skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
How many million are we talking about? Because if you cash out for 4 million, 2 million of that is a decent new house in a major city, and not some water front property, but a cookie cutter above average new build. Now you have 2 million left, which, to be honest, if you are just living off of index fund earnings, isn't all that much. Figure 7% growth per year, and you need to set aside 3% of that to grow the fund, you are stuck with 80k a year left to live off of, in a major city, and this is all ignoring taxes.

10 million in the bank and you can start to "be secure".

Though it all depends on what QoL you want in retirement. I know a guy who retired early and happily spends 70% of his time playing video games. He avoids bougie foods and goes on a couple of nice trips every year.
What are you basing this observation on? I haven't seen any significant improvement in photography or cinema lens performance over many decades. The principles have been understood for 150 years, and using ray-tracing software is standard since the 70s. Cheap lens systems in phones got a lot better, and digital sensors are much more sensitive than film though.
Gmail will helpfully underline a third of my words as being wrong.
> Within 20 years Ethereum will be used as a global coordination and settlement layer

Of course it won't

> and is well on its way to achieving that.

Of course it isn't

> But whatever helps you sleep better at night.

Well, we all know what lullabies you sing to yourself
Ignorance, confusion, incompetence, neglect.

Most of those are "your fault." We all make jokes about "stupid users" as these are responsible for thinking for themselves.

LLM however literally produces and conveys formed "thoughts". Due to the variance of minds and the nature of consumer society some consider bad LLM negligent on behave of their creator.

This interpretation is philosophical such that one side (which I agree with, Randian and all) says stupid is as stupid does and individuals are wholly responsible for what they do based on any input (LLM, encouragable friend, or otherwise), and other sides believe civilization only stands where party's influencing one and other (for commercial purposes particularly) are in some way responsible for accuracy and socially stable influence.

Who's right? The real question is, which world do you want to live in? One supporting darwinian competence or social standards?

Linux is only a tool that does what you tell it. LLM is a tool which people may do what it tells them.
I am thinking quite practical: do I prefer the internet over dying from smallpox or appendicitis, for example?

The added benefit of the internet for mass collaboration isn't that much in the data... why hasn't productivity exploded upward? Why hasn't medical progress gone through the roof? Scientist collaborated long before the internet. Quite strong progress was made without it.
I think it would be better if you just red my comment more carefully.

Nowhere I called them "hunter-gatherers". That's something YOU wrote. You took words "hunter" and "gathered" and created in your mind "hunter-gatherer" which is completely different because it has a specific meaning.

People are still hunting and still gathering to this day. This does not make them hunter-gatherers. Hunter-gatherers describe a civilisation that is primarily concerned with hunting because they do not farm anything. These people were clearly farming, but farming does not exclude hunting or gathering.

The pottery, bones, compost and manure do not indicate advanced knowledge of farming. This just describes a dumping ground of a pre-industrial civilisation. That's pretty much all of the garbage they had. And they had to throw it somewhere and that somewhere was around them where the fields were.

I am not saying they didn't have any knowledge, but saying they had advanced knowledge is just jumping to conclusions.
> Those dialects are a 15 minute train ride apart.

This prompts questions on the linguistic fallout of infrastructural development.

Presumably the train line is more direct and faster than any previous land (or sea) connection. In what year was the train line built ? And, how far apart in travel time were the dialects before then ? And, has there perhaps been an academic study of the effect over time of the train line on the relationship between the dialects ?
You don't need AGI to be able to implement abusive policies. But it definitely helps if you want to be able to do it at a scale humanity is not in a position to cope with. Stable dictatorships are a very likely outcome of such technology. Also in places where we currently do not have dictatorships.
>one that can afford an iPhone probably can afford your app

If I afford something doesn't mean I should buy. I grew up being poor and I earn my living working hard. Throwing money is not a good option for me.

Also, in what world affording a damn phone does make you rich?
It could be but doesn't have to be energy positive. You cant put sunlight into oil tankers but you can turn it into crops and make stuff from the crops (like ethanol)
Maybe it's "easy", but it's a lossy process. You lose all your purchased iOS apps, and have to manually buy the same apps (assuming they're available) on Android. If you watch the "See the steps" video, the fine print notes that Google can only "transfer" free apps that have direct equivalents (that is, released by the same developer) on the Play Store.

Your iMessage history disappears; Google can't transfer that to your Android phone. They claim to be able to transfer SMS/MMS history, which surprises me: I'm not sure how they accomplish that. I'm sure there's a ton of other user data that they also can't transfer. (Speaking of iMessage, any group chats you were in are now broken.)

Google of course has an interest in telling people that switching is easy and painless. It's not, though.
Ah, that is good to hear. Can foreigners enter a 'western' like rent agreement ?
Oh come on, you knew he used the wrong word… This isn’t any better, you know. Some people would see this as patronizing.
> or just get rid of microsoft in the workplace

We tried. Managemen and sales _love_ Microsoft Office. Guess who has the money and makes purchasing decisions ?
In the mean time we have to live with (the new and improved) PSpice forgetting its settings from one day to the other.
Or with (rolls drum) Teams.
The odds of succeeding with VC is even tinier. It’s just that the media hype up the lottery winners so VC continues to have companies wanting their money.
Quite intriguing
I am not entirely sure, but it seems they chose to return a null pointer:

https://github.com/ziglang/zig/commit/32e0dfd4f0dab351a024e7...
Oh, didn't know about that and I've been using Executor for years! How do you go about doing that?
You can say the same about individual US states more or less. Rolling out every innovation nation wide is not necessarily the optimal goal..

Of course comparing the entire US with tiny individual European countries is always silly.
I learn (making games for the Playdate)
I liked how after killing dozens or hundreds of people you would get cut scenes where the protagonist complains about how terrible it is to do such things. Dude you just murdered a village then skinned every animal within a kilometre, I think you've gone beyond thinking about the moral implications at this point.
And if it doesn't ?
FProt is long gone. Now we have McAffee.
Elon doesn't even use his self driving in a one way tunnel that he built. You can hardly blame that on this.
It will be the difference between using Java, or the better suited low level coding features from C#, Go, Rust, assuming library parity for the task being solved.

If after this change, Java is no longer able to compete in "The One Billion Row Challenge", it is a loss for the ecosystem.
The topic is far more complex than you perhaps realize.

Consent is as big a problem as copyright.

Training data includes intellectual property that isn't legally publicly available online, for which consent was not provided, and that's without getting into the commercial aspect.

If I publish a piece of information on the internet with the intent of it reaching people and helping people, I might consent to that if the goal is to further the access to that information rather than a major corp profiting from my hard work with no share of that to anyone but their shareholders and employees.

A song or a piece of art? No, I personally would not consent to being assimilated, not just because it's exploitive if both the AI service provider and their customer have made money from using my work because they haven't purchased a license, but because they have not asked for my consent, but did it anyway.

Until people understand the incredibly complex topic of consent, every other conversation lacks the necessary context.
I wonder how Patrick thinks new tech like blockchain or AI might change the way we handle money. Will it make things easier, or will it bring new challenges?
This is incorrect. Native calls whether it's via JNI (even with CriticalJNINatives) or Panama still have a transition cost formerly referred to as gc locker. I'm in a field where performance is number one requirement. Removing unsafe is a terrible idea.
I suspect the only reason they are talking about paying damages is to avoid a huge lawsuit with punitive damages. Say they gave each sub postmaster convicted ( about 700 of them) a million each that would be far less than the billions that are quite possible in a judgement in court plus legal fees for a decade in court.
It massively depends on the person and stage of life. If you have kids whom you are planning to send to college, figure that's roughly $350k per kid. If your nest egg can take that hit and still spin off enough cash for you to comfortably live off of, then perhaps your plan would work. And if you don't have kids (or they're past college), then that definitely makes sense.
I think all developers should start charging 30% more (op top of the price for which it sells on website.) if user is purchasing via In App Purchases. Slowly all users will come to know that if you buy on web generally it's cheaper and they will change their behaviour and IAP sells will drop significantly.
Or use C#, Go, Rust instead, which is sadly a loss for Java.

We are no longer in the Sun days, with Java being the answer for everything.
If merit was a highly pondering factor of income, coal miners would be extremely rich and no annuitant would exist out there.
Why did you buy a Mac then? You clearly knew the drawbacks, so I'm interested to hear, in this competitive market where both Windows and even Linux machines are now available, what made you decide to buy a Mac?
A question that comes to mind is: How significant is the performance difference between using CPUs and GPUs for these machine learning models in web applications, and are there specific types of applications where one would significantly outperform the other?
The OP's code has REM based assembly it in to save space
The artist has a claim for production of a derivative work and for passing off against the other artist.
Is repeating this some sort of mental self defense mechanism that gets activated whenever you see someone successful that makes you wonder if you made the right choices?
Quick Detailing Tips from a Car Detailing Addict
Car washing on a budget is a very important aspect of maintaining your vehicle’s overall condition. Ensuring proper cleaning it maintains an appealing appearance.

A clean car reflects positively on you. As well as prevents the buildup of dirt and contaminants that can potentially harm the exterior and interior surfaces.

Nonetheless, the costs associated with regular car washes, particularly when relying on professional services, can accumulate over time. This is where the need to consider budget-friendly alternatives and strategies becomes apparent.
I'm still not sure how Da Vinci relates, or the CyberTruck.

But, sure, I don't really pay attention to timelines, since I don't have it on pre-order. They're making great progress. They will throw ML/AI at it, and it will be interesting to see what comes out. For people that enjoy tech, this is neat.
Natron look to me to be more like a tool for Special Effects than for video editing with a timeline.
$87.5K per year per kid? Has college become that expensive since I went?
Unfortunately we only have to pick between iOS and Android devices. Android devices are generally less expensive and maybe you have more freedom in some particular situations. Apple devices have better CPUs.

What I would like to see instead is more competition in the OS market and the hardware to be like PCs: you buy whatever device you like and install whatever software you want from wherever you want.
Mathematical Manuscripts of Karl Marx
Well written. It can be argued that Apple also develops the OS and UI libraries which the apps run on/with, which is also providing something.
A calculator for young children to learn mathematics
Shows all mathematical operations step by step so that children can understand where the result comes from and how each operation is performed.
The normal path is to establish a trust fund, into which you and your spouse contribute the maximum annual exclusion amount. By the time they're grown up, they've got a tidy sum. And when they get married, you and your spouse can give the maximum gift amount to each them and their spouse every year.
This is why I don't mind paying the 5 euros a month for a Fastmail account. I don't send many emails but it's pretty much the key to the kingdom.
You need to learn the difference between defending an entity and defending an argument.

The line of thinking you're expressing here is what leads to questioning free speech and privacy absolutism.
Again, it’s crazy people defend Apple on this. Apple is not just providing a payment platform, it’s forcing you to use it. As a developer, you should be free to use any payment platform you want in your app, like on the web. Let the user decide. End of story.
> Comments should get more thoughtful and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive.

In this case, please eschew racebait.
And I'd guess Apple would make a clause for that, if they don't have it already to ban that kind of behaviour.
No, that’s why I excluded posix parts of the operating system. That’s from Berkeley.
The problem is that we place a responsibility on competition in the market to favor consumers by reducing prices and preventing companies from having excessive margins. Allowing a single marketplace means there's no competition, and we're not sure if 15% is a fair rate at all.

I could make the assertion that I'd be able to provide everything that Apple does, but with a much lower cut, but this can't be put to the test because there's no way for me to start another app store that iPhone users can access. I suspect a lot of the arguments for the 15% cut will change once we have alternate app stores offering the same things Apple does, but with a much lower cut. You'll then see app developers with skin in the game, and we'll know if everyone actually really thinks Apple does this better or if they'd rather have the extra money from other app stores.
Copying is not theft. Are we hackers or RIAA lobbyists?
It was a very interesting read, great piece of work.
And then you spend your time checking the stock market, which is exactly what this person is talking about.
The alternative is Apple allows side loading so that you can buy software independently of the App Store , and sellers can distribute independently of the App Store.
For your friend, having lived and recovered from the 'rhoids—a cheap bidet seat, or bidet attachment for the ol' porcelain throne. Using one also sorted my old man's 'rhoids, and he'd suffered with them before I was even born.

Best £20-£50 he will ever spend.
> On a serious notes, what are the alternatives? What exactly is your argument? That Apple should be charging nothing?

The alternative is “competition”.

In any case, I don’t see how any of this affects you since you’re happy paying Apple the fees. You can keep doing so as others pursue other options once they’re available.
Cheers for the brew wisdom! Really opens up a new world next time I'm sipping a beer.
One small nitpick: It is completely possible for an artist to make all of their own tools, and indeed for the majority of history that is exactly how things went.
In Switzerland that's possible in all stores who have them. You can also change the amount of a scanned item.

Also, for everything that can't be scanned (like freshly baked bread etc.) there are images and a search function to find these items.
> What the government did succeed at was changing the pronunciation of numbers from 20 to 99. It was changed from how the Germans do it (“two and forty”) to how the English do (“forty two”).

Yet almost every single person I speak with every day here outside of people from the Oslo region say it the "two and forty" way.

Though, that probably still means most people say it the "forty two" way.
Someone head to 4chan and let themknow
There's a certain prevalent belief that I consider a fallacy, which is that if A profits from B, then that must be to the detriment of B and B is being exploited.

Irregarding of whether midjourney is exploiting the authors, the author draws a comparison to instagram. He claims him posting his art there is unlaid labour as instagram profits from it, and hence he is being expliited when he does so. That comparison weakens his case for me, as I do not agree with the above implication.
My impression was that Google neglected Norway a bit, my wife (who is half-Norwegian) told me that Google results for Norwegian websites were pretty terrible just a few years ago.

Also, Nynorsk really is a minority (spoken by only about half a million people), which makes it harder to create a corpus for automatic translation.
> at least a several-million post-tax windfall,

On the index funds, I'd probably outspend returns.
Out of curiosity, how do you now view the concept of success in entrepreneurship, given your experience? Do you think there's a way for founders to prepare themselves emotionally and mentally for the possibility of selling their business?
A glance at the driving route on Google Maps should show you the typical vehicle orientation.
Sadly, yes. The school I went to was about $35k/yr back in the early aughts, and is now over $81k. It is not located in an expensive area, and this includes a meal plan. If your kid is in Boston or NYC, figure they're going to spend thousands more on food and going out. Not everyone does, but if daddy's a retired multimillionaire, they'll probably want to...sigh.
That's what I think I'd be doing.

Maybe we're both wrong and the more we get the more we want.
eh, in a couple of years the recommended practice would probably be to keep /usr as minimal as possible, and install stuff to /opt. Then we'll have come around full circle. \s
I feel the App Store is one thing differentiating Apple from Android phone manufacturers.

Money from the App Store gets reinvested in the entire iPhone supply chain. Whereas in the case of Android, App Store money goes to Google only.

It also encourages Apple to support their phones long term as its preferred that you stay on your aging iPhone and keep spending at the App Store then risking you leaving the Apple ecosystem because Apple allows their older phones to become obsolete. Android manufacturers on the other hand have every incentive to obsolete your phone ASAP because you buying a new phone is the only way they make money.
I used to get all riled up about these assholes but then took a step back, looked at my own usage (which I believe is typical for the majority) and realized I didn't purchase an app (or did an IAP) in over 5 years.

So let them burn through their goodwill and suck the gambling whales dry, why do I need to get my blood pressure up over their greed...
I don’t think it’s anything to do with case, just that the gender of the word is different between the dialects. ‘en’ or ‘a’ is just a suffix meaning ‘the’.
I used CompuServe in the 90s (user ID 76760,1543 here; why do I remember useless things like that...), and it was fantastic to be able to ditch it for a generic, competitive, local ISP, where I could get on the internet using open, standardized protocols.

Making things proprietary when they should be commodities is a step backward, and we should fight that, tooth and nail.
> Apple doesn't have to make hardware. They can simply stop doing that and live on rent alone.

This is what Valve discovered.

Nobody in 2004 would have thought the best developer in the world would stop making games.
A giant ship’s engine failed. The ship’s owners tried one ‘professional’ after another but none of them could figure out how to fix the broken engine.

Then they brought in a man who had been fixing ships since he was young.
He carried a large bag of tools with him and when he arrived immediately went to work. He inspected the engine very carefully, top to bottom.

Two of the ship’s owners were there watching this man, hoping he would know what to do. After looking things over, the old man reached into his bag and pulled out a small hammer. He gently tapped something. Instantly, the engine lurched into life. He carefully put his hammer away and the engine was fixed!!!

A week later, the owners received an invoice from the old man for $10,000.

What?! the owners exclaimed. “He hardly did anything..!!!”.

So they wrote to the man; “Please send us an itemised invoice.”

The man sent an invoice that read:

Tapping with a hammer………………….. $2.00

Knowing where to tap…………………….. $9,998.00

Effort is important but experience and knowing where to direct that effort makes all the difference.

dirty C&P from: https://medium.com/@oceanbcreative/the-ship-repair-man-story...
No, index funds are boring, there's very little to tinker with, and I'd have so much money it doesn't matter whether the market is down for years at a time.
I am objectively in a comfortable position and cashflow is still something that occupies my mind.
Given the uniqueness of this idea, I'm curious about the technical challenges you faced while developing "SitInShade."
That is OK. I think the art of story telling is turning the mundane into fascinating: people who are good at story telling, or even stand up comedians talk about everyday stuff anyway ALOT. And you can definitely bore people with your 1000 photos of temples and cliff selfies on an "exciting" trip around the world. So don't worry about it.

In terms of hobby, I reckon do a hobby whose side effect makes your home life easier. For example if you do woodwork as a hobby that is a useful thing to be good at for jobs around the house. Also semi professional cooking would be a good one. Or anything that gets you fit.
Perhaps, but I disagree about your supposition that "they would have a problem". I don't think they would. It may be technically illegal to use your monopoly to bully others, but enforcement in America these days is rare.
Modern compilers generate code assuming all branches are highly predictable.

If your use case does not follow that pattern and you really care about performance, you have to pull out something like inline assembly.

Consider software like ffmpeg which have to do this for the sake of performance.
It's not working for me :(

I'm trying a trip from the north of France (Paris) to the south (Lyon) in the morning while the sun rises. So the sun is mainly on the East (so left of the bus) and the app tells me to sit on the left side of the bus.