skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Apparently everyone here hates cover letters, so I would like to offer a different viewpoint. Every time I am part of the hiring process, I start reviewing each applicant by looking at the cover letter. I only look at the CV if the cover letter convinced me, if at all. I am in a field where people with lots of different backgrounds might contribute, and the cover letter allows me to see whether the applicant understood what the job is about. You would not believe how many people throw applications without having the slightest idea of what they are applying to.

Even when I apply for jobs, I do not like when I am not able to write a cover letter. My CV alone is nothing special, and I often feel safer with the extra information the cover lwtter allows me to communicate.

Note that I am not a software engineer, and the jobs I review or apply to are very specific and have a few dozen applications at most. I understand the situation would be different for a generic job posting ("software engineer providing support in various teams") with several 100s applications.
> There is no such thing as a "union-contract". What you meant is that there was a collective bargaining agreement in place at one employer which prevented them from paying you less than some minimum. That you then failed to negotiate a higher salary than the minimum is on you and not the union.

Whatever dude, you know what I meant. I am not talking about salary really, the problem is that the unions and the employers tried to convince me and others to accept a shittier contract (which we didn't do) but ultimately we finally got the choice to accept or get fired. Although at one of these jobs we got them to improve the terms since no one wanted to sign it and they couldn't fire everybody.

The unions don't work for the employees, they work for themselves only. They don't care about the employees which was very obvious both of the times when the companies I worked in got unionized.

> Nope. Unions have barred active members of Sweden Democrats from becoming functionaries, but have not terminated their memberships. For developers, unions still offer insurances and have pretty good lawyers which can negotiate agreements if there are disputes over, for example, IP, patents, or severance packages.

Again nitpicking (and you're wrong [1]) also since still being allowed to pay for a membership where you don't get anything to say because of your political affiliations is disgusting and just adding insult to injury. I don't want to be a member of such a disgusting organisation. If I get badly treated on a job I'd never stay and try to fight, I just leave for another job since there is plenty of jobs as a developer with most companies being really nice and most companies will give you good terms. If I really wanted to fight (over an IP or similar) I would never trust a shitty union to take care of it, I would just use my saved money (instead of wasting hundreds of SEK on a worthless union every month) and employ my own lawyer that _actually_ works for me and my interests.

As a dev there is absolutely no need to be part of a union. I have never been part of one and never will unless they radically change a lot. The idea of unions is good but the practice is horrible, mostly because they themselves has gotten so big and greedy they have forgotten where they came from and what their purpose was.

[1]: https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/norrbotten/dom-i-hovratten...
Sharing Screen with GPT 4 vision
Created a script to share screen with gpt 4 and asking it to guide through blender. Latency could be better if openai tts api supported a streaming text input
Having children as a solution to wipe your ass in the future sounds selfish as hell...

Maybe we should invent more on robotics and healthcare so elderly people could live as independent as if they were in their 40's.
It's all very interesting ideas, like Captain Planet becoming a super LLM
"The UK, meanwhile, passed its own Online Safety Bill that authorizes telecom regulator Ofcom to demand decryption – even as officials have acknowledged that's not technically feasible at the moment."

Makes you proud.
It takes no courage to write about politics, just enough rage or cynicism.
Absolutely. SMS are just not it, not being able to make groups etc... Good luck trying to make your granma download signal tho
32-bit intel ISA supports execute-only memory pages.
I'd argue good policy is a matter of compromise, not conviction.
:) I'm afraid that very funny comment might be lost on a few people.
Forgive me for being so crude [0].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paintings_by_Adolf_Hitler
You got it... somewhat wrong.

The NSA wiretap has been in effect since about the late 1990s, long before Findsen and Frederiksen held any position on the matter. The Snowden leaks in 2014 revealed this. So in a sense, it was already public knowledge.

But then it was sort of re-leaked around 2020. The accusation is that Findsen and Frederiksen leaked this information to journalists and the public. The watchdog situation is technically a different matter, but the theory is that Findsen is being hit with these accusations of the leaks as revenge for the other thing. Though, I am not sure how true that theory is, but this is how these two things come up as seemingly related.
If this blog post makes you feel awkward, then you really shouldn't read Marina Hyde's opinion pieces for the Guardian, such as this one: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/nov/03/rishi-...

This way of making fun of politicians is more a British thing I guess...
A handgun bullet travels 1200 ft per second. At 1/80000 of a second, the bullet travels 0.18 inches.

It won't be very good, but you can actually shoot a bullet with this. With enough light of course.
Hoppscotch desktop application
Show HN: Hacker News GPT
Just a personal experiment to build my first custom version of ChatGPT :)

I'm spending too much time on this site, so it might ocasionally save me some scrolling and reading.

Far from perfect and I'll continue to finetune it. I might even feed it with some classification data for each post, such as:

Post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38167604

Categories: ["Health, Tech Gadgets, AI"]

Comment Perspectives:

- 3 Medical Innovation Appreciation

- 1 Technical Analysis

- 1 Limitations Acknowledgment

Edit: Looks like OpenAI is having outages today and custom GPTs are only available for ChatGPT Pro users.
Its worth reading the editorial response[1] to the hoax. There's some context that tends to be ignored when this hoax is discussed online. For example, that the journal is non-refereed; that they deliberately publish non-scientific articles including fiction; and that the paper was initially rejected and only reconsidered for a special issue that sought to present the heterogeneous voices of the "science wars".

[1] https://physics.nyu.edu/sokal/SocialText_reply_LF.pdf
BMW produced a single of unit of Vantablack X6: https://www.bmw.com/en/design/the-bmw-X6-vantablack-car.html (absorbs 99,965% of visible light).
As I understand it, the phone number requirement won't be going away - it's just the requirement to share it with your contacts that they're abolishing.
We're incredibly lucky that copper and silicon are so (relatively) easy to work with.

Imagine if even basic electrical systems needed wires made of rhodium and semiconductors only worked at cryogenic temperatures. We'd never have gotten over the "technological activation energy" in the 1800s.
> I would encourage anybody interested in a professional career (in anything) to zoom out and keep in mind that almost every profession is ultimately about providing service.

> You will primarily work with (and for) other human beings, inside your organization and outside.

I used to be an engineer who always new technology and push a fancy solution to an invisible problem—just for the sake of it. Now I listen more to people on my team, carefully consider pros and cons before adopting a solution. That's the biggest lesson I've learned.
I was wrong, I was thinking of DEP which is quite different.
that's an awful application to interview ratio, jeez
Nanotubes perhaps not, but Si nanowires and -sheets are being used for the channel in 3nm-class processes with gate-all-around structure.
Ask HN: As a first-time solopreneur how would you go about hiring the first team
I am interested in understanding how would a solo tech founder hire the initial sales, marketing, operations, cyber security and DevOps team members?

Assuming that I don't know anything about or have zero experience in the skill-sets I am hiring for, how does one start? What questions to ask, what to look for and where to look for the talent?
Twitter, Facebook, Gmail, Telegram, WhatsApp, Zoom and all those companies with UGC have this, responsible ones report it (Meta does lots, not sure Twitter does anymore, Telegram never did).

> I don't get how they can sue Omegle for this.

Take it as a sign that if tech community doesn't wake up and own up to this and try to solve the issue somehow then not just individual services but the entire idea of e2ee messaging is going to become illegal...
well maybe you personally shouldn't? like i said, not fair to compare a $20 meal where you're probably not going to die on a hill over 50 cents of perceived labor vs. a $1M house. You're also free to buck societal conventions and tip nothing and "only" be seen as an asshole, you can't do that with realtors.
If your research is not based in experimentation then on what foundation can you argue that you're searching for truth? The same foundation that any religion does?
Stopped reading after anthropology degree.
I ended up using a servo and 3D printed holder to literally push the button on our clicker. No company is banning that.
This is the standard modus operandi for the UK. Yes there are some world class institutions and innovation in the UK - the remaining 99% of the country however ...
Living in Spain it's far easier than in the US. We already speak Spanish, and knowing the jargon from Spain it's just a matter of literal weeks.

Also, the healthcare options, the lack of violence even at night (relatively, every city has its 'bad zones' but even with that it's far safer) and the welfare state makes their lives a paradise compared to, for instance, a hell zone in the Dominican Republic or narcozones in Mexico.
What I mean is Apple could add the Cmd-X shortcut and its behaviour with zero compromise for the existing functionality, making it consistent with all other desktop operating systems and in turn making Mac OS more beginner friendly. They could just add it and users like you wouldn't even notice.

> When you visit a foreign country, do you go around and tell people how they do things all wrong because it's different from your home country?

This is software, not a cultural tradition, and I claim that asking a corporation with 160k employees for a simple feature that exists everywhere else is not entitled.
Playing golf, no. Providing a golf field service in the US - yes, absolutely.
I took a look at it.

https://www.theregister.com/2023/01/06/dragonfly_bsd_6_4/
No, it isn’t. “Do you support privacy” is a yes or no question, not a “depends on for who” question.
Yeaaah, just write a coverletter.
We really don't plan that far out in the future regarding open trainings. So the best option for you is probably to get in touch with us via the website and we're happy to ping you when we schedule new dates.
Yes; moaning about both the youth of today and old people goes back, at least, millennia (though there are sometimes cultural taboos against moaning about old people which dampens that down).

My pet half-serious theory is that we currently talk a lot about the dastardly millennials and boomers because senior media staff are largely genX; note that we don't hear much about genX these days. This will start to change in a few years as genX starts to age out, and suddenly everyone will be complaining about genX and genZ. Whole new stereotypes will have to be forged (the old genX stereotypes from the 80s are very youth-of-today oriented and won't work for moaning about old people), and no-one will ever mention avocados again.
Amazon Video is also now including FreeVee garbage entries blended into “included with” results and it’s easy to miss unless you train yourself to check the source line above “Watch now” before pressing play. It seems this is mostly evident when looking at Customers also watched recommendations but I’ve seen it happen in the home sections, too.

I hate it.
It's such an illiberal, dehumanizing and racist perspective that an Israeli that was born in that land is less justified of being there than a Palestinian, just because of something their parents or grandparents did. If only they had different genes.
I've wondered about this for repainting my bike frame.

I wonder, what it would look like after the first time it got dirty and how hard it would be to clean?

Would a clear coat over the top negate the effect enough that it wouldn't be worth it?
The overwhelming consensus, confirmed by polling and several byelections held while he was in office, is that the Tories will be resoundingly beaten at the next General Election. They probably won't become the third party (that would be something for the history books - I don't think it has happened for 150 years or so), but they won't produce a Prime Minister. At this point it's basically a self-fulfilling prophecy.
The Guardian seems to have covered that as well here: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/nov/04/ex-danish-defe...
>"If you think being able to take all variables you can into account and have your model spit out "better" or "worse" is crude, than you can't be asked anything cause any answer to anything is crude."

That doesn't follow logically at all!?

Trying to reduce human history down to a summative, categorical and dichotomous judgement of '-1' or '+1' is outrageously simplistic, almost by strict definition. Incidentally, precisely this observation is baked into common idioms, like 'black and white thinking', and Manichean 'good versus evil'.

You also seen to be taking an incongruently natural scientific approach to what is a largely a meta-ethical and historical question - two fields with their own, distinctive methodologies.

I don't think this conversation has been particularly constructive, so let's wish one another the best and park it.
If core requires an account, well nvm.

As to motd, it does a lot under the hood and advertises every time you log in.
(lots of stuff going on in /etc/update-motd.d)

you can set /etc/default/motd-news:

ENABLED=0

but it doesn't seem to get everything.
The title itself is enough to show that it's parody, but what's the intent? It sounds like it was written by recruiters / people who think cover letters are necessary. They arent.
> I find it beyond belief that you're allowed, even as a government, to drag someone to court and accuse them of actions that could harm the country, while refusing to let them or their defense know exactly what they did wrong.

Given the Supreme Court's verdict, it sounds like you are not allowed to do that.
> Because what else would it be?

Usually if you make a point like this, you state the definition of philosophy and show that the very thing falls under the definition.

It could be reasoning, application of common sense, rhetorical play, use of large language models ftw, finding of a common opinion. And that is just a minute of brainstorming.
I wish this was sold :/
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Isn't this a special case of the @typescript-eslint/no-unnecessary-condition [1] rule?

[1] https://github.com/typescript-eslint/typescript-eslint/blob/...
To use an infamous quote: We have to be lucky every time. They only have to be lucky once.
Crypto haters will do anything to convince you that crypto bad, but other bad things are only bad, dometimes.
There is no logic other than haves and have nots.
Black Sabbath seem pretty well-regarded, especially to those into that type of music. I mean, Ozzy Osbourne is a household name which you can't say about any members of Led Zeppelin.

Led Zeppelin are just different. They are just on the right side of musical for me. I really can't stand dissonance or noise in music. I also greatly appreciate dynamic range which they have an abundance.
You are over complicating. Start with one person and grow from there. The 1st person is the most important
Well you may be as skeptical as you want, you can still be a member of an union if you vote SD but why would you when they will actively work against your interests and may exclude you at any time?

Famous example:

https://www-svt-se.translate.goog/nyheter/lokalt/norrbotten/...
It's the same organisational structure that results in producing cars with massive panel gaps. A basic set of incentives in the organisation to do things quickly instead of properly which is worrying in a safety critical application.
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Most "evil" acts are in fact just selfish. To truly classify something as evil, there needs to be an intent to cause harm.

I'd also argue that desperation is a subset of selfishness.
It makes sense to debate what should be included in the abstract. Should background, problem, method or conclusion be included? My personal preference is to read the problem and method only because that’s what gives me inspiration and helps me decide whether the paper is relevant. I acknowledge everyone may have their own preference, and as mentioned in other comments, a major feature of LLMs is that you can fine-tune it using instructions to decide the level of detail that you want. But I think the main contention is that the paper authors could have done just slightly more work beyond getting the paper accepted to have the paper reach a much wider audience than their specific field.
I don't think so, for eg computation that time is nowhere comparable of today's, computation, automation, information analytics etc
I would go even further, if car model is sold more than 100k times and more than 5 years (a.k.a reaches "significant" portion of population) car manufacturer (or any other equipment manufacturer) must do following:

1. Wiring diagrams, service documentation, working diagnostic software, firmware blobs must be provided to national archive institution (think archive.org) - and how information is shared is in discretion of this institution

2. In case there are theft prevention or "genuine check" systems (requires keys, codes or whatever) - keys and procedures are given to police (it they job anyway to prevent stealing)

3 Car road worthiness is tested using open (or opened) hardware/computer blocks - car must pass all safety rules and excepted functionality cannot deviate more than 20%. The manufacturer must provide documentation, SDK and calibration procedures, safety tests, but it is illegal to lock functionality by requiring special hardware (if it is secret sauce - provide schematic for alternative hardware which good at least 80% as special). Obvious, it can have proprietary software - it need provide open source alternative implementation.

4. if car is sold, user need to be informed about open hardware and software.
It doesn't always yield the same result in reality. Very few fictionalized and even well-written, highly-entertaining crime dramas realistically portray schemes that would work as real crime. Something like The Wire probably showed measures to counter police surveillance and organize a criminal conspiracy that might have largely worked in 2002 if you were only targeted by local police and not feds, whereas if you try to implement a break-in to a military facility inspired by a Mission Impossible movie, you will definitely not succeed, but they're still good movies.
How is it exponentially more effort if you don't care about what the public has to say about the app?
Where is the privilege in my argument?
I saw a comment here (that I can't reply to) that brought up the inevitable point:

> The problem with end-to-end encryption is that it is also used to shield from scrutiny the activities of criminals who cause serious harm, including pedophiles and terrorists.

Which is true of course. But walls also are also used to shield criminals from scrutiny. And locks. Tons of things are. That in itself can't be a reason to ban it. Balancing these things against our need for walls and locks has always resulted in the need for walls and locks overriding the need to spy on potential criminals.
> That doesn't follow logically at all!?

The logic implication is that everything is complex :)

Anyway yeah lets park it. I think you should reflect on being able to reduce complex problems to practical answers and I should reflect on not over-simplifying complex topics and if we both do that this conversation is not a waste of time. Hopefully we agree at least on that. Otherwise have a great day!
How to Analyze .apk / .aab
Published 2nd part of article regarding APK contents analysis. In that article I was focusing on what can be analyzed in terms of external dependencies.

- How can you collect diff for dependencies and present it

- Adding external dependency - prevent usage of unexpected licences

- Analyzing potential CVEs

Curious what do you think and will be happy to discuss in comments :)
It was the purest form of social media before social media was even a thing. In an age where it's increasingly more difficult for people to meet a lot of others accessibly, it's a shame.
Why should you do that?
I guess people who have only time at late hours are not the most fortunate in life (e.g. Single Mom's who have to work full time and care for their kid). If they want to educate themselves during late hours I'm completely fine if that costs a little bit more taxes to get them education
Dunno, it feels very diluted nowadays to me.
> When trying to define default values, people get confused with expressions like a === b ?? c and assume it will be parsed as a === (b ?? c). When in actuality it will be parsed as (a === b) ?? c.

Note that this is pointing out a bug in the language spec. There are two ways to assign the precedence:

a === b ?? c

One says "Compare a to a value, b, which might be null. If it is null, compare against the guard value, c, instead."

a === (b ?? c)

The other way says "Compare a to b. Consider whether the result of the comparison is NULL, and if it is, do nothing. If it isn't, do nothing then too. In all cases, return the comparison between a and b."

(a === b) ?? c

There's a good reason people make the erroneous assumption that the language itself isn't trying to sabotage them. The left operand of ?? must be a nullable value; for === to bind tighter than ?? implies that it can return NULL, which in fact it can't.
It was all single-mode actually!
Powerful statement, I hope everyone reads it.
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Easily Calculate Memory from Bytes to KB, MB, GB, TB
The Back-of-the-envelope calculation to calculate memory size. A helpful trick for the next System Design Interview
This is one of the reasons why Python got so popular.

It is too slow to reimplement big pieces of software in it, so people just used bindings to existing code. And productivity rocketed!
> If you are using it for yourself, backwards compatibility, and breaking things are not necessarily issues

It's also not an issue if you publish it. External users might complain, but that is their problem if you make it clear this is a personal project
a network connection is required for headlights to function.
The car must determine current headlight laws and comply with any city, state or country requirements. Additionally, there may be headlight safety software updates required, and the network connection will be used to download them.

a network connection is required for the windshield wipers to function.
(etc)