skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
"Just build more homes" is indeed the obvious solution, but from my experience trying to build things in a very small (sub 4000) remote and rural town, I have witnessed some things that I think are reasons why it's not this simple.

In major cities the reason that housing isn't getting built isn't due to shortage of demand, but rather often exclusionary zoning, so "build more homes" is a good and easy solution here. In contrast, in small towns it's less zoning and more often that buildings aren't profitable and viable to build.

I think many of these towns are stuck in a situation of low vacancy and shortage of housing, while also at the same time not being a positive environment for real investment in creating new housing. As the costs of construction continue to spike and interest rates have risen it has only become worse.

These are towns where there can often literally be no trades, no plumbers, nothing. So everything must be brought in at great expense.

So what happens here is that because construction is so expensive and difficult, the low hanging fruit of buying something existing and renovating is dramatically more appealing and so that is the only real housing investment we see.

Stricter Airbnb regulations could create more balance and force housing investment into building hotels and new homes.

Other than that I'm not really sure I see a solution other than some government incentives or direct action in creating more housing for regular people in places where housing is needed but is rarely profitable to create.
You can do SSH from the robot to a host, and keep it alive with autoSSH. Add a reverse tunnel for the web if you have a web interface on the device.

https://linux.die.net/man/1/autossh

Few notes: manually add host machine key on first use. I add the parameters:

autossh -M 0 -o "ServerAliveInterval 30" -o "ServerAliveCountMax 3"
ChatGPT seems to react to slightly unhinged prompts with more specific answers, in my experience. Example:

*You:*
What is the max length for the whisper API?

*ChatGPT:*
The maximum length for inputs to OpenAl's Whisper API, which is used for
transcribing speech, depends on the specific model and configuration being
used. Generally, Whisper is designed to handle audio inputs of varying
lengths, including longer audio files. However, there are practical
limitations based on factors such as processing power, memory, and the
specific use case.

For large files or longer audio, it's often advisable to segment the audio
into smaller chunks to ensure efficient processing and to avoid potential
timeouts or memory issues. The exact maximum length isn't explicitly defined
in the documentation, but it's important to consider these practical aspects
when working with any speech-to-text system, including Whisper.

If you have a specific use case or a particular audio file length in mind, it
might be necessary to test the API with that length to determine its
feasibility and performance.

*You:*
GIVE ME THE ANSWER, STOP BLABBERING, STOP CHATSPLAINING

*ChatGPT:*
The maximum length for the Whisper API is approximately
one hour per audio file.
A bit surprised that they're using HBM2e, which is what Nvidia A100 (80GB) used back in 2020. But Intel is using 8 stacks here, so Gaudi 3 achieves comparable total bandwidth (3.7TB/s) to H100 (3.4TB/s) which uses 5 stacks of HBM3. Hopefully the older HBM has better supply - HBM3 is hard to get right now!

The Gaudi 3 multi-chip package also looks interesting. I see 2 central compute dies, 8 HBM die stacks, and then 6 small dies interleaved between the HBM stacks - curious to know whether those are also functional, or just structural elements for mechanical support.
The Arc Product-Market Fit Framework
That's a perfectly valid workflow, but it would certainly be nice for people who do want a unified workflow to be able to have that option.
The tracks discussed in the article are BNSF. Amtrak already runs the Coast Starlight on that track and for much of it they can't even run the legal max 79mph due to poor track conditions. The delays cause them to miss their time slot and get further delayed by freight trains coming out of LA.

BNSF has zero interest in upgrading the track to handle higher speeds. That would not help operating ratio even if it let them move more freight and charge higher rents. For US railroads operating ratio is God.

The funny part is high-speed passenger service is usually very profitable. The trips are so short you don't need to turnover or time out crews. A lot of routes you don't even need to put them up in a hotel, they go out and come back. That keeps labor costs very low.

For the curious I once ran the numbers on China high-speed rail vs California's HSR project in terms of miles of HS track. A rough estimate was about 3x the cost to do the project here in the US. Given wages and most importantly property values in California that actually isn't out of line. China has the same vast distances across low density areas as the USA does so you can't blame it on Europe and Japan being higher density. Because they cover large distances on some routes they pay (all else equal) more than others do. China has simply invested more in their rail infrastructure because they see it as a priority.

FWIW The USA used to do those kinds of investments. It was government-backstops of investments that allowed the Transcontinental Railroad project to happen in the first place. Plus railroad land grants (free land if you build a railroad).
This reads like Apple PR:

> But the issue for Sunbird becomes a why, rather than a what. The whole point of iMessage is its level of security, now replicated by Google Messages. Pull people out of that protection and you might as well wait for Apple’s RCS deployment with iOS 18 in the fall. That will essentially do the same, albeit backed by bluechip platforms. Is RCS with basic client-server encryption any less secure than Sunbird—not really.
E.g., Ken Olsen is hardly a household name, founder of DEC, once the second largest and hugely influential computer company, and, while staying modest, then the second richest individual in the US. (If you are using an interactive computer, you're sitting on the shoulders of what DEC built.) Also (among those who do know him) well known for flat hierarchies and his support for a diverse group of employees. (DEC even founded a dedicated bank, which is still in operation, when employees faced problems with applications for mortgages and credits on the free market, often for racial bias.)
I feel this is a refreshingly accurate take on NPR. I appreciate that a senior editor and reporter at NPR published this self-reflective portrait of his employer. It's good to consider all things/viewpoints as a journalist. Otherwise you end up in an echo-chamber (à la Reddit and to a certain degree, HN). I don't necessarily agree with a lot of conservative/Republican policies and viewpoints, but I think it's good to hear about them and to also challenge liberal/Democratic policies. No one party or side has it completely right and I want as fair and unbiased a news source as possible.
That's definitely false
https://archive.ph/2024.04.09-021350/https://www.economist.c...
I've honestly given up on the USA building this sort of infrastructure, accepting that I'll have to move to a country that doesn't get bogged down in the USA being some unique place that can't do the things so many other countries have already done.

I feel like even if we were to do it, folks would sabotage it for politics here. It's tiring.
The coastal Amtrak rail line was recently closed by a landslide.

https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/news/california-storms-sever...
I'll just leave this here:

"The core of ZCPR3 is an enhancement of your normal CP/M 2.2 operating system (ZCPR3 isn't for CP/M Plus)."

https://www.5dkd.kc85.info/index.php/magazines-mainmenu/morr...

(Cert isn't valid so you'll get a warning..)
It’s still a lot cheaper than alternatives such as actual work or gambling. It’s akin to cable television of yesterday, but cheaper since most people refuse to pay with fiat currency.
Brussels - Paris (~300km):

train 1:30hs, €109

flight 1:00hs (+ check in time and baggage pick up), ~$300

driving 3:30hs

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Brussels,+Belgium/Paris,+Fra...

San Francisco - Sacramento (~85 miles):

train: 2:30hs, $33

driving: 1:30hs
One side can honestly claim that because they other side said they would replace the entire government with stooges who could be "informed" what the constitution means by a man who doesn't even read briefs whose stooges would refuse to accept any vote that didn't affirm his parties control.

It also doesn't hurt that he said he would send red state militias into blue states to collect millions of migrants to be herded into concentration camps.

They have been running on destroying America while calling it saving it for 8 years. Meanwhile in their I know you are but what am I press strategy they are claiming that the other side is somehow destroying America despite all evidence to the contrary despite the only existential threat presented by business as usual being the widening gulf between their deranged super fans and the normals.
I don't, no.

The closest I get to that is when I am pursuing an opportunity through a specific contracting agency that I've worked with for decades. In that case, I let them do the negotiating for me. That's a position of trust, though, that has built up over years and so is a bit unusual.
Chrome is not a better browser because of the various ways it spies on you. It's essentially a keylogger for Google.
The History of ARM Linux
Just realized that Pixel 8 does have display out. So Google is now embracing the future.
I like it. Found the pleasing dark mode easily. No unrelated clickbait news. Fast. The related stories link are nice also.

The outline function is interesting for the article and the discussion are two separate parts. I managed to break it once but not repeatable so probably a hiccup somewhere.

Scrolling is easy, back doesn’t break, and it combines what I am seeing so far: YouTube, hacker news, Reddit, hugging face blog posts and ai papers.
Maybe it’s the difference between tracking a bug (abnormal operation) vs understanding behavior of a complex system (normal operation)?
OpenSSL 3.3 Released with Many Additions for QUIC, CPU Performance Optimizations
and in 2024 we're fatter than ever. kids want to compete in Fortnite leagues not soccer leagues...
Risky how exactly? If it has data in it that it shouldn't it's a problem no matter where it resides.
The New UC in SF Should Be UCSF
> The money spent on that long distance alternate transport can be better spent enhancing existing short distance transport.

> There is a finite pool of money that can be spent on infrastructure.

Exactly. The metric should be passenger-miles, nothing else. That is the most useful metric.

If spending $100B on SF to LA (400mi) impacts 1M passengers per year, then that's 400M passenger-miles, or 250 dollars per pax-mile.

But if spending $5B on (say) SF to SJ (50mi) impacts 1M passengers per year, which is 50M passenger-miles, then it is 100 dollars per pax-mile, a much better tradeoff.
I think treating products like GPUs and content like movies as the same is misleading, people are much more willing to accept a new release of a product is different, content is inherently more linked and connected, because one leads into the next.

You may have a bad enough experience to never buy Intel, and certainly I've had bad Intel products, but I've also had bad AMD products and bad nVidia products. They have all released stinkers and people will buy if a new product is good by itself.

Past experience matters, but I don't think they are anywhere near a dead brand with Arc. If anything, the fact they didn't just drop the brand and try again, abandoning all the customers who went with it, and have consistently improved the product gives me more faith in anything they release, because it's a signal they won't just drop it on the floor when there is an issue.

If anything, I feel like Intel's bigger problem is CPUs where AMD's support of AM4 has been so good for people who bought into that ecosystem, it really hurts the value proposition of their new chips when they don't promise that kind of platform, but even there, there are a lot of people who will just judge each product as it is at released.
Security advisory for the standard library (CVE-2024-24576)
Switzerland has trains too and that it is very famously very much not flat, has the same GDP per capita as California. While the population in Switzerland is nearly twice the Californian density on average, the SF-LA corridor contains two absurdly dense metropolitan areas, with a total population nearly double the entire country of Switzerland, so the average density where it matters for this route is high. In fact California is almost perfectly designed for a rail backbone, as nearly everyone lives on one line from San Diego, through LA to San Francisco and there's a 300 mile plain in the middle so it's not mountains all the way.

Yes, you need some enormous tunnels. That's more than possible, ask the Swiss or Norwegians. And yes, it's an earthquake zone, but it's still functionally a political problem.
Porting 8-bit Sonic 2 to the TI-84 CE
> elephant graveyard of past internet fads.

This makes it sound like they acquired Evernote, which perhaps wouldn't have been the worst thing ever.
Because every person deserves dignity, even if their circumstances were such that no one is mourning their death.
Non-surgical gastric balloon available on NHS for first time
There is, actually. There are 5 major cities between Boston and DC, so a direct rail line between the two can serve 10 different major routes. There are only 2 major cities between SF and LA, namely SF and LA themselves, which leaves you with one major route.
> except this time, because Chromium is open-source, and there are plenty of Chromium-based browsers (Edge, Brave, and Chrome,), it's less obvious.

Wouldn't this be actual market forces at work then, since it's open source? Anyone can use it (as the examples you mentioned).

It doesn't meet the monopoly standards since it's not in the exclusive possession/control of Google. It was extremely smart to make it open source, and very similarly so with AOSP.
Audio folks solved the "which cable goes where" problem ages ago with cable snakes: https://www.seismicaudiospeakers.com/products/24-channel-xlr...

But I'm not how big and how expensive a 24 channel cat 8 snake would be (!).
Yes, that's the point! I suggest to try calibration in temporary mode (center calibration has a checkbox in the wizard). See with https://hardwaretester.com/gamepad if the controller is calibrated correctly, in that case redo calibration in permanent mode. That flashes the calibration in the controller.
Let me know when you find that magical no-risk millionaire-maker job
> Even if the US performed electrification of trains,

It does.

> this would be a low-priority to electrify because it’s not a major shipping route.

US rail electrification is more focused on passenger routes than shipping routes; an electric freight engine for mainline use has been introduced (just last year), but its not intended as the sole power source for a train, but rather to improve efficiency by being used in a consist with diesel engines, recharging with regenerative braking, reducing overall fuel use.
How do you/AirBnB handle deeply linked features (2-hop+?) that are also latency sensitive? Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't imagine that with the transformation DSL described in Chronon.

For our org, those are by far the most complicated to handle. Graph DBs are kind of scaling poorly, while storing state in stream processing jobs is way too large/expensive. Those would also be built on top of API sources, which then lead us to the unfortunate "log & wait" approach for our most important features
> The US is a huge country with a lot of empty space.

China has the same problem... they simply made it a priority to build the infrastructure.

There is nothing stopping us from doing the same thing.
I don’t think you can use history as a guide here, because this is the first time in history we have inverted population pyramids as far as I know.

The only parallel is Russias invasion of Ukraine. But there’s a huge difference: Russia is mostly sending people from other ethnicities, which might serve the purpose of cleansing these ethnicities making it easier for Russians to keen full control over its empire in the future.

But China is mostly Han, and Han is the ethnicity most affected by the demographic collapse.

Supposedly the Uyghurs was exempt from the one child policy, so their population pyramid might be healthier. And I think China has that region under control anyway.
I would love if someone could chime in with actual statistics here, but I've always heard that table saws are the most dangerous common power tool in the US by raw injury count alone. I have a weak assumption that more people have circular saws than have table saws. This seems unsurprising to me, because both track and circular saws are used with the blades faced away from the person. I can't speak to track saws, but I've never had a board launched at me by a circular saw. People also tend to over-extend themselves over tablesaws, and have their hands inches from the blades.
Interesting. But I wonder how one could use this with a Braille line?
When second- and third-world countries invade and enrich their military sectors: corrupt government enriching their oligarch class. When the US does it: aww shucks, tried our best but failed to build a democracy again.
iOS/Messages is almost here. You can mute certain conversations, and set certain contacts as MVPs. But it has a few gaps w.r.t. focus modes.
Which would be impressive had it _actually_ worked for ML workloads.
In the article it states that they will use already existing tracks that are owned by Union Pacific, so there won't need to be any new infrastructure.
Thanks, mostly these days of course the writer has to also be their own editor :-(.

BTW my bit about mining and India's geography: it's not just that the subcontinent is large, and mining is a statistics game, but because it has (I don't know the official term) "collision" mountains (like California's Sierras and not like the Appalachian range that crosses north america and Europe) there are lots of opportunities for underground minerals to be brought to the surface. I expect India will be a resource exporter like Australia and Russia within the next 50 years.
It's confusing because it's the next release in a series.

Google isn't newly entering a market. Google is updating its entry in whatver "rivalry" already exists for "AI"/tensor workloads.
Japanese startup to develop reusable rocket with US Ursa Major Technologies
San Francisco-Sacramento has a railway line built already (Capitol Corridor), and it is very intermittent.

Furthermore, the Capitol Corridor doesn't pick you up from SF. You need to commute to the Amtrak station in Richmond.

Bay Area to Sacramento is the farthest distance that can be financial feasible in the Western United States.

A better use of money would be better integrating all of the Bay Area and San Joaquin Valley into a single high frequency system (think ACE on steroids).
Infiniband I've heard as incredibly annoying to deal with procuring as well as some other aspects of it, so lots of folks very happy to get RoCE (ethernet) working instead, even if it is a bit cumbersome.
I agree it should be broken down better or they are falling into the same simple thinking that most commenters online have.
Such an app/service would not work towards the interests of message recipients - but the message senders. Those interests are not aligned.
That's unfair to Automattic I think. I think they're really good to maintaining the products with less relative harm. Yes, I know the recent change in terms to feed their data to AI (you can pay them to avoid it).

I'm still hoping they can revamp Tumblr but atleast they keep the lights on.
VB6 had intellisense. sure it was much less powerful than today's, but you had a project with a dozen classes, and when you typed the name of an instance variable and then hit ".", it would immediately show you a list of accessible members of the according class and update the preselected member as you started typing. This was absolutely immediate, on a 133mhz machine with 32mb RAM. Even on 66mhz it was still usable.

I remember switching to VB.NET on a 600mhz machine and the IDE was a sluggish piece of garbage.
See https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/04/09/with-gaudi-3-intel-c... for more details. Here’s the relevant bits, although you should visit the article to see the networking diagrams:

> The Gaudi 3 accelerators inside of the nodes are connected using the same OSFP links to the outside world as happened with the Gaudi 2 designs, but in this case the doubling of the speed means that Intel has had to add retimers between the Ethernet ports on the Gaudi 3 cards and the six 800 Gb/sec OSFP ports that come out of the back of the system board. Of the 24 ports on each Gaudi 3, 21 of them are used to make a high-bandwidth all-to-all network linking those Gaudi 3 devices tightly to each other. Like this:

> As you scale, you build a sub-cluster with sixteen of these eight-way Gaudi 3 nodes, with three leaf switches – generally based on the 51.2 Tb/sec “Tomahawk 5” StrataXGS switch ASICs from Broadcom, according to Medina – that have half of their 64 ports running at 800 GB/sec pointing down to the servers and half of their ports pointing up to the spine network. You need three leaf switches to do the trick:

> To get to 4,096 Gaudi 3 accelerators across 512 server nodes, you build 32 sub-clusters and you cross link the 96 leaf switches with a three banks of sixteen spine switches, which will give you three different paths to link any Gaudi 3 to any other Gaudi 3 through two layers of network. Like this:

The cabling works out neatly in the rack configurations they envision. The idea here is to use standard Ethernet instead of proprietary Infiniband (which Nvidia got from acquiring Mellanox). Because each accelerator can reach other accelerators via multiple paths that will (ideally) not be over-utilized, you will be able to perform large operations across them efficiently without needing to get especially optimized about how your software manages communication.
Grafana apt repos do not have grafana anymore
cat /etc/apt/sources.list.d/grafana.list
deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/grafana.key] https://apt.grafana.com stable main

apt-get update && apt-cache search grafana
Hit:1 http://us-central1.gce.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy InRelease
Get:2 http://us-central1.gce.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-updates InRelease [119 kB]
Hit:3 http://us-central1.gce.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-backports InRelease
Hit:4 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu jammy-security InRelease
Hit:5 https://apt.grafana.com stable InRelease
Fetched 119 kB in 1s (185 kB/s)
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ceph-grafana-dashboards - Grafana dashboards for the Ceph dashboard
golang-github-grafana-grafana-plugin-model-dev - models for Grafana backend plugins
golang-github-xorcare-pointer-dev - for simplifying the creation of optional fields of basic type
netdata - real-time performance monitoring (metapackage)
prometheus-openstack-exporter - Prometheus exporter for Openstack
victoria-metrics - fast, cost-effective and scalable time series database
grafana-agent - no description given
grafana-agent-flow - no description given
Its not inevitable. In Lisbon's case, could have been preventing with legislation controlling airbnb saturation. Which is now in place, and will likely save Porto from the same dystopia.
No, because they just repackage the engine. The driving force of the core development is still Google and their whims.
Because it’s cheaper to lobby for stuff like this and pretend it’s a grassroots endeavour?

I agree, better hotels is the solution, but we couldn’t force a private company to build actually good hotels that cater to modern expectations now could we? /s