we got your $$$
The body of the car is identical. It would make no commercial sense to build the same vehicle with a rigid passenger cell surrounded by crumple zones for some markets, and in some other fashion for others. Any spec differences are equipment, peripherals, and engines – so performance, fuel economy, and exhaust cleanliness may differ, but not passive safety.

ETA: Also, many of those Euro-standard “European” cars are built in the USA and exported to their “home“ markets.
Show HN: I made danluu's blog easier to read
Hi, I'm Alex!

I believe most of the knowledge is nowadays stored and hidden in personal blogs. I have a list of blogs that I read recurrently, and I have benefited myself a lot from this practice. One of the blogs that are usually recommended is the one by Dan Luu.

Dan writes about a variety of topics in his blog, and I usually enjoy what he writes. But besides from the content Dan's blog stands out for the complete lack of CSS. IMHO this makes the content difficult to read (it's like reading text from a windows text editor). I believe more people will read and enjoy his blog if a pinch of CSS was added to the blog, so I've taken the liberty to enhance the reading experience. I wrote a script that periodically checks Dan's blog and publish the content in a static webpage (hosted using GitHub Pages). Regarding the CSS I just copied the CSS proposed in http://bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com/ and changed the font family.

Give it a look and see what you think! Enjoy the improved readability.

P.S. The code that does all this magic might not win any awards for beauty, but it gets the job done. If time permits, I "promise" to tidy it up in the future. Your understanding is appreciated!
That does sound like an intriguing way to think about the issue.
Thanks for pointing it out to me!
I keep seeing these salary negotiation posts, but aren't the recruiters and people hiring also reading them?
Traffic accidents are still the leading cause of death in older children and young adults... as a parent, it is by far the most important safety factor I have any control over.

That is a good point about confounding factors based on who buys these cars, but overall it is pretty clear that most of the safest vehicles are larger cars and mid-sized SUVs from the higher end Japanese and European companies. They are all vehicles that are both heavy and have car like safety features.
How many people here on HN have submitted a PR that criminals could use to do bad things?

Security tools, encrypted messaging, jailbreaking tools, VPNs, file hosting tools, anonymity tools...etc.

The complaint itself cites 'writing instructions on how to use a VPN' as evidence that the developers were knowingly doing something criminal. A VPN!

You might hate crypto and believe that open source private money is different than open source private messaging. But that is not what the government's ability to jail these developers hinges on. Any argument prosecutors are making here could be made (and in many countries has been made) about any of the tools I list above. To cheer this on is to throw the past 40 years of legal advocacy around privacy, encryption, and anticensorship tools in the trash.
Just to be clear, despite the quote marks, this is not a quotation from TFA
My “should” doesn’t enter into it. What matters is whether it’s indistinguishable from a criminal enterprise, which it is.
is there a reason for the .ai extension?
> There are some cases where legitimate cell towers will be moved to deal with a temporary increase in demand, like a sporting event, but this is relatively uncommon.

My understanding is these are quite commonly used for concerts, sporting events etc., Vodafone called them COWS (Cell site on wheels).

Anecdotally when the Vodafone CEO of the time came to visit NZ, some lackeys were charged with staying physically close behind him with a COW so he would always see good reception.
but then what if I force them to unwillingly punch you in the face and shout "NO!"?

I'm sure we can factor all this into the p-value somehow.
Zoom CEO wants to tank the stock price apparently
Not if you understand what stocks are and how betting on biotech stocks is not a wise investment.
> 60% of jobs will tell you a salary range either on the ad or via the recruiter.

This is common in the US as well and makes your filtering job easier when it happens.

> The rest wont play the “you tell me first” game and just pass on you.

Are those employers you would want to work for? My heuristic is, probably not. In which case it costs you nothing to pass on them as well. But see further comment below.

> more offers is more leverage

Not necessarily. They're only leverage if you are actually interested in them. Otherwise they're not an actual alternative.

If there is an employer you really want to work for who literally won't give you an offer unless you tell them a number first, then you're in a buyer's market. But for anyone who has good tech skills it is rarely a buyer's market; you are a scarce resource and should value yourself accordingly.
I've certainly had bakery baklava that was worse than store-bought. But there are a couple bakeries in Istanbul that make some that blow anything else I've ever tasted (baklava or otherwise) out of the water.
Efficient market hypothesis is unrelated to Nvidia’s competitors being unable to offer a competing product so far.

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/e/efficientmarkethypothes...

> The efficient market hypothesis (EMH), alternatively known as the efficient market theory, is a hypothesis that states that share prices reflect all information and consistent alpha generation is impossible.
Even if that is what he meant, I still don't think it's correct.

To speak of a "mechanism of action" is necessarily to speak about a model of Nature that you, an observer, have created.

Natural phenomena exist empirically and logically prior to any such model, thus is is metaphysically redundant to say that Nature as such requires a mechanism of action.
You do have to build it from source, but the documentation for how to do so is luckily quite good, and there's a dedicated channel in the Discord server for helping people with build issues if you run into any problems.

You're obviously not obligated, but I'd encourage you to try building it if you're interested!
You didn't even get to the Astute class submarine that was run aground.
For me this will cost a lot more as I pay almost exclusively for storage, but you're right this is an interesting idea. I'm ok with the price increase anyway, the rates are super reasonable and they don't increase often.
Yes. Ask a company what they would rather have on a public github: their source code or their payroll file. I bet they’d say source code!
I used to write like this when I did debate in high school. Then I learned that it alienates anyone and everyone to use 100 dollar words constantly.
We did a podcast on Monday with some of the OpenTF folks[0]; it was very inspiring to hear of their efforts -- and left us looking forward to Friday!

[0] https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/fork-in-the...
I work in construction management and I think you’re underestimating the complexity of generating a set of construction plans that meets code, passes inspection, and has coherent aesthetics.

There isn’t just one set of building codes for every jurisdiction, different jurisdictions adopt various sets of code.

Different geographic regions require various things that other areas don’t require. My state doesn’t have earthquakes or hurricanes, but we do have to have stronger roofs for handling snow load. Buildings in Florida need specific methods to handle hurricane force winds. Buildings in California need specific methods to handle earthquakes. And so on. How a building is designed is highly dependent on where it is located geographically.

You’re also underestimating just how many different materials/fixtures/fittings get installed in a house. Plumbing fixtures and light fixtures, electrical wiring devices, floor/wall/ceiling finishes, doors and door hardware, siding (type, color, trim color), windows, woodwork, cabinet, cabinet hardware, countertops, bathroom vanities, appliances, rain gutters, garage door, driveway/sidewalk material and color, deck material and color, etc.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that designing and building a building is far more complex than it seems.
Now this did intrigue me quite a lot until the very second I looked at the example's "source code" and saw it's all XML.
Amazon’s Fallout TV show is coming in 2024 and takes place in Los Angeles
Backblaze is really underrated. Yes their UI sucks, and the group management really sucks, but the uptime and durability are fantastic and the price is great. Overall I'm a pretty happy customer.

Any recommendations for open source s3-compatible browsing tools? I only use CLI and rclone, but lately I've had a need for non-technical people to get into buckets.
Under English law creating a rough hand-drawn child porn sketch for your own amusement is a serious crime. I don't understand the rationale for this, but people should be aware that if they use a porn generator and it spits out an image that looks like CP then they will have committed an offence in England.
> switching to BSL

I'm doing what I can to nip that typo in the bud: it's b*U*sl https://spdx.org/licenses/BUSL-1.1.html

Yeah, yeah, context matters, Hashicorp did not switch to Boost Software License, but it would be so much better to be accurate than "you know what I meant"
Retail investors make up a low single digit percent of individual stock ownership. /r/wallstreetbets is not putting even a dent in a $1T company's stock price.
I gave a presentation to our CTO this morning on utilizing LLMs to do a myriad of enterprise DX tasks. The amount of excitement that came out of that meeting was thick enough to cut through.

This ain't going no where and will only be integrated into everything we have around us.

Heck, soon, i'll start building my own dumb version of Jarvis i can talk to at home, which i'm truly excited for.
So "move fast, break things" isn't a valid defence?
These seem like old times or a very narrow band of. High salaries.

The only general purpose advice here is the price discovery. If you want to know, you need offers.
A mix of magic and imagination.
What's also pretty interesting that they actually didn't sell more chips this quarter - they ... just pretty much doubled the prices (hence the huge margin).

This is what having a monopoly looks like !

This is also why companies that manufacture their cards didn't report any uptick in profits. I'm wondering how this play out in some months ? Do they have any pricing power with respect to NVidia ? Or NVidia could just switch to another manufacturer ?
Oops, I left out this part:

fn joint_kernel_density(x_data: &Array1<f64>, y_data: &Array1<f64>, x: f64, y: f64, bandwidth: f64) -> f64 {
let normal = Normal::new(0.0, bandwidth).unwrap();
let density: f64 = x_data.par_iter().zip(y_data.par_iter()).map(|(&x_val, &y_val)| {
normal.pdf((x - x_val) / bandwidth) * normal.pdf((y - y_val) / bandwidth)
}).sum();
density / ((x_data.len() as f64) * (bandwidth * bandwidth))
}
A Deep Look into Golang Profile-Guided Optimization (PGO)
1. You are potentially giving a shield of deniability to people who create or distribute real CSAM because now they could claim that the images are just AI generated and therefore "harmless"

2. Efforts to stamp out real child abuse may be undermined by a flood of AI-generated false positive imagery

3. When people see something over and over again they start to think that it's normal. AI generation of this kind of material (something which can be done at a huge scale) risks normalizing the sexual abuse of children.

I'm sure there are many other arguments beyond these.
When I read about mid-stream license switches like this, the term bait & switch comes to mind. It seems unethical.

People bought into the product based on various factors, one of which may have been the license. They put hundreds or even thousands of hours into integrating that product into their environment. Then someone pulls the rug out from under them.

That Hashicorp were accepting community contributions from people who will never see a monetary return on that investment —- while Hashicorp makes money on their work —- adds insult to injury.

Businesses who use that kind of tactic are not high on my list of people to give my money to.
This is a great comment -- there's a lot of wisdom in here for anyone contemplating repeating Hashi's mistakes!
Loads of people on YouTube building those, usually as cabins. Bushradical has several small ones, but there are plenty of examples out there. Haven't found any plans, per se, but I haven't really looked, either.
> do better research before going into the meeting

Research in the sense of information you can find without having detailed inside information about the company will tell you general salary ranges, which, as I said, will tell you whether it's worth your while to be talking to this company at all. But it won't give you a solid enough number that it's worth risking shooting yourself in the foot by giving it.

> companies don't have a lot of incentive to pay too much under market rate anyway

This means you are likely to get an offer that's at least market rate (so, as above, you know whether it's worth your while to talk to this company at all). It doesn't mean you should tell them first what you think "market rate" is, instead of them telling you what they are willing to pay in the form of an offer.
Ironically Tesla solved all of the above to the perfection

IMO enshittification happens when companies try to copy Tesla/Apple and fail
This isn't a precedent at all. As expected, prosecutors were not impressed by the blockchain smokescreen. People were joking about this programmer habit of thinking they can just inject "reasonable doubt" into everything and be fine years ago on HN, and that's just not how lawyers look at things.
It is rational if you interpret market capitalization and share price movements as “the market is saying Tesla WILL be worth more than x,y z combined between time now and time whenever you want to sell it.”

For different people, the timespan between now and when they may want or need to sell it is different, and thus different people will arrive at different conclusions.

And note that “worth more” above simply means growth in market capitalization, so as long as someone is willing to buy the shares at a price supporting that increased market cap, then it does not matter if Tesla is still selling fewer cars than the others combined.
I appreciate the flaws pointed out in specific studies in this article, but the detour into phenomenology at the end (a philosophy on the subjectiveness of reality) gave me a bit of whiplash. It seems that the author here writes "we are not so irrational that a little nudge suddenly changes our whole character" and derives "so everyone's own reality is their definition of rational."

A more logical antecedent in my opinion is "we are influenced mostly by concrete priors, rather than minute nudges in behavior."
They could be considered a transaction tax and/or payment processing fee. But they are not the reason people would be willing to accept a token in exchange for some real resource like labour, because unless you’re already using that token you are not obliged to pay for anything using that token.

Demand for that token is thus entirely speculative and could evaporate at any time. Since there is no issuing authority that guarantees to accept the token in order to exonerate some obligation we have in common the last person holding the token simply loses the game.
Yeah, Markdown's not really a print document format. But LMLs (lightweight markup) don't begin and end with Markdown.

Asciidoc, on the other hand . . I've written aircrew flight checklists, component maintenance manuals, typescript developer documentation, illustrated parts catalogues, maintenance handbooks, operation guides, and a good-old-fashioned novelette in Asciidoc. Last few years with VSC. It's fast as hell. I got Asciidoc include for re-use, I got Asciidoc conditionals, VSC snippets, I got a billion other toys like textql, diagrams, wireviz.

And yeah yeah yeah, I know, it's cheating: Asciidoc is DocBook, DocBook is XML. Except Asciidoc's not XML. Asciidoc renders in Chrome/Firefox/Edge extensions, Ruby, JS, Python, and it exports to DocBook, LaTeX, PDF, HTML5, ePub, MOBI, MSO via DocToolChain or Pckr and, well, hell, bring in Pandoc if you want something else. When it comes to the Asciidoc tools, I can go from bare metal to full-up publishing environment in ten minutes. And how do I render DocBook again?

Oh, the XML pipelines. Those pipelines.

Schemas breaking XML spec[1], "XML-aware" diff/merge, whitespace[2], sneaky goddamn proprietary entities[3], namespaces, 1NF, computability[4], charset, semantic-less, hierarchy fetishism, etc etc etc blabbity blabbity blah.

I just realized this post sounds really frickin' angry, and I want to take a line here to say that I love all ya'll, but XML publishing has left some scars, and I'm sorry about that.

[1] "Leading whitespace in attributes? CHARMING"

[2] No such thing as "officially normalized" when it comes to XML whitespace, which means no lines, no tabs, no spaces.

[3] Goddamn REVBARS

[4] Ah, infinite arbitrary nesting, what a perfect fit for natural language
If you're in a data center and running large training jobs then RDMA over Nvidia Mellanox Infiniband cards over high speed ethernet (like 100GB) are used to ship coefficients around without having that transfer bottleneck in the CPU.
Yes, you're right, and it's a good point. I'll add an additional python function that allows you to supply a pandas dataframe or numpy array for one of the arguments so you can specify a query vector and a matrix/table of vectors to search across.
And yet... metallic HYDROGEN. Now you see the comedy inherent in the system.
Why do you care if what you write is used to train an LLM. Re the second part, if you can't say what you want, you've already lost. That doesn't mean you shouldn't try writing diplomatically if you're aiming for a wider audience, but there's no harm in having opinions, even if some online type eventually finds something to feign outrage over. Just ignore them.
Hard disagree but I guess we have access to completely different packaged baklava and grannies that make this yummy stuff.
Something is intuitive if it jibes with your preconceived notions. When you experiment with it, you form certain hypotheses about how it will react or how by what means to get a certain behavior. If those hypotheses are usually true, then it's intuitive.