skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
>The only reason you're giving weight to this is that you are wired to see humans as something special. It's a reflection of the way you think. When you correct for that bias, there's nothing left.

Uh, no. The reason why you need a "conscious" universe is precisely beause humans aren't special. In a conscious universe model, the brain "abuses" the laws of physics including whatever laws that relate to consciousness to result in an organism with higher environmental fitness.

I am more than willing to consider a robot or a wet piece of cloth as conscious, but the problem is that you need to somehow unify these incredibly different experiences as conscious.

The people who believe that consciousness is just the result of processes in the brain also believe that a computer can become conscious given the right program, but this is nonsense, because the computer hardware already has all of the hardware to perform lesser forms of consciousness.
The "thoughts" of a processor don't have to be in the form of human intelligence that can be easily observed. The idea that consciousness suddenly turns on because you load a carefully crafted file from your SSD into RAM and turns off if you zero it out, is what is ridiculous to me and that is exactly what "the brain gives rise to consciousness" says to me. After all, if you could somehow simulate the brain of a crow or any other animal, you would not be able to understand what the animal is saying and discount it's consciousness the same way we discount the consciousness of farm animals. So for me, your explanation is the one that makes humans special.
My grandmother use to tell about beef pickle but didn't make it when I req. It was a difficult one. Would love to try meat pickle someday.
Don’t forget the time they issued the same sshd keys to every instance because they didn’t scrub them from the images.
> These statements are the true definition of a loser.

I never got how someone who wants to simply get by by doing minimal (or prererably none, but that's not usually possible) amount of work is a loser, but someone who say inherited millions and does nothing their whole life is not a loser.
Sure. I don't know if that's the case only for Gmail, but after email is received, generally, it's verified and results, at the point of receiving are stored on your email server. He's talking about verification after that initial verification. And if you want your emails to be verified, you should be using GPG/PGP/S.MIME or other signing system anyways. DKIM only verifies server, not user.
Reminds me of a hosting company in my country. When you use their spaces thing, they generate a password for you (not being able to set your own is already a red flag for me, but ok). It was "hidden" in the UI to look secure. However, the password itself was passed as an argument that was part of the URL. So everyone who logs access urls could see the password.

I reported it, they fixed it quickly, but never acknowledged that it was a "security" issue.
Having seen this in action, it’s fascinating how fast humans flip from “this weird new computer is automatically wrong” to “computer is wrong? Haha nice try.”
Ask HN: AI Interviewer Use Cases
I am currently working on a tool designed to help users prepare for interviews or any 1-1 conversations by practicing with AI and receiving real-world feedback.

While the tool is already in a functional state, I am trying to make it as useful as possible to a broad audience. With that in mind, I would love to hear your thoughts on what specific areas or types of interviews you think would benefit most from AI-driven practice and feedback.

Technical Interviews: Data structures, algorithms, coding challenges?
Behavioral Interviews: STAR technique, common HR questions?
Domain-Specific Interviews: Sales, marketing, finance, healthcare, etc.?
Presentation Skills: Public speaking, PowerPoints, client meetings?
Case Studies: Business problems, data analysis, market entry strategies?
Real-time Feedback: Would you find value in AI-generated feedback right after your practice session?
Other: Any other format or specific issue you'd like to see addressed?

Please do help me with what would be useful to you in case you were to use it.
Firing their entire servo team using Rust and then most of their docs team (MDN) and then giving the CEO a raise was the beginning.
A visual comparison of different national layouts on a computer keyboard (2019)
I don't think you're wrong, and I got the same feeling while watching the 'found footage' style of horror movie ; Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity, Cloverfield, etc.

It feels like weak writing to fall back into a narrative first-person account for the entirety, but I can't place my finger on why.

Maybe it just seems like it's the easiest 'fiction' to write because it is so predicated on the fantasy being narrated by a perspective that is entrenched and anchored in a normal reality while witnessing something extraordinary?

Cloverfield is essentially constructed by the acting prompt : "Pretend you're a bystander seeing not-Godzilla, react for the camera!".
Safari's market share dwarfs that of Firefox, and has for a long time. If there is indeed such a "fig leaf", it's Apple, not Mozilla.
> Much of Mozilla's revenue comes from Google, of course. This couldn't be because Rust was, and is, outshining Google's GoLang? Surely not?

I don’t understand this assertion, and definitely not the comparison between Rust and GoLang, which exist for entirely different purposes (systems programming versus cloud servers)
I finally understand arenas by reading https://www.rfleury.com/p/untangling-lifetimes-the-arena-all...
>By your comment, they are therefore not immigrants, they are spearhead colonizers.

No, obviously they aren't colonizers. These conversations are typically low quality enough without purposely misrepresenting terms.
One of the main reasons why I’m fiercely _against_ the possibility of having alternate rendering engines on iOS.
As a user, you can fix this by having a proxy that fits in front and manages ACL's.

Obviously you have to pay for resources for that proxy, and it's probably going to want a large bandwidth allocation. Lucky because DO doesn't charge for bandwidth.
It doesnt matter what Biden, Putin, Musk or Zelensky say.

Germans have to come up with their own vision for the long term future of Europe. Cuz who else is going to lead Europe?

If they cant agree within Germany about anything, its natural they are going to be pushed around by everyone else.
The trouble with billionaires is that we all have to deal with their midlife crisis.
Some of the arguments made were about bringing the scooter inside a restaurant.

You stay in a restaurant one or two hours at most, and you simply wouldn't go there by bike if it's raining. It's unlikely to suffer from rust.

Likewise theft only tends to happen when a bike is left in the same location for extended periods of time. Defeating a good bike lock takes a special kind of people and tools, and your bike is unlikely to be spotted then stolen in a hour or two. One solution is also to park it in a relatively discreet location, or you could go for an area full of bikes (double-edged sword; more bikes means it's lost in the sea, but also that it's a prime location for thieves. Then again if you have a functional metropolitan police they'd be watching such locations).

Personally I use an e-bike in London, I attach it everywhere outside, I never had a problem despite my bike being very cool-looking (it's a British equivalent to Super73). While London is certainly more civilized than New York City, it does have significant crime as well in certain areas.
> Remember when everyone was up in arms about W3C standardizing DRM?

I'm really surprised how well that actually turned out.

Whatever you say about DRM (and I'm no fan of it myself), at least W3C's version is as open as it can be. You're prevented from making a copy of whatever you watch (which, to be entirely honest, is a very reasonable precaution in the age of streaming), but you can still write browser extensions[1] or even custom Electron apps[2] that interact with the video element in other ways. If you want automatic skipping of intros, changing playback rate where such functionality isn't supported, access to community subtitles or subtitle-related tools useful when learning foreign languages[3], automatic subtitle reading (with a synthetic voice) or even a completely custom Multi View interface, it's all possible. You can even do synchronized playback across multiple users[4], as long as all of them are authorized to play the relevant media. You could have achieve none of this if you had to use a Flash-based player with no programmatic access to its state whatsoever. It's the best compromise we could have hoped for.

[1] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/netflix-extended/g...
[2] https://multiviewer.app/
[3] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/netflix-dual-subti...
[4] https://www.teleparty.com/
> In Sweden they are trying to teach these immigrants math etc, but it is hard since they both needs to learn a new language and math and all those standard things as an adult. And after that they have to compete with "unskilled" locals who learned those things as kids.

Some immigrants to Sweden have such different cultural traditions that they even find it difficult to interpret signs and (western) images. They have difficulties learning how to tell time on a clock.

"- The students don't even have the tradition of reading signs. Don't look at symbols, image interpretation is very difficult, numbers and learning the clock is very complicated, says Johanna Karlman, SFI teacher in Borlänge."

(Note: The immigration to Borlänge is mostly from Somalia.)

Source: Sweden Public Service Radio P1, https://sverigesradio-se.translate.goog/artikel/5293678?_x_t...
They’re not yet a reflection of ourselves, only of our thought processes. They’re flawed, as are we, but we’ve been ruthlessly battle-tested in the only arena that matters.
France is the likely leader in Europe imo.
There are also meaningful data transfer requirements. Make sure your ISP is ok with you using ~1TB of data per month. Some providers still have relative low caps.
A bit surprising that this shows up here even though Bob apparently hasn’t figured out a good answer yet. Maybe someone will know a good solution?
> the X number of thousands of years currently thought to be true.

Which is based on currently available archeological and genetic evidence. What do you wish to study? How ancient writings are contradicted by modern evidence?
"Which incidentally is not entirely unlike the situation in this perversion of justice."

So true. I went through the Wikipedia article, and couldn't escape this feeling:

1) Some errors were made (faulty IT system).

2) Handling of said errors expands enormously into various reports, IT vendor denying their system is faulty, legal proceedings, criminal convictions "tainted" & overturned, etc.

To the point where original errors almost seem irrelevant within the bigger frame of subsequent events.

Imho all the mistakes were made in the processes concerning 2), and 1) is a tiny side-show at most. IT systems can fail, period. What matters is how that's handled.
Projection Mapping Overview [pdf]
The Japanese approach is best. Every bike registered with the authorities.

Don't own the bike?

You are in trouble.

Hence nobody in Japan needs to lock their bikes with D-Locks galore.

It is a solved problem.
Your etymology is correct, but that has no bearing on the fact that the word has multiple distinct meanings, which is very typical of English. It actually has at least three:

(1) A small number of things (roughly 2)

(2) Two people in some sort of relationship

(3) to join or connect (two) things together

Even though each is obviously derived from the fact that two things are involved, that wouldn't even cross the mind of a native speaker hearing the word in different contexts and assuming the right meaning.
Out of curiosity, how do you keep track of the spaces the characters move in if you can't visualise anything?
He has consistently shown bad judgement of an appalling level.

https://www.cnbc.com/video/2019/01/14/watch-cnbcs-full-inter...

https://www.mercurynews.com/2023/09/12/ashton-kutcher-remind...

https://twitter.com/i/status/1700517199771808168
I would much rather grow up in a poor family in western Europe than anywhere else in the world.

All your arguments are related to migration. I agree there is a lot of racism in Europe. There is a lot of racism everywhere(yes, even in the US).

I am talking about social mobility. Things such as health care, education and the justice system works much, much better for the poor in Europe. Obviously YMMV. Some countries are more backwards than others, France and the UK especially(according to my observations).

While in the US you have to pay tens of thousands of to hundreds of thousands of dollars to go to a good university, in most of Europe all you need are good grades from high school(or equivalent).

Similarly, good health care is accessible to everyone, while in the US it can absolutely bankrupt you, even for the middle class.

Obviously both Europe and the USA are both diverse places. You can't really compare Switzerland to Romania. You can't really compare New York to Georgia.
> The vast amount of my time, 10-15 hours a day is spend coding on any one of my companies

This is the key. Vast majority of people can maybe code for 20 hours a week, and not 60-100 like you can. If you're blessed with such genetics, your mindset makes sense, as it will actually generate good payoff for you. However, bear in mind that regular ("average") people play in a different, much lower league.
Pretty hard to claim the migrants are coming with advanced weapons, unknown diseases, and/or large organized armies.
Its really impossible to go back in history, at all. Its pretty much impossible to agree about what is going on in the present.

Scientists, historians, everyone really attempts to show how they deal in facts, ones which mere mortals should just accept, but when you dig into any area, you will realise that its all highly ambiguous, whether that's the facts that are being presented, the way its presented, the money trail, the way it is framed, etc.

People disparage 'anecdotal experience' but to me its all any of us has. Its our 'golden source'. Whenever we start undertaking actions that are not coherent with our personal, lived experience, we are walking on thin ice.
Optimizing compiler for ts-pattern (zero runtime)
This is like saying people with life threatening congenital defects not being allowed to have children because of factors beyond their control
is an injustice.

Nobody's stopping them, but it's still an irresponsible and terrible idea. We know that having children in poverty in the US leads to terrible health and educational outcomes for the children, just like we know that having children if you have extra chromosomes leads to terrible health and educational outcomes for the children.

If you believe that poverty is truly outside of individual control, the situations are analogous.

Life isn't fair, but that doesn't make responsible == irresponsible.
Look at it the other way, do we know why people do want kids? When I ask people here (and I think I'm considered rude for doing so), I get many different answers, none of which really satisfy me. It seems to be like religion; something I'm not capable of believing in.

My grandmothers both participated in the baby boom, yet one said she never really wanted children, it was just something that everyone did back then. The other grandmother never said much at all but always seemed very unhappy until she died a fairly early death from cancer that she opted not to fight. Actually I do remember her saying that she should have stopped after one child (my aunts and uncles had very problematic lives; a trait I seem to share).

It's a weird thing being descended from people who seemed indifferent at best to the whole concept of reproduction.
To be clear, prices are clearly displayed in the dashboard once you’ve created and account
Well, yeah, but...

Let's zoom out a bit. Can anyone name any illegal (in the U.S.) activity which meets the following criteria:

- Millions of people in or near the U.S. want to do it, or to be "beneficially involved" with it

- Millions of people have access to the resources need to do it, or to be beneficially involved with it

- The U.S. Government has successfully stopped the activity from happening

In grumpy geezerspeak: The fact that you can't carry pour warm Coca-Cola into a strainer and carry it around is not some special unique feature of Coca-Cola.
I'm not saying this is a scam. It just smells of an attitude that fails at due diligence when it comes to verifying information. The author may be very well meaning but it's enough for me to not warrant a click on the video. I can't trust the information in it is checked at all.
It's the same reason we catch and fix stray cats.

It's better that they not have kittens, than their kittens be born and starve to death.

With people, it takes even longer and more suffering to die of poverty than one first winter.
> EU led the charge in cookie notices

you got it backwards

eu: cookies/tracking is bad, don't do it. if you _really_ need to, you have to ask.

big-tech: fuck this! of course we need to track users. we're just gonna ask everyone all the time and put the blame back on you.
Mechanical keyboard with heated switches/caps?
This kind of comment exists on every security thread and it's amusing. Even if they know for sure the identity of the hackers, they wouldn't risk revealing their tools and methods just to satisfy the general audience. Do you think they care if the HN crowd is happy with their finding?
Apple acquires Mozilla? Eventually?
I am quite certain that I cannot visualize, consciously or subconsciously. I don't see how that would be related to remembering what you read? Reading is just learning a series of facts (potentially fictional "facts", depending on the genre).
When you advocate for a person who is at the very least a proven double rapist (with countless other allegations that haven't yet been seen by a court of law), describing them as a good person that they treat people with "decency, equality, and generosity", it justifiably raises serious questions about the sincerity of your abuse advocacy and who you presented yourself as.

It was a calculated decision and it is reasonable to think he had enough information from lawyers and friends to know how it would be received and how it looks. In spite of this, he still decided to bat for his convicted double rapist friend who, beyond just his crimes, has his connections in Scientology ruin the lives of many women brave enough to speak up against him.

It's not just the single act, it's that it was an act that he had a lot of time to think through and fully understand. It was an act which the years of his advocacy should have given him an understanding of the damage these types of men do to women and girls when they're free. That's what makes it so egregious for me.

Advocating for a convicted double rapist isn't a crime of passion, a poor choice of words, or a drunken fight.
I agree that they are not colonizers.

None the less, as evidenced by newspaper articles in Germany and Sweden there are many that state that recent immigrants are not assimilating.

By your definition in your comment above, if they do not assimilate then they are .. (in your words) ?

FWiW if immigrants are not assimilating I'd put that down to what resources are being put into integrated housing, education, etc. and whether those resources are stretched, etc.
Can it jump higher than this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daaDuC1kbds ? If so I'd love to see them both hopping around the moon
I was a expert witness on a case where a dad had modified an email as proof to drop their daughter out of school. The mom was quite pissed that he did this. I used the DKIM keys to prove the email she submitted was true and his version was not the original. It was a fun case.
It's a long watch, but I'm impressed at Dan's dedication to digitally 'live amongst' the subjects in question for each of his videos. Maybe even moreso by the enormous script that must have gone into this, without any of the talking head shots feeling rehearsed.

Also incredible work by all the voice talents bringing these semi-anonymous comments to life!
Meta-meta-comment, but "horrible" is your value judgement, which isn't shared by everybody. The comic-book bold style is useful in a certain way ("these sections would be emphasized if this was being read to you out loud") and I personally appreciate it for articles and posts I am just skimming while waiting for something else to finish.

But it's ironic, too, because this article (unlike a lot of the ones that pop up on the regular 3-6 month cadence of "why is the Japanese web so weird?" posts) does nail the point that the negative perception of what we "westerners" feel is "horrible" about Japan's seemingly insane attachment to the MySpace aesthetic isn't shared by a lot of Japanese people, who in turn find our modern web design bland, info-deficient, and simplistic to the point of simplemindedness.

(Which is definitely not a sentiment I personally share — I do feel Rakuten's website is "horrible" — but that's the point: design is about audiences; there is no truth to be had.)
Most of this was around before the modern era in some form or fashion.

There is nothing new under the sun.
The persistence to pass this regardless of all the push-back that happened suggests that there is no "pure" intention out there. Zero.
> Robert Shepherd at Cornell University in New York and his colleagues have turned instead methane, a chemical fuel that can store energy at a much higher density than lithium-ion batteries

I think they're on to something there. Imagine a larger-scale vehicle driven using this internal combustion mechanism, large enough even to carry people. It would have a much bigger range than common electric vehicles. I'm pretty sure it will even be possible to use liquefied methane or one of its larger-chained family members which would negate the use of pressure vessels to carry methane and make for a quick and easy recharge, especially compared with the batteries we're used to. I'm off to the patent office, this invention will change the world.
> I cannot think of any good reason for that "functionality" from a user perspective?

Markdown ignores single return because people used it to manually wrap their plain text but HTML can wrap automatically on the fly.

Add two spaces before the return to make a line break `<br>`. Two returns in a row start a new paragraph `<p>`.
> From past experience, NGOs are rarely buying the cheapest things available off Alibaba. They tend to work with large, enterprise-y vendors, which certainly don't charge that way (regardless of the ultimate source of the goods).

Of course. Did you think NGOs were there to benefit others? That is just words. They take a more administrative role for managing things - but do so with a charitable status, to lessen the tax burden. Look at any of these foundations - Bill and Melinda Gates, or whatever - these organisations are simply undertaking the preparatory work, to assist greater corporate control.
There is a spectrum of processing, from minimal chopping or boiling that you might do at home, to more involved processes that significantly transform the food, which changes how your body processes it.

Meal replacement shakes like Huel would be considered “ultra processed” because they contain various industrially produced ingredients (artificial sweeteners, gums, extracts etc).

The evidence seems to suggest that less processed are healthier, particularly when it comes to these ultra-processed items, not just boiling/frying/cutting etc.

Personally I see these meal shakes being marketed as healthy/for athletes and think of how everyone 50 years ago though margarine was so much healthier than butter.
This is Apple's fault. Android phones do not have this problem.