skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
OnSemi had TPG as a majority shareholder for like 5 years and did very well out of it. Initially TPG ruthlessly focused on costs but eventually that allowed OnSemi to go on an acquisition spree, picking up LSI’s fabs in Gresham and another company I can’t remember.
Interested to see how it performs for Mandarin Chinese speech synthesis, especially with prosody and emotion. The highest quality open source model I've seen so far is EmotiVoice[0], which I've made a CLI wrapper around to generate audio for flashcards.[1] For EmotiVoice, you can apparently also clone your own voice with a GPU, but I have not tested this.[2]

[0] https://github.com/netease-youdao/EmotiVoice

[1] https://github.com/siraben/emotivoice-cli

[2] https://github.com/netease-youdao/EmotiVoice/wiki/Voice-Clon...
Facebook (and Google) buy your credit card transactions
Very cool project.

I learned WebGL three years ago but before I dove into the underlying concepts I used GPU.js [1] to quickly prototype my project. Eventually, the abstraction prevented necessary performance optimizations so I switched to vanilla GLSL and these vanilla GLSL "shaders" were initially ejected from GPU.js.

Writing JS code then looking at the generated WebGPU output is a great way to get familiar with WebGPU. Thanks for this.

[1] https://github.com/gpujs/gpu.js/
> It's $1000, most people have acess to that kind of money

"Most people" don't. I maybe do but it's at least half of my monthly income after tax & rent

Worldwide, iPhone user = rich person (and also almost any American = rich person). By being on App Store, Epic had access to those users. Then they lost millions of users after Epic left App Store. You reap what you sow.
I'm sure any number of Christian lunatics would love to remake America into Y'all-Qaeda.
The market for this core will be a lot smaller since Qualcomm will be using Oryon instead. I guess Mediatek will be happy.
Even then, you could probably quibble with whether the failure was "complete".
I thought the original idea was instead of having to download and run random JAR files for random Nokia or Erickson phones, wouldn’t it be nice to have an open handset alliance that would allow developers like Google to write their applications only once and it would work on all phones running android…
Just to check: is this game your personal work? That's what "Show HN" implies (see https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html).

(I ask because the first sentence reads to me as if the game came from a different place.)
You can somewhat work around this using Karabiner Elements. I map caps lock to esc (when tapped) and ctrl (when held) with a 'complex modification' rule that looks like:

{
"description": "caps_lock to left_control or escape",
"manipulators": [
{
"from": {
"key_code": "caps_lock",
"modifiers": {
"optional": ["any"]
}
},
"to": [
{
"key_code": "left_control"
}
],
"to_if_alone": [
{
"key_code": "escape"
}
],
"type": "basic"
}
]
}
Great! You’re having fun. I got a few odd surplus lenses but since I started photography by taking flower and landscape photos, the “optics lab” part never took flight.

Trying to keep things simple here.
This article is clearly written by somebody who doesn't really understand the subject... From the article -

> Boeing should arguably design a new narrow-body plane again based on the 737 Next Generation with higher efficiency and larger engines.

That is exactly what the 737 MAX is already. And that was a lot of the problem...
> If remote work boosts productivity in a substantial way, then it should improve productivity performance

Not necessarily given the methodology. For example, if remote work allows a worker to do their laundry in parallel where they would be otherwise unable to in an office, their productivity has increased, but the gains would not show up in the study. It observes industry productivity, not work productivity.
Almost like that scene from the movie Idiocracy
> And you claim that Epic should pay 30% to Apple, because "we are friends with rich people".

What?

> "is actually providing Epic a ton of value and profit" claim is completely bollocks

If it was true Epic wouldn't be clamouring so hard for App Store presence and iOS users. Epic is the first to admit that App Store provides a ton of value and profit. The whole rigamarole is Epic wanting it but paying less or nothing for it.

> there's (comparatively) very little money in iOS gaming.

According to whom? Epic filed a lawsuit because they were losing ungodly money after millions of iOS based gamers stopped playing Fortnite. What did they expect, users will start buy gaming consoles just for this? Sorry but that's ludicrous, there's plenty of other good games on iOS. Many of them also don't try to leech money off you or your kids like Fortnite.

> Can you point to any iOS-exclusive games that matter out there?

That's true of any big game, most games are released for multiple platforms because it'd be stupid not to do it if you can.
Isn't a big part of the strategy to have a fast core, do all the work quickly and spend most of the time in sleep. If you can do your work quicker you spend more time in sleep and save power?

I don't really care about my phone being faster, but I would always take better battery life.
This is an interesting point. Can anyone from the inside estimate the annual budget for Chrome? A billion sounds like a lot. That implies: 1b / 250k = 4,000 (expensive) developers. I guess at least 1,000 well-paid people are involved, so hundreds of millions sounds more likely.
Southwest has had a lot of pull with Boeing for a long time. It was a fight to get them to accept the glass cockpit in the 737NG.
Technogym
These M1s are gonna last a long time
The love for tailwind might be explained as mass psychosis.

It's like the coding version of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_mania
Introduction to PostgreSQL's Indexes
This is an example for context. We've got 3 cases: Obsidian (non-ide/electron/fast), vscode (ide/electron/slow-ish), sublime (ide/non-electron/fast). My point was that neither the electron not the ide part is an excuse for vscode not being responsive, because we've got counterexamples for each.
I really thought it was going to be something about a “Y axis” or “Y Axes”
If you end up using an X220 you will regret it. You’ll never be able to use a different laptop again. Absolute masterpiece for its time.
Maybe Jeff (or Mike) can kickstart offshoring journalists for the Washpost. (or B’berg) See how they like them apples.
If this will kill all bacteria and viruses, it would certainly also destroy the beneficial bacteria that forms our microbiome and that could have negative health effects in the long run. Has any research been done to check on this?
Kind of easy to forget the true innovation of Google chrome these days. I will try to remember this again any time I see an aww snap on my web browser because it would have been all tabs all windows dead at once before Google chrome.

Firefox only declared it completed electrolysis in 2018, nearly a decade after this comic.
> It's shit for work/life balance, it's shit for stress, your "boss" is nothing but a confluence of automated things that break fucking constantly and make your job harder for no benefit on your part, and if you do have good ideas, it's highly likely some jackoff with a business degree is going to copy your idea

ngl, this sounds like the life I had in startups as a sysadmin/devops/platform dev
Like I said…
I've been daily driving a 2013 MBP. After occasional memory upgrades, hard drive upgrades, and battery swaps this decade-young computer of Theseus runs great.

But the real reason I'm not upgrading is because of software compatibility:

1. This is about as new a machine I can get that runs Adobe CS6 & Lightroom with perpetual licenses. (F your subscription)

2. The new M machines do not appear to run the Intel-driven CAD software I currently run in Bootcamp, not even in emulation. (I'm not keen on owning 2 machines for my dayjob, nor wholly converting to Windows.)

Meanwhile my less mission critical software has gotten cheeky lately and started telling me my machine is too old. Spotify and Signal both refuse to update further and launch with big nastygram windows saying so. Wheeee.
$130,000 is for multiple people, not per person.
Having significant air movement (like an actual felt breeze) is really all we need, so I'd consider this an accesory. And this would be super nice anyway in places like elevators and restrooms which are rarely ventilated to a good level.
No, but this is the way it goes, new software will be written that will push current phone hardware to its limits, and then we'll start the cycle over again.
Because sterilizing lamp use UVC ( more than 250 nm ) that hare ionising radiation, they cause cancer in long / medium term and burn your eyes immediately. Recently I read about a party where "diversely intelligent people" used UVC sterilising lamps as light effect, with this result:

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/msnbc/bored-ape-yacht-club-eye-b...

This is not a scientific journal, anyway I read the article and it is mix of unrelated sources:

- a test on certain UVC wavelength radiation on MOUSES*

- a study of UVC filters for eye safety

That to conclude that we should use UVC as anti-virus measure. GREAT !!!

A critic to HN in general, not related to this specific post: lately I see a proliferation of posts related to pseudo scientific article, should be more simple to flag them, especially when, as in this case, could give really bad ideas to people easily convertible in series injuries.

What happen if some parent put UVC lamps in children rooms to save them from infection ?

Maybe matter of medicine and public health should be taken from reliable sources, not from VOX. Just my opinion.I'm waiting for someone suggest game rays next times, sure they are more effective for sterilisation.

P.S.
The more laughable part is when he use as reference an article from the '30s, when people could purchase objects made from really dangerous isotopes because there wasn't little or no clue about the effects of radiations in general.
In the '50s, some shop in USA had a x-ray machine to check if shoes was of the right dimensions.
I know this isn't exactly the answer to your question, but it's sorta adjacent and might be useful.

Pixel devices can run a number of Roms that go much longer than Google's support period (DivestOS, PostMarketOS, Lineage, etc). Older models can probably be found on sale from Google for ~$200 occasionally or even cheaper used, and with Lineage offer a really long support period on an OS that resembles AOSP with or without G Services.
Note to owner of getpolarized.io - Email OTP is not coming while clicking on Get Early Access.
What other things are you doing for 40 straight hours?
Life and its trappings are very precious. I once got slammed on here by some woke assholes for saying most people nowadays live better than John D. Rockefeller.

It’s like Sam Harris says, there are so many people who on their best day would choose to be you on your worst.

Value what you have
Ask HN: Do companies care if Google is on your resume?
Recently hired by Google... full-time temp contract position which is exciting for me, not really coding, but a technical position that required some training, and pay is a lot less than what I made at my last job, even after a negotation, but the experience of working for Google and being able to put the company on my resume is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, especially at my age.

I applied once.. years ago, didn't hear back, and I knew that dream died quickly. But I've worked a few jobs since then, and after applying to hundreds of jobs recently, hoping one would land and forgetting that I'd even applied, a rep called me to remind me that I had an orientation to attend with Google.

I had a few other interviews for coding positions and other non-tech industry positions and I could wait it out, but Google hired me immediately after I took a test and passed. And now I figure having Google on my resume, whether my time here lasts a month, three months, six months, or a year... it's a blessing to me no matter what.

Just looking out for the future, do companies actually notice or care if Google is on your resume?
The reporting about casualties from Gaza come from the Hamas. Are you seriously expecting them to let's say report that, donno, 25% of what they report as "children killed" are combatants? That is not a reasonable expectation. I think the reality is we don't know.

We have a war in a densely populated area. Many civilians are killed as a result of waging a war in these situations (and given the refusal of civilians to leave when given warnings). A large portion of the population is likely under 18 because families have a lot of children.

There is also a war being waged in the media and in social media where Israel seems to be losing. The actual facts of the matter and history for many of those commenting are not of great interest and the same points of argument are just repeated from whatever side you're arguing for. What do they say, truth is the first victim of war, or something like that.

Re: the CNN article the source is the UN which is biased against Israel and they've been saying starvation basically since a week into the war (e.g. https://apnews.com/article/israel-hamas-war-news-12-21-2023-... ). The UN isn't just biased but they're also not free to operate inside Gaza so they're really unable to report accurately even if they weren't biased. Who is "The UN"? It's China, it's Syria, it's North Korea, it's Iran, it's Russia, it's Saudi Arabia, etc.

I have not seen photos from Gaza that look like those in this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starvation The children in the CNN article don't look "starved". I don't doubt there is hunger and suffering but what we're seeing is mostly the weaponizing of their suffering against Israel to serve an agenda. Getting Israel to stop "its" war and allow Hamas to emerge as the winner of the conflict.

Just to be clear, the civilian population of Gaza should get access to food, as much as possible while a war is raging. However the motivation for many of the reports is primarily to attack and de-legitimize Israels' war. The casualty situation is similar, it is expected that in this kind of war there would be very high civilian casualties. The point of the critics is simply that Israel has no right to wage war to protect its citizens, i.e. it is not allowed to use violent means as a response to an attack on its citizens or to secure their lives. The criticism has been consistent since day 1 of this war when Palestinian casualties were significantly lower. When Israel warned Palestinians to move away from areas it was going to attack the UN declared that's impossible and even actively encouraged population to stay in targeted areas.

The elected government of Gaza, Hamas, has the most control over the condition of the Palestinians, and also bear the responsibility for the suffering of that population, from their decision to attack Israel to how they continue to wage the war till today. Egypt and the UN also bear some responsibility.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_child_suicide_bombers_b...

https://www.dci-palestine.org/child_recruitment

https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/mde150...

https://www.newsweek.com/hamas-using-child-soldiers-add-it-t...
I knew the name on Manifold as the creator of some of my favourite markets.
Pinprick attacks on Houthi pirates' positions won't solve the bigger problem
No, you can't expose people to UV light all day, they will get sunburns, skin cancer and lose their site.

Then there is the issue of whether UV light can kill airborne viruses soon enough after being exhaled so they are dead by the time someone else breathes them in.
> Have you ever gotten stuck with a monthly fee for something that's hard to cancel? It's a real pain the butt, no?

Not at all, credit card charge-backs are easy. I don't need Apple at all.

In fact, Apple acting as the intermediary makes things worse, because if I wish to dispute/chargeback a payment with a particular app, I have to do that to Apple, which could have unrelated negative effects on my other purchases through them.
Some memories of Niklaus Wirth - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38994457 - Jan 2024 (49 comments)
What if they lose the trust of the IT department that chooses which office ecosystem they’re in..?
I was reading this article and only at the end did it click that the author is a close childhood friend of mine, but we have since fallen out of touch. Love you, Lars, BT.
Have you released your flashcard app?
Thanks! We've moved the comments to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39036062, which has that article and an ongoing discussion.
You can still use your own custom classes with Tailwind.
Give your love away for free everyday. That's all I can say.
Makes me realize that my mom does not have nor wants a smartphone so hopefully hearing aids with non-app controls exist.
I've stockpiled a few W520 units, in case I ever need that upgrade step. The huge 170W power brick is the reason not to just move to it now, since I have a fleet of 90W AC adapters I've been using for everything since the T60.

I've also wanted to get X220, for more portable, but still matching keyboard. (I currently have some X200 units, with better displays than X220 usually has, but different keyboard layouts. They'll be a bit of work to sell, for the upgrade, since I'll have to replace the custom Coreboot that's on them.)
> Women, for the most part, just have to exist.

Curious how this is taken when you say it to a woman in person instead of online in a tech bro echo chamber?

> AI partners are going to completely upend society for both genders, and it's going to be a really really interesting time.

If there was a way to short this belief, I’d be the next Dr. Michael Burry.
I searched for that laptop and your blog [0,1] is the only result I found. I love it.

[0] https://jasoneckert.github.io/myblog/sparcbook3000st-the-coo...

[1] https://jasoneckert.github.io/myblog/sparcbook-teardown/
It's just an Anki deck.
What evidence are you referring to? Look at https://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/map/map.withimage.php... and see if you can the smoking gun, please
I'm daily driving a mid-2014 MBP 13 inch. It's got 16GB of RAM. I bought it used in 2019 for $500 (iirc)

Daily Final Cut Pro 1080 video editing, lightroom editing in a catalogue with 5000+ images from a Sony a7iii, web stuff, lots of document writing.

If it could edit 4k video, I would have no reason to upgrade, but I've been eyeing used M1 prices lately...
Whatever influence a non-elected person has over their police precinct should be equal to that of all the other non-elected people in that precinct. The voucher thing is like if you had a different sized influence based on whether you have a criminal record, since presumably you would then have a different relationship with the effects of that funding.

It's just not how democracy works.

(It is, however, how pre-revolution France worked, the revolution was as much about getting rid of the system of privileges as it was about getting rid of the king. I think we should think twice about the extent to which we legitimize the practice of treating different types of people differently.)
Research like standing outside?
If you didn't notice before, that was the case for around 10 years already. They laid the groundwork since the app stores began.
A new way of Apartment hunting (supereasyrent.com)
https://youtu.be/u2Hc5F4hJ60 has that quote and many others!
National Renewable Energy Lab Releases First Clean Energy Cybersecurity Report
> How much meaningful and interesting work do you think exists in this world?

If you're willing to take a salary cut, lots.
Steven Colbert and Anderson Cooper once had a wonderful, deeply human conversation about grief and loss, which also touches briefly upon Colbert’s mom losing two sons and her husband in a plane crash:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YB46h1koicQ

May you find similar comfort, one day.
Maybe the argument would be that Apple is actually charging more than 3% for payment processing and is continuing to charge the difference even when you use a third party payment processor, to discourage anyone from doing so. Which could provide a new chance to raise the issue of their high fees, if this is the first time Apple has tried to declare a split.

And doesn't Epic Games Store already do payment processing for third party game developers? We know they want to offer the whole store on iOS but if that isn't yet possible then you do what you can.
Linux distributions should build GTK with Vulkan
Offshoring has been a thing for a few decades now. So has the technology that facilitates remote work. So I don't think this is some new push for offshoring.
The concept is good [1], but the hardware is crappy.

There's a lot of fake junk out there. The fake junk comes in two forms - UV lights that emit in dangerous parts of the spectrum, and UV lights so weak as to be at "homeopathic levels".
Lamps that emit around 222nm are significantly more expensive than the wrong lamps.

Typical fake on eBay.[3]

Previously on HN: [2]

[1] https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-67211-2

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34794273

[3] https://www.ebay.com/itm/394713677079
The whole "name it what its purpose is rather than what it does" like "alert-danger" rather than "giant-red-text" seems to have been thrown out with a lot of Tailwind. It prefers chaos but chaos is so much easier to adjust outliers. Those 2 divs have double the spacing between them? Just take the mx-5 off of one! It's hideous but so easy. Constant find/replace all.
There is also advertising and cross promotion. I am also counting the opportunity cost of ads not sold because the spot went to Google Chrome.

Disclaimer: I’ve never worked at Google and have no insider information.
The lottery for the good schools is a recent thing isn't it? Your friend got into a good school because she tested into it.
That'd probably be much less expensive than the four RaspberryPi3b+ fleet I assembled for an otherwise virtualizable solution.
Fairytale Fables
Aside from being a player, I have no affiliation with this game. I just wanted to bring it to peoples' attention because it's fun, free, and has an interesting backstory.

(details below from memory, so don't consider this authoritative)

The game was released recently, and it's an auto-battler akin to Teamfight Tactics but with a fairytale theme. It is essentially a complete remake of the game Storybook Brawl which was created in part by Magic the Gathering veteran pros like Luis Scott-Vargas. Storybook Brawl was reported to be a favorite game of Sam Bankman-Fried, and FTX ended up purchasing the game from the original creators (in 2022, I believe). Right after this happened, the devs started to introduce some ideas about incorporating some kind of crypto nonsense into the game, and most of the community was turned off immediately. It was also already abundantly clear at this point what a fraud this guy was, and most of the community soured and turned away from the game. When FTX collapsed after the scandal, the servers were abruptly turned off, and the game was dead.

This "remake" is being developed by a single dev. There are still a lot of placeholder AI-generated type of assets, but they are doing a great job with balance and listening to the community. The community around the game is quite friendly and active on the game's Discord.

In any case, I know there is a large community of strategy-game players lurking here, so I wanted to bring this little-known game some attention. I've been having a lot of fun with it.
Oedipus Tex!

I saw his P.D.Q Back show many times at Carnegie Hall, with the New York Pickup Ensemble