skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
What blows my mind is that Japan's GDP per capita (PPP) as reported by World Bank is now lower than 4 formerly comparatively "poor" former Easter Block countries: Czechia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Estonia. And just one place above Poland.

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD?most_...

WTF happened in Japan? All the above countries have their own demographic collapse as well BTW.
Browse the open internet (or internal network?!) from a McDonalds ordering kiosk?

No skin in the game, but this is very similar to the old Win95 "About... Help... $BROWSER" style bypasses.
Status quo open source AI is bull**
Is Open Source AI Bull?

I hear Open Source AI being mentioned and advocated for everywhere. As a big advocate of open source myself, I want to get behind this movement. But, I find the conversation hard to digest so far.

"Open source AI" means an ability understand, reproduce, modify, and extend the functionality of the AI system. Are we seeing this type of rigorous openness in AI? No way. Is this a problem? Could be.

Check out my full article on this important topic.
https://medium.com/@jasoncorso/is-open-source-ai-bull-9da010...

#opensource #opensourceai #ai #aiforall

In the spirit of openness, if you've reached your monthly medium quota, let me know and I can send you the article as a pdf.
Some previous work:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29382606
Nobody is talking about banning them outright for all purpose here though.
First search for the midwit meme.
Then you will know the answer is "now"
I don't hear all that much about gerrymandering from Britain. And the referendum to abolish FPTP was IIRC not to abolish single-winner districts.

Although I agree PR is better. The German version also even keeps the districts if you really like them.
"put the entire program on hold at least for 100 days"

I don't think the wording here is quite right. The GAO has 100 days to decide if the protest is valid or not. If it is valid, then the program could be on hold for longer. The GAO could decide day 1 "nope, your protest is not valid" (they won't). Most likely it will be closer to 100 days of the program on hold, but it shouldn't be "at least 100 days".

But it also just any government procurement in general, where a protest is par for the course. Common amongst any large NASA procurement as well:

https://spacenews.com/gao-denies-l3harris-protest-over-ball-...

It is also happens often because even if a company doesn't think they have a valid protest the government will have to release more details of the proposals and so it is often used as a way to gain business intel.
> 2 contiguous, equal-population districts

What this seems to ignore is the legitimate desire to keep towns or counties in the same district. Most people would consider it silly to have the dividing line be a side street, or even in between two houses.
Who is attending FOSDEM '24?
I'm currently on a train from Luxembourg to Brussels. Looking forward to my first FOSDEM experience and seeing what it's all about.
It makes setting up a home server much easier, because you can get infinite free static IPs.

That doesn't contradict that "most users" don't benefit, though.
commoditizing skill
'I plan fewer outings': Britons on the scarcity of public toilets
> I think reading the top comment on that post provides plenty of explanation why users would flag that post.

That top comment complains that the HN title is WSJ's informative subheading instead of its clickbaity headline.
Journalists have switched purpose. They used to investigate the power and be the voice of the people. But the last few decades they investigate the people, and protect the power.

The few journalists that still exist have in many cases resorted to crowdfunding and personal blogs with difficult discoverability. And the mainstream tries to miscredit them by all means they can, such as the Trusted News Initiative (only listen to us), and fact-checking that many times are ridiculously false themselves.

It's a shame, but I understand why they're clawing to remain in power, people can't know the truth or form their own opinions based on facts. That would be dangerous. And when the facts can't be disputed there are only 2 options, bury or miscredit.
The actual report is here. Seasonally-adjusted industry sector totals are table B-1:

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm

The improvement is pretty broad-based: aside from healthcare and government (which actually increased below-trend), there were decent-sized increases in construction trades, retail, professional services, manufacturing, and education. Even the tech industry posted an increase, though not a particularly large one.
Interestingly, the large increase in travel & hospitality that I'd heard about last year seems to have petered out, and that sector is roughly normal. These are also employment numbers, not job openings, and so they reflect actual hires rather than advertised positions.

You're correct that the pattern of industries does seem indicative of a potential recession brewing: capital-intensive industries like mining equipment, civil engineering, and credit intermediation all posted decreases, and these are often leading indicators for a potential recession. But the recession may be farther off than many people currently suspect.
I agree and would first urge people to test IPv6 client access using some lazy-loaded image that is IPv6 only on their website. It should look like a normal resource so that false-negatives are not introduced by NoScript or uBlock.

People can of course manually test here [1] from their homes, schools, work place. I would wager most cellular data networks would be fine. The impact would probably depend on how a website is utilized. Stats on mobile vs. non-mobile would probably be telling. The people on their cell should test LTE vs Wifi and clear cache between tests.

[1] - https://test-ipv6.com/
Sort of both resolved and not resolved since I can't remember him coming back. It did give Frakes an opportunity to play a different character later on in DS9.

I liked that episode and would have enjoyed Thomas Riker showing up again from time to time. Although it was another one of those "why can't they just restore dead crew from the transporter beam?" episodes. Even worse than the Scotty one since doubling Riker means that Riker's matter didn't really matter much.
That was my thought as well.. Are these infosec hobbyists?
What comms app do you use that actually makes use of the 4K+ camera? Most of the Zoom/Teams/Webex calls I see are in 720p, with 1080p in some rare occassions. If you want to look good on cam lighting is way more important and in a well-lit environment a basic 720p camera is sufficient. Those cheap sensors do poorly in low light and that's why you get noisy images with low frame rate as the camera is struggling to get good exposure.

For the fiber internet that really depends on how the company's systems are set up. If you regularly need to upload and download large files, then fiber is a godsend. If you're developing over VDI or SSH with everything on the remote server, then fiber won't give you an advantage provided you have decent cable or VDSL. Rather what matters is that you have a stable and preferably wired connection.
I don't know if it differs by country, but that's incorrect for residents of the US, and various countries in western Europe. You get 90 days per stay, with 2 stays a year.

(edit: I could be wrong about the 2 stay max. It might be higher. I'm pretty sure I entered Japan more than 2 times in a single year on a visa-free waver, but I don't know if there's some window that applies.)
All I see is a picture of a dick-shaped 9/11 memorial..
>The agency says that the brake, park and anti-lock brake warning lights have a smaller font size than required by federal safety standards.

How is it a hit piece? Tesla did not implement the federal safety standards correctly.
> I really feel that when I do my accounting. These 1-3 second delays between pages add up to a lot.

It's funny you should mention that. Year before last was the first year I decided to itemize every single expenditure. I did it using quickbooks, and it was a nightmare. It only took one time to decide never to do that again.

This year I itemized everything using beancount in emacs, and it's incredible how much easier it is to handle everything. Even having to download each bank period as a CSV and run it through a python script, I've just had a better time doing it and am able to more flexibly handle and analyze my finances.

I have yet to find out whether I can easily work with an accountant using ofx files exported from this setup though
That's literally how it works today.

And that's part of the problem with PFAS, because you can release them in tiny fractions (not toxic at this scale) but they end up concentrating in the food chain and people are still being harmed in the end.
AI UIs can fix this. If you know what you want, you could just say it without learning anything about the doing part.

But it needs to be rock-solid or it'll become a glorified unreliable voice control.
Could this allow for someone to have an advantage? I was reading Conor McGregor may have a slight advantage after breaking his leg due to a new special type of rod they attached to his leg that may make it more resistant to breaking.
A few more:

* If possible, set up your home office next to a window. Open the window whenever weather permits. I don't follow the "20-20-20" rule for eyestrain relief, but it's relaxing to just stare out the window for a few minutes when I need a mental break.

* Set up your keyboard, monitor, and desk correctly to prevent RSI, back problems, etc.

* If you're working, work. If you're not working, be somewhere other than your work laptop/desk.
Noting that the way we currently do things would be insufficient to embrace a new idea is not controversial or an idea killer.

Yes, we would need to update how we handle transactional emails. No, this would not need to be difficult or even frequently user facing.
For those that aren't aware, it's a free conference focusing on all things open source - https://fosdem.org/2024/
"WHY? Feel free to skip this part or click to expand"

looks like you didn't feel free.
Thank you. Already saw one I would like to read.

What is criteria to remove some of these.

I've read the 'terms' for submitting. sometimes the removed ones don't appear to violate anything.
We have safety standards for a reason. Details are important, especially in dangerous equipment like cars and airplanes.
Fucking hell. I half wish I wouldn’t have read what I read after googling "estrogen plastics"
No, it's not true. I have many times been the person who hits "flag" and then refreshed the page to find the story disappeared as [flagged]. When that happens the story is completely gone, off at least the first 3 pages (which is what OP is measuring).
If it's wire fraud, then we don't need a new AI-specific law to make it illegal.
Except for a few absolute monarchies and tiny countries, is there a single modern country without parties? There were parties forming already in his time! I really think they are an inevitable aspect of electoral democracy and finding ways to work with it is the better choice.
Eye tracking would be so bad if you wink one eye to lock on to manipulate a certain section of the UI and ignore the rest.
Yep yep I know how it works. But fwiw I’ve never had anything I’ve purchased on Vudu or iTunes not be accessible/playable subsequently. Sure it may get removed and not searchable anymore, but still playable and present in your library. And I have over 700 movies (peanuts by comparison to many though).

And also, re: $200 vs $20, $200 for the physical is most definitely NOT worth it to me.
As a fellow cynic I am sympathetic, but I kind of both agree and disagree with this. I disagree in that meaningful progress is probably possible, but agree in that that meaningful progress is unlikely to be anything remotely near an optimal path.

If you are aiming at the wrong target, and don't know it, you are screwed.
There is an amusing part of Michael Wood's excellent In Search of England about the Norman Yoke. While at school he had written a letter to Bernard Montgomery ("Monty") and was summoned to the House of Lords to debate the matter with the great man - he only realises fairly late on that of course Montgomery is from a Norman background (descended from Roger of Montgomery) while as a Wood he was from humble Anglo-Saxon stock.
Wasp team reporting to duty: https://github.com/wasp-lang/wasp
Do you knoll when building Lego?
You can try to protect. I will try to take.

> Why not leave people alone instead?

Because I want their shit. Their land and what’s under it. Their seas and what it gives me access to. And either I’m going to take it or they’re going to let me share.

This kind of abject “why won’t you leave us alone” only works on people who listen. Not on people who compete. And the people who listen couldn’t compete in the first place.
>blocks of users who all flag articles to get them pushed to no mans land

This is just another way of saying that a critical numeric threshold of users didn't like something. Framing the opinions/actions of groups of people on the internet as conspiring or dog-piling is a fallacy. E.g. if a person Tweets something that a million people read and a hundred of them reply to disagree, you'll often see that person follow up with something like, "wow, now all these people are attacking me", even though everybody acted in complete isolation and did nothing strange or harmful individually. Nobody rang a bell in the town square and handed out pitchforks. The internet breaks human psychology.
Good thing we are capable of reading beyond the headline. Recall once again is the correct word here. Every single time Tesla gets a recall (kinda often aint it?) there are people in HN comments who just want to fight over a word. There are federal safety standards and Tesla is not implementing them correctly, NHTSA issues a recall, full stop.
Because the articles don't make it super obvious in the headline that it's a software update.
I see the value in this, but I personally have not had success with it. I have found I am most effective remote if during my working hours, I don't do anything I wouldn't do if I was working at the office. For me, that means no laundry during the day, no extended lunches, etc. It keeps my mind in "work mode" and at the end of the day, I shut my office door and transition my brain out of work-mode.
Flags are sufficient. I just posted a comment on the comment you linked to: I have many times been the person who pressed "flag" on a story and then watched it immediately disappear.

I think there's some threshold of flags to upvotes and possibly some other metrics that determines whether a story vanishes, but flags can absolutely tip the scales.
Not sure about the first part, but generally the way it works is that first you pay taxes to the country where you are a resident, and then you still must also pay taxes to the US by virtue of being a US citizen but you usually get a credit on those US taxes in the amount you already paid to your country of residence. Sometimes the country where you’re living has much higher taxes, so you end up not owing anything to the US — but you still have to file.
Is the use of eyeglasses or hearing aids "fake" too? Or do you have some kind of fear of contamination, being "less-than-human"? Your views seem quite abnormal.
Canonical example? The Enemy Within
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Enemy_Within_(Star_Trek:_T...
That chart gives me the perception that crime went up in 2022, which is the perception I get from the victimization survey data I mentioned, and which is opposite of the perception I get from the FBI crime report data that says that violent crime went down in 2022.

What is the false perception you think people get from "the FBI reports state that total violent crime went down by 2% in 2022. The victimization survey states that it went up by 75%"?
I see a Haskell project, I upvote.
Happens to me all the time :)
For me I started after getting bored at a job and working on an interesting side project at home that I wanted to take to market. I was financially secure at that point and just wanted to go for it.

Whole thing failed miserably but I learned a ton. Well worthwhile use of time to get that hard earned knowledge. Someone I met along the way offered to hire me and I’ve grown much more in my new role than the previous would have allowed.

So I may be biased here but I think trying with a bad idea is better than not trying at all. It ended up feeling like a “you make your own luck” scenario.
Largest cruise ship sets sail, bringing concerns about methane emissions
If it's become as formal as a recall, it's worth at least noting. Sure, the fix is simple (and most folks won't even notice), but Tesla was still forced into making the fix.
Would anybody happen to know if color palette plugins for the macOS system color picker exist for HSLuv or Oklab? That’d make them easier to use across software.
yeah re point 1) All I've ever heard my whole life is how Japan is an economic basketcase and a disaster, and yet after visiting there well, the quality of infrastructure and vibrancy of the cities is high that it makes Canada look like a third world country tbh. And yet Canada is the one that is always out performing Japan in the economic charts, with our numbers going in the proper up and to the right direction. Obviously there's more to quality of life than merely lines on the economic graph...
Are there standards for touch screen UI elements?
https://xcruiser.sourceforge.net/
We hope? With the info that has come to light about the processes and decision making within Boeing, I would not be surprised if some bean counter calculated that removing 0.5% of all bolts would reduce weight enough to improve fuel consumption. Of course this is totally made up conjecture on my part, but I would not be surprised by it one bit.
Researchers hijack solar cell technology to develop a simple spray test for lead
$250M without the exclusivity clause? wtf are they paying him for then?
Ya there is a bunch of missing information from the headline... thats why there is an article, to talk about it.
I think the idea was that they would develop apps that don't require the giants. Which sure, could be your own YouTube, but more often it's a smaller in scope project because you're a solo dev. If i understand them correctly, they're just acknowledging the risk.

Ie work in a way that doesn't require the giants shadow, as the giant may move unexpectedly. The shade can be quite lucrative though, if you're nimble.
Show HN: Million 3 – Optimizing compiler for React
Defiant was one of those rare projects where Lockheed and Boeing were teamed up, which helped the program not at all. The Valor had a laser-focus, by comparison. I had the good fortune to have a tiny toe in both programs.

"But wait," I hear you ask, "why didn't Boeing supply a design of their own? Don't they make the CH-47"

Well . . that's a long story, but the short version is that the 47 was designed a long, long time ago, and it's a Vertol design, not Boeing. Editorial warning, but I'm not sure Boeing has the ability to design a whole lot, these days.
Sure, the NHTSA did the right thing. The NY Post, on the other hand...
In fairness it always was.
it is not 90 days total per year, but the officials are strict on it. if they see you were recently in japan they may suspect you of working illegally. they also can say you’ve returned too soon and reject you. not worth the risk imo, even though a i know a few people that have done it successfully so they could study in japan without a year long visa.
> until we 'run out of workers', there is no reason to make anything more productive

Labor force participation took a major hit during the pandemic worldwide and has not recovered; population growth is limited, and workers are harder to find than they’ve been. Obviously there remain opportunities to use workers overseas, but barriers to that remain or are even rising (usually political barriers - free trade is not popular right now - and even ocean shipping is hit by the near-war conditions of the Middle East).

Sounds like a prime time to make things more productive, at least in most western economies?
I have yet to find a really good online electronic control system. Having worked with the Apple, Windows, and Sony systems, they all suck.

The Apple ones seem to have a hundred holes kids can break to extend screen time or download apps, and sometimes it takes awhile for a change to take effect. Windows was completely broken last time I checked on my son’s gaming machine. And Sony PlayStation - oh, so so painful.

So it isn’t just Android. It’s everyone.
You can’t use facts to convince people that their feelings are wrong. It’s frustrating, but here we are.
I am familiar with situation in Japan. The house is not an investment, it is simply better, than paying rent for 7 or so years I plan to visit.

I like hiking, remote location is the feature for me. Not everyone has to live in Tokyo. I will buy a bike and rent van when needed.

Japan is a cheap developed country, with low crime. Not many places like that.
Eh? I'm not pretending digital coins or dubious "tokens" were all particularly useful, but crypto (in the sense of cryptography) has been around for decades and is definitely here to stay...

The people who made coins and tokens bad for society are doing the same thing with GenAI...

Both are useful and both come with huge problems. Neither one is some panacea or a sustainable get-rich-quick scheme (obviously, both people in "crypto" and in "GenAI" are getting rich, but neither are going to lead to some sort of great societal good).
Far and away, one of my favorite shows. The characters, the writing, the sets and the puppets are all top notch. Of course there's campiness. Of course there are bad episodes and tropes, but the thing taken together is a well done work of art. I'm supremely impressed that they were able to pull together support for The Peacekeeper Wars to wrap it all up.

One of the things that I find most novel and appealing about Farscape is that the human might be the lead character, but The Humans are not the galaxy's bad-asses. Quite to the contrary. If not for the circumstances of Crichton's transport, he would have just been some (galactic) low tech monkey from a backwater planet.

I've always found the Hollywood trope of "plucky current era humans face off against pan-galactic force and save the day" to be abused and absurd. Farscape gave that a pass by making Crichton "The dumbest smart person in the room" who didn't want to dominate. He just wanted to be left alone.

Additionally, Farscape did venture a bit into the idea that if aliens exists, they likely don't look like us. There were a lot of bipeds walking around with heads on top, but there were also a good number of extremely different types.
That’s great to know. I’m literally watching them install in my neighborhood as I type this.