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How about the opposite: PC-compatible non-x86 computers?

Like how the Transmeta Crusoe was an x86-compatible CPU... but moreso.

The Crusoe was a thing marketed as a "CPU", that was actually internally an SoC (with the CPU inside it being non-x86.) This SoC had its own internal RAM and storage, and booted itself into internal software that then emulated an x86 CPU. All of the "CPU" data pins on the Crusoe SoC, routed to the virtual CPU inputs and outputs of this software. So, as far as other devices in the system were concerned, they were speaking to an x86 CPU.

Did anyone ever try taking this concept further? Maybe in the context of an industrial embedded computer?

I could imagine someone taking e.g. a modern ARM SoC with onboard RAM + eMMC; setting it up to boot into e.g. Bochs to emulate a virtual x86 (CPU + BIOS + other memory-mapped ROMs + platform controller hub + IO controllers + timer chips + TPM + etc — all the stuff on an x86 motherboard) — and then just setting up the SoC's GPIO pins to directly expose all the virtual buses of that virtual motherboard. You could then take such a chip, and design a physical "motherboard" for it to sit in, that's just a bunch of ports (e.g. PS2) and slots (e.g. ISA or maybe very slow PCI) routing directly to the SoC's GPIO pins.

This would be a very effective strategy, I think, for producing low-cost host platforms for the many industrial-automation ISA cards that still exist. So I have a feeling some OEM has at least tried to do this.

Probably there wouldn't be enough GPIO pins for most busses — x86 CPUs have tons of pins compared to almost any other architecture. So I wouldn't consider it cheating to feed parallel busses out serially at higher clock rates than those busses natively run at, and then to require the use of an external ser/des chip or two to flatten the signals back out. As long as it's the SoC itself speaking the protocol and the chip is "dumb", I think that'd still count.

Also keep in mind that unlike with the Crusoe, an "x86-on-ARM SoC" wouldn't need to have GPIO fast and wide enough to talk to external DRAM — as any memory could be internal to the SoC without breaking the contract. So the main constraint bottlenecking the Crusoe's CPU performance, wouldn't apply here. This thing could actually perform decently well — possibly well enough to run hard-realtime industrial control software coded in the 1990s, and to speak to ISA cards built in the 1990s. Which is all it would need to be able to do, for the obvious use-case.
> In general, individuals voting with their wallets have limited reach, this is why people do things like join unions or co-ops

Correct. There are two problems here:

1. Apple won't let people install the software they want on their phones
2. Lots of companies want to get their software installed on your phone by whatever means to control it and turn it against your interests

Both of these are bad. The DMA fixes 1, but HN users consistently complain that in doing so it will prevent Apple from mitigating 2. But relying on a company like Apple to stop other companies from abusing users is not a reasonable state of things. People should, through collective action (probably a law) prevent this abuse. And the DMA does not preclude this.
That's not very typical!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m5qxZm_JqM
The device is running an Android app, rather than an OS and app optimized for an always-on device.

I wonder whether the power consumption is much lower than that of a regular tablet?
"Fabulously rich" is relative to your own biases. To be able to retire early in your 30's or 40's due to some luck in the startup lottery, even if its "just" a few million dollars, is "fabulously rich" by European standards.
I worry that this tool will rewrite code such that the security scanning tool can no longer detect the problem, but won't actually fix it (as above). This ends up being an adversarial system that makes it even harder to detect the vulnerabilities left behind. If the generated patches are reviewed by non-experts, these details will be missed.

Edit: To highlight a specific problem here: a classic target for SSRF is the instance metadata IP address[1]. This IP address is not on the generated blacklist. Worse you've made it harder to detect this problem in the future.

I don't want to recommend a fix here; you're selling the fix. You should consider hiring a security expert to determine if LLM is really up for this task.

[1] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/instance...
The texture sounds great but that flavor does not sound appealing.
Are you less safe on a 737 MAX than driving to the airport in a car? Genuinely curious, I’m trying to understand if this whole saga is statistically significant.
> It is

It is not, as explained by your own link. You should read your own link. Registering makes it enormously easier and nearly everyone will register prior to bringing a suit, but it is absolutely not required -- again, as your link clearly explains.

Furthermore, your point is academic because what people do in practice is simply register just prior to bringing a suit (after the infringement takes place)

> Service providers don't take things down in the absence of any proof of a copyright.

Yes they do - in fact the DMCA requires them to do so.

> You have unlimited time to register. It's not 5 years. You just need to register prior to bringing a suit.

The 5 years matters, but yes, this is why your point about registering is entirely without merit.
This study suggests there isn't a 75k plateau: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2016976118
Yup, it is unfortunately very common. Open `about:compat` in Firefox to see all of the cases where they work around site issues. Right now I count 32 user-agent overrides, 38 "Interventions" and 49 "SmartBlock Fixes".

IIUC "Interventions" are typically injected scripts or styles and "SmartBlock Fixes" are exceptions to tracker blocking.
For the most reliable info, you can look up your flight number in Flightaware or Flightradar 24 -- those use actual flight plan data, so will take into account any last minute aircraft changes.
You said that 2 minutes ago!
It really shouldn't matter. There are MANY Max variants, and the airlines have already taken the 'questionable' units out of service.
Would be cool if you can get a refundable flight and cancel last minute if it switches to a MAX.
The only major U.S. airline to not currently operate the MAX is Delta. Frontier, Hawaiian, JetBlue, Spirit, and SunCountry also do not operate it.
The one that specifically weirds me out is critiques about how prototypes and things in development aren't products. I mean this is __hacker__ news. Aren't a lot of us aware how shitty projects begin and how long it takes to turn something from an idea into a product? Or are we all disillusioned with get right hacking over the weekend? Like once a week we see something from a uni research lab and the top 5 comments are about how it doesn't beat current industry versions. Fwiw, all my reviewers in conferences are turning into Reviewer 2. I wonder if these are related. It just seems like people don't want context and want to complain instead of critique.
TLDR: money takes away the risk. When it's all upside, there is no risk, it's just a distribution of possible upsides.
> "democratic" would be upvotes & downvotes canceling each other out, which we already have.

Submissions can't be downvoted; we don't already have that.
Extending the Month to Infinity
Looks like the power draw could be almost double your 1660. Better check to see if you need an upgraded power supply.
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Active-active is when you don't have any replicas, you have just one data store and multiple 'engines' accessing it. So there is no replication, because there is nothing to replicate. So CockroachDB is definitively not active-active, despite their claims to the otherwise; what they call active-active is two-way synchronous replication, which is worse than asynchronous replication because of the latency and worse than Oracle RAC active-active because it's less fail-tolerant. In Oracle RAC your cluster is up and running even if just one engine is still alive, in CockroachDB approach when you lose majority of nodes the cluster goes down.
Obviously Oracle RAC active-active has it's own downsides, too, but it's another topic.
EDIT to expand: Think about a SQL transaction. In Oracle RAC it gets picked up by any of the nodes and is executed by this node. All the other nodes see updated data immediately. In CockroachDB the same transaction would need to be executed by each of the nodes separately plus the overhead of communication between the nodes.
Google Play is much less restrictive. You can download real Firefox from there, so there's no point using a different app store for that.

This might be a good side effect - to compete with other app stores (to discourage users from installing them), they might ease up the restrictions.
All from memory, so take it with a grain of salt:

In part it was kind of a vicious cycle, the dynamically typed scripting interface made it impossible to do any real changes to the C++ code, so towards the end of the project we were stuck between a rock and a hard place.

The scripting interfaces were direct mirrors of essential low-level engine C++ classes. Doing any changes to the C++ interfaces which were called by scripts wouldn't result in compiler errors but crashes at runtime.

Tcl scripts were also impossible to properly debug, and even performance profiling was kinda hard (most problems were not crashes or game logic bugs, but performance problems, where a script spent too much time in the script part and too little in the C++ part).

The *actual* main problem in hindsight was that we failed to think about and provide a proper "gameplay vocabulary" right from the start, e.g. identify and split the gameplay elements into small logic blocks which would be implemented in C++ and only combined / glued together via scripting. In typical arrogant junior coder fashion we mostly spent time down in the guts of the engine, and only paid little attention to the gameplay logic problems, that was something for the gameplay scripters to worry about.

Also, for the few 'senior people' on the team this was our second game project, and the first C++ project. And everybody else had no game development experience at all. We still shipped the game somewhat in time, so there's that ;)

PS: I guess the *actual-actual* problem was that I was a fan of "big idea" designs at the time ;) E.g. stuff like "everything is a Tcl-scriptable object", yes it might look elegant, but conceptual elegance only helps so much in real-world scenarios. It's much more important that a code base is malleable, and an entire game codebase built around a single "big idea" is usually not.
An electric heater is up to 100% efficient, the idea is to go beyond that with a heat pump — 200%, 300% or more.
I love this idea, I've got a ton of links that I was going to add to a post at some point. I like the idea of having a whole separate section on the blog for that, with a feed. Very cool, I'll have to find some time to add something like this to my site.
> most people don’t get significantly happier after 75k or so a year

I call hard bullshit. Without even considering luxury spending, just not having to think about money very often is incredibly nice, and $75k is nowhere near any kind of plateau on that.

At $75k you had damn well better still be tallying up how much money's going in your cart at the grocery store. Not having to do that for basic stuff anymore, not having to worry much about coupons or bargain-shopping and just being able to say "I need this, or at least it would be very nice to have" and get it, no worry, no saving, no waiting for a sale, is such a GIGANTIC load off one's mind.

Car breaks? Take it to the shop, any plausible bill won't trash your budget for the month, let alone the year. Water leak? Yeah you could fix the drywall... but if you really don't feel like it this time, or are busy, you can just have someone else do it and the bill won't sting that bad. Groceries? Barely even pay attention to the total. Need some particular clothes for some purpose? Just buy them, and decent ones that won't look like shit and do fit right, at that. Kid breaks their arm? The cost barely even crosses your mind (it'll suck, but you'll be fine).

It is SUCH a relief.
Out of curiosity, what do you tell them?
Samsung just happens to be in commodity chip making. Don’t worry, the chip bosses will get together for a bottle of Soju, do some racketeering, SSDs and RAM will be expensive again but profits are going to be back.
I've wondered about these - why don't they do the same split that HVAC pumps use? It seems really bizarre as a design. Components would also mean replacing the tank would be more cost effective and circuit routing would be easier.
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Ask HN: Where Are the Super-Apps?
I’m visiting other countries where they have super-apps [0] for government services, managing one’s personal info, shopping, etc. Yet in the US I’ve been hard pressed to find such conveniences. Uber is the closest I can think of. Where are the rest?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super-app
Euthyphro Dilemma
Given that the last Carta scandal their response was to amplify their owns candal by sending everyone a link to their weird ranty medium article about how the mainstream media is bad, I will give them credit for at the least not responding that poorly this time. I mean, not that the response is great but it's better than going door to door to all their customers and shouting in their face "hey, did you know I'm in the middle of a scandal? I'm being scandaled right now! Would you like to learn more about how I screwed up?"
does not seem 'cringeworthy'. which part? isn't 'cringe' a subjective reaction, anyway? what business does the news have in talkin' bout, pop music?
Last weekend I got free beers for knowing the band on a bartender's shirt. We shot the shit about music while I waited for my friends. Made my day.

Pubs started as "public houses". What's the point if you don't know the regulars? Why go out?

Imagine Cheers with robo Ted Dansen. (Actually, that might be awesome, for very different reasons...)
Famously 'X' is able to hide content in certain locations and hacker news comments have to stand on their own.
Eli Lilly cracks down on weight loss drugs Zepbound for 'cosmetic' reasons
this looks like this is specific to PHP? does this imply the existence of variable variable variables?
Lol, I still don't know if that interview is a comedy sketch or real.
That’s how it starts.

I remember when we could connect with people we hadn’t seen in decades on the newfangled thing called Facebook…how cool it was…

That was 2004, a much simpler time…

Fast forward fourteen years…what was Cambridge Analytica?

Please refresh my memory. Fakebook is soooo cool…
True. Generally when I looked into those, the reviews focused on the poor build quality, high prices, and limited software. But it was a couple years ago, though, so I bet they are doing better now.

I think for my next phone I’ll look into them again. I like Linux. I like tinkering with my computer. I don’t really enjoy the smartphone form-factor that much, so I’m worried that I won’t enjoy tinkering on my phone as much, so I’ve got somewhat tepid feelings there. But we’ll see how things evolve.
> Presumably their role is not to sit in meetings all week

It is if they’re being entirely booked with meetings.

If I were OP, I’d absolutely bring this up to my manager, but I wouldn’t simply just acquiesce and work nights/weekends just to keep up. Time management is only on me if I’m given a chance to complete my tasks in the allotted time —- if I’m not given the time, that’s the company’s fault, not mine.
Find a hobby that you de-stress with others with so even though you're not fun at the beginning of the class/session, by the end of it you've screamed your frustration out and are pleasant to be around. Make friends at the end of this de-stressing event.
Resilience: Stay strong when you're product launch isn't going well.

Resilience: Stay strong when you're a working single mother struggling to pay rent and feed your kids.

The techno-twitter teeth grinders would have you believe these are the same. They are not.
Yeah that will never happen in Europe. It’s too top down and the workers are rarely given significant shares.
I mean it doesn't matter that much, excluding sunshine insulation is insulation.
This really puts into perspective how much the 1.21 GW that the delorean used.
What languages do you think it could realistically eat (that it hasn’t already)?
I've heard a lot of people say this in these comment threads, and I think this glosses over the actual issue: safety is getting worse, not better or even staying the same. So it's MORE statistically significant than it was. The trend is heading the wrong way.

Air safety going down is a trend you want to stop ASAP. Not wait around until it's just as dangerous as something else like driving your car.
I think the Victor still looks futuristic, menacing, and strangely beautiful. A Buck Rogers fantasy brought to life.
Sorry, I'm honestly not trying to be snarky, but what's amazing here? `man git-daemon` displays:

> git-daemon - A really simple server for Git repositories

So you can "use git locally, without a server"... by using a server?

Btw you don't need a daemon at all. You can just use file URLs.
The MAX is far safer than driving at this point.
Cue John Goodmans speech from "The Gambler"

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2039393/quotes/?item=qt2347398&...

(Warning, 4 letter words.)
What isn’t significant about Boeing consistently failing in the construction and quality of the 737 MAX? How does comparing it to driving to the airport prove anything? Scratch that, it proves nothing. What are you getting at?
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“Home-grown” my ass. So much of this plane was built on IP theft, it’s kind of a joke in the aerospace industry. This is the difference between western intelligence agencies vs Chinese intelligence agencies, who use IP they steal to help their domestic companies.

1 - https://www.industryweek.com/the-economy/article/21118569/ho...
> e.g. your game sells for $20 on average and you sell 12,500 per month you’ll only end up paying about $1350 or 0.54%. On a yearly basis that’s extremely cheap compared to Unreal.

Plus 40k per year for the 20 devs that you face even if you don’t ship.

But sure, unreal is a bad choice for shovelware and garbage mobile games.
That is really bad misinformation statistically speaking. The "Max" aircraft (all variants) have literally many millions of miles of safe flight. If anything, it is the most scrutinized commercial aircraft in all of history.
What if they just built batteries into the base of turbine? And it could become a base load power source by smoothing its output.
Really bad UI. Clicking on the placeholder text in the textbox doesn't do anything. I thought it was broken until I just starting clicking randomly and found that clicking outside the placeholder text works.
I will guess that the two industries are agricultural machinery and transportation.
That is "fabulously rich" by my standards too. My point is that the existence of the "startup lottery" is relatively recent in Silicon Valley history, and therefore cannot explain why Silicon Valley has the advantage it does.
“Python code runs 15% faster and and 20% cheaper on azure than aws, thanks to our optimized azurePython runtime. Use it for azure functions and ml training”

Just a guess at the pitch.
The ones that are known to be questionable so far, you mean?

They never seem to identify the questionable ones until after something goes to shit.
I first heard the $75k number in the 90s when you could buy a house for twice that. I think that number is due for an update because of inflation.
KYC! Child abusers! Terrorists!

It is perfectly right that moral, legal citizens share all their online data, all the time, with our ever-loving government. /s

What could possibly go right?
At 90 years, her metabolism is much slower.
> I quickly tire of being hit on the head over and over with an author's novel-length not-so-thinly-veiled self-help message that perhaps should have been an opinion piece or short article.

Would you like a cup of tea and a chat?
And https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stipa-Caproni.

Airbus Beluga, perhaps, as well?
Aviation is safe. An issue happened and appropriate steps have immediately happened and in the end an already incredibly safe industry will be even safer. If a car has an issue we don't blink and we loose nearly 40k people a year in the US alone, but a plane has an issue and we panic. Yes, panic. This is not rational or helpful and is a huge reason why aviation is so antiquated. You want flying cars? Stop panicking at statistically minor issues. Panic and fear are why it was easier to heavily modify the already massively modified 737 design to create the 'max' instead of just designing a new plane. It is nearly impossible to bring innovation to market because of panic and fear. Over reporting and sites like this are increasing fear and panic when we should instead be celebrating a system working as it should.
>those use actual flight plan data, so will take into account any last minute aircraft changes.

But at that point it's too late. I doubt people are that afraid of 737 Max that they'll cancel a flight (and forfeit their ticket) over it.
The head-on view is particularly badass. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Handley_Page_HP-80_Victor...
Or use mypy.