skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It's right in the most famous system's name: "Generative Pre-trained Transformer". LLMs generate text (and other media) which imitates their pre-training corpus. That's all.

At the end of the day, it's turning a mathematical crank. LLMs have no more intentionality than a jack-in-the-box.
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Most of the taglines are generated by AI ie claude, chatgpt and perplexity which I use. I will research more on flagging mechanism for this and set it up.
It can absolutely be the road's fault.

Why does a two lane rural road, often without a shoulder, often cutting through large swaths of unpredictable wildlife need to be rated for 70mph?

I'm a cyclist and love walking. I've seen way too many drivers simply not give two fucks about pedestrians, cyclists or even other cars. I've seen way too many drivers pull out their phones at stoplights or on freeways where "nothing is going on". I've seen way too many drivers drive 30mph+ through parking lot spots thinking nothing of it.

Meanwhile, public transportation initiatives and city landscapes get shot down and destroyed constantly in favor of adding "just one more lane" because people can't be arsed to drive 30mph and NEED 45mph stroads they can blast through at 60mph.

Driving is one of the most dangerous activities we do on a daily basis and so many people treat it like absolutely nothing bad can happen. I hate it.
I struggle to think of a worse training corpus for an AI than current Twitter users
"Hermit is no longer under active development within Meta and is in maintenance mode. There is a long tail of unsupported system calls that may cause your program to fail while running under Hermit. Unfortunately, we (the team behind this project) don't have the resources to triage issues, fix major bugs, or add features at this point in time."
It hurts consumers. If you had two gas stations next to each other and they can see each other's signs their pricing will not be competitive because of tacit collusion vs if they can't see the price but consumers can.
This is starting to happen in New Zealand - either increased rates or simply no coverage. For different reasons - flood & slip events.

Re-insurance rates have gone through the roof through 3-4 weather events over the past 2 years. No signs of slowing down...
i did not find the bonus level.
OT but what a parochial NYT article:

> The 55 miles from Campbell to San Francisco make for one of the nicest commutes anywhere.

There are a thousand people every day who get the train from my little town into London. 80 miles. 125mph. Someone else does the driving. There's wifi and a power point and a refreshment trolley that will sell you a coffee. Watch a movie, read a book, browse HN or Reddit or whatever.

"Nicest commutes anywhere"? Least terrible car journeys in the US, perhaps.
I see they allow you to import Twilio numbers, I wonder if there are plans for other providers?

Perhaps a SIP URI someone can forward their DID number to?
I worked on a scheduler for a radio platform ages ago. Home Depot demanded that their ads shouldn't air during controversial programs (they had a very long list of what constituted "controversial"). Fair enough.

One time their ad aired in the same commercial break with a 5 second promo for a program that was on their controversial list. They completely lost their shit. The company pulled their ads until we added rules to the system preventing this type of thing, which took a little while. I don't think anyone in the world cared, but they were super adamant.

Corporations do weird stuff.
> "migraines"

Get your thyroid levels checked. Make sure you follow the directions for fasting. Make sure you go in the afternoon. Better safe than sorry.
> It looks like you just cherry picked a sentence that says what you want to hear.

I cherry-picked a sentence from the summary section for the sake of providing a representative statement of the content of the article relevant to the discussion. There's nothing bad form about that. Nothing you say undermines the relevance of the point or somehow minimizes it.

>and the picture became clearer, showing that what the authors did not know in 1996 are now understood, and it turns out it's mainly bias and socio-economical status.

Feel free to provide the studies that demonstrate this.
? That's a thread about Walmart telling vendors they can't use AWS, not a long article explicating Amazon selling merchandise on Walmart.com.
> Are passwords/passcodes really the only form of entropy used when generating encryption keys for an iphone?

I don't believe I ever claimed that.

> I'd expect that a longer password would only increase your security but that even the shortest password wouldn't leave the data encryption trivial to crack.

How short are you talking? Most people do like 4-6 digits. That's not going to protect you against anyone brute-forcing keys on the raw encrypted data. Your only real hope is the TPM holding the real key and being physically secure, which you have no way to ensure. And that still fails due to cameras etc. as mentioned.

> That's partly prevented by having keys randomize their position on the screen

That's almost security theater. It really only protects you from laymen, not state actors. It forces you to use numeric digits if you want that, which itself makes your key much weaker.

> Obviously if a camera is looking directly at the screen while you enter your password you're probably screwed.

Which is guaranteed to happen at some point when you're in public.
Architectural changes between Llama 2 and 3 seem to be minimal. Looking at the 400B model benchmarks and comparing them to GPT-4 only proves that there is no secret sauce. It's all about the dataset and the number of params.
Cigar and Pipe smoking increases the risk of oral, throat, and esophageal cancers at a similar rate to cigarettes.

Here's one study: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3755640/
Didn't Humane try this?
It's the usual map / territory or model / reality difference. If you've ever heard or said the Box-ism "All models are wrong, but some are useful" you've been introduced.

Some practice with it may even be a good intro to some veins of actual postmodernism (as opposed to piñata postmodernism which is mostly stuffed with straw by people who like hitting it).
State insurance regulators do have a legitimate purpose -- to prevent totally free-market (read, "lawless") behavior by insurance sales companies which happens when people can promise something in the future, take money for it now, but not deliver (ala the golden age of past American business hucksterism). Insurance as a product (or snake oil) is highly prone to this malfeasance when unregulated. Just like lotteries.

But on the other hand, because state regulators are slow to react or adapt to changing circumstances, they essentially freeze the market and the parameters allowed for sales of insurance in the past, for circumstances that may no longer exist.

So, new risks and willingness to insure are not accounted for, and companies no longer find it profitable to do business with rules of the past, in the present.
“In theory, practice and theory are the same. In practice...”
Police can already unlock your phone using your face/finger prints. Been that way since at least 2018. But... they can't force you to tell them what to use

https://www.forbes.com/sites/thomasbrewster/2021/11/29/fbi-n...
I think GP's qiestion dates back to earlier than postmodern philosophy.
This is the basis of one of my favorite jokes about interview questions: "How many electrons are there?" (No, I do not use this question)
The CEA is because earthquakes would bankrupt insurance companies because they strike multiple properties at once.

Something similar could be done for forest fires but hasn’t been setup yet.

The general consensus is CEA policies are underfunded and the expectations are that the feds will step in.
That is incredibly weird, where do you live?
I'm not sure what you mean exactly by 'this field', and I'd never heard of this person, but in spending a few minutes looking him up, his work and his online presence - I find it hard to believe that 'the leading meta researcher in this field' is a very accurate description. I'd be curious for some more information justifying that.
I think decoupling health insurance from one’s employer could greatly change the entire healthcare industry. It would go a very long way to reduce cost obfuscation, among many other things. So many people think their health insurance costs $30 a month because that’s their “contribution”.

Unfortunately it will never happen, as it’s insanely politically unviable as almost no one wants that to happen. It’s the ultimate free market approach, but then people would have to pay for something they “get for free”. And once they realized how insane the system is, and how much everything actually costs, you might see knock on effects from that. Some bad, some good. It would be an experiment for sure.

Single payer is more realistic, even if it doesn’t do much to affect many of the underlying issues.
This is fascinating!

1. How do you ensure the reliability of the Callisto system, and what evidence can you provide that demonstrates its performance and consistency in different laboratory settings?

2. What are the technical limitations of the current version of your system, and how do you plan to address these in future iterations?

3. What are the long-term goals for Volta Labs, and how do you plan to evolve your technology to meet future market needs?

4. Could you provide details on the initial and operating costs of the Callisto Sample Prep System? Considering you mention lowering the cost for small labs, how does the investment compare in terms of ROI and scalability? What is the value proposition for university labs that traditionally use student volunteers for manual tasks?

5. What is the significance of the name 'Callisto' for your sample prep system? Is there a connection to its namesake, either the nymph or the moon of Jupiter, that reflects the system’s qualities or capabilities?
Obviously, Wheeler was much more knowledgeable about physics than the likes of me, so my obvious objection must have occurred to him, but here it is.

Electrons have mass, so the total mass of a multiple electrons must be more than the mass of a single electron. Or is there some other mind-bender that would explain why "the" single electron appears to have a trillion times it real mass when that electron's timeline happens to be considered at a particular slice of space and time?

Also, why wouldn't this logic also apply to every other primitive particle: there is only one muon, one tau, one up quark, one down quark, etc?
Because state run insurance is kind of a crock. These are programs put together for constituents to be pleased enough to vote in the next election cycle but will do little to help in an actual disaster. Its been years but the state run insurance had pretty limiting caps on both contents and the cost to rebuild. Seemed kind of pointless from a total loss perspective.

Edit: I would guarantee that the state run plan is both underfunded and not charging appropriate premiums for the given risk.
The brainwashing part is more subtle than simple scams. And most advertising doesn't really work in the simple way that it would create just an urge to buy something with repetition or persuasion. It affects us all, directly and indirectly, not just some exceptionally vulnerable.

Vast majority of ads try to link some connotations to their product/service/brand. E.g. young attractive women happen to be around a certain beer brand.

But when you buy the beer, it doesn't come with the women included. It didn't of course outright claim that it would, but the women are put in the ad to create such connotation, and it seems to work. Is that a scam? In any case it's misleading and manipulative.

Now, that's just one case. But there are thousands (millions?) such products/services/scams with their own misleading and manipulative connotations. And together these manipulate the whole culture and society. It transcends just the individuals seeing the ads.

Diamonds are a good example of purely ad-constructed social phenomenon. By associating diamonds with true forever love and devotion and appreciation and whatever, they suddenly become "valuable". And the individual doesn't even have to believe any of this, but if they think that others believe it, they can deem that other people think they are worthy of appreciation and whatever if somebody bought them a diamond.

Of course all of this happens very subconsciously, but it works very effectively. This is how a lot of advertising works. By manipulating whole societal beliefs and values. That's even beyond brainwashing.

Consumerism isn't just buying stuff. It's about people e.g. identifying themselves and others based on what (brand) they buy. The actual product doesn't necessarily even matter itself, it's all the connotations that are associated to them societally with ads. Fashion items are a clear example of this, but it happens with all sorts of goods.

Edit: here's an overview of some theories on how ads work, from advertisers: https://adassoc.org.uk/credos/how-does-advertising-work/
They could maximize their earnings by working more on more profitable days and working less on the less profitable ones. However, many people overvalue stability and are scared of variable income.
> Meh, I don't see it as a problem, really

You personally might not see it as one, but it objectively is. Whether or not you personally are bothered by it is irrelevant to the reality of sample and hold displays poor motion handling. I am happy to hear it does not bother you, and I wish I could be you, however I am not. Probably a side effect of until not too long ago, having spent my entire life with displays that were not complete garbage in this aspect.

> And as frame rates get higher, it becomes even less of a problem

I have the best hardware today money can buy, but cant reach my 240hz capability now in any relatively modern title. It mostly only helps in esports/far older content. It also ignores the fact that we have decades worth of content that will never exceed 60FPS that looks terrible today on modern displays, and will continue to do so.

> I'll probably be looking for 240 fps in a few years.

240fps has made my usage of modern displays far more tolerable, still cant touch a CRT though. I'll be moving to 480hz OLED soon enough to further improve that. However all of these increased refresh rate displays suffer from the same issue.

Not everything can or will run at the refresh rates required to take advantage of the reduced motion blur, not even with top of the line hardware. This will probably eventually be resolved with software/hardware based framerate amplification, but we aint there today and probably wont be for at least another half decade or more.
Hospital prices for the same emergency care vary up to 16X
Cx90 has phev, which is kind of an EV if you squint hard! The first year of this model was problematic so please do some research on reddit. mhev seems ok.

CX50 is also one that I had my eyes on.
Thanks for the references.

> Under the law, companies that make cellphones and other consumer electronics are required to provide the tools and know-how to repair those devices.

1. Do you think the Oregon law fell short by not requiring industrial electronics to be repairable as well?
2. Will the proliferation of tools and know-how for repair be sufficient to meaningfully extend the life of most electronics?
3. Is legal mandate sufficient or necessary to motivate companies to open their chests to the public? Or is a voluntary movement possible that still rewards the stakeholders?

My hope is that projects like Atlas will be sustainable and prices eventually come down to commodity levels - say the price scale of cars. If people are empowered with tools to develop on these machines in a safe way, I think we could see a revolution similar to the cell phone or PC. My fear is that these machines will become just an extra inefficient automation step in an overpriced supply chain one-off application.
The Groknion "is intentionally designed to be edgy and unfiltered, to the delight of X owner Elon Musk"... and I'd wager, 4chan (Tay gets its mandatory mention).

(This might be not necessarily as bad as trying to sweep fundamental flaws of neural networks under the carpet ??)
Not with learning programming.

You can simply self-teach.

A bootcamp isn't a CS degree.
Rather than organically pricing their products, these bigger companies are setting prices to always match or undercut pricing elsewhere. This squeezes the advantage smaller players may have on pricing, and big players can afford to do so even at a loss. Another issue is that the bigger players may be essentially signaling their pricing to each other through their scraping, which can be a form of collusion and price fixing - this is what’s under scrutiny in the rental market where software is performing actions that would be anti-competitive for a human to do.
sounds exhausting
I never thought I would say this, but... I guess I will recommend you watch the movie Tenet.
It doesn't. Hair grows for a certain amount of time - time, not length. Then waits for a while unchanging, then falls out.

growth (3 to 6 years) -> static (2 to 3 months) -> fall out -> rest -> start over

The maximum length of your hair is determined by how long it stays in the growing phase, in general this phase is longer in females than in males. And some people are naturally able to grow longer hair than others.

In pregnant females the static time is increased, i.e. the hair stays there without falling out. This makes their thick and full. After delivery this changes and the hair falls out in clumps, which is unpleasant, but it's the same hair that would have anyway fallen out earlier, it's not extra hair falling out.

If you cut the hair nothing changes, it still grows for as long as it was going to originally.

That myth about cutting hair (or shaving) to make it grow faster or whatever is not real.
Yes - I'm confident in our ability to build and support our product for several reasons. We've recruited exceptional talents who believe in Volta's mission, and we are making deliberate adjustments to better listen, learn, and support them. I agree that the Glassdoor reviews are challenging. However, these reviews, along with employee feedback, hiring, and exit insights, are instrumental in actively positioning the right people and systems to improve the overall employee experience. For instance, we've been hiring experienced leaders to better mentor our team.

Moreover, we've undergone several transformations as a business rapidly over the past year. We transitioned from an R&D focus to a commercial focus, almost doubled our team size (and continue to grow), and now, with our commercial launch, we're evolving again. There have been some tough growing pains, and change isn't always easy. But we're committed to building a sustainable business, and the way to achieve this is by fostering an environment that encourages openness, collaboration, and innovation.
You don’t need a 1.8T parameter LLM to control an AI guided missile. In all likelihood, the model to control these can be run on an iPhone-level computer, which is max $1000. The bottleneck is still the missile.
How it turned out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CZU_Lightning_Complex_fires
For tips, commentary and insight about visiting Madrid, and the rest of Spain, this Youtube channel [0] is a gold mine.

James and Yoly really enjoy living here in Madrid, and they explain the good and the bad of our culture and customs. No bullsh*t, warts and all.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/@spainrevealed
Doesn't the EU law have a size requirement for the userbase before it ratchets up? that seems like a reasonable way to apply this law without unduly burdening small companies.
Show HN: An app that takes your money if you don't reach your goals
My wife and I just launched this app because we had so much fun with a fitness challenge we did we some friends recently where everyone put in $100 and defined their goals, then only the people who met their goals split the pot. It made us realize there's really no better motivator than money.

It's better on mobile screens right now as we just designed for mobile screens for now. And we did manage to put it up on both app stores - it's low in the ranks but you should be able to search it by "Goalie challenges".

We built it using the leanest tech stack - Ruby on Rails, server-side HTML (no JS), tailwindcss, then packaging it for iOS and Android using pwabuilder!
Worked with Walmart as a software vendor. Can confirm. You did not ever ever say the word AWS.
Working at Google has been utterly depressing for over a year
I've been at Google for nearly a decade as a SWE, and internally it's the most depressing it's ever been. Some symptoms come to mind:

- constant rounds of layoffs

- morale is terrible; everyone is overworked and burnt out

- perks constantly being cut

- suddenly extremely hard to get promoted

- executives are suddenly micromanaging teams

- general atmosphere of culture decay and leadership disconnect

I think these are probably just the vibes at MOST companies, but among several competing offers I initially joined google FOR its good culture, so this hits me especially hard. Are all tech companies like this? Some companies prioritize employee well-being and maintain a better atmosphere...but I have no insight into who those companies are. Anyone have thoughts?
I was partly tongue in cheek. I certainly don't spit my meals into a bucket, despite being a little overweight. But I stand by what I said about not enjoying the act of swallowing. The closest I can get is the joy of not feeling hunger anymore- but that's just the absence of discomfort.

I don't understand it, but I can't dispute it.
So what you’re saying is, if you can’t beat em, join em? /s

I’m actually a bit relieved they have you on the team. Considering what they (Google) know about us all.
Third party fonts are a privacy nightmare, especially when you know who's the biggest third party out there. But there's no good reason to source the fonts from a third party either: you can host them by yourself and serve them with the rest of the website.

Now disabling custom fonts altogether makes sense of you are trying yo save bandwidth, but then you aren't mad if things don't properly align.
No, the elephant in the room is that in many states, including CA, insurance companies are severely limited at how much they can change their rates and what factors they can to determine risk/premiums.

Edit: I think there has been a number of comments from the big underwriters that they are unable to underwrite risk properly. This is not just a CA problem either, Florida is also a huge issue.
Targeting the Hallmarks of Aging with Vitamin D
So if it’s to gather evidence then why shouldn’t they need a warrant?
Taking money in exchange for future delivery and then not delivering is no more a “free-market behavior” than mugging is.
And of course 'The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated' aka the fourth amendment doesn't apply.
well yeah but to what end?
A succinct explanation of this theory and some of its consequences can be found here: https://ia600903.us.archive.org/24/items/dr_watchstop_advent...

Switch the PDF display to single-page and find page 33.
If you're that small and are all devs, you're probably already doing some parts of it!
Is there a cure that has been shown to be real in a double-blind trial? Or maybe that has widespread agreement among the medical community? I'm ready to hear it, but I've gone down this road a lot with people saying things like "just stop eating chemicals!" or whatever.
I even know of vending machines that have routers with OpenWRT and dnsmasq in them. Mainly because I put those there.
The day it's released, Llama-3-405B will be running on someone's Mac Studio. These models aren't that big. It'll be fine, just like Llama-2.