skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> their own employees refused to buy their cars to such an extent that competitor vehicles were banned or relegated to remote parking lots

That's actually a good thing! It means they took it seriously, and their employees were incentivized to fix the problems so that they actually wanted to drive the company's cars.
Sounds interesting, any reading material you could point to about this?
Mentioning Section 230 is to back up the "To be honest it's a pretty uniquely American view..." part of the GP comment.
> waiting too long to attempt procreation

> If, through no fault of your own, you are sterile and childless and if technology makes it possible to effectively reverse that

In the modern Western economy, it's pretty easy to find oneself not financially able to sustain a family until one is in one's early forties. I'd say people "waiting too long" are meeting your criteria.

> I would want those children to have a true and genuine human experience. "Mommy couldn't bother to get around to making you before her ovaries shriveled up, and so Dr. Frankenbaby cooked you up in a test tube and gestated you inside GMO-gestation livestock" isn't that.

For what it's worth... I gestated a bit too long and wouldn't biologically come out. Nearly died. Was "from my mother's womb untimely ripp'd," as the Bard might put it. Me and about 32% of other American births.

None of this bothers me, of course, because I don't remember any of it. I don't have any memories until about the time I was verbal. So my lack of having the true and genuine human experience of passing through a vagina into a waiting nurse or OB-GYN's arms hasn't really been, you know... An issue. For me or the other 32% of living Americans.

I'd counsel against putting hard limits on what makes for "a true and genuine human experience." This deeply unnatural technology of the Caesarean section has allowed me and millions of others a chance at life, as well as decreasing the maternal death rate drastically. If gestation in whatever a "GMO-gestation livestock" is provided even more people a chance at life... Who cares?

Such limits are also a good way to miss the awesome breadth of what the human experience is. It's a pretty wide thing. "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
I feel like the GPU on the Pi is pretty weak. It was fine in the first model, but they haven't improved it much in subsequent versions compared to the CPU.
your use of fud indicates that you are old enough to remember 90s microsoft so I'm surprised that you don't feel a huge dollop of skepticism was warranted for the windows store. If you weren't active in the 90s, then I can understand not getting just how anti-competitive MS had a strong history of being - now that we truly have a "new microsoft" these days.
Legend, your kid is a legend
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"Normal" would be a voltage-current combination, that isn't likely to lead to 10% lost energy just in the cable and connectors alone.

12V @ 2.25A would have been much more sensible: With a 100mΩ cable you'd lose 1.8% instead of 10%
I don’t want to give up my SE bc of the button.
Surely tandem hang-glider is also acceptable?
How many of these can be bundled into an automated install that occurs without the user doing much of anything, or requiring only a single click on an ad that looks reasonable? Can I have the chatbot simply download the installer as part of the response? "By implicitly clicking the 'provide response', you've agreed to this download. Surprise!"

Access Controller or Modifier, Automated Downloader, Communication Modifier or "man-in-the-middle", Email or Msg Spoofer, Software Backdoor, Rootkit / Bootkit, Website or Browser Redirector, Activity Monitor, Data Scraper, Duplicator, Eavesdropper, Exit Node Logger, Keylogger, Locator, Path Tracer, Sniffer, Snooper, Bricker, Fork Bomb, Logic Bomb, Time Bomb, Adware, Browser "Helper", Crimeware, Cryptojacker, Malware (generic), Ransomware, Scareware, Spyware

Links to the Wiki articles on each topic are at:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Araesmojo/Computer_Securi...

Ignore the rest unless you want to read about Shadowrun / Neuromancer / Ghost in the Shell speculation.
The latter. Basically [1] but not as exaggerated. Think of things like screws shaking loose over time which leads to structural failure. Plus, no easy means to release that energy like you would when you're attached to a planet.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XggxeuFDaDU
Ask HN: A payment processor that pre-charges metered use
My example would be a music school: students pay by credit card or cash on the 1st of each month for the number of lessons they are scheduled to receive that month. For example, in October, someone who has lessons on Wednesday will have 4 lessons and be billed $40 on October 1st, but that same student will be billed for 5 lessons on November 1st because there are 5 Wednesdays that month.

Stripe and PayPal don't seem to have this ability (either pay afterwards, or it must be the same amount each month).

Is there a processor (ideally as easy to work with as Stripe) that supports this type of billing?

Thanks HN!
Fears of volcanic eruption near Naples after strongest earthquake in 40 years
If I already know the name of what I'm looking for, a traditional search engine is great. But if I'm in unfamiliar territory; say I'm a programmer and not an accountant, how long would I need to search in a traditional engine to find the magic word ERP?
Sorry to deluge you, I found another UI bug.

if you rename a collection with existing requests in it, the result will be two collections, 1 with the new name and 1 with the old name. The new name will have all the requests as expected.

The old name will be a "ghost" collection, you can't seem to do anything with it, including rename it again. If you close bruno and re-open, the old named collection will be gone.
Foucault was working in Tunisia from 1966-1968. HIV is thought to have spread to NYC in '71, and SF in '75 which is where Foucault probably was infected. AIDS was first clinically described in '81, and Foucault died in 1984 from AIDS.
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline... ) for those who never saw that before...
> What do you mean by "problems"?

In David Deutsch's terminology, a problem exists when a conflict between ideas is experienced. It is worth reading his books to understand more on his view. He builds on Karl Popper's work, which is also worth reading.

> And whose problems?

Everyone has their own particular problem situation. Here's some relevant things Popper has said about problems and solving them:

> All things living are in search of a better world. Men, animals, plants, even unicellular organisms are constantly active. They are trying to improve their situation, or at least to avoid its deterioration... Every organism is constantly preoccupied with the task of solving problems. These problems arise from its own assessments of its condition and of its environment; conditions which the organism seeks to improve... We can see that life — even at the level of the unicellular organism — brings something completely new into the world, something that did not previously exist: problems and active attempts to solve them; assessments, values; trial and error.

And lastly

> My solution might be the source of your problem, and why should I care if it is?

How to 'make you care' about you creating a problem for me is itself a problem that we can create knowledge to solve, perhaps e.g. by creating a legal system that discourages you from doing the thing that made my life worse.
I have a three year old low-end to midrange phone (Pixel 4A). If I got a new phone, it would do the same things a little faster and have a better camera. It would probably be bigger when I'd rather it be a little smaller, and it probably wouldn't have a headphone jack, which I use.

I'd be reluctant to take a new phone if it was free. I'm certainly not going to buy one until I have to.
Google patches new zero-day actively exploited in the Chrome browser
Wow, that's interesting because some of my favorite books are from university presses, often smaller ones (but MIT Press, Cambridge and Princeton are pretty well represented).

I do find that my philosophy and critical theory books are the ones that more heavily come from university presses. In general the humanities tend to have stronger presence in the university presses (largely because books, not papers, are the publication format of choice for those areas).
Netflix Bids Farewell to DVDs: Could a DAO-Based Rental Model Take Its Place?
Creating a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) to operate a DVD rental service could be an innovative way to revitalize this model while embracing blockchain technology. Here's a plan outline:

1. Formation of DAO:
- Establish a DAO with a clear governance structure.
- Create a token (e.g., MovieToken) to represent membership and voting rights within the DAO.

2. Fundraising:
- Launch a token sale to raise funds for purchasing the initial inventory of 100,000 titles.

3. Acquisition of Titles:
- Use the funds to acquire the necessary DVD titles.

4. Development of Platform:
- Develop a platform where users can browse available titles, make rental requests, and manage their accounts.
- Implement smart contracts to automate the rental process, handle disputes, and manage other operational aspects.

5. Operational Model:
- Instead of a centralized distribution model, create a peer-to-peer rental system where customers mail DVDs directly to the next renter.
- Utilize smart contracts to manage the mailing process, ensuring that the next renter's address is provided to the current renter once the DVD is ready to be sent out.
- The mailing costs could be covered by the DAO's funds, which could be replenished through rental fees or other mechanisms.

6. Membership and Rental Process:
- Members of the DAO (token holders) have the right to rent DVDs.
- Rentals could be paid for in fiat currency or by using the DAO's tokens.

7. Community Engagement:
- Encourage community engagement through a reward system, where members can earn additional tokens for writing reviews, referring new members, or other beneficial actions.

8. Continuous Improvement:
- Establish a proposal system where members can suggest and vote on ways to improve the service, expand the title selection, or adjust the operational model.

9. Compliance and Legal Considerations:
- Ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations, particularly around data privacy and postal services.
- Set up a dispute resolution mechanism to handle issues between renters.

10. Marketing and Expansion:
- Promote the DAO to attract new members and grow the rental service.
- Over time, consider expanding the service to include streaming, purchase options, or other related services as dictated by member demand and technological advancements.

This plan attempts to blend the nostalgic appeal of DVD rentals with modern blockchain technology, enabling a community-driven, decentralized rental service.
Yes and to say it another way it’s often “tell me the story of something I don’t already know”
Let's see if I can achieve the same tone that you just did.

Math cannot be proven to be objective. Therefore a trivial appeal to the objectiveness of math don't make your case. You'd know this if you actually bothered to read anything about it. I suggest that you start with Gödel.

Seriously, no matter how much you might know about the topic, this is not how you make an argument that convinces anyone else.
Because grift is, in general, illegal, and this potentially provides evidence of participation in or foreknowledge of that grift. It's news all right.
> No word on price.

They link to multiple regional reseller sites [0], where prices are available. I see €73.90 (€60.08 pre-tax) for the 4GB version and €97.50 (€79.27 pre-tax) for 8GB in Poland.

[0] https://www.raspberrypi.com/resellers/
Mistral 7B Instruct Unsafe
I was upgrading yearly but after I got the 12 Pro I didn’t really feel a need to upgrade, until this year when my battery life started getting iffy for a full day use, the Face ID sensor stopped working, and I maxed out the storage.

Figured may as well upgrade to a 15 pro max and stick with it for 3 years. The new camera is nice; but not so much so that I’d upgrade only for it.
Virtually dressing every day seems like a lot of work compared to just using an avatar that has your favorite three or four variations baked in, not to mention the basic assumption there that everyone wants to be a realistic (or realistically shaped) human and not a robot or an anime exaggeration of the human frame.
Assuming "the DragonflyBSD approach" is the same as when it forked 20 years ago: FreeBSD's approach was definitely the right one, for two reasons.

First, adding locking is fundamentally easier to get right than rewriting everything into a message-passing model. It took ~5 years to get SMP right in FreeBSD (from when 4.0 was released to when 6.0 was released) but it would have taken double that to get things equally stable and performant with the more intrusive redesign Matt wanted to go with.

Second, pretty much everyone else went with the same locking approach in the end -- which has resulted in CPUs being optimized for that. Lock latencies dropped dramatically with microarchitectural changes between ~2005 and ~2015.

As a theoretical concept, I love the idea behind Dragonfly, but it simply wasn't practical in the real world.
The Pharmacy Guild does its best to suppress competition. Regarding the PBS, the government tried to make it easier/cheaper to get repeat prescriptions and they lobbied hard against it, turning pharmacies into party-political platforms, so the chronically sick and elderly would be forced to go in every month instead of every two months in the hope that they’d buy their retail products.

They lobby aggressively.

To get a prescription delivered home in Australia, you need to physically post the original prescription.

Total regulatory capture.
Telling tenured professors where to publish is not going to happen. You might entice them with good contracts, but the revenue from most books and articles is very small. The satisfaction and credibility of an Oxford or MIT Press book is worth more than a few thousand bucks to many people.
I absolutely can, that's how I connect my ps4 to my uni accommodation internet as it's mschapv2 or smth the ps4 can't connect to. I know it's definitely using the wifi and not my mobile data as my data usage for the day is unchanged after I've downloaded a game.

Cheap Chinese android phone from 2020 (or maybe 2021 can't remember).
I don't really understand Japanese bankruptcy law, but the final notice I saw was that the amount of funds missing is insignificant. My guess is that something about the legal system there is allowing them to delay paying out the funds more or less indefinitely.
Ask HN: Is Docker Registry Down?
registry-1.docker.io can't be reached
Making iOS more like macOS (which seems contrary to the current trajectory of the platforms) does not mean turning it into a half-broken install of Arch.
> My guess is this is going to settle before a verdict and we'll never hear about it again.

IMNAL, but I’d guess that at settlement would only be with this plaintiff and have no bearing on next time someone dies while using Autopilot.
integration with LCSC for parts and assembly is a killer feature though. I loved getting my PCBs back but then if you need to solder on dozens of 0603 caps and a BGA package it just became another thing to get wrong.

As my eyes and coordination are not as good as they were hitting buy now and having fully assembled boards come back for basically the cost of the parts and the PCB was game changing for me.
> If they're profitable then why do we need to play these games?

Because that isn't enough we must have infinite growth.
A negligible amount of people have an attention span and memory as strong as you suggest is commonplace, so I think your point is moot.
Yeah, OUP and Harvard are all over my shelves, among others.

It’s a lot easier than many folks suppose to reach the bottom of what the Internet has on a lot of topics—people toss around phrases like “all the world’s knowledge” and, oh boy, is that ever not true—and IME the next step is very often a few books from university presses.
This hack often works today to get around paywalls.
They implemented sigma-delta driver on VPU few years back: https://forums.raspberrypi.com//viewtopic.php?f=29&t=195178
Remove each month some amount of money from his bank, so somebody is hired to plant, watch and care for some trees in an unknown protected location. Remove resources from the offenders and nurture the healers with this resources.

Repeat this procedure for the next 50 years of his life until the idea that boycotting nature for fun is not funny at all gets firmly established in their brain and he understands how much economical value has an old tree. Stop the chain of "crime school" challenges so we can protect children also. Use it as a clear warning for future criminals.
Thats because you actually know what youre doing haha.

In all seriousness I am not a software engineer and GPT has enabled me to build things in a couple weeks that would have taken me months of effort to create otherwise.

I am sure an actual software engineer could have made those same tools in a day or two but its still incredible for my use case.
RVSM is overwhelmingly about instrumentation accuracy and precision, not pilot capability. [0]

The pressure difference between 5K MSL and 10K MSL at standard conditions is 14.6 kPa.

The pressure difference between 30K MSL and 35K MSL at ISA is 6.3 kPa.

For a given amount of aircraft-to-aircraft variability in their precision altitude sensing equipment, the resulting difference in actual altitude is more than double in RVSM airspace than in the lower altitude range above.

That's the reason for RVSM: there is less change in pressure with change in altitude, coupled with a very busy altitude range (such that controllers would have an operational need to pass traffic overhead with only vertical separation rather than being able to use vectoring to achieve lateral separation between aircraft).

It's not a linear relationship, but if I take an airplane with a 0.75 kPa absolute error in one direction and pass traffic with a 0.75 kPa absolute error in the other direction 1000' indicated above them, at low altitude, that 1.5 kPa total error is a little over 500 feet while IFR-IFR separation is 1000 feet minimum outside of RVSM. (These aircraft would likely be right on the border of passing a non-RVSM static system check.)

If I take those same two aircraft into the mid flight levels and pass one over the other at 30K and 31K feet, the total error is around 1200 feet, which is why non-RVSM aircraft cannot be separated by 1000 feet in RVSM airspace, because you don't know that they'll miss each other.

Improve the accuracy and precision of the static system and improve the examination criteria, making the airplane RVSM-capable, and now you can pass that traffic over each other at 1000' of indicated separation and be sure they'll miss.

[0] - There is a pilot training requirement, which is focused on knowing the rules for RVSM and does not involve a checkride.
Is the bucket versioned?
I bought a mid-range phone with flashy lights on the back. I'm apparently desperate for something different or interesting.
Neither Google nor MS will ever get AI search right because the only applicable use of AI in a search engine is to remove the seo/junk/ads/clickbait and give the user what he is looking for. This goes against their core business (ads)

Engines like you.com, phind.com, aisearch.vip, or kagi have the advantage because their business model doesn't depend on this
-SOP when I did this kind of thing in the offshore business was to always have a bag with your kit and a passport in the boot of your car.

The first few times I called my wife to tell her I'd be late for dinner as I was on my way to Macaé or Penang she thought it was amusing. Her enthusiasm soon waned, and luckily I was bright enough to ease up on the unscheduled traveling before she really tired of it (and me!)
I used to get a new phone every year but then companies kept jacking the prices up to where we are now. No way I’m supporting that.
What would you consider proof of understanding?

What question could we ask that would convince you that a hypothetical future system actually understands what it's spitting out, regardless of if it were based on current LLM technology or not?
This is a totally different claim than what was obviously meant by the first post.

"We are wasting money on these fields" and "these fields piss off reactionaries so they cut our budgets, despite being a tiny portion of the overall budget and not hiring new lines in years" are just totally different.
that's not what happened with their Apes
Title: "Don't Blame AI. Plagiarism is turning digital news into hot garbage".

Subtitle: "A botched obituary underlines threats from both artificial intelligence and digital plagiarism mills to pollute the news with misinformation"

So which one is it? Sounds to me like LLMs are used to do (very low quality) plagiarism. So "AI" is to blame after all.
Russian state hackers attempted block Ukrainians from opening US bank accounts
Zig still has UAF problem.
Add two more points to the list:

1. It won't have a slot for a micro SD card, which is handy.

2. It will be much heavier and this is much more important than point 1.

They are doing their best not to part me from my money.
Journals That Ban Replications–Are They Serious Scholarly Outlets at All?
Last week I binged enough of “Big Bang theory” so it all seem reasonable as I read it.
The biggest problem with remote communication isn't presence. It's latency. You really feel it when you have those situations where people constantly talk over each other.
You’re purposely muddying the waters. These people don’t just have “more than me”. They have enough money to ensure their entire family will be set for life for generations if they were merely more modest.

They could do something good for humanity or something. But they don’t. This correctly raises eye brows and makes people question their motives.
The zeitgeist is turning anti-phone. Most people are aware of all the harm their apps cause and their phone is a major conduit to FB, IG, YT, TikTok, X/Twitter and what-have-you. iPhones were neat 10 years ago but now, people are waking up to the fact that they don't want to spend the lives gazing into a magic rectangle.
I was expecting an article about a LAN party aboard a flight.
For open access journals, why don't professional associations (e.g., of history/physics/etc researchers/professors/etc) organize it, and declare that starting 01 Jan 2026, the Open Journal of Nanoscience will be the prestige publication, and Open Nanoscience Letters will be the second rank (or whatever roles are needed). Would anyone in the professional assocation have reason to object? Would support be widespread?

University presses could handle the implementation (I know, more easily said than done, but they have the expertise). Cost reduction would appeal to university administrations.

People do organize themselves and accomplish things, and with (guaranteed?) savings, (no?) opposition, (wide?) support, this one seems like low-hanging fruit - from my very outside perspective.
You can always use an open network to generate passwords for the proper internet connected WPA-EAP network (along with some in-flight multimedia like some carriers do). Extra step for sure but it solves the problem.

PS: I'm a couch expert so I have no idea if there's a problem with this idea.
Service is generally terrible in Australia. Pharmacies are particularly horrible.
Yep, it's down for me too. This is such a crucial component to modern DevOps. The headlines and retrospectives are going to be interesting to read in the coming weeks.

Edit: monitor the status here: https://www.dockerstatus.com/