skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Energy will continue to get cheaper and less scarce over the long term. This is a bad argument.
Sure, but what I'm getting at is that even if you scale a GPT-4 style transformer up 1000x, it won't suddenly develop a human-like memory. It will still be read only, whereas there's no such thing as a read only human unless they are unfortunate enough to have severe brain damage.
> A stable and 100% predetermined issuance schedule, along with its scarcity, it's what makes Bitcoin a good store of value. The steady uptrend in prices is the consequence.

"Steady"? What definition of "steady" are you using?

It peaked at US$ 75,000/BTC in Spring 2021, dropped to $40,000/BTC in Summer 2021, went up to $80,000 in Autumn 2021, did a continuous slide down to the $30,000 range in late 2022 and stayed there (dipping all the way to $22,000), it's now been in the $35,000 range for the last few months of 2023, and has jumped to $45,000 range recently.

* https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/BTC-USD/

IMHO that's even more ridiculous than gold (at least in the same time period):

* https://goldbroker.com/charts/gold-price/usd#historical-char...
Good question.

I don't think that there is a 1:1 mapping. If this is any datapoint, there are several companies (including the one for which I work) that offer cloud access to their quantum machines, letting other labs/companies develop algorithms to solve their real problems with these machines.
Well, the explicit goal of NaNoWriMo is word count, not quality. You aren't wrong in your analysis, but NaNoWriMo is not the event through which you write complex stories and spend a ton of time thinking about each scene. It's pretty explicitly for plowing through as many words as possible in 30 days.

An analogy I would make is that a marathon is measured as 26.2 miles. It's not measured in minutes or hours -- it's not the 2:30 run, for example. The standard of success is measured in miles, not minutes. Similarly, NaNoWriMo is measured in words, not quality or twists or ready-to-be-published state.

You are right, though. It's good motivation. I've finished every year for 10 years, but I've never gotten anything to a state I would consider to be even remotely publishable. :)
> Especially non-native speakers or otherwise bad writers can now write long-winded nonsense

You have now described 95% of Quora's content.
LUSD is the most stable stablecoin but very few people use it

https://www.liquity.org
Learning skillful medium-range global weather forecasting
Dont know about fanatic. I would use it mostly for web backends and there one important part for me has been how far one can get with very few third party dependencies. In a normal backend project it isnt uncommon to only need a handful of dependencies, most from eg microsoft namespaces.
Compared to especially Node i see this as a huge security and reliability benefit
It may go under the radar of many but .NET 8 comes with DynamicPGO which is now enabled by default (improved since its earlier iterations in 6 and 7, which were opt-it).

It will help numerous abstraction-heavy codebases the most thanks to guarded devirtualization of interface/virtual calls, delegate inlining and branch reordering which has progressively more impact the more bloated code is.
I've not quite got my brain past the idea that C99 is a new standard tbh - getting codebases I work with onto C99 has always been A Thing.
Exactly. While I strongly support efforts to improve life for the masses and solve problems on Earth, I also think that there will always be problems. As such, if we wait for Earth’s problems to be solved before venturing into space, we’ll simply never venture into space, and eventually something will happen to cause humanity to forget how to build and launch rockets, potentially for the remainder of the species’ existence.

It’s better to use the capability while we know we have it and have the chance to etch that knowledge into our very existence by way of living all throughout the solar system.
Patches Posted for Removing the Slab Allocator from the Linux Kernel
Mylar will shred and is loud. Might as well do an aluminum roof if you don't mind the noise.

Mirrors will crack and can reflect sunlight in unwanted ways (directly into your neighbor's line of sight, into planes, etc.)
pySide6 has been a dream for me, it 'just works' and QT is quite robust.

I am currently fucking with Java via GraalVM, and packaging my app for distribution has been absolute hell:

jlink throws errors.

jpackage somehow gets stuck in an infinite loop that generates a directory tree of seemingly infinite depth (so deep that even Explorer can't delete it)

GraalVM native-image can't complete and throws all sorts of weird error messages

Trying to modularize the app has been hell too, it seems like every one of your dependencies needs to be modularized as well?

And like all I am using is Swing, FlatLaf, and MigLayout :(

How the hell are people getting apps running in a standalone environment?

I really like Java the language, but getting a desktop app running on it in 2023 is a nightmare.
Yes, but that's a noun, not a verb.

The word "stroke" can be a verb, but its meaning (to rub lightly) doesn't make any sense in context.
I work with java and do a lot of integration, but a looot of my effort goes into exploring and hacking away some limitations of a test system, and doing myself things that would take a lot of time if I had to ask the proper admins.

I had a problem where I was mocking a test system (for performance testing of my app) and I realized the mocked system was doing an externalUserId to internalUserId mapping.

Usually that would have been a game stopper, but instead I did a slow run, asked Chat GPT to write code that reads data from a topic and eventually create a CSV of 50k user mappings; it would have taken me at least half a day to do that, and Chat GPT allowed me to do it in 15 minutes.

While very little code went into my app, Chat GPT did write a lot of disposable code that did help me a lot.
Actually, .NET Framework is the Python 2 of the .NET world, with all the references that it entails.

Still too many enterprise products stuck in the old ways.
Personally I use F# for console apps, with ahead-of-time if startup latency is important, yeah. Works fine for me! (Ahead-of-time is much harder with F# though, because .NET idiomatically leans heavily on reflection thanks to C#'s influence, and reflection is banned in AOT. C#'s workaround is source generators, which F# does not support except very unofficially. I therefore find myself stamping out boilerplate for e.g. JSON deserialisation more than I would like.)
You're not making 300k as a tradie unless you run your own business. I don't know if I'd take it over blowing out my back and knees before I can retire.
Would you consider Audacity another example? (I'm one of the original authors.) It survived for ~20 years as a community-supported project - it was popular but clunky and limited in many ways. Since being acquired by Muse the UI has been cleaned up and modernized quite a bit, while still keeping it open-source.
I spend a good amount of time in Photoshop and I disagree that it’s slow and bloated, in general.

I know after a new version a year or two ago some actions were noticeably slower, but I complained to the project manager on Reddit on the specifics and it got tightened back up pretty quickly.

Also, anyone using old versions of Photoshop are missing out. Both the new Remove tool along with the generative AI fill are absolute gamechangers.
You can generalize to

> Now, given two N log files we want to generate a list of ‘loyal customers’ that meet the criteria of: (a) they came on ALL days, and (b) they visited at least L unique pages.

while keeping linear time complexity and

O(num records in first file * L)

memory complexity. It is not too different from the solution given in the article (just use 3 maps instead of two).

That means that multiple files doesn't need out-of-core if the maps for one file at a time fit memory.
No. OP was suggesting we shouldn't denounce the bad things he's doing, because of the good things he's doing. My point is, should we wait for the bad to outweigh the good, and who will be the judge of that?
I got a C1 too and apart from the crap software it also seemed like the camera isn’t actually (significantly) better than the MacBook Pro (M1) camera anyway.
> .NET has been held down by the image of its early days, but it has become a pure joy to work with recently

People have been saying that for the past 4 years.

As someone who's never used .NET but develops embedded apps for Linux, I had high hopes for it become the best story for crossplatform development, it still feels like the crossplatform is held by ductape. It's still Xamarin for mobile, Avalonia (a 1-man project) for desktop Linux as the only choice, 2 confusing different UI frameworks (WinUI vs MAUI). They don't take this as seriously as I'd hoped.

When they made it open-source and cross-platform 6-7 years ago, they should've thrown enough manpower that within 3 years (or even 2, this is Microsoft with endless coffers) it was unquestionably the best development option for nearly every scenario.

Additionally, it's my understanding they don't release proper debuggers on Linux? I'm not gonna install Visual Studio just to debug my .NET app bro.
Apparently it uses some special directional mic from Soundskrit. Product page for the chip: https://soundskrit.ca/technology/

The patent: https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/94/2b/ff/984fa6f...

PR about the partnership: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/opal-launches-tadpo...

> A first on any consumer device, Tadpole's trademarked directional VisiMic™ microphone only captures audio that the camera can see. VisiMic is made in partnership with Soundskrit, the Quebec-based audio firm that specializes in cutting-edge directional microphone technology.
I'm not a fan of Tuta, mainly because of their disingenuous advertising where they keep calling themselves "open source" when they in fact only open source their clients but keep anything server-side under wraps -- but for this reason this also makes me skeptical; if their clients are indeed open source (which I assume is true, I haven't verified), and all encryption happens client-side before being sent to the server (also an assumption), how would it even be possible for this to be true?

In my understanding, anything that Tuta potentially did to compromise e-mails would necessarily have to shine through in their open source client code -- unless they willingly serve binaries that are not actually built from that code, which of course would be a scandal.

So even if I don't like them, I'm going to need something more concrete than someone simply saying they have "intelligence ties" to be willing to believe that they are somehow duping their users.
"Nonconsensual AI porn" is a weasel term because it implies that it should be necessary to get someone's consent to create fake porn using their faces.
huck - to throw or toss; to launch oneself in the air

hoke - to give a contrived, falsely impressive, or hokey quality to
Does it change if you scroll down? I also thought it was broken until I started scrolling and the page decided to show itself to me after all.
ooo, that's a good point too. In this case, wouldn't the coder be more productive if given a Copilot?
Sadly the kiosk also forces you to tap the "no" button on the screen for multiple extras. One screen at a time.
Looks sick, signed up for the beta! Curious to see how well the "brand value" alignment feature works.

Do your endpoints offer streaming?
This is simply not a politically viable option, nor should it be on.

I don't know of any non-fringe candiate in any country who is willing to even entertain the idea of "let's deregulate our nuclear power plants. yolo."

The rest of this comment might as well be a parody account. Again, trying this seems like the easiest way ensure no nuclear plant will ever get built again.
Echoing this. A bit miffed they've invested in an entirely new product without fixing the software issues of the C1.
I don't think it is: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38266165

Something something tiny ribbon mic that only responds to sound waves perpendicular to its axis, something something, shielded from the sides something something. (Sorry, it's all a bit over my head, but it's more than using smart EQ and volume monitoring)
Wasn't it worth it to truly learn the internals, though?
I think you can always train devs, but lots of companies will avoid Lazarus/Delphi like the plague
Me, right now. At home. I like my camera and mic in meetings to be clear and high quality. Gets dark at 3PM, any all the webcams have atrocious noise in anything less than the brightest rooms.

I was using the Opal C1 for a while on my PC, but gave it away due to lack of official support on Windows, and it constantly losing focus/focus hunting in meetings.

But,

> The Opal Tadpole Was made to go with you. Wrap it around your wrist or put it in its case to keep it safe.

Who the hell is wrong to wrap their webcam around their waist??

> wrap your camera around your wrist as you go from meeting to meeting.

???
This landing page is terrible.

There's a bunch of professional photos of the camera, two with a hand, then two next to a pair of pants, then on a handbag.

Only after all that it is shown on a laptop, where it is actually used! It should be the first image. Also, there's so little comparison between built-in webcam image and their offerings.

Then there's a huge video with a bead sliding on the rope holding the camera. It seems that the marketers are just masturbating with the high-quality photography they made. It's not actually useful.

This is not a problem users were like "I don't know how I can go from a meeting to another with my camera".

Also, their "Have you ever wished you could instantly mute yourself in a video call without having to look for that elusive mic button? Well, now you can have it." -- this is a solved problem with mute buttons on F1/F2 or whatever your laptop does. Or at least, current mute solutions are not harder than "I'm bring my own webcam, plug it in, configure the audio source, position it correctly on the top of my screen"

This landing page is out-of-touch with actual problems users may have.
technology and knowledge quickly deteriorate if they aren't actively kept alive. Remember, that this knowledge must be in human minds, and be in the forefront of those minds continually, for the technology to be up to speed enough for it to be collaborated on and to progress or to be employed.

no group of people today, outside of a few enthusiast amateurs (very few), know much about how the Apollo program worked in enough detail to resurrect that technology and infrastructure.

We can't return to the moon today. That's why we're building up a new moon program. We can't just pick up where we left off.
I believe in you!
Absolutely, yes. Especially when you consider that the definition of mass shooting changes depending on the database being used and activists in the anti-gun lobby will shift between them when its politically convenient.
Didn't Cruise have people remotely controlling the vehicle making it semi-autonomous at best?
As a competitive programmer, I’ve seen similar ‘magic’ tricks (including this one) here: https://github.com/kth-competitive-programming/kactl/blob/ma... (page 23, 10.5.1)
Maybe we could invent a standard technology for defining interfaces between software pieces. We could call it Interface Definition Language (IDL for short). And then we could have something that brokers requests to those objects to facilitate intercommunication. We could call that an ORB! Finally a good idea!
Is anyone here that might be a Blender contributor who could offer some insights or some tips on how to achieve the same spark with the Godot community? From the outside, the Blender community iterates very quickly, seem to work well together, and has figured out an approval process for integrating code that just works™.

I would love to see a fire like this in Godot
I agree. I hate how these interviews always focus so much on algorithmic time at the expense of flexibility of the code. I agree with the first part about avoiding the n^2 algorithm by using hash maps. However, making your algorithm use half the memory but hardcoding the requirement that a user visited on two days is bad design, especially when it's only halving the memory used. Also not only does it hardcode the requirements, it also makes it much more complex logic wise as you need that "if pages from day 1 >= 2 or first page from day 1 != page from day 2".

My design was to create two hash maps, one for customer to a list of days and one for customer to list of pages, though after reading the article I realized my lists should really be sets. Then you can easily account for any change to the definition of a loyal customer, as all you need to do is use two O(1) lookups and then check the size of the lists. Easy, flexible, and little room for error.
My understanding is that the Ivies are traditionally known for their business and law schools.

For that matter, you go to Ivies for the connections, not the education per se.
Does Flamenco[1] not meet your requirements? Technically not built in but it gives a button right in the Blender UI to send render jobs to remote machines.

[1] https://flamenco.blender.org/
.NET / C# seems to be following C++ by including... everything. I wonder if they're just not worried about feature bloat or what's their thinking...
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Easy Quantum Entanglement: Simplest Description of Classically Impossible Result
I think you're reading a lot more into my comment than is there, tbh.

The comment I'm replying to said something to the effect of: "this may be a good thing because by democratizing highly paid professions, lower income workers will be lifted."

My comment said something to the effect of: "I disagree, I think capital owners will simply get more rich and the middle class will collapse further without raising anyone."

Of course our society doesn't give service workers a fair shake. My partner worked in a grocery store for a large chunk of our relationship. The schedule inconsistency, the sleep deprivation, the lack of healthcare, no vacation, no real sick leave, and on. Much of my family works in blue collar oil positions. There you're paid a bit better, but you throw away your body to make a dime. I know.

I'm just not convinced the default outcome of automating some knowledge workers is that magically somehow that makes everyone's lives better. I think legislative change of some kind would have to happen if that's the outcome we want.
Interesting points, thank you. Both seem quite possible.
I can and do. And as a result of him getting mixed up in this politics junk, we're having this stupid conversation instead of celebrating the cool stuff SpaceX is doing. Boo :(
Odor representations from each nostril temporally segregated in human cortex
It's just comically over the top for a webcam IMO
This is an American interpretation. Here in the US, cones, lights, or lane-blockers are used to close exits.

Culturally, its because American's won't read a sign and follow the instructions if we can still "do" it. You have to physically block us, and its too expensive to change all the signs.
Ask HN: How is AWS OpenSearch vs. Elasticsearch playing out?
Curious if other more informed people know what's going on with AWS's OpenSearch fork of Elasticsearch?

Is AWS doing a good job? Should people outside of the AWS ecosystem be using OpenSearch? Has Elasticsearch become more proprietary as a result of their license change?

Also curious if people are happy moving to completely alternative open source search engine solutions.
I agree with him. After having a car with CarPlay, I can't imagine going back to the user experience that car companies offer. I tried the standard Bluetooth experience in my car and it is abysmal. Nothing works right, who wants to go back to that?
I used to think that if it were only slightly off, the return beam might end up intersecting the Earth at somewhere inconvenient, or even missing it entirely. Even more impressively, it took only five minutes to deploy, which is faster than most bathroom mirrors are installed :)

The reason why this isn't a problem is that the device wasn't 'just' a mirror, but rather a retroreflector. This reflects any light back at its source, regardless of which direction the light came from.

If you were really lost in deep space, perhaps you could flash a very bright light (not a laser) momentarily, then look for the return flash from the retroreflector moments later - or at least, hopefully that soon, otherwise you are very far away indeed! A few strategically-placed retroreflectors around the solar system could make an effective triangulation-based location tracker. I wonder if this already exists in some form.
Well, whadyaknow. TIL.
The masses aren't great at distinguishing between 1080p and 720p, or 720p and 360p. They don't even know what video codecs are. So no they aren't really going to complain if their 1080p video downs to 360p for 2 seconds.
Because weather data is interpolated between multiple stations, you wouldn't even need the local station position, your own position would be more accurate as it'd take a lot more parameters into account.
I don't know anything about the QT on python as a runtime. Is it supposed to be just as fast since it's bindings to C++, or is it noticeably slower?
I recently bought a property that has a cooling system similar to this. The difference in my case is that there are tunnels underneath the foundation containing rocks. Once the temp inside the house reaches a certain point, there are fans that blow the accumulated hot air in the “greenhouse” through those tunnels. It works, but I’m tearing it all out. It’s an eyesore and I rather have proper temp control.
oh man, we can then build it into the OS and give it a recognizeable name like Component Object Model!
Hacker News puts `noreferrer` on the link (because apparently Internet Points and Arguments are more important than the courtesy of respecting the wishes of the author.)
How much flame suppression is there in here: https://www.faa.gov/media/27236
They also have a big TV screen next to the speaker so when you ask them what they have on the menu they can simply show you.

You can also see your order filling up so you can check it's correct.

Honestly, McDonalds is not the best food but they really nailed it on the convenience part.
> I would bet 30% of Spacex's innovation lies in that one engine.

Musk often points out that the stage 0 work is harder (and I suspect more innovative) than the rocket (and engine) design. He also often mentions that fabrication is even harder. I.e., all the processes, tools, machines, etc. used to build all those engines and rockets is harder still than stage 0 -- one might even call it stage -1. It's possible that Raptor is not even closed to "30% of Spacex's innovation" :)
I have all of these problems, and more (since I inherited a react native app). I DREAD having up do framework updates.

Maintaining this app for iOS is HALF the work that Android is, we have a lot less Android users, and in general it seems like iOS users are just a better audience.

It really feels like there's no point to doing an Android app, just give those users a website, PWA if they're lucky. And with this change? Pfffff.

And I agree - it does all descend from Google's horrible tooling and ecosystem.
Miyazaki's 'The Boy and the Heron' makes clear the world is a fragile place