skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
To clarify, since unaindz didn't use quotes, that entire paragraph is verbatim from Scalzi, which makes "recently" more explicable, as it dates from 2006.

I know I was thrown for a loop, since the book is (currently) very much in print, and you can find it in paperback on Amazon and BN.

The 2006 date is significant since it predates the Amazon Kindle (2007), which is where I bought my copy.

Aside: I have to agree with those same reviewers that Watts bemoans. Blindsight is fucking dense (but rewarding). I can't say I enjoyed it, but I'm glad I read it, and there are very few people in my friend circle I can imagine recommending it to.
Haha you might like this old comment I made where I gradually go up the abstraction ladder about what you "really care" about (in the unlikely event you see this comment):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9777816

Root of the subthread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9775799
You inadvertently make a good point that driving should probably be taxed a lot heavier in most places.

It's reasonably safe for other people in cars, but it's hell for pedestrians, wheel-chair users and cyclists. So much so, that we have re-organised our whole society around avoiding this danger. Eg kids don't play on the streets anymore.
I feel the opposite of him. I don't like DRM, I do like DRM circumvention--I like tech in genral--but if we have DRM to protect intellectual property and enforce licenses and contracts, I have no problem with ventilators also being DRMed.

If a person who decides to make pop music can DRM their work, why shouldn't a person who goes into life saving tech DRM theirs? "think of the children!" Hey, if you care so much about the children, pay your bills. Covid caused unforseen problems? you know what? they were unforeseen.

The person who created the life saving tech already saved a bunch of lives, those lives are still saved, and it seems a little ungrateful to claim they haven't done enough for you.
Racism is a societal disease. But it doesn’t follow that racial quotas is the cure. That is the Politician’s Fallacy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician%27s_syllogism
Laziness. And waiting for latest and greatest software for my 5k screen: fractional scaling, brightness setting, reconnecting etc are flaky.
imagine if we'd had these people around in the neolithic; it's well-known that potters often came down with silicosis from exposure to the silica in their clay bodies

they would have banned pottery

also isn't concrete technically 'engineered stone'

i'm puzzled how breathing granite dust instead of so-called engineered stone dust is supposed to be better for you
Shouldn't the competitors just clone the repository locally and train their model on it instead of relying search api which probably cost more computation resources?
Is this kind of like how Google apps keep getting killed?
Both my grandfather and father received identical forms of bladder cancer due to improperly handling solvents without PPE. It's preventable and stupid.

A similar situation exists with mostly men who work outside and refuse to wear hats or sunscreen but develop malignant melanoma at far greater rates than other groups.

The definition of stupid is someone who believes they can smoke 5 packs a day and not get cancer. But it's the inconsiderateness of someone who doesn't love their family enough to watch out for their own health to not leave them prematurely rather than hurry death along.
I was always terrible at getting out of bed. I tried some alarm clock apps that gave you challenges (solve a math problem, scan a barcode, etc). That worked until I realized I could just kill the app and stay in bed.

I realized I needed something outside of the app to push me. So I ended up building Nuj. https://nuj.app

It’s an alarm clock app that charges me $10 if I don’t get up and scan my toothpaste barcode within a 5 mins of my 7am alarm.

The alarms are stored in the cloud so if I kill the app or try to cheat, I still get charged the penalty. Also, alarms “lock” 1 hour before going off so I can’t turn off the alarm and stay in bed if I wake up before it goes off.
Maybe get as much footage as possible for later AI can recreate and even generate conversations in 3d in vr, sounds unhealthy however. You need to move on in a healthy way
The more I think about it the more I agree that what I said isn't accurate, actually. Agents can spam too and get paid for placing "someone", not one person. Also, if everyone had an agent, we're basically at the same place. So I don't think this is the solution.

Also I generally agree with what you're saying about recruiters. Still trying to think of solutions. The problem needing to be solved is it's very hard for lots of engineers at various points in time to find work. It's a real problem because of how it affects those people in that situation.

I didn't see the problem until I decided to quit my job this year, at the height of the layoffs. I used to be able to get offers for every one out of three interviews.

That isn't the case anymore. At all. Farrrr from it.

There IS indeed a problem but I don't think the solution is becoming an agent. I'm still going to keep it open to get more inspiration and testing.
If I am the only one at my company who is in a union, how does the union help me
negotiate more salary? Or does it rely on enough people at my company joining?
I really wish people would stop comparing LLMs to human learning. They're really not equivalent, nowhere nearly as similar - I understand that LLMs are pretty impressive, but it's really time to stop anthropomorphizing them.
Thanks for the excellent summary. I said this in previous stories (not as eloquently) and got an angry mob for not praising spacex. There's a difference between respecting what they're doing for launches and what they're doing for Internet. The former is extremely impressive and groundbreaking.

The latter is hitting the same problems everyone in the industry knew would happen. It costs too much money to maintain the launch cadence, speeds will suffer as the network gets congested, and latency will grow. All of these happened and are continuing to get worse.
The cable industry opposes it, which for me means that it's probably a good thing.
Informally we usually call the person involved in the art-making process an artist. In your example, there is another person in the loop who is making the art.

I don’t think anyone is arguing to AI personhood yet, so it must be the user who is the artist.

If we want to add extra conditions, that seems fine, but someone else will have to define them. If it were up to me… I’d probably end up being called a gatekeeper.
The only thing good about Brainfuck is its name. Brainfuck.
> You could just prosecute a politician if he didn't deliver what he promised, you know.

What you’re asking for is a dictator. Politicians can’t unilaterally decide what happens by design. I think what you mean to say is that you want to prosecute politicians if they don’t vote in alignment with their stated goals, but even that is loaded in the US.

Let’s assume we’re talking about a liberal politician.

If he or she ran on banning guns, introduced legislation to ban guns, but some conservative added a rider to ban abortion, should he or she be prosecuted for voting against their own bill? Because that kind of nonsense happens all the time.
Afaik windows has not what is known as unix sockets.
If the Marines hadn't insisted on adding STOL/VTOL capabilities wrt the F35B, the project would have been much more straightforward and successful. Even despite that crazy requirement, it's still a success for NATO exports.
Could you elaborate on how you solved the issue? A link to the relevant code would be nice.
Sounds like someone drank the Mongo kool-aid. You absolutely do not need Mongo, let alone Mongo Atlas. 25 million documents with ecommeece products is measly and should fit in a single 600 GB server
”The feds said Furlow-Smiles, who had access to company credit cards and the ability to approve invoices as part of her role at the company”

It’s a basic controls issue.

Having an employee approve their own submitted invoices violates even the most basic accounting measures.
Is prediction differs from information about future? Do we have some ideas why rules of physics will be different in the future?
We can! Many rural electric co-ops run fiber internet on their power poles.
Sure, but that presupposes that breaking apart a monolith is the goal, or even that "integrating side services" is a positive improvement.

I resisted microservice mania when it emerged, and now I feel validated that the pendulum has swung back.
Hopefully you get rich then and contribute to the inevitable AGI development.
> I think the person I was responding to had them backwards; nobody is hiding in the basement for a tornado _warning_.

The PP was arguing exactly that::

> > > You can't go to the basement every time there's a tornado watch. It's just not a thing.

They were making that argument in response to the top commenter who was arguing that folks should go to the basement on a watch notice:

> > > > > This is such a cop out. You can pay attention to the weather and make decisions based on that. People have chosen to carry on like nothing is happening. You can get alerts and warnings and watches issued for areas near you and see if the storm is coming or going. If you get alerts and see the system is to the east of you, then no problem. If you see the storm is southwest of you and still pay no attention to it, that's on you.
Support is not nearly as ubiquitous as for CUDA, but it's there for some current and last Gen cards.
For several years now I cannot wear a wristwatch on my left hand because of a sustained skin reaction to a mixture of automatic transmission fluid and gearbox "oil leak fixer". Don't be an idiot like me, wear the gloves.
Sure, here's sample query https://imgur.com/a/8UDDac9
These are DALL-E 3, Imagen, and Imagen 2, in this order.
I've used the code based on similar examples from GitHub [1]. According to docs [2], imagegeneration@005 was released on the 11th, so I guessed it's Imagen 2, though there are no confirmations.

[1] https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/generative-ai/blob/ma...

[2] https://console.cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/publishers/google...
So now it's not "more keystrokes" as you originally claimed (and it's a higher number of keypressses vs holding U), and you still haven't addressed the issue with ^W I've described
Interestingly much of the engineered stone comes from Chinese factories.
> I wonder to what extent the security industry is self-reinforcing

Works wonders for Apple. ("look, we fixed the bug discovered by Citizenlab").

Security, unfortunately, has become theater. There are some things fixed when and if they are disvovered but, in general, the main issues were not adressed (fine grained permissions, web browser as remote code executor, etc).
"Working long hours, being responsive, blending work and life, is not anything to shy away from," he wrote. "There is not a lot of history of laziness being rewarded with success."

In the not too distant future, when Wayfair is still struggling, and layoffs flow, this will look like pure abusive evil, in hindsight.

No one should ever sacrifice their health or quality of life for a company, especially one with an obvious ahole running it.
If unions have the funding to advocate for higher wages, even at other companies, wages in the industry will rise to remain competitive.

Additionally unions can offer you support in workplace disputes, and so function as a kind of legal employment insurance, even when density in your workplace is low.
I make it a point to downvote people who think they are tone moderators. You could have submitted it yourself if you found it first.

I don't see how it's less of a concern that he has 200+ TB of video. Perhaps don't advertise a limited resource as unlimited; then you won't get people like this guy.

He deserves the ability to get the data off his account. Google acting like their hands are tied are simply being malicious.
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I am seeking a position as a mid or senior-level front-end engineer. I have 8+ years of experience working at various levels of responsibility as a front-end developer throughout my career. My previous work was as the creator of a thorough visualization of MMA matchups (https://mmabetsharp.com). The work encompassed a large breadth of skills including core front-end work, design, visualization, scraping, data structuring, as well as social media engagement via public discourse and other various channels.

I consider myself a generalist in the front-end space. I have a good knowledge of web technology fundamentals, but I also rather appreciate the higher level tools brought in by the React-era.

I have experience in ecommerce, both as a developer and administrator. I have worked on the development of inventory management tools for online clothing retailers. I have also used the Shopify platform to create a portal to sell woodworking products.

I have enough maturity as a developer to balance the cost of writing maintainable software with the need to write effective software quickly. I understand software is inherently complex, and if neglected, tends to devolve into something very difficult. I also understand businesses and companies, especially smaller ones, operate with limited resources, and that the ability to drive a product forwards can be essential.

I've been thinking about... The nature of complexity in software. How can we apply functional programming concepts to a domain that is largely event-driven and mobilized by effects? How can we reduce excessive "wiring" between components and increase modularity? How can we create a level of abstraction over system components that ensures logical consistency while avoiding excessive overhead? How do we balance the need for "correctness" (typing, tests, refactoring, experimentation) with the need to deliver a product within limited time and resource constraints?

Aside, I also have some experience with physical goods, having created and operated a small woodworking company for 3 years. During the time I received unsolicited praise for the top quality of my work. I apply the same ethic to my programming work.

I value clean design, code consistency, architectural durability, and simplicity whenever possible.

I describe myself as... Easygoing, reliable, flexible, adaptable, and a clear communicator.
It's the bozos working with the stuff without proper PPE.

I watched a grave marker carver absolutely bathing in dust with just a thin bandanna, I was in there for 5 minutes and was left choking in their hazardous work environment.

WitH sufficient PPE and dust control, it's not a problem. This is just barking up the wrong tree because they can't get workers to not be idiots, so they pick a scapegoat to ban at random. It's not fucking asbestos. It's apparent but ineffective motion by expediency.
Google needs to update their playbook. A publicly available demo goes a long way. Google of all companies shouldn't be coming off as the dinosaur when it comes to generative AI.
No, it is a problem, because the motivating use case for offline attenuation is doing JIT minimization of tokens before sending them. IdP OAuth2 tokens tend to be all-powerful, a game-over break if stolen. That's why offline attenuation was invented.

You can say that offline attenuation and minimization doesn't matter; for a lot of applications, it probably doesn't. But you can't say OAuth2 has the same feature, and certainly not "had for yonks".
I'm usually all for worker protection, but this is really ludicrous. What next? Banning saws because people keep cutting off their fingers?
I think maybe you are misrepresenting the thesis of the book. My impression was, that in the book consciousness was a consequence of the evolution of intelligence on earth and that the scramblers had a totally different evolutionary pathway. Now that intelligence had evolved, its side effects namely consciousness was taking up processing power that could be used for more intelligence. Maybe I am misrepresenting the thesis of the book also, but at the very least I think it presents something more than an interesting thought experiment.

I think the idea that intelligence, creativity etc can be totally separate from consciousness is a perfectly valid proposition and certainly relevant to current and future developments in ML, collective intelligence (companies, countries, mobs etc)

I think in reality, separate from the story of the book, that consciousness being a key component in evolving truly intelligent systems from scratch makes a lot of sense. (and probably isnt as "expensive" as the book makes it out to be) I think it also makes sense that you can have non-sentient/unconscious intelligent systems just as intelligent as conscious ones and perhaps more.

If the chinese room gives convincing answers why does it matter one way or the other whether it truly "understands" chinese?
I am trying to use the HTTP API. I asked this simple question
"How many fingers does a baby have?" and all I get is the empty reponse:
[{'candidates': [{'content': {'role': 'model'}, 'finishReason': 'OTHER'}]}, {'candidates': [{'content': {'role': 'model'}, 'finishReason': 'OTHER'}], 'usageMetadata': {'promptTokenCount': 3, 'totalTokenCount': 3}}]

If I use their example "Give me a recipe for banana bread.", it returns a recipe.

Why won't it answer a simple question about number of fingers?
You can chip them if you smacked the edge with cast iron but they don’t smash like glass. Would be cosmetic only. You can chip stone as well though so eh.

A small if any durability reduction seems acceptable for the health and safety improvement.
IDK, the Waymo cars that drive around SF meet my definition of full self driving. They handle a ton of weird traffic patterns, pedestrians, pickup zones, and very dense urban environments much better than I think you realize. Unless you live here, you probably aren't aware of their capabilities.
Never had issues with laminate, apart from maybe single discoloration patch due to marinate. But that is life. There might be some tiny nicks, but they really aren't that visible.

Just live if with after few years. Nothing stays perfect when you use it.
I love using slop from the government to attack other slop. The only prosocial use of "science" these days.
I was going to ask something trite about "overhead" but your comment nails the sentiment way better.
So does every Rails and Django encrypted session token.
What kinda connection do you have where you're able to transfer 200 TB of data in 7 days?

Did you even do the math before that tripe escaped your fingers?
Ohaguro – Tooth Blackening
On the other hand, Americans lack the perspective of a society that has been invaded multiple times in the last century. And remains under threat from one such dangerous and hostile invader.

Framing it as violating a noble ideal of “free speech” I think gives it more importance than it deserves.

Seems plausible such a trade off is a net good for South Korea. We live in the misinformation age. Look at the crazy stuff some people believe. South Korea has effectively outlawed pro North Korea propaganda. Hard to quantify the averted harm of such a policy, but the price seems minimal.
Keeping dust down with water sprayers should be a thing. Also, there should be particulate counters and VOC sensors all around sites to indicate what level of PPE is non-obvious but needed.
"Union penetration is decidedly low in tech, and tech companies coincidentally have some of the highest cash reserves of any industry. People in tech often think, why should I join my union, I already get paid a lot! Bosses love that attitude."

If unions are anything like they are in the US, you lose your individual bargaining power in favor of the collective. IE: if you want a raise as a software developer, everyone at your level will also need to get a raise.

In addition to this, you end up paying the unions a tax in the form of dues, like a small government and you are forced to strike (like the UAW), even when you are satisfied with your current position/salary.

I can negotiate my own salary with any employer and I am normally well compensated. A union will not help me and will only hinder my future success.

Unions are normally for people that have lower-skilled jobs that can easily be replaced by the thousands of other people that can do the same thing (hence, having no individual negotiating power and needing someone to protect them).

This generally doesn't apply to people in the tech industry.
If you’re OK importing node’s internal modules [0], which I believe are loaded anyway, you could achieve a lot, though it definitely wouldn’t be worth it.

No developer is an island. [1]

[0] https://github.com/nodejs/node/tree/main/lib/internal

[1] https://youtu.be/TY9xsT6S75A?si=uqPUuxKNl_1vqMhm
always be closing lol
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For well over 10 years it has been very common to vary treatment within a field. Any harvester made in that time has had real-time GPS tracking of the yield throughout the field. Spray applications can be applied to particular areas with an indicated need, with individual sprayer head control (all GPS tracked). Year-over-year tracking enables another level of improvement. Pairing satellite or drone imagery is also common to determine what the best move is going forward.

A decade ago I made a spreadsheet to simulate the robot tending to a field problem, working with an entrepreneur. In the end, I couldn't find a wide range of parameters where it could make sense for corn or soybeans. The robots would simply be too tiny, slow, and expensive to be feasible.

Some pros the entrepreneur was targeting were reduced soil compaction (leading to better yield), ability to operate in more marginal conditions (getting stuck in mud or slipping/spinning wheels messes up fields), and ability to deploy a fleet of robots rather than being constrained to working one part of a field in a huge piece of equipment.
As a non resident, perhaps it's a good thing. Advanced people eat dogfood with slow connection.
Wages in the US tech industry are some of the most competitive in the world.

"Additionally unions can offer you support in workplace disputes,"

It also makes it really difficult to fire bad/incompetent workers.
>If living standards rise and debt levels drop due to increasing efficiencies and productivity then we should allow Prices to fall. Wont that take care of inequality and living standards?

Sounds like a bunch of commie talk. The Almighty Mar-Ket demands perpetually increasing profits and growth, lest we all perish from its fearsome wrath.
Do you know if they ruled out the resins used to bind stuff together?

In theory perfectly cured resins are supposed to be non-toxic (eg food safe) but you can get sensitised to specific mixes or accelerants and sometimes the curing isn't perfect...

EDIT: It looks like they considered it but didn't come to any firm conclusions, further research needed etc.
The power draw is not impressive here. Sure, it's low, but if you account for performance/W then the GPU is much more efficient.
You're right, and it's paradoxical. Companies with poor customer service should be taking hits in the stock market and in the public eye, but Comcast is still around...

The guy in TFA should be a warning to others: you cannot trust other machines to handle your data responsibly. They'll turn on you and demand a ransom when it's convenient. Self-host, and own your infrastructure.