skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I oversee ebook production for a university press, and getting anything remotely complex to work right can still be challenging.
AI has come for music but there's still a Big Sea between people and algorithms
Why don't you just get over it, nobody cares that much.

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"Calm down." xD

I apologize for letting my anger get the best of me.
https://www.computercorps.org/

but I don't think they take old socks.
FAA has identified more safety issues on Boeing's 737 MAX and 787 Dreamliner
Professional musicians don't really "lose" the beat. A pro drummer stays on beat, while making small, predictable variations to the timing and the sound that make the music more interesting. That's not the original marble machine though, which played like a sloppy beginner.

I'm pretty sure he understand how all this works because I've heard him explain it before. If at some point he thought he could achieve precise timing down to the millisecond, I must have missed those videos, cause he seems to understand now that's not realistic.
Over 100k Infected Repos Found on GitHub - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39545676 - Feb 2024 (175 comments)
Perhaps this: https://github.com/yusufcanb/tlm?

it is not distro bundled (yet), but I have it running on my Fedora Linux 39 running on a NUC with 16GB of RAM. Performance is good enough for me.
Apple R1, explained[video]
Legend has it that he was giving money to his intelligence service to bribe the Ukrainian army generals to surrender at first sight of the invasion. They noticed "You're giving me money that you don't need a receipt in return, in preparation for something that's never going to happen? Let me call you back, I need to call the Bentley dealership.". And when asked they just reported "Yeah, the Ukrainian army will surrender, no problem!"...
Working link: https://briankung.dev/2024/02/07/tests-are-an-observability-...
Writing an OS Kernel in Odin
If doctors and pharmacists were effective in preventing all adverse interactions, we wouldn’t have those “don’t take ADVERTIX if…” disclaimers in US drug ads.
Not the person you're asking, but someone who couldve said the same thing as that person.

No, I haven't tried and I won't. Yes, I'm sure it has things that interest me. So what? The point is it's another one of these time sinks that profit off your need for entertainment. Ill entertaint myself, thank you.
Communist would be building concrete prefabs until we could house everyone. That's one of the few things the Soviets did right.
Not just the airport. It’s everything. All their infrastructure, all their building and refineries etc.
There are forms of coding that resemble art, they elicit feelings, but that's true of math also.

The issue, like more academic writing (or music composition for that matter), is that to be able to appreciate those works, a certain level of specific knowledge is required.

It doesn't have mass appeal, but it is a creative process.

Even when doing for hire work, where the value is clearly on its usefulness, we still have the notion of "elegance" (which is a form of beauty).

Where some truly clever construction solves a problem in a surprising yet pleasing way.

Coming up with that novel way of attacking the problem it a purely creative endeavor (although bound by the constraints of the problem at hand).
Reading this article and other things, I don't see it declining so much. It was the most downloaded app worldwide in 2023 and had the largest consumer spending in 2023 ( https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/10/app-economy-recovered-in-2... ).

Yes, now that it is number one in these categories it is "mature" and its growth rate as not as fast as it was as it was climbing to these numbers. I don't see how being #1 in the world for app downloads and sales means it is "in decline".
is there any evidence that this sort of testing actually works

Yes. I don't have the reports and graphs and would not be permitted to share them even if I did, but I worked for a company that handles as-sensitive-as-it-gets data. We did phishing tests multiple times per year. A percentage of people would click on the links and a sub-set of them would enter corporate credentials. Those employees were required to attend security training. There were incentives for leadership to get the numbers down and down they went year over year. The greatest focus on re-training was applied to those with access to customer data, production and development environments.

I do not have an answer for OP's question however. I think lawyers and legal agreements would be required for people outside of a company that have not signed vaguely worded terms of employment documents. I personally would not perform such testing at the risk of landing in the bog of eternal stench. a legal quagmire
One of the reasons cited in the article is that its features are being replicated by other major platforms, so, no.
Healthcare rationing has historically been even more severe under non-capitalist systems.
> if you can convince it to use GPU acceleration on Linux.

which isnt all that difficult, btw :)

good to point out that it's not enabled by default.
The amount of time they spent in the third paragraph linking to sources should’ve justified quoting at least some of the numbers within those links to help bolster their argument.
Yes, if anything, TikTok is more dominant among people under 25, who don't seem to care about Twitter or Facebook at all.
it was illegal. making a mechanical turk to kill people doesn't free the turk from a crime.
> I’ve fallen into this trap so many times (Grapevine, Venyu, etc). But now, I think I’m finally out. There’s one key change I made to escape this cycle: I remind myself that I’m not an artist, and coding isn’t creative expression. There should be no huge emotional investment or pursuit of beauty in shipping SaaS, so I need divorce myself from the end result.

Agree that we shouldn't invest ourselves emotionally too much in outcomes beyond the code: there are too many arbitrary and non-technical factors that go into the success or failure of a given software project.

However, code beauty is the game within the game of software, and should be pursued for its own sake. Beauty is subjective to an extent, but if you aren't at least trying for beautiful code you aren't fully actualizing yourself as a programmer.
Only recently have compilers started catching up to Ada 2012 and SPARK, outside Ada Core, thus this will take a while.
Spotify etc. helped curb piracy because it was convenient. Ebooks should be convenient, but are not. The experience is much worse than physical books and barely any cheaper. It pains me everytime I try to buy one.

Then came the ipad, and while the ipad is terrible for long reading it isn't obvious why an ebook would be better so most dismiss it right away.
You could run old versions of MAME.

To be fair, no ROMs are "built for MAME", just that MAME's database changes.
HP monitors (Dells too), especially their U series, use better LG panels (LG rarely uses their own panels in their monitors, as they are too expensive; usually they use cheaper Chinese panels). HP also often uses Eyesafe certified panels, which have less aggressive blue light peak in their spectrum; as someone who is very sensitive to blue light, HP U32 is a treat to my eyes, compared to anything else I'v used so far. They also never lock settings in any of their monitors modes, which so many manufacturers misguidedly do.
Speeding Stars Can Reveal the Milky Way's Fate
The author needs to go back to the library and read all those fashion magazines from the 90s, she can also go back further into the 60s but that would impact her view on "Summer of Love", not so innocent anymore.

On the other end, speaking of exploitation and unrealistic expectations, she could also consume "female literature" in order to get more understanding about this whole thing.

It's the human/society psyche. It's all imagination, there is no Mickey Mouse, it's just a bunch drawings scrolling really fast.

Now it's "AI" because it has to be, it's the "hot" topic, before was videogames, before it was TV, music ( remember the 80s? ), the author is just doing her job, good for her. But there is nothing new or substantial about this.
Aside from being a time sink, the thing I'm most surprised to see on this site is that more users aren't incredibly wary of where the app is coming from. We all understand dubious data siphoning, yet so many people here are happy to put TikTok on their phone, connect to their wifi, and let it do its hoovering.
You probably didn’t have Hardware Video Decoding enabled in the browser, that’s still not the default on Linux.
I cancelled my subscription when they laid off the entire U.S. staff, which the article conveniently forgot to mention.
Snow White Apple was the best Apple
One just assumes Occam's razor and you're good to go in a vast majority of cases
Mobile _phones_ did not go to startups. Making money off mobile -- whether apps that were impossible before, or features which advantaged certain companies who were able to be mobile-early or mobile-first, advantaged startups.
This is really great. I want to review this for everywhere I've been, because the variation in how gov'ts do statistics is hiding so much of what's actually going on there.
Have not seen par two yet but the irst film is a visually stunning and thematically rich adaptation that does justice to its source material.
I use a XP VM on a ARM Mac as it's a handy way to run most Win16/32 exes that won't run properly in Wine. Old random utilities, random OEM software required to upgrade old devices' firmware, silly Win16 apps, the works. Anything more recent than XPis too heavy for x86 VM emulation on ARM and Win 10/11 ARM come with their own quirks that are not worth dealing with for my purposes.

It's handy to have a modern browser at hand to not have to shuffle files around between the host and the VM, so you can do Google -> website of the tool in question (plus uBlock, so the main source of infection, ad networks, is taken care of). The likelihood of either Google or whatever very focused and targeted website I happen to visit to be serving XP malware is negligible.

And if it does get infected, congrats, you infected a VM with no connection to the host or shared folders that has no personal files and is powered up maybe 30 minutes per year.

It's not zero, no, but to say there's no use case and it's the same as running around in scissors blindfolded is a huge simplification.
Is it really dying? At least on apples App Store it and temu are the top apps still being downloaded
Which would be a poor comparison in this context given what the linked article spells out:

We already have a centrally planned economy, but it's only for the wealthy.
Do you have a link? I've been watching the channel on and off but never seen that. Sounds heartbreaking.
Everything is rising at a scary rate: Why car, home insurance costs are surging
It is a great idea. As a person who has published a book about similar topic [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CR7T5N5V], I am knowing the importance of this kind of practical knowledge.

All enterprises are using similar functionalities provided by big cyber security companies as a part of employee training program.

But to be able to run this kind of B2C business there are several down sides of the topic. I am listing them below as they pop up to my mind.

1. Your servers that you send e-mails may easily be blacklisted or marked as spam that may cause too much operational headache with your providers.

2. It must be both affordable for the subscribers and profitable for the business.

3. Even though it is relatively low, you may attract the attention of some cyber law enforcement teams and may need to give some explanations

4. The Personal Data Privacy related issues. The terms and conditions should be so structured that either European or any local Data Privacy Regulations should not be causing a headache in the long run.

On top of these potential issues, bootstrapping an untested idea is not coming too logical. I did not tried to devalue your idea and pain point, but even though I do not have a bandwidth to build a service like that, I wanted to highlight critical points for anyone may realize this idea.
I decided not to apply YC again
After considerable reflection and multiple applications to Y Combinator (YC), both with and without securing interviews, I've come to a decisive conclusion: YC is no longer a cornerstone for my startup journey. The YC of today seems to have strayed from its foundational principles, favoring applicants who are young, privileged, well-connected, or possess an impressive pedigree.

The notion that "if you are nobody, you will remain nobody" appears increasingly prevalent, suggesting that only those already deemed outliers stand a chance to be recognized as such in the future. This shift is disheartening and feels at odds with the spirit of entrepreneurship.

Even though YC's media resources remain beneficial, there's a palpable sense of fatigue among its partners, hinting at a deeper malaise. The playbook that once spelled success for YC now seems less effective, signaling a potential desperation to reclaim its former glory. This departure from what made YC distinct and successful is particularly striking.

The application process, which once held the promise of uncovering groundbreaking founders, now feels more akin to a superficial exercise. It seems to serve as both a joke and a trap for many aspiring entrepreneurs who bring their hopes and innovative ideas to the table.

Furthermore, the selection process at YC has become a point of contention. It no longer seems to be a reliable indicator of potential or innovation. The recent batches lack the element of surprise, often filled with ordinary ideas pitched by individuals who may look exceptional on paper but might lack the essential qualities of grit, conviction, passion, and drive that define true entrepreneurs.

Reflecting on Paul Graham's early essays and the ideals YC once stood for, it's clear that the current trajectory and choices of YC mark the end of an era. What was once a beacon for genuine innovation now resembles a vast, impersonal machine, adopting a spray-and-pray approach coupled with a media engine designed to captivate young, hopeful minds. This realization has led me to the decision that YC will no longer be a part of my path forward.
The journey of a product support engineer
Fair point, but there a many long podcasts where the host and the guest can't connect enough and it's more of a technical-ish chat versus a learning moment.
If this is Apple's most straightforward defense then it's a terrible day to be a shareholder.
Some of these games are available via the Interactive Fiction Archive; it has many interactive fiction (text adventure) games:
https://www.ifarchive.org/
Over the last decade, housing costs in the US have risen 7% annually to reach all-time highs. These highs are a boon for homeowners, but a bane for society as a whole. If housing is a high-performing investment, it must get less affordable, by definition. At its core, housing as an investment is in direct conflict with the universal human need for shelter.
I understand why this is the case but it’s also extremely frustrating:

> It is extremely difficult for programmer-users to report bugs against the Windows API (we're supposed to direct you to Feedback Hub, but you may as well transmit your message into deep space). I've filed OS-49268777 "SRWLOCK can deadlock after an exclusive owner has released ownership and several reader threads are attempting to acquire shared ownership together" with a slightly reduced repro.

> Thanks for doing your homework and creating a self-contained repro, plus pre-emptively exonerating the STL. I've filed this OS bug as a special favor - bug reports are usually off-topic for r/cpp. The microsoft/STL GitHub repo is the proper channel for reporting STL misbehavior; it would have been acceptable here even though the root cause is in the Windows API because this situation is so rare. If you see STL misbehavior but it's clearly due to a compiler bug, reporting compiler bugs directly to VS Developer Community is the proper thing to do.
I'm fully aware and I make an informed, conscious decision. If the PLA wants to know how many videos on astrophysics and urban planning I watch then I'm fine with that.
After some reading I have come to two conclusions:

1) I have written many functors in my life without describing them as such

2) "Pure assembly" functor doesn't make much sense. Functors, both in the CS and mathematics sense, require the concept of type. Which is absent once you are dealing with stacks and registers. My best idea is something when you have mixed-width registers - eg, say you've got some 128 bit and 256 bit registers. Your functor could apply a mapping from one to the other (and would probably be nothing more than a move instruction with the appropriate sign extension).
But as said, that was on the landing page with no video playing. What is it even doing there that can load up the CPU like that? I was rather surprised then that playback was actually smooth at least at 480p. Otoh I doubt core2duo had any sort of hardware acceleration for video decoding, but don't quote me on that...
The Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) does allow health plans to charge higher premiums to smokers. Implementation varies by state. I'm sure that a lot of plan members just lie to avoid the surcharge.

https://www.kff.org/faqs/faqs-health-insurance-marketplace-a...
If only Pardot Kynes heard of this..
It does leave the sandbox. How else are you going to get hardware acceleration? That means talking to the hardware, which means talking to the OS, which is outside of the sandbox.

I already said scrollbars weren't a practical example, just an example of how benign APIs can be exploited.

I heavily disagree about the threat model. It costs next to nothing to cast the net out for users neglecting their computer (and there are very many), and the payout is a hefty botnet.
Good article highlighting what most of us have probably felt about the AI market - ie incumbents don’t have Innovators Dilemma here.

It’s unfortunate that he doesn’t actually delve into new strategies.

Anyone know of any actually good articles on plausible AI startup strategies?
“Next” generations tend to look at previous gen pop culture and hate it, then they fall into their own generational pop culture bubble of their own that the next generation will despise in turn. It happened to MySpace and it’s happening with Facebook/Twitter, it’ll happen with TikTok and whatever comes after it. Social media is not the first thing that comes and goes in cycles and it won’t be the last.
I've not used Braille anything, but vision-impaired accessibility has always been a big part of all of my frontend work. In fact, accessibility, in general, is quite important to me.

It's likely that his work affected a lot of the tools I use.

My condolences on your loss. It sounds like his last few years were pretty rough. I can relate. My own father had a very bad last decade.
> I'll entertain myself, thank you.

So you don't watch any media? TV? Documentaries? I'm not clear what distinction you're making between "good" media and "bad" media. I've never been geek shamed on watching Tom Scott before.
It is actually astounding how many people, particularly young women, that stream on TikTok live present phenotypes of fetal alcohol syndrome. I don’t know if it’s modern eyebrow grooming habits and filters accentuating the look or what, but there are so many widely spaced eyes and smooth upper lips on there. Thick regional accents and simple vocabularies, but lots of people throwing attention at them. It’s a strange place to visit.
Joplin is an open source note-taking app
Aren't most opiods legal already?
Pichai actually used to be the PM of Chrome. AFAIK Nadella never directly managed Windows.
It's just greed.
I wonder, would people pay for using TikTok?
Everyone's consumer goods are made in China, so why would they care that their social media site is made there? We get our phones, computers, peripherals, cameras, the entire stack of hardware from there, why would end users draw the line at software? End users know, but unfortunately don't care about telemetry.

If TikTok actually declines or dies, it's not going to be because of where the software is made.
I heard a security guard convincing a friend over the phone about this, saying they given you "Bitcoin" for a picture of your Iris.

Yet another sama scam.
I happened write a parser for a binary protocol using attoparsec before ever trying megaparsec and I found it to be a nice stepping stone.
I'm curious if Wine and ReactOS can run this, sounds like a good stress test.
When you've applied in the past, did you get any useful feedback, after your application was rejected?
it's a genuine question, i'm curious if they provide anything actionable or a generic "we found other applicants more in line with our values"
Well, start with literature on the specific domain of your new job. That way, you can learn what "performance" even means on your area, what are the common problems, what to measure, and what kind of knowledge you need.
TikTok is a propaganda machine of the Chinese government, so I go all conspiratorial with all of that.

For example, my answer would be "because the CCP wants to (among other things) emphasize the worst of America, so the algorithm boosts FAS trailer trash". Is that actually true? Can we know? Does it matter? Either way, it's hilarious.
Discovery of the language with Tsoding : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2E3E_Rh3mvw
From what I remember, 2FAS does not offer e2ee backups. I'm not sure if that has changed.

There's a discussion here on PrivacyGuides, that might offer more details: https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/add-2fas-authenticator-a...
Windows XP64 (amd64) supports multiple cores and up to 128GB physical memory (maybe 8 years till that is standard on laptops?) Is the problem the website or the browser? Do modern web sites need all that spyware crap added e.g modern media sites, YouTube? Or is it the frame works that slow it down.

I guess to use winXP 64 you need to be a driver coder as well to create drivers for latest internal gfx hardware built into intel cpus.

Good on them for getting it to compile and work. I miss WinXP and Win7 with classic UI theme.
I was expecting spirit photography. These are stunning.
Feeling Rested with Age
And Kepler "took down" whatever Copernicus did.
> The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance

I don't have hard evidence but I feel like the uprise of the advertisement monetization model is much to blame for this.
Probably. Though I'm still wondering why hasn't Microsoft implemented some kind of roles along Verified Boot.

No-one, in Hollywood's view, should be able to watch protected content on a VM.
Plus for me it's choppy. Waiting for better virtio graphics drivers for Windows (bugs exist in Visual Studio with HW accel on and there is no 3D support).
Huge topic, what are you trying to optimize? What language(s), hardware, etc.

Optimizing games sends you deep down a fun rabbit hole, but that will be very different than trying to optimize a Go backend server.
Guns aren't smuggled in from the Southern border. If anything guns are smuggled out of the USA into mexico, how do you think the cartels get their guns?
If you're interested in this topic, here's a book to read:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Victorian_Internet

It's been twenty+ years since I last owned a copy, but it was one of my favorite books for a while. The bulk of the material is about pointing out amazing parallels between behaviors on the early internet and century-previous telegraph / wireless networks, but it also discusses physical and network protocols - not, perhaps, in huge depth (I don't remember exactly), but everything mentioned in sibling comments was familiar to me.