skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I realize this is a "how long is a piece of string" question, but I'm wondering what cost benefits you might realistically see from moving lambdas from Python to a faster language like Rust? You pay (partly) for execution time so I guess you should see some savings, but I'm wondering how that works out in practice. Worth it?
And which document do I request upon my arrival to San Juan?
Agreed, I would rather a foreign agency with no power or authority over me to have my personal data than a government that has the authority to wrongfully tax, investigate, jail, prosecute, and imprison me for that same data.
> celebrating the powerless over the rich and powerful

Surely by "celebrating" you mean with words and gesturing? Because in actual practice, the rich and powerful are as rich and powerful as ever, if not more so.
Ice is a really interesting material in a number of ways--especially in conjunction with liquid water. I worked in a very different area that he was also researching at the time but my thesis advisor went on to create an ice lab and was probably one of the world experts on ice. (The US Army, especially in the 80s, was very interested in all sorts of things about cold regions--for obvious reasons.)
Treyarch gave a GDC talk in 2019 that they were using it for tooling, Embark hasn't shipped a game in Rust yet but is larger than an indie. You are absolutely right that it is small right now, but "unlikely they ever will" is a more open question, IMHO.

Memory safety is absolutely important in certain kinds of games. At least, as a player, I want games to not be exploited for cheats, and I don't want progress lost when a game crashes due to memory issues.

All that said, I would agree that if you want a job in games, learning C++ is a better idea than Rust right now.
If you're logged in to the site, you can make a private leaderboard from the Leaderboard page.
There are lots of reasons why Half-life was a success. You shouldn't discount stupid luck, as well. Their first iteration was awful, as mentioned in the YouTube video. They essentially had to start over with a "cabal" and pull the game together with the good scraps of work they had already done.

Here's a more detailed article on the cabal process (starting on page 2):

https://web.archive.org/web/20210823181232/https://www.gamas...

From 1999 and much more detailed than the video.

Now, game development is inherently waterfall. You work for years and built up to this huge release. Nowadays you might have some agile processes embedded into milestones, etc. But fundamentally it's all leading to a huge waterfall.

That's important. Because what agile does, today, is that it turns autonomous developers into cogs of a large machine. But Valve's "cabal" was entirely free to do whatever they felt best. Gabe Newell probably had final say and input, but ultimately the group had flexibility. The developers had full system awareness. They weren't pulling Jira tickets off a board like a blind man in the elephant parable[1]. They knew how the pieces fit because they put them there. And if the pieces weren't fitting, they had the authority to make them fit.

Perhaps more interesting is how the story of Half-life can be viewed through The Mythical Man-Month[2]

> When designing a new kind of system, a team will design a throw-away system (whether it intends to or not). This system acts as a "pilot plan" that reveals techniques that will subsequently cause a complete redesign of the system.

Their cabal has a bit of overlap with the "surgical team" concept and usage of formal documents. The rest of the employees did nothing while this group operated. Thus, they reduced manpower that actually allowed them to move forward. Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast (from the US Navy Seals). Most companies do the opposite. They crank up the number of employees to hit deadlines, which creates more bugs and more work.

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

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mythical_Man-Month
The Potato People
Understood and I agree. What I’m not convinced of is that learning speed would have a compounding effect because of this. If we assume a vacuum where the only difference is learning speed than any leaps the fast learner make by combining previous knowledge would eventually be made by the slow learner. It’s just a linear control (assuming all else is the same) and subject / lesson shouldn’t matter.

I could see plenty of real world impacts of course. Discouragement / encouragement due to peer comparisons, limited availability of resources like teachers, etc.
"Perfectly written spec" is already a description of what computer code is.
Most AI startups are doomed
If you have gear and a family you quickly run out of room. With snow ties they do work up to a point, but then you need ground clearance.
Okay. So want to talk about my points I outlined or continue with your definition tirade?

If it's the latter, you'll have to do so amongst yourself.
Incidentally, the DEC J-11 PDP-11-on-a-chip is still available[0] and can easily[1] be hooked up to other required hardware (I mean, the thing has a monitor/debugger built in, what’s not to like?).

0. https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=dcj11

1. https://5volts.ch/pages/pdp11hack/050-pdp11hack-cpu/
Google Drive users say Google lost their files; Google is investigating
Companies that arent leading in AI:

Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, every other tech company

Companies that are leading in AI:

OpenAI
I could see the value add for IAM alone, give me a chatbot to deal with that nonsense.
Interesting analysis. You can easily imagine each bit of sloppiness and oops happening in many shops. Even many instances of sloppiness combining for emergent worse effect isn't unusual. Much less common is for the company to be wiped out by it.

> At 10:15, the kill switch was flipped, stopping the company’s trading operations for the day. By early afternoon, many of Knight Capital’s employees had already sent out resumes,

Was the patient obviously dead in those first few hours, or had people written it off prematurely when they might've been called to help perform CPR?

Maybe there's two problems here: insufficient culture of diligence, and insufficient culture of loyalty.
How do people rate the ease of installing and administrating PeerTube?

Is there a way to install PeerTube that is as easy as MediaCMS [0, 1] installation [2]?

I ask because I evaluated options for self-hosted video (basically YouTube replacements). PeerTube is more mature/popular than MediaCMS by far, by the looks of it. However, I really wanted "easy" and ended up landing with MediaCMS for now. I somewhat wonder about the project's potential longevity, but set that concern aside for lack of "better" options.

If PeerTube can be spun up (single server will do) just as easily, I'd love to learn if it's possible/done. I know this is a tech site, but I do not want to spend time administering and configuring stuff a lot that is outside the scope of my main activities. I want it to just work as much as possible, but self-hosted (bare metal okay).

I get that PeerTube is maybe much more, but any thoughts on taming (perceived or actual?) complexity related to hosting PeerTube would be most welcome. Thanks for any thoughts along these lines.

[0] https://mediacms.io
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25507204
[2] https://github.com/mediacms-io/mediacms/blob/main/docs/admins_docs.md#2-server-installation
Co-founder of WarpStream here. We wrote a short article explaining how the economics of this new storage class work for a system like ours: https://www.warpstream.com/blog/s3-express-is-all-you-need
I've been under the impression that soldering crimped connections was a general no-no as well, since it doesn't actually help a good crimp with cold welds, and does make any stranded wire more likely to break where the solder stops.

I've studied this a little since it effects my work, but I don't claim to be an EE. Sadly, I'm not finding any definitive authorities on the subject with a quick googling, though all the top hits tend to agree with the sentiment of not soldering crimped connections.

This was a short article that I ran across, dealing with the topic. As usual, the comments on hackaday are all over the place, but I still find them useful.

https://hackaday.com/2017/02/09/good-in-a-pinch-the-physics-...

Interestingly, I thought nasa banned soldering crimped connections, but as far as I can tell, rereading this doc now with a quick skim for the string crimp, they only ban crimping tinned connections.

https://s3vi.ndc.nasa.gov/ssri-kb/static/resources/nasa-std-...
> This is a perfect example of dichotomy: do you celebrate actions or intent?

Depends. Which actions and which intent do you mean?
if you look at the images in this particular patent of theirs, I think it helps understand what you're asking about:
https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/93/1e/5d/6ad89e2...

Hope that helps!
That’s a working dog thing, not a large dog thing. A buddy of mine (a vet, actually) has 3 Great Danes that are total couch potatoes. There are plenty of large dogs that were bred for companionship and maybe a bit of light guarding.

Greyhounds are another… yes they can run incredibly fast for a half mile or so… and then they’re done. No stamina at all.
Because of the long history of snake-oil salescreeps, and the ongoing degree of utter bullshit of people selling crystals, essential oils, and other shams to separate desperate and hopeful people from their money?

Regulators and regulations have problems, but the entire reason we have them is due to unregulated corruption that caused massive harm before the regulators were created.
> It's not really a truck though, nor do I consider the f150-lightning a truck.

This sounds a lot like the classic "no true scotsman" fallacy.
Netherlands: https://treinposities.nl/
Berberine reduces arterial plaque in humans by decreasing TMAO in the gut
How am I supposed to know? I am sure there are excellent works from the STEM field written in word. But someone using latex has to at least some understanding of IT which is a good thing. Latex gives just a good first impression.

Based on former fellow students, I knew many would just stick to what they are fed and never get the idea to acquire knowledge on their own. And Latex could be just one of the things that shows curiosity and independent knowledge acquisition.
That's not his channel, its a different Dave. However, there is an excellent 3 hour long interview with Dave Cutler on that channel.

https://youtu.be/xi1Lq79mLeE
Are you familiar with the state of tech 'journalism' over the past few decades?
Clanpnp/ftb myself. Still remember some of the server IPs by muscle memory.
I mean, surely the answer has to be: "because it's a pain point and there's a market for it", no? In the sense that, I think your skepticism is (rightly) warranted, but only because of the outcome that you've seen so far has produced unsatisfying results. In a universe where this approach does yield consistently correct and succinct answers, having an AI read a large body of technical documentation and be able to serve you the exact answer that you need from it does seem like a solution with lots of takers!
I just bought mine from a used dealer. The F-150 is already huge, might as well get a bed big enough to fit common items in
Here's a fun answer to that question: Rubygems saved infinity money. That is, they got resource usage down to the point where they could move to the free tier.

* https://andre.arko.net/2018/10/25/parsing-logs-230x-faster-w...

* https://andre.arko.net/2019/01/11/parsing-logs-faster-with-r...

(obviously most people will not realize infinity money)
Your phrasing implies some nefarious intent behind the FDA. What about the FDA do you not like?
> also from P2P via WebRTC

Does this mean the list of IP addresses of people currently watching a video is necessarily public?
I'd guess for a lot of meds it's mainly a matter of establishing dosing requirements. I've gotten prescriptions for my cats that were just the same drugs you'd get, but in smaller quantities.
What makes the n64 port differently fun compared to the other versions ?
Where are we going to get the power to run all those electric cars?
Counterstrike and Quake have had "cheater" servers since their inception -- this doesn't stop people from cheating in non-cheat servers.
The output of extra work is only free if your time has no value.
Powering cost-efficient AI inference at scale with Cloud TPU v5e on GKE
The majority of snake-oil salesmen in the world don't come under the FDA's jurisdiction.
interesting plans
> So why practically every measure from happiness surveys, anti depressant prescriptions, self harm, etc all point to a deeply unhappy society?

Because we're more broke?

> if you think everything is morally equal,

I don't. Deriving that from my previous statement is a non-sequitur.

> would you be happy if your sister was on only fans? How about your daughter?

What if your sister/daughter was forced to have children and be dependent in an abusive relationship? Would you be happy?

> Is this really the most someone can offer to society?

A) I don't accept that you or I can speak for the entirety of society. You may choose to ignore B because of this statement.

B) Society is "owed" what it puts into its people and not much more. Does a society that, for example, doesn't provide childcare, maternal leave, social safety net, deserve one's best?

C) This statement assumes that sex degrades oneself; I don't accept that as true nor support any ideology that does.
PS1 = cheapest or among the most cheap devices to play Audio CD's.

PS2 = the same, but with DVD movies.
Q+ is a hypothetical additional source that is shared by both Matthew and Luke, but not found in Mark
Torrent clients that provide search then lose the legal plausible deniability that they are not specifically creating software for breaking the law.

Besides torrent search websites and big uploaders make a lot of money from ads. Difficult to include ads in apps.
I wasn't intimating that Friedman was a boomer. I was getting at that Milton Friedman's Economic Philosophy was fully embraced by the Boomers. And Reagan and Thatcher were fully endorsed by the Boomer generation.

Boomers are the first generation in American History to hand their successive generations a lower standard of living.

And under Bill Clinton the Boomers certainly did assume the mantle. They certainly were in control in all facets of society. Also, Boomers revitalized Ayn Randism. She was dormant, a forgotten relic until they began to embrace her philosophy.
Yes. The act of parsing code for yourself, for gisting it, and thinking about it - that's what makes you think better and build skill. Discussing why and different ways of doing it with others - that builds team wisdom. AI might help with organizing a review and timeboxing, clerical support, but the actual work of the review should be left to people.
@'s don't do anything here. I've emailed the mods.
My actual statement with added emphasis.

> exclusives are generally a _lock-in scam_ for the companies and say absolutely nothing about the games on a system.

stop being dishonest.

But even if you weren't mischaracterizing my statement, console exclusivity means only that console has the game. Whether it was planned ahead of time or done after the fact is irrelevant, the game is not exclusive when it becomes available for multiple platforms. It's a distinction that does not matter.
> Have you stopped to ask why

Assume the person you're replying to has, indeed, stopped to ask this question.

What do you think are the negative consequences of prioritizing the voices of those who have been suppressed, and de-emphasizing the voices of people who more easily get to be heard? And what do you think would be the consequences of not doing so?

See? Everyone can play this game. It's best to assume the other person has considered the consequences of doing/not doing this, and decided one is better than the other.

It's better to explain why you think that line of thinking is wrong (if that is what you think) instead of doubting the thought processes of the person you're debating with.
Hopping is widely advertised, but in practice is not really used as much as you might think.

With external antennas most of your devices (unless you have a really large home) will connect directly to the hub. And even the ones that hop will go through walls better with the Z-wave frequency - this especially helps if you have lath and plaster in your home, or metal electrical boxes for the switches/outlets.

The z-wave frequency in other countries is basically the same - they are all in the upper 800's, lower 900's MHz. https://www.silabs.com/wireless/z-wave/global-regions
That's not Dave Cutler. That is David Plummer. He interviewed Cutler. Plummer is retired, Cutler is still full time employee at Microsoft.
This bit at the bottom was gratifying to read:

As of 2016, the engineer who did the update still worked at KCG. His entire management chain had been replaced, all the way up to the CTO.
I think the handwriting was on the wall when the VAX 8600 was introduced. It was introduced 7ish years after the 11/780, and was only a few times faster. Today, in the twilight years of Moore's Law, a factor of a few speedup over 7 years would not be all that bad, but back then it was shocking. I felt the VAX line was a slowly sinking ship from that point on.
A Simpler Means for Visible Light Communication
Not really, as I outline what I need in a truck.

I don't mind if things are done other ways, as long as they are practical.

No purity test needed, just practicality.

Currently EV trucks are impractical outside of using them in town / on highways and they are not practical to haul range-wise.

If you don't need that stuff, what's the point over getting a car?
I don't have data about how common various podcast monetizing techniques are, but my impression is that it's quite common for the podcast hosting provider to inject ads into the audio file at download time, enabling them to target ads based on the downloader's IP address or whatever other information they have about the downloader.
The statement you are replying to is:

> the true cost wont be realized until governments quit subsidizing them and start taxing

This is true for a lot of things, including for oil and gas if subsidized.
Stability AI Memberships
As a user you don't get much visibility into the specs of managed services e.g. DynamoDB.

So that's an obvious home for the chips that are no longer available to users.
I have a handful of Aqara motion sensors because some idiots on Youtube recommended them. They're shit compared to the Hue motion sensors though, and take 3+ seconds to respond while I look like an idiot waving my hands around and sometimes even need to take off my shirt and wave it like a flag to get the lights to turn on. The Hue motion sensors respond almost instantly in comparison.

All this low power electronics designed to run 3 years on a coin battery bothers me. If it's that low power why not get rid of the battery, slap a tiny solar panel (the kind they used on calculators in the 90s) and a supercapacitor, it should be able to power itself indefinitely on normal levels of room light, never go into deep sleep states, and can even turn the room lights on automatically if it needs more power.
> I still remember sitting on my bed totally transfixed during the install when I moved from 95 to 98.

For me, the key Windows 95 moment happened while I was sitting in an IBM lab working as a tester for OS/2 Lan Server. We had a copy of Windows 95 we were testing for compatibility.

Playing around one afternoon, we decided to try to break it. We started Drivespace compression, let it run for a while, and pulled the plug on the machine. Plugged it back in and it picked up right where it had left off...
Show HN: I created a save editor for Lethal Company
Hello HN!

There is this game called Lethal Company [0] which is a lot of fun! During the weekend, I reverse engineered the save files and created a save editor for the community to enjoy.

I had a blast developing this and wanted to share it with you all.

Thanks!

[0]: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1966720/Lethal_Company/
Hypotheticals are irrelevant. Sweden has had this system for 75 years.
CO2 emissions have been exported from west to east, they still haven’t come down one bit and the rate of growth has barely deflected despite 20+ years of concerted effort.
That is certainly a risk, but no excuse for letting the statu quo stand.

In other words "I may get it wrong, therefore I won't do anything" is unacceptable to me.
It's quite sad that Peertube is not on Sandstorm [1], where it becomes a one click install.

[1] https://apps.sandstorm.io/
Yeah...I'd love a blow by blow on Eclipse, my (joking) understanding prior to this article was it was an IDE open source project that grew so unwieldly/abandoned that some combo of JetBrains & Google was able to co-opt it and end up owning it entirely.
Read this.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/11/job-losses-likely-at-vw...

And I don't think Volvo is in much different condition.
Completely agree. We are chihuahua owners because we have realistic expectations of the time and energy we have to spend on them. I hate that big dogs are so trendy in the US because most owners I see aren’t even close to meeting their dogs’ energy needs. No shit your designer husky who was bred to pull sleds in Alaska is tearing up your suburban couch, this is effectively imprisonment for them.

Don’t get me started on organizations like the AKC that still promote breeding medical issues into dogs to achieve the proper nose shape or whatever so rich people can have tasteful eugenics as a hobby. It’s all very stupid.

I highly implore anyone considering a dog to be honest about what you can support, challenge your assumptions about why you love big dogs, and above all consider adopting over purchasing. I can forgive a lot of the rant above if the alternative was a big dog living in a shelter. That said, we’d have less big dogs in shelters if they weren’t so fetishized by inexperienced owners in the first place.
I'd recommend it, but I wouldn't recommend reading it cover to cover. It really depends on what you need. Here is what I read selected chapters for:

- For expanding my conceptual understanding of algorithms. I still remember the thrill of learning how the Joseph's problem can be modeled as base-n modulo arithmetics. Or how powerful it is to use generating functions to compute algorithm complexities. And I read the vol 4 for a pleasant study of how we can code back-tracking in an almost mechanical way.

- For historical context. Knuth is amazing at tracing the roots of algorithms, and show how the solutions to a problem evolve over time. You'll get high when seeing how a seemingly impossible problem gets solved in such elegance and ingenuity over generations of attempts by great minds. Check Vol 4 for all the wonders of combinatoric algorithms, for example.

- For thorough study and pure awe. For instance, one probably learns a bit about ordered binary decision diagram (OBDD) to reduce state space by thousands of times in a formal verification system. But what if you want to see all the amazing details of OBDD and therefore getting hours of dopamine high? Vol 4 is the go-to place.

- For reference. At least for a student. I got stuck implementing a fibonacci heap for my project on memory management in my OS class. And Knuth's books came to rescue. I guess professionals would still refer to Knuth for their implementation from time to time.
This paper is not about lambdas and their typical operations specifically, but it shows that across a variety of tasks, as of 2017, Rust is more environmentally friendly than Python.

https://greenlab.di.uminho.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/pap...