skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> The internet has fossilized at 1500 byte MTU.

the internet has a whole bunch of non ethernet stuff, a lot of which has different frame sizes. Its totally possible that backhaul is running jumbo frames, or something like it, but you'd never really know that.

Conversely ADSL has odd frame sizes(inherited from ATM; 48 bytes if I remember correctly), but you don't see that because its hidden from you. Cable has a frame sizes ranging from ~500 up to 2000 bytes. Again, hidden from you.

One of the joys of TCP/IP is that different frame sizes are handled for you. Sure it might be beneficial to have a frame size that marries up with packet size, it might not. you don't really know, because the internets.
What about this?

https://www.reddit.com/r/developersIndia/comments/14m3evc/i_...

One of many examples...
Do you think the bulk of scientific progress has been made waiting for a “game changer” or through smaller, progressive iterative improvements?
> Open source software developers should have compensation that follows this:

money = contributions * usage

This seems wrong. Typically opensource that gets compensation is for support. That's active ongoing work. Past contributions or usage thereof isn't material. That's the beauty of opensource, it keeps on giving to the original work, and derived works.
> while everyone using ChatGPT knows that verification is part of the proccess.

No, everyone very much does not know that. Including the lawyers who though it made sense to ask ChatGPT questions, than asking it if the answers were correct.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/11/16/chatgpt...
Here in England, last time I sold I paid £1k flat fee to my estate agent, and about £1200 to solicitor to handle the sale and purchase (including things like various searches, handling the mortgages, etc), and another £500 for an independent survey.

That's less than half a percent.

I hear the Scottish system has benefits -- rather than the buying doing the searches, survey etc, the seller does. That means it's far faster to make the offer -- rather than "I'll pay £x, but first I need to invest £hunderds in due diligence", it's "I've seen all the stuff I would have to pay for, so due diligence is over, lets move.
Sounds plausible. OTOH, both Buffet's public persona and his actual personality seem to be far kinder & gentler than is normal for modern American business elites. And he certainly understands both polite fibs and "speak no ill...".

[Edit: Read "plausible" as "plausible for Buffet to have said". I'm quite aware that Buffet's sainthood is strictly relative.]
> it does mean they're about "language" rather than knowledge

Not really. It was invented because they were trained on natural language corpuses. It wasn't a deep, philosophical concept.

It continues to be used for models that are doing completely non-languagy stuff, such as robotics, although I expect the growing use of 'foundation model' or some other less-confusing term will likely replace it.
The GIL in an implementation detail of CPython, it's not part of Python the language.
Attention and working memory: Two sides of the same neural coin? (2021)
I think I'll be using a Christopher Walken clone as my documentary narrator.
IBM was still advertising on Twitter? Shame.
Oh, my bad, you actually included all of California in your quote. I corrected it to SF because most people understand that California is absolutely massive.

The median household income in California is $80k and of the 40 million in California, very few work in tech.

California actually has extremely progressive tax laws and extremely low property taxes, so while you're right that the actually wealthy folks do pay a European-level of taxation, the working class actually pays a dramatically tax rate than their counterparts in Europe.

Anyone with any knowledge of California knows all of this, so when you made such odd points that seemed to challenge it, I tried to help you by assuming you meant SF.

Point is: the vast majority of Americans pay vastly less taxes than Europeans and no weird focuses on outliers is going to change reality.

Funny side note: I still am the only person who posted OECD apples to apples data, which you have rejected un-critically with no sourcing and nothing but hand waves about your feelings. Hmmm.
> A sleeper train takes 0 useful hours, because you’re asleep.

Only if you manage to fall/stay asleep...
There's some mid-life crisis vibes going on here, and that's not necessarily a bad thing.
I use it mostly for complex queries I can't Google and that's where it excels for me.
Thankfully we are socialists over here.
They can do. If they market your house well you can maybe get another $100,000 (5-10%). At around 1-2% they're generally profitable to the seller.
what kind of ego blow would that be to have those 10 votes go for someone else?
I do use Nvidia in Linux, and I too get the "runs just fine experience."

Ironically, I've had problems with things like Sublime Text crashing. But Windows games from Steam (I don't run the ones that require anti-cheat root-kits), work fairly well.
There's two main failure modes: thermal and interference.

Thermal should be obvious. The components in the bulb's internal power supply can only withstand so much heat.

Interference is harder to track down. Old dimmers designed for incandescent bulbs will destroy LEDs very quickly. Since the problem seems so endemic, I suspect you have a more serious issue with your electrical service. Your AC voltage may be too high or low, or there's some equipment nearby or in your house that's putting a bunch of noise into the AC lines. Likely causes are old, improperly filtered inductive loads. That'd be anything with a big motor in it: washer, dryer, fridge, HVAC, pumps and fans. If you have any old dimmers anywhere in your house, remove them. You can also call your electric utility to see if they can send someone to check it out. They're usually pretty serious about interference like this because it can spread.
Some languages just use integer versions, like Java.
That's an extraordinary claim that needs a lot of evidence/support.
Alternative title:

Small country with lot of sun, low population, no industry and a kwh/capita 4 times lower than the US can run on renewable during summer.
I gave Orion a serious try a few weeks ago, and it was very promising. But I ended up having to abandon it due to 1Password not working.

I'll likely revisit it soon, when there's hopefully been some more fixes and improvements.
That is basically what the whole gig economy is all about, surviving from check to check, without any kind of state support, and forced to become homeless when not able to pay debt.
Buses are much, much lighter than loaded semi trucks. Here's a large electric one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Dennis_Enviro400EV - it's only 11 tonnes. They also generally travel at low speeds, start and stop a lot (thus regenerative braking is very effective), and they don't require anything like the same range (the one I linked has a range of 260km, which is perfectly fine for a normal city bus duty cycle). They're a significantly easier problem.

That said, electric trucks are absolutely a thing; they're just made by BYD (and to some extent Volvo), not Tesla.
Ahh. What I meant was that two different groups, using the same analysis method, analyze the same object (whatever that might be) and compare the result.

That is, how reproducible is the analysis?

Is the method so broad that it finds patterns in things we know are hand-made?

Is the method so vague that different groups come up with wildly different answers?

The [2] paper look very much cherry picking - finding a pattern and saying the odds of finding that pattern are incredibly unlikely, while ignoring the odds of finding any pattern.

As the old Feynman story goes, “You know, the most amazing thing happened to me tonight... I saw a car with the license plate ARW 357. Can you imagine? Of all the millions of license plates in the state, what was the chance that I would see that particular one tonight? Amazing!”
https://archive.is/HAdCx
Unfortunately, there is no replacement for tungsten filament bulbs.

Nothing beats the warm soothing glow of those things. I use long-life low-watt appliance tungstens in all my lamps, and I will never part with them. The light is superior to that emitted from LEDs, and the appliance bulbs are actually cheaper and more reliable than LEDs, believe it or not. With tungstens, I sleep better, my house is cozier, and I save some money.

LED bulbs are a meme.
I stocked up on incandescent bulbs last year, and run most of mine on dimmers anymore, because that radically helps longevity. My overhead bulbs in the living room (BR30 form factor) are a good bit over a year old, but they're almost always dimmed down, if not deeply, then "a notch or two below full bright," and that increases their lifespan massively.

I went down a massive rabbit hole last year based on someone's throwaway comment about LEDs and blue, and ended up with my own spectrometer, and quite a few words written on light bulbs, blue light, etc: https://www.sevarg.net/tag/spectrometer/ It includes a lot of spectrums of LEDs vs incandescent, and explains more about the blue spike in all our modern white LEDs (because that's the way that particular bulb type works - a blue emitter with phosphor coatings around it). Unfortunately, incandescents are harder to find these days (stock up on eBay, but buy a few before you bulk - the new "standard bulb" incandescents from a lot of places sing loudly on a dimmer, and are annoyingly audible).

As for candles, skip those and go straight to kerosene lanterns. I've also gone down that rabbit hole: https://www.sevarg.net/tag/kerosene/ My advice is to get a few of the large cold blast style lanterns (the Dietz Blizzard is easily my favorite - it's a good looking lantern, and it puts out a good amount of light, while not being purely massive like the Jupiter I have), and then get some of the low sulfur kerosene substitutes (Klean Heat is one brand, Pure Heat is another, go raid your local tractor supply/farm store sort of place, though Home Depot and Lowes also carry them in my area). These are "no sulfur" fuels compared to the "low sulfur 1K kerosene," and have less of a room note when running. You basically shouldn't smell the lantern except on startup and shutdown if everything is correct, and if you put a particulate meter in the room, it should be far lower than with the candles (especially if you have any airflow at all - candles soot easily, lanterns far less so until it gets really windy).

If you look at the papers that talk about indoor kerosene particulate pollution, you'll find that the high readings come from "bare wick burners" - not a well designed cold blast lantern, which are down at the bottom of the readings, if at all.

Sorry, it's about a year late to be doing this. The new old stock bulbs I really like are no longer floating around eBay, and it's harder to find the older stock stuff anywhere. I just have what should be a lifetime supply of incandescents socked away for the rooms I use in the evenings.
Sleep, Attention, and Memory: Not (Maybe) What You Thought (2007)
No, the seller pays the 6% commission to their agent and then their agent gives the buyer's agent half of it. That's how it works everywhere in the US.
I have a feeling your API costs would definitely creep up quicker than you realise...
Why the Fall of the Berlin Wall Didn't Unite Germans
>You’re paying almost 50% around high six figure range.

That's a gross oversimplification and thus very misleading. While your marginal tax rate on taxable income (not gross income) might be close to 50%, if you are married filing joint, a homeowner, and have children, you are not paying anywhere near 50% effective tax rate[0] on your total income, due to deductions and exemptions, credits, tax-deferred retirement contributions, tax-free health insurance, and progressive tax brackets.

[0] "effective tax rate" does not have a universally agreed single definition, but the statement holds for most reasonable definitions.
This essay cites a statement from Geoffrey Hinton and ignores the whole talk that he gave. I think he cited him from the talk "Two path to intelligence". In that talk Geoffrey Hinton said the complete opposite of this article, nevertheless he frames him like he would support this "essay". It's just his opinion and nothing else.

Also the paper about "stochastic parrots" is under great criticism and there are now papers that contradict their conclusions.
I wrote a bedtime story for kids about deep learning:D
Is the Lottery Ever a Good Bet?
To play devil’s advocate: have you never reviewed a PR and said “yeah this works and completes the ticket but you REALLY shouldn’t be doing it like this”?

There’s a pretty big gulf between functional and correct in a world where optimization matters. This is not always the case (strictly, i.e. algorithmically speaking), but you should be optimizing for things like reusability, testability, etc. which GPT-generated code can miss.
Was a Master's Degree in Computer Science Worth It?
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Streaming services refusing to let me watch episodes of shows like Always Sunny and the Simpsons for political reasons is my primary reason for supporting piracy. These companies care more about pushing an agenda than they do about their customers. Disney in particular is downright evil and I don't want to give them a single penny.
There is a difference between inflation, which affects the entire monetary system, and money expiration which affects individual units of currency.

In the first case, there is no incentive to use the money any faster, and as long as inflation isn't too high, there could be incentives to hoard/save it.

In the second case, each unit has an expiration, and like the game of hot potato, you want it out of your hands quickly. This should heat up the economy overall, while inflation is seen as the result of an overheated system.

The trick, as noted, is who is poised to benefit? The "new" dollars would be worth more, so the people at the top of the flow would have more advantages than those at the bottom.

In order for something like this to work, it would also need to recognize the creation of value, and not just the creation of the currency. The person who turns a pile of wood into a chair is creating value, but they are usually not able to capture the true value of their time and skill.

Overall, this is an interesting idea especially in that it changes the way we think about money.
Interpreting Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino Based on Recent Events
Electric vehicle battery prices are falling faster than expected
True. But I just set that up once and then control them through HomeKit ever since. They've always required an account if you want to use their app to control your lights while not at home.
Neither me nor GP said that it was started by Google. Just that it was adopted by them as a solution.
Distant Horizons – Alpha 2.0 [video]
I've never heard of this project before, but I found this update video to be one of the best mod update videos I've ever seen. The creator's role change is understandable and I think resonates with the HN community.
If she has a patent, she can sue not only Amazon, but purchasers of the product as well.
Real-time image generation with latent consistency
> Apple and Google ARE NOT PEOPLE.

That's incorrect. Apple here refers to a group of people, not the fruit. Google here too refers to a group of people, not the software that provides search features.

> They do NOT HAVE FEELINGS you need to defend.

Their feelings need to be defended as much as any other person. Which, logically, is not at all, but as you are defending your own feelings here what is logical is already violated, so...
> Implicit QoS

Hahaha. Love it.
Good question as it makes the problem even worse.

When I was writing this (before I forgot to send it on a cloudy morning) 140 GW of installed renewables in Germany are producing a grand total of 14GW of electricity.

Germany needs 61GW.

Right now it looks like all of Europe [1] is busy burning gas and coal because it's cloudy, and there's very little wind.

So what happens when everything becomes electrical? Say, Germany needs 150GW of electricity, builds 500 GW of renewables, but those only produce 50GW (10% of installed capacity, like today)?

[1] Except three countries with stable electricity generation: France (nuclear), Sweden (nuclear + hydro), Norway (hydro)
France has an excellent high speed rail network it has less need for domestic flights. Other countries in the EU could learn from that.

Germany particularly is a basket case. If you take the "high speed" train from Berlin to Köln, it takes nearly five hours, the train stops lots of times, and with the exception of a few tens of kilometers never hits anywhere near its maximum speed. Combined with all the delays, cancelled trains, strikes, etc. It makes for a bit unpredictable experience. Domestic flights are well under 1 hour, typically. Even with the hassle of getting to and from airports, it's way faster.

https://www.openrailwaymap.org/ has a nice map that you can show the maximum speeds on rail segments. Spain and France are the best. I've taken high speed trains in both and their high speed trains go the maximum speed most of the journey. Germany is notable for just not having a lot of rail suitable for its trains to drive their maximum speed.

Germany could do a lot better. But it will require massive investments.

I think the idea of a night train is more attractive than the reality of it being very slow, expensive, and relatively uncomfortable (at least I never managed to sleep well on one).

IMHO domestic flights in many countries can start transitioning to fully electric hops in the next decade or so. Anything under 700 miles is fair game for that. The battery technology is getting there. So, investing in lots of rail might not be the smartest thing.
So far in this thread nobody wants to believe the headline/article, and these are the leading reasons:

1. Citizens must be relying on wood instead and that's bad for the air

2. This doesn't cover ALL possible energy use, including petroleum powered vehicles (despite the fact that this wasn't in question)

3. Germany tried this and failed

Lets look at the claims from the article:

"In the three months to end-September 2023, the South American nation generated all of its electricity from renewable sources"

Note that it says "electricity" not "power"

Wood Burning and Petroleum Burning, for home heating and agriculture respectively are unrelated to "electricity generation" in this context so this article and the do not cover all possible forms of heat exchange and power generation

It is unambiguously good that Uruguay has shown it can replace the use of fossil fuel in it's core energy infrastructure with non-imported, low carbon energy production.

This is an unambiguously good news story, there's no reason to try and prove this wrong and doing so only makes you come off as an acerbic pedant, who doesn't want progress unless its perfect and all at once.
Did you train your model to not violate copyright and avoid politically charged statements and to not be biased against race or gender?

Trying to make a model handle everything in a 'safe' manner makes the problem so much harder.
Privacy AND safety. Think of the child safety.
You can probably trigger the behavior of random interleaving even with GIL if you use something other than list or tuple as an argument to list.extend(). CPython special cases list and tuples and copies the contents directly (list_extend_fast() in listobject.c) while it uses iterator for other types (list_extend_iter()).

Because the iterator can be pretty much arbitrary Python code it seems to be a bad idea to guarantee extend() to be atomic, as you don't want to hold the list mutex while calling out into user code.
nice analogy between the output of llms with stream of thought conversation - wherein statements are made off the cuff and possibly confabulated.
as opposed to correlating statements with knowledge structures

knowledge structures as we construct it are symbolic, with symbols representing abstractions (ie classes), along with relations between these symbols. human ingenuity consists of coming up with new symbols or new relations between existing symbols (which is a process of abduction) based on new perceptual inputs (either our senses or instruments). Such knowledge structures are powerful because, they allow us to build giant towers based on solid foundations.

> For the things that you have deep knowledge on you
> will sometimes find yourself solving a problem
> just by constructing sentences.

This is another way of saying that you have clarity in that subject, and so your stream of thought aligns with knowledge structures - which is another to say that you really understand something. However, in my experience very few people are able to stay within their lanes (competence), and most of us tend to babble on topics we really dont have knowledge structures for. also, few people have the self-awareness of what they really have knowledge structures for (ie, know what they dont know).
How Amazon is using lobbyists to go after Microsoft's cloud computing ambitions
Germany approves financial reforms to help its tech industry
I don't know what else the region choice affects.
I feel very similar to you. My family took an overnight Amtrak from Albany to Chicago. We got a full sleeper room which ranges from $500-$1000 per person per room, which is certainly more expensive than a flight, and I recognize it's a privilege that we can afford it. That being said, it was far more enjoyable than flying. It left Albany at 7pm and the kids (3 and 5) were beyond thrilled to be on a train. Laying back and watching the sun set as I watched America go by in the window was beautiful and romantic. The beds were fine. And on top of that it has a dramatically lower (close to an order of magnitude) carbon footprint, something I believe you need to care about if you have kids. I understand that this won't work for everyone in every scenario but I do think it's great option that people should consider more.
need to login with google account

this site reads your gmail ? not feel like to do that, haha ...
I think it's fine for Emacs to be Emacs. It's basically a museum piece from the Lisp Machine era at this point. There are so many choices already if you insist on javascript. Adding it to Emacs feels like the programmer's equivalent of putting a giant neon sign atop the Pyramid of Khufu; it just doesn't belong there.

Emacs is unique and I'd like to preserve that.
I'm a very color rendering index sensitive person. As it seems to be the case with you, I cannot stand narrow spectrum lights in my home, especially in areas where food is prepared or consumed. I also can't stand light with high color temperatures (ie blueish lights), unless it's in a working area like a garage workshop or gym.

If you are willing to spend more money (from my experience the cost is about double of what you would pay for narrow spectrum LEDs), there are good options available for warm, high CRI lighting.

To give you an example of lights that I recently installed and am quite happy with: https://www.solidapollo.com/Candlelight-Warm-White-ULTRA-Hig...
Han Solo’s quote makes sense if you understand it as a unit of distance, optimized by the onboard computer to be as short as possible, by dodging black holes, and therefore fast.
it's led by ÖBB but in more places than Austria
Magazine subscriptions can be a funny business because they can be so much cheaper than buying an issue at the newsstand. Don't know what the economics look like these days. On Amazon (not uniquely) there were an awful lot of often non-obvious auto-renewal magazine subscriptions which doubtless caused Amazon some number of headaches.