skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Well, intelligence itself is hard to define. We'd consider pretty much all humans "intelligent" even though certain things for some humans are near impossible for others. The greatest common denominator of human intelligence that people generally seem to imply when they talk about AGI is a multivariate overlap of ability to learn, embodiment, abstract pattern recognition, visual and motion acuity, and emotional understanding. However many of those facets are hard to test.

Intelligence is something that has thousands of variables. It is a spectrum with many points of "emergence" where something near impossible before becomes possible. There are of course the many benchmarks we give LLM's, (MMLU, ARC, etc), but the more practical test is whether a model can completely replace a human in an economically viable activity.
Does Unilever sell other frozen products? Are they countin only the B&J frrezers, all the icecream freezers or all the freezers?
They already finished the migration... Fastest cloud to bare metal migration in history.

I also hear they have a unique, high-impact approach to blackbox testing.
I think a lot of people are confusing access to some kind of IP location data with access to high(er) accuracy data. Yes, you could scrape whois data to create a IP location database but even country level would be in the mid-80s and then dramatically drop off from there. In the early dot-com boom, that was good enough since there was nothing really better.
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39754992
A relative of mine works for a large tech company. Her manager has 2 open reqs on the team. However, he has been told that he can’t hire anyone in California or New York. This is not to say that there are no qualified candidates elsewhere, but there are a ton of qualified candidates in the Bay Area that he can’t hire. He will probably eventually fill the roles, but it will take a lot longer.
He and his colleagues, yes. Previously on HN a couple of times, the first (I see) here:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37584578
Exactly. They’re cards in a game that may require you to discard suddenly - you don’t want to discard early.
Oracle warns Java users not to upgrade to macOS Sonoma 14.4 on Apple Silicon
On the receiver side, yeah.

On the satellite side, I had vague memories they were weird when I wrote that. From some quick googling I think they are doing a trick with clock synchronization from ground stations to avoid needing an atomic clock in space, since over Japan and Australia they will always have LOS to a ground-station (which they can use in place of the atomic clock as the master time source for each satellite)[1]. At least, that's what the 2008 Ph.D thesis "Remote Synchronization Method for the Quasi-Zenith Satellite System: study of a novel satellite timekeeping system which does not require on-board atomic clocks"[2] suggests that they were doing. That was published before the QZSS system actually flew, so I still am not sure if they actually went that way or stuck with the conventional atomic-clocks-in-space approach. So maybe they are unique in not needing so much hardware in space, perhaps?

1: GPS, designed to deal with at least the opening stages of nuclear war, had as a design goal the ability to operate without ground stations at least for a while, and there are large swathes of the world that don't have suitable ground stations, so they had to go with the atomic-clocks-in-space route to provide global coverage. By focusing on just a small area and ignoring the 'must operate for several days during a nuclear war' case, QZSS maybe could get away with something cheaper.

2: https://unsworks.unsw.edu.au/server/api/core/bitstreams/9386...
Funnily enough, the fact that PG's website is archaic actually pushed me to parse a lot of legacy tags that I'd never had to use in that way.
Agreed. I personally think it is the ultimate piece of equipment for sound reproduction from computers or personal recordings, unless one has a set of very specialized cans that it could even drive. But of course sound sensitivity is subjective and there are limits to what some people care about so their may exist cheaper options with some comparable quality, but at some point I gave up to quest with that little gadget.
"the narrative"

[High pitched dog whistle noise]
Seems to be previously discussed, but I learned about it today... I wish I saw the warning before...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39741115
Really need to see some lighter weight CSS tools combined with HTMX for a lot of general use.

That or better crafting for web applications. It feels painful to me when I see payloads in excess of 4mb of compressed JS. It makes me really want to embrace wasm frameworks like yew or leptos. Things are crazy and nobody seems to notice or care.

I run a relatively dated phone (Pixel 4a) with text set to max size. So many things are broken or unusable.
I don't know who you've talked to about this, but just because it's electric and robo-driven doesn't mean they get to skip aerodynamic drag. Air resistance increases at the square of velocity. 4 miles/kWh at 55 becomes < 2 mi/kWh at 85. 100 mph and you're measuring in kWh/mile.
And if the car is not ICE then you still have the problem of tire particle pollution. Trains are better.
This advice is horrible for 14 year olds - it’s the equivalent of saying hey kids go become a movie star, rock star, sports champion or rapper
Thanks for your opinion. However, there is already a demo page similar to Verge's design, although not exactly. (https://demo.ismailsevik.com) I was able to do this much because the CMS I used was Blogger. Blogger does not provide many opportunities.
A few very good programmers I know went to UC Santa Cruz, they seemed to enjoy it.
Tableflow
Making a game like stardew valley isn't a 10x engineer feat.

Unless I'm missing something complex about the game? It seems like it's just a basic game with decent old-world storytelling and game mechanics.
The interview was interesting, while seeming pretty incoherent to me (A.Charmeau mentionning they're on the market and do launches for other agencies while bitching about guaranteed launch numbers being a restriction was weird to me)

Checking other interviews[0], it seems that Airbus (Charmeau's other baby) is doing a ton of research on the side and is pushing a more commercial angle.

All in all, it sounds like he's more invested in Airbus becoming a SpaceX competitor than Ariane becoming a stronger commercial entity...but I'm also way out of my depth and don't know that much about the guy.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zImbRUQDJkQ
I was going to comment something similar too :D
As long as it happens on the dark side, presumably nothing.
Just because a site is responsive doesn't mean it's HTML. The fact that a lot of people assume that you can't have a responsive site with JS is all the indictment of $current_year front end development you need.

These are some of the JS functions HN runs in the background, on top of the CSS:

function $ (id) { return document.getElementById(id); }
function byClass (el, cl) { return el ? el.getElementsByClassName(cl) : [] }
function byTag (el, tg) { return el ? el.getElementsByTagName(tg) : [] }
function allof (cl) { return byClass(document, cl) }
...
Ask HN: How do you handle mbox files?
A relative asked me to help him download a few thousand emails from Gmail, in a format that he could easily share with someone else.

The options I considered:

1. Selecting 50 emails at a time, and doing 'Forward as attachment', to convert each email into an .EML file and attach it to an email.

2. Using Microsoft Outlook on his computer to connect to Gmail via IMAP. Then selecting multiple emails in Outlook, and choosing 'Print...' to 'print' 50 at a time to PDF files.

3. (best option so far) Use Google Takeout to get an mbox file, and then use https://github.com/frehder/mbox2eml and https://github.com/andrewferrier/email2pdf to convert the emails into a set of PDF files.

Although this isn't a very common need, I'm sure someone here has been asked the same thing by a friend or relative. How did you solve it?
This is insane! If capture latency is reduced, can this be used to visualize dreams?
I like to think of gravity as displacement of the "ether ". I suppose negative mass would have a type of repelling effect on mass which I figure is energy of various negative mass.

Radio waves are relatively low in negative mass along with photons.
In this threads context of sending specific application data from the server, I don't think this will happen.
There's a sickle cell therapy that uses CRISPR. I don't know the specifics but if one has been successful then a second can be too. I'm looking forward to getting more information in the future. Cell culture vs cure is a long road but at least there's hope. The big drawback is that these therapies are super expensive but time and experience in the past have proven that the costs can be lowered.

"Sickle Cell Disease Approvals Include First CRISPR Gene Editing Therapy"

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/28137....
Sweet Jesus, I truly didn't know MSFT was at over $3,000,000,000,000 market cap.
If devin ai is as good as the tech demo. The demographic of bottom of the barrel devs and middle managers will disappear almost instantly.

I have worked on those projects as well. At that point, it’s collect a paycheck and log off.
Accept-Language is far more under my control while traveling than my IP address. Especially for services that actively block VPNs.
Long Covid brain fog may be due to damaged blood vessels in the brain
Same applies to websockets, but yeah.
My response, "why should I trust you with greater access to my phone when you can't make your website work? How do I know you aren't bundling malware? Considering you are obviously using unqualified developers."
"First, they need the LLM instructions AI thingy to look at your pieces and instantly come up with inspiration. Gamify that."

That exists, though it's not from Lego:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/brickit-app/id1477221636
https://www.forbes.com/sites/barrycollins/2021/07/03/got-a-b...
Show HN: at least n
Machines like arrays, sequential access, avoiding conditions, and not touching memory unless you need to (compression == performance).

Looks like you've traveled the enlightenment path to array languages! The first time I read Whitney's K language description was a singular mind-expanding moment.
Yes, it was. Delphi, a few years later, was a lot better ...
we've got quite a lot of humans already.
>>Any notable companies which still act a bit like tech companies?

I'd bet John Deere, Caterpillar and Syngenta all operate this way.
Ptlex: Lexer Generator Written in Tcl for Tcl, Python, Perl, R and Ruby
They should go with the Indians too so they don’t put all their eggs in one basket.
I went to UCSC and ended up at Stripe and Google, and so I feel like I've done alright for myself, so I'd recommend there, but it's not like we can go back in time and I can go to UC Merced (it didn't even exist back then) instead and then see how my life turns out and compare. to be real, they're not UCLA or Berkeley or Stanford of MIT or anything, so I don't think they'll particularly stand out from each other, (CSU is a slightly lower rung than UCs) but I'm also not hiring fresh grads and aren't plugged into those rankings. Any out of state applications?

No one's going to care after a couple years in industry. As a proxy for quality, go for the most expensive one you can afford.
According to levels.fyi, E5 at Google gets you $385k TC annually. If you save a third of that (which is not easy) for 10 years you get to approximately $1.3 million. Maybe your investments get you above $2 million, but it would really depend on what decade that was. If you had the Great Recession in the middle of that, not so great.

If you think it is easy to save more than a third of your income, remember you’ll have a federal marginal tax rate of 35% or higher, will probably have to work onsite in a HCOL state, and unless you’re lucky enough to live in WA, a high state income tax. Yes you can shield some of your income via 401ks and Roths, but for the former you’re going to get taxed on withdrawal, and for the latter you get penalized if you touch it before you’re 59.5.

Now if you’re dual cogs with no kids, maybe. If you do have kids, you’re not retiring until long after ten years.
Universities Have a Computer Science Problem
The GitHub link on the site is broken and for some reason OPs GitHub profile 404s… odd
Thanks for listening!!

Asblock + Ublock on chrome or firefox are the secret sauce for that issue, also works on YouTube. ;)
Timeline of the Human Condition – Milestones in Evolution and History
I will take a rejection! Way better than the application going into a black hole. My favorite is when the company remembers to clear out its inbox, and you receive a rejection for a role you applied to some 10+ months ago.
Oh neat!

I briefly pondered this same idea when first hearing about how cats have such good night vision (they have basically got a mirror _behind_ their light receptors which increases the chance of a stray photon getting picked up)

Not quite the same thing I'm sure...
I just watched an investor talk about any field that is effected by changing yields (interest rates) is getting crushed but others are doing fine. Tech was probably the most sensitive field but I think construction and banks are also effected. Construction is complicated because data centers are doing fine while multi-family and commercial are screwed.
What the hell are you talking about? In the past five years ISRO has launched 177 satellites for 19 different countries. I remember watching one for Singapore just last week.

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1883677

How is it inferior? It’s the same orbital insertion and they have a near 100% success rate.
Even if approved today, it'll probably take a decade or more to build a nuclear power plant in CA.
Interesting programming articles I've saved
It's a bit hard to open in the Zotero sidebar, but most of the categories are under "Technical." Articles are mainly for early career people but are not mind-numbingly basic.
Noise Fuels Quantum Leap, Boosting Qubit Performance by 700%
Thanks! I appreciate the link
Culture over Policy: The birth rate decline
Hi Liam,

I'm genuinely sorry to hear about the challenges you're facing. Your resilience and positivity shine through your words, but it's understandable to feel disheartened given the circumstances. Your journey resonates with many in today's job market, and you've articulated it eloquently.

As someone who specializes in crafting resumes that land interviews and offering guidance and strategies to job seekers, I can understand your frustrations. It's disheartening to hear about your struggle despite your extensive experience in web, software, and game development. Your willingness to consider various options, including returning to food service, showcases your determination to persevere.

I want to extend my support to you during this challenging time. While setbacks can feel overwhelming, know that strategies and resources are available to help you navigate them. Whether I can write or optimize your resume, provide job search tips, or offer guidance on navigating the competitive job market, I'm here to assist you in any way I can.

Remember, setbacks are temporary, and your resilience will see you through. Please feel free to reach out if you'd like to discuss this further or if there's anything specific I can assist you with.

Warm regards,
Sally
I Improved My Rust Compile Times
The silver lining of long Covid research is that much of it may be applicable to other diseases or ailments: https://bessstillman.substack.com/p/the-unexpected-gift-of-c...
Page load times have a meaningful impact on sales.

> The survey from Digital.com asked 1,250 online shoppers how long they typically wait for web pages to load before abandoning a website and their intended purchases.

> Fifty-three percent expect the page to load in three seconds or less, and 21% say slow-loading pages are their biggest gripe when shopping online. Half will simply abandon their shopping carts if pages don’t load fast enough, the report said.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/01/28/report-shows-consumer...
the tax comes only when the shares are liquidated...a valuation is a number in the sky, a number some people agree on but a number in the sky nonetheless
I can only speak for my narrow corner of the world, but highschool babysitters are definitely normal in my suburban town just south of Nashville, Tennessee. The article also talks about babysitters in the 11 - 13 year old range. We were at a birthday party recently where one mother was recommending her daughter for less demanding baby sitting, and she referred to the role as a "mommy's helper". She described the role as doing laundry, dishes, helping with cooking, watching / playing with the kids and helping with homework, but that there would still be an adult in the house. So I guess that kind of matches the point of the article that 11 - 13 year olds aren't really seen as "on their own babysitters" any more. Our baby sitters have always been at least highschool age.
> $150k

Plus even in America, the median "Software Developer" makes ~$111k, meaning 50% make less.
From the article,

> The present work demonstrates that it is now practical for patients to undergo a single MRI scanning session and produce enough data to perform high-quality reconstructions of their visual perception.

> Such image reconstructions from brain activity are expected to be systematically distorted due to factors including mental state, neurological conditions, etc.

> This could potentially enable novel clinical diagnosis and assessment approaches, including applications for improved locked-in (pseudocoma) patient communication (Monti et al., 2010) and brain-computer interfaces if adapted to real-time analysis (Wallace et al., 2022) or non-fMRI neu-roimaging modalities.

> As technology continues to improve, we note it is important that brain data be carefully protected and companies collecting such data be transparent with their use.
Agreed, even Google Search has been terrible at displaying historical results, I try to not be a conspiracy theorist as much as possible, but it's too easy to say that history on the web is conveniently becoming a thing people can only access increasingly (uncredited of course) within AI tools, and perhaps that might indicate why web sites are being gradually deprioritized in search results.
I think it is.

The completely mechanistic view of human behaviour (that we are merely reaction and/or goal seeking machines) fails to capture a host of other behaviours we are capable of (sacrifice, altruism). That is, it fails to capture those herd responses that are external to us.

I'm not just talking about fish swimming in schools (which has a natural survival explanation) but more emergent behaviours that lie outside the flock/fight/flee/fuck/feed set of things. Kindness to strangers, empathy, understanding.

It's entirely plausible that AI might produce machines, and we may deem them intelligent, but their calculations can't reproduce the human mind because it's obvious that is not how we work.
I had a friend who had a sibling that had a mental illness.

When she was ill, she could recall other memories while she was ill.

and vice versa. She could not recall what she did when she was ill while on medication.

Sort of more than plain memories too, like how she was thinking, deciding, frame of mind, what she felt, etc.
That's a really small data point. I bet there're many projects using Go with SSE.
Got you. I can't remember how accurate the database was. I think as long as you were "in" one of the 34 countries then the app worked fine, even if it had you pegged in the wrong place.
> However I know many people (7) injured (including my family) by vaccination and 2 dead. I consulted this anecdotal evidence with my doctor and he observed similar event on his patients (around 2000 people).

Here's the thing... I don't believe you. It's not personal, it's just that you are making claims that are contrary to the evidence and have nothing to back them except an anonymous anecdote on the internet.

If deaths were occuring at that rate it would be devastating and obvious. Nobody could begin to hide it. What you describe are far worse outcomes than COVID itself, but we don't have enough corpses for it to have actually happened. Additionally the timing doesn't work out.

As of March 2023 13 BILLION covid vaccine doses had been given. If it had the same mortality rate as COVID itself (39 per 100,000/ the vaccine would have killed an additional 5,070,000 people, but it didn't. There aren't that many dead, and that's ignoring the disabled completely.

Sooo... If it did have side effects they were less dangerous than the disease itself. It's just math, and not even tough math.

I believe that you believe it, and I can respect that it is important to you, but I prefer science and the consensus among scientists and doctors is that you are wildly off base.

> If people that you disagree with count serious threat for you, you should probably find serious help.

I think I didn't say that clearly. I was saying that the virus doubling the risk of death and making people stupid is a serious threat.

That said, vaccine scepticism has killed a lot of people. So yes, it is a threat to all mankind.
Fire or chlorine are far less dangerous than crispr.

Fire or chlorine are immediate and obvious. They can kill a person, but they can't modify one's behavior, identity (biometrics), or progeny, and all without either the victim or anyone else having any way to find out who did it or when, or even neccessarily detecting that anything was ever done at all.

Crispr is infinitely more dangerous than any gun.

It's equally powerful for good, but that just makes it worth it, it doesn't make the danger from unintended harm or intended harm go away, and the risk itself is a harm.

I am absolutely in favor of using crispr to fight hiv, or any other good purpose it can be used for.

But that comic was not necessarily inapplicable. As implied, what happens in a petri dish really doesn't mean much.

It also was not necessarily pointful because although it's true the petri dish doesn't really prove much, it's also true that you have to go through a petri dish stage before you can get to the actually useful human stage, and so there is nothing wrong with celebrating the potential stepping stone or milestone and nothing gained by shitting on it.
you son of a ...
There is a flood of observability tools based on eBPF coming out these days [1]. eBPF is used to collect metrics without the need to instrument the code.

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1: https://ebpf.io/applications/
Last I heard, Android has about 50% marketshare in the US. That's pretty far from "struggling to gain adoption". It's not winning, but it's not losing either, it's a tie.
There is a weird crowd of people on the internet that have convinced themselves that seed oils are the cause of many ailments.

It doesn’t have a ton of scientific backing but Joe Rogan promoted some guru doctor a while back that spread the idea to a lot more people.
If you double the speed, the air resistance gets quadrupled. Power output needed for constant speed travel is octupled (P=Fv). Now you need a higher-power motor and more expensive batteries that can sustain this kind of power output. The typical electric vehicle available today can't sustain a speed of 100 mph without thermal throttling kicking in.

Sure making the electric motor more powerful isn't that big of a problem: just look at electric trains. But making the batteries more powerful will require significant more research.
https://deadcells.fandom.com/wiki/Conjunctivius :-p
"Good soldiers follow orde^H^H^H^H talking-points."

(To wit, I bet someone heard "the vaccine rewrites your DNA" bullshit again somewhere, so it must be true...)

https://hcrl.wustl.edu/claims-that-mrna-vaccines-change-huma...