skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> If scientists and engineers manage to implement autonomous cars and robots that can do basic human tasks like clean, wait and take care of the sick and elderly we will wake up in a brand new world. It will put a lot of stress on the basics of society, such as democracy and having to work for a salary.

Based on the trends TFA discusses we'll be seeing severe social stress if basic tasks don't get automated. All due to labor shortages. Focusing on alternative arrangements to salaried work is backwards, unless the goal is boost labor participation.

Current demographics are baked in for the next 30 years and only point to a greater shortfall of labor in the future.[1] $1,000 signing bonuses for fast food jobs start to look quaint pretty quickly.

[1] https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/545397/empty-planet...
It's trivial to remove the adversarial noise and train on the artwork anyways if someone chooses to.

This wouldn't remove the artists work from the database. (Unless you consider the adversarial noise a meaningful part of the art...)
If you're going to deal with multiple cameras, why wouldn't you at least have a 4x4 array of cameras, with a spacing of at least 10 cm? You could deal with small object occlusion, and gain some redundancy.
Since the ad agencies are the ones benefiting monetarily from this alleged fraud, would that not mean that they would be bringing about a case against themselves?
HTML isn't a programming language.
Scanners and printers that don't scan/print currency have been around for decades. It doesn't seem that much of a stretch to have a "do not duplicate" watermark embedded in audio/video streams that recording devices respect.

I could imagine (say) the latest and greatest video encoder consortium requiring that as a condition of licence.

This might seem overly pessimistic, but I feel like the relationship between the customer and the computing device is steadily tilting towards "consumer / user" vs "customer / owner"
The cynic in me can't see this in any way other than some kind of malicious compliance from Apple - the monkey's paw clutching in the background.

It's been 20 years since Casey Neistat's "iPod's Dirty Secret" [1]. If they've fought against RtR for so long, surely they won't give up so easily?

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SuTcavAzopg
Algebraic topology is a mathematical toolkit for analyzing connectedness/structure. Pretty applicable to data science.
Its pitched as just for irrigation, not drinking water. Not nearly as dangerous as a result.
My personal nomination for code you should read next: the source code for Android.

The problem with with "good code" is that it tends to be code that -- more often than not -- is written by people I wouldn't trust to work on real-world large-scale software development.

On the other hand, any sufficiently large project that was successfully delivered necessarily contains almost exclusively "good code", because if it didn't, it would have collapsed under the overbearing weight of "bad code".

What makes the Android source code interesting reading:

- It's written by some of the best software engineers in the business, by any imaginable standard.

- It is an unimaginably successful project.

- It is codes that deals with the gritty enduring reality of programming in the large that cannot reasonably be addressed by toy samples of "good code". That's where real "good code" lives.

- As a programmer, that's the kind of scale I want to work on. Preferably as one of the principle engineers working on Android 1.0. But Android 14 wouldn't be awful.

Overwhelmingly, it is exceptionally good code. Occasionally it is less than happy code. But the places where it are less than happy are almost more interesting than the places where it's good.

The code is 14 years old. It's been through 14 major releases (34 minor releases). It started on phones with 320x200 displays, with megabytes of memory, and processors than could barely run a toaster. And now it runs on phones with 4k displays with 8GB of memory, on processors that are about 2.4 kilo-Crays.

If you're a junior programmer, every single line is better than what you're capable of writing. If you're a senior or intermediate programmer, there is serious food for contemplation. The question that should be asked at every turn: if I was on the Android 1.0 development team, what could I have done to make this happier code?

And I'd really like to see what the "Less code is better code" guru (a recent HN posting) could do with androidx/fragment/app/Fragment.java and friends. A perfect example of a "Good Code Guru" that I would not trust to work on any of my projects.

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There is no such thing as bad code; but some code is happier than other code.

-- Herbie Hancock.

Or what Herbie Hancock would have said if he were a programmer instead of a jazz musician.
Wages are going up and they are going up faster at the low end.
I want to see (more) code models trained on git diffs
We're getting complaints about your comments because some readers are interpreting them as suspiciously pro-OP. I assume you're just expressing your personal point of view but it would be good to pull back a bit because it's coming across the wrong way.
The technical equivalent of a decorative rope around a painting in a museum to stop theft.
Petition to rename cyberpunk to cybernoir.
Definitely not. You wouldn't like the food, cars and home appliances of 1969, and you really wouldn't like the healthcare.
ADHD drugs are not methamphetamine, and it’s very ignorant, bigoted, and harmful for you to imply that they are. What scientific research did your pastor study before forming that opinion?
This is really cool! Thanks for sharing :)
I actually want the imperative Python style, but with sum types. So it's more like "Rust with GC" I suppose.

I used to write in a functional style, and then I wrote Python for decades, and my brain flipped. Now I like imperative code :) I guess it's all the usual things about liking break / continue / early return, local mutation, flat code rather than nested code, etc.
It makes sense that if the primary motivation for offering an easier route to immigration is to ease shortages in certain critical areas, the route should only be offered to those areas.

So, yes, if there are enough citizens and permanent residents meeting the current requirements and enough in school to meet projected demand, there's no need to offer a faster route in those fields.
It would be consistent to complain about both, although games have to be specifically ported to Xbox so they can work around hardware quirks. And I would give the blame to MS since they control the high-level design.
Including code for the proteins that read DNA to produce proteins. You might hit similar problems trying to understand C given the source code for a C compiler - a non-standard environment could reproduce itself given the source code, meaning the code alone doesn't strictly determine the output.
Same experience here. I was rate limited a few times, and when I got around to emailing dang, I don’t recall him figuring out why for any of the cases. Kind of annoying but obviously not the end of the world. Not remotely worth complaining about. Would more transparency be nice? Sure but I doubt it scales.

You can always abuse the “Edit” function for a somewhat limited way to reply and have a conversation, but it’s simpler to just drop an email note.
Given that the RAM and hard drive are both still soldered, at best this is just compliance. Only the most fervent cult members would see it as support.
> As a JS dev currently looking for a job, can you elaborate on this comment?

You can build a new framework and use that as your portfolio.
JS apps like these can be quickly tried in the browser.
That's not true of a new Go/Rust/Java library.
I don't really understand what this could do. If you have ADHD, you can know everything in your head and still fail to put it into practice. Are there productivity hacks that can overcome that?
Because the AMA want to protect doctor salaries, so they won't let doctors immigrate from other countries and practice here, as if there's anything worse about the training in Europe.
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1. Diet:

Lower Carbs & Sugar: Reducing carbohydrate and sugar intake can positively impact focus and energy levels.
2. Physical Activity:

Regular Exercise: Engage in at least 1 hour of exercise daily to boost cognitive function and reduce hyperactivity.
3. Mental Wellbeing:

Meditation: Incorporate mindfulness and meditation practices to improve concentration.
Pomodoro Technique: Use the Pomodoro method to break tasks into manageable intervals, aiding focus.
4. Support Systems:

Coaching & Support Groups: Joining such groups can provide guidance, understanding, and community.
5. Caffeine Intake:

Reduce Caffeine: Excessive caffeine can increase anxiety, especially in individuals with ADHD.
6. Planning & Organization:

Consistent Planning: Establish a routine and stick to it for better time management.
Micro-Tasking: Break down tasks into smaller steps. This approach can make daunting tasks feel more achievable.
7. Medication (Consult a Professional):

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Remember, everyone's journey with ADHD is unique. It's essential to find what combination of strategies works best for you and to seek professional advice when needed
Counter culture is there it’s just abstract now:

wfh

automating away exploitative labor

intentionally not having kids/imploding nuclear family as the norm

<50% in US are convinced god exists

local AI/ML threatening copyright rent seekers

steam/proton

online retail impact on brick and mortar
I couldn’t play Tetris on my phone because I needed to press space bar to start.

On one hand, I think these things are cool. Why did they do this? Because they could.

On the other hand, I still wonder why they do it.
From what you said your solution wasn't designed correctly?

You should definitely have been using BM25 and SBERT for something like this, you definitely should have been asking 3.5 for structured output and doing any math yourself.

If these were answers from a fixed set of documents there's also a ton of pre-processing you should have been doing.

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I recently helped a friend with a problem of identifying a certain form of language in EDGAR sourced contracts. He had someone who tried feeding in entire documents into LLMs to find these and the result was some 20 minute search time.

I took a few minutes sitting with him to come up with a demo that used synthetic data and SBERT to process documents in less than 30 seconds. 99% of that was stuff you could do 2 years ago, the part the LLM helped with was creating buckets of synthetic data quickly, and even that could be done procedurally if you had more time.
Naked Mole Rat’s Longevity Gene Gives Mice a Longer Life
What exactly is so terrible as long as you're willing to take a small to moderate risk of getting a PVC pipe stuck in the ground and keep in mind the presented cautions -- consider the water irrigation-only/non-potable until tested (possibly even if tested, although that's not what the site says)?
Also a colder drink burns more calories heating it up to body temp...
Funny enough the first one I've found that works consistently with this one(however unusably destructive) is the "whirl" filter in GIMP.

Previous adversarial methods I've beat with simple noise/blur. This one is fairly resistant to basic filters.
The sentence could definitely be worded better. When I first read it, I had a similar thought, but upon further reading, I realized I was making a very large and unfair assumption. It's not exactly a secret that people who are already doing pretty well are the ones who have the energy and capacity to make further progress. Struggling with mental health issues, especially executive dysfunction, makes it harder to to do the work required to improve one's mental health. That reality is endlessly frustrating but undeniable. Someone who's not ready to move forward may not have the capacity to benefit from the structure and content of coaching. Coaching is all about taking active steps toward goals between sessions. It takes a lot of energy and effort. When I was just barely treading water, I didn't have the energy for that kind of work. I had to get to that point through therapy, support from friends, and a LOT of rest. Sure, I could have talked to my coach once a week, but I wouldn't have had the capacity to benefit as much as I do now. That doesn't mean it would have been "my fault" if I didn't benefit from coaching; it means I wouldn't have been a good fit, and Shimmer probably wouldn't have taken my money.
wonder why they didn't implement something like privacy pass (private access tokens / private state tokens)
Discharge of treated Fukushima nuclear accident contaminated water: simulations
[god damn is it annoying to navigate through fossil to actually find a file]

Hey it still sucks less than the deuce Github's UI people dropped. They somehow managed to break using non-default branches. Imagine a world where git branches are an untested feature.
I sometimes take solace in that no matter what I do, if I go to the rails 10x either way in terms of my own private behavior, it's not even a drop in the bucket to what 8 billion other people are doing, and what 2,200 billionaires are doing. It wasn't me.

That said, I try to tread lightly, even though, there is really no "treading lightly" anymore. There is no sustainable modern way of life available to us. Even moving to a farm to live off the land and raise animals is not workable for 8 billion people. We are utterly hosed.

I pick up trash and litter, sometimes for hours. I put a little lipstick on this pig from time to time.
It’s extra ironic that someone who clings to religious faith would require such “hard” evidence of ADHD beyond personal observation.
And that was one of the big complaints. “It’s too big, it weighs too much” since the tools came in well packed pelican cases.

Because Apple doesn’t have amateur tools. They ship you the same thing the stores and third-party use.

The framing of this article seems very clickbate-y to me. Sounds like Apple wanted to make sure a couple of reasonable rules/clarifications were in place to prevent their customers for being ripped off. And once that was in place they were happy to support it. Which makes sense because they’ve already started moving in this direction anyway (the writing was on the wall).

They even seem to be designing things to be easier to service. The iPhone line last year, and reportedly the iPhone pro/max line will join in this year.
That's not the reason population decline is a big problem. The real reasons are:

1) social systems can't handle it. You can't have a pension system where more retired people are drawing from it than young workers paying into it. It won't mathematically work.

2) a society with an aging population (where most of the people are old) is usually a society in decline. In a democratic society, it has the big problem where all the old people vote for their own interests, and don't know or don't care about young peoples' interests. So you get laws and policies which basically penalize not being old, plus you get old leadership that can't adapt to modern conditions.

Elon and Xitter suck, I agree, but that really has nothing to do with why an inverted population pyramid is so problematic.

As for Xitter, that (and his idiotic behavior there) wouldn't be a problem if everyone just stopped using it, and let it wither away and die.
Mastery, perhaps. They see some sort of role model and figure the tools they use are a roadmap to becoming a distinguished engineer themselves. If only it was that easy.

It is interesting how functional programming has to consider data organization completely differently, but sometimes it is just that, a tool or methodology, not a philosophy to subscribe to. Ideally, the good (or future good) engineers realize this and try to understand the less talked about soft skills needed to succeed.
syslinux FTW!
I don't see how anyone could consider it not a parody. I mean the main character himself is named Hiro Protagonist (a pun on the literary term "Hero Protagonist") and Hong Kong exists as a chain franchise nation.
Unbelievably sharp images.
Call it a necessity, then. As much as I mistrust the current Court I still expect them to know more about Constitutional law than the ambulance chaser advertising on a billboard downtown.
Probably want to read this first, particularly if you live in a western USA state:

https://waterfilterguru.com/is-it-legal-to-drill-your-own-we...

Shrinking aquifers and neighbors drilling wells just a bit deeper than their neighbor's wells have contributed to a long-standing conflict over water access, see Cadillac Desert by Marc Reisner for the historical origins of conflicts.

"Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting!" - Mark Twain
The code to build mitochondria is not.
I thought the human genome project finished in 2003, but now that I look it up again, apparently "finished" meant 92%. And then it was finished in 2022. And now it's finished again. Are there any remaining milestones left toward maybe finishing it again? Was the Y chromosome really just considered an exception until now?
Healthcare providers in countries with universal healthcare are doing it for a profit; they get paid, after all.

Conversely, most US hospitals are nonprofits and US insurance companies' profits are capped by ACA. But that doesn't stop them from being expensive.
You make a good point often overlooked.

"Easy to repair" doesn't necessarily mean you or I can repair it easy. It might mean someone, preferably a local, independent business, can repair it easy.
I was suprised at how smooth Obsidian's vim-mode is.
> (lots of text about stage2 and the "first track")

stage2 has to naturally follow the MBR; there's … nowhere else to put it, really. IIRC … and this seems to be what the article is advocating … there was some idiocy where some people would put the sector number of where stage2 was inside an ext2fs or so. This requires several things that ext2 (nor really any FS guarantees): that the file is contiguous, and that its data is pinned to that physical on-disk location.

AIUI, the root of the problem is that stage1 doesn't have enough space to encode a filesystem driver to actually properly find the file on an FS; that's what stage2 is.

Adding it in the gap between the MBR & the first partition is an easy enough solution. It then isn't in any FS, and so cannot be inadvertently moved accidentally.

The problem today is obviated by GPT & EFI.
I know hn isn't the place for memes, but, I'm obligated.
Imagine what they could do with a beowulf cluster of pentium pros?
This is an anti-sun puff piece. It doesn't even mention vitamin D.
99% chance it'll be the usual scummy big tech tactic of claiming to support potential regulation that is gaining enough momentum to possibly actually affect them so they can hijack the movement to push a watered down more convenient version framing the original movement as being full of extremists.

And as usual because there's an Apple on it, most of this place will eat it up even though it hasn't been that long since OpenAI blatantly tried the same thing regarding AI regulation.
Why the progress of Optimization alarms Yurii Nesterov
A place where no humans will tread for 100k years
It's addressing the problem from the wrong end. If you replace your generating capacity with non-carbon sources then energy consumption is no problem. If you don't, you have a problem even at the current level of consumption, and that problem continues to have the same solution.

It's not even impossible for increased consumption to lower carbon emissions, because to meet the higher peak demand you may need to add more generating capacity. When the new capacity is renewables or nuclear then it adds no carbon emissions during peak usage times and allows for a reduction in carbon emissions whenever the grid is at less than full capacity by assigning the remaining load to the new plants and spinning down the legacy fossil fuel ones that would otherwise have been used.
TimescaleDB?
I'm trying really hard to give all this a comedic spin as copium, but the joke will not get to me quite yet.
Probably due to inertia
The meaning of life by Jr Minkel

NewScientist
5 October 2002
> mostly fidgeting

Yeah I do this too. Never thought this could be classified as hyperactive.
xbox still exists despite everything, and Nintendo is an even bigger player in the space than Sony. So I guess legislators ARE willing to go that far to protect Nintendo/Sony/Microsoft's DRM. The interesting bit here is that only Microsoft is an american company, so it is possible they got the biggest leverage here.
I agree from the human genome sequencing perspective and the superlatives of saving the HGP. But at the time I was a standard software dev who thought the topic was cool, as was this new fan dangled language named perl.

However, I got into the genomics world in the early aughts, and the perl hung on and on and on. I remember starting a new job in the mid-teens, and one of the first tasks I had was to port over a legacy perl script. Such is the world of scientific software. 99% of the people I know who have touched perl since ~2003ish are in the bioinformatics space.
A lot of the verbiage is unenforceable. Yes, copyright applies. But I used to own books that explicitly said it cannot be resold.
X410's Microsoft Store Bait and Switch
I paid 40 dollars for this bloody X server, and after an update it no longer works telling me to buy a subscription.
Very scummy bait and switch.
I could understand not providing updates, but I was effectively tricked into buying a subscription product marketed as a perpetually licensed app store application.
I've got a pitchfork in one hand, and VcXsrv in the other.
You shouldn't because he is an insane person/seed oil conspiracy theorist who thinks avocados give you cancer.
The absence of human workers has become a limiting factor on economic growth in the U.S.

the problem is real GDP growth is flat or negative due to high inflation. having more labor would make this worse, if anything. job creation tends to be inflationary. from 2010-2021 saw strong economic growth and low inflation, but now things suddenly changed due to too much inflation, not a lack of growth.
What makes the Y chromosome more difficult?