skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It's also not a coincidence that women's happiness has been falling for decades.

We won't be alive to see the final results of this experiment in societal change. I'm not sure I'm sad about this.

Ref for 73 mil: https://www.guttmacher.org/fact-sheet/induced-abortion-world...
(2021)

Some more anecdotes and discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28344635
Moss’s egg is a 3 point egg: it has 4 arcs, two of which are a mirrored pair.
I know humor is subjective, but I think this comment demonstrates the opposite of the point you’re making.
> How easy is it to assemble correctly, or, how many ways are there to assemble it incorrectly?

The critical question for both creating self assembling quasi-crystals, and successfully tiling your bathroom on the first try.
I think that's arguably a distinct concern from what boringcc/friendly C are intended to address. My understanding is that the latent bugs those are intended to keep are those that would be unearthed by aggressive exploitation of UB. Sanitizers/checkers/etc. would still be useful iirc boringcc/friendly C for finding bugs arising out of fully-defined behavior.
The article says it provides 10Gbps of service to 98% of customers upon request, which would be powered by fiber-to-the-home. I don't need 10Gbps, but I do want symmetric upload and download speeds. Does anyone know if it's possible to ask them to run fiber and have only an upload speed increase?
Indeed. Check your employment contract and get legal advice. Your employer might not be thrilled to find out about your side project.
Not to be confused with Apache Maven (https://maven.apache.org/)
“Cybersecurity today is like if we’d asked London building owners to install their own anti-aircraft guns during the Blitz.”

Just a quote from a friend.
I totally agree and can't wait for the trend of conflating awful touchscreen interfaces with EV drivetrains to die off. I'm interested in getting an EV for my next car but I find the UX on all of the current options atrocious.

I would add that product decisions in general are extremely fad and trend driven. Tesla took a huge lead in EVs and then most manufacturers have fallen over themselves trying to copy aspects of that style regardless of whether they are a good idea or not. Sooner or later they will start chasing some new shiny ideal, hopefully before I need a new car.
Show HN: ZeroShape – reconstruct any object's 3D mesh from a single image
Useful to explain non-determinism to students. I saw a similar idea before at https://github.com/aeporreca/nondeterminism which uses fork() to (inefficiently) explore all possible guesses concurrently
> some dynamic laziness parameter that’s used to counteract increased load

That's a brilliant risk mitigation mechanism! The AI won't recursively self-improve to superhuman levels if it just keeps getting tired of thinking.
>a real gap in the market

Is there a market in the gap though? Often the reason there is a gap is because it isn't a viable market, not because nobody thought of it.

https://successfulsoftware.net/2017/02/03/choosing-a-market-...
But is it bad for there to be a cache of data for research? I don't even care if they make a great profit because if there's a great profit to be had it means that some drug came out of the research. While I'm generally cynical about many of the drugs, I do like the fact that the industry tries hard. Eventually they'll make something I want to take. And if this data helps them, all the better.
A quadrant is a quarter of a planar shape, not a point.
42M GB Per day = 3.9tbps
I was surprised that Penguin + Werewolf = Werepenguin. I mean, it makes sense, I just didn't expect it to be a valid response.
> while most ghost city cases I heard of outdate that trend by month potential over a year.

Isn't that like the people who claim that huge sky scraper in Tianjin will be finished any day now?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldin_Finance_117

Kangbashi is up to 100k now, at least, but they designed for a million, so it is still pretty empty. As soon as coal becomes big again, maybe it will fill up.
Reminds me of “The GUI should be better. A lot better” by Ross Scott[0].

Edit: looks like this project is already submitted to Ross Scott's forum post[1].

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AItTqnTsVjA

[1] https://www.accursedfarms.com/forums/topic/5784-the-gui-shou...
How about a 1969 MG MGB? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_MGB#/media/File:MG_MGB_open...

Stupid headline is stupid...
It really doesn't. The use of the word "blow out" might be a little sensationalist but nobody would expect it to mean destroying physical equipment, especially when that equipment is in a botnet (i.e. hacked devices that are presumably legitimately owned by someone)
The peppy, upbeat, ultra-American tone that the LLMs produce can be somewhat toned down with good prompting but ultimately, it does stink of the refinement test set.
The unfortunate thing is .NET deserves to have a proper database written in pure C# because the language offers all the tools to achieve a really performant, safe and cross-platform implementation.

But RavenDB does not do it justice and uses unsafe in catastrophic amounts in places where it is not necessary or in ways which are straight up UB despite the fact that JIT/ILC is much more strict than GCC/LLVM. There have been multiple bug reports submitted to dotnet/runtime by RavenDB which required extensive debugging effort only to end up being an issue on RavenDBs end due to explicit misuse of unsafe APIs (in ways, I must reiterate, that have safe alternatives to achieve the same performance).

(if anyone's interested, I can later ask around/dig through issue history and give the references)
I'm a compulsive highlighter too, but it's generally in the vein as xkcd (https://xkcd.com/1271/) and not a select all. Frequently, highlighting ends up starting in the middle of a word!
Visual Analysis of Binary Files
No, though you are correct that this kind of thing is popular at small liberal arts colleges. I think the one local to me does "May term" instead. It's really a nice way to do things - I took AI one year, poly sci another, good time for a study abroad. But it's also a good way to structure the kind of focused learning the original poster queried.
Two Far Side mentions (at least) for our moderator? And here I envisioned him as a much younger man.
Which is odd since 4 PB/day already sounds impressive.
Deaf-infant cochlear implants can make a significant difference in IQ (less language audio input affects IQ if not mitigated ASAP: a principle that extends from deaf to normal hearing children). With this principle in mind, it isn't surprising that hearing aids slow cognitive decline later in life. Though, I'm not implying that it may be a 1:1 mechanism.
I wonder if that's how it worked originally but was dialed back because you'd have n^2 queries per UI interaction
The world is a big place and a lot of it doesn't work like that.

Global emissions enforcement is just about as good as global internet security enforcement. That's why the internet is full of malware and the earth is getting warmer.
For most non-tech people the only router in the house is the one the ISP provided, forcing ISPs to punish their customers for the ISPs misdeeds is odd.
Granted, the pluggy-end of a battery is a pretty benign place to put it. Apple probably has warehouses full of these connectors that need somewhere to go now that OEMs won't pay to license it. Dropping it in a battery is sorta annoying and arguably obsolete but also not the end of the world.

Now, if they could axe Lightning on the Magic Keyboard/Trackpad, that'd be greaaaaaat.
Yes but also money-printing will make us all billionaires.
No, you don't. I am French and have an .fr domain and was never asked for proof of anything.

You are told that you have to something something France but it is just an information.
Really cool. Do you see this being integrated into PostgreSQL in the future with the rise of open-source LLMs?
I think we can agree that not being woken up by your neighbors drunkenly blasting music at 3am is preferable to the alternative. But people should be able to live their lives and if they want to celebrate a big win at work or whatever, as long as it doesn't bother me, who am I to say they shouldn't at 3am on a Wednesday? Yes the outside needs to be nice as well, but we have to live together, and the best way is for me to be unable to hear them.

The outside needs to be nice, but making inside unpleasant doesn't accomplish that.
> The recent estimates are closer to 4.4 million software engineers in the U.S. (~2.75% of the working population)

source? I found a better BLS page that grouped all types of software professionals together but it still only came out to about 1.5M
> I would expect candidates for programming jobs to demonstrate first class ChatGPT or other code copilot skills.

Agree.

But two challenges: if the interviewer does not make it clear that ChatGPT/SO may be used, the typical assumption is that such use is not permitted and would be cheating.

Moreover, coding challenges are typically designed for humans. We may need to design new kinds of interview questions and methods for humans augmented by AI.
"varying" is a pretty wide range here. If you mean "trust" as in trust to maintain connectivity, yes, but beyond that there are established ways to create secure channels over untrusted networks. Could you provide specifics about what you mean if anything beyond basic connectivity?
I feel wicked laughing at this.
I wish this were an actual game!

Like keep showing me a desired item to craft, that requires crafting 2 or 3 items to get to -- e.g. combine 2 existing things, then with a third existing thing. Or combine 2 existing things, another 2 existing things, and then combine those.

And obviously it keeps getting more complex the more items I acquire along the way.

And each time I play it's randomized.

(And let me play entirely with the keyboard by autocompleting each item as I type... dragging gets old real quick on a touchpad...)
It's a toy, it's not meant to be used for anything actually useful - they'll keep nerfing it case by case, because letting users do useful stuff with their models is either leaving money on the table, taking an increased PR/legal risk, or both.
Well since you didn't answer, I'll give you my thoughts for your benefit. Reading back, I think you're projecting. I welcome you to reflect on your behavior as it well meets your own criticisms. Here are examples:

>contemptuous attitude toward people whose preferences differ from your own

I appear to be welcoming the dialogue, and as I read back, you appear to be downvoting to ensure others won't see the dialogue (downvoting prevents people from replying). This is worse than name calling. It's literally contemptuous. And worse, you're accusing me of your crime.

>and the way your ire over the scandal

I hope you can cite where I did that, otherwise this also is contemptuous. How would you know if I'm angry? Is it because you hear my words in your head in an angry voice? There's a rule about that on HN.

>blinded you to basic principles of economics

Me and Congress? It sounds like you might be missing something that Congress and I are aware of. Can you admit that or would that require you to have a better attitude toward people with a differing preference from your own?

>Remark added more noise than signal to the discussion

Is that because it doesn't align with your world view? If that's not why I'll be glad to consider your defense to this point. I hope it will include some honest reason for not wanting to hear other people's opinion, so much so that you would downvote them for sharing it.

Overall, the irony in just this one comment is largely incriminating in regard to HN rules, and in regard to your own aspirations of yourself, I would assume, given the strict expectations you've set out for me.
If you find the linked website as reader hostile as I did, here's a more readable archived version:
https://archive.is/vFZet
continue.dev works great for me, supports vs code and jetbrains ide, there's shortcuts to give it code snipets as context and in place editing. works with all kind of LLM sources. both gpt and local stuff.

still haven't found anything that can read a whole project source code in a single click though
MobileDiffusion: Rapid text-to-image generation on-device
You’re saying the same thing in a different way. Any reason for selling would be a reason.

I suspect there is no strongly compelling reason for it other than it was a big offer they couldn’t refuse
But then the billionaires will be quadrillionaires. You don't seriously think printing money suddenly makes you rich, right?
In the context of recruitment, we're witnessing an "arms race" much like the Red Queen's scenario in Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll. The Red Queen has to keep running just to stay in place, mirroring today's job market dynamics where both candidates and HR are in constant competition.

- *Candidates*: We see a mix of legitimate applicants and those using deceptive tactics to stand out. An example includes 'fake candidates', highlighted in a YCombinator discussion ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39193147)), where individuals fabricate their qualifications.

- *HR Departments*: Similarly, HR posts real and "ghost jobs" (vacancies that don't intend to be filled). This practice, reported by Marketplace ([source](https://www.marketplace.org/2024/01/03/those-jobs-youre-appl...)), complicates the job search, wasting candidates' time and effort.

This arms race, akin to biological evolutionary competitions, makes the recruitment process more challenging and less transparent for all involved. It's a cycle of escalating strategies with both sides trying to outdo the other, leading to increased efforts but not necessarily progress.
The fact that people say it doesn't make it any less wrong. :)
> I’m not sure why anyone would want a job they clearly aren’t qualified for.

$$$,$$$
Are we having this conversation for the millionth time?

Free speech doesn't mean everyone is required to give you a platform.
The issue is more the smoothness in the change in curvy-ness:

https://www.figma.com/blog/desperately-seeking-squircles/
That doesn't mean things won't change in the future.
Hey! I don’t understand too much about AI/ML/LLMs (and now LMMs!) so hoping someone could explain a little further for me?

What I gather is this is an IRC bot/plugin/add-on that will allow a user to prompt an ‘LMM’ which is essentially an LLM with multiple output capabilities (text, audio, images etc) which on the surface sounds awesome.

How does an LMM benefit blind users over an LLM with voice capability? Is the addition of image/video just for accessibility to none-blind people?

What’s the difference between this and integrating an LLM with voice/image/video capability?

Is there any reason that this has been made over other available uncensored/free/local LLMs (aside from this being an LMM)?

Thanks in advance.
there's an issue with the algorithm, the more you play, longer it takes to calculate...neat example for time complexity analysis.
Industrial knowledge management.(multi ton press, heated up multiple 100 degrees, furnaces, etc..)

If you push 3-4 documents into a language model and then ask it questions, it creates some dangerous situations
Restaurant + Empire -> McDonalds

Resort + Empire -> Disney

Obesity + Empire -> America

America + China -> War

China + Japan -> War

America + Japan -> Anime

America + Junk -> Trump
Just took a quick look at the video and the emphasis on documentation and open source software is essential for me: I have piles of moderately exotic hardware that I never got to utilize because of lack of good documentation, so it became obsolete before I got it to work.

Also the point about leaky abstractions, the two API approach makes sense to me.

It's midnight in Western Europe now but I'll take a closer look in a few hours.
The eye also does a lot of work here, see color constancy[1]. BBC had a nice documentary on this back in the days, Colorful Notions[2], see the 19min mark for an experiment showing this in action.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_constancy

[2]: https://vimeo.com/11932120 (sadly poor quality, better rips can be found)
Things are not always what they seem. I’ve started multiple companies that appear to be not viable but once you’ve made something and shown value, all of a sudden everybody wants it.

I mean good gosh just think about Uber, WhatsApp, YouTube - like anyone would ever want that at one time. The world is a big place. Most undervalued lesson early in life.
AI can be an author without being a person
Buddy a few months is a little bit optimistic
Yeah, the disclosure is very important. It’s the difference between an open book test and notes written on their thigh.

During some interviews I’d give people access to a computer. If they could quickly find answers and solve problems, that is a skill in itself, but I could see what they were looking up. Sometimes that part would make or break the interview. Some people didn’t have a deep base of knowledge in the area we were hiring for, but they were really good at finding answers, following directions, and implementing them successfully. They would be easy to train on the specifics of the job. Other people couldn’t Google their way out of a paper bag, I was shocked at how bad some people were and looking up basic things. Others simply quit without even attempting to look things up.
This would be really cool to attach to martial artists or dancers and have whatever their movements are, play the synth of Their People (TM)

This is really cool.
the option to refuse or indefinately defer, any or all upgrades or updates, should be preserved, until there is some basis to believe, there will be no loss or ransom of function bundled in.
Mark Zuckerberg apologizes to parents at online child safety hearing
Serverless Postgres for Modern SaaS in 3 minutes
I also recommend: Sea of Stars is one of the recent “modern” award winning indie JRPGs with pixel graphics.
90% of people have similar tastes, so statistics will make the majority's lives much easier, in my opinion.
FBI director: Chinese hackers aim to 'wreak havoc' on US critical infrastructure
Sure: what is the process to start downloading a torrent? what is the process to message someone on Jami? what is the process to call someone on (old) Skype or Jitsi? Answer this and you realize you can only get as decentralized as your hardware infrastructure
The nudibranch beach got me.
Well, five moneys at least. They might figure out and fire you before you get to six moneys (but maybe they won't, who knows).
Then your issue is with "amount", not "limited". Still no reason to be so pedantic, I would recommend you try to learn to be less literal if you can.
I am always baffled at how US businesses can pretty much do and get away with anything they want, with little to no concequences. I'm not saying where I live is perfect but every time there's a scandal here I only need to look to the US to see we don't have it that bad.
They are going for regulatory capture because they have no moat and open source Ai models are eating their lunch.
Is it really cheating if they’re allowed to use online tools for their day to day?
> I have a LEAP Motion, that I bought shortly after release around a decade ago. I've used it quite a bit, but you still have to place it under your hands - they can't rest on the desktop, which means fatigue over time.

This is substantially different from attaching it to the HMD. Either way, my original point was Apple claiming to have invented things that they did not invent and the notion that this device presents any leap in terms of UX.

It's value is that it's the only HMD that Apple integrates with, which covers all your use cases, and that's fine. I'm happy to see more people exposed to VR in the hope that it does become mainstream. Apple claiming ideas as their own is plagiarism, which is not fine.
I get what you mean and the future you propose really does seem more likely than any other, assuming neuralink doesn't work. However then there's an issue. Apple style on device neural processing seems unlikely for these amounts of constantly on AI capabilites, at least with current hardware, batteries and AI models. So it'll be cloud. Then we'll all be developing natural language apps which run on AWS, paying money constantly to be able o use our own apps developed in our own unpaid time. Though I guess we'll get used to it.

The issue is... I like(d) writing CSS.
While I largely agree with the author's sentiment about not being very interested in AI-generated content,

> AI output is fundamentally derivative and exploitative (of content, labor and the environment)

I believe humans do exactly this as well, and to a greater extent. If you asked me to draw a picture of some mountains and rivers there's a pretty good chance it'll be almost the same composition as some Monet or Ansel Adams or other picture that I've seen before and even I won't realize it. It won't be deliberate, that's just how the brain works, it learns patterns and extrapolates them.
> If you're having AI attend a meeting for you, it probably wasn't that important. If you're having AI write your email, it probably wasn't that important.

I mean probably but I still have to do unimportant shit to live so might as well have the computer do it.
Do you know anyone that has done that successfully? I can't think of any anyone and I know lots of people making a living from small software businesses.

No company (worth working with) is going to be interested in marketing something making $600/mo when there are loads of successful products that they could be an affiliate/reseller/agent etc for.

Also talking to an attorney is likely to eat up months of that $600/mo revenue.
You haven't seen what I've seen. :)

There are a lot of groups running towards this goal and it's all going to land at once.
I never used it myself, but had to transport an e450. I got an Ultra 10 out of it.
Visual studio is 64 bit now.

Rearchitecting the extension out of the process makes sense. You can easily trace performance issues to an extension and they don’t have to build a bunch of extension performance tooling in the ide
Ask HN: Examples of donation rankings trgeting features of open src projects
What current open source projects you know of have working donation schemes based on incentivising requested feature development that work more or less in exemplary way:

- Open Source project: Software Tool
- Software Tool has some place that allows to request feature that one might find usefull
- Requested feature is added to the list of all requested features
- Each item on requested feature list can be donated to
- Donations are summed and ranked based of amount
- At some expected time, current top one or ones are "binding" in some way to become immediately in development and donations for them is utilized by the project
- Rest are diacarded and donations returned back
- Cycle begins anew to request new features and rank them by donation amount
There's no reasoning involved with LLMs. Please. Words have meaning.
> How are you implementing a simulation using constructions that can not be described mathematically?

They could be instructions not constructions and rely on any number of data not in the descriptions themselves.

> If it can't be described mathematically, it can't be simulated mathematically.

You're missing the point. You can say everything running on your PC right now can be described mathematically, and that's fine. But it's also highly dependent on how you have used it, configured it, what you have installed at. The initial mathematical description wouldn't account for the things that are a result of environment and your input.
The patents page (https://www.google.com/patents/opnpledge/patents/) does not include the macaroon patent. Maybe they forgot to update it?