skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Bowling is being turned upside-down by technology
Irish famine… indian famine… british people are the kindest and gentlest of all :)
I think this idea was much smarter (and funnier) executed in Stanisław Lem's short story "Prince Ferrix and the Princess Crystal".
I'm relatively lay in astrophysics. Could the origin not be galactic magnetic field lines between Earth and the galactic nucleus? Like the magnetic mirror between Earth and the Sun but much larger.
Protein is used by the human body as construction material, not as fuel. (It is possible to use protein as a fuel source, but virtually no modern human follows a diet where that actually happens.)
Well given that i upgrade but not downgrade… what's your point?
Understanding yes but language wise no.

Guix is a known language scheme.

nix is off - I can't work out what parameters are needed for any one function call they all appear to be in a global namespace.

Unfortunately I need to be able to use non Linux systems
Graph databases, neo4j including, handle many-to-many relationships better than any RDBMS.
> I've never had such high introspection ability as with Guix.

I actually feel the opposite, the fact that guile does not have edebug-style step debugging support or better tooling in general in Emacs, when both are GNU projects, is nutty to me.

Makes more sense to stick to Nix IMHO because of the better package ecosystem, bigger community, and general pragmatism.
> We could even let go of the 0s and 1s, and replace it with something else.

We could, but I don't think there's much of a point. 1s and 0s are easy to work with because it's simple to represent their absolute state with complete precision. Storing, retrieving, analyzing and operating-on non-binary data is computationally expensive for minimal gain in performance.

The end user hardware isn't perfect, but you'll be hard-pressed to match the efficiency of a classical computer.
This displays what I would consider to be a fairly limited knowledge of tools.

Saws, for instance, take a variety of forms, and lumping all of the large ones into "big saws" rather ignores the fact that their use is fundamentally dependent on what kind of saw they are. Not their size. And perplexingly, miniature table saws are lumped in with other big saws.

I'd also submit that a bung hole auger (lumped in with antique augers) is a reaming tool, not a drilling tool. Though one of the ones shown is a combination tool. There's an auger at the front to drill the hole, followed by the reamer to ream the taper. The important bit is still the reamer though, meaning the tool could properly be called a bung hole reamer.
Does “This is nonsense” imply you think humans are special snowflakes and AGI isn’t possible?
"SEE ID" is an explicit instruction.

But I haven't had anyone check the card in ages.
Screenshots: https://grimoire.pro/screenshots
Yes, D-K is another one of those "classic" psychology studies that everyone knows about but is actually rubbish and shouldn't be cited for anything. You're not the first to notice this, I pointed it out on HN last year:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31119836

At some point I should write up a proper blog post on the D-K paper in the hope that it eventually surfaces in search results, because it's past time for this paper to be put to bed. The problems you cite aren't even the full set. The whole thing was (of course) a study on a handful of psych undergrads, their selection method for expert comedians has circular logic in it and it all goes downhill from there.
Mass is of a single particle is extremely small (proton has a mass of 1.6e-27 kg), speed is very high and already very close to the speed of light at all but the lowest energies, so gravity "assists" are not really anything with which you can gain energy.

These are charged particles (protons and fully ionized heavier nuclei), so electromagnetism is a much more efficient way to reach high energies.

All currently proposed mechanisms for cosmic ray acceleration involve turbulent plasmas and shock fronts that reflect particles magnetically, giving them a small bump in energy each time [1] or rotating magnetic fields [2] in sufficiently extreme environments.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermi_acceleration

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrifugal_acceleration_(astr...

Gravity just doesn't play a direct role for accelerating charged particles, it's much too weak compared to the electromagnetic force for a charged particle.
Antiobiotics don’t kill bacteria. They stop the growth and the body does the rest.
Or am I wrong ?
The vast majority of child abusers are male and known to the child and family (not strangers), so there is some evidence behind the bias, I suppose.
Thanks! I am adding this one to my list!
Any chance that 1Cal == 1kCal have influenced the calculation?
Well, they do have the .com domain, so maybe an exception applies here.
See also, Praat:

https://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat/

It's bit more geared towards speech analysis for phonetics in linguistic research and education. Solid tool even though the UI is hot garbage. No screenshots, alas.
I didn't realize this was a perspective. Yeah, that's true, the dependencies may be whack.

I kinda prefer docker installations because I don't need to guess what implicit "works on my machine" dependencies someone had, and the whole thing can be mostly stateless or the extra state is made pretty obvious.
What don't you like about a project needing dependencies?
Yes, that's how I know I was roughly the 600,000th person to sign up for thefacebook.com.
No, using public roads requires a license. The government may not tell you that you may not drive a motor vehicle on private property.
Women seem to be less susceptible to such fakes.
It's hard enough for humans to take natural-language descriptions of a problem to be solved (that is well within human capabilities) and turn them into human-workable solutions without a significant process of back and forth to get the requirements clear.

Getting a computer, within the next decade or two, to do better, doesn't seem realistic—not because I think it is impossible that we will have a computer fully capable of parsing natural human language into internal representations of the concepts it represents with high fidelity, but simply because humans are bad at communicating.

Tell me you've never, ever had a project described to you by someone who was horribly nonspecific—or even outright wrong—in their description of what they need. (If you can truthfully do so, I can easily find you a dozen people who can't—starting with myself.)

Human language is woefully inadequate to convey the breadth and depth of human experience, needs, wants, requirements, etc. This is why we invented programming languages in the first place.
I prefer Heroic Game Launcher. It detects GPTK if installed and compiled via homebrew, but also has a built in downloader for different wine binaries (crossover or verbatim wine). You can set each wine runtime for each game. Plus, Heroic can login and download your Epic and GoG games.
The Kestrel in Nova is a copy of the Kestrel from the original EV, which itself was a copy of the Estes 'Corsair' model rocket kit, see: https://blog.eamonnmr.com/2018/02/estes-rockets-and-escape-v...
20-40M metric tons "Goldmine" Of Lithium Found In The U.S.
Yep, that’s a challenge! But the impressiveness is in solving that, not in getting it to work on every website.
More discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38397404
Exult: A project to recreate Ultima 7 for modern operating systems
Banks in the UK are legally obligated to provide phone support to their customers. Monzo mostly doesn’t do outbound calls at all, pretty much the only situation they’ll do an outbound call is if it’s a pre-arranged call to discuss a complaint, or difficult situation (death of a customer etc).
Ask HN: What are the best sites to consume data engineering content/news?
Hey, want to add some news good sites to my bookmark. Thanks.
Pretty neat, but will Apple attempt to shut this down for redistributing GPTK?
If you came into the comments section to discuss Kubernetes Helm before opening the link and understanding what it was referring to, then that's on you not the project.
True, it doesn't mean that the problem is solved, but it's a big milestone on the way. I fwiw something I thought was way further in the future
It seems AI porn is its own niche at most. It's not replacing anything, mostly just feeding negative training data for human GAN, for both generation and discrimination.
UN Comtrade Database Visualization Labs
If this is sufficient, then this matches what I said in the article. I wrote that if you don't care about what numbers you get, don't bother with xoroshiro or Mersenne Twister, just use https://xkcd.com/221/.
these projects are assaulting my sobriety
Having worked remote most of my kids' lives, I'd say there are other challenges. Parents need time away from their kids too, and if every parent in society is working then how are kids supposed to get the adult attention and allow the parents some child-free time?

When I was younger kids played with others in the neighborhood, and there was always a homemaker parent in every household. Now every adult has at least a part-time job. Kids still play in the neighborhood, yet weekly instead of daily. More often they are in daycare, school, or staying home.
It's kind of a tradeoff. Performance is just one factor when choosing the vector database. In pgvecto.rs https://github.com/tensorchord/pgvecto.rs, we store the index separately from PostgreSQL's internal storage, unlike pgvector's approach. This enable us to get multi-threaded indexing, async indexing without blocking the insertion, and faster search speed comparing to pgvector.

I don't see any fundamental reason why the index in Postgres would be slower than a specialized vector database. The query pattern of the vector database is simply a point query using an index, similar to other queries in an OLTP system.

The only limitation I see is scalability. It's not easy to make PostgreSQL distributed, but solutions like Citus exist, making it still possible.

(I'm the author of pgvecto.rs)
Someone even got it running on WASM back in the day, though I'm not sure how up to date it is: https://play-endless-web.com

I wonder if the Coalition campaign is done yet...
This is more about CGI than about AI.
Where's then frontier between marketing and fraud when using simple tools like Photoshop?

Those skin product ad where the image of the skin is so flawless should be classified as fraud.

But soon it won't be photoshopped because the flawless skin would have been generated by some AI just like some ads that use 3d avatars.
It absolutely is true that in the last decades, those populations have grown much faster.
> You can run whatever APT plugin or unattended-upgrades on the container as well its just linux.

Only if the software inside was installed with APT. When you just do `docker compose up -d` you have no idea how software inside is installed so you need to poke around as if you had installed it without docker.

> Another thing is docker is not necessarily the be-all end-all way to deploy things especially in production. If I was running Sourcegraph seriously in production, I might not use it.

But containers are increasingly the only supported method, because developers assume every production's constraints/preferences look like their own. For example https://docs.sourcegraph.com/admin/deploy only lists the following options:

* VMs

* "install script" unsuitable for use outside a dedicated VM: (re)installs k3s (as a one-off without updates as far as I can tell), overwrites existing config files, disables firewall

* k8s

* Docker-Compose

> But it does make it so much easier to just try things out or run them as a hobbyist.

Sure, I definitely agree with that
Was I alone in expecting software engineering tools?
The equivalence sounds reasonable to me; it ensures that 0 is the start of a unique head. Does it also prevent a forward fork, to two separate tails?

I was very wrong earlier: characteristic is taken care of by 0 not being a successor; injectivity of succ also allows circular pseudo-nats.

PS. found Peano (1889): https://archive.org/details/arithmeticespri00peangoog/page/n...

his:
7. a,b ∈ N .Ↄ: a = b .=. a+1 = b+1
8. a ∈ N .Ↄ. a+1 -= 1
are our:
7. a,b ∈ ℕ ⇒ (a = b ↔ S a = S b)
8. a ∈ ℕ ⇒ S a ≠ 0
20th Century Retro Games
"But I told you, we probed them. They're meat all the way through."
In that case the Russians would have scorched Stalingrad, which they didn’t. They didn’t because of the symbolism behind it
Not at all.

https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/fake-romeo-charmed-more-t...

Women are probably an easier target if anything. Just pretend to be rich, handsome and famous: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12409699/Woman-th...
Maybe they do run it as an iterative loop that then composes an answer based on many answers, and if there is disagreements it does more computations.
> here to stay I'm afraid.

Nothing to be afraid. Just accept people as they are. (Even if you do not want to join them)
Supply chain management isn't about sources per se (though source makes it easier). What you need is hashes and signatures for every dependency at every step.
> all plants have in common

There are more things in heaven and earth than dreamed of by your botany: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotropa_uniflora
Brains have a remarkable ability to rewire themselves following injury
Right - so why not simply ask people to call them? It would make it a lot simpler to ensure there's no fraudulent calls. No need for some fancy verification method like the one outlined in this article.
Nothing prevented Apple to release an iMessage Android app with all the features. They chose not to as a lock in strategy.

No one suggested forcing Apple to remove features. Reducing media quality would solve no complaints. And your comment about encryption made no sense. Apple devices trust the keys sent by Apple. A government could order Apple to break iMessage encryption without telling users now. The Signal protocol is open and not vulnerable in this way.
The scientist who was branded alarmist for exposing the fate of coral reefs
Trait mindfulness and personality characteristics in a microdosing ADHD sample
Not to downplay, but when we peak, we’re long past peak per capita, so there’s hope that combined with peak population we would be on a path of increasing decrease. Half life of 120 years of athmosperic CO2 doesn’t make it an easy century. But which century was?
New brain decoder system offers hope for communicating by thought alone
Experimental drug cuts heart disease risk factor by 96%
Isn't it also similarly conceivable that if you write a predictable PRNG sequence such the outputs of Mersenne Twister you could also potentially extract patterns? Mersenne Twister is essentially as predictable as a short cycle.
I get stuck in cloudflare “are you human” loops with all the archive sites these days.
> Nuclear isn't profitable. Renewables have plummeted in cost

We haven’t bothered with economies of scale with nuclear for decades.
Continuous running water for bathtub – severe autistic adult
I had read Bryan Rasmussen's thread. I too have a severe autistic adult child. He is fascinated with running the tub bathwater continuously. I'm searching for an answer from someone that knows plumbing or is a plumber if continuous flowing water can be obtained without wasting so much water. We live in Minnesota so winter is upon us so outdoor activities with water is a no. Note, a trickle of water is not satisfying enough. Has to be powerful flow. Behavioral comments not needed please. This is mechanical inquiry only. Thanks for any plumbing suggestions.
Strangely enough, he thinks The Man in the High Castle is not worth reading, so I wouldn't follow his advice blindly.

It is highly readable for me, a PKD's masterpiece. I've reread it multiple times and each time it seems better.
I lifted it from Mastodon and failed to provide attribution. My bad and soz.
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But then that would be the vulnerability that needs to be fixed, not this one. That's like saying it's a vulnerability that root can make systemwide changes, since there could be another vulnerability that lets users escalate to root.
You Have Hacked into My Devices
Found the robot!
Or we could treat people like human beings and get rid of this idea that only children are harmed by social media and the constant bombardment of advertisers and “influencers”.
There’s a lot wrong here, starting with the energy of the newly discovered particle. The particle in question had an energy of 240 EeV, which comes to 38.45 J.
I think Docker is a great installation method.

- People who use Docker (Compose) can easily get up and running with a project in minutes

- People who dislike/don’t use Docker can at least use the Dockerfile and Docker Compose file as a reference to learn how to install the dependencies and the service itself.
Looks pretty standard for a small city open data site.
There is a belief that risk of vulnerabilities introduced by insecure package ecosystems goes up with the number of dependencies.

For example, a study on this was recently conducted for PyPI. https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.11021
This seems cool but I can't help but think it should be named Brandy since brandy is distilled wine and whisky is something different.
I wish Erlang/Elixir would allow this.

An Erlang/Elixir process is single-threaded by definition, so there is no contention and in-place mutation could be allowed.
Related: /counter to this

How Chinese influencers use AI digital clones of themselves to pump out content

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38157179
I feel the opposite. I won't install anything except official OS packages outside Docker, if I can avoid it. Sick of polluting my filesystem with things that are hard to update, conflict with other installed packages, mess with my shell startup files, unnecessarily request root access to install, install to weird places, don't play nice with other installed packages, and on and on.

Docker is not without complications, but it alleviates far more problems than it causes. I get annoyed when something is released and doesn't have an official Dockerized version. Especially when it's a web service.

I'm a Python/Ruby/Javascript developer, and I don't want any part of those installed except on my dev machine. Unfortunately Python has infested too much of Ubuntu to avoid.
super cool! looks like i can make a local search engine out of the massive datahoard of pdf books and articles i have
If you can afford to leave Texas, you generally do. My hometown in North Texas is (I believe) the largest town in the country without mass transit. Quality of life there takes a bit of a hit. But instead of not taxing people for a service they're not offering, they tax people and then give it to corporate or real estate interests. So... it's expensive and low quality of life.

Everyone I graduated high school with has moved on to cheaper places (Oklahoma or Arkansas or nearby smaller towns) or places with a higher quality of life (California or New York or nearby cities like Dallas or Austin.)

A couple of people I graduated from high school with had their homes condemned so the state could seize the real estate and sell it to Jerry Jones or George Bush for sports stadia. So the idea that Texas is some sort of libertarian utopia is a bit of a myth.

I still love visiting, and my childhood memories of canoeing along the Brazos are cherished. Most everyone I've met in Texas is a decent human being.

But damn... what a shit show. High property taxes, bad politics, substandard infrastructure, public schools that are plummeting in national ratings, mediocre health care (except Houston, maybe). It's great if your primary concern is a cheap house and inexpensive low-quality food.

But like I said above... if you can afford to move, you do.
There was a time when software was sold in boxes...
A Solidity smart contract that doesn't involve cryptocurrency. I've never heard of such a thing. Very cool
> The following design choices may be considered controversial by some:

> Dividing by zero yields zero. https://www.hillelwayne.com/post/divide-by-zero/

That's one interesting point I would love to read any opinions on.

Edit: Here's a HN discussion about the `divide by zero` article - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17736046
I’m thinking about everyone being more involved with kids. Not just parents of young children.
I had a similar experience with Sainsbury’s Bank in the U.K.

Called me out of the blue after a failed transaction, I refused to give them the info they wanted and so they locked my account. Unlocking needed me to send them physical info that would have cost me.

Easy to sign up for an alternative. Lost a customer after 15 years. Well done Sainsbury’s Bank.
Amex asked me, via text, to call a number they provided to verify a potentially fraudulent charge and the first thing the number you call asks for is your full credit card number, all digits, not last four, all of them. The line doesn't even identify them as being from amex (not that you should trust it).

I called the fraud line on the back of the card (which was different than the number in the text) and they confirmed it was authentic but man, everything about that is straight up phishing.

TD Bank is also one that's horrible. Their online banking portal is myonlineaccount.net which is straight up a domain you'd use for phishing.
Why does Australia have so many venomous animals?
Those other countries are generally only refueling small tactical aircraft. The USAF has to also refuel large cargo aircraft and strategic bombers, so they want higher flow rates that only a large boom can deliver.
More discussion over here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38386646
Yeah there's no real way to finish the game as a plain old simple trader iirc, that's just the first of I think three or four major wars you get involved in during the entire game?
> Even if they called me I wouldn’t use this. Hang up. Call them. Don’t let them call you.

This has become increasingly difficult in my experience. Where calling the local branch I have the actual relationship is just dumped into the IVR. They make it very hard to speak to an actual human being bank employee.
Worst Data Engineering Mistake you've seen?
With css this bad, I don’t think I’m capable
I like this audio performance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GggK9SjJpuQ&pp=ygUZVGhleSdyZ...

It makes me smile each time.
Can you explain a bit more how Ethereum fits in “for obtaining a random mystery prompt and its solution”?
Yes. If you want a staging environment you can use Neurospora Crassa.
I doubt it. But they will shut it down eventually, purely by dropping support for Rosetta.
The common thread seems to be unexpected massive bills from running jobs on third party servers.
Or a nearby emanation source we can’t readily detect?
Unfortunately, when the CIO screams about deadlines and people want to keep their jobs, most of that goes out the window.
Fortified wine or Thunderbird would be a more accurate simile, I think
Maybe they shouldn't have used http:// for something that isn't http.

Nah, users are too dumb and "my precious adoption rates"