skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Ohhh I see and my apology for the misunderstanding!! Either way - she's still young and she has plenty of time to figure it out. If not - one other recommendation I have is getting lab tests done every 3 to 6 months and going for regular check-ups with a doctor. If you find a good doctor - they can make a big difference in getting patients to notice bad HB1C measures and can talk with her about keeping them in check and why it's so important to keep blood sugar levels within normal range. Either way - I wish her a lot of luck and my offer still stands if she (or you yourself) need any help or advice :)
That person should be banned from ever invoking "intersectionality" again. They've failed one of its most basic tests.
I missed the small EV part.

"There are /many/ options for AWD vehicles without it being a crossover, but none of them are EVs."

There are optional for AWD EVs that are sedans (not sub compact though, but also not crossovers). Stuff like Benz EQE, EQS, etc. Audi makes some too.
The far more likely future in my mind is countries using robots to automatically defend their borders from illegal immigrants/climate migrants.

When we have Texas already employing floating buzzsaws on their border it seems like if the technology is created it will inevitably be used.
Whatever you're selling, I am not buying it.

Apple doing shitty things is irrelevant because ultimately that applies to people who buy apple products and people who want to sell products that work on apple devices.

What Web Developers are doing affects me daily.

Apple pisses off web developers who want to turn a browser into an OS with crap like WebUSB? Not seeing a problem.

Apple actively prevents the monopoly position of v8/blink/Chrome? Not seeing a problem.

Apple has my support in-so-far as its the only company that seems to tell web developers "no".

Enemy of my enemy applies; No other company, especially one with any actual leverage, is preventing the lurch of web crap.
ha this matches my observation

I think at this point we could just double down and say “I’m fighting colonialism, on the side of the colonizers”

Just throw the meme back, and still stamp out caste discrimination

“hey some cultural genocide is worth it” first, the reaction would be funny af, especially if all the “OBC’s” get the joke
> People are bad at statistics.

While I don't disagree with this as a general statement, it's not what your example shows. The two ratios you describe are different things. A 5 to 1 ratio of guilty people in jail to innocent people in jail (which is what your second question asks about) is not the same thing as a 5 to 1 ratio of guilty people going free to innocent people in jail (which is what your first question asks about).
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ymmv. i was in similar situation and developers moved tickets to "terminal" states without actually trying to address issues, won't write documentation, etc.

so state transitions had to be added and gates put in place.

it's always joy to work with teams of adults who can self-regulate. but when it's not what you have...

as small example: i had 2 developers telling to vp of engineering that they not going to implement some functionality because they don't see the need in it. For record, this functionality was needed

PS. i described in more details below
> w/o your ISP knowing

I'd be more concerned about everyone else: https://iknowwhatyoudownload.com
But then you have to link everything. Also, not all retractions will invalidate dependencies, so each cascading dependency (that will greatly increase in number) will need to check if the retraction affects their claim. Maybe they modify it. Now a dependency on that has to check if the modified claim still warrants invalidation. This is where the “implementable” problem comes in.
I know I'm late on this, but..

"That means residents and visitors to San Francisco will be able to pay a fare to ride in a driverless taxi, ushering in new automated competition to cab and ridehail drivers." [1]

[1] https://www.cnn.com/2023/08/11/tech/robotaxi-vote-san-franci...

btw - are they going to check ID's??
That's clearly because making and selling EVs don't make a ton of financial sense. EVs that do are ridiculed and criticized to death. It was almost solely because of Tesla selling vehicles at loss for literally a decade that EVs became recognized as wastefully expensive but viable option.

EVs that do or almost do make sense without strong subsidization by investments, such as Nissan Leaf, Toyota bZ4X, Honda e[1] are still ignored and/or trivialized for disappointing product value propositions.

1: Why is the e sometimes considered a compliance car? There's no gas variant or shared platform or body panel, it's all-custom all-new ... garbage. But not a factory engine swap like MX-30 EV or e-Golf.
With alternative currencies, yes. But with (normal / common used) USD or EUR?
I also think it's important to maximize personal liberty... even for those you don't agree with. It's disturbing how many people support overt censorship and thought crimes. Eventually it can and will be used against you. Govt in general will always abuse every power granted in the end, and everything you let it do to attack "the other side" can be turned on you.
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Hi,
What are good books about selling and sales strategies? From simple goods (eg socks) to complex one (eg hd tvs, insurance products, etc.), I am looking into how to guide customers to make the best purchase decision (for them and for the retailer). There is an ocean of books and I don't know where to start.
Thanks!
I’d be curious to see how many $100 off coupons they issue vs how many are utilized.
Being open source with GPL2 is a digital right, is it not? DRM is a logical step against GPL piracy.
If I understand the argument, it seems that case is even more unlikely. Not only must one assume that the composition of our Universe just happens to be a super version of one of our own latest technological innovations, one must also take on faith that a computer could one day spin off multiple instantiations of entire Universes that are indistinguishable from the Universe the computer itself is within.

Personally, I don't find the argument compelling because of its unexamined, embedded assumptions. What is meant by computer? What is meant by a simulation? What is meant by Universe? What is an observer? How is it falsifiable? By the time these terms are pinned down, the argument disappears in ontological haze.
One strategy I heard about is to get a local group of like-minded individuals together, throw all of your loyalty cards in a communal pile then take one back randomly. That mixes the signal up for any kind of targeted tracking while also getting you the discounts. Or you can just say "I forgot my card" and use the store copy that is usually at the register (at least for groceries).
TheBloke has had this sponsorship in his byline for a little while now.
I don't think they influence me much? They might remind me of something I wanted to do anyway, but usually they are irrelevant.

At scale, ads do something, but what it is isn't very clear. Some people are convinced that ads do real harm but the evidence seems fairly shaky. There are lots of dodgy psychological theories out there.

Here's one dodgy theory (with little evidence behind it) about how ads might work:

https://meltingasphalt.com/ads-dont-work-that-way/

Also, how they work in general is different from whether they work in me. I think observing my own thoughts processes and behavior is better evidence than someone on the Internet telling me what they believe about ads.
“Now a group of researchers from the University of Zurich and Intel has set a new milestone with the first autonomous system capable of beating human champions at a physical sport: drone racing.”

This is somewhat impressive but let’s be honest here: drone racing is about as much of a physical sport as riding a Peloton.
Looks like the photos were taken before the Gorn attack.
Interestingly enough, this has dropped off the frontpage. Not insinuating anything, I just find it weird.
> It's already been proven several times over that we cannot influence this situation.

I have a few points against this.

First is that it is not that important if we can revert M$ (yes, sorry, I'll refer to them this way for this comment) behavior, the most important is that we should have alternatives. For that we must push hardware and software vendors to support other OS's, specially Linux.

Second is that, by making a choice, we can influence statistics and this influence may be becoming strong enough to give us some bargain powers (a lot of recent open source drivers only became economically viable because of that). I don't know how much worse is the Android-land but most "normal" people are using their mobile devices more than their desktops, the same shift doesn't happened to power users. This made the share of power users on desktop to grow significantly recently, specially after the pandemic. Actually, I partly assign to this the current uptick of the Linux desktop (more than 3% with ChromeOS above 4% recently).

We may be a minority, but we are no longer a minority that can be ignored. A share of 7% of under served proficient users is a huge market wanting to be pleased. Vendors can not ignore us any longer.

We should not waste our efforts trying to convince M$ not to turn their OS into a ad-infested wastebasket; Let it be! We should concentrate our efforts so that we can comfortably live without depending on M$.
Depends on the region too. Part of my family is from a landowning/feudal caste (Chaudhary/Jatt and Pahari) that is traditionally Upper Caste but successfully lobbied to become counted as OBC/Lower Caste in order to avail affirmative action benefits.

The Jatts side got reservation thanks to Congress [0] and the Pahari side got reservation thanks to the BJP [1]

Edit: Lmfao this professor (Kuldeep Meel) is Jatt from Hisar/Jhunjunu side. Jatt is not lower caste. Ask my extremely casteist Jatt grandfather who uses Dalit caste names like Chamar, Gujjar, Kanjar, or Balmik as slurs. We became OBC because we burned shit down. The people who actually deserve some form of Affirmative Action didn't get any.

[0] - https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/haryana-kh...

[1] - https://theprint.in/opinion/security-code/reservations-for-k...
I’ve had good experiences with scrum. I was on a team that was empowered to own and refine its practice. We were able to halve our cycle time and improve sprint planning to the point where we rarely overcommitted. It was great, and it was credited with the successful delivery of a major project.

Unfortunately, our management changed, and we were no longer empowered. The new manager had his own ideas for how things should be done, and that resulted in a replacement process that was worse. We lost the ability to do effective capacity planning and iterate quickly. It was terrible.

That’s really my biggest issue with agile. There’s a big focus on process, but it’s about the people. If the people aren’t empowered, it won’t work. If you’re not iterating and communicating, it won’t work. If someone’s not on board with that, they can sabotage things (intentionally or otherwise).
>Risk of what ? Seems a bit exaggerating.

There is a whole paragraph answering this question:

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An uninitiated might be forgiven for not realizing that caste-based discrimination is rampant in India (yes, even among faculty members at IITs), and perhaps worse among Non-Resident Indians (NRIs). Therefore, there was always fear of what would a potential letter writer or someone on tenure evaluation committee think of me if they knew I belonged to OBC. It was the same fear that stopped me from mentioning anything about my caste in any of DEI statements that I prepared for the job search or tenure: I had to pretend not to know what it feels to be under-represented.
```

>> There are at most five tenure-track faculty who belong to OBC category among all the faculty members in North America's "top" 50 CS departments

The full quote is:

>I think I can summarize the lack of representation with the help of a claim that I believe is true: There are at most five tenure-track faculty who belong to OBC category among all the faculty members in North America's "top" 50 CS departments. Any reasonable process to pick 50 CS departments should suffice. I will, of course, be overjoyed to be corrected.

So, this is a claim they believe is true and would be happy to be corrected. Please go ahead and correct them if you disagree.

>And then continues to show castes of faculty at IIT.

This is literally preceded by

>You might ask: What evidence do I have to support my claim?

So, to lay it out for you:

1) Hypothesis: There is discrimination against OBC in academia

2) Evidence: The near absence of OBC professors in IITs

3) Prediction: This probably affects OBCs outside India as well

I am Indian, from an IIT, and I have seen this kind of knee-jerk dismissal from higher-caste Indians against any claims of discrimination more times than I can count. I do not believe you are making a good-faith argument here.
I agree and I think I'm in the minority of people who are better off in a large SUV.

We have 7 in our family so need a minivan at the least. I don't think they make station wagons with 7 seats anymore. We live in a climate with long winters so we need at least one AWD/4WD vehicle so at least some of us can get out. And we tow a trailer so need the capacity. Having one vehicle that does it all is more cost-effective for us.

At this moment though, we have a 12 passenger commuter van that is horrible in the snow and can barely pull the trailer, and a compact hatchback as our all-weather vehicle. That means we can't all go somewhere in inclement weather so we're in the market for the aformentioned SUV.
Oh the unintended consequences of government regulations. CAFE and Section 179 incentivize larger vehicles, so the market reacts rationally and fills that demand.

P.S. I love small trucks with big wheels.
If someone really wanted to find out, they would be able to.

You could misdirect someone just passively asking, however as soon as the questions got more pointed, you'd have a hard time keeping up the charade.

Something as simple as the clothes you wear or the food you ate or the mannerisms you had could "give you up".
Being able to demote files from "this is an object on disk" to "this is just another record, albeit a very big one" is a huge win for data architecture. I've seen this implemented ad-hoc in dozens of different instances. Having it work out-of-the-box with a plugin and custom column type would be really nifty.
That is reality. Agile made a straw man out of waterfall. In reality, no one practiced waterfall the way the Agile Manifesto claimed that it did. In reality scrum is waterfall with a new name. There I said it. Now I will face the agile inquisition.
Just a note, if you are reading this post then click the logo in the top right, you cannot navigate back to the post - it immediately jumps to the homepage again.

Safari on iOS.
What is a good Linux kernel bug?
There are two telltale recognizable patterns that are visible in satellite imagery that tell the story of diminishing cypress swamps: "wagon wheels" and oil/gas exploration canals.

"Wagon wheels" are visible remnants to first-half 20th century logging. A ditch was dredged into the center of an area intended to be logged. A large steam (earlier)/diesel(later) winch and cable was set in the middle of the area. Felled logs were then dragged in toward the winch. The resulting scar to the bayou looks like a "wagon wheel" from above.

Oil/gas exploration canals are more prominent from 1930s-1970s exploration and establishment of miniature "platforms" and well heads throughout bayou areas. Approx. 30'-0" wide canals were dredged to 10-12' depth to create straight line canals wide enough to accommodate floating barges. The dredge byproduct was simply mounded to each side of the canal.

Both of these created channels for saltwater to intrude into previously fresh water swamps which lead to the death of the swamp. Saltwater doesn't just intrude due to hurricane storm surge, it happens every day during tidal action. I've seen strong currents with water moving 2-3 feet per second in some of the gas exploration canals.

Two solutions: the first is to require the oil companies to backfill the canals, which the Louisiana government will never do because of the close relationship with the oil/gas industry.

The second is to allow springtime runoff to flow into these areas which will never happen because the levee systems prevent this from happening. Levees are meant to protect people's land and homes from flooding in storm surges, which also forces river systems and fresh water to stay in the river's banks during spring runoff, whereas in the past the runoff would "sheet" across wide areas and flood them with fresh water.

The demand for cheap construction is as high as anywhere else, think slab on grade neighborhoods with street access, whereas Lousisiana would benefit much more from a more culturally historic construction style of homes on platforms with waterway access, think boating to school.
I wouldn't necessarily call it "fueled by western style feminist politics", when it is fueled as much (or even moreso) by "western style incel politics". Furthermore, while it most certainly is an issue over there, it's not so widespread it contributes meaningfully to this particular statistic.
4chan, pastebin go beyond the bare minimum legally required. 4chan includes "You will not post or request personal information ("dox") " and pastebin's prohibits content that is "libelous, defamatory, or fraudulent" and "discriminatory or abusive toward any individual or group"

The other difference is the site owner actively encourages harassment and bans any discussion to the contrary
In some countries (Germany and Austria, for example), Nazi propaganda is illegal. And in those countries much stronger evidence is necessary to convict someone of it. Baseless accusations on twitter are unlikely to work.
I think you are being downvoted for the "well actually" first paragraph.

Also, the point of these specific types of regressive taxes is to change behaviour ... e.g. back to trains from cross state/country trucking
this would be an example to be studied in future classes of business school if this resulted in a change like you would hope for. otherwise, it's business as usual, and no, the changes you seek would not happen.

i'm obviously turning this into a hypothetical
> Most crimes don't end up in courts.

It would lend credibility to your arguments if you understood the difference between criminal and civil actions.
All this lawyer-ese detracts from making Linux useful. It's a pity that so much effort is spent on some fundamentalist view of open source.
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Given their scale I assume they basically got the best performance out of this packing a year ago or more. This sort of improvement has quickly diminishing returns. 1m DAU to 100m DAUs probably doesn't do a huge amount to this.

On the other hand, given the hype, I'd expect that their free usage has grown much faster than their paid usage, at least for ChatGPT. I suspect their costs have therefore gone up faster than their revenue. API revenue might be the counter to that, there isn't free API usage (that I'm aware of?) so all that increase in usage is likely beneficial.

Taking a step back though, it's uncommon for this sort of tech company to suddenly jump to profitability in the space of a year. AI is big, but so were many trends before it. Sam Altman is also experienced here, likely a good fit for CEO, but he comes from the SV VC world, he's not going to be optimising for early profitability because that's not the way he thinks or what he cares about. OpenAI could raise a ton of cash on good terms so why bother optimising for profitability and stifling growth.
I think the Honda e is a repurposed Waymo contract than compliance car. There is nothing that shares a body panel or platform with that car.
> In some parts of the US, especially the western half, an AWD with high ground clearance is often a practical requirement due to the geography and weather risks even if you never go off-road.

This is exactly why Subarus are massively popular in Alaska.
> You’re not saving someone else from getting scammed, you’re messing up a quota for someone who might be physically punished for missing it.

At some level, starving the beast is the only way to stop it. The more crimes they commit, the more likely it is they get caught. You can't account for the disposition of victims in the hands of thugs, and there's no guarantee victims won't get fed to pigs even if they were consistently Employee of the Month. If you already have a viable way to dispose of bodies, why let anybody leave?

The better reason not to play games with scammers is that you're antagonizing someone who does not respect rule of law. Consider what someone overconfident in their ability to commit crimes unchecked might do to you in retribution.
> They outed themselves as total hypocrites when they joined the "RMS is an <X>ist" bandwagon

Are you suggesting that, because of his work writing and promoting open source software, that EFF should never be allowed to criticize RMS? Is that what makes them "total hypocrites"?
> You could literally be sicker than someone else, but if you're the wrong race, the other person get treatment first.

You need to learn about it before you make claims like that. This isn’t the case, as the links provided describe and as I stated.

Race already is a factor in healthcare - the system is biased against Māori and this is an attempt to even it up.
Here is Royce's statement on his own waterfall model's risks:

I believe in this concept, but the implementation… is risky and invites failure. … The testing phase which occurs at the end of the development cycle is the first event for which timing, storage, input/output transfers, etc., are experienced as distinguished from analyzed. These phenomena are not precisely analyzable. They are not the solutions to the standard partial differential equations of mathematical physics for instance. Yet if these phenomena fail to satisfy the various external constraints, then invariably a major redesign is required. A simple octal patch or redo of some isolated code will not fix these kinds of difficulties. The required design changes are likely to be so disruptive that the software requirements upon which the design is based and which provides the rationale for everything are violated. Either the requirements must be modified, or a substantial change in the design is required. In effect the development process has returned to the origin and one can expect up to a 100-percent overrun in schedule and/or costs.
As in every other online service market, that's a really hard sell if your competitors (eg, Bard) remain free.

I think giant companies won't mind burning cash for at least a few years while they figure this stuff out.
The deal was a 2-year contract for a phone. They aren't going to renew any contracts when they run the full-term. Nobody was going to get the new upgraded phone without renewing for another 2 years. It's their right to not want to renew on a deal that wasn't working out for them.

You might be able to claim they made promises about the longevity of the program in order to get you to sign up but Google will say the terms were pretty clear and they delivered on the contract. It'd be an uphill battle, but maybe there'll be a class-action
SMCP – Social Media Cross Poster
"We believe artificial intelligence has the power to save the world"

I don't agree with the side that says AI is about to destroy everything, it seems very hyperbolic... but neither do I agree with this sentiment that it's going to save the world.