skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> The consensus viewpoint is not this so you can listen to HN consensus or you can listen to me.

Can you corroborate your points? None of it really aligns with my experience. Nvidia hardware seems quite popular and effective for raster solutions, accelerated RT, dedicated AI and even low-power handheld gaming. I'm typing this out on a Linux box with an Nvidia GPU right now :P

It's worth noting that Nvidia isn't a saint, sure. They play for keeps, and CUDA is limited to paying customers only. CUDA doesn't have open source alternatives, though. Some things do part of what CUDA does really well (or better), but nobody is making a full-stack replacement. Apple is investing in the Accelerate framework which has almost no industry/datacenter application; AMD is doubling down on OpenBLAS and community support. Intel is half-assing some proprietary frameworks and pushing it into demos for a good look.

It would be great if these incumbent companies would pool their vast resource advantage to write, deliver, test and maintain a cross-platform GPGPU library. But that's a lot to ask, and it's easier to just disrupt the entire market with a single integrated package.
The app that promised an NHS 'revolution' then went down in flames
Late 30s here. I keep feeling like I should learn math better, but damn, I just never need it. It’s much easier to learn stuff I need. As it is, I’ve lost everything back to about 8th grade math because I’ve never used any of it, so it’s just as gone as all the French I used to know but never found an excuse to use.

[edit] and I’m dreading my kids getting past elementary school math because they’re gonna be like “why the hell am I spending months of my life on quadratic equations?” and I’m not gonna have an answer, because IDK why we did that either. At least I have answers for calculus, even if they’re not much good (“so you can do physics stuff”, “right, but will I ever need to do physics stuff?”, “uhhh… unless you really want to, no.”)
Are interim CEOs just caretakers?
That does not explain why men and women rate attractiveness so differently. Both men and women watch TV and consume media.
And how would that help? Women are still going to filter for tall, successful fit men.
Why run if you don’t care about the speed? If I don’t care about the speed and just want to cover a certain distance to enjoy myself outdoors, I’ll walk.
Freedom and privacy are rapidly going to become a thing of the past. You won't be able to escape even if you attempt to. The world is becoming a disgusting place and I want none of it anymore.
I think it’s highly likely that a system built for counting was used for counting loans, debts, and resources. The foundation of civilization is resource allocation.
Both are related, as Venus is thought to have lost its water through runaway greenhouse. Without water, tectonics and vulcanism are likely to cease, and CO2 is unable to be recycled into the deeper layers of the planet. It builds up on the surface, and you get a 70 bar atmosphere of mostly CO2. This "runaway" feedback loop is one of the main reasons why global warming should be avoided, in my opinion.
Technical overview of a JavaScript runtime written in Rust
Some context: Dune is a hobby JS/TS runtime that I started working on two years ago as a personal challenge. The current objective for the project is to serve as an educational resource for individuals interested in the JavaScript runtime space. Given its relatively small size and comprehensible components, it provides an accessible entry point for new people understanding various parts of a JS runtime.

Previews Reddit post: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/x84xje/dune_a_new_jav...

In pursuit of this goal, I have decided to create this technical overview, which explains common principles of JavaScript runtimes and delves into specific aspects of Dune.

I welcome any feedback you might have about the document or the runtime in general.
I wouldn't describe it as 4D. At that level public relations skill is more important for a CEO than tech skills
One of my most enjoyable experiences in regards to project management was working at a fortune 500 with an entire PM Org. The PMO grew out of IT where it was really formalized and then got its tentacles into all of the different orgs, sales, marketing, finance, etc. What an amazing force multiplier is right. Before IT would be sitting around waiting for Finance, now Finance was part of a global PM situation.

Those PMs in the PMO knew their shit, they were realistic, they understood different strategies, they handled managing up and down, and ensuring everyone knew what they had to do.

I wrote a linkedin review for my favorite PM and it's as follows:

When I first met Rajitha, she was in the process of managing a company wide Windows 7 to 10 upgrade. As it turns out I was one of the last holdouts and was badly overdue. She was incessant! I hated it!. Finally, I gave into her demands and as these things go, I was pleasantly surprised how smoothly it went.

Fast forward a few months and Rajitha was tasked to work along side myself and others on several complex tech merger/acquisition projects. Moving parts, moving people, the whole thing was a whirlwind held down by a few important people on the team, including her. My initial resentment was replaced with a new deeply held respect for her capabilities and skillset. She was amazingly diligent and focused, friendly and compassionate.

If you're get a chance to work with Rajitha, count yourself among the lucky few!

Sorry Rajitha, this recommendation is many years overdue. I was cleaning out my filing cabinet and found a stack of old Church & Dwight papers. A print out of "How I learned to stop worrying and love Direct To Consumer". A "Magneto", not "Magento" project cover, and a handwritten note -- left on my desk -- from you to make sure I followed up a task that was in my queue".
> Pharmaceuticals don't want cures, but forever treatments

You don’t have to look very hard to realize this trope is totally wrong, just google “vaccine”.
"We need unions... so that employees can't have the opportunities they'd have otherwise to be fairly compensated for their know-how by the companies most able to bring their talents to market." Isn't really a slam dunk IMO.
I disagree entirely. The only reason for creating native apps is to allow apps to interoperate and integrate deeply with the OS. Apps should be free to pass data around with each other, and this absurd level of security overreach, suggesting every app should be sandboxed, is actively hurting the computing world.

Sure, if you're making a game or some browser replacement, then go for sandboxing. But most productivity software shouldn't be confined to that. We need computing to stay open, not to all be closed down mobile OS style.
Ridiculous. That list of tremendous people are some founders that found success. There are plenty of tremendous founders we don't hear about that didn't do as well. There are plenty of tremendous people in regular jobs that can't act like iconoclastic dickheads because they'd be rightfully fired. More importantly hugely successful organizations have found a way to reproduce their own success despite specific people not because of them.

You want to build lasting success on good process, good organization and responsible management. People come and go. Organizations stick around.
> In the "good old days" dating was simpler, but also much, much worse for the average woman. People dated within their town almost exclusively. The best bachelors would be gone pretty quickly.

Honestly, the ability to tell “the best bachelor” without experience together of the type that used to be frowned on before marriage was always weak; what has changed is that the social and economic compulsion/incentive (on both sides) to marry has become a lot weaker and the volume of exposure much greater, and norms limiting the kind of experience that reveals fundamental incompatibility before marriage have weakened.
Yeah, it's nonsense. There are many sources of noise, including electromagnetic radiation through an antennae. You can always gather some data and hash it into a single number. Taking a photos of lava lamps is lots of data without any payoff.
I mean, the name came from the term.. I don't many would think this on HN.
And somehow double tapping on the logos to zoom in in Safari on iOS 17.1 crashes the tab.
(I'm not a lawyer and this isn't legal advice.)

The Occam's Razor hypothesis is that you're off their radar and they simply neglected to inform you. Acquisitions are crazy and stressful, and former employees are low priority. It's also typical that your termination is lots more emotional to you than those that fired you, so unless you're sure they hate you, it's possible to overthink this.

My instinct would be to write a short, friendly email to your co-founder. Something like:

Congrats! Just saw the press release, that's REALLY terrific!

a little more small-talk... Are they upping the free snacks in the fridge? Any changes to your day-to-day job?

I'd also like to sync on the equity transfer. Carta still shows my original position in StartupCo. Could you forward any info on mechanics of the transfer? Or, could you point me to the right person at PE-Corp?

Again, congrats(!!), this is outstanding!

If there's no reply, you could then reach out to PE-Corp, since they're now responsible for working with investors and shareholders.
Dating is clearly impossible and hating women is the bestest and smartest course of action. All the couples you see around you must have something you lack. Give up and drop out already. Everybody eventually dies so everything is pointless anyway.

Geez.
I was staying in the Holiday Inn Express at Dubai airport the other day, which is less than 400m from the entrance to Terminal 3 at that same airport (and the metro station located there), making it a convenient hotel for my few days in Dubai.

What I hadn't noticed was that there is a major road inbetween, and that the walking time, according to Google Maps, is 92 minutes, covering a distance of 6.8km! So yeah, I took a taxi...
Yeah, I agree overall, but my complaint was that the author was covering literally "desktop" usages.

> The moral of the story is that today's software was designed targeting yesterday's hardware.

The problem with CPUs w/ high core counts is that GPU can be more efficient in most cases. The tasks that specifically need CPU are likely complex and dynamic - in terms of codeflow and dataflow - so that they can't benefit from SIMD/SPMD. I don't think "desktop" need any such complexities, especially when the actual complexity of desktop software hardly increased for decades except web browsers.
He obviously didnt read the article. Apple definitely is in the wrong here as the ITC found.
As opposed to giving Apple/Google access to your location.
> Looks just as manipulated as view counts on YouTube

Can you elaborate? I thought they are mostly accurate nowadays.
We do lose our field periodically. IIRC it reverses over the course of ~100-1000 yr every 20,000 yr or so. During that time, the field is multi-polar and complex and doesn't shield us well. We're still here, nevertheless.
I think it’s likely a goal of Google’s to automate Play Store app reviews to the maximum possible extent, and “don’t abuse” sorts of policies don’t play well with that since it requires human judgement. It’s much easier to restrict permissions to a couple of app categories and completely rule out abuse.
Why? Well, because it should be physically impossible not to. A roundabout forces you to take a sharp right turn, with a small turning radius.

It's like turning right at a T junction. You simply can't do that at high speeds because you will flip your car. Most drivers have enough self-preservation to prefer slowing down over crashing their car.
These days I do most of my reading on the bus to and from work and it is driven by the requirements of library books being due, being recalled, etc. I have been using interlibrary loan a lot lately (at my uni I can request a book and often have it the next day) which gives me a reason to hurry.

Other times I have read a lot more but I have been playing a lot of video games lately though watching very little video other than the occasional sports game but I am going to more sports games than watching them because sports photography is my current obsession.
Perhaps knowing how Socrates died and who fought in the Peloponnesian war just isn't as important as this guy thinks it is anymore?
I think you both might be talking about the same thing. CBT is much more detailed and comprehensive than "practicing letting go," but in a sense, accepting reality and then letting go (of our maladaptive beliefs and coping behaviors) is at its core. GP may have encountered CBT from an alternative source, and thus doesn't associate it with 'mainstream therapy.' Which I'm not even sure if CBT is prominent enough yet to be considered the main clinical paradigm.
I would assume that was certainly sarcasm.
That tracks. Rauch is a funny guy. We would blast funny songs in the office during the ZEIT days. It doesn't surprise me in the least that he's embracing the meme.
> Developing crushes on people you actually know in your social scenes is more reasonable

You are absolutely correct here, but the primary problem with this is that a combination of sexual harassment statutes, #metoo movements, and generalized "women don't ever want to be approached" zeitgeist has closed this avenue off.

This avenue is generally still available if you follow the two rules, but if you do not, it's over for you.

Church is probably the only exception to this, but with drastically increasing secularization of society, good luck with that.
a very common one is pointer values being different from run to run and across different operating systems. Any code that intentionally or accidentally relies on pointer values will be non-deterministic
Nice work! This looks like a very helpful app, and I like the visual design.

I tried authenticating with Google to try it out on mobile, but I got a 500 when redirected back to the site. I’ll be sure to check back later though to try again :)
I have been in a gold mine in Wales, I think it was this one that is Roman https://www.visitwales.com/attraction/visitor-centre/dolauco...
2/40 poached employees stealing data is almost margin-of-error levels. I wouldn't be surprised if Rivos genuinely had no idea they were using Apple IP.
GCC respects SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH, and Nixpkgs has specific support for setting that environment variable: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/92fdbd284c262f3e478033... (although I haven't proved that this is actually how it works for cpython's build).

Irrelevant spelunking details follow:

That string is output by cpython to contain the contents of the __DATE__ C macro (https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/fa35b9e89b2e207fc8bae... which calls to https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/fa35b9e89b2e207fc8bae... which uses the __DATE__ macro at https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/fa35b9e89b2e207fc8bae... ).

Cpython is defined in nixpkgs at https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/92fdbd284c262f3e478033... which I imagine (but haven't proved) uses GCC.
Its significantly easier when Congress can't tell the difference between an iPhone and an Android phone.
Maybe you are more forgiving than I am, but the spectrum of the sun even measured from nearby in space is distinctly different to a Planck spectrum[0].

[0] https://www.e-education.psu.edu/meteo300/node/683
That sounds exactly like an escort with a fancy app.
I didn't realize how rare (and precious) a commodity giving a shit is. I expected it to be the default state, but it's not. I remember calling a customer to apologize for a bug and having them console me with something like, "all my apps have bugs and irritations, but you're the only one who seems to care enough to call me and fix it promptly."
They'd probably really enjoy Wordle (and all the variations, like the math-oriented Nerdle.)

I've always wondered if two people could play a kind of "Hangman", but with five-letter Wordle words. (Kind of like the paper-and-pencil version of Mastermind, but with letters...)
Could be. It's exceptionally hard to tell with union advocates. My partner is in one and they've done nothing but screw her over at every twist and turn, yet many in her industry still speak (genuinely) fondly of them.
An accounting system using knots isn't money, per ser.
These systems of credit were based on mutual trust and social relations, often without a physical representation of money as we know it today.

Comparing this to coinage, the innovation of coins introduced a standardized physical object that could represent value, which allowed for a different kind of economic activity not solely based on personal trust and relationships. Coinage enabled transactions with strangers and facilitated trade over larger distances and among larger groups of people, where personal credit relationships were not feasible.

Money, has a specificity to it. In essence, while early credit systems were based on social relationships and trust within communities, coinage represented a more impersonal and widely accepted medium of exchange that did not necessarily rely on social bonds. This distinction is crucial because it allowed for the expansion of trade and the concept of money as an abstract unit of account, rather than a direct reflection of social debts and credits.
He’s definitely gotten increasingly negative and aggrieved. IIRC correctly, he used to be fairly enthusiastic about Android. Definitely time to move on.
You make it sound as if the tech world hasn't been worshipping at the altar of stoicism, which is also pretty "one-size fits all".
Fairly certain it's already happening in you cell phones.
Perhaps that is true in some places in the USA. I am quite confident it is nowhere close to true in most of the world.
You seem to be... bragging about? or at least seeking recognition for? your country's policy of forced assimilation vs. another country's policy of forced removal.

Aside from being a deeply weird thing to say, there's no buffalo left in either case.
The realization I had the other day is that we worry about bus numbers for technical details and then we have a “single wring-able neck” which right there should have told us what a snake in the grass Schwaber and his ideas are. Not even internally consistent. And capital T Toxic.

Used to be we had two or three people responsible for owning the product design. Coherence of design, despite the name, doesn’t come from a single mind. It comes from a mind that is challenged at every turn to be better. I had a friend in college who had a love-hate relationship with Stephen King. He was a fan, but lamented the fact that King refuses to have an editor. “Great beginnings, terrible endings,” was how my friend described his books. And “he needs an editor, even if he doesn’t want one.” And repeated it at the end of each book he read. Which is how we end up with King saying the Movie Ending for The Mist was better than his ending. Nobody to push back. Nobody invested with the power to call him on his bullshit.

We used to have companies with a leader of engineering that insisted on what success would look like, a leader of quality that insisted on what corners we could not cut, and a leader of development that insisted on how we were going to get there. Now we have a product owner trying to be all three and doing a shitty job at two of them. If you’re lucky.

In traditional Kanban, everyone has a veto, a strong cultural drive not to use that veto unless it’s necessary, but as soon as it’s necessary. In Scrum the illusion of adaptability is an opiate for the masses. Agile theater for a process that has become almost entirely and practically Lean. If you think you’re doing Agile when you’re doing Lean, you’re gonna have a bad time.
The History of Money
They didn't necessarily need gold. For example in bronze/iron age trading it was common to use relatively standardized small bars of other metals for payment. These were not coins, but approximately had the same function.
A lot of ad people would say that's unethical. Of course, a lot also say it's unethical to go to the bathroom during TV ads instead of sitting there and watching them like a good little consumer.
Kerosene lanterns. astoundingly solid.
Relevant:

The history of Pulse Oximeters https://www.cablesandsensors.com/pages/history-of-pulse-oxim...
SolidStart or Qwik, + postgres
> general health

> enjoyment of the experience

These are subjective measurements. You decide, maybe subconsciously, whether you are feeling healthy or have enjoyed your experience.

Speed and distance are objective. An 8 minute mile is faster than a 9 minute mile. 30 miles is farther than 20 (lets keep elevation constant).

When it comes to sports, some of us are driven by those objective measurements. Sometime to beat the "other guy", sometimes just to beat ourselves.

I don't know that I can fully explain that drive to someone that lacks it. Have you ever felt driven to perform your best by some objective measurement in a non-sporting aspect of your life? School, work, video games?
There is an article in Syy&Telescope that contains a new theory. I did not read it fully yet, but seems Magnetic Field was/is not a factor.

It shows Venus, Mars and Earth is loosing isotopes(?) at about the same rate.

Plus, Venus has no Magnetic Field to speak of and its atmosphere is far denser than Earths.
Good option for sure. I definitely strongly believe in turning laptop chips into mini-pcs. It'd be lovely to see performance scaling of a 7840U across it's 15-30W. Or a 5800U across it's 10-25W.

I do think AMD is still missing out though on a market segment. They have embedded chips like a V3C14 (a quad core v3000, zen3) which should be physically smaller offerings, should be a cheaper alternative to these mini-pcs. But in practice, there's few boards or systems available and what offerings there are seem to be boutique gear, at high price points.

Smaller & cheaper & lower power computers that can be tucked into various ubiquitous & pervasive computing scenarios remain really interesting to me. It's stellar that desktop class machines have gotten as small & affordable as they are, but I still hope to see this segment of sub-tier systems grow.
Curious what are you doing with both ansible and containers? What does ansible actually do in your setup?
Yeah, "who built this" information belongs in a signing certificate that accompanies the build artefact, not in the artefact itself. The Git hash can certainly appear in the binary (it's a reproducible part of the build input), and the date can instead be e.g. the commit date, which is probably more relevant to a user anyway.
What’s wild here isn’t that the list is totally bogus, but how little money it takes to game the system. People spend $150k on an MFA in creative writing when $60k will buy a consulting service to land you on the NYT best seller list.
Once someone uses a flexible feature, everyone else who works on the codebase has to deal with it too. Anyone who thinks of code as more of an implementation detail than a goal probably won't like not being able to just click auto format and forget it.