skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Before you start panicking, from the article.

> Researchers still can’t answer the big question: are nanoplastic pieces harmful to health?

Also (about alternatives to bottled water)

> There’s just no win

I rarely buy bottled water myself because I live in a place where tap water is fine and bottled water is expensive and wasteful. But for now, that article has scientific value, but way more is needed before I consider taking action.
Bing, bing, bing, we have a winner.

An upvote to you sir, for being right.
Sure as long as you realize its simply an opinion and not act like it's a fact that it's bad. Fundamentally it feels like every time these threads open up on HN 70% of it is bad faith, repeat arguments.

Don't like Bitcoin's Proof of work properties, check out Ethereum. Don't think that everything needs to be on one central ledger? Check out Polkadot. It feels like so many commenters here put their heads in the sand about an entire class of technology because they're caught up in their opinion as fact.
Ask HN: 36 years old, no skills, no job – what can I learn?
I was making $170k in biotech, doing operations. This job was not enjoyable and hard to quantify/describe. Basically, just putting out fires all day. I got laid off and biotech sucks right now. I'm prepared to retrain, but I want to make a similar salary. Unfortunately tech seems to have downturned as well - so I'm not sure what to do. I had some contacts at some SaaS companies that peripherally served life sciences, but this seems to have fizzed out as well. Also, did some sample work for equities analysis in life science, no response.
First, re-read the comment you're replying to. They weren't talking about Bitcoin being used for drugs, they compared Bitcoin to drugs and crime, as the OP said all it needs to do is fulfill a need.

Second, the "you just don't understand it" argument is as old as Bitcoin itself. It's tiring. It's not new, it's not crazy complex...it's understood. It's just useless and ripe with scams.
Or the technologists that push these open source projects forward were abandoned by the very communities that used to celebrate disruptive technologies.
It wasn't a push, it was a pull.
The functionality is key for socket-activated daemons which is a Big Idea behind systemd: it can launch daemons on-demand instead of at boot, allowing for faster boot times
> politics of texas being pro oil and anti-renewable

Pro-profit is an irresistible force against most other forces
> I can just buy the ETF, ask to redeem to bitcoin and pocket the difference.

Can only redeem to cash.

https://www.etfcentral.com/news/two-important-things-need-kn...
> does not depend on the semantics of any existing programming language

So? The JVM does not depend on the semantics of any existing programming language. I think more research is needed on your part.
I ran it through VirusTotal before posting the link -- I had the same thought : )

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/url/06f3a404ab8aff76e820e3b7d...
> They resigned because they refused to condemn calls for the genocide of jews on campuses, saying it was "contextual" whether this was allowed or not.

The author of this article explicitly refers to "Free Palestine" as a call to erase the Jewish people. So, yes, there's important context: are you trying to ban pro-Palestinian sentiment by insisting it's antisemitic, or are you trying to ban the actual phrase "genocide the Jews"?

> I think TFA makes is very clear the author believes many at these pro-palestine rallies are actually anti-semitic people.

The presence of some antisemitic people does not magically make the words "Free Palestine" into a call for Jewish genocide.
This. Pay for GPT4 and just explain the situation that is happening and it will be happy to provide a counter to its own point.
That’s too bad. I was glad to be able to rent an M3 at Hertz last summer when visiting family. I had planned to do it again this spring. It beats the Nissan Altimas and Kia Sportages.
I agree this is philosophically unaligned with the ethos of Bitcoin. But it's still fascinating to watch isn't it? SEC Approves an ETF of a digital currency created by an anonymous open source developer(s). When has something like that happened before in software?
Netflix's Ad Tier Now Has More Than 23M Monthly Active Users
With something as essential as metabolism it's likely to be a combination of factors. Some might not cause a change when present in isolation but cause a large change when present simultaneously.
i think this one is more a sous-vide wand and only that, without trying to be an entire kitchen... if you want the 12-edo piano-roll with friendly markers, just use something like Ardour, Bitwig etc.
I understand it perfectly and loathe it, not for the reasons people typically do, but because what it pretends to be able to do it cannot, and actually does the opposite of.
Not all AAA batteries are the same, either. But for all intents and purposes, quibbling over differences is trivial.
From first computer vibes to tech wonders of today
Dear tech friends,

I'm inviting you to share the nostalgia about early teach:

Q1: First computer vibes! Please share details about your initial encounter with computers! What computer sparked your curiosity, and which programming language stole your heart? Was it BASIC on a microcomputer or Pascal, Assembler on a mini ... or something else? Share the nostalgia!

Q2: Legacy tech throwback! What discontinued framework or language do you believe was ahead of its time or didn't get the love it deserved? Let's reminisce about the unsung heroes of the programming world!

Q3: Tech wonders of today! Keeping it fair and square (aka as impartial as possible), what modern language or tech has you buzzing with excitement? Share your unbiased thoughts on the latest and greatest in the digital realm!
> Leadership is fond of setting goals and deathly allergic to providing incentives.

This hits me hard now. I was considering whether I should hit the gas at work trying to meet some completely unrealistic metrics, only to be in a conference call where some guy from another team basically did the same (missing a lot of events with his family), only to get a bunch of those stupid animated emoji things in Teams as his only compensation (I asked him offline if he got any bonus from it).

I'm leaving work early to hit the ski slopes tomorrow. Life is too short to be rewarded by digital clapping hands and hearts.
I wish I could be alive when humanity’s first Dyson sphere powers up.
I'm looking for a library of web components that:

1) Uses slots for composition

2) Does not use CSS-in-JS

3) Lightweight

I understand that slots imply shadow Dom, and then shadow Dom usually means adding/adopting stylesheets into components, and that means css in js.

But there's also ::part that allows piercing the shadow dom. Is there any library that uses it?
I despise that “minor clerical error in massively complex tax system with multiple forms causes significant money losing tax implications for your average end user” is even a thing in the first place.
Depending on the stage a company is at or its cashflow, #1 can sometimes be acceptable. It's a balancing act; if you haven't got money to pay developers, you haven't got development.
I think it's a fundamentally flawed premise of the site: that answers ought to be self-contained and all else is noise. No debate, no commentary. That's why they reject opinion-based questions. But not all things in life are cut and dried. I get it, though; subjectivity makes it difficult to promote quality answers.
skeptical about AGI?
Not just mining gold - think of the security required to simply hold gold. Those Brinks trucks aren't free.
Cool, I'll give it a try! I think these kind of sequencers can be really powerful, but as always the effectiveness of the tool depends on the ability of the wielder.

I link to some other software in this category below. It is nice to have an open source alternative.

--

https://mixedinkey.com/captain-plugins/

https://www.orbplugins.com/orb-producer-suite/

https://www.wavedna.com/

https://www.hooktheory.com/
My gut reaction is no, but let me think out loud using ad absurdum to see if there is merit.

A five year old asks chatGPT how to achieve world peace. The response is not only possible but easily affordable on a short timeline. Do I care that a 5 year old got it from ChatGPT? I guess not. A part of me would want all the adults on the planet to stop and acknowledge how tragically ineffectual they are, but as far as whether the source matters...nope.

Good point. Thanks for letting me think through it.
brandolini's law
Yes, but, say you can get 1 watt per module, or 10, suddenly it starts to become more reasonable for many things as long as the modules stay small.
> Maps and spacial diagrams [...] allow us to see information from a different perspective, showing us connections and relations that would likely escape us, to visualise data in its spacial context.

This is one reason why drawing skills are important: the ability to express ideas from a visual perspective.

I think that art class in school should have a drafting/mapmaking/formal drawing component. Also...don't get rid of art class.
kevin wants you to use his thing instead of app stores.

this is an ad.
Incoming NumPy2
No sound on Edge either.
Nope. You’re thinking of Warner Brothers Discovery and Paramount.
The same thing linked above:

https://www.xdesk.com/wirecutter-standing-desk-review-pay-to...
Why did they make the jump then? The work environment was worth the trade-off?
Here’s a microwave I made.

https://microwave.pointless.click/
Musical L-Systems (2006) [pdf]
Yeah, his example of ChatGPT being a web app seems off. I have the app on my phone? Is it just a thin wrapper over a web view? Probably. Still an app and sort of runs counter to Kevin’s argument
Nobody ever said that regulators move quickly. Bitcoin's only advantages come from temporary underregulation. After the regulation catches up, all that is left is the disadvantages.

The idea that Bitcoin can continue to operate with the disapproval of a functioning government is naive.
I think you misread my comment, or perhaps our definition of high volumes of code is different. Perhaps junior means something different.

I also suspect what I consider "good communication" you consider "micromanagement".

I like reading and talking about what my colleagues are doing every day. I'm interested. I learn new things, and sometimes I teach others a trick or two. Sometimes I tell them I don't like something and we agree to disagree.

Sometimes the requirements change, and that need to be discussed as well.

Sometimes I just like hearing and sharing stories about things that didn't work out. Yesterday I spend a whole day profiling to try and work out why we are leaking so much memory. I didn't work it out, but I can tell my colleagues what I tried and what I will try next.

The point I was trying to make is that a solid 8 hour work day is a lot of time, and I think everybody should have something interesting to say about what they did.
What about the voyager probes? How far has the farthest one travelled in your analogy?
I think it's not just experience, it's partly about picking the right people, and not picking the wrong people. Some people are just not good managers, and no amount of training is going to make them a likeable person with good people skills needed to lead a team of people. Many places seem to want to pick someone who has the best technical skills, and then assume he'll magically become a great manager somehow.

I think sometimes HR gets blamed for stuff that's really upper management's fault. HR can try to patch over the bad decisions and deal with the interpersonal problems caused, but there's really not that much they can do because they have no real power, and the problems are caused by inept management. It's not HR's fault when upper management decides to promote people to management who clearly don't have the right personality for it, and that's not something HR can fix.
I think those that make "what about nuclear" posts should be required to invest in a company that would build an AP1000. This is the reactor that was supposed to lead the US nuclear renaissance. Instead it's 2 projects were utter financial failures, with one getting cancelled after spending $9b on a hole in the ground and the other is coming online after going 2x+ budget in time and money.

All in development AP1000 projects were cancelled after this debacle. But this shouldn't be daunting to true believers. The most advanced cancelled project was Turkey Point in FL. It had received all approvals so a developer can start tomorrow if they want.

If we made everyone who said "what about nuclear" buy a $100 share that sucker would be funded in no time.
Perfectly valid view in my opinion. There are a lot of misleading claims out there, to be sure.
Or what it shows is official acknowledgment that the rubes bought this narrative whilst if you look at the details, it's effectively a CBDC.
Same. Flights trips -- including PNR. Invoices. School reports. Tons of telephone bills. Frequent Uber trips (somewhere in Africa, for some reason). The list goes on and on. And my email address is short but not that common, but still get hit a few times per week.

It really drives me crazy that none of them have any type of email confirmation before accepting an email address as valid.
You can pair a PlayStation controller to an iPhone and it works fine with this, at least on an iPhone 13.
Likely, submarines are slow and quiet, and this would be very, very quiet given there wouldn't be pump noise to worry about. That's the big hurdle with the current subs, you have to circulate water in and out of the reactors to keep them cool, and for an attack sub, you don't have enough insulation/mass/space to keep them 100% quiet. The missile subs are much quieter, though, once you cook off a missile...well that's a very loud thing to do in a very quiet place.

There is still the problem of the rest of the sub's power needs. I can't imagine they're terribly efficient given they have a reactor available...
I'm not him, but is there a point-for-point debunking of the RFKJ JRE episode. RFKJ, to a pro-vaccine layperson like me, was surprisingly compelling about his anti-vax position, citing research with abstracts & conclusions that seemed to support his assertions. Iirc the main problems were adjuvants and the profit incentive to increase the number of required shots for kids (something like 3x what I received in the early 90s).

Basic media literacy suggests to me that he is obviously a huckster, but I prefer to be thorough, given the contention around the issue.

[0]He totally fell apart on the stuff about microwaves & cell phones though.
App Stores are discovery mechanisms. PWA + thin wrapper is a pretty great combination.
If I worked there, my preference would have been a video with just the CEO giving an honest talk about what the changes are and what they’re basing the changes on. It might be data; if so, explain the data. It might just be the preference of the executive team; that’s their prerogative, but I think it’s worth being honest about it. Show some empathy for the people who are affected (“I understand that there are members of our team who would prefer to remain remote, and I understand that this move will impact their lifestyles” or something), and then be kind and unthreatening but firm about the decision (“but it’s my belief that these changes are necessary for xyz reasons, so we’re going to require x in-person days per week”). It’s still clear that it’s not optional, but there’s less of a “gfy” tone.

I get that the intro with silly office shots and lots of different members of the management team is meant to provide some levity, but making a significant, unilateral change to an employment agreement isn’t a situation that calls for levity, and so it comes off as disrespectful and condescending. I think that getting straight to the point and being honest about it is a better approach.
Why would they slow down? Fly by and beam back the results.
Is this only for girls? I was asked to fill out a form and I literally didn't understand the what was what.
But if I want to collect some kind of "cash back" in crypto don't I need to have a crypto wallet or something like that?
If people want to say “I’m a bitcoin fanboy” to justify it that’d be one thing, but there’s always this insinuation that any day it’s going to find its killer use case that isn’t already solved better by a centralized system instead of only existing to buy in hopes of the price goes up
Maybe they thought it would be a legal liability to have their IP associated with something infringing?

But then again it's almost 30 year old hardware, come on.
I would have agreed with you, but tech companies have done the collusion dance so much they've actually been caught: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-Tech_Employee_Antitrust_L...
Good point. Maybe they can invite a discussion where the suggester walks through ChatGPT steps explaining how it is done? Hopefully people aren't so flippant they hammer their keyboard and hit send email. If that's the case, then maybe they need an ego check.

I think my default response would be (regardless of the ChatGPT instructions):

"I looked it over and it doesn't actually work. ChatGPT is good for many high level things but when the specifics get technical, is struggles and invents solutions that don't exist; like a bloom filter. Ask ChaGPT what a bloom filter is."
Architecture isn't useful, it's a waist of resources. Every building should be identical, we just need one type of each building usage type, then we can get rid of the architects.
That's oddly a staple of the 3D Mario games even years later: Super Mario Sunshine had an annoying miniboss and a ton of cutscenes before entering the first world, and Super Mario Galaxy had cutscenes and a very long intro level before getting to the main game.

Galaxy 2, Odyssey, and Bowser's Fury toned the tutorials down a bit.
Biweekly 1:1s with clear expectations and checkups seem to work well for the last decade+ for me remote.
Its a neat headline, but its unclear what problem this is trying to solve. I hope the first viable versions it don't colonize the poor grad student.

I think these analogies miss the forest for the trees. This is a wholly different idea and approach than prior art related to insulin, synlogic's trials, or fermentation (the production of products by microbes in a reactor)

> 1) Medical insulin is already produced by engineered microbes, and has been for 40 years. So we know microbes can do this safely and effectively.

This is in a sterilized tank with defined media and careful controls, not on a human body.

> 2) Insulin is a single gene, so it's easy to engineer. We can move it around to different organisms and add different control systems to explore where and how it is expressed.

Syn bio control systems are so coarse and unreliable I would never trust my life to one. Would you?

> 3) Diabetes is a well studied disease. We know a lot about how much insulin patients need, at what times, in response to what signals. So it is a well defined engineering problem.

We do, but microbes don't

The synlogic trials are essentially for augmented digestion, something we've always relied on microbes for. That's a lot safer than a feedback-control mechanism for an essential hormone.

This is the creation of a (hopeful) symbiosis with the hope that the steady state for one organism is also the optimal steady state for the other.

This idea is also the release into the wild of an organism designed to live on or in humans with the hope it does not become a pathogen, and the hope that its host will never enter a metabolic state where it assumes the role of a pathogen.

Isn't this just gain-of-function research with another name? Feedback and control in syn-bio is coarse to say the least. Is it responsible to be developing this tech with a microbe that can live on mammals?

I must add, I am _profoundly_ pro-syn-bio. I think this field needs to take itself more seriously before something bad happens.
> I think part of this sentiment boils down to the commenter seeing no point to Bitcoin.

I thought cryptocurrency was an interesting and promising idea. But I got away from it around the time it became clear the entire space was overrun by wall-to-wall scamming. And it's safe to disregard anyone who doesn't acknowledge that.

If someone says "Yeah, it's wall-to-wall scamming, and other than that, the main use of it is for organized crime transactions, but there's this silver lining of X", then I might listen to X briefly, even though it seems irrelevant at this point.

If someone doesn't phrase their advocacy with acknowledging the massive BS, then I assume the person is just another scammer (and they might be even if they acknowledge it).
MMT likely leans heavier on both levers than you're imagining. Heavy government investment until there's no more productive capacity. Extra emphasis on the "productive" part. Picture the New Deal as a baseline, and add on whatever useful projects you can imagine.

The intuitive idea is to maximize human capital by investment in infrastructure, health, and education. Spend money in areas where the return to the country is exponentially improved over time.

As a extreme example - imagine if the government paid for high speed wireless data plans and ensured access for a poor rural community without internet access. It wouldn't be unreasonable to imagine a handful of people in that community find ways to generate income using that internet connection and therefore now are paying more in tax after year 1. At that point, it's just a math problem to argue about what should count as "value" in the equation.
The Minnesota starvation study showed that the formulas fail when extreme weight loss occurs. So if someone starts with a BMI of 22-24 or so and then tries to get to 15.6, will burn way fewer calories than predicted by the calculators/formulas. 1900 is not much but a BMI of 15.6 is pretty low. He did not start that low, so I wonder how much he was eating before he embarked on this experiment. As for extending lifespan, agree, that the data is iffy on that.
Yeah, they pretty much explicitly disclaim those questions that don't have cut and dried answers. But I think that means they never should have dipped into topics like "workplace", which has vanishingly few cut and dried topics.
I think the assumption you need to use batteries alone for seasonal storage or that you need a pure zero emissions system is missing the point.

A system that has a gas turbine backup for that non-windy week of winter that happens every 5 years is something of substantial value. Use batteries for capital maximizing daily cycles, and leave coal and gas as "storage" for seasonal emergency cycles, this would be a major, major achievement for humanity.
Building Model Generation Framework Based on Wave Function Collapse (2022)
Edit: Keyboard input does not work :/ it was a good effort.

Found a workaround throw it in an iFrame and have the frame load with a user interaction. Here is a jsFiddle link, just click "Run" after the page loads.

https://jsfiddle.net/sg1r3h60/
Everything is an ad these days, check any new content similar to this blogpost, YouTube videos, etc. That said, the article is brief, direct, deliver good points then wraps up with an ad.
intellectual entropy
Could you provide examples of such sane places?
I object to Bitcoin on the fact that governments regulate money, so centralization is guaranteed. Wasting any effort on fake decentralization is objectively inferior because it adds to the cost with no benefit.
Spam. Spam spam spam and acres of spam, covered in spam. Spam as far as the eyes can see

I look forward to responding to spam to use it as free programming credits.
yeah that libertarian state government has really let the state run wild.
Simulating full-waveform Lidar (2017)
And Nintendo had famously been aggressively taking them down the entire time
Hilariously ambiguous, bordering on outright devilry. Also, a bulls*t generator licenses content from a propaganda machine.