skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Shutterfly does too, if you use them.
Making rockets as reusable as airplanes necessitates many millions of flights per year, not a few hundreds. It will take a lot of time to build up enough demand. There has to be some pipeline of production which to be economical, needs to be constantly loaded, so at least a few dozen new rockets per year (airplane producers who build that little are normally balancing on the brink, it takes hundreds per year for true economy of scale). And then they need to fly thousands or at least many hundreds of times per year, each, over decades, so at least 10K times each, typically 30K or sometimes even 50K times. No less than a million total sorties per year PER PRODUCER, because an industry with just one supplier is never going to be efficient. So several million flights and maybe 50-100M tons delivered to LEO, per year, total.

It's hard to see what does the humankind may need to put into orbit in quantities like that. Just for comparison, this is about as much as air cargo volumes delivered in the world.
I did a eyeball ball park estimate and figured the closest answer was 9/2 and was right.
Mrs Maisel was great (except for the last season that felt like 2-3 seasons compressed in 1).

Upload was great for the first season, still ok for the second season and unbearably bad now.
Operation Freakout
I used to love Amazon as a service, despite their monopolistic practices, but I find myself avoiding using Amazon more and more because of the slow erosion of service quality over the last few years. I can handle the price increase of Prime, but I no longer feel I get the same quality service. A few things I have noticed:

1. I see less 1 day shipping on items than a few years ago.

2. My subscribe and save items are over priced and usually out of stock

3.Twitch has a lot of ads

4.Amazon Prime will now have ads

5. Brand safety - too many scam sellers or low priced untested junk sellers on Amazon. Apparel is particularly bad. A lot of knock offs.
I much prefer Apple Pages, Numbers, Keynote to MS Office -- even after years of first using MS Office and being highly fluent in it
I think it would be worth mentioning GraalVM and https://github.com/oracle/truffleruby in competitors section.
Because 'C', as fantastic as the language is, is prone to users making errors, and errors cost (sometimes incredible amounts of) money, and even peoples lives. See the Great 1990 Telephone Crash for the former.

I like 'C', but I'd never get in an aircraft where a 'C' compiler was used for anything other than the in-flight entertainment system.
Don’t forget the guy who can’t make up his mind so he tries to be both a food snob and the voice of the people at the same time
Building a better keyboard and mouse switch
> A small number of purchasers want to side load and therefore exclude Apple as an option.

An overwhelming majority of consumers don't even know what side loading is. These decisions are not things lay consumers think about at all.

The fact is that both Apple and Google set too many rules on a platform that is now essential for operating in modern society. These devices and platforms need to be opened up to competition. These companies are collecting tax on all innovation happening because of their gatekeeper positions.
> You don’t define for others where “idealistic” applies. This is an ideal system for some and I don’t have to accept that. You don’t define language associations for others.

If I can't do it, then who gave you authority? Rules for thee is all it seems to be these days.

Anyways, I think I've had enough of communists for the remainder of the year.
Engines are still intact so it seems. So not a complete loss
would you care to share the name?
Is it possible that many of those uses predate the current zoning? There are numerous buildings in Chicago that would not be permitted by their current zoning.
So in 50 years the equivalent of a gpt4 training cluster from today's datacenters will fit in a cheap cable, and it will run over 100 times faster than a full cluster today.
Like foresight.
That time the Word team sent presents to the children of WordPerfect’s EVP
the original file isn't immutable unless you have reflinks or equivalent
> Who wants to have to be an expert in shell scripts to have to write them?

If you aren't good with shell scripts, why bother? Go use Python or something else entirely. And it's not like you would use shell scripts to write all your programs, they aren't suitable for anything more complex than stiching a bunch of programs together anyway, yet people still try. And then those people complain that shell script is full of "footguns" when they are misusing it.

> Trivial to do so that it works for you. Absolutely not trivial to do so that it always works.

No idea what you are on about, literally every single detail you need to correctly parse /proc entries is in proc manpage. And yes, if you wrote your parser correctly it will still work between kernel versions, because /proc is considered a stable API between the kernel and userspace (same as syscalls). There are no "footguns" and no mysteries to it. It's a solved problem. Provide a concrete example of a footgun if there is one, and by "footgun" I mean something that isn't clearly stated in the manual that everyone dealing with /proc reads (right?)
You can rewrite the code and add a "Russian mode", when a cleared area will be remined again after a random period of time.
One was a jury trial, the other was not.

Apple's overall behavior is worse and far more anti-competitive.

There's no reason Apple should tax dating, yet they do for over 50% of Americans who date online. They tax all communication and commerce by dictatorially controlling the most essential device of our century and being one of only two primary vendors.

I'd say I'm glad Apple and Google don't control the Internet, but they kind of de-facto do control it for most people.
Do you know how many launches they have annually? Compare that with nasa/esa/kosmos 10 years ago. Cost per kg. Aware of that?
For the Apollo Guidance Computer, changing the program meant manually re-weaving wires through or around tiny magnet rings. A good part of the cost of the computer was the time spent painstakingly weaving the wires to store the program.
- More ambiguity for search engines and university students alike as more 3 letter abbreviations will be taken over by AI, ML herd

- 1 stupidly simple app will be go from 0 to 100M users

- The top phone companies will all team up with 1 or more LLM's

- It will be increasingly tempting for relatives to chat with models of their dearly beloved departed. Oxford will create a word for this. OpenAI invests.

- Dropbox will get into the LLM game, personalized models based on your data

- YC will see a dip in applications. The team will react for the better. The next cohort will see a record high in applications

- 1 new essay from PG

- The seed investor to the "plastic killer" startup that launches in 2030, graduates from Ivy League

- Atleast 1 luxury brand will have a wearable AI/headgear

- Netflix approaches Sam Altman for a movie. He refuses the first two times.

- Dubai tried to bring the Las Vegas Sphere

- The next Google CEO in the making, takes a risk, swings for the fences, and wins. The board takes notice

- Meta offers Llama for businesses on Whatsapp

- Nvidia CEO has a crazy night. Is bailed out before the media finds out. Announces a large donation.

- Alexa tests their new LLM in the wild two months too early. Gets sued.

- Apple and a Japanese firm make a big announcement

- Hollywood agrees on a royalty model for generative ai. A former Justin TV exec leads as CEO.

- Doge and BTC hit all time highs

- X and Grok merge, ux merges more seamlessly.

- Elon Musk challenges 2 other companies to change their names for a billion dollars.

- HN will double it's infra to 2 servers running Arc
Gasses have a lot more opportunities to engage in turbulent flow and little corners of whirlpools, where heat transfer efficiency drop, than comparatively more viscous liquids.
I mean this looks awesome and all but I feel like constantly developing/learning new languages and frameworks has been such a giant waste of resources in our community in general. I hope things stabilize in the future. I've got 15 professional years under my belt at this point and I don't feel like an expert in anything.
Too bad the link to Jonny Kim's biography is broken (one that works: https://www.nasa.gov/people/jonny-kim/). He has to be one of the most impressive humans who has ever lived. Amongst other things, a decorated Navy SEAL, Harvard medical doctor, and astronaut. Sounds like a kid slapping together the ultimate G.I. Joe.
> 85.0% of questions correctly compared with the mean human score of 73.8%

> These questions are either behind a paywall (in the case of the question bank) or published after 2021 and therefore out-of-training data for both LLMs.

> Despite their strengths, both models demonstrated weaker performance in tasks requiring higher-order thinking compared with questions requiring only lower-order thinking.

> Interestingly, both models exhibited confident language when answering questions, even when their responses were incorrect.
That, and a PC is an incredibly inefficient gaming machine. Developers squeeze more out of consoles than PCs. An RTX 4090 has 5x the TFLOPS of an Xbox Series X but maybe it's twice as good on a cross platform Windows/Xbox game.
You are asking me to prove a negative. For obvious reasons I cannot do that. All I know—which is probably the same as you—is that there are rumors this is happening, as well as unsubstantiated claims from the Israeli military. HN is not a good platform to debate this. As for my second paragraph, I’m still countering this:

> Pressure Egypt to let people flee? Have the US take in the 2 million people? These are 2 of the many ways to enable non combatants to get out of the area.

This is not a solution. It is a plan which the Israeli government has been proposing since the start, first quietly among lower or retired official, then secretly via leaks, and finally from Netanyahu him self to western leaders (which were not fans).

Before I reiterate my main arguments against this solution, I think we should acknowledge the reality that this isn’t logistically feasible. There is no world where evacuating 2 million people from Gaza into a foreign country is going to go smoothly, especially during the one of the most brutal war since WW2.

Now back to my main argument. Obviously most Gazans want to flee the war zone. But many can’t, while more still don’t want to. With the uncertainty around the right to return this last category is gonna be pretty huge, like in the hundreds of thousands.

If you think it is reasonable to offer hundreds of thousands of civilians to become civilian casualties, I’m not sure what to think of you and your morals. Thinking like that is just something I cannot understand.

Finally I want to offer a third reason which is human rights under international law. What OP was proposing and you seem to be defending is ethnic cleansing which is a crime against humanity under international law (and is also one of the reason western leaders are not fans).

You may believe that Hamas is so bad that it is worth denying human rights to Palestinians, and offer them as collateral casualties. But I ask you, please, understand that Palestinians are humans, worthy of human rights, including life and dignity.

So, since mass evacuation is not a solution for the reasons stated above, I hope you can appreciate the reality of the situation and perhaps see that Israel simply cannot fight Hamas this way. If Israel wants to fight Hamas, they have to find another way. However bad you believe Hamas is, they are not worthy sacrificing the very values all nations agreed to after the horrors of WW2.
On the Effect of Incorporating Expressed Emotions in News Articles [pdf]
I'd argue that these kind of things are exactly what are contributing to the declining trust in media.
Almost completely off topic but you are good example of nominative determinism !
Pentadecapeptide BPC 157 and the central nervous system
South Hills is the southern suburbs. Bethel Park, South Park, Dormont, Castle Shannon, Mt Lebanon, etc.
Yes, this is how I have been living for the last few months and have seen and used both offers when I can't move to another retailer.
Huh? How would they know to make a fuss. They aren’t even notified, they are shadow banned.
The comments here are so bitter.

I love the syntax and will definitely try the language
“We aim to have meaningfully fewer ads than linear TV and other streaming TV providers. No action is required from you,…”

Sounds like there will be targeted ads tailored for the viewer
That blog isn't very authoritative, and doesn't go into any detail at all.

> I'd imagine every computer relies on redundant stick/pedal encoders, which is how a 12-way notion appeared.

That's disingenuous at best. The lug nuts on my car aren't 20x redundant... if you randomly loosen four, catastrophic failure is possible.
Sort by number of orders and look out for items marked with express shipping. My packages are always delivered by the national mail service and if you order items from multiple sellers at the same time aliexpress usually bundles them together so it's only one shipment. I usually get my packages within a couple weeks.
Yeah, walking through downtown Clearwater, there are times when you’ll be surrounded by nothing but Scientologists.
The people who control the IP for most media did not create it.
Decentralised Brand Concept [video]
This video discusses the evolving concept of decentralized brands, highlighting their growing relevance in an AI and blockchain-driven future. Moving away from traditional, centralized brand governance, this model involves a wider network of consumers and collaborators, using blockchain for transparency and community engagement. Decentralized brands leverage collective creativity, advocating for inclusive brand building that aligns closely with audience values, enhancing engagement and loyalty. The presentation explores the impact of decentralized brands across sectors, reimagining human organizations as decentralized entities. It posits decentralized branding as a social technology, crucial for future governance and organization, especially as AI transforms human roles. The concept builds on ideas like Open Source and Agile, aiming for more participatory and inclusive organizational structures.
The role of the non-software engineer, bit just electrical
Wait, so you're telling me that after 501 karma points it's all just as meaningless as before 501?
Didn’t they make a big hoopla about hosting basecamp on 1 big self hosted server years ago? I can’t find it, but I’m surprised to hear they were in the cloud at all.

Edit: This is what I was thinking of. It was from 2012 and it was just the ram for the machine they were building for their caching of basecamp next.

https://signalvnoise.com/posts/3090-basecamp-nexts-caching-h...
This article reads like counterintelligence.
That doesn't follow? From the POV of the wage recipient / non-recipient, no money is better than some money? Have we slipped through a wormhole into bizarro world & nobody has told me?
With these quality degradations from streaming providers and content removal of "purchased" items due to licensing changes, I feel like we're going to see piracy make a comeback.

I wish there was an easy way to digitize large libraries of physical media. Doing it manually is way too much of a chore to bother.
Apparently it's only forbidden in limited models:

according to usual approximations (such as the electric dipole approximation for the interaction with light), the process cannot happen, but at a higher level of approximation (e.g. magnetic dipole, or electric quadrupole) the process is allowed but at a low rate.
I have digitised my own recordings of 78s. The discs predate copyright extensions. The British performing rights body tells me they had 50 years Max. The quality is shit, but I think on this occasion I can say truthfully, there are many digital recordings but these ones are mine.
The best thing about Reddit bifl subreddit is it hasn’t been infiltrated by companies or marketers.
Snatching American Citizens: New Tool of Hostile Governments
> I'd never get in an aircraft where a 'C' compiler was used

So I take it you've never been in an airliner?
It sounds like you're looking for the reMarkable 2
Exactly how I think too.. I recently moved from a BMW to the model y, dearly miss the superb hud on the beemer. I just can't understand why Tesla are being such obstinate donkeys even if comes to hud. With speed cameras every few km in Melbourne (Australia), and speed tolerance of just 2km over the limit, I am forced to take my eyes off the road abs double check my speed get frequently. If Tesla refuse to incorporate hud, then I will change to a BYD when the time comes to upgrade my model y. There is no shortage of alternatives today. I hope Tesla realise that their cars are starting to look too basic in comparison with the competition.
Technical:

- First time working in an Azure cloud environment; I've worked with AWS & GCP at previous jobs.

- First time working with async messaging / event-driven architecture (Azure service bus & triggers); previous jobs had been averse to using it & reliant primarily on REST APIs.
I like the idea of not using color to encode a high level of detail. SC2K breaks it down into dense and light zones (and changes the color accordingly) and that's it.

There should be more detailed info in the tooltip for each parcel.
I don't understand why anyone uses Apple. I feel like they've all been brainwashed. Ubuntu is way better, especially for tech-savvy users.

Only times I used Apple was at work because I was forced to. I was forced to use Apple by 3 different companies. It's essentially a cult. I hated using it and it slowed me down significantly.

The tech industry is essentially a giant PsyOp and only brainwashed, highly suggestible people can participate. I think governments should treat these megacorps as what they are; foreign intelligence operations to gain power over citizens.
I had thought to just keep paying, but the value isn’t there anymore. Last mile delivery is ubiquitous. I don’t use any of the other “benefits”. I’ve purchased shows and movies, but mostly don’t care. We’ve seen everything anyway.

I’m down to Hulu+Disney, Max (via AT&T), and AppleTV+. Everything else is cancelled.
There will always be problems that can only be solved by an EE, chem eng, mech eng, etc.

But the juiciest engineering challenges involve figuring out business logic / mission decisions. This is done increasingly in software while the other disciplines increasingly make only the interfaces.
his Kowloon Walled City is incredibly well made
Change of Name: Coq –> The Rocq Prover
The El Salvadoran military defeated their local chapters. Though you are right about the necessity of suspending due process in cartel-controlled regions.
you know cable existed before the 90s right?

also the real ad free experience was large dish sattelite
"Having enough money" and "thinking something is worth what it costs" are absolutely not the same thing. I'm sure many here could easily pay thousands for Amazon Prime; sure as shit doesn't make them "hobos" for not doing it though.
How do you know that? I honestly find it hard to trust any product related reviews I read online anymore.
Yeah it's very easy to accidentally hide (or flag!) posts on my phone. Wish there was an option for a confirm screen. Every once in a while I check what I've accidentally flagged and unflag it. I'm sure I'm not the only one...
> Have questions about getting your product featured on BIFL? reach out to our team!

So there's an advertise link and plan already...
You're the one who made your personal experience the grounding for your defense of make, not me.

There's no way to respond other than to point out you've had a very bizarre, isolated 15 years if the only thing you encounter regularly is make. In the one language ecosystem where make is still popular (plain C), it's a minority that only comes in second overall for build tools [1]

[1]: https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2022/c/#which-proj...
A plot point in Neal Stephenson's Anathem involves the specific wavelength of red light that is seen in a certain circumstance, which is similarly 'forbidden'. (Side note: Had to read Anathem multiple times to really get the novel, but it was worth the investment to me.)
Sounds like Sturgeon's law.
I appreciate seeing posts like this on HN that showcase simple yet practical life tips.
It makes sense to try and accumulate "mileage" on one disproportionately more than on the others. That way, you could get learnings of long term issues (ideally) before the rest of the fleet is at risk to make necessary improvements.
Unfortunately, too many people in America are just indifferent to sacrificing their attention to ads.

I see it in my parents/siblings when I visit. An ad that would have me immediately grasping a remote, doesn't even make them budget. They watch it, consider it, and move on.

All these companies have figured out that they can boil the frog and not enough people make enough of a stink for them to care. So they'll keep cramming ads down everyone's throats, because they've got a monopoly on the content.
> The "assumption-making" build tools are the unicorns that inevitably cannot dominate because they're not generally applicable.

They already do dominate. In the last bastion where make can be said to be popular (C) make has already lost to CMake and its usage shrinks every year [1]

The situation is moving even faster for C++ [2]

And for literally every other language in the systems programming space (C#, Swift, Rust, D, Go, Zig), make was never a player to begin with.

[1]: https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2022/c/#which-proj...

[2]: https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/devecosystem-2022/cpp/#Which-pr...
> actually unseat Python or bash or Lua

These languages each have enough warts that lots of people and languages are chipping away at them.

Go and Nim are doing the strong static typing that "feels like scripting" thing. Even Rust is making a bit of a dent, despite it being a systems language with memory semantics.

There's plenty of room for all sorts of projects to try. Don't count anyone out. Even if the language never gains momentum, its ideas or developers might have some other effect. And even Nimrod was once in this state.
You've never had to deal with binary size concerns I suppose.
> Gunpei Yokoi's team was facing significant incredulity. Why play games when you're on the bus, or on the toilet?

> That team single handedly started mobile gaming.

No. This is revisionist history.

Us kids in the 70s already had portable LED games by Mattel that we played on the bus and toilet. I had at least 6 of these, maybe 8. Here’s the earliest one, from 1976:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattel_Auto_Race

The more popular ones were sports like football, baseball, basketball, etc and they had much more complex rule sets than Auto Race:

https://www.ebay.com/p/2255363696

Then in the early 80s we had a slew of portable LCD games like Dungeons and Dragons:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_Compute... (1981)

“Mattel stated that the game immediately sold out.”

None used cartridges but they were so cheap and small (esp. the LCD games), it didn’t matter. You could own a bunch without breaking the bank.

Such games are now called “handhelds” to distinguish them from the GameBoy generation of portables, but we did not call them handhelds back then as I recall.

My point is a successful market already existed in the 70s and early 80s. Nintendo didn’t do that. They evolved what already existed by shrinking cartridge-based consoles into a portable form factor. Both were already successful, established markets before.
>I’d be easily convinced coming up with a coloring scheme that attributes everything correctly is a hard computer science problem.

It's not a computer science problem at all. It's literally just a matter of having a uniue color for each type of zone.