skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Do the tools you say do it better than html also handle the variety of clients html documents are expected to work with? Or handle accessibility better?
this is profoundly moving

too bad chemistry has been criminalized except for 'professionals' https://lcamtuf.substack.com/p/a-requiem-for-amateur-chemist...

what kind of people will persist at getting into programming once you can be arrested for possessing a debugger or compiler without an exploit developer's license? kids who were never allowed to program anything until they got into college? that's how we're losing potential chemists today

a lot more lives could have been saved with better drugs

i'm not convinced that dementia can be solved with a drug, but chemistry is how we understand the processes that cause dementia
The "no curriculum" style automatically filters for a certain kind of self learning high achieving student. This is a reasonably guarantee of success and also limits the scale of the operation.

Lambda School is more of an attempt to train the average guy who wants to increase his earning ability. He doesn't have the time or patience to "work on cool things" in the hope of "learning a lot" which is loosely correlated to finding a good job.

They cater to different crowds and solve somewhat different problems.
Yes, and let’s not forget fallback fonts. So rules for each browser and OS and each font class and each layout (desktop, tablet, mobile). Probably on the order of 100 rules for a single style. Yeah, we’re just being lazy.

We need sane font rendering in browsers that treat things like alignment in a way that we’d expect for the 99% case. If I say “center” it should just fucking center.
You aren't particularly specific. I wouldn't touch Swift even if the pay was good.

Obviously you have a great deal of buy-in on this specific technology. That's fine with me.

It's not a way to get me to share the buy-in however, since I try to minimise my reliance, personally and professionally, on US:ian megacorporations. In part because I distrust them, in part because I'd be in violation of the law if my customer's data ever touched their servers.
Yeah RSA made these for a looong time.

But if you don't have a phone to program it you'd need a camera or some way to manually enter the data.
This doesn't look like it's part of any sort of standard, I'm assuming this is another case of Google channeling their inner Internet Explorer.
3Blue1Brown has some other examples in his videos about transformers, most notably I think is that hitler-Germany+italy ~ Mussolini!

https://www.3blue1brown.com/lessons/gpt
The NUMBER 1 most annoying thing about not having a phone in the modern day is ticketing services / events. The second is Uber/Lyft/etc (though less of an issue in cities with public transit).
true, a distinct feature
> part of the progress is due to serendipidy.

Serendipidy means something like unexpected good fortune, but the folktale it comes from (The Three Princes of Serendip - weirdly nostalgic, link below) implies a different meaning.

The princes don't roam around with unbelievable luck; rather, they are aware of the world around them and consider what it implies.

Probably its meaning now has somehow evolved, which is cool. I pay a lot of attention to the (current states of) evolutions of things. I see it as a kind of refinement process, where valuable things persist. So the valuable thing in question is the idea of unbelievable luck and the raw material was a broad awareness of your surroundings and its implications. Maybe, through generations, people came to understand that the latter manifests the former and this realization became reflected in the usage of the word, resulting in its evolved (current) state.

Consider the sum total of all human reason required to evolve this word as the intellect of one person. This superintelligence has then made explicit the idea that awareness manifests luck, which also makes intuitive sense.

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Translation:The_Three_Princes...
the idea that chemistry is not part of tech is a big part of the problem
Ok--what is it a function of?
Nintendo already salivating at the thought of a cease and desist because well…Nintendo.
Exactly. I remember that many PAL PS2 games at the time had big black bars at the top and the bottom, and as a result a distorted image overall. The video game experience was not great for PAL gamers at the time because most developers made bad PAL ports. Most gamers wanted undistorted images and 60fps, which was solved when we came to the PS3/360 era with digital output via HDMI and newer flat screen TVs.
You'd have a good point in the case of people working for Bob Everyman, the local grocery store owner.

It's less clear when the "someone" is a nebulous globe spanning transnational with multitudes of projects.

It's moral to work on software that assists humanity while protesting that which does not.

With companies that large your point is akin to claiming it to be immoral to be a citizen of the US while protesting the war in Vietnam.
How cheap, outsourced labour in Africa is shaping AI English
Because even if individual users can't, the nerds a few blocks over can and they're charging half price.
So basically just robots with tools? It might work.
Show HN: Dimidium – Crafting Terminal color scheme with color science
Dimidium is a standard-looking terminal color scheme. All colors have been adjusted to have fine visibility.

Crafted with Color Appearance Model, it considers the perceptual aspects(lightness, hue) of human color vision.

It aims to be a decent default for terminals.

Preview, Download: https://github.com/dofuuz/dimidium

Detailed explaination how I made the color scheme:
https://dofuuz.github.io/color/2024/03/17/dimidium-terminal-...

The code used to make color scheme is also present in the repository.
> I said “delve” was overused by ChatGPT compared to the internet at large. But there’s one part of the internet where “delve” is a much more common word: the African web. In Nigeria, “delve” is much more frequently used in business English than it is in England or the US. So the workers training their systems provided examples of input and output that used the same language, eventually ending up with an AI system that writes slightly like an African.
I'm fairly sure if Google Google you can't hide — we charge you with genocide is part of your chant you would be promptly terminated regardless of the causes you listed above. Rightfully so.
People already do the strange things, like VSA100 monsters:

https://www.zxc64.com/vsa100_based/0_62911_strange_god_agp_2...
Just FYI, it was possible to solve Advent of Code 2023 - Day 25 using a cool Linear Algebra trick as well.

"Fiedler vector"[1] - Algebraic connectivity (without networkx): https://www.reddit.com/r/adventofcode/comments/18qbsxs/comme...

I also used networkx during the contest to solve and visualize[2] but it was good to learn the Linear Algebra approach also afterwards from the Reddit solution thread.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_connectivity?useskin...
[2] https://github.com/vismit2000/compCode-II/blob/master/Advent...
Thanks for posting the photos, I don't know why I had this image of perfect square sheet in my mind. Of course it doesn't work like that and they are more like shreds. Very cool to be able to see them.
I have seen it in many places but not in this one specifically. Always nice to see one!
Then you've got mixed tabs and spaces, which seems like it's going to inevitably lead to confusion when someone who isn't aware of the convention starts to make changes. Two different invisible characters in a single file is a recipe for madness.
Another factor is the reduction of codebase size, using tabs, which is significant for something like the linux kernel.
Wayfair is like a retail outlet for garbage products right? Why wouldn't they sell to anyone with money?
This mindset is a pretty convenient way to absolve oneself of any guilt felt over what that service you're offering is contributing to. I also find this reasoning reductive and cynical, for what it's worth.
Definitely yes. Gold is surprisingly transparent for a metal. Famously, gold plating is used on astronaut helmet visors, at 200 nm thickness - i.e. ~1200 atoms thick.
Did you even read the article? It doesn't even have superconductor properties. It's classed as a semiconductor with 2 free sites.
I think that is both the basic point of and minimizes the interesting point of the website - the actual element doesn't matter, it's the things you can do with them.
Such childish actions are derisive.
My youngest brother is a high school senior who was recently admitted to an Ivy around three weeks ago. Since then, he has gotten a decent amount of physical and electronic mail on why he should attend. I think highly ranked schools have an incentive to convince admitted students to attend to keep their yield rate high, which factors into their ranking.
When do the enforcements go into effect? My wife went through Lambda in 2020 and still is being hounded by them even though she does not work in a related field. Has to prove salary, show statements, etc. Does this mean she no longer will need to do this?
There is a big leap between "Ukrainian engineers built the nukes" and "some engineers in the Soviet nuclear program were of the Ukrainian ethnicity".
Then there is the hypothetical quantum computer systems whose error rates are so slow as to be negligible and you don’t need error correction at all. Those may be on the horizon as well.
It is a weird myth that CSS somehow discourages tables. CSS have supported styling html tables and ‘display:table’ (allowing a table-like layout without html-tables) for 25 years.

Float and clear was grandfathered into CSS since they were added to HTML by Netscape. They are fine for their intended purpose: placing images in a text and have the text flow around.

Other positioning systems you mention does not solve the same problem as CSS. CSS has to support viewports of any size and dimensions and allow text to scale independently of the viewport size and still remain readable.
1) Speaking for myself--the engine noise in ICE cars is noticeable. And sure, some people prefer "vroom vroom"--But I am not a "car person", so...

2) I have a home charger--Yes, I have to plug in the car every other day, but I also never have to visit a gas station again.
Pinkerton propaganda and slavish devotion to a corporation run deep in America's blood.
This a sad amount of dog piling for HN.

I know dozens of students who attended and turned their lives around because of the program.

I see Lambda Alumni on every page of LinkedIn job boards.

I'm sure some people had a bad time, but all of the ISA issues GP stated are clearly stated in the contract, and these calls for "jail time" are absurd. People clearly know almost nothing about the program, or its success rate.

Don't forget that Student Loans still make this look like charity by comparison in virtually every way.
Tried to understand what this does, but could not. Can you provide more information please?
Wow the CEO finally grew some balls. Has been such a pushover for years. Trying to be global capitalist empire while entertaining the demands of bratty employees that continuously humiliated him. Good job for a change!
NPM Studio – install NPM packages without the CLI
That's uh, not survivorship bias.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias#/media/File:...

"It can also lead to the false belief that the successes in a group have some special property, rather than just coincidence"
Occasionally something will break an animal's brain and it will act oddly. Ants have something called an ant mill, where a platoon of army ants will begin to follow their own pheromone tracks, marching in a never ending loop until they die of exhaustion.
"At some point we'll build a perfect mimicry of the natural world."

A perfect simulation of the natural world, would be a second natural world.
Does Sarbanes Oxley codify culturing a culture?

As far as my cursory glance at wikipedia has informed me, the act itself works around the “plausible deniability” by requiring certain disclosures containing factual information be signed off by key executive staff rendering it impossible for them to say “I didn’t know!” with regards to specific material information.

The blanket concept of holding executive staff accountable for the wrongdoings of the company would mean a lot more disclosures, forms, sign offs, etc. for “any” eventuality that would render the position pointless as they wouldn’t have any time to actually do anything useful.

Because at the end of the day how do you prove that joe schmoe CEO actually fostered a culture that resulted in criminal acts? This isn’t even mentioning the individuals who were actually involved and directly culpable.
Perplexity AI like Discord bot
Is there a synthesizer that claims anything is possible?
I think probably not. The majority of people aren't looking to live on the home row and optimize every key stroke. The arrow keys are a lot more intuitive than HJKL.

The caps lock key on the other hand... I would argue should definitely be backspace.
"shut up and just be a cog in the machine"
A place I've never been to. A place I'll never go
I don't know anything about this guy or his beliefs, but the biggest red flag for me is he has a normal name with weird spelling. I don't trust anyone with this naming configuration.

normal name - normal spelling - ok
weird name - normal spelling - ok
weird name - weird spelling - ok
normal name - weird spelling - no go

I don't want to hear some Jane Austen excuse either.
Yeah, they said something like "better work-life balance" when telling people they'd be working ridiculous hours
This is not programming.
I agree! When I started my PhD I wanted to use software to help sift through the ocean of research papers and pair that with micro fluidics to create a way to quickly determine the validity of novel reactions. None of the professors were interested in working with me on something like that.
Who ever said that aligning things, especially text, on a page was easy? Just look at what Donald Knuth had to invent to solve this problem!
The same happens when you:

- Install flooring

- Install trim in your own home

- Build / install cabinets

You will now see:

- Odd flooring patterns and uneven floors

- Know what it looks like when trim isn't coped

- Uneven gaps between doors
no need for separate RAG tools anymore?
I’m skeptical of the “vast amount”.

But first I’m not suggesting 60 hours I have never worked a 60 in my life. But a solid 30-45 goes a long way, which shouldn’t be radical but some people here are advocating for 5-10 hour weeks…

There maybe a certain type of job (“middle management”?) where “golf” gives you an edge, but for companies with engineering tracks to the top, you need to demonstrate performance and be able to deliver and show impact. Some of that takes “politics” but you also can’t play politics in 5-10 hours either.
These robots will be available to buy within our lifetime. Look at the nicely designed power button on the back with blue light ring. They are preparing for consumers.

An elderly relative of mine has smoked his whole life. He admits it's bad but won't stop regardless of pressure from family. He enjoys the routine and the quiet moment. He would absolutely send his robot to buy cigarettes if possible. Nobody else in the family wants to buy them.
There are a lot of famous guitar players, but there really aren't a lot of expressive controller players. I don't know of anyone who is famous for playing the Linnstrument, or the Osmose, or Continuum.

Vangelis and the CS-80 is maybe an exception, though even if his songs are very recognizable, probably a lot of people could convincingly imitate him.

Maybe Wendy Carlos could count too.
ThoughtWorks acquires AI accelerator Watchful
TBH, most people don't get the `in loco parentis` bit of school. It's maddening that there are comments from well-educated, smart and intelligent people in this thread who are wondering if it is legal for the school to dole out punishment to kids.

Look up the relevant legislation in your jurisdiction; dig deep enough and you will find either explicit legislation or case-law confirming that it is legal, usually with the phrase `in loco parentis`.

Any on the spot decision that needs to be made with regard to the child, the school can make it with no requirement for input or consent from the parents.

Trust me, you don't want it a different way, else one day you are going to be asking the school either a question along the lines of "Why did you wait for a parent callback before you took action?" or a question along the lines of "Why are you requiring my response to these questions every single day?"
“correct way”? This is just your opinion. Everyone has one. Want to read mine? “A text editor should never replace what I type”. Want another opinion? “An editor should always distinctively display white-space characters”.
Well, like a Nigerian.

Africa's a wee bit larger than the UK, or the US for that matter, or the US + Australia combined.

ChatGPT doesn't strictly sound like Anybody https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so4dgTRaWFk
i didn't mean 'the idea that chemistry is not part of software'

'tech' is short for 'technology' in the oed's sense 1b, 'practical arts collectively', for which their first citation is from 01859, referring to, as it happens, chemistry; specifically, the formulation of varnishes for wood

https://archive.org/details/oed9barch/page/n548/mode/1up

possibly also the second half of their sense 1a, '... the scientific study of the practical or industrial arts,' for which i think the first citation is from bentham in 01802–12

obviously in the 19th century they weren't talking about software

your idea is good though

i hope you do it
Why not correct the mistakes of the ADM manufacturer and use J K L ; instead?
A memo to your colleagues on why your conscience requires you to quit.

Personal letters explaining what you gave up, financially and otherwise, because of your beliefs.

These are powerful, powerful things.

“Taking over” an office is not powerful. In fact this entire narrative has been constructed by Google, with almost personal testimony from those involved.

It was easy to silence them because they never really spoke up.
Yes, spot on. I don't think I'm that much of an idealist, but you've got to have at least some idealism or no-one would ever do anything.

And as for the "fools wasting their money", let me invoke the great George Bernard Shaw:

> "The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
Funny, just to be a contrarian I'm blocking Reddit by default because the site is infested with dark patterns and the overconfident. It's been a long time since the average person on Reddit knew more than me about the things I'm interested in.

I find myself reading more Wordpress blogs nowadays of all things, and while I read through a lot of self-promoters and blogspam, the friction of running your own site tends to select for people who demonstrate a minimum of thoughtfulness and effort and maturity. Only big social media I'm still on is YouTube.

People look at Reddit search results on Google in no small part because Google is not a good search engine. It honestly has regressed to Altavista quality. Reddit is better than looking at Pinterest and Quora and AI generated SEO spam but that doesn't mean it's good, it's getting worse every year and its crossed a threshold for me where I feel using the site makes me stupider.
Man... whole generations just straight up either do not realize, or have forgotten that early CSS revolved around creating documents, not apps, and that all of those design paradigms originated from typesetting.

In the same way that one would float a figure to the left or right of lines of a paragraph, `float: left;` and `float: right;` allowed you to do the same.

Open a textbook and look at lines of a paragraph flowing (where content "flow" layout comes from) around a figure, such as an image or a diagram.

The World Wide Web was documents.

In this context, `float` was a genius idea. There's literally no other way in CSS to do this without a bunch of hacks.
The governments do not protect us.
Was sent this app that lets you basically lets you discreetly get ChatGPT-4.5 to give you answers during interviews or dates with chicks. You don't need to ask it the question, it sort of just tracks the conversation and chimes in either on the screen or talks when you're wearing headphones. Kinda cool if you think about Humane's ai pin trying to do the same thing and charging you $700 but this app is somehow free and way cooler to use
I think where the article is out-of-touch is implying that timbre is still largely a mystery, when actually, for the most part, it isn't.
Implementing 2FA in JavaScript
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[dupe]

More discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072295

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40060532
The View Transitions API
Beating down that protest will cost Google all the independent heads it still had. Nobody ever struck gold with a troupe of slaves bound to a kings court. Nobody even does report gold to dysfunctional organizations.
I don't doubt there's a crowd that would pay for this tool, but not sure HN is the right target audience. Maybe /r/macapps?

I feel like people here likely aren't willing to pay for UIs on top of ffmpeg, brew, git, etc.

Especially with open source versions:

https://github.com/buresdv/Cork
https://github.com/brunophilipe/Cakebrew

Just my take- could be totally wrong / have a poor perception of who uses HN these days.
Then some stakeholder just doen’t like a thing for silly reasons and never can anyone always be happy - for cheap at least
Look at the electron microscope images! I expected it would roughly look like a fractal, but it is so clean, it looks artificial.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07287-2/figures/1
Debugging with Adversarial Validation
Technically they were not forbidden, but it was impossible to play copyrighted ROMs.

The rules forbid running arbitrary/user-loaded code and copyright forbids bundling the ROMs people wanted to use.

The new rules have an exception for specifically emulators
Completely agree - "bars" of people weren't scaled to the same width, and analysing it in only one dimension feels manipulative.
And 2 hours ago when you last submitted it wasn't enough?[0]

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40072334
Do they investigate public schools that engage in similar behavior???
If 90% of students have a good experience but the 10% of students have a similar experiences to the poster there, then I still think Lambda is another ethical disaster of a start-up.

"It's better than a typical USA student loan" is a very low bar.
This is also good for minimal prompts - https://mitenmit.github.io/gpt/
SES is best when considering free emails
I will say I like this more than your review of netbsd 9 ;)
(merged in comments from a dupe post)
I think that was supposed to be derisive. When you say "you're helping murder people, we expect change", that's in itself derisive. What specifically is your non-childish idea for protesting your employer taking money to indirectly help murder people?
Yes, because content is almost never placed above the viewport. Do you have an example of that happening?

But I suppose the complaint might be able to be generalized to all items past the start of a main-axis centered flex-box. Doesn’t make the failure more excusable.