skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think you might be inferring too much about my phrasing. I wasn't trying to add token disclaimers to pass off praise of socialism/communism - I was trying to get ahead of the reply "yeah but the cons far outweigh the pros"/"there are better ways to ensure equality than making everybody poor", which are actually positions I'd agree with.

I don't know exactly how to articulate this, but I wish people were willing to consider "capitalism vs socialism" less as a black and white "good vs evil" dichotomy, and more as a vast spectrum or cluster of policies. In reality, those are the kinds of systems we live with. Even if you find yourself firmly on one side of the spectrum, or in favor of policies mostly in one cluster, I think we should be intellectually curious enough to look at the other side and see what kind of ideas they have, because some of them might be good.
Not an american. Probably we live in different realities regarding this topic.
It makes me wonder how many people hit the checkout flow on some websites, I'm sure the numbers for some people (automakers maybe) aren't too dissimilar.
Do you mean "their own domain"?
Seems to be from Spolsky here : https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2006/12/09/simplicity/

"A lot of software developers are seduced by the old ‘80/20’ rule. It seems to make a lot of sense: 80% of the people use 20% of the features. So you convince yourself that you only need to implement 20% of the features, and you can still sell 80% as many copies."

“Unfortunately, it’s never the same 20%. Everybody uses a different set of features."
Understood, thank you <3
A look at Telegram's product and brand
The only screen that would be nice is a small diagnostics one that shows trouble codes, and some live info like temperatures and sensor voltages.
Quantum batteries break causality
Not at Tesla and I agree that happens. My point is that isn’t what drives this particular issue.

All of the other major players (waymo, cruise) suffer the same biases without a moody billionaire at the helm.
> This goes to show you must have controls at all levels in your code integrity. A lone wolf developer in your organization can and will implement these kinds of things to curry favor with their management. While good intentioned, it’s every executive’s worse nightmare.

WTF is this comment? Hanlons Inverted Anticapitalist Razor clearly says to never attribute to stupidity that which can be more easily explained by greed. Therefore it's more likely management that's at fault here.
Storing spent nuclear fuel is a well understood problem, we can do it safely and it doesn't put future generations at risk.
Patriarchy is not just a synonym for men.
Doesn’t this make your var and temp rest on boots?
I got Quest 3 and was actually surprised by how well it works for PCVR with a Link cable. The key is to use H264 and crank up the bitrate to something like 800 mbps.

You will need a good USB port on your motherboard. Preferably USB 3.2

At this bitrate I can't notice compression anymore.
Nice work. They still use a mid-level controller to translate the output of the policy into kinematics which is an all-too-frequently accepted part of robotics. Ideally control is learned end-to-end, which is how you get more natural robot motion.
Grandstanding on the achievements of others. He didn't even rate a mention on Intel's page so I guess this is his attempt at hogging the light.

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/security-center/advi...

It's interesting that Intel more or less hints at having been aware of this before Google reported it. Also: a lot of fear mongering about information disclosure but there is afaik no proof of concept for that (though eventually a way might be found to do that it isn't the case right now).
Excellent! It is really important to make sure you only consume approved media delivered via approved channels!
Analyzing the Most Engaging Articles of 2023
My understanding is that a 40nm fab is only economically viable if it's spent the first several years of its life producing high margin chips.

In other words; the life cycle of a 40nm fab is:

1997: start building fab
2000: fab goes online and starts producing CPUs
2006: fab upgraded
2012: fab switches from CPUs to video and memory controller chip sets
2018: fab switches to USB controllers and embedded chips
2019: fab offline for 2 months because an antiquated but critical part is broken and is only brought back online because another similarly old fab went offline and sold off their parts
2020: fab shut off because of covid
2021: fab found to be a write-off because too many things broke while fab was offline.

So if you skip straight past the profitable phase, you end up spending billions of dollars to make a fab that makes $0.30 parts, and it'll never be profitable unless those parts are $10 each, which in turn makes the product they're in unprofitable.
It is a reference to a TV show: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Greed
It depends. You may want to protect against the dependency disappearing from a public repository, or being changed by a malicious actor, or your internal repo is faster to clone and build, or... I'm just saying there are very valid reasons to vendor a dependency. There are also drawbacks: some folks vendor and then make small modifications... that's forking, good luck keeping it up to date. You also have more work to do to vendor new versions but that's easily automated.
> In Travis' blog post he explains it:

Tavis.
There's already an NBA App, I imagine they could set up their own social network, but I guess then the headache is, they'd have to manage a social network - which can be a bunch of monkeys at typewriters flinging the vilest things at each other, the topic might not even be basketball.

I guess there's a market for shovels* there, a white label social media app/backend, customizable for organizations. Sure there's the fediverse, but companies would rather deal with someone they can call to fix things.

*) if you're in a gold rush, don't be another goldminer, sell shovels instead.
Management: "a 6-pack of beer for the brilliant dev who figures out a solution to this problem of us ..."
He means it makes people question their sanity because they could have sworn the feature was right there.
What do you mean? It sounds perfectly falsifiable to me: you just need to show a well accepted scientific theory that cannot be falsified even in principle.
I've come to call that "phantom lover syndrome". Spending a long time with some one, they really become part of you (and vice-versa), and not just metaphorically. The brain keeps reflexively sending signals in that direction, and the void where there used to be a response can be very painful.
There must be a million billion services for NFL news already. I find it amusing how (mainly nontechnical) society changes its communication platforms like their underwear. Current Thing gets boring, Next Thing comes, jump on supposed hype train, wait X years, repeat. Of course you can kinda program this process with ads. It's so... banal.
The training has nothing to do with the capabilities of the system.

The aircraft requires hundreds of hours to operate without autopilot. Autopilot isn’t what imposes the training requirement.
Getting the Windows 95 version of SimCity 2000 working on a modern windows PC [video]
It’s in response to a complaint that we shouldn’t be reading secondary sources on design, not a comment on the results of this particular article.
In what transportation context does “autopilot” mean it works without supervision? I’ll wait.
News Publishers See Google's AI Search Tool as a Traffic-Destroying Nightmare
We talk on HN a lot about ethics and programming and the importance of engineers refusing to develop unethical software.

But I think we need another PSA that, if you are going to write some code that could land you in jail, make sure you get your entire reporting chain in writing telling you to do it, up to and including the CEO and the board of directors.
that's about Donkey Kong Country - a completely different game to Donkey Kong.
You are correct. Building fabs today only for fabbing much older nodes will not be profitable. You have to target 22nm and below otherwise you can't afford to jump in the semi fab ring.
I am interested in learning more. Can you elaborate on the parameters of the risk models? Is continuity of any technological competencies assumed? Stuff like that. (TIA)
As that comment said, because they live in the bubble.

It's possible to dislike egotistical narcissists, and dislike their product at the same time. Psychobabble is a poor counter-argument.

The touch-panel that distracts from driver attention; the demonstrably defective auto-drive; the cold-weather poor performance are real things.
I'm not sure those two solve the same problem. Regardless airflow is an amazingly useful tool.
> Humanity is eventually going to be able to extend lifespans indefinitely

Can you prove that ? Or is it just wishful thinking ?
Covid-19 and Immune Dysregulation, a Summary and Resource
How and Why to Measure Dependency Freshness in Your Ruby Application
That's only possible because the quality has dropped and the labor has been outsourced to overseas sweatshops.

Trying to buy well made clothing using quality materials is expensive and, as the market races to the bottom, increasingly difficult.
The Source History of Cat (2018)
> Incidentally this also goes for chat and email.

Oh hell no. I agree with your point for documentation, but when you're trying to communicate something quickly, it's helpful to take a screenshot, apply a red circle and an arrow to point to an issue AS YOU SEE IT in your context.

It's fast, direct, and to the point.

And if there's need for more info, that can be followed up with in plain or formatted text and/or attachments.
100% agree. Doing this in secret without management's express approval means no bonus, working extra for no benefit, compromising your other tasks and exposing yourself to heavy liability for compromising the country's infrastructure. This is something that companies could get away with, but a single developers would not only lose their job, but risk going to jail.
Threads Launches in the EU
Out with the long (2004)
It is, yes. If you browse zillow you'll find many homes have 3D views attached. These are often image-sphere captures that you can painfully move through by clicking. While I agree that full res photos can be more appealing, the user experience with SMERF is so much better it might leave end users with a more positive feeling about a property and thus increase the chances of a sale.
https://web.archive.org/web/20180705084233/https://www.econo...
Oh, nice! Thanks for the data! I don't follow any of it, myself (can't even use threads), so it's nice to have a little confirmation on that!

Like I said, I've kind of thought this was the trend. Threads made pretty clear that they were going to be deferential to brands, and I'm betting that Facebook has more than enough money to fete itself to the NFL's whims in a far more compelling way than Twitter can. I'm very curious to see what comes of all of this in the spring, when the NFL can really reconsider its partnerships. They don't often switch things up mid-stream, but they seem to ALWAYS switch things up, post season, to whoever's going to pay them the most/give them the best deal. "Official X of the NFL" is not what I would call a "rare" designation.

So if Threads can put together a compelling set of numbers (actual experience on the app aside, the numbers they have are still pretty impressive; that's usually not enough to convince a human being, but it's usually plenty enough to sign a contract), they could get a one-two punch of pulling in the biggest sports talk and then attracting all other sports talk.

But, of course, that's top-down thinking. The same result could come about of very different circumstances, given proper engagement from the NBA demographic. So it'll be interesting to see if March brings about a full fledged NFL push, or a hard promotion of March Madness. (or, you know, maybe nothing; threads has been moving at a glacial pace and I'm way out ahead of any thing they've indicated even thinking about)
This is not be the market success you’re thinking it is. The fast fashion industry relies on extremely dubious labor practices, massive amounts of pollution, and a culture of constant consumption and mostly disposable goods. 70lb of clothing are landfilled per person per year in the US alone (2018 numbers, today’s would certainly be higher).

The article’s comparison to gambling, and now outright use of gambling game mechanics by fast fashion co’s, is the most troubling part of the industry. It relies on getting people addicted to consumption, on ‘whale’ customers who buy constantly, on a lifestyle of single-use, disposable clothing (with massive negative externalities). Society, unfortunately, pays the cost.
Secrets of Meditation: A Logical Progression from Theory to Practice
Hopefully, this practical content and style become easy to follow and help enlighten the path to a meditative state of mind.
"Universal knowledge should be spread so that everyone can find the path to unity." (Ego Programus)
And you can't even vouch for flagged articles like you can for dead comments
Nice! Really brings the holiday feels! Do you know of a recap but for a repo?
I prefer to apply Hanlon’s razor. It leads to a more satisfying life.
As data needs constantly fluctuate, so do data solutions - a process that we have witnessed firsthand as data engineers.
We need statistical significance.

is not the same as

Statistical significance is enough.

These are two different things.
Then you have market fatigue for the user. After living in a world of Twitter where you can consume all the things you desire and discuss all those things in the same setting, very few people want to be jumping from app-to-app, website-to-website to talk to different groups of people about different topics.

Twitter was (still is?) a true community center, digestible in a format that's quick and easy. That's the allure to the average user.

There is also the discovery component.

The Athletic (https://theathletic.com), which is an excellent source of news for all sports leagues, does have a pretty decent place for discussion, but its engagement pales in comparison to the likes of Twitter (and even Threads now).
Thanks! Laughed audibly at your comment in the other thread about Mongo haha

Looking into all options right now. A tradeoff between current stability, price, and performance.
"There are plenty of offline scenarios where this would be incredibly useful. For disconnected environments, etc. There are some environments that will never connect to winget."

Source: https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/discussions/16440#disc...
The NBA is bizarre. Go see what they do for Canadian web audiences. They redirect nba.com to "sportingnews.com" in a way that makes you think there's been some sort of web hijack or bad DNS.
wont someone think of the advertisers
A fork of Deno with built-in window system integration
That's because people tend to settle near or in coastal plains. Coastal plains from 12000 years ago are ocean today.
> An argument should be a collaboration between two people to find the truth.

I would argue (heh) that the best person to argue with is yourself. That removes the dueling ego aspect of argumentation, since there's only one ego.

If you're not willing and able to correct yourself, in your own mind, then it's unlikely that anyone else will be able to correct you either.

In my relatively long life, I've rarely seen constructive arguing between people. It almost always ends up as a test of will and rhetoric, a vote, or "agree to disagree". You don't actually need to argue with another person. I think it's more useful to read another person's writing and then "argue" with them by yourself, in the privacy of your own home and mind.

Moreover, if you're seeking the truth, why would you bother talking/arguing with "ordinary" people rather than with the top experts in the world? Your family, your friends, your coworkers, or internet randos are not likely to have much more access to and knowledge of the truth than you do, unless you happen to keep very special company.
> Neither is Popper's Falsification Theory.

Sounds perfectly falsifiable to me: you just need to show a well accepted scientific theory that cannot be falsified even in principle.

However, Popper's seems more a principle or a criterion than a theory. By which I mean, you're free to refuse it and incorporate any amount of non-falsifiable statements in your "science". I just suspect it won't have much predictive power.
I worked in the clothing industry in a past life.

You have no idea the insane negative externalities fast fashion has on workers, the environment, local businesses, women & girls

LVMH has nothing to do with it.
I think there are fundamental technological reasons as well. For example, even if you were willing to never update the OS, could you purchase a 1GB ROM chip for example? If using EEPROM, would the performance match RAM? Most people would not want to trade run time performance for improved boot time.

The thing is, there are far more trade-offs today than there were in the days of the C64. It is a worthwhile goal however, ideally computers should turn on instantly.
> I imagine they could set up their own social network,

The point is not running their own network to have everyone there, the idea is to have a federated instance where they set up accounts for their teams, coaches, players, etc.

What is more valuable, brand-wise? "Follow @lebron@threads.net" or "follow @lebron@nba.com"?

> they'd have to manage a social network

Pretty sure they already have a sizeable team dedicated to managing/running their social media accounts and presence?

> companies would rather deal with someone they can call to fix things.

Of course, just like they have someone to manage their website, the mobile app development, etc, etc.
Compare it to the other servers in the same `hw` directory:

├── hw
│ ├── kdrive
│ ├── vfb
│ ├── xfree86 <- this one is Xorg
│ ├── xnest
│ ├── xquartz
│ ├── xwayland
│ └── xwin

Xorg/xfree86 is the one that renders to your display hardware (metal), compared to `vfb` which renders to the Linux Virtual FrameBuffer API, `xnest` which renders to another X server, `xquartz` which renders to Apple's "quartz" display system, `xwayland` which renders to a wayland server, and xwin which renders to Win32.

And, uh `kdrive`, which renders to... um... something or other.

Edit: Also, while Linux now has Atomic ModeSetting and the Direct Rendering Manager APIs, for a lot of Xorg/Xfree86's history it didn't, and the X server did a lot more direct manipulation of the display hardware than it does now. Switching virtual consoles between X consoles and Linux terminal consoles used to be a weird dance between Xorg in userspace and the kernel to make sure that the hardware handoff between them didn't mess up. This dance took about a second to complete (which is forever in CPU time) rather than being the instantaneous sort of switch it is now. But even now, with DRM and the other stuff, Xorg still does a lot of talking directly to the hardware.
Black holes have a finite volume on the outside, but I'd have to do an integral above my skill level to work out the volume inside; if I understand right, the radial direction and the time direction switch roles at the event horizon.

Also, I'm not sure you need stuff to always approach without ever getting there: it's not clear what happens to quantum fields at a singularity, but if you no longer have time displacement symmetry you don't get energy conservation so stuff might just cease to exist.
Fair point. That might be the case... I fail to see how Capitalism inevitably requires Big Government in the same way that Communism inevitably requires centralized power but it might be my problem and you might be right. I'll have to spend more time thinking about it.

I always thought about it as an indirect connection. Capitalism -> Economic Prosperity -> People become more socialist -> Big Government that undermines Capitalism. But that might be wrong. Have to think about it some more.

Thank you for your reply!
Must be surreal. Americans should take notes.
Funnily enough, this is how reflections are usually emulated in game engines that do not support raytracing: another copy of the world behind the mirror. Also used in films in a few places (e.g. Terminator)
Police have undermined the promise of body cameras
Newsom administration advances delta tunnel project despite opposition
In Canada they actually redirect their own website to a third party (sportingNews.com). It's bizarre.
Ha, the site shows how nice the font rendering on iPad is! Even the smallest ones are clearly visible and all the bigger font sizes are rendered differently. Nice!
I'd word the conclusion as: it's bad for things to cheaper than what they would cost in a world without slave labor and environmental destruction.

Alternatively, a slightly different conclusion is that in some situations it is bad for the market to optimize for cheapness over quality. E.g. perhaps it would be better if we optimized for people to have fewer, higher quality garments. This conclusion gets into the boot theory of poverty.
Some stay this is also the case in the United States.
> integrate a minimal native system glue library into Deno

have you tried denog (fork of deno which uses winit for Windowing and also has WebGPU support)? https://github.com/denogdev/denog

As for deno proper, according to this thread, it looks like one of the Deno maintainers has been working on Windowing support, also using winit (same as denog linked above) - https://github.com/gfx-rs/wgpu/pull/3265#issuecomment-140065...
A backdoored version of the package was pushed to NPM using leaked credentials from a GitHub Action[1] - this has been removed now[2].

[1]: https://twitter.com/bytes032/status/1735287204241461634

[2]: https://twitter.com/Ledger/status/1735291427100455293
Why would the powerful punish themselves?