skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> we shouldn't try to help protect hundreds of millions of users

No need. Market is functioning reasonably well, as Android, PineOS, FirefoxOS, and similar alternatives exist.

Just because someone purchased a product doesn't mean they were coerced into the purchase. Apple products still function fine and legally, if not ongoing service isn't exactly ethically run by the company management.
Thanks for the kind reminder, I have modified them
Game Builder Garage looks really interesting, thanks for the suggestion.

Do you have any experience with Dreams on PlayStation, for comparison? My son and I have been using and enjoying Dreams but I do feel that he would be better off with something a step down in terms of complexity and challenge. GBG looks like it could be the sweet spot.
I guess it may boil down to what is considered "infidelity".
> It sucks but apple laptop cpus and mobile cpus dominate anything else out there. I wish there were more competition. And their margins are massive.

Ryzen 7940HS and 7945HX are fairly close to the M3 16 core, if they had actually been able to build them on the same node, and if AMD were willing to shell out for the same die size, it's likely that they could have achieved or exceeded the uplift.
You don't need an AI boyfriend. Just buy a console and a headset and you could talk to an infinite amount of real (mostly) male people, many of whom would be very interested in a female on the mic.
Oh bollocks - looking at the Learn to Code From Zero link and it looks like just a modern version of those old "Learn to program a game in BASIC" books that were everywhere in the 80s when I was a kid.
> He moved to some launcher [...]. As I understand it, using a launcher prevents you from using the Google Play Store, so you're not buying apps.

I'm going to chalk it up to you not knowing about Android, but swapping launchers is basically changing your home menu, it doesn't affect Play Store access and you'll likely need it to buy the Pro version of certain launchers, the most common one being Nova Launcher Prime[0]. And if he did something more drastic, like changing to custom ROMs (akin to OS images), then Play Store access is up to him.

And honestly, I don't think Google free apps and services coming and going will impact app ownership numbers. Android being more popular in low income, developing countries (with big population numbers) will have a bigger impact overall.

[0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoils...
You won't find a new one. If you want a car made newer than the last 10 years you would need to look at models sold into fleets which would limit you to basically work trucks/vans and base model ford and GM sedans and subcompacts.

Last time I was car shopping base trim ford fiesta's were under $10k and came with a manual transmission, no power windows, no power locks, no cruise control and a standard double DIN radio. Made less than five years ago.
All I need is Bluetooth and/or AUX. Head units get crufty and are hard or impossible to upgrade, unlike my phone on a magnetic mount.
> equal levels of dissatisfaction

Women usually complain about not being able to find “good” men, though, while men report not being able to find _any_ women.
Is there a point where escapism is bad for humanity.
I walk my dog everyday. Now that it's a little colder, it's even more noticeable. But I'll walk by an apartment building with hundreds of people and I'll see one or two people on the trail. Forget younger generation. Today I walked by a park with a perfect tobogganing hill. And saw 4 kids, out of a neighbourhood that probably has hundreds of kids.
If more people left the house, you know simultaneously, maybe, just maybe they would find real girlfriends.
I visited a local island with a now boarded up building. I later found out it was a dance hall early last century.
And this dance floor could probably fit a thousand people.
I want to go back ...
Anyone remotely familiar with operating system design can tell you that desktop and mobile operating systems have massive differences with respect to security. "macOS, Linux and Windows are not sufficiently "well-designed" OSes for this purpose" is exactly the case.
I mean, you can look at dating app statistics. Women get to be (or have to be, depending on how you look at it) much choosier than men
Yep, same boat. I didn't realize the S10 went out of support last year. Other than the battery having less charge, it works well. Wonder how much longer it is safe to use?
Perhaps podcasts have broader appeal, but I always thought that talk radio was a good proxy for podcasts. I’d guess that only 1 in 20 people had a talk radio show they routinely listened to growing up pre-podcasts, and a smaller subset of that was engaged enough to not miss an episode. It felt popular, but still niche within the set of reasonably popular interests.

It would surprise me a lot if the switch to the internet as a medium changed the fundamentals much here. It’s probably easier to discover new podcasts than it was to find new talk radio shows, but does that really move the needle enough to justify the VC funding in this space?
Is the Tesla Cybertruck a Dud? An Experienced EV Reviewer Thinks So
Despite the EU ruling, yes! Linux exploded during that time, to the point it is the most run OS on the planet. Apple came to maturity. And so forth.
Had to be from a fellow Brazilian!
> On to the nextverse

On to Versai.
Those are good articles. I don’t think the numbers support non-monogamy as a major cause - men are not looking for “relationships or casual dating”, and things like poly communities are quite small outside of a few big US cities. The stat that 20% of gen Z identifies as queer is pretty fascinating. That’s going to be a big voting bloc in a few decades.
I think it depends on the person.

Personally, if my partner is seeking other companionship in this vein through just speech or text, AI or not, I would feel bad.

Depending on the situation I may feel cheated, and/or inadequate. Communication is key in relationships. If somebody is going out of their way to seek out something like this IMO, they are seeking something their partner is not bringing, right?
I'm with the hypothesis Y stands for yuè (钺).
Getting them tested together is a good idea, thanks!
https://www.facebook.com/help/794535777607370#custom

> Advertisers may get information from you (like your email address) when you interact with them outside of Facebook, like if you make a purchase in their store or create an account for a rewards program. They can create a hashed list with that information and upload it to Facebook. We can match users using the list to help the advertiser reach people who may be interested in their business and without Facebook learning any new identifying information about you.
> Epic's goal here isn't about whether Apple charges 99% or 1%

Epic's goal is to pay lower platform fees to Apple and Google, presumably lower than the (30%?) platform fees they pay to Nintendo.
> How is my real boyfriend supposed to feel about an AI boyfriend?

Probably relieved. Having someone doing the listening and thoughtfully responding reduces his romantic workload. He can step in where the AI is weak: flesh based tasks such as sex and menial chores.

Your real boyfriend may have to use AI assistance of his own though, to keep up with your virtual beau. For instance he might deploy a LLM trained to talk dirty during sex.
The camera app on my Android phone pings Facebook every time it starts up despite me not having an account to use any of the Facebook integration. Presumably the lib does the same in many other apps.
This tracks my experience.

My 2008 mini had an iPod adapter. The Bluetooth feature only supported BT calling. No GPS or touchscreens, plenty of knobs and physical switches.

My 2012 Ford had Sync 2 which added Bluetooth audio for music, but otherwise only had a three line LCD for status

The only modern feature I would really miss is adaptive cruise control, otherwise this is my sweet spot for auto tech
Old folks arguing about who is older -- name a more grumpy exchange!

Sounds like yall should get a beer and hash it out.
I've driven in blizzards with FWD and snow tires successfully many times. However, after having driven AWD for many years now, I greatly prefer the traction it provides and I'd rather not downgrade.
Mazda CX-90
Yeah, but in this case, they intentionally understaffed / underpaid the people doing the assembly, and the design is fundamentally flawed.

In practice, if a car recall required retorquing every bolt, the manufacturer would probably just declare them totaled instead of doing the repairs. All recently built Boeings require that level of recall. (737s, Max or not, military models, etc have all been having these issues due to willful manufacturing negligence that Boeing initiated 5-10 years ago)

With the MAX, they also probably should change the wing and engine geometry and replace the control electronics while they’re at it.

Scrapping the existing ones and discontinuing the line is looking more and more reasonable over time.
I believe Mazda is the mainstream brand with the most recent botnet-free cars. Definitely double-check but I'm pretty sure they only started adding internet connectivity in the 2019 model year. They also emphasize physical controls, but AWD is hard to find in this vintage.
Scratch is great. Let me also plug using an LLM to help code a game; I got good mileage on an Arduino project with my son by having him talk to the ChatGPT app and pasting the resulting code into the IDE. Great experience for everyone.
Got this for 11mo old daughter. She likes to play with books, but doesn't have the dexterity to push the button with a finger quite yet. She can with her palm though - would be nice if the buttons were somehow easier to press.

Otherwise fun toy!
It falls short on your 3d request, but for someone new to things I'd go down the pico-8 rabbit hole.

There are some really spectacular (given the limitations) 3d games, but they're the exception. However, the IDE is built-in, it's basically lua, and you can load/view/edit the source code for all the published games.

https://www.lexaloffle.com/pico-8.php

Some newcomer-friendly tutorials: https://nerdyteachers.com/PICO-8/Bitesize_Games/
Depending on your other requirements, you may get lucky with visidata to use Python in a spreadsheet.
While many Gen Z women identify as bisexual, very few are actually dating women. Most bisexual women have never dated or done anything sexual with a woman.

It's a fallacy to assume because a man can get with women, he is not emotionally stunted. Plenty of women are dating/sleeping with emotionally stunted men by their own admission and complaints. Many of the attributes it takes to get with a lot of women (especially arguably the most important: be hot) have very little correlation with being emotionally intelligent or a good person/partner to women. Hence the many "f-boy" archetype experiences many women have and complain about.
I’m surprised no one suggested this. I haven’t tried it but would Roblox Studio be an option?
It is already legal to run whatever software on whatever device you want, what you actually want is to force Apple to make it easy for you.
Confusingly, "Thou" (thousandth) and "mil" (mille, Latin for thousand) are the same thing: 0.001". Thou is definitely more common, but mil persists for film thickness, e.g. 4 mil trash bags are made from 0.004" plastic film.

In precision machining, you'll also hear "tenths" (one tenth of a thou or 0.0001").
I have a hard time figuring this out too. I have resorted to looking at benchmark scores for comparing mobile CPUs.
I use a combination of Trello and the iOS Reminders app to organize everything. Trello is helpful for brainstorming different categories of tasks. The Reminders app is a simple way to schedule action items.
Sigh. We all know what they mean. And the Betteridge quip is a meme that has been empirically falsified, I don't know why people keep bringing it up ad nauseum on HN.
This looks cool. What's the history behind the company - is it independent?
I think part of the problem, is if the board fires the CEO for doing a bad job, that suggests the board did a bad job in hiring them in the first place. So it is in the personal self-interest of board members to try to play down the CEO's mistakes, to save their own face.

Whereas, a lower-level manager – if you hire 10 people to work for you, and one of them turns out to be a bad hire, people may think you still made a good decision with the other 9. Whereas, the board only really has one hiring decision to make – the CEO – so if they make a bad decision there, they don't have anyone else to point to.

For smaller firms and startups this is less of an issue, because even if the CEO turns out to be a disaster, likely few will ever hear of it–so it has less potential negative impact on board member's individual reputations. Whereas, for megacorps, if a CEO makes a mess, everybody hears about it, and board members are more likely to be asked about it when being considered for future board positions.
Caveat Emptor: Some of the links to books are bad. For example, number 24, The Phoenix Project links to a cliff notes style summary of the book, with this warning buried in the description: "Please Note: This is key takeaways and analysis of the book and not the original book."
Corolla
Maybe a commercial vehicle. If small enough.

Otherwise buy or fix an older vehicle. Or go nuts doing an EV conversion.
Let me take a breath and not get salty about the internet service options available to my parents.
Ban non-profit hospitals all together.
Oh hey I'm trans too and I was literally just about to pop in to respond in a nearly identical way! Yeah, having to answer the same set of questions, that aren't particularly interesting or bond-generating to you, over and over, just creates a really annoying barrier to interact with people. It's apparently a really common experience in a lot of marginalized communities. So it really can sometimes just be easier to have something to get the rote questions out og the way so you can get to more meaningful personal interaction.
I don't use the apple podcast app but I can verify I subscribe to 3-4 podcasts I rarely listen to. One is a news discussion podcast. Every episode is 1hour they post 7 days a week. Another is Escape Pod (scifi stories). I love but I rarely listen. There's probably over 100 back episodes on my app. There's also a few music podcasts that update 1-3 times a weeks each. Once in a while I'll play a few but never enough to catch up with what I've downloaded.

I suppose I should turn them off but I'm always thinking I might listen
Scratch and Roblox, all the way
I'm not sure that's true - temperature is a big factor that's uncorrelated with mileage, as is how frequently the battery depletion beyond the optimal level. There may be other things - I don't own an EV yet so I'm not particularly current on it,
In general, men and women are single at the same rate, about 31% for the population 18 and older. The gaps are found when you look into demographic information.

According to Pew Research data from 2020, in the 18-29 age group 51% of men are single compared to 32% of women. The ratio improves in the 30-49 age group where 27% of men are single compared to 19% of women. 50-64 has the smallest gap where 27% of men are single compared to 29% of women. When you look at 65+, 21% of men of single compared to 49% of women.

In other words, women have more success finding a partner until about 50, when men begin to have more success.

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/08/20/a-profi...
The point is obviously that the app developer should be able to host the app themselves, or have some other third party do it who charges lower fees, not that Apple should have to do it for free.

"Use Apple's store or those customers can't buy your app" is forcing people to sell on Apple.
Meh.

Nassim Taleb and others are right.

Imperial -- having been honed by people actually doing things with their hands and sensing things with their own senses -- is better.
I think the assertion was “at least as good,” not better. Most of the women I know aren’t gold diggers but are looking for people to have a meaningful relationship with, and it’s hard for a graduate educated woman to have that with a community college dropout.

Given males are doing worse year over year educationally and presumably career wise as a result, fewer men are meeting the standard - at least among their age cohort. It sounds like women are dating and marrying older men as a result.

But honestly, fertility rates don’t worry me, and shouldn’t worry anyone. We have enough people. More than enough. A flattening or even decline would ease a lot of pressure on our planet and our social institutions that are both buckling under the load. The GDP growth through population growth model doesn’t value per capita value creation, and we should be optimizing for per captia growth.
Both are easily doable by AI (At superhuman levels too). Its just that current AI is far better at generating pretty woman than writing convincing and engaging Christian Greys (Not to mention the politically correct barriers filters)
"Google's lawyer highlighted Epic's willingness to pay the same 30% commissions to Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo for transactions on gaming consoles previously in the trial."

https://game8.co/articles/latest/epic-believes-nintendo-sony...
Thank you. In summary:

“There is nothing new in Pyongyang, but—and here, I agree with the authors—recently, there has been an increase in this kind of violent language.

This recent propaganda increase has nothing to do with a policy shift after Hanoi, but the timing is related to the coming US presidential elections. In the run-up to Hanoi, the North Koreans had hoped that President Trump—whom they considered the weakest link—would give in to their requests. Although they did their best to minimize the State Department’s influence on Trump (see Stephen Biegun’s interview with Arms Control in 2021, at that time, Trump did not agree to their demands. I do not think Pyongyang believes it can influence the outcome of the US presidential elections. But it surely believes that a Republican victory (preferably with Trump, but even with some of the other Republican contenders) would give North Korea a second chance to further its objectives. I thus believe that Pyongyang (following a well-established negotiating pattern employed, e.g. in the run-up to the Olympic Winter Games of 2018) will continue to increase tensions until after the US elections, but that at the height of tensions, it will finally be willing to re-engage with a Republican Administration in the hope to get sanctions relief, some sort of acceptance of their nuclear program, and—as main objective—a reduction or even complete withdrawal of US troops from the Korean Peninsula.”
Ah, DLC is an excellent point that didn't occur to me. I was only thinking of entire games.
> Most people don't want to live in a lowest common denominator world

Most of the HN crowd may indeed be like that. Meanwhile the rest of the world wants devices easy to understand and use, devices that get out of their way as much as possible.

I’d even argue Apple’s design decisions forcing everyone to use their devices The Right Way (tm) is beneficial to even devs, by preventing the technically possible but slightly non-optimal use cases devolving into increasingly unoptimal hacky and clunky use cases, creating tension between the design of the product and what it’s used for, leading to dissatisfaction. Apple devices proactively resist being used outside of their purpose, and this is a good thing. It provides a clear mental model to the user for what it is and what it does, resulting in peace of mind (low cognitive load).

I know this is controversial but whatever, I don’t care.
It's there because it is an amazing book. I sent you an email saying "thank you" and I will echo that again here; thank you for sharing your passion and your pain with the world.
Seems closely related to the topic of browser printing that was up earlier.

My kingdom for an open standard (HTML) that can also be print-perfect (PDF) with good document header/footer/footnote and page numbers
Does he Minecraft?

Get him started with combining mods for Minecraft. Then he’ll learn about collisions, debugging.

Then there are scripts for Minecraft mods to modify items/recipes.

Eventually that will be too limiting, at which point you throw him bodily into InteliJ and see if he floats.
Check out Kodu Game Lab; it was a Microsoft Research project from a number of years ago, and is still maintained. Your son won't need to learn a language, but he will learn some of the core concepts from a visual paradigm.

https://www.kodugamelab.com/
aha. We use dalle3. Although it is a bit expensive, the effect and understanding are great.
I wonder what kind of post mortem an organization the size of Google does to get even a 1% insight into why things are slow and broken instead of firing people and repeating velocity, agility and nimbleness on a rosary.

Velocity requires years of investment in building better tools and processes, a culture with less meetings and more work, an itch to make things happen but also enough lulls to recover and most importantly learning from past mistakes and reducing repeats.
I think used car lots are the biggest users, per se - like a CarFax situation. I think a lot of the relevant data can be pulled off the car's monitoring post (i forget the acronym).
Political instability ideally takes the form of holding the government accountable for serving their corporate overlords rather than regular Canadians.

I don't think there's a party that represents my interests, but the NDP or Communist party (is this the big C you're referring to?) probably are the closest.

NDP is the only one likely to have any influence, but they aren't willing to put forth a serious critique of capitalism in their fight for social equity. Even if they won a majority, I don't think they'd make a dent in the housing crisis.
Seems promising. What do you like about them, and is there a particular year you'd recommend?
They do, at least on Samsung phones and tablets. It's in settings.
It's just him so far. Built in his spare time over the last several years.
I don’t think FDS invalidates my point. Misandrists are real, so are misogynists, incels are real and so are femcels. My comment was giving a resource for femcels.
> Apple has a monopoly on the social status associated with their devices, and leverages the monopoly in many unscrupulous and toxic ways.

Status-signaling consumer products are always overpriced. It's what makes them useful as status signals. You used to buy expensive impractical clothes to show you could afford to buy expensive impractical clothes. Now you buy Apple devices to show that you can afford to buy overpriced tech.

If you bring the price of the status symbol down to a more natural level it ceases to be a status symbol.

Apple's defense of their control over the platform (and the higher-than-necessary prices they charge) isn't destructive to consumer welfare, it's the very thing consumers are paying for.
Do you have a source for the growing numbers? On all accounts it seems to have plateaued, and even slightly down in the past 5 years - https://www.techrepublic.com/article/ios-vs-android-market-s...
This is probably survivorship bias. We've known how to teach well on paper for a while, we're just learning what screens can do.
When I was briefly homeless and living out of my car, I didn't have any trouble parking at a highway rest stop for the night (where all the truckers did the same thing).
In which case social constructs are technology too.
Unironically agree, gestured at this too