skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
>You could at least give an example. You claimed that AMD can’t make software, full stop. That’s not a fair analysis.

* AMD straight up does not provide assistive tooling for 7900X3D and 7950X3D's asymmetric cores, this has meant worse performance than the lower tier 7800X3D that doesn't need such tooling. This is in stark contrast to Intel with Intel Thread Director that provides assistance to the OS scheduler (Windows 11 and Linux 5.18 and up).

* Just one[1] of many more examples I can't bothered to keep track of. Also a piece of anecdata, a close friend of mine moved to Nvidia from AMD last year because he was fed up with problems involving his streaming setup which all stemmed from the AMD drivers; he hasn't had problems since switching. This isn't to say Nvidia's drivers are flawless, but overall there definitely seem to be more problems with AMD than Nvidia.

* The "AI" world can also tell you all about how AMD simply does not grok software. Nvidia is the overlord of "AI" in large part because AMD simply does/can not software.

[1]: https://community.amd.com/t5/drivers-software/elite-dangerou...

>I like how I don’t have the ugly 1990s Nvidia control panel anymore.

I would argue that's a feature, using a GUI language (Windows Explorer) that is well defined and based on solid research and real feedback.

>I also like how I don’t have to login to an account for automatic driver updates like I did with the GeForce Experience application.

Drivers are absolutely not something that should be autoupdated, at least if you want a reliable system. Regardless of that though, you don't need to login to anything because Windows Update will autoupdate the drivers anyway if you don't opt out.

>Plus, you can turn off telemetry in AMD software, where that’s not even an option for Nvidia.

GeForce Experience has been optional for a long time now, all you have to do is uncheck it during installation. Even before Nvidia relented and gave us that option, it was simple enough to unpack the installer and install just the drivers if one was so inclined. The drivers themselves have no telemetry.

>My last card was a 3070 and so far my upgrade to the 7800XT has been excellent. No difference in software has affected me in any perceptible way.

I still have a Sandy Bridge era laptop with an AMD GPU in it, and while the hardware has been decent enough the drivers have been a headache. I can't even update the drivers beyond what came with the laptop because AMD seems to have forgotten they even made this particular GPU; it's supported on the release notes but doesn't actually work when installed.

On the desktop side, the last AMD video card I bought, which was 15 years ago, was DOA and I've been an Nvidia customer since. I don't have time to deal with hardware jank on top of their crapass software.

Both Nvidia and Intel have been flawless on this front, both hardware and software; they have always Just Worked(tm) when I needed them to. AMD should man up and figure out how to make software that's worth a damn.
having controversial ideas is unavoidable when you think, and sure, you can have more or less of them. but if you have none then you're not thinking and there's no benefit in listening to you
I'm not trying to get you to say any particular thing; rather to engage with her claims (tell us how they're wrong if you like). I think we're now approaching that, so thank you for the commentary.
The software would be open source, not the data. You'd probably run it on your own server/VPS, and just give appropriate people access.
For those who are truly experts in something, ChatGPT is not really anywhere close to being an interesting conversation partner on that topic.
Imagine how low the bar is when someone like BYD can become number 1…
I hear this all the time now that I'm an educator (albeit at the university level). Kids report that they hated school, wasted their time, and were horribly demoralized. Only when they got something more serious to challenge them later in life did they flourish. Those that made it at least. Sorry it happened to you!

I really don't want that for my kids.

I'm amused that my comment was highly upvoted and now it sits at a zero. I guess it's a reflection of the crowd here too.
Some good fleet data: https://www.tessie.com/stats
“That system, although it has undergone radical changes, is still similar in several key ways. So similar, in fact, that in 2017 the Boeing 737 MAX 8 could be produced with an egregious design flaw, kept hidden from the FAA, which resulted in two preventable crashes at unready airlines in developing countries, killing (coincidentally) 346 people. And so, while it is true that flying today is much safer than it was in 1974 — passengers today need not worry about their planes crashing because of badly designed doors — the same basic factors that led to the DC-10 cargo door saga still exist and still cause accidents.“

Kyra might have to sadly walk even the caveat on this one back after yesterday’s incident on Alaska Airlines flight 1282 (another 737 MAX), which had an in-flight decompression emergency in which a body panel blew out due to some defect related to an unused doorframe obscured behind the paneling in that section. Thankfully it didn’t crash, but if the panel had hit some control surface on its way off of the plane, it might have been a much less happy story.
How sad, empty and futile it is to look at the world as it truly is. “Meaningless! Meaningless! A chasing after the wind.”

Follow the Ancient Greeks and revel in the glory of youth and the honour of deeds? Man is mortal, and whatever his accomplishments, the best to hope for is memory.

Follow the concepts of Buddhism and hope for an ultimate dissolution of the self (Nirvana) or adopt Hinduism's practices for divine union and accounting (Moksha)?

Or embrace nihilism. We are but patterns on the edge of Chaos. Passing complexity as negative entropy is slowly absorbed?

The Christian answer, which is not for everyone, is that the sin of Adam was such a profoundly impacting event, that all of creation has been subsequently cursed. So devastating was the affect of this one seemingly trivial sin, that all humans are forever condemned without hope. So destructive is sin, that the only resolution was the suffering, humiliation and eventual death of God himself (in the form of his son). Death and suffering entered the world, and now cats torture mice.

Of course Christianity provides hope for the believer. The believer is in a transient state of suffering in a broken sinful world. The righteous judge will return to create a new heaven and a new earth. Temporary suffering will all be forgotten in the context of eternity.
Modern society doesn't really have room for a definite description of "evil" but suffering is visible and experienced by all. Reduction of suffering is considered good because suffering is considered evil, even if there isn't any spiritual or philosophical thought given to it these days.
Cool list.

I find it interesting that the rising tide of worthless AI generated articles as search engine noise, and the decreasing utility of ad-revenue-funded search engines in general, the old "web directory" model is ascendent once more.
How difficult is it to switch teams? I’ve been considering trying but I don’t get the logistics of all of it. Do I ask my manager to initiate the switch or do I cold message managers of other teams? Do you typically have to re interview?
You seem to think that evolution is both an intelligent and controllable process. It isn't.
* they’re not just using that private information to nag you. They appear to be abusing their access to confidential information to price it for the buyers too.
> a lithium battery that will last 8 years

All of the 2010 Toyota Hybrids on original battery packs would like a word.
So you are willing to deny Carta the ability to generate profits because you do not think that confidential financial information should be used to set prices on some financialed instruments and commodities. Did I get that right?
I feel you... I wasn't very fond of social media and its scammish postings. However, after I delved into the marketing sector, I had no choice but to return to SNS. I'm still skeptical and still too proud to let go of my ego but I'm trying to get used to these viral marketings.

I would love to be connected if by any chance; @KimSunn64305074 (X)
It's amazing how impressive your achievements can be if you don't mind who gets the credit. https://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/12/21/doing-good-selfless...
Seems Douglas was a cursed company. It was on a brink of bankruptcy, was acquired by McDonnel, which went to almost bankruptcy itself, and now it is happening to Boeing.

Who will be the next victim?
> You ever buy a sandwich with meat in it? How about coffee? Chocolate? Driving a car? Use pesticides to clear your home of termites? Poisons to get rid of rats and other "pests"? Do you use smart phones and other gadgets with rare earth metals? Have you recently walked by a homeless person and what did you do about the situation? Do you have an opinion on Israel's actions in Gaza? Ever been in a car accident? Run over some animals/people because you were going too fast? Do you use makeup tested on animals?

Do you think that any of those examples are in the category of "taking pleasure and directly taking part in seeing a live animals torn to bits"?
> i think the real intent of xp is continuous design,

But that is the problem, when everything is malleable, you have no fixed "Underlying Structure" which is what Design is all about. Iteration should always happen within a framework of understanding and not a free-for-all. This is why you have prototyping, plan one to throw away etc.

> most of the core practices of xp are focused on extensibility and maintainability.

I don't think this is specific to XP/Agile.

> i'm undecided on whether it's more difficult to do well than the big-design-up-front practice, and i think the answer is probably 'it depends'

True, this depends on what stage the product/project is at in its lifecycle.

> boehm suggests iterating through the different stages every 2–3 months.

It is a suggestion which can be lengthened/shortened according to project needs.

> xp suggests iterating through the different stages every 2–3 minutes.

Totally unworkable not to mention silly! I still have "Extreme Programming Explained: Embrace Change by Kent Beck" lying around somewhere so have to look it up on whether it is mins/days/weeks and at what stage of a project.

> when i look at the software barry boehm has written and the software kent beck has written i think it's clear that kent beck is far more accomplished. i don't know how good or bad boehm's designs were ... <rest of the para>

Violently Disagree! Barry Boehm's credentials - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Boehm Writing mere software is no measure of how much you have thought/researched about important meta-issues surrounding the same i.e. "Software Development as Engineering Discipline". Kent Beck (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Beck) offers nothing much here (consultant) while Barry Boehm (researcher/programmer/scientist/professor) is a giant in this field. The depth and importance of the latter's work far outstrips the former's. Also note the differences between Scientist/Engineer/Technician/Programmer/Coder roles.

> reorganizing your own company to mimic trw in the 01980s is likely to sink you unless you, too, make your living from cost-plus contracts

Not what i am talking about nor implying.

> not to say that there's nothing to be learned from boehm's work, but you'll have to pick carefully

There is much to be learned from Boehm's work if only to not reinvent the wheel.

> by the way, possibly you are not a native speaker of english, but 'upfront design', 'requirements', and 'design' are not proper nouns, so should not be capitalized as perhaps they would be in german

I use capitalization/scare quotes often to signal importance/nuance to the reader.
People who do the work aren't necessarily competing with each other.

People who take the credit are, almost by definition, competing with each other.
Hasn't everyone pretty much given up on making a new (standards compliant) browsers after Microsoft gave up?

(Or are they still trying to make Servo viable?)
mmmm yes! let's make our cities even hotter
FWIW “flying car” aka evtol has recently been certified in China.

If Tesla solves autonomy I can see them jump right into it.
You snipped off the key word. juli1pb said this is "how they care about their customers", i.e. as sources of money to be clung onto.
Unless I misunderstood you, you're saying that every undergrad textbook is not worth reading, which cannot be right. Are you assuming everyone is already aware of all the uncontroversial opinions?

I listened to many uncontroversial opinions in undergrad and grad school, and it was well worth it because they were all new to me. It's like Picasso said: you need to know the rules before you can break them. Learn the uncontroversial status quo first, then listen to the uncontroversial stuff or come up with your own. Skipping the uncontroversial would be a mistake.
It appears as if they didn’t just mishandle the data, but also used that data to help investors price their offers based on several confidential factors.
I believe it when I see it. Lot's of companies in the field now and if I need to take a bet I would say Intel has way better chances to succeed with Gaudi than small vendor x.
>>I get that the federal level in the US is a bit special (EU for example doesn’t tax citizens directly, instead the member states pay fees from their tax revenue).

the US Federal government was not suppose to tax citizens directly either, thanks to the 16th Amendment that was passed under the lie that it would only ever be a "Tax on the rich" of 3% and only apply to 1% of the people, now the federal government takes nearly 25% of all citizens incomes,, and uses that money to bribe people for votes and extort states for policies they desire...
Not without permission from the owner of the confidential information. I don't think that's controversial.
On flip side - look at driving reviews and people loosing marbles how good it is.
> especially given Nvidia and AMD seem to dribble out RAM like its the most precious substance in the universe.

Great quote, and apt description of this mildly infuriating trend.
I don’t know if I have ever come across the writings of a more miserable person. He talks about suffering an existential crisis for 30 years and it really comes across in his writings. Poor bastard. I hope he can get help.
Layer Cake: a graphics framework for Svelte
So, linked hoverboards as walkway segments with a solar cell surface controlled by a mesh network?
I work with a lot of people (both adults and students) who have this kind of intelligence and who are used to being the smartest person around.

I can tell you that your feeling of wasted potential isn't just a consequence of how you were treated. Most people in this situation have it. Even when they are wildly successful by any other standard. Like PhDs from ivies are normal, the number of people walking down the hallway who are billionaires is astoundingly high, etc.

You would be shocked at the self harm, depression, and suicide rate that at this level. All because of this idea of "oh, I could have won a Nobel" (I'm certain that if they had they would find a way to be sad about wasted potential anyway).

The solution is therapy. Don't wait. Just go do it. Just because you're smart doesn't mean that you don't need that kind of help. It might mean that you need it even more!
This is a massive breach of trust. We’re in the middle of a raise, we did our SAFEs with Mercury but hadn’t gotten to cap table stage yet. Guess we’ll use Pulley instead of Carta.
you have a point. while biology textbooks might be controversial among creationists, and physics textbooks might be controversial among flat-earthers, in mainstream society the only thing controversial about them is the idea that they're worth devoting attention to

on the other hand, if the authors of the textbooks don't have any controversial ideas, they probably aren't qualified to write the textbooks and will fill them with their half-understood memories of what someone else told them, which is more likely than not false in the first place. (examples abound: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2001/01/16/1...) ideally you want the authors of your textbooks to habitually practice the kind of critical thinking that will enable them to avoid filling the textbooks with errors, and which also guarantees that they will have controversial opinions

case in point: you're a lot better off learning chemistry from linus pauling's physical chemistry than from 95% of current textbooks, both because it's better written and because it's better thought out and more carefully written. as far as i can tell, the book doesn't have any controversial opinions in it, but pauling notoriously did; at some point he became convinced megadoses of vitamin c were great for your health. i'm pretty sure he was wrong about that, but at the time it was controversial
Linking to the journalist’s socials is seriously uncool man.
Well, yeah. Unless things have changed, the stb image library is explicitly not for parsing arbitrary image files.

> Primarily of interest to game developers and other people who can avoid problematic images and only need the trivial interface
Domino's suffered noticeably during the pandemic lockdowns while the app-delivery services were eating their lunch, literally.

I live in a huge college town, so my delivery options nearby are nearly endless, with an amazing diversity of ethnic foods, mostly the type enjoyed by foreign students.

Domino's has always had a really good web interface and tracker. Unfortunately, since their business contracted, they actually closed their location nearest to campus (which was also nearest to me) and I'm not sure just how much consolidation that involved citywide, but their service was slow and bad after that. At least once, I never received a product after their tracker reported a successful delivery.

Refund requests are arduous and on the level of "don't even bother". Compare this to the way I could snap my fingers and get a GrubHub CSR to refund anything and everything.

There is another, independent pizza place with their own cadre of drivers, and they have fantastic service, they're open 24 hours, and they exhibit care and concern for my well-being. They always remark if they haven't seen/heard from me in a while. They never mess up my orders. Therefore I give them preference before I resort to any third-party app.
> A lot of feedback has come in on the "Computers by the Millions" draft, with all readers apparently enjoying it, with the exception of Steve Jobs.

:)
The only reason why you are not in a similar panic mode is because your hormones are evolved to keep you way above the baseline appropriate for the circumstances.
10x Stronger Than Kevlar: Amorphous Silicon Carbide
It has nothing to do with your subjective experience and everything to do with the fact that wanton use of resources, animals, and people for selfish purposes is fundamentally immoral and atrocious. The fact that the aggregate effect ends up being a crime against nature is why these atrocities are innumerable. By simply existing and opting into the system you are complicit in its operation and propagation.

You don't have to see a live animal torn to bits to be implicated in the unethical farming and slaughter of animals, all you have to do is spend a dollar to support the system that makes it all possible.
You also have 1998 tooling for debugging, C++ code analysis, refactoring and 6 generations behind of VS improvements, including perf.

However not all is lost, for those that are deep into COM, the tooling has hardly changed, it is still mostly ATL as in 1998 (WRL, WIL, C++/WinRT still rely on the same VS 6 tooling).
Iirc you need an account and internet in order
To activate it.

But then it works on local LAN without internet

I have no idea whether it’s possible to use it without activation
> I use capitalization/scare quotes often to signal importance/nuance to the reader.

well, it certainly does do that, but probably not in the way you were intending

UN-altered REPRODUCTION and DISSEMINATION of this IMPORTANT Information is ENCOURAGED, ESPECIALLY to COMPUTER BULLETIN BOARDS

'course, i'm one to talk...

anyway, i think that if you want advice on programming, you should get it from people who are good at it. people who think software is 'mere software' are never going to achieve anything in the field and can be safely disregarded, however many awards and other credentials they receive. wirth's achievements as a Scientist/Engineer/Technician/Programmer/Coder were because he took software seriously, the opposite extreme from the 'mere software' viewpoint
Seems to me the solution to the union problem would be some kind of direct deal with the union on outsourcing rather than a workaround based on staff rules relating to seat numbers.
HTML came before XML. Also, how is HTML crappy when it is used by millions of web sites and is one of the most successful technologies in the past 35 years?

Does this mean it is perfect? No. Is it "crappy"? Nope.

Also, while JavaScript had a rushed development cycle, it has grown over the past 20-30 years and you can clearly write some great programs in it. Also, it has some very good features. My favorite is you can pass functions as variable arguments. It got this before a lot of other mainstream languages.
No:

>U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo, speaking in an interview with Reuters on Monday, said Nvidia "can, will and should sell AI chips to China because most AI chips will be for commercial applications."

>"What we cannot allow them to ship is the most sophisticated, highest-processing power AI chips, which would enable China to train their frontier models," she added.

>Raimondo said she spoke a week ago to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and he was "crystal clear. We don't want to break the rules. Tell us the rules, we'll work with you."

In plain English, that means Nvidia can, will, and should sell products to China below the arbitrary line the US and China have set for the kabuki theater.

Anyone who expects these sanctions to actually damage Chinese ambitions or progress or expects the US to win this cold war are either ignorant or delusional. China won this conflict before it even began.
> So the system with no evil uses a scale based on good/evil?

I don't see the contradiction, because I asked the reader to consider it in simplistic terms - terms they already understand.

The system doesn't use a scale of good and evil, its simply "you get what you deserve".

Whether the reader thinks that fox hunting[1] is good/evil/neutral is irrelevant if they are reincarnated as a fox in their next life!

So, yeah, you and I could, and would, classify some stuff on the scale of good/evil that you (and I) use, but because the scale is irrelevant, what purpose does the scale serve in a reincarnation-based belief system?

If any act, $FOO, that a being does is done back to them (under the reincarnation belief system), does it matter if $FOO is "Killed for pleasure, not food" or "sacrificed much for some other beings benefit"?

I guess what I am saying is, if the concept of evil and good is literally irrelevant to the workings of the belief system, then that belief system simply doesn't have the concept of evil (or good).

[1] Using an example from a thread below. You can pick your own example.
IIRC Jobs shut down Apple's history exhibits, archives, and library and sent the collections to Stanford.
Can AI-Generated Proofs Bring Bug-Free Software One Step Closer?
I think you refer to this response? https://x.com/henrysward/status/1743794996732735679
Took a quick look on here https://carta.com/careers/

"Carta is a place where everyone can be the best version of themselves."

If this is the best version of the current CEO I can't imagine what the day to day looks like.
Why does a cap table company need 2000 employees again?