skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think this is more that pay barrier significantly raises obstacle no matter how much money you actually have to give. Even as little as 10^-10 cent. Just by nature of transaction verification have a hard cost no matter how much money actually transferred.

What would finally vanquish ads off the internet is micro transaction that is actually able to bypass this barrier entirely. This is what bitcoin promised to do but of course, they don't solve real problems.
I’m sure this comment will age really well.
How so?

Asking because it's something I've looked at for unrelated reasons, and while the couple of providers I've interviewed thus far I disqualified for other reasons, if there's more to look out for here it'd be good to know about.
I'm curious about the usage. I've seen it mostly replaced with ruby, but wonder if this is a bubble phenomenon.
Ah yes, the “you’re holding it wrong” strategy.
> Is it even ok to have kids?

According to me (utility function, etc) it's required you have kids. Only in the 2.X statistical sense though, but if not what's the point? You can't condition all your problems out, but you at least have to play to not lose.
One bit of warning: we tend to overestimate the short term impact of new tools while underestimating their long term ones.

It’s likely our kids will have recognisable professions with better phones than not. AI will be there assisting us in increasingly sophisticated ways, acting as intelligent agents and maybe even impersonating us at simple interactions.

Value and supply chains change slowly and those are the things that can really make the biggest changes.
You’re right. I find you very inspiring Michael. Your writing has given me a lot of new ideas on a crossroad I’ve been stuck at recently.
How about work and live on a mountain and forget about this idea of ‘at work’?
It's hard settling for lower caloric consumption to maintain lower body weight without large life style changes (duh). For the last 10 years I settled for eating what my body desired + lifing heavy and being 30 BMI at 15% bodyfat instead of previous 35%. Now aging is starting to catch up to me, blood pressure and heart burn increasing at same legally obese BMI. Currently skipping a couple meals, do a little fasting to get around to 25 BMI, but really just waiting of better diet drugs.
Tell HN: Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
There is a lot of testless code in Facebook, nobody gets PSC points for that.
Political entertainment is now a huge industry in the USA. They hook people by getting them angry about stuff they know nothing about.
> Partly because even in a world where it became clear that school isn’t useful

I don’t follow… In what world is school not useful?

I suspect the social value of school will become much more apparent soon.
In many cases I'd agree. Looking at the moderation actions there though, I see an abusive over-application of their Code of Conduct.

If anything, this is a prime example of what many people are concerned about when the topic of CoCs is raised.
Doesn't Azure OpenAI support resolve the privacy concerns?
Is that teally an issue? From a legal perspective (as a layman) Apples decision seems fine for me. So how can we say "bad Apple" if they're legally doing it correct?

That does not mean that their decision is the proper one, just that it's legally ok.
Lots of them, depending on what you mean by "school" and "useful". I think it's doubtful we're in one though.
I’m not a huge fan of CS Lewis but the quote at the end is very on point. Let’s continue to be human and do human things. Change will come as it always does.
Is there some place that resources were not scarce or contested? Competition for resources happens across the animal kingdom as far as I can tell.
It's not that it's actually not useful, but given everything going on it certainly feels not useful to a lot of kids.

In a lot of ways, school is the part of our society that changes the slowest.
The Poisson distribution of radioactive decay is, however, "nature".

Bimodal distributions (eg number of testicles in the general population) are also "nature".

Black-body radiation (whatever distribution it has? anyone?) is also "nature".

EDIT: distribution of intelligence vs fraction of mass on earth is also not normally distributed.

6e24 kg none (not living)
3e15 kg negligible (plant)
1e13 kg low (other animal)
4e11 kg general (human)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biomass_(ecology)
Back in the days I wanted to get an Archimedes, moving away from my Amiga A4k40 but it was hard to get in Germany. I did get a Bebox instead. Sadly, both were killed by PCs with GPUs.
I think this gets it entirely upside down: There is meaning and symbolism and patterns everywhere, but we can never be sure our interpretation matches sone intent, and I see no compelling reason to see that 'intent' as more than complex computation anywhere, and pretty much everything, everywhere is computation.

There is context to a storm, or a tree too. Many things have more, and more complex, context than human intent.

Intent is just one categorisation of data, and it can be interesting, but so are many other categorizations of data.

And we also often get authorial intent wrong, often embarrassingly so.

It also compels me to see the dismissive attitude to AI art as fundamentally flawed, in that while we're clearly not "there" yet, I see no fundamental conceptual difference between different forms of computation - including the human mind - so any dismissal of the "just statistics" kind to me is an attempt to imbue the human mind with religious characteristics I fundamentally reject.

At the same time, to me, that attempt denigrated human art, which to me is equally just a result of computation.

If you can't enjoy art unless you think there's some spark of something more behind it, then to me the only reason you fail to reject human art too is faith in something there's no reason to think I'd there.

Nothing we know suggests we are - or can be - anything more than automatons resulting from computation any more than the trees in a forest or waves on a beach.

Yet we still have intent, even if it is just a product of computation.

And we still produce beautiful patterns that I enjoy whether or not I recognize your intent, and whether or not there was any intent behind any given aspect I enjoy.
I don’t know how it compares to the avp but as an old guy, the xreal looks like normal sunglasses. Most people just come sit next to me and talk (even though there IS a massive keyboard in front of me) as though I am just having a coffee in the sun. I like it because it is light, small, very long (my phone) battery life. I am afraid I will like avp better though.
It's okay I guess if you think you have no causal impact on if any of that happens, but otherwise you better be doing something to help, even if it would only work in a tiny part of probability space, instead of waiting to die.
Headline says Thrive Capital. Which maybe got the money from Microsoft Cayman Islands IV Inc.
> Is every single atomic commit reviewed by someone? When do they review each of those commits? How many commits typically go into a PR?

1) yes 2) when a PR is submitted 3) it can be a lot for a huge project-wide refactoring, but generally I would say 1 to 5 is typical and up to 20 is not strange.

> So a reviewer finds the appropriate commit that their comment applies to, and then changes the actual commit itself?

No, the author applies the requested change and force-pushes once he has gotten all the requested changes applied.

> because you seem to have something figured out

Thanks! But it's not me—it's how Linux has used git from the beginning, for example. In fact it's the only workflow that is used by projects that still use email instead of GitHub/Gitlab PRs, but (trading some old pain with new pain) it is possible to use it even with the latter. The harder part is marching the review comments to the new patch, which is actually pretty easy to do with emails.

It's quite some work and there's some learning curve. But depending on the project it can be invaluable when debugging. It depends a lot on how much the code can be covered by tests, in particular.
Because fundamentally most of science is a dead-end. Most of drug discovery is a further dead end with a 90% failure rate. Nobody wants to pay for it, and big-pharma uses a few blockbuster products to pay for all their other failures.
In a world where we have personalized tutors and assistants that can pass on knowledge much more efficiently and effectively than human teachers can.
While that is true and how unregulated capitalism works, a society which enables capitalism (by laws, judges, ...) does not need to tolerate excessive profits on costs of its populations. Capitalism is not a law of nature. It is made by humans and can be adopted by the society. This is very common around the world.
You open with what's called a straw man argument - and then you proceed to avoid my questions.

What benefits or harms, if any, are there to China for their CO2/climate policy, and what benefits or harms, if any, are there to the West for our CO2/climate policy?

The issue is deeper than you realize or will allude to.

CSIS in Canada, for example, has stated that Canada is a very high target for the CCP - and it's quite clear there is influenced, regulatory capture, between US politicians and the CCP as well - most recently obviously evidenced by Xi's visit to San Francisco; not merely him visiting but all factors related to it.

The above is common knowledge for anyone not indoctrinated into sources of controlled narratives, indoctrinated into propaganda, where actual truthful narratives and logic will be dismissed as "conspiracy theories" etc; mob-suppression tactics as part of the censorship-suppression-narrative control apparatus.

I am however curious what sources, where did you get that understanding that you shared here? Was it from friends/family, colleagues, from newspapers or news channels, etc? If so where do you live?
A lot of younger people never take them out
There have been some concepts proposed for gravity based pumped storage that do not rely on existing terrain.

I find the concept compelling as it is incredibly simple but it hasn't yet been proven at scale.

https://gravity-storage.com
I like how --all reveals forgotten refs.
Setting aside the fact that this is false, it's a weird claim that the USA pushed Ukraine into the war..

Pushed them into the war. Wasn't Ukraine invaded, unprovoked by any real violence or imminent threat, by Russia?

Pushed them into war. That's like blaming the victim and then blaming the friend for not telling them to cover up.
> When this is done correctly, commercial users effectively subsidize the free software for everyone else. This is a good thing.

I agree. Read my other comments. My company achieves this without open core.

When you believe that free software is the right thing to do, it's only logical to think that commercial users should also be able to enjoy the freedoms of free software.

Free software or not, companies will pay for enterprise features if done right.

Open core is better than nothing but it incentivizes putting interesting / killer features outside the core. And you live from selling proprietary software, that sends a mixed message. "We believe in open source, but [you can't live from it|we don't believe you need your freedoms]"

When you are able to sell free software, any feature you provide is open source, you can sleep on both your ears and the message is strong: "we believe in free software and we respect your rights. We live from it and if you do business with you, that's what you get". There's no tension between the open core and the outside. Other people can contribute to your paid part too and that's amazing (yes, we have this).

Open core is not the only / best way to implement commercial features.
Mushroom Sprouting Out of a Living Frog
I don't mean to show a lack of respect for parents and their good will.

However, could we say that "you at least have to play to not lose" is a particularly selfish reason for having children?

Here, "Playing" is making sure the parents will have caregivers, not that the children will live happy.

If the current situation is not worrying enough to rule out having happy kids, what would be the threshold?
(Not a rhetorical question)
Chemical cocktail could restore sight by regenerating optic nerves
The latter, as these companies were perfectly profitable even if they wouldn't charge inflated prices in the US. Not quite as profitable as currently, but still not going bankrupt.
Because they have a near monopoly with Cuda and get away with dragging their heels due to lack of market pressure (everyone loves to lock themselves into Cuda and then complain about GPU prices), despite having been on the OpenCL committee (just like Apple with Metal conflict of interest).

Anyway, I'm very glad to see it and will be using it immediately.
If you read carefully and not assuming normal people means “inferior ” people, you will see I did not exclude myself from “normal people“ at all.
! Is for external commands. You can drop the !git from that alias.
This processes three orders of magnitude more transactions per day than ethereum.

What would blockchain possibly be helpful with here?
Okay but sight isn’t everything, your body is still outside
Why waste time posting here that you could spend weaving mosquito nets, then? Surely this can't be a global maximum in utilon space.
I became a parent about a year ago, completely unprepared for this future. My Son was born around the time ChatGPT-4 was released and I remember all the Geoffrey Hinton interviews which were really apocalyptic sounding, he is has a kind of kookie mad scientist vibe about him too. I remember thinking, like what the fuck just happened? Like I just woke up in a movie.

I've learned to accept the situation, and realize that we can't really predict what will happen so I just try be the best, happiest parent I can to my kids that I can. But I never anticipated the "along for the ride" feeling I have now. Financially planning for 3 years ahead seems quite impossible as I have no idea what type of employment will or will not exist then.

It seems like our careers could just be snuffed out instantly with little recourse available. I say "seems like" because I have no idea if that's real or perceived but it's very hard plan ahead.

I'm kind of glad my child didn't just finished university and planning a career in something that is ripe for disruption because that must be pretty heart breaking, especially because we bring kids up thinking they need a purpose, having a purpose (in my opinion) is a stupid way to live, but not everyone feels that way.

I can't help feel a bit cynical too, like I'm kind of annoyed that realistically, the tech elite of the world are just throwing money at this thing like it's no one else' business and fuck what anyone else thinks about it and fuck how it might impact anyone else because, progress, which at the moment, is code for, "we're about to make copious amounts of money using everyone's IP, a bunch of open source software, and we might give something back, so fuck off.

I'm trying to put the cynicism down, look forwards and hope for the best.
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a recent weekend project
Seeking OpenAPI Equivalent for Medication Data: Insights Needed
Hey hackers!

We're diving into the realm of medication management software and are on the lookout for an OpenAPI similar to what's available for banking data. Our goal is to streamline the integration process and provide a seamless experience for pharmacies and their customers.

But, here's the twist – we're also curious about the software distribution process specifically tailored for pharmacy tech. Our product aims to offer a universal medication log passbook, consolidating all past and present medication information into one convenient platform.

So, fellow tech enthusiasts and industry insiders, we're turning to you! How do you approach the integration of software products within pharmacy settings? What does the flow look like from both the pharmacy's and customer's perspectives?
Can everyone share insights on how other startups integrate their software with pharmacy's system?
The difference between the quest 3 and your phone is the monitor sizes. I have 4 monitors in immersed and while not high res, this is far more convenient than a phone (and for me than actual monitors; I hate stationary monitors workspaces). But I guess it might depend on what you actually do.
I think kids are a lot more prepared for this future than professional technologists probably realize. If you ask them today what profession they want to be, you often get “YouTuber” as an answer. Which might seem like a joke, but I think it’s actually quite accurate in terms of future professions. The jobs at most risk from AI are “anonymous” ones in which the creator of the work is unknown to its consumer. Writing, in a professional context, is a good example. Do you know who wrote the text on Amazon product pages? Probably not.

What is less at risk are charisma-based occupations, like actors or YouTubers. People are social animals and want to connect (or feel like they’re connected) to other humans, not robots. I expect the concept of an influencer to get even bigger.

Ergo, I would tell kids today to focus on social skills, filmmaking skills, and presentation skills.
>Fund meaningful work, not gravy for corporate performance artists (Part D is funded by general revenues, beneficiary premiums, and state contributions).

The problem is that nobody actually knows or can predict what "meaningful work" is because drug discovery is a graveyard with a >90% death rate.
I think the difference is the extend of the profit. Big Pharma is incredibly profitable, while grocery stores are operating on very thin margins. Few people have a problem with a company doing business based on government expenditure, but specializing in maximizing profit from this reeks of profiteering.
In that case, I think the point is the difference between what is LLM "assisted" tests (like say Copilot) vs. LLM "owned" tests.
That wasn’t my experience at all. It’s not supposed to be.
This blog post interprets saying “it’s not open source, though” as if it were a criticism of releasing software under various other source-available licenses.

Maybe some people mean it that way, but for me it’s purely about not watering down terms that have a clear meaning. Sometimes source-available licenses are better for the business and it’s understandable why some businesses do that. It’s less generous, but still a good thing.

(Just like it’s understandable that people don’t make source code available for all their software.)
For future reference, what is the printing date / edition?

Very needed when we're discussing this specific version of the book.
This is probably one of the mostly racist thing in the name of “equitable “.
Surely identifying just one file type (or two, as in your example) is a much simpler task that shouldn’t rely on horribly inefficient and imprecise “AI” tools?
Titus Winters is actually the person who named this "Hyrum's Law" and popularized it as such.
Not in the context of the comment I was reacting upon, which seems to be based in the Susan Sontag view of the West.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trappist_beer

> The beer must be brewed within the walls of a Trappist monastery, either by the monks themselves or under their supervision.

> The brewery must be of secondary importance within the monastery and it should witness to the business practices proper to a monastic way of life.

> The brewery is not intended to be a profit-making venture. The income covers the living expenses of the monks and the maintenance of the buildings and grounds. Whatever remains is donated to charity for social work and to help persons in need.

It's funny to see above the suits and ties a layer of habits and scapulars[1]

https://www.koningshoeven.nl/media/127/compilatie-inkleding....
https://archive.is/LdWw1
I mean if I can use it to generate coverage for a method then prune the tests it will still save me hours.

Might also be useful when you want to refactor a legacy system or try to figure out the input space for a module, library or method.
> If the current situation is not worrying enough to rule out having happy kids, what would be the threshold? (Not a rhetorical question)

There is no threshold. Yes, I know Yudkowsky's position, not even there.

> Here, 'Playing' is making sure the parents will have caregivers, not that the children will live happy.

Parents having caregivers hardly comes into it at all.
I don't think there's a significant cost to raising the limit. If you actually run 1M processes, that'll use some memory, of course. The Erlang Efficiency Guide [1] says a process uses 338 words when spawned, which is 2704 bytes on 64-bit machines. It's certainly possible some per process overhead was missed in this accounting, I did not measure to know for sure; and also I think the published guide is from OTP 26.

[1] https://www.erlang.org/doc/efficiency_guide/advanced#memory
Hmm... maybe it would work better if you actually circulated chilling liquid through it, rather than just sticking it in a freezer.

The interior veins and arteries of a kidney look like it would be a reasonably good heat exchanger.
The incentives are to get the code out the door then improve things later, if it's worth it. There's a lot of risk in product development, it iften doesn't make sense to craft the perfect software when there's a chance that it won't see the adoption that was hoped for.
And on this topic, another underrated feature that everyone seems to hate is merge commits.

If you use rebase on your own branch, but merge commits on the stable branch (whatever name you use for it), you get both things:

* Small individual commits with the size and ordering that the original author intended on their branch.

* A "commit group" that describes that set of changes for the sake of future maintainers' sanity, and that can be atomically reverted.

More so in PR-based flows. You can have `git log --first-parent` display only the PR merge commits[1], and `git log --no-merges` display the linear history.

[1]: Assuming you actually put useful info on those commits. If you use GitHub, those merge commits can be set to default to PR title and description.
Hey firloop, thanks for the heads up, I removed that video :)
I'm talking about VNM utility, I'm not a utilitarian or a EA.
This is an old sub-thread now, but I would agree that dbt is a very simple idea and easy to use at its core. Store your models in text files, in git, add a dag. It’s easy to use and very lightweight so I don’t see any reason to roll your own.

Then you get things like testing, documentation, modularity if you want it.
0.9g/kg is considered by numerous sources to be insufficient for people in many different ages and stages:

https://examine.com/guides/protein-intake/
I think a lot of laypeople have the idea that there are an infinite number of positive return projects waiting to be funded and pharma execs are just too fat and greedy.

There are very few pharma projects that aren't outright frauds and that actually have potential and that don't cost way more to get to market than they can ever possibly justify.

Very seldom do those project lack money.
Sounds like you’re buying into fear mongering on deadlifts, frankly. You do have to have good form, but it’s not some insurmountable task. And a singular injury is extremely unlikely to ruin your back forever.

There’s also multiple variations or techniques to make them safer. RDLs, using a lifting belt, lighter weight and more reps, to name a few.