skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
What's your point? With the sentence you quoted, I was expressing doubt that someone would be fired by Instagram for deliberately mistranslating that. (A different company wouldn't get the same assessment.)
FOSS doesn't have polish because the original devs plan on selling the polish
No one is being shafted. With each paycheck, the obligations of the company are met.
> choose to invest more to pay severance

This is not a thing that happens in reality.
This is a serious problem. I had a fraudulent charge today that my credit card company caught. I got both a text and a phone call; the phone call bounced me from person to person, one asking for last four digits, the other asking for name, and when I couldn't immediately find the card to get the CVV the third offered to send me a two-factor code via text to confirm my identity... which said "we will not call and ask for code" in the text message.

Still not 100% sure it was the bank, so I asked for a reference number (which they couldn't provide) and said I would call back the number on my card instead.
yep, that's it!
> When you sign up with an ISP, you’re signing up for a guaranteed service at a physical location with defined jurisdictional borders

It's messier than that. This works if all NY, OR, <whatever state> gets its traffic distributed through a guaranteed hub in those locations. Specifically when you know the end point of the user. Let's just take the simple case and say a Google employee sitting in a CA office is working with a Microsoft employee sitting in a WA office and assume OR has a throttling service. The hubs along the way are Seattle, Vancoover, Portland, Eugene, Redding, SF. Do the Portland and Eugene servers throttle? To do this they'd need to know: 1) the source destination, 2) the final destination, 3) the type of traffic, 4) the type of service, and so on. Are they going to have that? Probably not. And then it'd be trivial to get around if you start using encrypted traffic and encrypted DNS services. The ISPs just can't do that wish such granularity that they don't risk being sued by CA.

> Also just to make a note on GDPR, one of the screwy things about it is that covers EU citizens.

A note on the CA thing, the DOJ and several ISP lobby groups tried to get CA's law overturned at a federal level immediately after it was passed. It's been upheld. So they kinda already looked at a solution that strongly implies what the parent implied about other states likely implementing similar laws were the ISPs to start such fuckery.

CA here isn't just acting as a filter in that they do a thing and so having to work around them is more cost than its worth. They are _also_ an example, where they tried to get the laws overturned and failed. So they don't want to get any more similar laws in other states because that will have even more of an effect and tighten what they can do even further.
It's really interesting how we reconstruct our perspective when it's a human. If a bear were to kill a child we'd use the fact that they have no free will to summarily shoot it without a trial.

On the other hand, if it's a person, we use their lack of free will to absolve them of responsibility; or at least that's what we instinctively assume should result from their lack of free will.

I notice this seems to be what people are defending against when it comes to denying free will, but it seems like the opposite should follow. We should think that no free will means that it doesn't matter; just shoot it and be done. Yet we assume it must mean people will somehow get a "no free will pass".

Of course, there's a simple explanation that people don't like the idea of just being along for the ride. If we are punished and rewarded based on nothing, it leads to despair, similar to thinking of death with no afterlife.

Obviously, if we dismiss the person's rights for not having free will, we're also dismissing our own. That weakness aside, I just find it fascinating that the exact same reasoning is used to come to opposite conclusions.

If any vegans are here they might notice something. Bears have no rights, people have max. So perhaps we just need to improve bear rights. You could argue that when a bear eats people (in a really "bad bear" way), we should just fence it in somewhere and toss it some trash; sure it might not be happy, but it deserves the same mercy as people.
GP said

> Lot of talented folks in Seattle and beyond who'll be looking for new gigs.

Which you took issue with and suggested the failure was counter evidence. That was pretty clearly about the technical team that was just let go, so that idea doesn't hold much water.

Beyond that, the mere existence of failure doesn't mean that the plan wasn't reasonable; you need a lot more data to determine if the mgmt team was functioning well. I have no opinion on the particulars here because I don't know the details. But the contention that the fact of failure alone is clear indication is a bit silly, which is what I was pointing out.
Would you trust a repository made like this to save your secrets?
Hi All,

my intention is to keep my secrets on a nice public repo, what do you think?

Thanks!
That would imply that if the bank loans me money, and then I deposit it into a fake/scam bank I can claim that I didn't know it's not them and get out of repaying the loan. But it doesn't work that way because I'm expected to do my due diligence. So should the bank.

Not knowing it's me just means they have to find a way to guarantee that knowledge. Because the failure to properly identify a client is the bank's not the client's.
yes! non standard data wrangling, even if just for fun, is great way to gain a better standing of your workload and hardware.

tldr; [de]serialization is your bottleneck, after that it’s general data processing. both are wasting insane levels of cpu cycles. network and disk, when accessed linearly, are free.

i remember first looking into this when ec2 i3 came out, only more so since. lambda for burst cpu capacity when you can’t wait 30s for ec2 spot is interesting too.

https://nathants.com/posts/performant-batch-processing-with-...
I'm a big fan of both audible and project gutenberg.

A quick listen of a couple of these recordings reveals some of the worst robotic renderings possible.

Sorry, team, these are awful.
Representative democracy might not scale well, but that was designed when it was an 8 day horse ride back to the districts. You really wanted someone with "boots on the ground" at the seat of power to represent you.

But we don't know what "real" democracy would look like.

I see it as everyone who wants can join in the documented conversations about the nuts and bolts of governance (forums, rfp's, rfc's), and everyone who wanted could join in voting for those with a button click. With full transparency of the tools, the process, and the results.
Oh sure. Nobody's telling you personally not to like it or discounting the reasons you like it. We're just talking about the thermodynamic limit of the likingness of it over a spherical cow average of humans ;) And maybe also asserting that there are many other lesser known paintings that also have those qualities that you enjoy but you haven't seen because they weren't slingshotted into the public conciousness. These things are linked but not necessarily causitive. My claim above is even simpler, which is that I'm surprised people are spending time sussing out what specific paint was used because I didn't think that was even a question people asked. It's a painting from a known artist with a known style and known materials that both it and its sibling paintings have been pretty well pored over before.

Anyway like what you like and ignore the nerds :)
> If they can do this, they can pay salaries another month

If leadership decides to use the remaining funds on salaries rather than severance - then they should be judged on that! What good is buying one extra month for a doomed company? That month is more valuable to individual employees who can use it to look for new jobs
Higher animals, including humans, seem to have free will in the sense that they can imagine alternative futures, choose among them, and plan their motions accordingly.

This is essential to being able to efficiently forage or hunt for food.

In humans this leads to our well developed ability to fantasize, which is the core of our ability to think abstractly and believe in our consciousness.
_up to_ 2 minutes.

No mention of the actual distribution, so I'm willing to bet it will most often be 0 improvement, or an actual net negative, when you get a confused family or otherwise indignant group wondering why they can't board together.
>It's also certainly not in the interests of investors to just call things off.

And of course, we should prioritize a class of people who BY DEFINITION have significantly more resources available to keep themselves alive and safe and happy over the well being of 500 normal people.
That's not true my understanding is that the UK police are the best in the world at making sure you are tracked down and punished if you say something unflattering about someone on the internet, or if you happen to be walking around with a chisel, or god-forbid a pocket knife.

And then from what I've heard the NHS is the best run health care system in the world[1].

1. Best run according to this documentary https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-5zEb1oS9A
The land of take what you want, with the naive hope that it magically turns into the land of do as you please.
> I know for a fact there are tech companies that build out separate systems for EU and US data pipelines.

Great, me too. I thought it was clear in my first sentence...

>> Sure, some websites detect your location and apply different rules to you but a lot end up just following GDPR and apply it universally because it is easier and cheaper to do
Tracy: Sales Advice for Founders
Jeez, ask him out already.
You need to use your Stable Diffusion generated background environment to also generate spherical environment illumination maps so you can do image based lighting. That enables the 3D model(s) to correctly match any environment imaginable by projection mapping the environment onto the model; after which the model's materials define if that mapping is reflected, mixed with the underlying surface color, ignored, or some combination percentage. It's how integrated CGI is done in film VFX.
I've heard some reports that Nix is very painful to get working with Python/ML stack - do you know if this is this still (ever?) the case?
What would be the impact of solar storm on nuclear power plants ? Would we have several Fukushimas ?
Slower and less convenient. If I have two matrices and want to get a dot product I’d rather just call np.dot than zip and iterate.
/= != !=
what makes it 'clearly not right' and why is it 'obviously the account holders fault'? Victim blame much?
How well does this work for projects that include dependencies that are still reliant on the old setup.py and don't have wheels published?
If many users considered changing their search engine in iOS, it wouldn’t be worth $20 billion to Google to be the default.

From that, I think it’s a safe bet Edge users don’t do that, either.
The crazy part of this story (and there are a lot of crazy parts), is that he kicked the whole thing off by calling the police to investigate a crime against him that was predicated on a crime he himself performed. It's basically "hey officer, that guy just stole from me the stuff that I previously stole from someone else!"
Any insights on how effective the CEO and the executives were? I'm very curious how successful executives from big companies like Amazon function in a startup.
Since you seem to have a grasp on those regulations; which are those very clear standards that need be met for payments to be "authorised"? A brief overview would be much appreciated. Please include a link to the actual law text if you're able to.
If you look at the scatter graphs, it's not terribly impressive. Lots of overlap, and most of the results show no difference. The one that does show a large difference still has a lot of overlap in the scatter graph, and it seems to be some outliers that bring down the mean value.

It's kind of an extraordinary claim, which requires extraordinary evidence. This isn't that.

What interests me more is why HN users keep posting this study, and voting it to the top of the home page.
Things that happen are rarely result of a decision. And even when it seems like decision was made in actuality it was just a result of historical, geographical, economical and technological factors. If this person didn't make that this decisions then, someone other would promptly.
Post something like a prom dress for sale online and observe the messages you get from weird perverted men.

Then ask yourself if they should have a sellers real phone number.
"Cloud Security List" – A list of cloud security tools and vendors
Others, like Elon Musk, the owner of X, have expressed disdain for the mainstream press

It's pretty grimly funny seeing this in the NYT, days after the banner, page-spanning headline blaring "Israel strike kills hundreds in hospital, Palestinians say" https://twitter.com/ShaykhSulaiman/status/171442640676182856.... It appears that every one of the first six words is a lie, and a misfired rocket from Islamic Jihad killed dozens of people in the hospital's parking lot. And then the tepid followup: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/18/business/media/hospital-b...: "After Hospital Blast, Headlines Shift With Changing Claims: The fast-moving events highlighted the difficulty of covering the war between Israel and Hamas." OSINT Twitter accounts were more judicious and ultimately more accurate way faster.

The NYT is fine if one wants a particular slant to the news, and it may be that social media companies think many people don't. Their cooking vertical for recipes is really good, though.

And this comment is ignoring the way the NYT and other legacy media have been attacking the tech industry since Nov. 2016.
Google translate or other non-Ai software
Perhaps because in the absence of the kind of alternative route to getting to work that autonomous cars offer, no one in (the US at least) is going to levy an economic death sentence for something that serious?
A lot of "real" companies are investing in it; which by definition makes it no better or worse than ANY OTHER SPECULATIVE THING.

Basically "that's, just like, your opinion, man."
>so of course they'll try to get out of refunding you.

Yes, in the same way that companies will often try to avoid honoring their warranties. That it's in their financial interest to do so doesn't mean they can just ignore their contract with you.
> good indicator that this matters is that United

My experience suggests coprorate decision making is never as data driven as it seems. I'm willing to bet there's some VP at United who is banking on the hype for this to carry them into the next echelon.
Be careful about how short you cut quotes. "give the FCC more authority" is irrelevant in a vacuum. "more authority to protect national security" is worrying, but to me comes off as performative nonsense and overstepping authority on Commissioner Rosenworcel's part. The FCC does not have authority to censor speech. And the FCC does not control surveillance by ISPs. (The NSA [1] does, and the FBI takes advantage of it [2].)

What the FCC does need is the authority to restore net neutrality laws, which it can't have without reclassifying ISPs back to Title II. Admittedly, Congress would do well to pass legislation declaring ISPs utilities and giving the FCC the authority to enforce net neutrality without invoking Title II.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_641A

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter#Conte...
Agreed.

The logistics industry is really old, backwards at times, and lots of penny pinches.

But supply and demand for carriers and capacity is pretty dang fluid too... market forces are already REALLY at play in logistics lands.

If covid showed anything it was that while there would be hiccups if people can't get to work ... stuff still flows through the system pretty efficiently.

If you want to be a 3PL you gotta manage your relationships with your customers / give them a reason to stick with you.
Any early signs that the company was in trouble?
I guess you will
BootMe: A CLI Workflow Manager for macOS
Greetings, Hacker News community!

I'm excited to introduce BootMe, a command-line workflow manager designed to automate repetitive tasks through configurable buttons tailored for specific work sessions. Dive into the README for a comprehensive overview.

Why I'm Here:
BootMe has reached its MVP stage, and I'm gearing up for a 1.0.0 release. However, I need your expertise:

1. Testing on Apple Silicon: Developed on an M1 MacBook, I'm keen to ensure compatibility with other Apple Silicon chips, especially M1 and M2.

2. Intel MacBooks & Windows Machines: While the primary focus is on Apple Silicon, I'd appreciate insights into potential issues on Intel MacBooks and Windows systems. Immediate fixes might be deferred, but identifying them is crucial.

3. Feedback & Future Iterations: Suggestions on UI enhancements, additional features, and general feedback are welcome. While the current vision is a CLI tool, I envision a more user-friendly version in the future.

A Note on Scope:
BootMe began as a personal project tailored to my needs. However, if there's a broader interest, I'm committed to refining and expanding its capabilities.

Get Involved:
Help me make BootMe 1.0.0 robust and versatile. For queries, suggestions, or feedback:

- Email: Reach out directly. demyinn00.bootme@gmail.com

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Jesper Graugaard's Fight Against Chromebooks in Danish Schools
Interesting, so for the apps that I've used that open a webview (which specifically says in the menu box "Powered by Firefox", with an option to "Open in Firefox", which opens in the full browser), they've added the library specifically in the app? To be clear, I don't have a rooted phone.

Not trying to be difficult, but I'm seeing this specifically in the Fastmail Android app, and I don't remember ever setting an app-specific setting to use it. I believe I've also seen this "webview" (maybe this isn't what you mean?) in other apps as well.

Edit: Bit of research suggests that this may be the "Custom Tab API"[1] which might be something different, perhaps a newer API?

1. https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/zkbf8v/enable_fire...
That's a hack that is often described on HN, but the point of COBRA is, as the name suggests, continuity (originally, in part because pre-ACA an issurance gap itself had adverse consequences to future insurability, and acquiring private-market insurance isn’t typically instant, but also because people often have ongoing medical needs where a discontinuity in coverage could disrupt service, )
I used to work for an IoT startup several years ago. We were a small team and focused on attracting big clients for big money. I realized the danger in that once I learned one of our long-standing clients had been paying us for years for a solution that wasn't in operation.

No one else thought it important to try and get developers using our product to reduce our reliance on big players and well, here we are. My last check was paid out from the CEO's personal bank account.

Certain spaces are exciting to work in because you can clearly see a need but sometimes the stars don't align for you. I hope the Convoy team (sans leadership) lands on their feet. Q4 is the worst time to find jobs.
Honorable
Clearly you are not from America...

People here believe that the covid vaccine inserted a microchip that was activated by 5G to control their minds. There are absolutely people here who believe saying "Praise God" in Arabic is a terrorist slang term. I see people demand others get off of planes because they are praying to Allah. Anti-Muslim sentiment in America is very high.

I guarantee you there are plenty of folks here who would say, "Well, Instagram wouldn't lie about the translation, sooo....".
How it gets damaged? For comparison lightning is stronger than solar flares but only rarely damages stored unconnected equipment.
Pretty much, and no, not really.
Or, you can also use openrefine from Google.

Currently mangling a 4 GB file and working with api's that use existing data columns to provide output.. Its a great tool.
It also seems really, really smart about long-term planning for their target growth audience (e.g. teenagers and college students) in a way that I haven't seen from any other social platform. If a platform wants to be the center of social life for people that age and keep them long-term, it absolutely needs to be able to handle the statistical nigh-guarantee that most teenagers will break any reasonable TOS at one point or another.
> This might be true, but personally I'd rather the company try to remain a going concern.

You could refuse the severance as an employee if you wish to go down swinging.

Edit:
Knowing the company is doomed in a month or 2 and not employees offering severance is not a good thing yo do, in my book.
How comfortable should I feel about having this record the input of potentially sensitive information if it's going to send those inputs off to an LLM?

One way I can see around it is to not put anything sensitive in during the record, but sometimes I might need to enter a password etc.
> The very nature of a startup, especially one funded like this, means that your whole existence is predicated on the hopes that you make it big.

Convoy knows their situation very well, and it hasn't changed for 6 months.

As investors and founders you can make the call and be responsible to your employees, maintaining a good reputation for yourself (as founders), and enabling future deal flow (as investors) or this situation where they get 0 help transitioning.

This wasn't an early stage company. They're a late stage (series D iirc?) company that was valued at 1 billion+ with 5000 employees. It's not fair to characterize this with the same risk profile as an early stage co., and the expectations here should be higher in terms of severance and help.
Santander did the same. Including blocking my debit card after I’d been in Arizona for a week. That was a bit of fun, calling them from the middle of the desert with the time difference.

The problem is their profiling is out of whack. They should not treat foreign transactions from a frequent traveler with the same urgency (or more) as a vulnerable elderly emptying their bank account over the course of weeks. They have all the data they need to do their job properly and then some. They are not afraid to use this data when it’s to sell you plans and mortgages.
I don't like having my personal workflows dependent on payments or subscription fees, and I don't like rewarding enshittifying corporations deliberately worsening free programs with feature restrictions and manipulative upsell ads (see Windows 10/11, Discord, scummy mobile apps/games, etc.) Re. other areas of life, I will pay (limited) amounts of money for scarce goods (which software isn't), but frankly it's terrifying that you're reliant on unaffordable payments and subscription fees to avoid freezing or starving to death in real life. Given my current (in)ability to hold a job, I don't see a long-term future for myself surviving.
I regularly talk to Chinese vendors selling robot parts who want to talk over WhatsApp. This is ultimately fine for me but it’s an example of a scenario where I don’t really want to give anything more personal than necessary.
As an outsider (C#/Java) this has always intrigued me. I can only imagine what my opinion would be after using it for a few months with a team.
I'd love if it could output Playwright code as well. I haven't tried it but if this works well it's a great concept!