skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
There are pressurized lines running coolant gas between outdoor unit and indoor heads, they cant be sold/installed like washing machine.

https://www.ac-heatingconnect.com/contractors/checking-charg...
There's at least 2!

Pounded in the Butt by My Hugo Award Loss - Chuck Tingle

Pounded in the Butt by My Second Hugo Award Nomination - Chuck Tingle
I'm sure someone will point out breaking iPhone updates that have happened in the past, but I've never been hit by one. Bad things happen, I think Apple is just REALLY aggressive about pulling updates that break things to limit the impact. That's the most important thing, IMO. Well, that and a fix for the people who got screwed.
The are two days which are the happiest in the life of the owner of a wide-body quadjet double-decker commercial jetliner.

First is the day he sells his wide-body quadjet double-decker commercial jetliner. Second is the following day, when he wakes up and remembers with relief that he did indeed sell the damn thing.
The funny part is that internally they get the update way earlier than anyone outside, so it should already be spotted.

https://9to5google.com/2017/04/18/google-pixel-xl-ota-dogfoo...
No, it is not, but this article is about trends - code getting worse instead of maintaining a steady poor quality.
Title is super misleading. I have 3 different pixels, all different versions (4, 5a, 7a) and none of them are "unusable" after the update. I'm sure others are having issues, but this isn't something that's bricking everyone's phones.
that’s even more impressive
More like span, since the default is inline
It's difficult to see any of the alternatives displacing batteries for short-term storage. Batteries aren't a good fit for long-term storage, which is where alternatives should be competitive. But that market is essentially 0 right now.
I can't imagine the rationale behind listing this publicly on the internet over spending the effort to instead market it to the 2-3 international airlines who may be interested (although that's still a long shot). Maybe they are hoping some bored billionaire will buy it to stoke their ego before realizing what a shit idea it was?
Spread Spectrum is very real, it was used in 802.11b.
Apple is by no means perfect when it comes to updating devices.

https://www.google.com/search?q=apple+ota+update+breaks+phon...

There isn't a single manufacturer that consistently gets this right, only different shades of gray.
It reminds me of this fantastic scene from Scavengers Reign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EITdCWYTn2I
Why isn't iOS devices a market? It seems that's exactly what Apple /wants/ it to be. They built a platform and now want third parties to sell on that platform so they can get their cut. How do you define market, then, if that's not a market?
Is it still called a "selfie" if the rats don't get to see the resulting pictures? The dictionaries I consulted define "selfie" as the photographic output, and not the act of taking pictures.[1][2]

I don't see any display device in that setup, so it seems the rats are just pressing buttons for sugar, independent of any camera activity.

[1] https://www.oed.com/dictionary/selfie_n

[2] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/selfie

Edit: Looks like I just didn't see the screen but it's there.
340k for a Learjet? that seems too good to be true. what's the catch? I'm not familiar with this stuff. Looks like an early 70s model -- is that something you would need to gut to realistically use?
Some links 404 like https://www.builtatlightspeed.com/theme/tailus-ui-astrolus-p...
Depends of the lesson you took from it.

If the lesson is "Everybody wants to kill us and the only solution to safety is to have a nation state and defend at all costs against any other group", well it just all make sense.
Of course this is not the conclusion of every jew in the world but I fully expect it to be the conclusion of post WWII zionists, even though it was not the case for a lot of them that were influenced by socialist ideas but lost influence and power with time.

Of course the strategy of always planning for aggression in order to come up on top is somewhat self realizing in that defending your dominant position will necessarily mean abuses of power and resistance to it.

So the lesson is "Better safe than sorry" although it's not that simple because there is actually a safety cost to pay to maintain such a strategy.
I'd like to convert the plane itself into a house, not fly with it to a house.
> I think the EU needs to be very careful about how these regulations are viewed by normal people.

The EU doesn't decide how Apple complies with their regulation. If Apple wants to throw a temper tantrum and degrade the user experience, it is nobody's fault but theirs.
Agile development is fading in popularity at large enterprises
Given that the linked article is devoid of content, maybe we should just link to the website?

https://figgie.com/
Polio's complicated because of the differences between the vaccines meaning that external vigilance will be needed even with 100% coverage.
My local recycling center has most of these categories too.

The real difference seems to be that they have no main trash/recycling pickup in this town, as they're striving to be world leaders in recycled percentage.
Plus one to GrapheneOS.

Switching from iOS to Graphene was a really smooth experience for me, I can install any app I've needed so far, and I don't have to deal with 200 tracking and buggy default apps.

I wish they would keep security updates going longer than the current period though.
Of course she did, she's a genius investor! I know a number of hedge funds that would hire her in a heartbeat. What other explanation could there be for her consistently beating the market, year after year?

Imagine if this clarity of thought was not wasted in Washington: https://youtu.be/fwqWzbk_LeY
These days? "Work from home" there and have your lackeys actually run your business.
About #3: I would say that usability without JS should be a requirement. We don't need JS, especially in a low-power device like an e-reader.

#5: Why change something that is already working well? The extension is .epub, even if it is a zip file.
Thankfully they mostly break the UI. Though my auto wipers got really bad recently. The body control electronics are pretty solid. I mean, you could lock/unlock, drive the car without the tablet. Not that regulators would approve of it.
Then why doesn't every country do it?
No, I'm happy to retreat to the familiar, and nginx is pretty familiar. After having my tail feathers burned with OLS, I doubt I'll switch to anything else for the next several years without an extremely compelling reason.
I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up making them money: people will replace their devices with newer ones. Once the device is sold it no longer has a function for the manufacturer until the next sale happens to the same user. So any update that bricks a percentage of the devices (or makes them effectively unusable) may well extract some more $ from the users.
6a user here. No issues.
But why would there be that expectation? I can remain conscious without oxygen for several minutes.

Is there some physiological difference between holding your breath and constantly breathing?
They should ignore him. One person should not have the power to dictate anything. Healthy debate is good but one person who's gotten the "anti-DEI bug" from conservative media should not have so much sway.

Cornell hosted Ann Coulter in 2022 despite protests of her islamophobia. How about that?
Rqlite 8.17.0 and 8.18.0: Scheduled Vacuums and Enhanced JSON Support
I assume the people in the market for an a380 already know what it looks like
Your symptoms are all plausibly explained by a bad battery.
I don't use smartphones but I find their software stack very interesting. I just investigated a Pixel 5a phone that was brought to me for "sudden death". The owner reported the screen showed an update attempt, then ended up bricked.

It's allegedly impossible, due to the A/B update mode. Yet it managed to end up bricked, so the question is how, and what can be done.

After investigation (you can do it very simply by looking at the USB ids), it's currently in Qualcomm EDL firehose mode: this is likely due to a failed attempted update https://xdaforums.com/t/fix-pixel-3-qusb_bulk_cid-xxxx_sn-xx...: "because the bootloader has been corrupted during an attempted update - it's in EDL mode because there's nothing else it can boot into. I'd speculate it has some link with that "clever" new approach of being able to update the OS in the background and switch to it on the next boot"

The "clever approach" that causes the problem is called the FOTA (or OTA, for "Over The Air") update, done by the carrier. This is known and documented on https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/248340373

To leave EDL mode, it needs to be fed a bootloader + an image matching its model, to flash the eMMC memory inside.

On Windows, it's easy to do Qualcomm Flash tool (GPST/QFIL) , which is easily available from many places like https://github.com/stanislawrogasik/Pixel5-VoLTE-VoWiFi/tree..., and the process is documented on sites like https://imobiefix.com/qualcomm-prog-emmc-firehose/

Ideally, the MBN file has to exactly match the model, brand (etc) so if you have a 5a, you need a 5a MBN (and maybe a XML file, still reading)

According to https://support.google.com/fi/thread/227549262/sm7520-or-sdm... the model SM7520 or SDM765 ; this is confirmed by https://github.com/hoplik/Firehose-Finder/blob/master/ForFil... because it's listed as a "Snapdragon 765G" / 0011E0E1

According to https://xdaforums.com/t/bricked-google-pixel-4a-5g-mbn-file-... "Google does not make QPST files available for the Pixel series" but someone else might have uploaded that somewhere

Based on https://discuss.grapheneos.org/d/9656-brick-5a-help it's a well known problem: "The Pixel 5A has some hardware issues. I had mine poop out on me recently. Contact Googles repair team. If you have warranty they will replace it" : It's described extensively on https://suspiciouslygeneric.com/2022/11/11/the-hidden-flaw-k...

According to https://xdaforums.com/t/ipsa-pixel-5a-extended-warranty-i.46... "Due to the Pixel 5a Black Screen of Death issue, Google has extended the warranty on 5a devices for one year beyond the original device warranty"

However, google has denied the extended warranty, even while clearly being the cause of death of the phone.

Shame on you google, for creating more e-waste by refusing to release the QPST. If anyone reading this works at google, try to do something. It's not nice to put perfectly usable phones in a landfill just because a QPST is not released.

I hope someone will leak the QPST, because for people who don't have the money, it's also serious expense.
It's a poor carpenter who blames his tools.
Interesting. I try to do something like this, but way simpler and my productivity is low right now. Maybe more practice will help. Would you say you're usually good at doing this and getting results?
So did many people.

Nvdia is the wrong example to use against Pelosi. Nvdia rise is purely due to the AI moment. No Congress people had any "inside information" about Nvdia that helped to make this bet. In fact, the inside information about banning Nvdia chips to China would have encouraged them to make the opposite bet

There are two reasons to oppose congress people trading

a) They may have insider information (This is highly over-rated). Congress typically don't have any specific insider information that is not available to sophisticated traders. The laws that they pass are signaled months or weeks ahead.

b) Conflict of interest. This is the more serious one and the reason why it should be banned. Congress people obviously won't vote for laws that would hurt their individual stock portfolio
There is a large govt program / collaboration announced with MS, Nvidia, and others it is very likely these talks started late last year. That info that it was in the pipe is enough to trade on.
This alone “musl maintainers not even agreeing it’s a problem” should be a good reason to avoid musl imho
Capacitors needed to relax...
You don't need to imagine: https://www.reddit.com/r/MachE/comments/18m3ne2
Open source software is doing just fine. The siren song of government intervention will not make it better.

> People working on software projects could apply for grants, which would be reviewed by a panel of peers and experts, then funded, and the impact of the software project can be reviewed.

That's the dream. The reality is that the money will get allocated according to politics and corruption. The money will come with strings attached, and a lot of extraneous bureaucratic requirements. An industry will spring up that is specialized in getting as much grant money as possible.
> It's permission to enter the U.S., that's what a visa is, isn't it?

I don't think so.

You can't get EB-1 status unless you are already on some visa (H-1, O-1, etc). Once you start the green card process, at some point, you'll get paperwork letting you travel even though the green card has not yet been approved. Prior to that, you cannot unless your existing visa (H-1, etc) is still valid.

EB-1/2/3 are categories under which you apply for a green card - they are not visas.
I really doubt that she's actively involved anymore. Her family's overall portfolio is worth 100s of millions, so she likely has her money parked in some family office managing her money for her. NVDA is one of the hottest stocks over the last few years. No doubt they're going to be making some bets here. Making 500k is nothing. What's scary is the amount she managed to make during her overall career.
Private equity groups have been bodyslammed by the SEC into regulations that require "governance" oversights for all personal, active investments to ensure they're not in conflict with their investors

So EG - making a private investment or specific stock investment - has to be precleared by a compliance officer for conflicts

And these are backed up by SEC "teeth" if compliance officer doesn't enforce that policy rigorously

It adds beaurocracy, but it's straightforward enough that it's not a major impediment

Like "Oh hey you're on a committee that is going to determine AI policy? Seems like probably that's a conflict."

Nancy could still make the trade by investing in a non-controlled investment, or tech-heavy index fund.

But probably not just write a check into NVIDIA.

While private industry is full of shenanigans I remain perplexed that gov't insiders - who don't just profit from these trades - but can actually influence policy - have virtually no hoops other than "after the fact" reporting

(edit - actually I'm not perplexed at all, I'm just depressed about the reality of gov't accountability)
happened to me as well, might just be linked incorrectly.
It depends on how much you operate it. They (used to) cost around $1.6m per month to lease. Airlines typically get around 14c per seat per mile in revenue, and would make a slight loss if it wasn't for their frequent flyer programs (a weird form of a bank). There is nothing more profitable than flying a full A380. There is nothing more loss making than flying a not full A380.

The costs to update the interior (eg ~450 new seats, in-flight entertainment, carpets, catering) is around $30m which is the same price as a new Boeing 737 (seating ~160) in bulk orders.

This aircraft is also due maintenance on most of its engines, and almost certainly a heavy maintenance (D check) where the aircraft is almost completely taken apart, inspected, and reassembled. A ballpark for this is $10-$15 million, done every ~6 years, and often combined with a cabin refresh.

The original owner was looking at a ~$50+ million bill for maintenance, cabin refresh, ongoing crew training and equipment, maintenance crews and spares, paying for the larger gates at various airports etc. It wasn't worth it to them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_maintenance_checks
FWIW, I'm a Pixel user (who drags his ass installing these updates, so I haven't updated yet) and I naturally assumed reading the headline that this didn't actually impact all Pixel phones. Reason being that we would've obviously heard a loud uproar if every Pixel phone was suddenly bricked.
My impression was, that there was consensus that the bay area was build on public funds and institutions. My intuition is that it is only later, ie. within the past 30-40 years, that the US has adopted this antipathy towards governmental organisations.
HR 7024 – Bill to fix R&D amortization
In what sense? Graphically or gameplay wise?

Either way, that's arguably not a bad thing. Approximately a decade before SC2 was a golden age of RTS games. Homeworld and Red Alert 2 came out around that time. Give me more of that and I'm happy.
Hi Friend - I tried that yesterday and it didn't get any upvotes so sent it out as a newsletter. I don't know what dang thinks of replacing the link once it's on the front page. Happy to do it (or have him replace it). (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39133955)
Fully agree here. The report also states that jr. devs are more likely to be using coding assistants, thus may not spot poor code generations and be much more likely to commit bad code.

We're still in the early days of AI and there are certain things that code assistants excel at today, and there are things they do very poorly at currently.
A Very Nerdy Podcast Episode About the Navy
The quest to decode the Mandelbrot set
This essay is good from a high level, but I don't think it really explains why pretty blogs usually suck.

The "pretty blog" effect goes beyond blogs. The same thing happens with video, audio, etc. There is a pretty strong inverse correlation between the amount of production value and the amount of actual value.

My hypothesis is that it's because of resource allocation -- the more resources spent on aesthetics, the fewer are being spent on the substance.
It's not a question of customs. These chips are commodities and they can be bought by the thousands from, say, China - they aren't generally made or finished in the US either. US customs don't have a say in this.
That's actually not a terrible idea! 3D print something to improve the ergonomics and provide real controls
Isn't that like complaining that the NOAA provides weather report data used by the US military?
What's a better option for static linking? glibc is religiously against it; they have far worse dogmatic beliefs than this musl DNS thing. I'd be happy to choose a better alternative if one exists, but if one does not, I have to live with the options at hand. From where I'm standing, musl seems like the only game in town. uClibc doesn't seem like it's appropriate for general purpose Linux applications on desktop computers (maybe I'm wrong?).
The snap package actually doesn't have this issue at all, it just waits for you to close the browser to switch to new version but you can keep using it for however long you want without Firefox complaining like it does if a package manager messes with some files while it is open.
for example, to this day I need to pay an inordinate amount of attention to tell "eyes" from "ice"

I just find that obvious. Wherever I've been in the US, "eyes" is drawn out, but "ice" is short. (Think of imitating a southern accent for "eyes.") The only people I've ever heard saying "eyes" so it sounds like "ice" are native German speakers and other Europeans. (My wife learned German for her Chinese/German comparative lit degree, so the way she says certain things in English sounds menacing to me like how a WWII German movie character says, "We have ways of making you talk!" In particular, when she says, "Your handwriting...looks like WORMS!")

I wonder if being a music aficionado, having played an instrument, etc. helps with the tones.

I've been playing traditional music for almost 40 years, and I even qualified to compete at what's basically the world competition once. I think it matters most what one got used to as a child.
This is not an anomaly. Pelosi and many others in congress have consistently out performed even the best professional traders over a long period of time. Its not just bc of the AI boom.

To think that members of congress do not trade on insider info is naive.
Look at the bright side: a bricked phone won't collect your personal data, you won't be able to fall for phishing scams on it, and its battery should last a really long time!

Hyperbole aside, let's remember that "better" and "safer" exist in dialectic tension. Or, "convenience" vs. "security". Often, functionality or features are removed because they were insecure, so now your device is "safer". If you've got a big feature update pending, consider how many bugs/flaws it may introduce as the software gets "better".
Yeah the Arch line was a meme/joke but I do think there are better options than Ubuntu/Gnome these days. Manjaro for one. Linux Mint used to be good too. Haven't tried it recently though.

The main reason I wasn't recommending Ubuntu is because of it's recent annoyances. I recently recommended Ubuntu to a Linux newbie, but after seeing him deal with issues of having to add ppas for some of the toolchains he needed, deal with snap headaches for steam, How gnome takes away certain basic features like being able to edit the path in it's open dialogs, it seemed like there are better options.
> focused on making

So it is not done yet is it? One platform is apparently not the goal for them.
Not very tough obligations, but it can be a practical hassle. This answer describes it quite well I think:

https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/13588/how-sho...
How to solve it by Poyla
It's not that simple. You need to have been a manager outside of the US for 1 year, apply and get approved for L1C visa, enter the country on that and then once in the US apply under EB1C. All the time maintaining legal status.
FTC opens inquiry into Big Tech's partnerships with leading AI startups
That is a bug, not a feature.
I watched some video reviews and am definitely tempted. Cost is high though given my amateur status. I can afford it, I just don't feel worthy!
If we write dedicated tools, speeds boost can be enormous. We can process 1 billion rows from a simple CSV in just 2 seconds. In slow Java.
It just requires some skills, which is hard to find nowadays.

https://github.com/gunnarmorling/1brc
I've posted a small summary below, with links to consistent reports of this happening + a software course of action to unbrick the phones.

It's totally on google who's refusing to release the QPST files. It's creating ewaste for no acceptable reason.

Hopefully, someone will leak the QPST files to allow a restore from the Qualcomm EDL firehose mode.
What about option D. Use a WebView. This is exactly what the author did. The point of the proposal is identify which features of a WebView can be used (and which must not) if the goal is to produce nice text layouts in multiple form factors. But the rendering of HTML and CSS, and the execution of Javascript are solved problem.
Wasn't Pelosi at the bottom of returns with -20% at some point? https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/01/unusua...
In addition to what sibling comments have said, and I know this is a waning concern these days, but having the events in iCal also affords offline use.
Not recompile I guess, but you need to relink everything.

Oasis seems to have a good way of doing that, with the whole system being built in a single tree by an efficient build tool (my recollection from last time it was posted).

A dynamic executable needs to relink every time it's run, which also takes time.
It will work for those teens that don't want to receive nudes though.
Only one of those sectors would justify the act. This is a case of not caring about collateral damage. Most of us will not be in a position to say whether or not the collateral damage was acceptable in order to attain the goal. But we can't pretend that the collateral damage was nonexistent.
Well, on the plus side, Microsoft's stocks should see a nice bump for "doing the hard thing". /s

All this after a wildly profitable year ($10B is a number I heard) by Activision Blizzard.