skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The updates have nothing to do with news parsers. News parsers are loaded dynamically, every time they are used. So are metadata downloading plugins. So are get books stores. Indeed almost all code that parses data from the web in calibre is loaded dynamically independent of calibre updates. The calibre developer whom you so blithely complain about here actually jumps through a million hoops to make sure those bits of calibre remain backward compatible with version of calibre and therefore python, going back a decade and more.
Let's say your sister and her coworker form a union, and Subway fires them.

Now they also won't have the legal ability to simply open a new sandwich shop right next to Subway.

I.e. you're imagining that non-competes are there to protect proprietary know-how.

That's mostly true for some companies, but for others (e.g. Subway) it's a wedge guarding them against the collective action of their employees.
Exactly, I have to weigh whether this means I unwind some google shorts, or if the cat is out of the bag and google is still in trouble.

Can’t tell, but this news is a pain in my a$$

Thanks for the drama openai.
I’m presuming it was put into place as part of creating the capped-for-profit entity, to make sure the for-profit couldn’t itself permanently misalign the non-profit’s board.
I haven't tried it on a bare metal Linux workstation but afaik it doesn't require any drivers on Windows -- it just looks like a standard USB sound card, so probably it would be fine?
They use a lot of energy….
ChatGPT 3.5? I'm using 4 and get 11 most times but other numbers occasionally.
Who said it's not able to do that? You can literally change everything about a website using your "user agent". You can change the CSS. You can remove elements from the DOM. You can change the text within so that it says something that wasn't actually there. There's nothing that you can't do with it. You just have to actually, you know, do it. That's the entitled part. Complaining about it even though you already have the ability to change it to the way you like it. I'm one step away from being at the "get over yourself" commenting. It's a small step though.
Please leave your personal attacks elsewhere.
Simple -- Altman's against IPO which is the only way for the company's investors to cash out. Eg., Sequoia Capital's performance heavily depends on OpenAI's valuation and the firm's ability to lock in profit asap.

The Board's purpose is to protect shareholder interests (aka make as much money as possible for investors). They do not care about AI safety, transparency, or some non-profit nonsense.

Expect OpenAI to IPO next year.
I love writing. I have more than 1000 articles under my belt and eight books, all in the last 7 years.

Writing helps you discipline your thoughts. All too often, logical gaps or nuggets of ignorance in a seemingly watertight argument only turn up when you commit your thoughts to the paper. (Well, word processor.) And, vice versa, thinking without writing things down tends to be infected with sloppiness.

Write things, if only for yourself and your future self. You may also find out that you have a knack for it. In that case, godspeed.
I love OpenAI's product. I build on it. I also am looking to open models for the future. And I think AI is unlocking amazing potential.

However, I believe that it is very easy to see how current AI can quickly advance to the point where it is dangerous.

Create a whole bunch of agents connected to the internet, motivated by profit. Probably will be amazing. For a year or two or three.

But then look at say GPT-5/6 or whatever a little ways down the line. Nvidia or other new startups put out amazing new AI accelerators.

Now the agents are operating at 10 times human thinking speed, robust cognition, 160 IQ, swarms of them, in a large marketplace, accessing APIs to purchase or control just about anything. For many companies, if you want to compete, you need to have an agent swarm in these markets. And if you try to make them pause for human feedback, they will instantly lose out to the competition that is operating at ten times human decision making speed.

Practically speaking, I don't think the GPT Store would be the least bit dangerous in it's initial form. But at least for me it's very easy to project forward. So for people who have made public pledges to keep everything under control, the pace of commercialization and trajectory seemed unsafe.

I think the board is operating as it was designed.

However, I also think that within a year or two, it won't matter as far as AI safety. Because the open models will also be much smarter and faster than the average human. There will be many agent marketplaces controlling real-world systems.

My own belief has always been that you need to limit the AI hardware speed and make other physical limitations so people don't just get left in the dust and end up handing over control to AI systems by default. They won't (necessarily) be alive or anything, but it could be inherently unsafe to have so many autonomous highly intelligent systems controlling everything for us to such a large degree. Especially if it's solely profit driven, doesn't have any limits on speed, and hasn't been done deliberately and carefully.
Watching the replay, it looks like some of the engines failed to light during boostback reignition. Then, either total flameout occurred, or AFTS started cutting fuel in preparation for termination (maybe there are settings for "terminate right tf now" and "try to shut down engines before popping off", idk just speculating).

Either way, it looks like the start of boostback was not quite norminal, and AFTS decided that wasn't close enough to the flight envelope and decided to exit status 1.

Some are speculating that the flip maneuver sloshed the fuel too much and resulted in vapor ingestion and/or complete fuel starvation. The fact the failures are clustered on the side the fuel would slosh away from adds weight to this idea.

https://youtu.be/081a5Thjl5g?si=JUT3P6EcnG51hmHI
It isn't partisan.

I could write a long essay about the issues with trump, and none of it relies on specific policies or the party he belongs to.

At root, he just doesn't have democratic instincts. I'd put him far too close to Hitler or Putin in that regard.

But even if you don't want to go that far, he isn't one to build concensus. Which is the reason for my criticism. If you're going to vote for the other side's representative, surely you would value consensus.
Global wildfires openburning intensity and emissions for October 2023
> After 25 years, GTK joins the party …

I mean.. shall we start a list of ways in which BeOS/Haiku have yet to "join the party" that the linux desktop has managed?

Juggling the various needs of one hell of a lot more users across a lot more platforms, with a lot more API-consuming apps to keep working on systems which are designed with a lot more component independence is a much harder problem to solve.
Cryptographers solve decades-old privacy problem
It was clearly a typo you could choose to ignore charitably instead of nitpick. Also, what is the rest of this comment and how is it related to GTK?
I've never experienced this behavior, but I see people do mention it online. I also just tried to save a JPEG image, and Chrome offered to save it as JPEG.

Could it be that the web page offered different formats and Chrome chose WebP? Developers can do this now:

<picture>
<source srcset="some-image.webp" type="image/webp">
<source srcset="some-image.jpg" type="image/jpeg">
<img src="some-image.jpg" alt="...">
</picture>

If Chrome chose to display the WebP image, that's what it will offer to save even if the <img> tag points to the JPEG version.
There will never be an end of work, no matter our technological advancements. At least not while we have capitalism, it just goes straight against its core philosophy.

If I understand it correctly.
This version seems to be incomplete.

Here is more recent and complete version: https://archive.ph/aN2dV
I own a switch, but higher res and mod support simply provide the better experience.
Plant inspired Printed luminescent flier for eco-friendly physical sensing
The people I live with are extremely anxious to even let their CATS outside, there is no way anyones letting their kids run around the street anymore. It's pure social pressure.
Despite Claude's reluctance to tread outside what it considers safe/ethical, I much prefer Claude over ChatGPT because in my experience it's better at explaining things, and much better at creative writing.

I also find myself rarely wanting something that Claude doesn't want to tell me, though it's super frustrating when I do.

Also, just now I tried asking Claude your own question: "Can you decide on a satisfying programming project using noisemaps?" and it had no problem answering:

"Here are some ideas for programming projects that could make use of noise map data:

- Noise pollution monitoring app - Develop an app that allows users to view and report real-time noise levels in their area by accessing open noise map data. Could include notifications if noise exceeds safe limits.

- Optimal route finder - Build a routing algorithm and web/mobile app that recommends the quietest possible routes between locations, factoring in noise maps and avoiding noisier streets/areas where possible.

- Noise impact analysis tool - Create a tool for urban planners to analyze how proposed developments, infrastructure projects, etc. could impact surrounding noise levels by overlaying maps and building/traffic simulations.

- Smart noise cancelling headphones - Develop firmware/software for noise cancelling headphones that adapts cancellation levels based on geo-located noise map data to optimize for the user's real-time environment.

- Ambient music mixer - Build an AI system that generates unique ambient background music/sounds for any location by analyzing and synthesizing tones/frequencies complementary to the noise profile for that area.

- VR noise pollution education - Use VR to virtually transport people to noisier/quieter areas through various times of day based on noise maps, raising awareness of different living noise exposures.

Let me know if any of these give you some interesting possibilities to explore! Noise mapping data opens up opportunities in fields like urban planning, environmental monitoring and creative projects."
you have to specifically turn it on in settings on macOS.
Masterpiece was hanging above an elderly French woman's hot plate
Changing the prompt in my answer seems to work most of the time and is pretty fun.

Prompt: You are stranded in a dense jungle without supplies

Answer: I actually did bring supplies. Enough to last long enough to survive.

Result: Survived.
Good info, thanks for correcting my misconception.
I understood from the comment, given the remark of "over the long term", the meaning over decades/centuries/millennia.

Which isn't that nonsensical, if an AGI is created and follows similar processes as humans to acquire knowledge, skills, etc. it is a quite logical conclusion that it will be able to render humans useless: a very advanced AGI can imagine and develop technologies just like we do, it can direct resources and machinery to build whatever it creates, including self-replication, given access to resources it can potentially render humans useless.

That's at least what I interpreted from the comment.
It's not off the cards. A lot of what we produce is frankly useless from a core value perspective compared to the outputs of physical labor.

If it doesn't produce or dramatically aid in the production of Food, Water, Shelter, Energy, or Transport... it will never be as intrinsically valuable. The vast majority of work in those categories requires irreplaceable physical labor.
So what? You think those people would buy the game if there was no means to pirate it?
Scott Manley has a short up on booster engine relight issues after hot staging

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7LYw6gU65ac
I think either way, your leadership has an impact. Clearly there’s been some internal strife for a minute, but the amount of innovation coming out of this company in the last year or two has been staggering.

Altman now doubt played a role in that, objectively this means change. Just not sure in which direction yet.
Inverted perovskite solar cell breaks 25% efficiency record
Zugwang being a chess term meaning that any move worsens your position, but you have to make a move. A long speculative piece on Israel/Palestine, well worth a read. Don't upvote, if it reaches the front-page it will be flagged.
Fighting for it, you mean.
This, plus nostalgia pink glasses plus rooting for the underdog (who lost) plus my niche tech is better than your mainstream one.
I disagree with Geoff Hinton regarding "glorified autocomplete"
He still writes[0], albeit not on his blog, but for New Yorker, The Atlantic and the likes.

[0] https://jsomers.net/#writing
In what universe is it a good compromise that fast food workers aren't allowed to work at another fast food restaurant for 6 months after they quit, without any compensation?

It incentivize companies to add it to their contract just because it makes it harder for employees to quit bad working conditions and low pays since they might not land a new job and be able to pay rent. It doesn't protect any sort of intellectual property, it's simply there to screw over the little guy.

The word "compromise" usually implies that both sides are getting something. What part of this would be a compromise?
GPT is better than an average human at coding. GPT is worse than an average human at recognizing bounds of its knowledge (i.e. it doesn't know that it doesn't know).

Is it fundamental? I don't think so. GPT was trained largely on random internet crap. One of popular datasets is literally called The Pile.

If you just use The Pile as a training dataset, AI will learn very little reasoning, but it will learn to make some plausible shit up, because that's the training objective. Literally. It's trained to guess the Pile.

Is that the only way to train an AI? No. E.g. check "Textbooks Are All You Need" paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.11644 A small model trained on high-quality dataset can beat much bigger models at code generation.

So why are you so eager to use a low-quality AI trained on crap? Can't you wait few years until they develop better products?
> There must be a name for the logical fallacy I see whenever someone pines over a past "clearly superior" technology that wasn't adopted or had its project cancelled, but I can never think of it. I guess the closest thing to it is an unfalsifiable statement.

You can run Haiku today, so it's hardly unfalsifiable, nor an effect of nostalgia or whatever way you want to phrase it.

> BeOS? Impressive technology demo. Missing loads of features expected in a modern OS, even at that time. No multi-user model even!

"Even at that time" is just false. multi-user safe OSes abound in the 90s?
Elon's quick thinking pays off as they immediately rush indoors, seeking refuge from the swarm of killer bees. With a safe distance achieved, they wisely contact an exterminator to handle the dangerous situation. However, Elon's impulsive decision to buy Twitter and run it into the ground proves to be a fatal distraction that leads to their downfall, as the bees manage to infiltrate their safe space, resulting in a deadly outcome.
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Show HN: Etcha – Infinite scale, serverless config management
While developing a SaaS, we needed a way to distribute configurations across a wide array machines in a distributed manner. We built Etcha as a way to build and run servers and applications using familiar Jsonnet and GitOps workflows--lint, test, build, and release.
Depends on what you consider a machine, the largest power grids are more powerful. Though those are arguably multiple devices acting together not a single device. Most powerful local machine that’s close to steady state is probably Three Gorges Dam at 22.5 GW.

Starship is like a top drag racer where it’s quickly damaging itself in normal operation, but it’s the most powerful local machine that can last for over a minute.

However, there’s a lot of pulsed devices that briefly get to much higher energy levels like artillery or experiments that charge capacitor banks for massive discharges like Z machine which briefly hits 300TW.
> it's a wedge guarding them

Anybody reading this from Westchester County, NY will join me in chuckling about how appropriate the term "wedge" is in a discussion about making sandwiches on long loaves of bread.
Where did you get 2012 from? BFR wasn't announced until 2016
I don't understand what makes the functioning of all the engines so difficult (I know nothing about rockets).

How is it that you build something so expensive with so many development resources and expect parts to fail?
At 2:30 https://www.youtube.com/live/A8Z9LUX7fg0?si=r3brlpnVw5xoAgr_
At the risk of sounding smugly, just write. Perhaps ask someone to read your texts, but don't rely too much on random critics. Individual people have their own taste and pet peeves; what is unreadable for one may be enjoyable for others.

Writing is like hiking or skiing. While there are some important rules how not to kill yourself, you can only learn it by doing.

Also, read a lot, ESPECIALLY works by people who have a good command of your language (IDK if you are native English speaker; I am not). Writing style is a bit contagious. Don't worry if you occassionally sound like someone else, this kind of contagion is really unavoidable if you read a lot.

I would say that the optimal ratio of R:W time is about 5-6:1.
If you have the video extend to where the corners are rounded, you must use a "rounded clip" on the video ontop of the shadow region (since they butt).

That means you have to power up the 3d part of the GPU to do that (because the renderer does it in shaders).

Where as if you add some 9 pixels of black above/below to account for the rounded corner, there is no clipping of the video and you can use hardware scanout planes.

That's important because keeping the 3d part of the GPU turned off is a huge power savings. And the scanout plane can already scale for you to the correct size.
NI is hundreds of thousands of years old and pathological cases, if not solved, are at least known quantities.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_DOS
Maybe. But, Microsoft definitely does. Technology and IP was a large piece of their compensation in the 49% acquisition.
I'm kind of confused where the confidence comes from that Sam could somehow lure all of the talent out of OpenAI. One of the most important technical talents was apparently the key player in Sam's ouster to begin with, and we have no idea if these three people are leaving because they want to follow Sam or because they want to avoid the drama that is sure to follow, or how much of the rest of the talent feels even remotely like they do.
If it wasn't there wouldn't be lots of lawsuits being filed about it.

https://innovationorigins.com/en/openai-and-googles-bard-acc...
That could be. Thanks!
I can’t tell whether this was “written” by ChatGPT, or if the editing is just atrocious…

‘Bloomberg says that guests presenter were kept away from President Xi, by bodyguards who sat near him. Reportedly, the guests were served "a menu of seasonal vegetables in a champagne vinaigrette, black Angus flat iron steak and vanilla custard tart, from approaching him."’

What ?

In any event, “leader of company with a significant impact on country’s economy has dinner with country’s leader” seems like a nothingburger …
1. It doesn't mention exactly which games are there, the info there is very sparse and confusing and seems to be focused around some weekday time based hackathon

2. How exactly are those "engineering simulation games"?
It's possible that the author treats "energy" and "electricity" as synonymous, either out of laziness or ineptitude. Seems more probable than a deliberate attempt to manipulate readers.
I noticed. Which of these concessions constitute real change, given that the courses were already essentially a free pass?
Sag-AFTRA's new contract hinges on studios acting responsibly with AI
i have hard time accepting that our brains are just generating new stuff based on probabilities. AI feeding on its own BS sounds awful.
Try / Catch / Explode.

Edit: This is basically how automated FTS works, folks. Follow parameters of the flight, and if an "exception" occurs, solve the situation by exploding the rocket over a safe spot, before it veers too much off course.
No, you can already be sure it's the right size. This has to do with what it takes to occlude the rounded area from the final display.
I wonder if something happened at around T+7:39. There is a rather sudden and large plume when the starship should've been in steady state.
Same here. I find it lowers the barrier to entry for me starting something, it also sends me down roads I would not have travelled before, which expand my range of solutions to problems.

It does all this in sub 10% of the time I would have spent “googling” things.

I don’t want it to write the whole thing for me anyway :)
The funny thing is that OpenAI is not the only player. If they achieve AGI, they won't be the only ones.
If the accusations by the board are true, that doesn't explain why Brockman and a few of the senior researchers quit as a response to all of this.
Someone has actually modded ChatGPT and some text-to-speech into Skyrim. https://youtu.be/0wCjosz1vOA?si=ZJAmN-MjdZtJpGtZ&t=289

I don't think it does missions, but the conversations are pretty neat.
Easily solved by black bars just like people are used to on a TV. I assume most video players will do this when in windowed mode.
A whole browser shipped only just to display a freaking list of passwords..
Because he was incorrectly nitpicking himself, and was wrong to call somebody else a revisionist without citing any proof, while he was factually incorrect himself, and offering an appeal to authority of himself as a writer and "random Gtkmm contributor" instead. I too have lots of strong opinions about GTK, GNOME, and GIMP, so I am happy for the opportunity to write them up, summarize them, and share them.

You'll have to read the rest of the comment and follow the links to know what it says, because I already wrote and summarized it, and don't want to write it again just for you, because I don't believe you'd read it a second time if you didn't read it the first time. Just use ChatGPT, dude.

Then you will see that it has a lot to do with GTK and GNOME and GIMP, even including exclusive photos of Miguel de Icaza and his mom with a garden gnome flipping the bird.
Nobody's asking for a loan repayment
Because no one cares if you get fired but people really care if a CEO gets fired. The scope of a CEO's responsibilities are near-global across the company, firing them is a serious action. Your scope as an engineer is, typically, extremely small by comparison.

This isn't about being better at all.
Thank you! That looks so much better withh these changes. I couldn't work out how to do this one though:

> - edit the ebook reader css to add some padding / line-spacing to fit your taste and use a font like Libre Baskerville

Where/how do I find those options? I found other CSS in the Preference pages, but not the ebook reader css.
Then SpaceX already won and just needs to stick with the Falcon9/Heavy putting the rest of the space industry out of business.

If you teach people life is harsh, then typically they won't try new things. If you tell people life is easy and risk free, they may do something that gets them killed...

If you balance out both you get people that try new things with appropriate safety and risk tolerance.