skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The issues with Twitter are currently about Musk buying it at ridiculous price and his personal antics. Other than that, it works fine as always.

They shipped quite a bit of stuff, like the blue tick or revenue sharing. Other than Musk courting fascist and other kind of undesirables, twitter as a product is doing fine. It might go under though, but if that happens isn't going to happen because lack of employees.
This has to be the best comment from a moderator that I've ever seen. This is why I love HN.
I wouldn't call off-grid a typical home situation either, it's just something that is not done here. I mean I can go to any local installer and get solar panels and inverters that are reasonably priced, but with batteries that's just not the case.
I have given hard truths to friends before. If you care about someone, there's a point where you need to. Even if they don't respond well in the moment, truth once heard cannot be unheard.
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If they really wanted to, they could certainly pursue criminal charges for sabotaging rail infrastructure. Possibly even capital charges.
Are you sure this didn't update the modem?
Funny, I literally just watched a VGHF video of Frank Cifaldi talking to Ron Gilbert about the making of Monkey Island where Frank made SCUMM script changes and recompiled MI live on stream (sic!) [0]. I had no idea the VGHF even existed until 4 hours ago.

I have been thinking a lot about (video game) preservation over the years and I'm excited to see there are people working on this with such dedication.

With that being said, I'm not hugely thrilled about the interface shown in this clip, I think there is a lot of room for improvement when it comes to accessing and presenting the actual data and metadata, but given this seems to be WIP I'm sure things will improve (and maybe it's better when you actually use it yourself).

[0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikaqus5_QIg
It dont think that Tokyo picture is full of ads. While I can't read Japanese, from my trip there, those were mostly listing the stores in the building.
I was thinking the same thing. This article seems remarkably light on the facts. They throw around a handful of scary words, but there is very little evidence to back it up or even specifics of how this surveillance might be happening or what data is being sold.
> capable and willing

This is the sort of research that scientific grants are _supposed_ to be targeting for the public good. Supposed to be.
Ohh, I misunderstood what Ubuntu was doing.

So the only change is that GCC and its toolkit will compile programs using a register as frame pointer by default? That seems like a very reasonable change. If having an extra general purpose register is critical for performance of then this can be disabled in that program's the makefile.
This is a manual solution. Create system sequence diagrams of your domain as you’ll learn a great deal in the process and have a visual heuristic to revisit when needed.
do you mean v3 instead of v2? I thought they already had v2 in service but just weren't able to launch very many of them on falcon
Wikipedia is not a source. It is an opinion blog (just like ref 18), not peer-reviewed. Ref 17 is a systematic review, which is better, but this is still a lazy reply and it frustrates me to no end.

I'm not arguing for equal efficacy. I'm arguing that the complete disregard of sham practices, mediated by placebo, is not rational; and that not taking placebo into account as a possible treatment for certain conditions is short-sighted (if not harmful).
It is the same market. The entertainment market. People don't buy toys, games, cable, streaming, or movies. They buy something fun to do with their time. All these things are competing in the same market.

Cable TV didn't come down in price or go up in quality, and so it is losing subscribers in droves.

Supply and demand at work.
TL;DR

If you compare whisper
on a mac with Mac optimized build
Vs
on a pc with a few NON-optimized NVIDIA build
The results are close!
If nvidia optimized is compared, it’s not even remotely close.

Pfft

I’ll be picking up a Mac but I’m well aware it’s not close to Nvidia at all. It’s just the best portable setup I can find that I can run completely offline.

Do people really need to make these disingenuous comparisons to validate their purchase?

If a mac fits your overall use case better, get a Mac. If a pc with nvidia is the better choice, get it. Why all these articles of “look my choice wasn’t that dumb”??
Microsoft Agrees to Remain Neutral in Union Campaigns
The problem with cost+ is that contractors can inflate the actual cost of things, and pocket the difference. Obviously they can't do this to an unlimited extent, but the cynic in me would have a hard time believing this isn't a common practice.
Even C has already a syntax way too rich and complex (and C11 and C17 tantrums are making things worse).

Integer promotion should go, like implicit cast for anything except void* and literals, but we are missing a dynamic/static casts syntax explicit split.
Only one loop keyword, loop {}, no switch, no anonymous block, no "a?b:c" operator. typedef has to go, (and typeof,generic,etc), the variable arguments of preprocessor function should be defined once and for all. __thread must go as tls should be managed dynamically and explicitely with the system interface, never statically and hidden by the runtime.
Only sized primitive types (u8/s8...). That said, anonymous union/struct are very nice for complex memory layout.

And all the things I am forgetting right now.

With the pre-processor and coding discipline you can get close to that already, but I was told that what I am describing is basically the simplicity of rust syntax, true? Namely it is easier to write a naive rust compiler than a C compiler?
All this setting does is make the feature available to you in the frontend -- it's up to you to use it or not!
Since men make more money than women, does that mean men are smarter than women?

Hmmmmmmmm. Maybe statistics isn't the crystal ball it seems.
Anecdotes are also known as experience and this wasn't part of a scientific paper, it was an expression of my personal experiences using these tools. My most recent test of this was working on a container based setup for writing software and tracking the tools I needed across fedora, debian, nix and alpine. Alpine was the only one that had full coverage and kept up with versions appropriate for the use case. Other cases (more hosting oriented) were longer ago and may not be valid these days, but had similar results at the time (though not nix, it wasn't a contender back then).
It may not be a much better approach than pandering and patronizing their feelings, but it's probably at least a little bit better.
> ads are the primary way to get the lower economic classes to give their money to the rich

This seems very implausible. People's largest expenses are things like housing, healthcare, childcare, and groceries, which are mostly not driven by advertising.
Not software engineering exclusively, but this article in system domain in general https://donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-t...
> You have no realistic shot at destroying Hamas without addressing the conditions that created it. At "best" you'll create a vacuum filled by another extreme organization using another name.

The situation on the west bank shows that stopping the rockets is an achievable goal. Extreme ... fine. The west is full of extreme organisations of all kinds that almost never hurt anyone because they're well-policed. That is a situation that would be a LOT more acceptable than the current situation.

> The only way of destroying what Hamas is, is to start treating Palestinians humanely, and address their grievances so they actually see an alternative might work.

The same was said about Daesh/IS/PIJ and this has turned out to be false.
https://archive.is/cSK16
It actually sticks out like sore thumb if you listen to his cadence closely.

Americans tend to join words together so whereas house would say old married couple a "true" American would usually say something like oldmarried-couple. YMMV
> he fairly consistently overpromises and underdelivers.

Can we please just call it what it really is? Lying. He's a pathological liar.
The commute is what it is because the people of the town have repeatedly voted to keep it that way.

Edit: Actually, forget all that. You're inviting me to live in Santa Cruz for a year? Do you have a place? I might take you up on that, what a lovely offer.
> Yes, some backwoods roads would belong to Android.

There are good manufacturers for Android. But they're still unmatched in terms of services. In the above analogy, nice road, worse travel experience.

> Because it's a lot.

It's the cost of doing business with Apple, made clear to you since you begin. You just factor it in your offering.

> 1. You have to pay for Apple computers.

Because it's the tool for the job. No ones expect you to build a Windows App without a computer running Windows. The tools Apple provides only run on MacOS which only runs on Macs.

> 2. You have to pay for the SDKs

You don't. You're paying only for access to the distribution channel (base fee).

> You have to give the MAFIA shakedown 30%

Remember the tools and services above? If you're making business with Apple customers through Apple services, you're paying for it on a transaction basis.
On the other hand, Spain has a higher life expectancy than the UK.

New, exotic diseases may be a problem but otherwise I think there is no need to panic. Overall I think a warmer climate in the British Isles will obviously require adaptations but won't necessarily be a loss.

BTW, there are fewer than 2,000 deaths by road accidents per year in the UK.
There is some point at which a nation's "self-defense" is pertinent, although in reality that self is both composed of many people and nebulous to reason about. If people unjustly attack, it's not like saying "Hey! Stop violating international law!" is going to work. Of course, the supposed good actors should try their best to not cause war (in this case, Israel is not so innocent), but if war arrives unbidden on your doorstep, don't let them destroy your house and kill you.
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What about binary size increase ?
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Books were complex & terrible, so built own, eliminate ~70%+ redundancy in 3-month transactions auto-sorted, designed for compactness
Calcula looks really cool. I'll be taking a look at it more closely.
Practical Client-Side Rust for Android, iOS, and Web
Tesla is the signal that the American Empire is collapsing, it's a company that is based on the political idea that it's necessary to change the transportation pollutant from oil to lithium.

It's the same old car ownership experience that our grandfathers experienced in 1970s, Tesla was founded in 2002 and I can find cars from that year on the used market which are more aestetically pleasing and have much better interiors quality and still beat Tesla cars (or should I say boats given how heavy they are?) around a racetrack which is the true measure of a car performance. Picture this , a 20 year old Mercedes or BMW with better interior and better looks can beat a brand new 2023 Tesla lap time around Laguna Seca or the Nurburgring , and also it will be able to go around the track for hours and hours whereas the Tesla would overheat and leave you stranded on lap 2.

We are going backwards in the name of politics, that cannot be accepted quitely, it's stupid and un-American. Solely done in the name of politics and Government money extraction.

> > Customers really wanted SpaceX

90% of global population lives in urban areas, that's only going to increase, so that's 90% who will never need SpaceX. You have to go and pick your sample with a searchlight to get the result you want, and even then only about 30% are going to be happy with the service considering that SpaceX is cutting their download speed all the time compared to what they clocked at the time of first installation, that's predatory.
Can it scale though? The electronic equivalent can be copied and as many instances as needed can be setup when demand is high and killed when the demand is low.

I don't think these could have the same throughput... and maybe they would get bored when demand is low.

Interesting research though.
Recent and related:

Llamafile – The easiest way to run LLMs locally on your Mac - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38522636 - Dec 2023 (17 comments)

Llamafile is the new best way to run a LLM on your own computer - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38489533 - Dec 2023 (47 comments)

Llamafile lets you distribute and run LLMs with a single file - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38464057 - Nov 2023 (287 comments)
Next nintendo console on RISC-V!!!
Sudden Loss of Domain
Trade Up at Port of Long Beach as Cargo Returns
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> I don't know what the tornado activity is like where the BBC is from

London. The British Broadcasting Corporation is from London, in the UK. And they do have tornados in the UK.
California DFW Releases Beavers into the Wild for First Time in Nearly 75 Years
> if Canonical continues down the route of silently nudging users onto snap, I’ll probably switch to Debian.

Serious question: why don't you switch now? I guess I just don't see the point of ubuntu anymore.
> I regularly get 150+ Mbps on my Starlink terminal.

Your anecdotal experience is not a refuting of statistical data from the overall population of users. Starlink consistently does not provide that level of service to a large swath of its users.
Your assertion that AI will render many knawledge-based jobs obsolete seems to overlook the adaptability and evolving nature of human work.

History has shown that technological advancements don't necessarily leed to job displacement but rather to job transformation. The introduction of AI could, in fact, lead to the creation of new job categories and a demand for skills that AI cannot replikate, such as creative thinking, emotional intelligence, and interpersonal skills.

I like your article but it sounds like a science fiction version of future rather than actual future.
> It seems that so many here think they're above being manipulated by advertising. Don't trust your brain - it's soft and malleable.

It seems that you think that banning some ads will make any difference. Ads are really poor at actually convincing you to do anything in the first place. We had to employ multitude of media formats to reduce smoking... and even then, it's not at 0 today.

You will not want to go to McDonalds, just because you saw an ad for it. You first will have to find it acceptable to go to a fast food restaurant, which is shaped by culture. Then the ad may result in you choosing to go to McDonalds.... but at that point you've already chosen to go to a fast food restaurant.
9 months ago in this thread regarding fake GitHub stars, someone mentioned at the time that Discord was a better indicator. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35208363

The fact that this blog post made sure to bring up their Discord engagement makes me think Discord is now also a negative signal
That sounds like a protected left turn but no one is turning so it looks stalled.
Okay. Per [1] the cost of 1 ton of CO2 emitted is about $3,000. Per [2] fossil fuel plants emit about 1-2.3 pounds of CO2 per kWh, or about 0.0005 to 0.0012 tons per kWh. Multiplying that out (0.0005 * 3000) yields about $1.50 to $3.60 per kWh, accounting only for the cost of emissions.

Per [3] nuclear is about $0.07 per kWh. That's about 20-50 times cheaper than fossil fuel plants.

It would be fair to round that up a bit for construction and fuel extraction and refinement emissions, but don't forget to do that for fossil fuel plants, too.

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

[2] https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.php?id=74&t=11

[3] https://css.umich.edu/publications/factsheets/energy/nuclear...
CLI for Baltimore Y lap swim times today, https://github.com/brianzelip/lapswim.
TFA says the 4040 ~ $29 and 6502 target ~ $20.

In a ~ $1300 computer (Apple II, ca. 1977) how price sensitive was that CPU market to $9?

The 6800 was ~ $175 in 1974 - that does seem like a clear gulf to the other two.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motorola_6800
> noise to signal ratio of information out in public is way too high

Even if you remove ads, it's not going to change significantly.
The other version of that is a landowner who doesn't live in the area. If you are an exec at a property management corporation, then you get to buy your own ignorance.
The same thing in my city with jcd bikes: no new stations in a decade, only a handful of bikes available, bike stop density nowhere near anything I've seen in a large city in Southern France. Meanwhile, every bus stop, every street corner or prominent billboard is owned by jcd.

Your comment has encouraged me to dig up anything I can find about our municipality's contracts with jcd during the upcoming holiday break and, if it's anything like what you've said, raise some awareness.
Thank you! It means a lot to see your comment here
> it still leaves a bad taste in people's mouths

It definitely does, although I don't understand why.

One thing making bold forecasts does is motivate your people. JFK told us we'd get to the moon this decade which is absolutely nuts. Would we have got there as soon if he had said we'd get to the moon eventually?

To the other responder: JFK also had no tangible justification to say we'd get there so soon, and the most likely outcome was that he was going to be wrong. Does that make him a pathological liar?
weren’t there some bird migration patterns which also signaled future weather calamities?
> yet many other award recipients have no service and no rollout and no speeds to even measure:

Unfortunately, most of the public won’t know or care about this blatant corruption and crony capitalism

The revolving door between regulators and industry keeps on turning
Went looking for this comment. Loved this game as a kid.
The main difference is it does no build sorcery. In the end, your code is running on a real installation on disk. Therefore, there is no chance for extension modules to fail.
Why? We managed to get power lines and phone lines to pretty much every house even in rural areas. Why should laying fiber be a "non-starter"?
Despite it having more or less the same graphics tech it's a very different game. It's slower paced, more atmospheric, and with more story. The story in doom was a single page of text after beating each episode. Marathon had in-game computer terminals where they drip fed the story of the Marathon and its AI that was going "rampant" (interestingly Microsoft borrowed that idea for Halo 4, the first one that Bungie didn't create).
I think it's a more complicated supply/demand story than that. The median price of units currently on the rental market is different from the median rental price.

The supply side for "current rental market prices" is different than the supply for all rentals. Rental turnover rate for places that have been rented out for 10+ years is quite low. A disproportionate number of newly-marketed rentals in the last decade are comparatively recent conversions from resident-ownership to rental (hence, rising proportion of renting population), and the cost basis of ownership for those landlords is an OOM higher than landlords from a couple decades ago.

We don't really know if the median paid rent "could afford" to rise to median market rent, I can't imagine that it would. That market rent prices are rising does not directly entail that more people want to live there than there are spots, the story is a bit more complicated.
Santa Cruz Metro operates the Hwy 17 Express 20 times a day, and there are commuter shuttles for Google, Facebook, and more.
Stripe's Engineering Culture – Part 1
Also, as someone who wrote code that had to support C89-only compilers as recently as 5 years ago, I noticed immediately that this code mixes code and variable declarations which strictly C89 compatible compilers will barf on. That said, this code also uses pthreads which is not exactly as portable as "pure C89" implies either.
Laziness.
Is it only me or this webpage hangs on mobile?
Gynvael Coldwind - one of the guys from Dragon Sector (but probably not a member of the team that hacked those trains)

wrote an article about why company's line of defence that malicious code could be injected is flawed

https://gynvael.coldwind.pl/?id=777

It is mostly about reverse engineering, compilation process, how thing are laid out in the final binary -.text, .data sections, offsets and stuff like

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Code_cave

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooking
> How did they ever win a trial?

In this particular case, the court ruled that Prodigy was the publisher of its users' content because of its efforts to exercise editorial control, which made it liable for what its users said.
Maybe try the JS version without JIT, I suspect it might be highly optimized by the compiler. But the ratio seens way off, as sister comment states. Haven't looked into the code and am not a C++ or Rust expert, but maybe there is something fundamentally wrong there? Sounds like memory leak or issues with recursion.

Even if not, of course ahead-of-time compilation is not designed for a cold start. Haven't read the linked posts (including compilation time would be stupid)
Tons of fun, Thanks!
Ok yes if that is the case then it makes much more sense.
Agreed. The FCC shouldn't be giving out any funds. They should stick to their role as regulator. Starlink as a properly grounded libertarian outfit should have lobbied to have any subsidy role by the FCC discontinued. Starlink should have just competed in the broadband marketplace - as should have everyone else. In such a level playing field, I think Starlink would do just fine.
https://archive.ph/ih4Po

Author complains that the data is not inclusive of things like TV or movie, Genre, episode count... Apparently unaware that such data is available elsewhere; and we have some rather well developed technologies to allow us to do so.

This might assist them: https://developer.imdb.com/non-commercial-datasets/
HuggingFace Transformers Release v4.36: Mixtral, Llava/BakLlava, SeamlessM4T v2
I'll try to understand some of how stuff like faster-whisper works when I've got time over the weekend, but I fear it may be too complex for me...

I was rather hoping for a guide of just how to either adapt classic whisper usage or adapt one of the optimised ones like faster-whisper (which I've just set up in a docker container but that's used up all the time I've got for playing around right now) to take a text prompt with the audio file.
Many areas it is illegal to not be connected to the grid in the city (it certainly is in my home city in Canada). I bet a lot of stuff would go DC in this case (i.e. lighting) I suspect appliances would stay AC because they would put a huge premium on dc appliances just because they can.
What will probably actually happen, and of course, the article touches on this, is that we will have even fewer opportunities to feel like we aren't on stage.
Road signs provide information for roads to function properly, so even if they are a distraction the tradeoff is worth it. Billboards provide no such utility, they only impose costs on drivers for the benefit of ad companies and their customers.
> Billboards distract drivers and are a safety hazard.

And you have any kind of conclusive evidence to this claim?