skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
it's close to the floor because the installers are structured for the economic structure they had when it was 45k. you'll see new approaches that make different tradeoffs to reflect the new, lower panel prices

for example, inverters: if your solar installation costs 2 dollars a watt all told, it makes sense to spend an extra hundred bucks on a more efficient inverter if it squeezes 300 more watts out of the panels, but not if the solar installation costs 20 cents a watt. (and maybe you can run some 24-volt dc wiring instead of stepping it up to 120—or put together a constant-current system instead of a constant-voltage one, so the voltage drop in the wires doesn't have to stay within a narrow tolerance.)

or packaging: the glass now costs significantly more than the cells do, and the frames are expensive too—could you make do by gluing the cells to thin polycarbonate, like a compact disc, instead of to glass? even if it cut into longevity

and maybe you can do a rooftop installation of a lightweight installation with a long pole with a hook on the end, or something, instead of having a guy climb up on the roof with a ladder—potentially falling off and dying, which is both a human tragedy and an insurance cost

or hang the cells vertically under the eaves on the east or west side of the house, like wind chimes: no midday sun, and a significantly diminished capacity factor when you do get sun, but also no holes drilled in the roof, no rigid frames, no rain, and no hailstones
You would debate them? Did you even bother to read the paper? It's easily googlable.
Less misleading headline: Electric bikes prompt more exercise than pedal bikes
> In such a world, having naked ideological bias in general models is very dangerous.

Do you think the training data is unbiased? LLMs don't even know fact from fiction.
To summarize, eBike users are more likely to use their bikes than regular bike users. Click-bait adjacent title.
Some people at google invented transformers and then they all left!

If the stock price falls below 100, sundar is out the door.
I don’t disagree that children need to engage in risky behavior, but the claim that it needs to be unsupervised and then viewing it through the lens of yesteryear is a combination of survivor bias and nostalgia. Children pre-1990s were also a lot more likely to have less present parents across the board, and there’s a lot of strings attached to the unsupervised play those children got. I agree unsupervised play is important, I let our kids play by themselves all the time, it’s very important for learning conflict resolution. But make room in your argument also for having a strong and engaged presence in their lives.
Usually the lack of supporting 4:4:4 colorspace, and 4k video at anything over 30hz.
A little clickbaity title there, as it seems like the habits of riders with e-bikes on average does the trick, not the individual bike itself. That is, I suppose that measured along the same route the e-bike rider would get significantly less exercise, but overall usage patterns result in more exercise for those that have one.
MAME 0.263
NATO's Military Has a New Nerve Center
Every value being equally likely does not mean we expect every value to appear only once.

Throw a d6 seven times and we expect a configuration to come up twice, even though the distribution is uniform.
Men don't want to work 12 hours a day then come home to do chores
Hi pizlonator, I'm working on a solution with similar goals (I think), but a bit of a different approach. It's a tool that auto-translates[1] (reasonable) C code to a memory-safe subset of C++. The goal is to get it reliable enough that it can be simply inserted as an (optional) build step, so that the source code can be maintained in its original form.

I'm under the impression that you're more of a low-level/compiler person, but I suggest that a higher level language like (a memory-safe subset of) C++ actually makes for a more desirable "intermediate representation" language, as it's amenable to maintaining information about the "intent" of the code, which can be helpful for optimization. It also allows programmers to provide manually optimized memory-safe implementations for performance-critical parts of the code.

The memory-safe subset of C++ is somewhat analogous to Rust's in terms of performance and in that it depends on a non-trivial static checker, but it imposes less onerous restrictions than Rust on single-threaded code.

The auto-translation tool already does the non-trivial (optimization) task of determining whether any (raw) pointer is being used as an array iterator or not. But further work to make the resulting code more performance optimal is needed. The task of optimizing a high-level "intermediate representation" language like (memory-safe) C++ is roughly analogous to optimizing lower-level IR languages, but the results should be more effective because you have more information about the original code, right?

I think this project could greatly benefit from the kind of effort you've displayed in yours.

[1]: https://github.com/duneroadrunner/SaferCPlusPlus-AutoTransla...
What's terrifying about it? Serious question. Lately people are associating all sorts of doom to LLMs so I'm curious to understand.
> I wonder how temperature is measured for an object this far away.

From the black body radiation spectrum.

[UPDATE] It turns out that the temperature of TrEs-2b is not directly measured, but extrapolated from other measurements (at least according to Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrES-2b#Temperature ).

> Instead of the energy being absorbed as heat by the planet, it'd instead be stored in some other form or used for interstellar travel, construction etc, right?

Yes, exactly. So the only possible impact of energy harvesting would be to make the planet cooler than it otherwise would be. How much cooler depends on the efficiency of the harvesting. But one way or another, an extremely hot planet is very unlikely to harbor an advanced civilization.
There's no cheaper stable source of electricity then existing nuclear power plant.
Oh yes, absolutely in favor of starting the year in the equinox (or at solstice). And while we are at it: change the days of a month to match the cycle of the moon - 28 days. So we would have 13 months. That's how they came to be: the earths rotation around itself is a day. The moons rotation around the earth is a month - and the earths rotation around the sun is a year.

But I believe, the natural rhytms are not perfect and constant, so I cannot claim, that this calendar would "never change from one year to the next". But I like the idea of directly refering to the natural cycles, instead of arbitary ones.

But like the other comment said, implementing any change of dates in reality won't be welcome, nor workfree ..
Yep, looking good now, thanks!
Other datasets that don't have CORS headers still don't work ie.
https://sql-workbench.com/#config=%7B%22plugin%22%3A%22Datag...
but I'm guessing that's inherent limitation of running this without a backend
Photographer did a less than fantastic job with the lighting on that portrait.
Well, they have a point. This is why the presence of liquid water on earth is a big deal.

But when the rocks start to melt you have problems.
A 3D-printed titanium 'metamaterial' design solved a longtime engineering issue
There aren't any accompanying instruments but singers do play other instruments in the rest of their life.

In Sacred Harp, before a song is sung, somebody sings out the notes of the opening chord of the song using a combination of ear/feel/memory/practice/experience. The same song can be keyed a bit higher or lower depending on things like: energy of the singers, time of day, whether the last song was quite high or low, how easy the highest or lowest written notes are for the singers in the room. It is a skill! But most keyers will usually pitch songs written in F major at roughly the same pitch and will pitch songs written in D major differently to F major.

You can hear it on any recording but around 0:15 here is an example:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8bKu52cv6o
For those of us who are only good at derivation: are these problems like chess where a computer will always beat a human?
So modern NNs aren't really using the network nodes in the structure they physically are, but essentially builds a virtual neural network using combinations of nodes (how you can model hundreds of parameters in only a dozen or so nodes).

So as the number of nodes scales up, the individual precision probably matters less and less. Which is what they found here - it reaches parity at 3B and then starts exceeding performance at larger sizes, up to the 2T tested.

Seemingly when trained from scratch the virtual network can find adequate precision from ternary physical nodes where needed. This is different from the information loss as an already trained floating point network has its weights quantized to smaller precision and sees a performance loss.

Not only is this approach more efficient, it seems to perform better too at larger network sizes, which is probably the most interesting part.
Millennials on course to become 'richest generation in history'
That's a good start. Next, ban Americans from buying Americans' data.
My personal address isn't my business address. They are different. Mixing the two, while seemingly innocuous, actually can mean opening myself up to liability issues or a good argument that the biz that I operate isn't actually different from me the person. This isn't going to matter in 99% of things, but if you are ever sued, can be used as a reasoning to actually be able to retrieve damages from you the person versus just from the LLC. It's one of the reasons to try to have a strong separation early on in the biz, if you can. The IRS also doesn't like the mixing funds and such with bank accounts. It's the same reasoning, just different domains.
Because common AI attacks like data poisoning and model drift are a thing of the distant past...
> I much prefer when you start with a big-blob of joins to define the data source before getting into the applied operations

That's essentially the model we've chosen for XTQL, with the addition of a logic var unification scope for even more concise joins: https://docs.xtdb.com/intro/what-is-xtql#unify

Also, anyone interested in this post-SQL space would probably enjoy this recent paper: https://www.cidrdb.org/cidr2024/papers/p48-neumann.pdf
Enriching APM with Synthetic Monitoring
Yes, of course. I know some people want to build something and then hand it off, but personally I love to actually use and improve the tools I make.

Even with my personal projects, I find myself going back to my old projects and adding stuff to them, much more often than I find myself starting brand new ones.
Show HN: Failure-proof file uploads, the first to support files over 5TB in size
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Did you ask it to create code for this?

Me: Um9iZXJ0IEogU2F3eWVyIC0gU3RhcnBsZXgK
ChatGPT: "xxxx" is a science fiction novel by Robert x xxxx. It explores themes of discovery, the nature of the universe, and the potential for cooperation among diverse life forms. The story revolves around a space station, xxxxxx, and its crew as they encounter mysterious wormholes, alien species, and cosmic phenomena, challenging their understanding of the universe and their place within it.

ps. I don't know what is there to spoil by sharing a book title but whatever :)
Start using capital letters.
In more detail:

On average, studies have found that e-bike riders typically ride for longer periods of time than pedal bike riders. Not only do they log more hours, but they log a lot more miles, too. Even though they’re getting some pedal assist, they’re still doing a lot of pedaling – and in fact a lot more.
> Your post was the part conspiratorial and vague ("the game is fixed"), so not worth clicking the link.

Apologies for not documenting the link, and I don't mind if you check it or not. I think it's unfair to say "the game is fixed" is conspiratorial, that is a fair criticism of the system we have when the DNC, and I'm sure the Republicans would be willing, to propose that, as Newsweek reported:

> The most recent court hearing on the case was held on April 25, during which the DNC reportedly argued that the organization's neutrality among Democratic campaigns during the primaries was merely a "political promise," and therefore it had no legal obligations to remain impartial throughout the process.[0]

and Salon:

> The DNC is advancing the argument that any claims to be neutral and fair to all candidates were nothing but “political promises” and are unenforceable by law. They claim that there was no expectation that they would actually be evenhanded in their treatment of Sanders and Clinton. They have made this case despite the fact that many in DNC leadership made claims of fairness when Sanders supporters clamored for accountability during and after the primary.[1]

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> Based on the 1 cryptic sentence you provided before linking out, I'm guessing the link is similarly unrelated.

Well its an article about how the Democrats may form their own certification interruption if Trump wins and my assumption, which is not a judgement, is that given what I know, you would be more supportive of that than the event you mentioned. I think they're both childish but that doesn't mean you can't appreciate the possibility.

The relation between my comments and the article is that the summer of love, Jan. 6th, and the pandemic brought about previously unseen levels of censorship and propaganda on the internet. The powers that brought these about are apparently above the letter of the law because section 230 protections depend on acting as a common carrier, while the level of interference and integration of former natsec officers into media companies suggests the government is acting unconstitutionally through private companies.

> which is republican government efforts to compel speech in order to make sure the next insurrection is successful.

You say that as if corporations are people and that people cannot be trusted to be the judge of information and decide their own politics, which is a possible political position but not a statement of fact. Certainly corporations can editorialize and manage their content but can they do that and _still_ be protected by Section 230 or are they only protected otherwise?

Now this was a somewhat higher-effort distraction and I hope you have a good one too.

0: https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-rigged-hillary-clint...

1: https://www.salon.com/2017/05/13/the-dncs-elephant-in-the-ro...
The graph showing emissions decreasing in Africa is from the consumption of energy decreasing, not from more solar/wind or something.

Simply put they're getting poorer and using fewer resources as a result.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-energy-use?tab...
Performance Comparisons of Common Operations
I did this once too and it worked. The targeting is much less specific than it was years ago though.
Someone ought to do a full Lie representation theory explanation of graphics operations.
> tastes

That's the thing, tastes change. Peoples' preferences, values, goals aren't static, which is why permanently disfiguring yourself (especially with some trite saying or cliched symbol), besides being trashy, just shows you have poor judgment and poor impulse control. People with tattoos ought to be stigmatized for that reason alone, never mind the ugliness and trashiness of it.
Dupe of my earlier post:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39534662
To be fair, Symbian apps were quite okay-ish. I had Nokia 6600 and it had a lot of great games and apps. Of course, when Apple finally launched the Appstore, and apps there were able to use iPhone's touchscreen, it was over for Symbian.
Or, for a lot of people, if they can get less intense exercise, they'll get out more. Probably not all that different than if you give people the choice between jogging or sitting on the sofa whereas getting out for a walk may be a pretty good in-between option.
Throw a d6 seven times and the pigeonhole principle requires that a configuration will come up twice. The example is weakening your argument; it's still true that if you throw a d6 five times, you expect a configuration to come up twice.

A better example wouldn't involve a probability that can achieve 1; maybe ask about the probability of rolling a 3, or of rolling another 3 given you've already observed one 3.

None of those will match the comment above; it isn't well posed.
Ah OK, I didn't realize he was providing this as a commercial service -- thanks for the context.

From the article it seemed like he was just a random drone enthusiast.

If he's actually advertising services for hire that turn out to break the law in practice, that at least makes much more sense of why they'd target him specifically.

Whether the law itself makes sense or not is a separate discussion, but now the sting operation doesn't seem like a totally random thing. Thanks!
Compared to Africa or equatorial nations in Asia. But it’s not cope, because China is building plenty of solar. 216 GW last year alone according to a cursory googling

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/chinas-installed-sol....
FBI, with its flashy antics, has made it incredibly difficult to penetrate LockBit moving forward. You solicit the public to help you take down major ransomware groups, and then you pull stunts like this, which in many ways only amplify the risk. Thanks, FBI.
This is all just talking out your bum.

> But in reality, Netanyahu has been doing all that - under the mistaken impression that Hamas can be, eventually, converted from purely military genocidal terrorist group to kind of hostile, but manageable government of Gaza.

That is literally the opposite of what Netanyahu himself said. He told Likud directly that propping up Hamas in Gaza was good for Israel because Hamas would never be accepted as a legitimate government, and that would prevent 2-state talks from ever seeing progress.

Stop making up b.s. just to excuse Israel's fault in this.
As a cyclist myself I'm reluctant to believe this, whether it's out of pride or pragmatism.

There are definitely confounding factors - e-bikes are considerably more expensive than pedal bikes (and I've never heard of anyone giving away e-bikes for free), so a different group of people purchase e-bikes. Bikes become a utility while e-bikes are more of a lifestyle choice.

The reasoning of "e-bike riders end up doing more exercise because it is easier" may make sense for casual riders, but anyone who dons lycra or even just thinks of themselves as a "cyclist" would likely not be trying for casual levels of exertion but rather to push themselves pretty hard. I personally will attempt the hardest climbs I can on my bike because of how rewarding they are to finish (and descend, which is honestly where all the fun is!). I will grant, though, enabling e-bike commutes that would be way too tiring on a pedal bike is certainly a big plus for casual/commuter riders.

And of course, I personally enjoy doing something out of purely my own physical power, and so clipping into a lightweight bike and reaching the top of Old La Honda is just beautiful for me. If I wanted the views from the top/the journey and the experience without exerting all that effort, I would drive to the top of Skyline instead (which I have done, often, and genuinely enjoy too! I'm not just ridiculing here).
You have absurd amount of space for offshore wind. Just cover whole doggerland with turbines and you'll have several times more than you need.
Intuitive Machines: Moon lander pictured on its side with snapped leg
A little anecdotal evidence, I've been car free for over 3 years now, and do everything by e-bike unless it's after dark, in which case I just get an Uber. About a year-and-a-half into being car-free I made the switch from a normal bike to an e-bike, and not long after began to make far, far longer trips as a result. Pretty much opened up the whole city to be.

Which is significant, as I live in Albuquerque. It's one of the least densely populated cities in the US. Everything's all spread out, and the difference in elevation from the highest to the lowest parts of the city is over 1,500ft
https://reneweconomy.com.au/south-australia-fast-tracks-100-... ("South Australia fast-tracks 100 pct renewables target to 2027")

https://app.electricitymaps.com/zone/AU-SA?wind=false&solar=... ("Electricity Maps: South Australia")

https://opennem.org.au/energy/sa1/?range=all&interval=1M&vie... ("OpenNEM: South Australia")

https://reneweconomy.com.au/south-australia-to-reach-100-pct... ("South Australia, the state with a world-leading average share of renewable energy of more than 71.5 per cent in its grid, is expected to reach “net” 100 per cent renewables within four years, according to the state’s transmission company.")

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

I am somewhat disappointed you aren't aware, as an Australian.
Please put (2007) in the tittle as this is quite old and irrelevant now.