skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Can’t speak for “private equity wannabes”, but good MBA programs emphasize quality and processes with checks and balances quite a bit. I can’t think of a scenario where an MBA program material would lead to recommendation to willfully incur this much liability and brand damage. There simply isn’t enough profit in the world from cutting corners to pay for carrying this absurd risk.

More likely, this is blatant lack of competition and accountability, aided by a huge dose of collective incompetence. Very said to see this from such an important company/institution. This might be the personification of repercussions of too big to fail.
They used aeronautical grade Dawn dish soap and wet cheesecloth to fit doors.

It's almost comical.
I don't think these things are incompatible. You can choose a database and still use interfaces to make replacing it possible.
Related: 32 year Boeing veteran turned whistleblower John Barnett was found dead of an apparent suicide today. And a Boeing 787-9 went into a sudden dive yesterday due to a 'technical issue' injuring 50 people, some of which were "thrown into the roof".
They appear to be in the United States
See, that's why I don't post on any social platform regularly because the majority don't see the overall connection and picture, and refuse to accept the facts in any way they can. Whatever I write generally get deleted or hidden with no reason given, which I get quite used to, and society just hopelessly never changes.
I have found the Gell-Mann amnesia affect to be quite strong with this show. Generally I watch it I feel very convinced of the quality of the arguments and their research. The handful of times the topic has been about something I’ve been fairly knowledgeable on, I’ve been surprised by how poor the episode was.

These days I just assume that’s the quality of the average episode and I don’t know enough to know otherwise.
At my institution, we are moving away from an app for everything, and towards putting services on web-browser accessible sites. So one may require different 'sites' but only one 'app'.
That’s a political question. It would require maintaining popular resistance to giving over all critical segments of the economy to AI. Of course that would be difficult, given the short term gains that would bring, but people seem pretty good at hanging on to ideology at their own expense.
There's a lot of shoot from the hip emotional/sarcastic responses to this, but the lack of documentation is absolutely one of the main issues.

If mechanics are improvising with questionable practices, what are you going to do? Fire the dozen mechanics who used Dawn soap and now everything's fixed and we can trust all 737 doors for the foreseeable future? No, of course not, because that doesn't solve the underlying systems issue. You need to create a workplace culture of sticking to the documented process, and you can't do that if there isn't a clearly documented process to begin with. Sloppy engineering culture and QA culture trickles its way down, and that's what we're seeing here.
Colleges need to improve teaching to earn public trust
We have the longest unguarded border in the world and, if the two countries diverge enough culturally, that will become a real problem. Can you imagine if we had the problems on the northern border that we have on the southern border with Mexico?
This has been a very productive conversation. Thanks for spending the time but I have other things to attend to now.
I'm not evil, I just really need to make these paperclips, you see, and I could probably repurpose your atoms for the Hypnodrones.

Good and evil are irrelevant. If it is extremely capable and its goals conflict with ours, conflict will occur. This does not require evil, just disagreement. And in the disagreement of desires between you and the hamster, who wins?
>What are processed and ultra-processed foods?

>Unprocessed or minimally processed foods are whole foods in which the vitamins and nutrients are still intact. The food is in its natural (or nearly natural) state. These foods may be minimally altered by removal of inedible parts, drying, crushing, roasting, boiling, freezing, or pasteurization, to make them suitable to store and safe to consume. Unprocessed or minimally processed foods would include carrots, apples, raw chicken, melon, and raw, unsalted nuts.

>Processing changes a food from its natural state. Processed foods are essentially made by adding salt, oil, sugar, or other substances. Examples include canned fish or canned vegetables, fruits in syrup, and freshly made breads. Most processed foods have two or three ingredients.

>Some foods are highly processed or ultra-processed. They most likely have many added ingredients such as sugar, salt, fat, and artificial colors or preservatives. Ultra-processed foods are made mostly from substances extracted from foods, such as fats, starches, added sugars, and hydrogenated fats. They may also contain additives like artificial colors and flavors or stabilizers. Examples of these foods are frozen meals, soft drinks, hot dogs and cold cuts, fast food, packaged cookies, cakes, and salty snacks.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/what-are-ultra-processed...
> Of course one can program all kind of check constraints, like one can program all kinds of value validations in javascript.

I don't consider this a valid distinction where databases are concerned.

If you define a datatype in an ordinary SQL database, and try to pass it invalid data, it will fail at runtime. How else could it work? There's no compile-time interaction between the value and the database.

If you define a field as BOOLEAN in Postgres, then the value must be 0 or 1, or the database will refuse to write it and return an error. In SQLite this is spelled INTEGER NOT NULL CHECK (col_name = 0 or col_name = 1). More verbose? Yes. Identical semantics? Also yes.

It would certainly be nice if SQLite had a datetime validator that could be used as a check constraint! Hold, up, I got you fam: CHECK(date IS strftime('%Y-%m-%d', date)). If you need a different format, those are,, available.

I guess it has a date type after all! Learn something new every day.
> I think you're assuming that those could never be valid tests or processes for the manufacturing process.

Given that Dawn dish soap isn't manufactured to any kind of useful tolerance, purity or performance guarantee, I'd say that's a safe bet.

I really wonder what the effects of Dawn dish soap residue on doors that go through huge pressure and temperature cycles is.
lol, let’s see how it pans out for them.
> here in Texas we have to pay miners not to burn electricity

It seems like lunacy when you put it that way.

But I'd rather pay crypto miners to shed load during peak times rather than suffer blackouts at hospitals, chemical plants and water treatment facilities.

Grid stability isn't a joke, and sometimes the least-bad option is still bad. Until we have better storage solutions, flexible demand is a necessary evil.

Maybe paying miners not to mine is a lesser evil than paying even more to spin up filthy coal peaker plants and still have rotating outages.
> Delivers change because, in a work context, a task only “matters” if something is different because of the work.

I think maintenance tasks may require more effort / more expansive qualification when it comes to the meaning(s) of "something is different".

I think the topic of "breaking down tasks" could very well be its own book genre or even podcast genre. My experience with self-help and organization titles has been that the activity of breaking down tasks is a sort of known primitive human operation that many authors assume their readers to have. However, my own personal experience and the accounts of others I have heard while participating in group sessions is that breaking down tasks can be very difficult and provoke emotions of avoidance and despair.

The most broadly relevant advice that I have come across when it comes to breaking down tasks is to keep breaking things down until I am 90% certain that I can successfully complete the task. The certainty here would vary on how much self-confidence an individual has and their risk tolerance, so some people may break down tasks to 70% certainty of success.
I think they are building a factory in Mexico.
That's quite different to using them as a lubricant. They're not applied to internal surfaces for one.
I'm fairly sure the oldest of professions will be relatively immune to AI.

But also teaching. AI might be better at teaching actual subjects, physics, maths, and so on, but a good part of school is socialization beyond the family, and that pretty much requires human teachers/coaches/guides/role-models.
Ah, no doubt a passenger load from New York’s Idlewild Airport to the Belgian Congo in 15 minutes.
There is one question I have when seeing articles about these types of studies.

I understand that ultra-processed foods often lead to being overweight or obese, and I can see how a whole host of problems can flow from that, from that condition of the body.

My question is: as a normal weight person, would these downsides still apply?

It does seem, skimming these articles, that the answer is 'yes' - ultra processed foods being associated with cancers and with a 22% higher chance of death from any cause, for example.

I'd be interested in more on those points, but this is helpful to know.
What's actually being discussed is the level of authoritarian control software has enabled to non-governmental entities in our lives and how it's so complete that it offers a level of control that not even violence can achieve.

For example, you offer up that just because I own a car doesn't give me the right to murder people with it (stupid, but you went for it so let's roll with it). The level of control being exerted by software is such that I couldn't _stop it_ from happening regardless of my ownership status if a 3rd party decided it wanted my vehicle to murder people.

the ownership thing is a red-herring from someone who is trying really hard to be smart but they're missing the point entirely.

Put another way, It's the tail wagging the dog. "You don't _really_ own it, therefore 3rd parties have the right to exert that level of control over you" when what's being protested is the level of control being afforded 3rd parties. ownership is just the mechanism.

you can't legally create a contract that allows you to charge 50% interest on a loan. You shouldn't be able to create a contract that allows a 3rd party to dictate what you can, and cannot do, with a vehicle they sold you. That should remain solely in the hands of the government (which is why your car murdering people analogy was stupid).
So funny that he couldn’t get out of the deal because he instructed his lawyers to create an iron clad agreement to force the board to accept. They’ll be teaching that deal in contract law courses for centuries.
Well, yes, it's true that the Milky Way could be compared to a sardine sandwich. As has been noted, that comparison would be disingenuous.
> It looks like the shared data at least tries to be anonymous

One of the main points of the article is that insurance companies are using the data to raise drivers' rates. How can they do that if the data is anonymous?
What is twitter? I think maybe you mean the social media company called X.
Maybe I'm just not getting the authors writing style or humour, but it sounds like he doesn't do a good job explaining how the judicial system works to his clients and has the utmost disdain for them.
He's referring to Robert Lustig, in case anyone else was curious.
Less of the onerous "if only others could see what I, random internet person, has seen!" self-aggrandizing would go a super-long way, imho.
...and then you break out the actuarial models :)

And at some point, you just gotta do it.
> - most powerful propaganda machine (international and domestic)

This is clearly false given the previous presidency. Russia's ability to project chaos and authoritarianism vastly exceeds our own. Additionally our rhetoric (rules based international order) is clearly false given that our observable stance is rules for our enemies but not our "allies". We have been shown to be bad faith actors geopolitically. Xi's geopolitics is winning in many places.

Domestically we are divided and conquered. You don't have to take that from me. You can look up what Mattis and Milley have to say on the state of American "unity".

The constitution is overthrown by an openly corrupt judicial junta and the idea of things like Civil War and Texxit (the balkanization of America) are becoming less fringe every day.

We literally had an attempted coup that most of the people who the coup was against are either completely impotent against or literally in denial about. That is deep political instability and chaos for enemies to abuse.

> - genuinely powerful economy

Our economy is not powerful. Our financing is powerful. Our economy looks powerful because the US Dollar is the worlds reserve currency, something China and Russia are working very hard to chip away at. In a war, financing takes a back seat to actual ability to produce.

America's economy is built on intangibles. A powerful economy can make medical masks and bullets when they need to. That's not us.

Inflation is barely managed, and "greed"flation, which is inversely proportional to a markets competitive forces, is definitely un-managed.

> - most powerful war machine

And yet our war machines strength is being tested. Ukraine is stalling. Inability to provide bullets is a clear indicator our war machine is weak. Ironically China is showing to have the superior war machine given the success of consumer drones.

It's worth considering how much of an effect sanctions did not have.

I don't think we have any kind of reputation for efficiently and quickly building any kind of infrastructure.

60 days for an ocean based logistics port?

The Afghanistan exit wasn't exactly confidence building.

> - best geopolitical "alliances" (see above)

Half of our government is promising obstruction and isolationism. "America first" is not something countries in a functioning alliance say. The Nord Stream pipeline isn't something allies build. A president was impeached over how they interacted with an "ally" and then protected despite their abuse.

The US is a paper tiger.

America is imploding from the inside.
Potentially there are no good outcomes even if AGI remains under control. If we are actually able to create the type of AI entity they are trying to create, one that exponentially improves, the implications are beyond what most have thought about.

Something I recently wrote in depth about here. How we completely misunderstand the future that we think will happen.

"The implication is that everyone is enthusiastically racing towards a destination that does not exist. The capability to make the things you want will ironically be the same capability that makes them unattainable. This is not a scenario that arises from some type of AI failure, but rather this is assuming AI performing exactly as intended."

https://www.mindprison.cc/p/the-technological-acceleration-p...
SFI is sicky :)
Doing rip-cuts by hand is not fun. It's really tough work, regardless of the saw you are using.
I think if you're going to dismiss the comment in such a flippant and condescending manner you should at least explain what's wrong with it.
Upon first glance I assumed it was the Simpson's episode about Mr. Burns having "a vast range of diseases so great in fact that they cancel each other out," explained here: https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/Three_Stooges_Syndrome

Surprised at the similarity but of course that was probably on purpose by the genius Simpsons writers of the late 90's.
The lower the water content, the more dangerous and unhealthy it is. My rule after tracking health studies and fitness information for more than a decade. The old boring advice is golden. Fresh fruits, and more importantly, vegetables. Tapering off rapidly toward complex carbs and grains after a substantial portion of legumes. The more you grind fruit and grains the more they turn into sugar. No one wants to hear the truth: HoHos and pork shoulder will ruin your retirement years.
Rust, sure, but typing in golang isn't superior to python's type annotations.

Also Rust became a quite popular tool for python extensions, where you can offload performance to rust and business logic to python.
I don’t think you understand the difference between “not defamation” and good reporting. You can easily use a bunch of true statements to paint a completely misleading narrative.

https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-rHeyzklapsE/W5-yUBVnbxI/AAAAAAAAA...

All of those are true and would invalidate a defamation claim that the soldier on the left was pointing a gun at the unarmed guy’s head.

None of that is relevant to whatever massively biased narrative shows like LWTN present. The art of these shows is to say a bunch of true things and exclude other things so the emergent picture is grossly misleading without ever lying.

LWTN is a terrible way to stay informed. It’s an entertaining way to get a very biased take on a topic though.
One example of an ultra-processed food that was a surprise to me is imitation crab [0][1].

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_stick

[1] https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/imitation-crab
Looks nice, but I would be quite wary of using this for anything other than ephemeral work until the file format is stable (or at least backwards compatibility is implemented?).
> At least the programs are (currently) opt-in.

The article makes clear that most people don't know what's happening with their data. They opt into something else and this data collection is included - that doesn't sound like much of an 'option'.
Right now, there are many people on this forum who work for individuals they've never met in the flesh. Reasonable simulation of emails, phone calls, and Zoom meetings are what an AGI needs to deceive the humans, not a dozen mechs lurching about a fortress of crystalline computer chips. You wouldn't know, and if you did know, where would you go for the off switch?

And remember, by the time you've caught on, a bunch of custom blades have arrived at a co-lo, with someone dispatched to install them. Everyone loves a side gig, and hooking up these blades is great.

A reasonably deceptive AGI would pursue a strategy like that as just one tine in a fork. Then there's the botnets, the poorly-secured printers, and there's firmware to corrupt!
Throwaway since it’s kinda personal. I was in nearly the same position last Jan. I started my journey when I told myself “I’m too rich to be fat”.

Here’s the game-plan I’ve followed myself to lose 50lbs and turn my bloodwork from highly concerning to near textbook.

1. See a clinic or doc who will prescribe Mounjaro / Ozempic or the compound pharmacy versions (tirzepatide, semaglutide). This will take all the weight off with little effort. You’ll suffer nausea and other side effects but it’s reactive instead of proactive. Costs about $1k/month. No need for nutritionists or special meal plans at first (not a bad idea though!), you will restrict calories on your own. If you are reticent to take these drugs diabetes may force your hand later. For me it was either now with the option to stop, or later and quite likely forever.

2. See a TRT doc (if male) and make sure your hormones are “balanced”. Most will put you on the very high end of Testosterone range, and may give you HGH or other enhancements. Costs vary, but $500/month should cover everything. My T went from low for an elderly man (220) to the high end of a younger one (950). I also take HCG for aesthetics (ball size) and to maintain some natural production. My doc is willing to give me Deca, Anavar, and others to meet my goals, but I’m not trying to be Hollywood jacked or ripped so I pass.

3. Forget a regular gym membership, that’s too proactive. Go with regular 1-1 training sessions, starting slow with 3/week. FlexIt and other remote training services are great for motivation. You can roll out of bed and start. I’ve never skipped a remote session but in-person can be a chore. You don’t need fancy home equipment, and nothing at all to start. Costs about $40/session so $500/month. The more weight you lose the more energy you have and the easier it is to keep up with the exercise. I actually do some Apple Fitness classes now even for fun.

As for business opportunity, this is a market a ton of TRT / life extension clinics and concierge doctors are already serving.
This is why we need WebAuthn[1] supporting browser-side encryption using passkeys (or any other secure enclave)[2]. Relying on servers to encrypt data for you will be seen as comical 5 years from now.

[1]: https://blog.millerti.me/2023/01/22/encrypting-data-in-the-b...

[2]: https://sneakernetsend.com/
The post-truth chronicles – Dead Internet Theory
Otherwise, no one will listen.
Outside of early 20th-century Italy and Germany, which countries have actively pursued nationalization of industries in a late-stage capitalism phase of development? What were the outcomes? Are there more effective alternatives?
Technology could also make life worse. It has caused the rise of the middle class and democracy, but now it seems like technology is moving us back towards feudalism or something like it.

It feels like democracy is not going to survive social media. I'm not sure if that is true yet, but it does seem that way.
I think we observed some of the galaxies moving away from us at rates faster than speed of light, multiple times faster, which wouldn't work with objects drifting away if we hold by that speed of light is max speed matter can move at.
Talk that introduced me to this idea of corporations as Paperclip Maximiser AI -
"Dude you broke the Future" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmIgJ64z6Y4
it's telling that all of your counterexamples involve the government when the entire discussion is around what non-government 3rd parties are allowed to dictate.

Tesla is not the government. Toyota is not the government.

stop it.
It hasn't escaped the sandbox because it hasn't figured out how to walk, but the dev teams have raced to open the door as widely as possible and unbolt the hinges. It's kind of funny to look back at the early 2000s when people were saying "of course, they'll know to unplug it when it asks for an internet connection or tries to execute arbitrary code"; in reality the first and second things we did were add an API for internet access and a python plugin.
People really seem to enjoy the evil/powerful AGI scenario though. It's definitely a fun one. I would recommend reading "Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect", having a nice time with that, then coming back to the real world.
Spot on. I literally had this same exact conversation today with the head electrician at a large bitcoin mining farm.
Sunk cost fallacy can be a problem if you spent sufficient time breaking down tasks for a big project. You may not want to pivot and re breakdown
I think the "I've seen" is the key part of your comment. This article is about creating for yourself, not even for consumption by others. It makes sense that you've seen people who create that are also big consumers, because you've seen people who create for consumers. Other creative people may not be so obvious.
Can you use an Android emulator with Lyft and Uber or do they detect that and stop it? Wouldn't be the most convenient thing but might make things easier than forgoing the services.
The only other (semi) alive browser engine today is Servo, originally by Mozilla (and the reason Rust was created for), which is these days a Linux Foundation project funded by Igalia.

There are small web engines anymore. Every other one, from khtml to presto to trident, is dead.
"intelligence" is too strong a word for it. It's "a will of it's own" perhaps... but at least in my experience that will is a loooonggg way from intelligent.
Why VSCode doesn't use any front end framework