skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
While it's repeated ad nauseam, this was the intended purpose of the minimum wage, as quoted by FDR who signed the minimum wage into law:

“It seems to me to be equally plain that no business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country. By "business" I mean the whole of commerce as well as the whole of industry; by workers I mean all workers, the white collar class as well as the men in overalls; and by living wages I mean more than a bare subsistence level-I mean the wages of decent living.”
And then it became lseek64(), when longs weren't no longer big enough.
Most companies should treat software as a core product. Not many do.
https://archive.is/ITtS1
Cate AI Is a Digital Phone(IVR) Assistant for Restaurants
Dvorak for thumb typing?
If you want that and you aren't producing enough value to warrant it, why should someone else pay for it? Find some more valuable work to do, work harder

In the UK you'll get benefits to top up your wage anyway.
One that opens down the middle like a cabinet would be fun to see. One half of the keyboard on each side. I mean, I wouldn't use it, but it would be fun to see.
I think it's strange that only a few of the richest countries are represented here. It would be good to include wages for something like 1) a software engineer in a less major Mexican city, 2) we can also compare with a restaurant worker in California which starting in April will be $20/hr, 3) minimum wage worker in poor country, 4) immigrant/unofficial worker in poor country not being given minimum wage, etc.
You’re not a mosquito so you don’t know. You can’t talk to mosquitoes so you don’t know. That’s a scientific fact.
Sure can, right after you give me concrete evidential examples that refute the Time Cube guy. The reason people don't bother to refute bullshit-on-their-face claims is because it takes 20x more effort to refute a bullshit claim than to make one in the first place, and it's absolutely pointless to argue with a hack who never intended to base his argument on evidence anyway. The best thing to do with these guys is completely ignore them, the same way they ignored the vast body of human knowledge and understanding in the first place.
They are not. If I was interviewing somewhere (I work as a UX designer) and they were still on Sketch, that be a pretty big red flag for me. Using Sketch today would be like using Illustrator during the Sketch era.
How are you going to delay the relay when anyone with a receiver can just receive and relay the data?
What I want is a physical smartphone keyboard with nine keys. The one with three letters per key. I've never been faster and more accurate at typing on my phone than when these were a thing. I have pretty small hands, but even for me those full-size mini-keyboards are too imprecise to make them much better than a touch keyboard.
I think you and the person you replied to are talking about two different things here.

OP is saying "in terms of goals, the end goal should be reduction of poverty, not reduction of rich people".

You're saying "in reality, data says that reduction of rich people tends to correlate with reduction of poverty", thus opening up reduction of rich people as one potential path towards the reduction of poverty.

I don't think it's been definitively demonstrated that the existence of rich people necessitates the existence of poverty. I would agree that, in reality, the creation of rich people tends to also lead to the creation of poverty.
> < 1% of the US is paid the federal minimum wage. Basically 0 once you discount income tax evasion and tipped employees.

When I was a teenager, I worked as a fast food cook and got paid $6.51/hr. The minimum wage where I was at the time: $6.50. This was probably so they could claim that they "paid above minimum wage" in their marketing to potential employees. Based on this experience hearing that "no one is paid the federal minimum wage" is not very convincing to me.
I am very happy with magnesium glycinate, which my Catholic PCP recommends to combat leg cramps. This supplement also aids sleep and relaxation in general, which is very important to me.

Selenium is a great thing: I am somewhat forced to consume foods which promote inflammation, such as homogenized milk and processed, frozen dinners. However, selenium is known to neutralize inflammation to a certain extent. It also binds to heavy metals that may enter the bloodstream, such as when I was undergoing a cleanse. Finally, selenium supports the mood overall, and so one capsule a day seems like a bargain!

I don't get into a lot of exotic substances; many supplements are 100% physician-approved, such as D3, B-complex, and C; I also make liberal use of high-quality organic coconut oil, ACV, and chlorophyll.

Re: sibling comment: indeed, intemperate use of supplements is quite dangerous. What's dangerous for me is that I still don't have a licensed physician's oversight. It's all reading authoritative books and guesswork. Unfortunately, it is extremely rare to find physicians who can perform tests and establish baselines that will aid in judicious use of any supplements! Furthermore, the arts and sciences of healing and nutrition are inextricably bound up with spirituality and religion, and being a Christian, I do not wish to become a disciple of woo from yet another crackpot guru.
What Freetail do you think humans are doing?
I guess because it is an old post the last link is broke http://neocities.org/new , but it might be nice to update it.
I'm rooting for open source models too. But I'm also a dev working to use AI models for consumer apps. And currently, open source is quite a ways behind.

Consider some points:

1. GPT-4 was trained in Summer 2022. OpenAI already has better models.

2. It's not just the model, but the infra around it: ChatGPT has tool use — image generation, web search, and API calls through "actions" — built in.

3. More infra: ChatGPT has a builtin moderation endpoint. This is not sexy, and although many of us hackers want uncensored AI, most applications will need some moderation.

4. ChatGPT has >100M users, and there is some lock-in already. ChatGPT users don't want their chats split over multiple apps.

5. Open source (and proprietary models like Grok) are fine-tuning of synthetic data generated by GPT-4. This fine-tuning process limits them to be sub-GPT-4 level.

6. Even the best open source models (eg Mixtral) are significantly worse than GPT-4. Their low cost makes them attractive, but if you believe, as I do, that sub-GPT-4 level models are just not that compelling, the open source AI ecosystem has a lot of catching up to do.

As long as there exist proprietary models that are an order of magnitude more capable than open source models, I expect the bulk of the value and usage will accrue to the ecosystems of the proprietary models. I do hope that at some point soon this changes. Maybe open source models achieve a flywheel of data, crowdsourced algorithmic optimization, and perhaps some form of efficient distributed training on consumer hardware is possible. This would be awesome, IMO.
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I wonder if a magsafe secured, size agnostic version could be made. Less locked in but easier to split across pockets and possibly works for more than one model.
A high quality normal extension cord is fine in Europe, even if it's 20m or more.

I don't know about 120V use, but I assume you'd use 240V for a new socket anyway.
> What do you consider to be the defining features of Stalinist architecture though

It's complicated because it has rarely been studied in an ideological-free manner (or not that I know of), so I'm basing my judgements mostly on what I've seen built around me from that era and by reading a couple of local architecture magazines back from those days, magazines that were actively putting forward said "stalinist" style.

I'd say that this definition: "whatever happened to be built during Stalin's reign, whatever the style" is generally correct, with a small correction when it comes to the "whatever the style" part, as in it looks to me that there was some consistency in said style going from the mid-to-late 1930s to Stalin's death (in 1953), so that "whatever" part is a little forced.

As per said style itself I don't know how best to define it, mostly neo-classical with intense tints of grandiloquence, for example this building from Bucharest, Casa Scânteii [1], is a very good example of that style (said building is a "scaled-down" replica of the Main building of the Moscow State University [2]).

A good starting point could be this wikipedia page of a "stalinist" architect named Alexey Shchusev, the style that I'm talking about can be seen in his works going from about ~1935 to his death, so I wouldn't include the Constructivist period (which was in place throughout the '20s) as part of Stalinist architecture proper, but maybe that's just me. For those that know Romanian there's a recently published book about Shchusev called Alexey Shchusev, An Architect of the Imperial Russian Style [4], and by the same author I now see that there's a more general book on Stalinist architecture called Die Architektur Stalins [5], this one in German.

Leter edit: There's also an English version of that book on Shchusev: Alexey Shchusev: Architect of Stalin's Empire Style [6]

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

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_building_of_Moscow_State_...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Shchusev

[4] https://cartier.ro/libraria/arta/alexei-sciusev-un-arhitect-...

[5] https://www.amazon.de/Die-Architektur-Stalins-Bd-Bilddokumen...

[6] https://ribabooks.com/Alexey-Shchusev-Architect-of-Stalins-E...
Actually looks pretty dang close. Thanks for sharing
this doesn't really have the intended effect on me, at least out of all the tools in the field of comparing-wealth-visually.

by the time I finished reading the text, the US minwage clock was at 10c, and in the time it took me to get to this sentence, it's half a dollar, an amount I certainly wouldn't object to for a few minutes of effort.
Gotta flex them thumbs in alternating rhythm, you know.
But not all the sons rays are coming at the same direction they’re scattered from thousands of different angles. If they came off of the sun, as all polarized, we’d all be dead, burned like a laser, a laser is polarized light.
CEOs at least in theory do some labor for their (totally obscene) pay. Stockholders get paid without doing a thing.

Not to say that there's anything reasonable with the wage inequality. Rather that the situation is probably worse than you may think.
Ted Unangst

For those unaware, Ted is a core developer of OpenBSD.

An interesting interview with him can be read here:

https://www.undeadly.org/features/2015/10/beastie_pl_intervi...
I wonder why the choice to go with a shared compute for measuring this, given the variability that will introduce.
REPL is just an interface on top. It complicates the whole thing even further, but it's not the root (no pun intended) of the problem.

>you can basically use inline C++ in python REPLs

That's exactly what I was getting at. There's no need for a pure C++ interactive environment. Just use python at this point.
Totally agree on all your points and have witnessed the same. The market is fucked, I know a couple new CS grads who have been looking for over a year for anything even remotely tech related and unable to even secure a rejection email let alone OA. These are smart guys too, near 4.0GPA, strong math and CS skills, plus went to a top university with pedigree.
I agree with this. Adding arbitrary limits and thresholds just causes strange effects elsewhere. If you remove the absolute need to accept whatever job is available then you have the ability to properly negotiate what salary is worth it to you.
The article linked does have pen recommendations for lefties, but it doesn't have recommendations for the best fountain pens for lefties.
This is in my queue as well. I've watched several of the TechBro movies and enjoyed several of them. Things like The Social Network and Super Pumped, they've all had interesting takes on the situations. The Tetris movie was decent as well. Recently watched one on the history of Google Maps that I was not familiar with the back story, but the name is slipping at the moment.
Do you have a model/name/link of this? I'm having a hard time following the description but it sounds like it sits on top of part of the screen? What happens when you fullscreen a video or otherwise don't have the keyboard up?
And security (basic auth is as good as sending clear text passwords).
This is very not true since many (most) things we spend money on are in limited supply. I can make what I think is good money, but if remote FAANG workers decide to settle nearby then I suddenly can't afford a house. Same for automobiles after COVID, meat at the market, etc.
> Saunas are economically available to almost everyone (where there is fuel).

And if there isn't fuel, they can simply relax by the pool.

Let them eat cake.
I don’t believe you. There’s no way you type faster with up to three taps needed per letter. What a disgusting monstrosity those things were.
How would a blind trust prevent somebody staying in a Trump hotel from calling Trump from the hotel phone? How would it prevent them from doing a video call so Trump can see they are in a Trump hotel?

If a Trump hotel was sold by the blind trust it would be public and Trump would know that it wasn't his hotel anymore.

It would literally be impossible for a blind trust to work in this situation.

A blind trust only works if you don't know what you are holding. It would be impossible for Trump to not know what he is holding since the sale of a hotel would make the news.
typo pretty blatantly ripped off the unique shape of the blackberry keys that makes them easier to hit than normal mini keyboards. i'm not a fan of the patent system, but that seems like an actual novel thing that blackberry legitimately invented.
Huh. So looking at the numbers, this comparison came to mind:

In the time it takes someone working minimum wage to make enough to afford a single $0.25 gumball, Sundar Pichai makes enough to afford an Apple Vision Pro ($3500) plus tax.
following this line of logic would mean that /anyone/ having more capital than you is evidence of wrongness, including social capital.
>< 1% of the US is paid the federal minimum wage

Where did you get this data?

And, out of curiosity, what percentage of people are within, say, $0.50/hr of minimum wage?
I've concluded the person we are arguing with is either arguing in bad faith, intentionally ignoring the factual details, or has a definition of plagiarism which is not consistent with that of larger academia. As such, I don't think it really makes sense for us to continue to argue (in case he replies), as it's unlikely he will convince us of his definitions, or we will convince him to look at the text copying more closely. Most people I see denying plagiarism appear to be selecting a subset of examples that work best for their argument.

Amusingly, now it's come to light that Bill Ackman (who played a big role in getting Gay out) is married to an MIT researcher who also may have plagiarized text in her thesis. I am curious how that plays out.
A windows native app? Or an osx one? Linux? Playstation 5 maybe?
US Navy has a few deployed and in use

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AN/SEQ-3_Laser_Weapon_System
It seems to be another case of naïve, clumsy legislation causing more problems than it solves.
I would understand pros of the physical keyboard if there was no slide to type feature. But it's there for some time already and I don't see how having a physical keyboard is going to be beneficial.

The issue with typing on touchscreens is not only about keyboard but also about the whole UX around it. All these short/long taps, struggling to make selections etc.

I see this product as a gimmick.
Would it work on an iphone if the USB is adapted? I'm curious on getting one of these to work.
Trump's disregard for the foreign emoluments clause has been a scandal since before he took office -- during his campaign vs Clinton. This investigation predates the Hunter Biden investigation by about 4 years. Which is the deflection?
Whereas Python is a specific programming language, Lisp is a large programming language family, whose members are quite different from each other. Proficiency in one Lisp doesn't always translate to another, or even if so, not instantly.
I briefly dabbled in financial ledgers in a previous job. We made plans to do what you seem to be describing, which is to store the transactions themselves and calculate a balance as needed, but we frankly lacked expertise. I always wondered what would happen if we scaled to millions of transactions in that system.

Is there a standard strategy for optimizing balance queries against a series of transactions? I assumed that we would eventually have to cache some kind of snapshot for each account to avoid the overhead of totaling every transaction on every balance check.
It’s fascinating that a fake podcast conversation is a potentially better way to communicate a sales pitch than someone talking directly at the audience. I’ll admit I was also wondering “Who is this guy talking to? Was this a clip from a podcast he was on?” Having never seen him before, my conclusion was he is a podcast guy, but then again maybe it’s a fake podcast environment purely for enhancing the marketing message?
In my experience, most minimum wage jobs are awful; tedious, boring, and often with a lot of physical exertion. Add to that the fact that you're unlikely to be treated with much respect by your supervisor or the public (if applicable).

I'd wager that the number of people who are truly content doing this work as opposed to a higher-paying job is effectively zero. That is to say, a number of people so low that it is irrelevant.
Sure let’s shift the goalposts. When you’re making a product you generally want to know you’ll get a return on your investment. Understanding the market viability of a game idea is important to a company like From Software. Including Demon Souls where they underestimated how successful it would be IIRC but still cared about the potential because they (plus probably a large amount from Sony as the publisher) were spending several million dollars to make it!

My example of the tutorial is just refuting your point using your example by showing that the mentioned genre studios do listen to customer feedback. Another one would be the beta they ran for the game in the first place.
Probably about what you'd expect, given one country has a functioning economy and the other doesn't. [0]

There are whackos on both the Israeli and Palestinian side. The difference is that Gaza has 25-45% unemployment. [1]

At the end of the day as James Carville reduced it: 'it's the economy, stupid.' [2]

People with economic prospects are happy and stable. People without are willing to take insane risks. And at the end of the day, most people just want to live their life (there will always be crazies, but they'll be outnumbered).

[0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yigal_Amir#Campaigns_for_Ami... [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/oct/25/un-report-80-p... [2] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_the_economy,_stupid
I liked my Sidekick, and the keyboard was pretty good. But honestly I've been pretty happy with how software keyboards have evolved, and I'm pretty sure physical buttons would just slow me down at this point.

However, one thing I'll continue missing from the Sidekick are the gaming controls. It had a horrible d-pad and buttons but at least it had them. They've been forced out of smartphones in the name of shaving off bezels and making the aspect ratio taller (eww). Give me a phone with a tiny d-pad and buttons please
It'd be nice if the keyboard could flip backwards or slide away seamlessly.
It doesn't support MagSafe so it's not something I would buy but it's very interesting. If it supported MagSafe and was only $100 I'd probably would have bought it just to try it out. Yes, it would make my 15 Pro Max a monster but it would be interesting to try.

That it plugs into the USB-C port is both expected and worrisome (also none of the product photos show this for some reason). I know it has the whole case to help but I'd be worried about putting strain on the USB-C port while your hands are down on the keyboard. Again, the case will help but you are absolutely adding strain to the port, the whole phone's weight is on it aside from what the case can help relieve which can't be much since it's not rigid. It's "Liquid Silicon" but since the phone plugs into the USB-C/Lightning in the bottom you probably have to first plug the phone in, then pull the case over the top/sides of the phone meaning its ability to reduce strain is extremely limited
I'm still unsettled on the balance between unequal pay, and treating the government as the only redistribution solution (ie taxation).

I do prefer market solutions that Charity/Philanthropy offer vs governmental spending. And sometimes I think about how many of the richest have a 100% tax bracket as they've pledged their fortunes to charity after death.

Probably seems contradictory to my parent comment, but as I said I'm just not sure of the best path forward tbh.
This is really interesting, du you mind maybe sharing some names of companies or research papers here? I am working with this topic myself in my phd, however more from the AIS perspective. While AIS is a great data source it is indeed easy to fool, all these initiatives to illuminate the dark spots are very interesting.
I think this would have been great 15 years ago. Today I really can't see the need for something like it anymore.
I could easily type blindly on those, the Nokia days
The most mindblowing thing is that they still exist.

https://invisioncommunity.com/

I thought everyone just installed cracked pirate copies ("nulled", as it was called) of IPB. How are they making money? Who is paying them for their software?
If you want 'some' interactivity (i.e. minimal js), it might be worth taking a look at htmx.

i.e. Page is mostly static, but if click 'add' etc, generate html from the server and insert it into the dom using attributes.
> The only type of bug that static typing reduces is the sort of bug you'll find by running the code.

This is a pretty solid argument in favor of static typing, then, unless you somehow have a test suite that exercises every possible code path and type variation in your codebase, and also keeps itself perfectly up to date. Because otherwise you're rarely running all of your code and verifying the result.
This isn't that. According to your link they have already accomplished the reward part.
Culture Is Coordination
Ironically, Costco treats its employees much better than most any locally owned shop.
Even in the '90s, Diablo was a mix of C and assembly for the bits that C was too slow for!

I've heard it said that, if they had the C compilers of today back then, the C code might've been good enough -- hardware being constant -- for them to have totally ditched the assembly, but I don't know how true that is.