skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The "demotic Greek" in the translation I was taught (by Kazantzakis and
Kakridis) is a language made up by the translators and not the modern Greek
spoken by everdyay people, not even the translators' contemporaries. As far as
I understand it (you will struggle to find a clear discussion of this on the
English-speaking internet, and possibly not in the Greek-speaking one, also)
it is a language created for political reasons, from bits and pieces of the
speech of farmers in the countryside, but without being a specific local
dialect, just a patchwork of local dialects; it is the language that
proletarians would speak, at least in the confused imagination of the
translators. Incidentally, the same translators destroyed my attempt to read
Dante's Inferno, in high school, when I asked for a translation and was given
one of their own (or I think it was just Kakridis) in the same style.

Just to be clear, I grew up reading Katharevousa because my family was
right-leaning and my father considered Katharevousa to be a "correct" Greek,
closer to the ancient Greek. Which of the ancient Greek dialects, I never
asked, but that was also a fake, made-up, politically-motivated langauge that
nobody spoke in everyday life, and never will.

There are plenty of very silly people in Greece that carry around unrealistic
ideas about what "proper Greek" means, for example I've seen folks use the
polytonic system in internet posts, which uses accents inherited from Koine
Greek meant to teach barbarians proper Gerek pronounciation... that we no
longer use.

It's all a bit like the French Academy's attempt to control how French is
spoken: a futile, misguided and ill-thought out attempt, entirely politically
motivated, that will never work. Ηuman language is an expression of the
freedom of the human spirit and no idiot can control it, try as they might.

Btw, this is the translation of the Iliad I was taught at school:

https://www.alfavita.gr/sites/default/files/attachments/omir...

And here's a short excerpt (my transcription, and [sic]'s)):

Του Δία και της Λητώς τους έσπρωξεν [sic] ο γιος που με το ρήγα [sic]
χολιάζοντας [sic] κακιά εξεσήκωσεν [sic] αρρώστια και πέθαιναν [sic]
στρατός πολύς' τι [sic] δε σεβάστηκεν [sic] ο γιος [sic[ του Ατρεά το Χρύση,
του θεού το λειτουργό· στ' Αργίτικα γοργά καράβια είχε έρθει
με λύτρα αρίφνητα [sic], την κόρη του να ξαγοράσει πίσω [sic],
του μακροσαγιτάρη [sic] Απόλλωνα κρατώντας τα στεφάνια
πα [sic] στο χρυσό ραβδί, και πρόσπεφτε μπρος στους Αγίτες όλους,
ξεχωριστά στους δυο πολέμαρχους υγιους [sic] του Ατρέα γυρνώντας"

Sorry about the sics, but it's that kind of language that pissed me off as a
high-schooler: nobody. Nobody speaks that way in modern Greek. No. Body.

There was an older version by Iakovos Polylas, in katharevousa, or
katharevousa-like demotic, not sure. I think the two books have been used
interchangeably at differen times. Why? Why can't we have an ordinary,
easy-to-read translation for school kids? Is it any wonder they prefer to
watch One Piece and read Spider Μan than this incomprehensible nonsense?
No, I don't have muscle memory, and in fact you have introduced me to the Ctrl+Shift+B shortcut to show or hide the Bookmarks Toolbar! :-D I won't use it though, because I have it visible and it's not something one typically changes a lot.

With "side panels" I mean what strictly speaking Firefox calls "Sidebar": menu View -> Sidebar -> choose ONE among Bookmarks, History, Synced Tabs, Bookmark search plus 2, or Tree Style Tab.

Why the hell I cannot have e.g. Tree Style Tab AND a Bookmarks sidebars on the left, at the same time? Seems silly to me. Ages ago I worked with Qt and made desktop applications that could have detachable panels (QDockWidget), or their native equivalents such as palettes on Windows, that could be placed anywhere on a main window; but now that we're living in the future it seems we went backwards on what our UIs are able to do.
I mean, they have to buy the land for the parking lot, so it does get priced in.

But we should also have a Land Value Tax to push people toward using it more productively.
A lot of dietary science is shaky, and I think we should accept that different people respond to various psychoactive substances differently. I don't have any reason to question the author's conclusions, nor doubt that others might have the same experience - even if it doesn't quite jibe with mine (I'm in this camp: https://twitter.com/danielcrosby/status/1534584565431296001).

What doesn't sit with me is that the article makes a lot of hyperbolic claims ("Caffeine is literally killing your dreams", etc) and says a lot of sciencey-sounding stuff, but then wraps it up with "no, you can't cricitize that":

> Q: Don't you care? Don't you think it's misleading?

> A: Nah. I'm not writing a philosophical treatise here. I'm not writing a lawsuit to take all coffee lovers to court. And I'm definitely not writing a scientific review.

I mean, OK, it's your blog - but you're trying to have it both ways. If you wanted to write about your subjective experience, fine. But you're making it seem as if you're presenting settled science.
so you’re saying that for big brain types the high doses might reduce the risk of brain squeeze, in cases of lack of sufficient space in the brain box.

this is great news.
But what is art at its core? It's an individual expressing their thoughts, experiences, emotions, a direct connection to their brain. The importance is not the fidelity of yet another painted tree that looks like trees painted before it.

These kinds of tools are democratizing visual expression; with that, we should place even more importance on what is being told and expressed. In some ways I see it as a new form of writing. We're in our duchamp readymade era.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Readymades_of_Marcel_Duchamp
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You can also just lower the dose instead of following this black and white “am I a drinker” thinking. A single (1/2 double) espresso in the morning is not so much.
Good point. While the visual query builder is meant to be more like a playground to play around while crafting your queries, at the end of the day it just provides you with an API request body (json) that can also be hand-crafted. The VQB is also a way to craft and save query “aliases” with their own permissions.

Analytics: our painpoint with a few other search solutions was a lack of out-of-the-box insights for user behavior and common searches. We’re addressing this with Searchbase
I just tried GPT4 with "is the queen alive?" and it came back with 'hold on, checking Bing' followed by "Queen Elizabeth II passed away..." That kind of thing.
On the other hand, we have Erdős: "A mathematician is a machine for turning coffee into theorems."
With the goal of less plastic in the ocean and landfills, the solution should not be to make a very narrow and specific form of plastic illegal while everything else is acceptable. Thick plastic and aluminum are both terrible at decomposing at the bottom of the ocean. Natural fibers however tend to dissolve quite well in water.

Recycling and plastic waste initiatives seems like two completely different goals. Recycling reduce energy usage in the industry, but the effect on ocean waste can be anything from beneficial, marginal to negative. In order to address single serving aluminum cans, one of the more effective solution is container-deposit. When 1/5 of the counter price is in the deposit, people seems to litter a lot less. It need to hurt a little to throw the can into the ocean or just randomly in the street.
>getting a loan isn't affording it

If the monthly payment is affordable to someone, isn't that by definition affordable?

>Tesla ... gives EVs in general an increasingly bad name

This is an odd critique, I'd say that the bigger issue is that a lot of traditional auto manufacturers have done a poor job rolling out their electric vehicles.
You're not going to suggest that different people have different baseline biochemistry and would benefit from different things in different ways? No! That's not allowed! All health advice must fit all people, and people who don't fit the health advice shouldn't be allowed to complain about it.

/sarcasm, but I've seen serious versions of this argument
James Hoffmann did a video on decaff coffee recently[1]. In it he basically says the "scary chemicals" aspect of other caffeine removal processes is basically overblown, and the reason why decaf coffee sucks has less to do with the solvents used and more to do with how the decaffination process makes the beans more prone to staling. In short, there's nothing really special about the swiss water process in particular and there are more important factors to worry about.

[1] https://www.summarize.tech/www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYTSdlOdk...
I think my edit addresses your point.
Then a subselect with the window function and an outer where clause where the window function column = 1
DDR5 uses on-die ECC to improve chip yield (AFAIK.) Any errors are not reported to the OS so the BSODs you experience are not resulting from reported ECC errors. They could be the result of uncorrected memory errors that are undetected but cause the OS to crash.

Some DDR4 also uses on-die ECC. The specs for the Raspberry Pi 4B list DDR4 ECC RAM.
>PHILADELPHIA — Artificial intelligence can now move at the speed of light, thanks to University of Pennsylvania engineers. They have introduced a new type of computer chip that has the potential to significantly enhance the speed and efficiency of AI systems. Unlike traditional chips that rely on electrical signals, this innovative silicon-photonic (SiPh) chip utilizes light waves to perform complex mathematical calculations, promising to revolutionize computer processing power and energy consumption.

A prime example of adding random "current hot thing" terms for marketing hype...
"High amounts" is a bit of an understatement, the study is talking about more than 6 cups of coffee daily, which is going to be in the 550-600mg range. Up to about 400mg a day is safe for adults[0]. 600mg is a lot of caffeine. For context, a Bang energy drink which is on the upper end of what you can get in a single drink, is 300mg. Most "energy drinks" are around 200mg less. I'm not sure anyone is surprised by the statement "habitually drinking 3+ energy drinks a day, every day, for an extended period of time, might be bad for you."

[0] https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/nutrition-and-h...
It’s 2024. Everything is connected to the internet. Dropbox, Google, and Apple all offer multiple terabyte level plans. The default today is to store in the cloud. We are all storing data in someone else’s computer.

Instead of blaming the users, we must hold the companies responsible. Data privacy laws must be stricter and these incidents must be taken more seriously.
Not to change your direction but something I've been toying around is being able to support Algebraic types when defining tables. That way you can offload a lot of the error checking to the database engine's type system and keep application code simpler.
Anyone who knows that an industry is uneconomic, but wants the gov to own and run the industry, just to lose taxpayer money and pay wages to his union is a communist.

(The barrier for gov ownership is slightly lower than a capitalist, because the gov has to pay transitory unemployment benefit to those put out of work, and it was still not economic).

Actually, that person is not just a small-c communist interested in the community, but a big-C Marxist, who wants the gov to lose money for his selfish reasons.

Are you perhaps, tentatively, obliquely, hinting, in a roundabout fashion, with elliptical prose, that Arthur Scargill was not a communist..... fascinating.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Scargill#Socialist_Labo...
Moving from Israel to the Netherlands, it was one of the things I had to get used to. Israeli groceries offer free plastic bags for many things. In the Netherlands most supermarket chains have none (only the heavier durable kinds).

However: produce (i.e. cucumbers, tomatoes, potatoes etc.) in Israel are not individually packaged. Usually, I'd take one bag and stuff it with different vegetables / fruits. It's somewhat messy at the checkout, but if you aren't buying a lot, it's fine. In the Netherlands it's very common to package either individual fruits / vegetables (esp. cucumbers for some reason!) or small multiples (eg. apples are sold in four-packs, as are pears, kiwis etc.)

So, in the end of the day, the amount of plastic I bring back home from a grocery store is greater in the Netherlands than what it was in Israel.

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But, if I go all the way back to my childhood... It's perfectly possible to do grocery shopping without any plastic packaging whatsoever. A lot of things we buy from the grocery today were things that some 30 years ago just were supposed to be made at home. A lot of ready-made food simply didn't exist, but today it could be the number one source of plastic packaging. Things like yogurt cups or various similar snacks, sandwiches, salads, anything packaged for a single serving.

I can sort of see how some people simply might not have the time to deal with cooking or even just sorting the groceries. The pace of life definitely changed towards dedicating less time to such boring tasks. But, there are still people like myself who wouldn't mind spending extra half an hour in a grocery store / bring their own containers for various goods. It's just nobody sells food in this fashion anymore.
> There's two primary reasons- zoning, and speculative investment that keeps good land off of the market.

While I agree with the second point, I’m having a hard time understanding how zoning can affect pricing. Isn’t it just “you can’t build industry next to residential”?
You'd be surprised (if you have ADHD)

https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/know-your-amphetamines
Yes, but not associative. I guess this is what GP was trying to say (and which actually can cause issues).
Globalization has been a boon for just about anyone with a white collar job. It's not limited to the ultra rich at all.

While the middle class sure has shrunk, the life those in it live is markedly more materialistic than in the past. Fifty years ago there was no Temu, Alibaba, or Amazon TYEVRRTY brands to deck out facet of your life once you clear the cost of basic living. Houses are expensive as ever, but filling them has never been so cheap.
And chances are the roasters actually care about making it taste good. It's rare but you can find great decaf coffee if you look for it.

To me, it is weird that all coffee revolves around caffeine; I find the complex tastes way more rewarding than the milligrams of caffeine I get from it.
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Two wrongs don't make a right. There are also some other arguments in TFA.
It seems the 'fan support' feature is not available on the Spotify website, only the native app. Explains why I haven't noticed it.

So they finally added a way to directly support artists. That's nice, but disappointing they excluded the web app from this feature. Its omission hurts potential donations. Spotify also lowers audio quality on the web app, gee it's almost like they don't want me to use the web app.
Or water even
No nothing else changed. I suspect the idea is if you have a cart of some size they expect you’ll buy more because you can fit it or it looks emptier.

Some kind of psychological thing.
Math of polygonal billiard tables and illumination
Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39418386
One travel mug is well within the safe range your own link describes...

If people are drinking 3 travel mugs a day... then sure...? Not sure what that changes.
Great insight.

Examples:

Leaky faucets; squeaky cabinet/door hinges; door thresholds that let water inside only when it's a huge storm with heavy winds and rain; cars that only start after several attempts; my blog host which requires several failed attempts before uploading an image; grocery stores (Kroger and Harris Teeter, for two) that have only a single checkout line manned by a person — often new or old and slow — so as to "encourage" customers to use the many self-checkout stations; credit card readers that require several attempts before acceptance; gas station pumps which increasingly require more personal information before allowing you to put the darn nozzle in your car; phone and tablet touchscreens covered with fingerprints and skin debris and dust etc. but still quite usable; eyeglasses with the same issues; clothing you know isn't fresh but that's still wearable if the alternative is doing the laundry; running out of coffee beans and using instant as opposed to taking the time and effort to buy fresh beans.

I'm sure others here have equally amusing exemplars....
6 cups a day is 48 oz of coffee. A travel mug and venti is 20oz. I don't know anyone who drinks more than 2 of those in a day.

Stop the hyperbole.
Any cherry-picked stat can look good. What replaced those 7B? Cloth? Paper? Exercise for the environmentalist: which has a larger impact on the planet? Compare and contrast.

Nothing is wholly a win here. Just by existing we impact the planet. Seriously, the principle effective way to reduce environmental impact is to have 7 billion fewer people on the planet. Anything else can be seen as theatre.
> He concludes by calling for more research on AI safety and for a more open and collaborative discussion about the risks and benefits of AGI.

This is a talk so devoid of technical details that is difficult to understand the reasons for it's delivery.
> I'm also curious what the actual bug was

Hardware. Rowhammer-type effects occurring accidentally under sudden load spikes. The hardware has just got too dense.

(I should clarify this is speculation, but reading the recent article included here on sudo using special maximum-distance bitfields to hold state internally (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39165342)... it must be a problem that's being observed in the wild)
"Just a few attributes and we could avoid the iframe" could be the htmx/z motto
Yes this was a response to htmx. It was a half-parody half-I wanna make it work project.
Like https://github.com/vilgacx/aki

I would fear if anyone wants to use this in production BUT I would love someone to get inspired and use the concepts rather than the actual code. Hmm maybe i should write a disclaimer...
I only use Caffeine now when I'm really low on sleep and stop all intake after that. In high school, I would drink tons of caffeine every day.

I didn't realize until later in life that it contributes to my anxiety. I sleep much better without it and can actually get more work done. My anxiety is also reduced to almost nothing.

I think I got into a habit of just drinking coffee every day, that I didn't really think about it.
Important to note: Not everyone has the same reaction to caffeine. And not all caffeine hits the same. What it’s mixed with matters.

The caffeine in tea, for example, doesn’t have as many anxiety inducing effects because you also get a bunch of L-theanine, which has a calming effect. To the point that many modern energy drinks have started adding it to their formula.

Personally I sleep fine with or without caffeine. Timing matters little. What really absolutely truly impacts my quality if sleep – physical activity.
Sent is not compatible with sharing screen with Teams in MacOS. This actually got me into trouble.
These articles always tell me I’m doing too much or not enough.
I quit Coffee one month each year (Ramadan while fasting). It has the effect of resetting my tolerance to caffeine. The first coffee after Ramandan feels more like Cocaine than Caffeine, almost like a superpower.
However, I have to say, I don't see any difference in sleep quality with or without coffee. I just make sure only to drink coffee in the morning.
Hah that's amazing
I was trying to figure out what the box fan filled with parts was going to be for. Took way too long. Not enough caffeine yet today.
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After a decade of a cup or two a day, I switched to decaf, and then stopped that too.

I had no idea, but it wasn’t until I stopped that I realized I had been living life through a fog… kind of dulled down senses and reactions.

I love coffee, but I feel so much better without it I’ll never go back. I highly recommend everyone quit just to see how they feel. You might be surprised
>It's truly a shame how so many on HN are anti-innovation,

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39418713
I think it's good to examine all habits that we have, and if this article gets you to consider the (potentially unknown) trade offs you're making, great!

but to really know what they are, RCT self-experiments are the best way to work out what's really going on.

gwern has a bunch of examples (https://gwern.net/zeo/caffeine) but you should tailor yours to the effects you're most interested in.

incidentally, does anyone here have a go-to tutorial for how to set one up, how to do power analysis, etc? i'm persuaded by why we should do RCTs, but I don't have the background in statistics to confidently run them myself.
This isn't really against caffeine, it's against drinking multiple cups of coffee throughout the day. Tea is less anxiety-inducing that coffee (and lower in caffeine). Even if you stick with coffee, a cup in the morning won't mess with your sleep unless you are unusually sensitive.
Sounds expensive. I don't see how a platform for user generated content such as X could do that profitably given that the expected value of each user is so low.
Hey onco-nosology nerds: Is there a cell-typed unambiguous classification system, research, and clinical treatment protocol nexus attempting to capture and disseminate information on all cancer types in a more precise and organized effort?
The problem is that getting to run for president requires a constant stream of money throughout your entire political career (or you need to have your own funds to contribute). This acts as a filter for any candidates that take anti-investor stances.
Right now a Searchbase api key has read access to an entire index or to an “alias”, which is a filtered subset of an index. I agree that row-level security could be really interesting… Could you give an example of your use-case?
The Ethyl Acetate (aka sugarcane) method is also good, as long as the resulting beans are complemented by the slight fruity flavor added by the process. There's a new plant in Colombia which makes some excellent coffees (provided they are roasted well).

It can be difficult to find roasters who actually care about their decaf coffee beans - they are more difficult to roast and some roasters still turn up their nose at it. Decaf beans stale faster (both before and after roasting) so it's even more important to get fresh beans from a good roaster.
I quit booze a few years ago. It's a 10x improvement on my life. Quitting caffeine is probably not a 10x'er, but seems worth a go.
This paper is so ass, it brushes off reduced sleep and then implies it’s caffeine’s fault instead of the user drinking caffeine when they aren’t supposed to.

Shit like this is why nobody trusts science anymore
I like how delightfully stable GCC and C is when things from C99 is mandatory only now, a quarter of a century later.
HTML native ajax is the right approach, and what the htmx devs fully support if I understand correctly, but I don't think this demonstrates htmx is too much trouble for what it offers. It offers considerably more than what's possible here, eg. DOM morphing, animations, graceful degradation, rich event model, server side events, etc.