skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Sure, you could do that. But how does it help you understand the code better than reading it in the original source form? Programming languages are more than syntax. If you don't understand the semantics, you don't understand the code.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/10/10/pro-palest...
Well, it is a fact that Zuckerberg (and Gates') personalized education projects didn't work. Replicating the effects of tutoring with technology was exactly what they tried to do. If there were such massive gains to be had, why didn't they at least manage to capture some gains?

You don't have a theory to answer that. The article writer does. In their view, learning is a social activity, and kids don't like to sit in a room with dozens of others each with their own personalized algorithmic "teacher".

That's not really all that surprising. If it was only about personalization, it would be easy enough to do that with far simpler technology than modern computers.

The article writer's theory also neatly and immediately suggests an explanation for why personal tutoring still works, when automated custom tutoring manifestly hasn't so far. That's because it is social. Even if it's just you and your overworked homeschooling parent, you care because they care.

Personalization isn't key. Personalization from a tutor works because it's hard and costly, and convinces the student that this matters.

That's just a theory. It's not necessarily right, but it does present a convincing explanation for what we observe, and in particular the observation worth repeating, that no one can seem to get algorithmic personalized education to work, no matter how rich and clever they are.

And from my personal experience with teachers (including my parents) I have often heard from them that the challenge isn't explaining, it's to get the students to care.
Sigh. Yes, it is mentioned in the US Constitution.

U.S. Constitution, Article I, section 8:

The Congress shall have Power To ...

Promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;

That's where copyrights and patents come from. It's an enumerated power, and Congress is limited to what's written there. Congress can't create entirely new kinds of intellectual property. See Feist vs. Rural Telephone.
Even without the time traveling, I would be happy if there was just a single stable, non-bloated, reliable, portable platform that could be used for when you just want to Write Once and then know that it will Run Everywhere _forever_ (* insert disclaimer about nothing literally lasting forever). Not something that rolls out breaking changes every six months. Or six years for that matter. Would not even have to be an entire API, just a clear declaration that a subset of some APIs will never change, and some tool to verify that my code did not accidentally use any of the other parts of the API.

Unfortunately running things in a browser is no guarantee, even for those that would otherwise consider that a good option.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Refe...

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element#ob...
My comment was meant sarcastically even though such accessories exist.
You can produce formally verified software with more expense than Java-Scripting. But is it software that does what we need it to do?

Verification proves that software works according to its "spec". But is the spec "correct"?

Writing NON-formally-verified software 10 x faster means you have a much better chance of figuring out how you should fix your spec.
Except that the OP had an option _not_ to enable the activation code... which might not be the case on car radios.
You need only look at the Moms for Liberty types to see what small but well-organised campaigns can do. If you don't make time for local politics, others will.
"It's not a bug, it's a feature".

I am sure/I hope that with some more patience and visits to an apple store you will be able to resolve that.

(written by someone who quit the Apple garden when the batterygate happened)
Agreed. I also love this quote from the article:

> Small children will touch a hot stove only once yet billionaires will fund personalized learning initiatives again and again and again and we might wonder why.

The author doesn't answer and I don't have an answer either. But the interesting observation is that billionaires don't learn from experience. This is a sure sign of ideology at work.
I haven't tried the AirPods yet and the shops around here (remote Atlantic islands) don't have an unboxed pair for me to try. From my experience the Pro models would work fine but the other models will probably fall when I am doing work in the woodshop or doing yard work. I have maybe three or four in ear headphones lying around that didn't fit the bill. For some people, that type of headphones don't fit.
Fresh approaches to AI hardware are emerging, like the Groq Chip which utilizes software-defined memory and networking without caches. To simplify reasoning about the chip, Groq makes it synchronous so the compiler can orchestrate data flows between memory and compute and design network flows between chips. Every run becomes deterministic, removing the need for benchmarking models since execution time can be precisely calculated during compilation. With these innovations, Groq achieved state-of-the-art speed of 240 tokens/s on 70B LLaMA.

Fascinating stuff - a synchronous distributed system allows treating 1000 chips as one, knowing exactly when data will arrive cycle-for-cycle and which network paths are open. The compiler can balance loads. No more indeterminism or complexity in optimizing performance (high compute utilization). A few basic operations suffice, with the compiler handling optimization, instead of 100 kernel variants of CONV for all shapes. Of course, it integrates with Pytorch and other frameworks.

https://youtu.be/hk4QGpQAvSY?t=57
Not exactly sure if explicitly declared output of the Kagi Universal Summarizer is allowed (will delete again if not, but I did not see a guideline for it), but I think this could be a start sparking further curiosity. (I don't know how accurate the output is, as I am not a domain expert in PQC or cryptography in general, for that matter)

Kagi Universal Summarizer output for "Summary":

This web page discusses the selection of the Kyber and NTRU cryptosystems as the quantum-resistant digital signature algorithms by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). It analyzes NIST's claims about the security levels of Kyber-512 compared to AES-128. While NIST argued Kyber-512's security level is boosted enough by memory access costs to meet the AES-128 threshold, the text raises uncertainties around accurately modeling such costs and argues NTRU may have advantages in flexibility and performance. Overall, the page questions whether NIST fully justified selecting Kyber-512 over NTRU given the uncertainties in quantifying the security of lattice-based cryptosystems against future attacks.

Kagi Universal Summarizer output for "Key moments":

- There is debate around whether Kyber-512 provides adequate security compared to the AES-128 benchmark. NIST claims it meets this level factoring in memory access costs, but others argue the analysis is uncertain.

- NIST's analysis added 40 bits of estimated security to Kyber-512's post-quantum security level due to memory costs, bringing it above the AES-128 threshold. Critics question this calculation.

- NTRU provides greater flexibility than Kyber in supporting a wider range of security levels. At some levels it also has better performance and security than Kyber options.

- The security of lattice-based cryptosystems like Kyber and NTRU is not fully understood, and there is a risk of better attacks being discovered in the future.

- Standardizing a system like Kyber-512 that may have limited security margin could be reckless given lattice cryptanalysis uncertainties.

- Critics argue NIST has not clearly explained its security evaluations and claims about Kyber-512's margin above AES-128.

- Memory access costs are important to lattice security but are not fully quantified in their impact on Kyber versus classical attacks on AES.

- Removing Kyber-512 could make NTRU the strongest candidate given its flexibility at multiple security levels.

- One paper argued multi-ciphertext attacks on Kyber may be as difficult as single-ciphertext attacks.

- There are calls for NIST to be transparent about its analysis and decision making regarding Kyber-512.
I'm located in northern Europe and I would say .NET is very common in most types of businesses.
Please stop simplify things and read what holocaust is.
Ubuntu Desktop 23.10 ISOs Recalled Due to Malicious User Translations
> Applications like Postman, Teams (and pretty much all of MSFT's applications these days), Chrome, and Insomnia should be case studies on how to not design user interfaces. They are about as bad as desktop software gets.

Sadly Tunderbird devs drank their coolaid, as evident in the latest release.
A climbing equipment company (camp) replaced a carabiner free of charge for damage I had caused to it due to my own fault.

It's a few bucks of aluminum, but they've guaranteed more loyalty than they already had.
FWIW I don’t think of it as pride as much as setting boundaries. You understood yours and it made you uncomfortable to cross it. I personally think that’s a good thing.
Hence half-baked ;)

But thanks, I will try to get it fixed over the weekend!
This has been the case for all of history.
https://secretinboxapp.com/

macOS and iOS (soon, once Apple approves), app for quickly accessing Fastmail's Masked Emails :)
I have created a feed aggregator at https://techblogz.onrender.com

It's a collection of engineering blogs specifically from tech companies (updated daily).

Motivation: At some point in the past, I wanted to search for a technical term (like Kubernetes) specifically across tech company blogs to understand how that technology is being used at various companies. But I found it a pain to do this search since you have to search for that term in each blog one by one. So to solve the problem, I created this. It is also helpful for tech interview preparation. I would love for you guys to try it out and provide some feedback.
They can stop it right away is they return the civilian children they kidnapped. You're picking a loaded term specifically to attack Israelis but this is something the Hamas aimed for intentionally when they executed and kidnapped children.
There are extensions for chrome and firefox[0] that can allow for continued scrolling by scroll wheel to exponentionally (as in, actually exponential) speed up. With this, I pretty much never use the scrollbar UI element as an input.

[0]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chromium-wheel-smo..., https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/yass-we
Thanks! I found some of these yesterday and I agree, they are good.
The advantage here is that you need a physical connection to decrypt the content.
Or, you know, stop buying apple products.
What special gear do you need? For clothing gym clothes work fine, I already have a backpack, a cheap water bottle, etc. For shelter you can car camp, or if it's viable in your area you can cowboy camp with a cheap tarp and quilt. You don't need to over think things, it's not like you're trying to climb Everest.
You should think on that a bit. There’s an opportunity for self growth there.
> Possibly not, as you have labelled them

>> the kind of people who have little patience for technology problems and little patience for learning new things

No, I haven't.

You're making an awful lot of shit up about me. All I said is that I've tried the Web UI:s and didn't particularly like them. Speaking of rude.
If I have to go somewhere via an international airport, and that somewhere is outside Schengen zone, I’m not taking any laptop with me that I would mind parting with.

Which is why I have a small stack of old thinkpads and whatnot.

The risks range from misplacement to customs officers being corrupt and petty, or airport security being draconian and wanting to poke around.

Thankfully, VPNs like Tailscale or Zerotier exist, and I can leave the dearer pieces of tech at home and get into them when I need them.
I have to say their products and their attitude towards warranty and repair is trash. I bought a top spec iPad last year, and for some reason, only when using Facetime, the audio has a static noise about it.

I personally have a real issue with buying a top spec product that's faulty and being offered "refurbished" replacement, why not just replace it with a new device? I have no idea how long the screen on the refurb model has been in use, for example.

Anyweay it to a "genius" bar , they had no idea , they didn't even have a test number I could call to verify the problem, so I clumsily had to call family and ask them if they could hear me.

The best they could offer me so far is that I travel 3.5 hours, very costly trip via rail to pick up my second hand replacement device, they refuse to ship it to my location. It's absolutely ridiculous.

I've had quite a few issues with their devices lately, really starting to turn me off their stuff.

Disclaimer: I do use Linux a lot and I'm open to other vendors, not just a blind fanboy, though I do over all like their products and use them frequently.
My company enforces this with two rules. One, deployment always builds and deploys exactly what's in the git repository, so there is no way to include anything else (secrets, configuration...) in a deployment. Two, it's obviously forbidden to commit secrets to the git repository (we enforce this through training and reviews, but it's fairly easy to add pre-commit hooks as well).
It's actually a pretty cool feature (when it works as intended), I once saw this dialog when visiting a friend who also had a pair of Airpods and we mixed them by accident.
Finding a Tech Job Is Still a Nightmare
I can get replacement hardware for my lenovo laptop, it got repaired twice under the warranty. My android cellphone is on it's 3rd screen. My bicycle got a bunch of new pieces this summer. Fixing hardware isn't that different from fixing software.
Oops yes.
OpenAI is not cheap, it’s selling at lost.
I bought wireless headphones (for $20!) because I got tired of getting tangled up in the cable and yanking the headphones (or my phone) away when cycling, and never looked back.
Maybe slightly missing the main point here, but I find documenting your compromise is a good trade-off (TODO: BF later). Make a note in the comment or PR, create a ticket for it, but leave it for another day.

It takes little effort. Writing things down helps you reassess your choice. And it serves a good starting point for future revisiting. It also keeps you honest (certain culture promotes a pretence of perfection). Even if it becomes someone else's problem later, they'll be grateful for the explicitly.

The tech debt will occur anyway, so you might as well make it visible rather than invisible. Knowing what you owe is the first step of repayment.
This is the healthcare gambit then? Jack up prices so that the discounts you offer seem reasonable, to the point anyone paying the regular price is just getting scammed?
Cut Data center power use in paek hours
Google tests system to cut data center power use during grid problems. It will reduce data center electricity consumption during times of stress on local electricity grids, by shifting non-urgent computing tasks to other times and locations.
That does not change that I cannot categorize the document you have linked, nor its parts, see my previous questions in that regard:
"What is a "Verified Complaint" in the first place? Are the items under "Nature of the Action" approved by the court or are they just claims of the complaining side?"
High priced garbage.
Not exactly but it would be a good name for it!

If you run it you get some money and higher balances mean better treatment when it takes over.
Slow? Fastest in HW, and comparable performance in SW. Moreover if you take into account security hardening, SHA3 is easier to protect than alternatives.
Yeah… this is the biggest red flag for me.

Yes startups are all about building great products that users will love. But that love should be organic and authentic, not blind belief.

I suspect that this expectation is likely because most startups are actually bullshit products. Look at all the dumbass crypto startups and now the AI startups. Its become an institution that churns out crap so you need to be able to delude yourself into believing the nonsense to keep doing it repeatedly.
And the owner could have sold it and stolen it back in in the many months he have bought it. I guess if you manage to block the device in the store itself, they will unblock it for you - but it would defeat the purpose in this case.
Are you telling me I gave a compromised iso access to all my data, logins, banking?
If you are able to get a supply of rockets into your land, you can get anything that allows you to strive economically. Israel also granted them more autonomy which they repaid with terrorism. Do you just deny that fact?

The blind blame of Israel is just tiring. They still want all the land and drive out the Jews. That is no basis to found a prosperous nation.
Alas, Mac is one of the biggest offenders of crappy design and anti-usability.

When I first had to use one for work I thought it was buggy and defective and losing data. Turns out it was just hiding it because scrollbars were entirely hidden and disabled by default. They also hid a lot of other stuff. What kind of idiot created that design guideline?

Then there's the fact that the editing keys don't work at all consistently or correctly (and sometimes just don't work at all).

And nowadays they like to hide functionality behind obscure multi-finger touchpad gestures.

Their 'magic' mouse was a magic louse, that didn't work very well, ate batteries like they thought they were in a hotdog eating contest, and just randomly did stuff you didn't want based on where your finger happened to touch them.

I hope someday they hire a designer that has used a computer before and can upgrade their UI/UX standards to at least the Windows 95 level.
There's an optional but very helpful sixth step: expose the loaded configuration (by pushing it to the logs, or as a /_config endpoint). For secrets, obviously don't expose the secret value itself, but do expose the vault address, secret identifier, and which version of the secret was loaded. This helps check that an application isn't using an outdated version of a secret.
Did you gasp go to the apple store and tell them what happened?

Seems like you should do that before complaining on Twitter. Mistakes happen, it's about how they handle them that matters.
the hardware these LLMs run on isn't going to get 10x faster/cheaper in the span of a couple years, it will get incrementally faster at the cost of having to buy new expensive datacenter GPU hardware. It's not going to magically save them from losing money on serving requests.
Did you get back on to the store and seek resolution? If you're coming back in with the same serials they tried to fix earlier they will have a record of it.
When I see countries like the US say their support is unconditional, I wonder how far they're prepared to go

Would the US/Germany/etc. let all 2 million be killed?

Just hypothetical question - 800k deaths for Leningrad for reference. Is that the kind of threat being made?
And they don’t know whether they might have sold it for someone else.
Libary books. My (I am not in the US) local library lend out ebooks, they are obviously DRM protected. You can read them on the web or in the iOS/Android apps, so I can't read them on my kindle, on this device I would be able to as I could use the android app.
Then it's work's problem
I see what you mean. In this case, I was talking about the LLM being a component of the AGI rather than the whole AGI all by itself.
For those too lazy to look it up: ˘ is called a "breve", and it is rounded, not even pointy as the typical "hat" is in physics and mathematics literature.

Obviously, a rounded hat like that will stay on top of a human head only for a brief amount of time. Not sure if that is the actual reason (people in this thread are fairly pedantic about causality), but it may help to remember that a breve is used to signify short vowels.
Loved this post. A lot of what you said resonated with my story. You’re so right about diet culture- it exists to make money from diet related products.

I can imagine it’s hard in the states (although here in the UK we’re on the same track) with huge portion sizes, lots of fast food and lots of processed food. It’s hard, and expensive to cook and eat healthy these days.

I lost a bunch of weight recently. What really worked for me was,
- fasting between 6:30pm and 10:30am. No late eating was a game changer for me
- exercise. I do HIIT classes 4 times a week
- trying to cook healthier
- cut down alcohol
>There are countless software projects that have never seen the light of day because the developers spent all the time polishing the back of the cabinet (and the product managers designing the door handles), and nobody did anything about the actual drawers.

maybe some hobby projects. I can't name a product that failed due to too much polishing. It's almost always due to overscoping or underfunding or political reasons. Sometimes first to market is important, but it's not the difference between success or failure simply due to timing.

>you've seen the survivors of the process which have ugly backs of the cabinets because the developers started on the actual drawers

And I've also seen "survivors" that died because the drawers weren't actually bolted on but got plenty of funding on the show floor with "no touching allowed" signs. Absolutes, sith, etc.

> if I have to delay the building of my kitchen because the cabinets are late, and I call the shop and they cheerfully tell me that they were ready yesterday but they haven't finished polishing the backs, oh man

And that's a classic miscommunication. Some managers see unnecesary polish when in reality they were still bolting the drawer in but they think "it's good enough".
It's disheartening that pretty much all of these questions are about playing the game of working in a large tech company. I mean, I get it. It's Blind and it's rare to get candid access to a director who can tell you how the game is played. But still... I'm seeing zero passion for the customers, the products, the technical problems or the other things that make me enjoy working in this industry.
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> The premise of this is flawed. OpenAI is cheap because of has to be right now. They need to establish market dominance quickly, before competitors slide in. The winner of this horse race is not going to be the company with the best performing AI, it’s going to be the one who does the best job at creating an outstanding UX, ubiquitously presence, entrenching users, and building competitive moats

I hate this. Not the best will win, but the one with the biggest pockets. Nothing that helps with technofeudalism. Proper competition would be good.
We tried that, didn't work
I've always been fascinated by Zork despite coming of age decades after its release. Reminded of it a few years back through The Digital Antiquarian, I wrote a C# implementation of the Z-Machine (https://github.com/raegwolf/zmachine). Seeing how so much could be achieved with so little memory was eye opening.
Palestinians are facing bombings and imminent threats. Can you understand why their supporters would want to rally at this moment?
Often, what lacks in these ideas is nuance and middle ground. The intent is right but the approach is lazy.

What do you think of this approach:

Gamify learning! Students get to learn sort of at their own pace but like gaming, they fall into different levels
But nobody tells you that FindMy is necessary to register your purchase.