skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
We already have laws for when people are criminally negligent.

You want people incentivized to participate in safety culture, not motivated to frame others or destroy evidence to save their jobs.

People will always make mistakes and have poor judgment sometimes. That will never go away, and punishing people will not stop it. A robust safety culture expects this to happen, and builds in mechanisms to catch problems.
Digital age IDs should be equipped with a way to perform a zero-knowledge proof that the bearer is indeed 18 without betraying their identity. Perhaps a full-fledged blockchain is a bit much but a decentralized way to perform basic verification tasks like this makes sense.
While I'm not certain about this system, it sounds like the fuel pellets they've designed for it have no graphite in them. It sounds like they've gone for an intrinsically safe design where the maximum safe temperature of the fuel composites is higher than the maximum temperate an uncontrolled reaction could reach.
No one has never lived in the ocean and yet plenty of people are interred there
Unfortunately the eID system is neither well communicated nor widely used. Which really is a pity. It’s (at least in principle) quite well thought out.
You get clearly shown who’s asking for which information. Then you present the ID to the phone, enter your PIN and only that information gets provided. In principle this would allow for a blind “are you old enough?” check without ever touching the actual data.

But of course while this is a relatively simple game of signatures and certificates and (afaik) safe and secure it is basically impossible to communicate what exactly is provided at which point in a manner that is understandable let alone trustable by the general public. And the workflow requires you to provide the PIN twice, which is nice (it’s not cached) but also annoying
Subscription Services are the laziest and most exploitative low-value corporate business model ever.

Most cable TV channels are lazily running re-runs anyway (e.g. Comedy Central running reruns of South Park and "The Office" Non-Stop), which have already earned massive amounts of profits. Channels also aren't producing anywhere near as many quality shows and movies as the 1990s had, despite having much lower overhead with advancement of home editing and CGI. There are tons of individuals producing better content for TikTok than most TV & Streaming channels, but the industry is not giving them a shot because of cost cutting and lazy profit control as well.

Subscription Models are making a bad name of software as a whole, where features are slowly taken away at the whim of a company's decisions to undermine value and up-sell different tiers of service in secret, and where ads and bugs are carefully added and tweaked into software to undermine the very value a service is based on to encourage upgrades. The prices of each of these service tiers, and the their features are also constantly complicated to create class-ism that becomes a wallet-draining total barrier to success and functionality for people that can't afford to keep up with ballooning costs of subscriptions as prices get raised unreasonably to please company investors... Just take a look at Adobe Photoshop, which shuts out new artists (with high pricing) who haven't even made a dime off of their work before they can even begin to properly use the app to make a name for themselves.

I've even seen monthly subscriptions creeping into the silliest things like coffee shops and fairly essential car functional features.... Big business is waging a war on customers that has a horrible end result, and we need to be more vocal in stopping this trend of monthly subscriptions. It's a hostile move to distract us all from the real fact that customer service is being slowly killed, and companies are trying to transition us into a place where they profit no matter what the reliability of their products and services are... Worse yet, when a customer cannot cancel a subscription, this subscription model completely does not work properly, and many will end up paying for services they forget or don't even use.

When a subscriber dies, they can go on for ages still being billed on automatic payments, with no one to protest the charges and payments, which should be considered a crime...

The subscription model is based on corporate opportunism, and we shouldn't allow it to be normalized, otherwise every aspect of our lives will become a utility bill that locks us in to low value and limited services that unexpectedly zap our ability to budget.
Past submissions with discussion: (there are some more with 1-4 comments, but no real discussion)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28121309 - Aug 10, 2021 - 23 comments

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18683298 - Dec 18. 2018 - 12 comments

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14558775 - June 15, 2017 - 33 comments

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4305179 - July 28, 2012 - 22 comments
> but will probably move off of that as they continue to poison the product.

Check out Emby. Very similar to Plex (it's either an early fork or another XBMC offspring or both). I moved away from Plex because of there being persistent bugs and QoL issues that remained unfixed, but they started doing bullshit like VR apps etc. Emby seems to be laser focused on being a very good self-hosted media server + client, and nothing more. I'm a happy paying customer.
Ah, memories of a "cool trick" we did in the late '80s: overwrite your name on the magstripe, so when you go to an ATM with your friends, you can show them that the machine greeted you with "HELLO MASTER!". Oh, the joys of unencrypted info in pure ASCII...
> We had plenty of VHS and magazine porn as kids even though shops didn't sell them to kids.

Having second hand access and having direct access to a market are entirely different things. The fact that the secondary access might in some cases exist is not an excuse to punt on the actual primary problem.

> The dark web versions that will pop up due to draconian KYC will definitely not have such curation.

If we measured legislation by it's ability to perfectly secure a market, we would have no legislation at all. Fortunately, we can measure the positive impacts of things and compare them, and I suspect, that there are actually significant positive benefits to creating some form of limiting legislation here.

It's also the case that draconian KYC implementations aren't the only way to solve this problem, in this case, I believe it's lazy or ideologically possessed politicians who want to use this as an excuse to implement these laws for other purposes.
Old version of QuickBooks that's still a desktop app and hails from before its enshitiffication. Along with a small little utility I made which grabs exchange rates from https://fx.sauder.ubc.ca/ and autopopulates certain transaction information.

Also a fair bit of Excel for certain things that are more practical to do separately and put in as summary entries. E.g. I have custom Excel app (VBA/form) for rapidly reconciling credit card and banking expenses and tying in the correct image from a bulk set of receipts that I've scanned.
here in the USA, I believe that this mass-appeal effort to switch banks can be very effective
I’ve used it for your Rentenübersicht (which is actually amazing) and Elster. But yeah, it’s not really deployed
The not-so-glamourous origins of standard track gauge (2021)
Rebuilding this turd with that. Thanks for the info :)
i have no idea if they understand public key cryptography but think they probably could hire someone who does

think a general (perhaps mythos) belief is that hal finney is satoshi so

in essence, there are definitely blockchain detectives
I think Apple wants users to update their OS to help keep their security reputation.
Force hirings? How's that any good? I'd rather be given a opportunity to learn and grow competencies so later, I'd apply as a valuable contributor.

Edit: I genuinely don't know what's the intended meaning and the way it should work. Is this universally applied, or only to specific jobs? If universally, would you be willing to have a surgical operation done on yourself by me, if I were forced hired as a surgeon? Similar for engineering jobs, where there is no quick way to being productive
Yeah GPT4 is not trained to beat turing test, it is trained to be an AI assistant.

Imagine you take a human and train them to be an AI assistant since they were a baby. I imagine their behaviour would also be very odd compared to average people.
Had been any attack like that in the past?
Yeah those people can go screw (respectfully, I mean; I'm sure some are your friends.) Sorry that happened to you, but for what it's worth, this internet stranger would've done exactly the same thing, and I think your reasoning is sound.
To clarify, that’s just for the newest macOS. Apple does security updates for older versions for several more years beyond that. I personally have a couple decade+ old Macs that continue to work fine.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201222
Yeah, sounds about right. And yes, obviously it was much faster than GDI for games, since you had more or less direct access to a framebuffer. Not building up some device-independent bitmap and going through some slow path to convert it into the right format for the GPU (which wasn't called a GPU back then, of course).
In the foreword for Animal Farm (in the del Rey edition, I think), Orwell writes that he was asked by tankie friends to keep quiet about the USSR's crimes because they were the best chance for Communism.

Bullshit from scientists is normal. They're just people after all. But people who join the Culture War on one side must necessarily choose Science as a side despite it being just a technique for knowledge, not a team. And then they're forced to defend it in some way.

I've posted years ago about how biotech science is sometimes faked https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25926188

I wonder whether this reaction to a con is necessarily Western, though. I've noticed it in Americans as well. They'll get conned by corrupt politicians and rather than admit the con, they'll defend them and pretend they weren't conned.

In the East, the attitude is different. It's more like "damn, well what can you do". Both failure-oriented but different. I wonder if it comes from different structures of pride.
I imagine after thinking about it for more than thirty seconds some rather obvious problems begin to emerge with this approach.
This issue might be big money, not big tech.

In the 1980's, I recall the local Stop and Shop supermarket morphing into a "Super" Stop and Shop. It had an in-store florist.

Apparently SS&S kept the prices below those of local, independent florists until they went out of business. Then SS&S raised the prices once they'd killed the independents.
My citation rate was much higher than 10%.
> That is a good ideal world principle, but given minimum wage itself is a non-idealised concept, instead designed to ameliorate real life, I don't know how much it apples.

I'd say minimum wage should at least ensure that everyone with a job can live a life without poverty and in dignity. That does not sound like a non-idealised concept. If the real-world minimum wages satisfy this ideal is a different matter.

> If you're just defining age discrimination as "a legal differentiation based on age" then I agree with you.

Is there another good definition? You have to recognise that some rules are disadvantageous to some groups of people (in this case grouped by age) to properly weigh their disadvantage against the advantage the given rule is meant to create (e.g. to not have toddlers recklessly drive around in cars) and then decide if the given rule is reasonable and fair. I guess you could argue that a law is not really that discriminatory if its positives outweigh the disadvantages it puts some people at, but it would still put some people at said disadvantage and in the case of different minimum wages by age I simply see no such reasoning for its positives (i.e. none) to outweigh the negatives, and therefore it is discriminatory.

> A bit like not letting 7-year-olds drive on public roads.

While not exactly with 7, where I live 8-year-olds can drive on public roads and from age 10 onwards they are even required to do so. Of course I am talking about bicycles and only if there is no (usable) bike lane. Not having 7-year-olds drive cars is just another case of "it is in the publics best interest, and it also does not hurt them much".
> Recently, I had to learn C++17 through 20. At the same time I was learning x86 assembly, and x86 assembly was far, far easier. Downright simple and straightforward in comparison.

Somewhere along the lines of the development of high-level languages, "tedious and semi-unmanageable" got replaced with "difficult". Assembler isn't difficult, nor is it meant to be; any emulator or embedded developer could tell you this. Assembler just has few tools to ease development/code structuring and gets very flat and overwhelming in large code-bases; these are the problems C/C++, Pascal, Algol, etc were designed to solve.
Probably? There surely is no way back. Not only Germany has turned they back on nuclear.

Germany has replaced what nuclear has generated years ago and is on track to decommission all its coal plants.

No reason to waste money on nuclear anymore.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/nuclears-share-world...
why the hell do you think that Microsoft would want you to use your basic SMTP server when they want you to use an exchange server? Of course they deprecated that. If you’re using windows then use their ecosystem.
> ... and when the Windows search function was a useful feature

I have used Windows since 3.0 (before 3.1) and have never seen a useful search function in any version of Windows. Where was it all this time?
I've put myself into classical con situations out of curiosity.

Even when I purposefully seek to be conned, it's embarrassing to have it happen.

In my case, simple subway con artist performing the classic magic trick where you bet money to determine where the queen is under three cards. As a hobbyist magician I'm able to follow him as the subway scammer performs the drop, switching the queen for another card.

I'm not ready for the smooth talking however that the con artist employees afterwards. It's a humbling experience but one that I'm happy to have lost real $$$ so that I can remember the lesson for the rest of my life.

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Coming to terms with smooth talkers and how they're able to easily manipulate you, even if you are familiar with the tricks (both slight of hand tricks as well as 'Magicians Force' smooth talking / distractions).

It does make me want to practice classical street magic again, as it's so obviously associated with thievery and con-jobs. But street magic is perhaps the 'safe' way of doing it all so that no one gets upset afterwards.

But in any case, just imagine a street magician who makes your money disappear. That's what it feels like. Even at the amateur level, you'll fall prey to the 2nd level or 3rd levels of trickery, cause the street con-man has probably tricked overconfident amateurs before.

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I've heard stories of people who talk with street vendors selling lotions or other items as well and falling for those sales pitches. In my experience, it's similar to the street magician-thief and uses many similar techniques.

No one likes the fact that our actions, reactions and behaviors are so predictable that literal con-artists can make a living predicting and planning around our reactions to mislead us. (Or in safer circles, a street magician doing the same thing but for wonder/amazement rather than stealing your money)

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EDIT: For those not in the know, a drop and/or steal are magician slight of hand tricks that switch cards or other objects in a way that most people can't follow.

Magicians Force is a question that gives the illusion of choice, often a choice that doesn't matter for the trick. But the illusion of choice is sufficient to keep the audience's attention and let the audience think that they're still in control of the situation. Or in other words: smooth talking.

There are many ways to drop, steal or use Magicians Force. But using them all together in one smooth action is how magicians (or con-artists on the street) do their tricks.
A better link that doesn’t destroy your ability to navigate back on mobile: https://news.samsung.com/global/samsung-announces-collaborat...
Lots of people also just like them for comfort food. They were one of my favorite snacks as a kid and I was fortunate to have access to plenty of healthy food.

To this day, if I see a new noodle flavor I feel compelled to try it. Same with sodas even though I don’t drink much soda
This is so stupid. Why leave money on the table? Do they really make more in ads per install than $110...? I doubt it.
That's two no thank you's in one product!
there's glad (https://github.com/Dav1dde/glad) which you can use as a single .c file + .h header that defines OpenGL stuff or a single header-only file. I use it on all of my OpenGL projects!
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect (2002)
Oh, here we go.

When we start to even think about debate fallacies when comparing engineering methodologies, it's completely clear we already lost the game. In fact, we also lost the meta game, and probably some 2 or 3 outer meta layers of it.

So yes, we should design software for the specifics of the function it will provide. Do not let people evade their competency by talking in generalities.
Do you mean the pixel 5a? Just wondering because it would make a big difference if it was nexus 5 from 10 years ago, versus a much more recent pixel 5!
Amazon used to sell a great product for this called FireTV Recast. You plug your antenna and network cable in, and all local channels show up on your firetv. You could set it to record like any other DVR.

Similar products exist, but this was literally plug it in and you’re done levels of setup.

They discontinued it, likely cause it was a one time purchase and they don’t make money off what you watch or have an opportunity to present ads.
if you can dream it, you can type it into a chatgpt text prompt!
You're right: astrology still has its believers.
It's not as great as it used to be. Yes it doesn't randomly reboot for updates and it doesn't come with all the crap. But it still enforces the same telemetry choices (a lot or a bit less). It even tried to make me use a Microsoft account just like regular windows :(

It's alright but not amazing like the old LTSB was in the days of Windows 7.
Isaac Arthur is an engineer, so not exactly an expert on biology or anthropology. He does to a lot of futurology, but thats unrelated to the origins of life on earth and any speculation he does there is just that.
Why do you want to respect any wishes of people who believe in imaginary things? That seems odd. I'd suggest your save your respect for those who are rational.
Can you elaborate why you think managing up/down is bad? Maybe we differ in definition, but I take it to mean customize how you communicate (zoom in / zoom out) based on the intended audiences typical scope and responsibilities.

I don’t want to tell my skip super in depth technical details they don’t need to know. It’s my job to process it for them.
I am afraid you can't simply blame the conservative for this. This is a total societal breakdown, and I am not being dramatic if you consider other simultaneous scandals such as PPE.

By that I mean it is impressive how this could happen in one of the foremost liberal society with a large well-funded media representing the whole political spectrum, fiercely adversarial two-party politics, respect for institutional whistleblowers (so long as they don't involve foreign policy) and finally an independent civil service. All of those layers failed to put a stop to this or even to shed an intense light on it for the public. Far more than the conservatives had failed to let this get through.

In fact what is amazing is the public barely aware of its existence as a news story. Try asking a few of your non-tech friends about it. Even the twitter mob failed on this.
Does anyone know if there any current or near-term applications for these? Seems super cost-prohibitive, especially if you can just throw more compute at the problem instead. Super cool (hah) either way.
I'm old enough to remember when people were skeptical of Windows XP. High resource usage, compatibility problems and the childish look & feel were among the criticisms. There were calls to not upgrade, and to stick to Windows 98.

How it despite all that criticism it has become a cult classic is beyond me.
Attacks on machine learning models
> We need to see folks demonstrate good faith before inviting them into a system of trade for mutual benefit.

Starting form zero a society where everyone follows this to the letter can not get started since there is no record of actions yet for people to judge people by.

Experimentally extending trust/opportunities in perhaps a limited fashion is one way to get the ball rolling on this
It surely isn't. Before everything had to be online, you had Microsoft Works, AppleWorks, BeagleWorks, Symantec Works, Lotus Works, Claris Works, a Wordperfect product and a Corel product, and probably a solid half dozen other suites that tried to be everyghing for all knowledge workers.

The integration story didn't work that well back then, and that was when any one of those "integrated suites" cost the same up front as any single office tool, so the cost savings was more significant.

I still like the idea, but it seems harder to make it work well now than it was in the 90s.
So it sounds like all new things (that aren’t an idea or software) will come from China moving forward. I hate this but it’s interesting in a way to see how far they will get. The US supercharged the world for generations but now seems to have directed all its attention to feminizing its men. I wonder how far the Chinese can take it. Settlement on the moon? Mars? Generational ships headed out of the solar system? Anything seems possible with the mostly benevolent dictatorship they have going on over there.
Yeah, but the GP post was talking about body hair, which kind of puzzled me.

Maybe they were (implicitly) talking about shaving their body hair? I dunno - confusing.
> unsustainable

I got the impression all the major streaming players made significant profits and grew substantially over the past decade.

Does "unsustainable" just mean they weren't making as much cash as they wanted to?
10x10 phased audio array speaker comes to mind...
CrewAI: Framework for orchestrating role-playing, autonomous AI agents
I have a friend who jokes, "Alexa clean my ass". I guess now know what to get them for a their birthday.
No religious organization, registered and classified as such, pays taxes. You can read more about the methods of classification here[0]. Note that factors like " a distinct religious history, a formal code of doctrine, regular services, a regular congregation" are considered.

You, emtrw, cannot claim that you belong to a religion of one that you just made up right now, apply for tax exempt status and expect it to work because "religion." That isn't going to fly. And just because your church is exempt from taxes, you are not.

Here is a Reddit thread explaining this further[1].

And to put this into context relative to the thread, you cannot claim that your religion says burial on the moon is your highest honor and expect it to be taken seriously, when no one is taking the religion older than Christianity seriously, and it's obvious your religion doesn't really exist. The real legal world doesn't operate under video game logic where you just need a cheat code to hack the system.

[0]https://www.fidelislawfirm.com/how-and-why-religious-organiz...

[1]https://old.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQuestions/comments/184get7/...
I noticed Spotify does this as well for some podcasts. Like the literally personalize an audio ad to my location and it's part of the audio of the podcast.