skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I feel the same way as your first paragraph. The path I took led me to where I am now, but I love where I am now, so perhaps that was the best path. I could say "I wish I started on my current path earlier", but who knows if the environment at the time would've manifested where I currently am if I did it differently from the start?
Why? I can a company’s stock, use their products, and still strongly disagree with some of their business practices.
Any alternative car culture to "bigger and taller is better" is welcome in my book.
Well, the joke was about whether humans keep evolving into crabs, but I think I crashed the joke's landing. :)
> Only in Texas do things have trouble working correctly when it gets down to 13F.

that's an absolute gem of a bullshit comment. congratulations. you made my day knowing that there are some morons roaming these parts.
I think it was peppermint she liked. I read a bunch of the Miss Pickerell as a kid.
Just to be clear, in the DCS World example you do have to make a choice between using Steam for the game download and purchases, or to use the Eagle Dynamics website/downloader directly. External modules purchases do not import to the Steam account, IIRC.

My point was probably that Steam doesn't force users to only use their platform.

To further illustrate the non lock in culture, you can do a transfer of content from Steam into your Eagle Dynamics account if you want to change the account type.

I'm guessing that seasoned DCS players like the direct account method (more frequent sales, for one), whereas beginners are more likely to discover it through Steam.

(iRacing also has a similar relationship with Steam, although in that case Steam only managed the subscription - not the car/track purchases.)
Maybe the median family does, but where do you think the money they lose ends up? In the hands of the families who don't squander their wealth, further concentrating it into generational wealth.
Is there anyone who isn't?
There are tricks you can do, but it introduces load on the TLB. You basically restrict accesses to 32 bits of memory and isolate that space in virtual memory with its own prefix.
If storing the metadata in the heap, 0 bytes often doesn't even end up a special case. You need to have a case for allocations of some arbitrary number of bytes, and 0 is an arbitrary number of bytes.

Another option is to treat them as being of size 1.

(In theory you could do endless allocations of size 0, and eventually you'd run out of space, even though you've allocated 0 bytes in total. But you end up in exactly that situation, whatever the allocation size, if you don't take bookkeeping overhead into account!)
It’s quite different. The incident with the door heavily implies a problem of airplane design. It makes sense to ground it.

What we knew at the time of the first crash of max 8 seemed to imply a pilot error. It wasn’t statistically significant. Only when another max 8 crashed soon after (I think soon enough to say “in a row”) was the max 8 grounded. If the second crash occured years after it wouldnt be significant.
> Same for image search. You search for "red flower Thailand" and flowers of various other colors from various locations appear.

Now, if any of these flowers are next to a red dress, tapping the dress will reveal links to places you can buy it.

Google is not asleep. It has just got its priorities wrong. (Or rather, incentives in this organization seem to reward not what users like me appreciate.)
One doesn't exclude the other. Theranos and enron doesn't mean all companies are scams.
Even you buy a physical copy, from what I heard you still need to download the game, so what's even the point.
Related ongoing thread:

US developers can offer non-app store purchasing, Apple still collect commission - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39020365 - Jan 2024 (238 comments)
Related ongoing thread:

US Supreme Court declines to hear appeals in Apple-Epic Games legal battle - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39014642 - Jan 2024 (162 comments)
Yes, but

Similar numbers (I presume) exist for other number bases, and it's an interesting question of whether they constitute some sort of strange attractor. istm quite a few mathematical discoveries have emerged from just farting around with inconsequential-seeming numerical oddities.

I do feel your frustration though. I'm into electronic music and math, but I regularly run into people who insist that tuning to 432hz instead of 440hz (the common default for western tonality) is better because 432 is numerologically interesting. I've wasted a lot of time trying to persuade people that yes, 432 is a very cool number, but the interval of a second (from which we derive tuning frequencies) is fundamentally arbitrary. I suppose it's true that if you tune everything slightly flat people will subconsciously feel like time is expanding, man.
If they’d simply allow the same on iOS, I’m willing to bet that essentially all of their lawsuits and regulatory scrutiny would disappear overnight.
>Is it fair? Probably not. But I see no reason to believe it's illegal.

If they take it too far, that's how you get into antitrust territory. That's why Epic's court case against Google ruled in Epic's favor, as it was giving paying off devs to not make their own app stores and blocked OEMs from making deals with other studios.

So I'd say this puts apple on thin ground. I'm sure this won't be the last high profile lawsuit over the app store this decade.
Why was c3p0 used (its latest version was released in Dec 2019)? Those tests existed for a while and people were too lazy to replace c3p0 with something newer? I guess that they spent all their time to use virtual threads in those tests and had no time left to look at c3p0.
Editorialising the headline is not good HN practice. The title of the wikipedia page is "British nuclear tests at Maralinga"

not "That time that England nuked Australia"
Ahhh. I thought that there was still a button in "System Settings" -> "Security" (or similar) that let users launch an unsigned app anyway.

But it could indeed have been removed in some macOS version without my noticing. :)
Isn’t race to the bottom caused by competition? What policies could Apple implement to keep the price of apps higher? Why would consumers want that? Surely price pressure will happen in any large market.

I think the difficulty of pirating apps on iOS does help developers. At least I’ve heard that piracy is a big problem on Android.
As much as people gush over Kagi on HN, I still have yet to actually try it because I cannot for the life of me get authentication to work. Even after immediately resetting my password, I get an "incorrect email or password" or "try again later" error on the login page. I've tried at least 3 times over the last few months with the same results each time.

If such a fundamental part of a web service company's website is broken, it makes me weary of their competence.
I'm really tired of people who think they can ignore all systemic economic problems by invoking value as this magical substance that can take any shape needed to conceal the fact that: A lot of people get paid a lot of money just to fill up society's `node_modules`, and this is not something for which the end users deserve blame or responsibility.
Later he wrote more down-to-earth visions of the near future in Halting State and Rule 34. He originally planned it as a trilogy, but:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rule_34_(novel)#Sequel_cancell...

Following the revelations by Edward Snowden, Stross announced that there would be no third book in the planned trilogy. "Halting State wasn't intended to be predictive when I started writing it in 2006. Trouble is, about the only parts that haven't happened yet are Scottish Independence and the use of actual quantum computers for cracking public key encryption (and there's a big fat question mark over the latter—what else are the NSA up to?)."
I think we know each other. ;)
> And FWIW, I'm an Apple fan and find Tim S a completely unsympathetic character. But seeing the hilariously absurd lengths that people will go to justify Apple's outrageous greed grows old.

Heh, there are still folks who actually grasp nuance… I have an iPhone, despise Apple in general, but consider their business disputes on a case-by-case basis. So for example, Apple is right to ignore Facebook’s plea to be allowed to track users, and simultaneously wrong in its App Store monopolistic money-grabbing.
The fun of a model train is in the building and as a kid I really could spend time with this (on other people's train setups because I really didn't have the money to spend on something like this and if I did have it I would have probably spent it on books, electronics tooling or computing gear instead). But once it is done it's done, there is zero fun in watching trains run around.
The cost of bounds checks, which is already low, could be reduced further the vast majority of uses with even more enhancements to the compiler's inlining decisions, so we're talking about an API whose value is already small and constantly declining. However, those who think they absolutely need to avoid bounds checks could, indeed, use a flag to access the JDK's internals. We don't think that such a small benefit (especially when integrated over all users) merits a supported API.
Show HN: I made a website to find best bus seat to avoid the sun while traveling
Hi, we have this if you take a look at the models page (https://artificialanalysis.ai/models) and scroll down to 'Latency', and also on the API host comparison pages for each model (e.g. https://artificialanalysis.ai/models/llama-2-chat-70b)
You can still run an unsigned binary using right-click menu > Open.

https://support.apple.com/en-in/guide/mac-help/mh40616/mac
This will create a rift in the US tech sector. Look at how this played out with Russian sanctions; and this will lead to a similar path for tech and AI. Alternative players will train/open source models to their own advantage and the hardware will find its way to these markets.

The people making the decisions these days are too drunk.
That can't be true. Where Ants build their colonies, they also likely displace or destroy things that were in those places in the ground previously. Ant colonies can be huge. They can span miles.

They also will attack other insects and prey on them. They even sting humans.
And have been used by indigenous people to torture captured prisoners during their conflicts.
We kind of already do that, just with plastic, adhesive, and ink.
So much this. I learned this the hard way.

We had a search function with typeahead abilities. I had intentionally removed the rate limit from that endpoint to support fast typers.

One day around 6AM, someone in Tennessee came into work and put their purse down on their keyboard. The purse depressed a single key and started hitting the API with each keystroke.

Of course after 15 minutes of this the db became very unhappy. Then a web server crashed because the db was lagging too much. Cascading failures until that whole prod cluster crashed.

Needless to say the rate limit was readded that day ;).
China Population Extends Record Drop on Covid Deaths, Low Births
Reminds me of “The Birth & Death of JavaScript”

https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death...
I had a pretty significant attack from individuals trying to demonstrate just how much data they can access on native systems. The self checkouts are less of a concern than the amount of harassment that can already be done utilizing fraud analytics and loyalty programs.

I am glad to see biometric pay become a thing at Amazon, it has been too slow for this to progress. Being able to take a walk to the store, and not carry a wallet is a huge convenience. Shame I am not shopping with them much other than the occasional Whole Foods purchase after being thrown into the law enforcement vs local response loop when analytics were being misused.

The palm biometric solution is a decent happy medium (vs fingerprint or retina scanning) and something international travelers are already used to.

They didn’t show me any examples of RFID issues other than some guy obtaining a wand and taking inventory of the dogs in the neighborhood. Not a big deal compared to the personal bias and insults they could chase one around with - all over internet platforms using fraud and marketing analytics.

The loyalty programs are in pretty bad shape. I dropped a bunch of them wasn’t worth maintaining for the level of griefing someone can do on games and social media about purchases.
I agree with your strong disagree.

I know, and help maintain, Ruby code written for 1.8 that hasn't been touched and is running fine in 3.2. No breakage along the way.

To be fair, that's not always possible, but Ruby's changes haven't ever been drastic.

I've not had as much experience with Python as a programmer - more as a user of apps written in Python, and I sense there's a bigger issue there than Ruby has ever had. It seems like a frequent problem that something that works in Python 3 doesn't work with Python 2 and vice versa.
OK I'll post something else because its not the point I was trying to bring across.
As a non-java developer, this is surprising to me. I always assumed that bounds checks were "almost free" because the branch predictor will get it right 99% of the time. I can see that being not-true for interpreted runtimes (because the branch predictor gets bypassed, essentially), but I thought Java was JITed by default?

Perhaps the paper answers my question, but I'll admit I'm being lazy here and would much appreciate a tl;dr.
California law isn’t 100% disadvantageous for all businesses. There are benefits as well. The choices aren’t always easy to make as the picture is rarely black and white.
The last time Britain nuked Australia
This may be regional or brand-specific. As a data point, the Winco I frequent has seven SCO stations - three accept cash, four are card-only. There is a single cashier monitoring all seven stations.
Creating counter-spam doesn't "fix" that, it just helps destroy the public space.

> If everybody always lies to you, the consequence is not that you believe the lies, but rather that nobody believes anything any longer. [..] And a people that no longer can believe anything cannot make up its mind. It is deprived not only of its capacity to act but also of its capacity to think and to judge. And with such a people you can then do what you please.

-- Hannah Arendt, https://www.nybooks.com/articles/1978/10/26/hannah-arendt-fr...

And as Snowden tweeted January 11th:

> Institutions are burning the public's faith in them at the precise moment in history when we have developed the capacity to replace them with algorithms.

> A revolution is coming, and if you thought human judgment was bad, just wait until you see what replaces it.

I don't get why the standard should be the deception of "the other", who is also crooked.

Why not do good things one can be honest about? Instead of maintaining several identities and narratives and a constant uphill battle in quicksand of one's own making, one could just build on top of previous achievements. It would be much more effective, it would make the US rich and respected in the world. But it would make some individuals less insanely wealthy [0], so that's not an option. It's like the drunk looking for the key under the lamp post instead of where it was lost.

[0] Oxfam just reported that the 5 richest people doubled their fortune in the last 3 years while 5 billion got poorer.
I am very comfortable with not paying for the games I play.
I know, and agree with, many of the assessments about how BeOS had major technological deficiencies as compared to other systems. In every thread talking about the Apple that could have been, you'll find these.

But what BeOS had going for it was that it was genuinely fun. It surprised just about everyone who played with it with everything it could do. It defied what computing enthusiasts of the time believed a computer could do.

Somehow even the wacky typography and layout of The BeOS Bible scream "it's 1999 and the future is bright!" Thanks for the nostalgic trip.
And it's exactly why Netflix gets special treatment and Apple isn't auditing them yearly. They care about money but even more about marketshare
Enterprise Architects Praise Strategy Roadmap Software
Jibility, a strategy roadmap tool designed for enterprise architects has recently become a popular SaaS product. Jibility includes a free version and is a simple alternative to complicated EA tools, incorporating capability based planning.
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Have you looked at the handheld keyboard-trackpad units that Rii makes? They don’t quite tick all your boxes, but I think it could still be a step in the right direction.

I am quite happy with my Rii I8X. The trackpad exceeded my expectations—I have no complaints. Having it centred makes a big difference, compared to the wobbly experience with the full-size units where it’s on the side.

My one complaint is that I can’t quite touch-type on it. But that’s probably OK if it’s for occasional use with an HTPC.

I think other brands make similar keyboard units with mini trackballs, but I don’t think I have seen any with trackpoints.
If you don't want to read a lot of boring swill, you definitely don't want to participate in a lawsuit.
> For starters, hotspot wasn't even a part of the JVM at that point.

HotSpot had been part of the JVM for five years at that point.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HotSpot_(virtual_machine)
> water quality have increased in quality.

Depends where you are. I'm sure the people of Flint might object.
Chicago-area Tesla charging stations see stranded drivers
ChatGPT generated PowerPoints are coming.
I don't think organising a strike online is that hard. Remember the protests against FOSTA etc? Or against Reddit management?

The main bit is getting people to care.
To some degree it is an expert opinion. Opinions can change or be wrong but they still have some noteworthiness
My friends and I had a Mad Scientists Club (inspired by the books) that we ran out of my basement and we cooked up many schemes there.

Eventually we tried to get free gear from various electronics companies by writing to them as Moraine Scientific Corp and requesting samples.
What a fantastic story! Thank you.
$4B of New Bitcoin Funds Change Hands in First Trading Day
Fair enough. 0.4mm pitch is definitely looking difficult from a physical assembly perspective.

I guess I thought you were talking about the difficulty of the PCB design, not necessarily the physical tweezers + soldering iron needed to assemble this.
If Britain plunders a quadrillion worth of stuff and ships it home, their GDP does not have to change at all. It's just not what GDP measures.

The only way GDP is can be useful if we say that by wealth we mean GDP, but then we've just made the word wealth as useless as the GDP metric.

In the case of countries, our modern intuitive understanding of wealth is pretty much "how hard does a person in this country have to work in relation to how well they live" - at least that's what countries nowadays are optimizing for. A country in which <40 hour work-weeks are the norm, in which almost everyone can afford yearly week-long vacations, which has good infrastructure, as well as affordable high-quality services, food and goods, you'd probably call rich. That's just not something GDP tells you in a vacuum.

Often when looking back at the time of empires, our understanding of wealth becomes "how much actual wealth have the rulers of this country managed to accumulate", which is also not something GDP measures very well.
https://archive.ph/AhIUL
Electric bicycles, also known as ebikes, have become increasingly popular for commuting in recent years due to their convenience, affordability, and eco-friendliness. However, many ebike commuters are unsure whether it is safe to ride their bikes in the rain. In this article, we will explore this question and provide some tips for riding your beloved commuting electric bike in wet conditions.

Ebikes: Advantages and Disadvantages
Ebikes are a type of electric vehicle that combines the benefits of a traditional bicycle with the power of an electric motor. They offer several advantages over other modes of transportation, including:

- Cost-effective: Commuting ebikes are much cheaper to operate than cars or motorcycles, and they require less maintenance.
- Eco-friendly: Since they run on electricity, electric bicycle specialised for commuting produce no emissions and are much better for the environment than gas-powered vehicles.
- Convenient: Bikes with battery for commuting are easy to park, and they can be ridden on bike paths and in bike lanes, making them a great option for commuting in busy urban areas.

However, there are also some disadvantages to riding an battery commuter bike, including:

- Limited range: Most commuting e bikes have a range of around 20-30 miles on a single charge, which may not be sufficient for longer trips.
- Weather-dependent: Two wheel ebikes are not as weather-resistant as cars or motorcycles, and they may not perform as well in wet or snowy conditions.
- Safety concerns: Ebiking can be dangerous if not ridden properly, and they may not be suitable for all riders.

Can I ride my specizlized electric bike for commuting in the rain?

The short answer is yes, you can ride your ebike in the rain. However, there are some important considerations to keep in mind to ensure your safety and the longevity of your bike.

First, make sure your bike is equipped with fenders and a good-quality waterproof cover for the battery and motor. This will help protect your bike from water damage and keep you dry while riding.

Second, be extra cautious when riding in wet conditions, as the roads may be slippery and visibility may be reduced. Make sure you have good-quality brakes and tires with good traction, and avoid any sudden movements or sharp turns.

Finally, make sure to dry off your electirc bike for commuting riding thoroughly after riding in the rain to prevent rust and other damage. Wipe down the frame, chain, and other components with a dry cloth, and store your bike in a dry, covered area.
They are required to for in game purchases, but they are likely too small for Valve to care else have a custom agreement with Valve.
Did you build a machine with 4x 3090 ? I looking for a way to build such a machine for ML training.
Our bootstrapped AI-startup revenue reveal for past 4 years
You lie until you get big enough that it warrants an audit.
I learned decades ago the trick to always go around the bay clockwise.
Right now it seems that they've trained a true foundational model. It can recreate its training inputs, but that only matters as far as downstream performance goes. Based on a brief scanning of the repo & website:

- Their training process is a self-supervised MAE to recover the original satellite images and some additional metadata.

- They're trying to then use this for plastic pollution detection, deforestation, mining, etc.

I'd liken this to a llama-base. It's exposed to a lot of satellite data, but to do something useful really has to be fine-tuned (or clustered in the case of unsupervised embeddings). No word yet on the performance against these specific downstream tasks.
"Supreme Court rebuffs Apple's appeal on app payments" - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39021897
Is astroturfing a weapon? It seems like the natural use... To sway opinion in foreign countries.
Wow the scale of unintended consequences. So a few dozen sites streaming the game illegally, caused their hosting CDN site to be blocked in the entire country for 3+ months, impacting all other users of the platform.
Generally for Apple, I like their hardware, not their software. It's why I have a MacBook but also an Android phone, because I like their battery life but also because I can install whatever software I want, on either.
Yes, the List of numbers page is inadequate.

When I give a monetary gift, I like to make it start with an interesting number. And then I ask the recipient (e.g., my kids, or neices/nephews, etc) if they can figure out what the number is.

e.g., 986.96 is based upon π sqaured.