skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Because the government has put constraints on what kind of agreements are valid (especially in the domain of sales to consumers).

It happens all the time across many domains (look up the Uniform Commercial Code, for more general examples, or laws around vehicle sales).

I have less inclination to be involved in business to business transactions, but there’s absolutely a societal debate to be had around what laws and regulations we have on transactions of software.

Society runs smoother, with more transactions, and this economic wealth, when consumers can assume a reasonable baseline of behavior that is being regulated by the government. If every purchase and every transaction requires deep due diligence there will be far fewer transactions.
Happy New Year everyone, huge thanks dang for your work and everyone for the civil and interesting discussions.

HN feels like one of the few places similar to how early internet was.
> Public parking is a commons; commons with high demand need rules to share them fairly.

Public parking in a rural or suburban area is a commons. You provide some free parking as a convenience because land isn't at a premium.

Parking in a city is a market. If there isn't enough, the price goes up and then people build more because it's profitable. You can still have some street parking provided by the government (whether it's metered or not) but anybody objecting that there isn't enough parking is invited to take advantage of the high demand by building a parking garage.

> IME such rules are born of a wide variety of interests that come together and work it out.

The issue is that part of the "wide variety of interests" is the people who want to prevent development because scarcity increases the value of their existing property or the amount of rent they can charge. But this is an unsympathetic motive, so they find various pretexts to thwart construction and pass rules with a different underlying goal than the stated one.
I was expecting this at midnight UTC
Happy new year! I have learned a lot from this community and plan on continuing so
As exciting as it is to design a low power system, it's kind of pointless in the case of a NAS that uses spinning rust as storage media - as the author later writes, the HDD power consumption dwarfs the other system components.

If one uses SSD or M.2 drives, there are some solutions on the market that provide high speed hardware RAID in a separate external enclosure. Coupled with a laptop board they could make for a decent low power system. Not sure how reliable USB or Thunderbolt is compared to internal SATA or PCIe connections though... would be interesting to find out.
i'll be extremely cautious on underdetermined wishes and will request a new year that s better than last year.
What seems unlikely? This is a whole essay addressing various ways of reasoning about the value of death to a person. I'm feeling frustrated that the engagement with this kind of content on HN is bald and unclear assertion. (This is not directed solely to you, but also to the other commenter so far).
You are limited to pcie 3.0 speeds there though. But good suggestion.
to be fair a fresh W11 install still doesn't have a usable taskbar or start menu - you have to install explorer patcher to get those back.
You appear to assume that current "AI" is able to "understand" and "think". What makes you so sure?

A flippant way to answer the question might be to ask, "What makes you so sure you're not arguing with an AI right now?"

A less-flippant answer is simply that we would need to agree on what understanding and thinking mean before we could debate whether AI is doing it now or can potentially do it in the future. I doubt we'll come to agreeable terms there, but I'd start by suggesting a simplistic hierarchy of cognition:

0) Memory: the ability to store information. Trivial.

1) Knowledge: the ability to retrieve that information associatively.

By that I'd imply a requirement that knowledge must be retrievable by indexing at a conceptual level. Knowledge isn't "I have four bananas and the third is ripe"; that's memory. Knowledge is "Bananas are edible fruits." It's more or less unquestionable that this is satisfied by embedding memorized items in a high-dimensional vector space where conceptual similarity corresponds to distance measured by some norm or another.

2) Understanding: the ability to cast new knowledge in terms of existing knowledge. This is where the increasingly-popular compression-as-intelligence metaphors start to come into play. Anytime you use an embedding scheme to compress data, you are exhibiting understanding. When Stable Diffusion encodes information about entire works of art with one or two bits of actual information, which it can later use to synthesize new works, that's "understanding" IMO.

3) Reasoning: I'm fine with the definitions of inductive reasoning (applying specific understanding to the solution of general problems) and deductive reasoning (deriving specific outputs from general understanding.) AI models perform induction whenever they recognize and encode patterns, and they perform deduction anytime they solve a specific problem using those patterns. At this point the burden of proof falls on anyone who claims these processes aren't happening.

So that leaves "thinking", which is a topic in philosophy rather than neuroscience or compsci, and forms of reasoning that go beyond the simplistic inductive and deductive models. Hypothesis formation is interesting, for instance. That's one area where someone using a GPT 3.x model might walk away with their negative preconceptions regarding AI being fully validated, as you did, while someone using GPT 4 might walk away with a furrowed brow and a dazed look. Maybe, once the previous bases are covered, Occam's Razor is all you need to perform abductive reasoning. If not, what else?

These are all interesting points of debate that go much deeper than "LOL, it can't even construct proofs using Clifford algebra." If you're satisfied with that, then again, there's not much room for the conversation to progress.
Agreed. Happy new year to you and the community here. Have an excellent and lucky 2024.
This is one of the unexpected externalities of Apple’s walled garden. You may not deal with Xcode directly if you use Xamarin et al. then some poor soul somewhere has to sacrifice their first born every year when Xcode received an update.

If Apple allowed other App Stores, they would have to make Xcode not suck.
You can find what you desire but you always have to pay for it.

ASUS ProArt X670E-Creator WIFI, 10G & 2.5G at 460€

10G simply isn't that cheap. The cheapest 5 port switch is 220€. Upgrading my home net would be rather expensive.
It's just social expectations. No one wants to see it. Please don't allow yourself to be exposed to others, might even be children attempting to open the bathroom.

Yet, walk into a gym changing room and you'll see balls swinging everywhere. They've done nothing wrong, nothing to hide, everyone knows what they are doing - but yet, they don't care about privacy?!

Social expectations set privacy expectations. People conform to those expectations outside of their own desires or wants for privacy / non-privacy.
The software makes the car more dangerous.

Instead of watching the road, I’m now having to look and figure out why my car is beeping at me. Apparently, I need to “pay attention to the road”, which is what I was doing before the beeping.

After 6 years and hundreds of thousands of miles using autopilot without any issues, I am now considering just getting an older luxury car that doesn’t have any of this “safety” software.
Here's to a year ahead of compassion and progress.

Hope y'all have fun, and thanks for everything positive that you do, whatever it is.
why don't you start something where you live?
Another component of NYC’s housing problems: many of the city’s smaller buildings have undergone resident shrinkage, in part due to smaller, wealthier family units. In other words: a brownstone that would have housed 3 or 4 extended families in 1923 is now housing a single family.
The major value proposition I see is here validation through crowdsourcing.

That is, if I was able to "hang out" in the same vicinity as e.g. Cory Doctorow, Bill Gates, < insert your favorite blogger / influencer here > and weed out low effort content.

I'd much rather read articles vetted by people I consider to have good critical thinking skills.
I just don't see the need for a law which turns a civil issue into a criminal one. There are already existing frameworks for this - contracts. If someone isn't comfortable with the terms, then they don't use Sony products.

If your argument is that Sony is too big and has a monopoly on projectors - then antitrust laws exist.
Are you debating the legality of their strongarming?
That’s not the same thing at all. Hamas and the like have an official, publicly available creed which explicitly calls for the extermination of Jews. You sure you want to put that on the same level as one minister suggesting something stupid? By that logic, you absolutely must put all of congress in one group because trump suggested something similar.
From what I understand, the PHDs and really smart people at Tesla working on vehicles - had never worked on vehicles before.

People at OEs made fun of them for this. For awhile.
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Happy New Year from J language :)
Thank you for taking the time to share this -- such a fascinating turn of events. I'll be keeping your story in mind for future reference. Happy New Year!
I blame the native world for not finding easy ways to build better alternatives. If, for example, C++ people demonstrated that they could write the same software with more ease and speed, then it would've been a no-brainer for all businesses and open source projects in the world.
"To access content, please click 'I relinquish all my rights and expectations to privacy, and my right to challenge this agreemment.'"
Python

Any tips on how to start; where to start; books; videos would be most helpful.
What do you suggest as an alternative? Thinking about this same thing for a project.
I have all of those and most people I know do also. Big tech is awesome. There are some bad apples but it’s very easy to move around.
Happy new year to all! Cheers!
There's two separate but related issues that the article and comments here are merging together: identification & authentication

The problem of identification, which is assigning a unique identity to each human being, has pretty much been solved. You have names, emails, id cards, really any unique string or number that's tied to a human being. It's not flawless, but in theory it works.

The real issue is authenticating an identity, how do you know the person is actually who they claim to be? This is one of the biggest issues facing modern technology, and it has not been solved. We generally use a combination of passwords, geolocation, IP addresses, emails, phone numbers, security tokens and certificates to create systems that are "good enough". However, these systems are regularly breached, and tightening their security generally has a negative effect on legitimate users.
Like most if not all emotions, fear of death makes a lot of sense evolutionarily. That’s why it’s an integral part of us humans. It’s an interesting question if that would be different if death wasn’t necessarily permanent.
I don't dispute your claims, but I remember very clearly that back then it seemed obvious that SteamOS was a response to the Microsoft Store and a fear that Microsoft would mandate that all software on Windows come from the Microsoft Store.

While that was obviously speculation, at least the dates match up (October 26, 2012 for Microsft Store launch and December 13, 2013 from SteamOS launch according to Wikipedia)
There is a negotiation over the agreement. If you don’t agree with an agreement, then buy a different product. Thats how all agreements work. It’s just not very fun to negotiate when there’s a large power imbalance.
> something

can you elaborate?
Happy new year from UAE.
That’s great! But we still need janitors. and if everyone knows these things, then knowing them isn’t exactly a pathway upwards. So let’s ask again, what do they do with it.
Happy New Years! I have visiting here regularly since August and it has been great :)
I meant the part about the 99% failure.

Every failed entrepreneurs I’ve met fit this category. They try to find validation, but it never works out that way. At least from what I have seen.
Your grandpa probably saw some REALLY unnerving sights down there. I shudder to think about it.
How are if-expressions different from the conditional operator? I thought one was a concrete implementation of the other.
Err, if your friends don't want to chat with you, I don't think there's much you can do. Maybe they're just busy? Or maybe you'd be better off doing other activities with them (multiplayer games etc) if you want to hang out.
I’m sure Sony is sensitive to the PR hit from movie theaters telling their customers that the reason they can’t watch a movie is precisely due to a Sony software update. Next time the consumer is buying a Sony product they’ll think twice about its software reliability.
MUCH more legible and responsive than the existing site, thank you

1. Why not just write a CSS skin for the existing site? The <table> layout?

2. Tap targets are much improved (good luck tapping up vs down arrows on the existing site on your first try)

3. Upvote/downvote icons being on the left side is a pretty well established pattern, why move to the right?

4. Type hierarchy is ok, a little too much whitespace, the titles could be bigger (still much better than existing)

5. White text on bright orange is hard to read

6. Looks like you're using JS/CSS libraries (Tailwind, Radix), only 10% of it is applied but the entire library is loaded (file is huge), a preprocessor can fix that

7. I'd consider adding infinite scroll

8. Buttons top-left have `default` as the `cursor` value, you want `pointer`

9. Those buttons' aria attrs are insane, are they valid?

10. Put hover/active states on the links

11. Are the icons on the left going to be thumbnails? Don't see the point of these

12. You absolutely MUST add a footer (lol jk)
Greetings, fellow traveler. Amusingly, my user name gives me away. ;-)

I have a side business that makes a gadget for musical amplification. I don't want to "out" myself by identifying my business, but all of my products are purely analog circuits, used in a largely analog signal chain. Things could change, and they will, but like you say, my analog circuits are simpler and cheaper, and consume less power, than reasonable digital counterparts that I have any hope of designing and sourcing myself. Also, at least in the US, lack of high frequency signals simplifies the regulatory approval process.

By day, I design scientific equipment. There's almost always an analog circuit in between each sensor and the ADC. This is partly because each sensor requires a unique physical interface, that a general purpose ADC doesn't provide. The design team needs an "analog person," even if they need only one. Also, analog knowledge is valuable in troubleshooting digital systems, because a person with analog skills tends to understand things like circuits, power supplies, measurements, and so forth.
> No it doesn't. There are zero people on the registry for urinating in public. This is a myth that pedophiles like to claim.

Yes it does. Puppy killers like to claim that it doesn't. /s

Here are a few examples with names: https://www.menshealth.com/trending-news/a19541024/you-might...

There is a ton of posts from lawyers confirming the fact that in many states you can get convicted for public urination and put on the sex offender list. For example, here is a post from a Texas-based lawyer: https://www.craiggreeninglaw.com/can-you-really-become-a-sex...

The reason it's so hard to estimate the real number of these cases is that the crime is listed as indecent exposure or lewdness.
Maybe. He was pretty convincing. The above goes along with his statement on "non violent drug offenders". He thinks it's a false concept, because again most people risking jail time transporting 5lbs of weed also do other bad things, but you just can't catch them doing it or prove it. If a drug dealer doesn't get paid by someone, they usually ARE violent with that person. If someone snitches to the police, they are violent with that person. If you insult a drug dealer casually on the street, they are violent with that person. They do carry weapons with them often. But catching them being violent or using their weapons is pretty hard. Catching them with the 5 lbs is easier. And then they get labeled non violent.
Great points! Happy New Year to you too!
Happy New Year <3
That's a great story. I liked hearing about his daughter.

My father was affected by PTSD. He never treated it, and I think he never recovered. He was a war hero, and is buried in Arlington[0].

I have another friend who is a Vietnam vet (and also a decorated hero), and treated his PTSD. The difference is night and day.

My father was quiet, and never talked about the war. We're still not sure what earned him his stars.

My friend has absolutely no problem talking about his action. He's not boastful, but it doesn't bother him to talk about it.

[0] https://cmarshall.com/miscellaneous/MikeMarshall.htm
Even after the reg term expires there’s typically a grace period before the domain is unrecoverably recycled. Find a registrar with good policy, though some things are regulated by internet orgs.
Yeehaw, here's to another year gone by!
Eliminating registration requirements so we don't have to institute a tracking system and prevent anyone else from starting over when >99% of the public is not a sex offender is not "evading registration", it's eliminating it.

If someone is still a danger to the public then maybe don't release them from prison.
Wishing Everyone a very Happy New Year 2024. Looking forward to more new learnings on HN as before!
Is the “e” for embedded? Ie needs to be bought in a package? I’m not seeing many market options.
I don't hate it, but there's too much empty space for me.
We get them in shells in the US as well. I'd definitely be interested in buying these still in the shell.
I love when basic statistical models are used for tasks usually dominated by deep learning; image classification, stock price analysis. Makes me happy for some reason.
It would be better if you provided constructive feedback over emotional or meme-ish commentary. it would help the author improve and the rest of us understand.
Those are about as copresent as an overeager sales person. The examples in the article would be more like shopping with your friends. Imagine a shopping site that friends could browse together. Unfortunately no shopping site wants to be social because they want to control the experience, not surrender it to the users.
Really cool idea. One second is a long time. A drop being synchronized within a 0.5 second of an event can be a bit of a miss.

Would it be possible to make this more precise?
i doubt that starting a conversation with "SYN?" will improve your QoS, and could even reduce your TTL
HN is my favorite place on the web. Happy NYE HN!

josh :)
It's because plenty of arch users just copy and paste things from arch wiki and stackoverflow without thinking.
Right or wrong is not the measure by which to evaluate forecasts, just as it's not the appropriate yardstick for models.
Thank you for mentioning this so specifically. I legit couldn’t pinpoint why i drop certain types of apps within a couple days of use, but this is almost definitely it.

Seeing streaks feels like some extra pressure attached, which is not what i am looking for in apps that are supposed to be used for peaceful and productive organization/tracking.
So an account named 'amzn-throw' is trying to lecture you after leaving, this is very Amazonian of them, it's like a PIP beyond the grave.
The Steam Deck is essentially a Chromebook for video games, so ChromeOS's unbreakable partition scheme seems like a reasonable idea.
I have not put in an order yet, but I am looking at JLCPCB which seems to have a wide-ish variety (not like mouser or digikey but still, most things available) of parts at reasonable prices. I am designing with their partslist in mind so that they can assemble for me especially the tiny SMT stuff that I have no hope of doing myself.

I think you may need to pay a bit of extra fees if you don't use their "in house" parts but so far it looks reasonable.
You can click on a specific city and visualize the movement.

https://www.uber.com/eng/motion/new_delhi
You are judgy aren't you.

What's wrong with never moving out of your home city?

Your friends moving away is generally not considered a good thing...

Also this is clearly just a snalr post that you're reading too much into, this guy almost certainly has people he talks to online (which is better than in person to you for some reason).
Firefox android
Would that be different from pair-programming?
Except for Waymo, none of the "self driving cars" are legally autonomous vehicles. They're just driver assistance systems, like advanced cruise control, and drivers are still responsible for maintaining control of the car at all times.

Tesla should probably be in a lot more trouble for falsely advertising these systems as "autopilot" or "full self driving", but even they make it clear after purchase that these are actually just driver assistance systems.
> The software makes the car more dangerous.

Ah yes, and seatbelts make cars more dangerous too - distracting the driving and impeding their movement. Motorcycle helmets impair vision. And gun safety switches make rapid use very difficult.

Right?
Which is the best sleeping position?
HyperText Design Issues: Topology
Parent should if they can! But there's also a big difference in intentionality between meeting someone on the quad / outside your room and starting a meetup with friends (or new friends!) scattered across town.

Would also suggest looking for social clubs. I've found the "general social hangouts + minimal focus on a shared interest" are great for people time.

Avoids the monomaniacal over-focus of a single-interest activity, while still providing a bridge with random strangers ("You like thing? I like thing!").
Tech Meetup groups!
Monthly lunches?

Meet up to play a tabletop game?

Go for a hike?

Have a group receive a tech presentation once a quarter?

Lots of options, most just take your time and emails/contacting possibly interested folks.
I've run a few book clubs online and in NYC this last year. And a Discord for folks in the area in systems programming. And a systems programming coffee meetup in NYC. Stuff like that is what I might guess Erik means! :)
Doesn’t really seem like you even know what we’re discussing.

You don’t need to do any coding when replacing bulbs (assuming the car has bulbs) - we’re talking about the entire headlight, which has modules that require coding. This has been true as far back as 1999, when my BMW needed its HID module flashed.

As for bulbs themselves, even a base corolla now has LED headlights that you won’t be replacing yourself.

I suppose one could consider a Toyota Corolla to be an “expression of your ego”, but I’m not sure who would.
I worked for years in a grocery store and never saw a returned item go back on the shelf. Hope I never shop at the places you're talking about.
Nope. Using latest chrome. Click activate and it doesn’t do anything. No picture where there should be one and an empty drop down.
How does it work with Haskell, has anyone tried?
Midnight deploys are such a pain, why can't we deploy the new year during business hours?