skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I always think the biggest issue to solve, if the IRS were to send you a pre-filled form with all of your information, would be making sure that the correct person receives the form. I don't think a majority of people have online IRS accounts, and older or technology challenged people might be reluctant to have it. So that means that the US Postal Service needs to be completely sure that they send this envelope of sensitive information to the correct person. It seems like the information could end up with the wrong person with mailing mistakes or people who have moved.
Who's Afraid of Early Cancer Detection?
That's really not true and it's important to understand the distinction.

They know a lower bound on how much income you should be reporting. They have no idea how many dependents you have, houses you sold, charity you donated, foreign income you made, etc etc etc. There are hundreds of other things they don't know which massively affect what you owe.

If they got a W-4 for you and you don't report it, yes you're f'd. But they in no way know how much you owe.
Well it's not going to do so well for that at the LVCC given the distance away from hotel parties.
> It's the corporate greed that gets in the way of doing the right thing over there...

That's absolutely bonkers. "Corporate greed" is a fuzzy, unprovable, politically-charged and highly unlikely to actually be true catchphrase that means nothing. The fault lies with the US government - there's nothing that prevents it from acting in the interests of their representatives and implementing anti-spam laws, like you did in Germany. There's no difference between German companies and US companies that somehow makes one "greedier" than the other, either. This comment is a nothingburger that, quite honestly, does not belong on HN.
You should be free to get both their opinion for free - and a second opinion if you really want to pay for it, surely?
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Who’s on your list so far?
I think I would be quite happy to see them as a technology provider. Like cars have Bose or B&O sound, but for the full infotainment, cabin controls, etc.

However I would expect the auto maker to ensure they don’t go too low on buttons.

I honestly have no idea where all this is going. I’m curious. I think it would also make sense if they came up with good self driving stuff to just license that out to people, but that’s not the kind of thing Apple does. At least until now.

I agree with you that Apple would not want the headlines about their cars killing people. The way Tesla has had to deal with (right or wrong).
I find Edge is slow as hell compared to Chrome.
I know, I have a few vehicles without plates in my garage :)

I’m talking about the people buying cars for transportation who are in a financial situation for which GAP insurance might be a concern.
> Sometimes it's about politics.
> Nevada has grown more and more corporate over the years.

You make it sound like it's entirely about money and the bottom line.

I have a hard time believing gaming doesn't provide _huge_ contributions to favorable politicians. I feel like you've got something to say, and maybe something really interesting. But what you've got if awfully vague.

If you've got the time or inclination, I'd definitely read an elaboration of your meaning.
Below some background from a Microsoft employee (https://www.reddit.com/r/dotnet/comments/1aezqmg/comment/ko8...):

Makes perfectly sense. Rust is a replacement for ultra performance sensitive parts that might have been written in C/C++ before, but not a replacement for C#.

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Hey there!

I work at Microsoft. I can shed a bit of light here.

We use .NET for TONS of things. Absolutely tons of different products and services. I'm on the Office 365 side of the business, currently managing Deployment for all of the hundreds of services that roll out across the world... And we use .NET extensively.

I'm starting my new position managing a team that does routing next week. They have some things that are extremely performance critical. As others have pointed out, we're talking about supporting services and traffic literally across the planet. When it comes to optimizing, they will find ways to squeeze out what they can.

There are languages like C and C++ that get used for some extreme use cases like I mentioned. Reducing as much overhead as possible in certain situations even leads to .NET apps with unmanaged pieces included with them.

There's been a lot of hype around Rust, and for good reason. But it's a system language. It's not like Microsoft is about to go rewrite millions and millions of lines of code and toss out C# (for anyone getting nervous ). They're just being pragmatic and using an effective tool for the job.

Hope that offers some clarity.

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i'm pretty sure "defcon is cancelled" is an _ooooold_ meme
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Why You Keep Getting Useless Alerts on Your Phone
I just have a smartphone but with no addicting apps on it. I find having features like mobile banking and a basic web browser are necessary to stay efficient. Also mobile 2fa (not sms)
OTT destroyed the cinema business for small and medium films.

If piracy kills Netflix and other OTT what happens to films ?

People return to Cinemas or movies start streaming for Peanuts on YouTube ?
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There are certainly a lot of DefCon attendees who think that this describes them. In my observation they are all very incorrect, usually humorously so fortunately.
> They also probably spend less on high-end restaurant dining and bar drinking inside the hotel.

I'm not so sure. There's a _lot_ of drinking at DEF CON
There's a huge difference even at this scale. Seven months was apparently long enough for them to make arrangements to hold it at another venue nearby (I'm sure rearranging it is/will be a lot of hard work, but they're doing it); would seven weeks have been?
How do you crawl the web? Do you follow links around? How do you reach a page that isn't linked from anywhere you've crawled?
Not at all, something like a used Tacoma on a short financing term will not need anywhere close to a 40% down payment to stay above water.
> Wow, aren't you the fallacy guy. Please, give me more fallacies!

Ad hominem
Well, no, actually.

I prefer the form factor of board games, paper books, and such things over any sort of digital devices in the evening. So form factor isn't a big deal.

I'm trying to recover an offline-first life, in which I only use digital devices for interacting with other people (or, occasionally, communicating about such things - it's been an intermittent theme on my blog, and I've got a lot more "offline project" posts coming up soon, about charcoal, rock dust, and other related things).

Mostly, anymore, I use a desktop at home.
I buy those plastic bags in bulk instead now. I use them as garbage bags, just as I used to do when I could get them with my groceries, and if I had too many, back then, I could bring them to the grocery store for recycling. They are perfectly sized for garbage.
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I have an iPod shuffle first generation and the form factor is nearly perfect. It has a standard 3.5mm headphone jack on one end and a USB-A connector on the other end. Unfortunately, the battery is dead and not very user serviceable. For something like working out or tuning out, it’s about as minimalist as is functional and if storage wasn’t an issue, could double as removable storage.
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I just asked my Aunt who works on checkout, she reckons only about 20% of people remember to bring bags...

Even so, the alternatives here in NZ are paper bags or more expensive polyester fabric bags.
> I wish somebody could get all the media execs in a room and just deliver a simple message: "You can't compete on price; your competition is free. You must compete on experience if you're to compete at all."

Unfortunately, there is the House of the Mouse, aka. Disney Legal Military Industrial Complex, and they don't let individuals or governments tell them what they can or can't compete on.
If that's true, then no one should be watching TV anyways.
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I do find the tech optimism reflected by this site quite empty and superficial. There's a lot of tech for tech's sake optimism here, and that's a very Western-privilege way to look at things. And yes, it does come across as stupid, if you consider tone deafness a declination of stupidity.
Is this for the POS one that had no controls at all?
I wasn't dismissing though, it's a beautiful quote on the problem of hard-to-read books, from one of my favorite essays written by the creator of Hacker News. After I read the author's post I realized the quote elegantly sums up their frustration, and the essay is great "further reading" for fans of the idea. Not all short comments have to have a thought-terminating purpose. I also immediately replied to the short comment with a long comment of my own, but since the quote stands well on it's own I didn't want to combine my thoughts with it.
Samsung and Microsoft both do this shit. It's unfortunate that they are the only real alternative to Apple for general consumers.
You didn't have to "document the whole thing with pictures." That's simply not required, and not reasonable to expect.
Yes, agreed they are monstrously powerful compared to the computers that were commonly used to first write papers, but they are still lacking a lot of the raw UI/UX speed. We’ve (hopefully) all seen someone navigate a UI so fast that it’s hard to follow, or seen someone work through a text file after they’ve put in the hundred hours to discover all the shortcuts and “power user” tricks. You just cannot do that on a phone, especially not an iPhone with it’s forced animation delays and keyboard-second design patterns.
I'll be honest, I've read the article several times. I'm way too dumb to get what the author's point is.

I think the video opens up more interesting lines of discussion. There are two points I think the video has that are relevant. One is the discussion on deep knowledge (there is a body of knowledge to learn about software engineering including fundamentals of the discipline). The other is really about the engineering design process (there are domain specific techniques for software that can be used, but it's common to all engineering disciplines).

As other commenters mentioned, the fundamentals are probably more accessible and more known now than at any other time. The minimum bar to enter the field has probably gone down substantially because of all of the abstraction and tooling that exists, and because there is no standards to what job titles are, everyone wants to be called an engineer.

The software PE was removed in the US, but the fundamentals are probably pretty similar in Canada. https://www.egbc.ca/registration/individual-registrants/how-...

Sure, this is probably a little much and there are plenty of people working in the field that don't need to know much of it. That brings us to the vocabulary, which is already in place! Engineer, technologist, technician, skilled trades, and unskilled labor are different categories of jobs within the existing fields of engineering. These range from requiring no formal education to requiring years of formal education. Again, everyone wants to be an engineer and there is nothing in America stopping them from calling themselves one.
Reminds me that I need to make my DEF CON travel plans. Thanks for the reminder!
Me? I'm rooting for the pirates, personally.
There is no security inside the HDMI cable itself. It's an HDCP negotiation between the source and the sink which occurs over an i2c serial bus along the pair of DDC pins.

You may be able to get away with just an HDMI dummy plug:

https://www.amazon.com/4K-HDMI-Dummy-Plug-3840x2160/dp/B07FB...

I'm not sure if these dummy plugs handle HDCP. If not you can use one in combination with this splitter:

https://www.amazon.com/Splitter-l-b-y-Vision-Atmos-Scaler/dp...

I own this splitter and know for a fact that it handles the HDCP negotiation. But I think it needs a display attached.
That's not what they said. They're saying that, even if it really isn't your fault, acting as if it is your fault can help you to materially improve your situation. If you act as if there's nothing you can do, you will do nothing.
Ha, I finally get to mention https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lie-to-children

One of my favorite articles!
friction used as 3d printed transistor/resistance[0]

graphite powder circuitry experiments[1a][1b]

simple transistor projects[2]

total pile high deeper math geek origami/kiragami mechanical approach[3]

pneumatic logic gates[4]; rotational logic gates[5];

gears/marbles/dominoes[6]

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transistor logic gates : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWlD7gL9gS0

[0] 3d printed logic : https://hackaday.com/2019/03/02/3d-printing-logic-gates/

[1a] graphite circuits : https://hackaday.io/project/21622-graphite-circuitry-experim...

[1b] https://www.instructables.com/Paper-Electronics-Conductive-P...

[2] simple transistor projects : https://www.worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Technology/A...

[3] : https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-42323-1

[4] : a) https://www.instructables.com/3D-Printed-Pneumatic-Logic-Gat...

b) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxXaizglscw

[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ghvEe5N--U

[6] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQeDnFUNW-Q
My first thought was that GP was saying DefCon attendees would be counting cards, which is an effective and legal way to beat the house[1] (until you're caught and banned from the casino).

1. https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/nightlife/2016/04/...
Focus modes are meant to be exactly that, although it doesn’t prevent you from getting out of it. Do you really need something so strong? If so, why not consider just locking away your phone or getting rid of it?
> But that means companies must sell for the marginal price of their website’s ergonomics, not for the marginal price of producing movies.

But that means companies must also realize the tech industry is a really bad business for 99% of companies in it.
Tachyum claims one of its processing units rivals Nvidia H200 GPUs
sorry to break your little bubble but it doesnt work like that in the real world. Even if you opened every single secret in your country, there are hostile countries out there that wont share the same goodwill with you. Even if both of you told each other "look these are all my secrets" there is always the lingering question whether that was everything or not. I think this is called Prisoner's dilemma iirc
somebody tell them about antlr4
Engagement and App Open might be metrics that are being optimized for.

You might see a few more Ads if you open the app often.
For decades, I avoided piracy. When friends would ask why I bought movies when I could just download them, I'd talk about wanting to support content producers and wanting to pay my fair share for something I got enjoyment out of. I'm a software engineer, and as much as I value open source, I also appreciate the value of intangible intellectual property. I wasn't an anti-piracy warrior; I just felt that I should pay for the media I wanted to consume.

I've given up. I'm just not doing it anymore. I own hundreds of movies on VHS (hah), DVD, and Bluray. I own hundreds of movies on digital platforms, like iTunes, Prime, and Google Play (or whatever they call it now, if they haven't simply deleted my library). At one point I was paying for at least five monthly-subscription streaming services. I've spent many thousands of dollars on movies.

I've gotten screwed by them all. DVDs and Blurays with DRM that prevented me from copying them (first at all, then just legally). Fried a Bluray drive trying to flash the firmware simply so I could backup and format-shift movies that I paid for. iTunes movies that I couldn't play on my TV. iTunes movies that wouldn't stream at full resolution on some platforms. Limitations on how many devices I could authorize to watch movies that I paid for. iTunes still limits you to five authorized devices. I've got two TVs, four computers, two tablets, and a phone.

Streaming sites that I pay for introducing ads. Movies and shows constantly disappearing from streaming platforms to increasingly isolated silos that double their prices and halve their content offerings. Netflix locking my account because I'm traveling and accessing it from a different place every night. Netflix not working because I'm out of the country. Prices keep going up, content and usability keeps going down.

Despite all this nonsense, I still held the line and wanted to legally purchase all my media. So I built a $3000 media PC, bought a bunch of Bluray movies, bought a Bluray drive to rip them, and got ready to "really own" movies I wanted to watch, pleased that I was no longer going to be the sap who spent $20 on a barely-usable iTunes movie that I didn't actually own, but still feeling like I was doing the right thing.

Well, I couldn't rip most of the movies, because of DRM, which hurts pirates not at all, but strips honest people of their right to backup and format-shift. So I researched Bluray drives, found one that was supposed to work, flashed the firmware to use [some ripping software I can't remember], and it fried the drive.

That's it. I've had enough. Fuck every content producer on the planet. I've got a media PC with 32TB of storage and I'm going to fill that up with everything I can steal and then buy more HDs.

They had their chance. I hope they all go bankrupt. Assholes.
> My best guess is that DNS just makes the assumption that everything needs to fit in a single IP packet and it doesn't care if it is UDP or TCP.

It's not an assumption, it's a requirement. "Legacy" DNS has no provision for a response to exceed a single IP packet size. The assumption part is that this is adequate for a DNS response. Before DNSSEC, it was.

I believe DoH and friends don't have this restriction.

EDIT: too late to delete but this is wrong. see child comments.
Well we receive all kinds of other tax information in the mail, W2s, 1099s, etc. It doesn't seem to cause big problems.
Dunno if it has anything to do with it but they did get haxx0red last year at the same time as MGM, except Caesars paid up and MGM didn't. Hotel room cards, casino play cards, etc were down for ten days at a bunch of the MGM-owned properties (a.k.a. the half of the Strip not owned by Caesars) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Resorts_International#Las_...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-13/caesars-e...

https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/9/15/23875113/mgm-hack-c...
(sorry for late response, maybe you'll still catch it) There's not a technical problem using multiple GNSS constellations. Officially the US had some treaty with Russia to allow use of GLONASS as a second constellation. Later on Galileo became the next constellation approved through a civil route, not a treaty.

China's BeiDou would have to probably be approved through a treaty since it's run by their military, it's not going to happen. I've been told by someone who used to work at space force that beidou can be used to track users, but that's bullshit with how our receivers use it. Here's a US gov report on the matter, if it's receive only (no messaging component) tracking isn't going to happen https://www.uscc.gov/sites/default/files/Research/Staff%20Re...

Finally, the way at least Qualcomm receivers work is they will only lock to GPS first and then mix in the other constellations (at least while in CONUS).
> Has there been any vaguely reliable suggestion about their planned approach?

Designed in California. Made in China.
It doesn't really run out of batteries. I'm not talking about going to the moon, I'm talking about going across town. It charges pretty quick, and it can charge in the car, so I'm rarely out and about with it less than 50% charged. Which is good enough for at least 8 hours of active usage with its current battery health and age, a good bit more if I bother stretching it.

What happens if I lose my wallet? What happens if I lose my car keys? Its not like these other things are immune to "what if it gets lost?" Sure, there's a bit of risk tying it all to one thing, but in the end I'm not talking about being more than a few hours walk to home or a friend's house. And like I said, I usually carry enough cash in my shoe to cover a half day fare.

At least for my car, I do have a backup code I can type in and access it.

My phone is waterproof. Its durable enough, its fallen out of my pocket while riding my bike before and been fine. I did have a problem of breaking phones in the past, but since waterproof phones and far more durable screens have been a thing I haven't really lost any to damage since. The last time I broke a phone was 2012. It seems like if I managed to break my phone I'm likely to be picked up by an ambulance anyways.
It's worth noting there were at least 3 other de-facto standards for USB to TRRS: https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-d6cc903458ff8fcfa304d...

One problem with using TRRS for USB is that Vbus can be short-circuited while plugging and unplugging; the clones of the 2nd generation Shuffle tended to use a regular mini-USB instead, which offers the advantage that it can be charged while listening: http://tarkus-notes.com/en/chinese-mp3-player-ipod-shuffle-c...
It feels so weird that US doesn't have such system where as Second/Third world country like India excels in some of them.

Online Tax Filing (preloaded with all the tax data, nothing to declare extra, just 5 clicks). In fact there are third party sites/apps (freetaxfiler) which automates the entire process.
Cosmonaut Oleg Kononenko sets world record for most time spent in space
how is this different from the other one posted yesterday https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39232976
So what are the consequences for Caesars doing this? It seems like this will cause a lot of extra work and maybe damages for DEF CON's organizers.
You can easily Google it.
Get a dedicated e-ink reader device.

I've tried reading on phones, reading on tablets, etc, and the problem is that there's always so much else to do - or, at least, things that interrupt you (SMS messages and such on a phone).

I moved... oh, 10+ years ago, I think, to a Kobo (e-ink reader, not Kindle, far more hackable and open, swallows everything except some DRM which I strip on a desktop). I now have several, as they're just such good devices for reading text. I've also moved a lot of my "web reading" to them via Pocket, in which I send a link to Pocket and get the article, on my device, as long form text without any of the nonsense that's in most web articles (most images work, but not all).

It's far better than trying to have a combo device. And my 10+ year old Kobo Auras still work just fine for reading.
The "Grades of Leather" hierarchy you've probably read about is a Myth
Without robust and easily scaled infrastructure in place ahead of time, an organic DDOS is one of the most difficult situations to mitigate. Not much can be done in terms of traffic shaping, rate limiting, or bot detection.
Thank you. Can I ask a question?

Does this mean LLMs can generate text with empty context? How can LLMs choose the first token without any previous tokens? My understanding is that to compute logits for the next token, LLMs require input from all previous tokens. Am I correct?
Thinking inside the program, downloading dependencies certainly doesn’t need to have side effects. It may add new failure modes, that’s all.

If you step outside then sure, it has side effects, but so does simply running the program (any program), in 100% of the cases.
NIH it uses the Chromium web engine. Still it is better than Chrome. My son did a college report on Chrome verses Edge and did benchmarks and Edge was faster. His hypothesis was that Chrome would be faster which was proven false.