skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I chest thump because more errors happen at compile time, and fewer at runtime. The tooling is what I would consider basic competency these days. Go has a similar tooling story and, while I do enjoy the language, it doesn't inspire chest thumping.
First Red Hat, Now HashiCorp. Oh dear.

We all know what happens when the acquisition closes...
This defensive tactic can be a deadly mistake. Lets say the enemy, Ira...sorry, "Ireland" has nukes and is determined to use them. Ireland would build multitudes of cheap, inaccurate missile and lob them over, finishing the stock of defemsive
Interceptors. Once these are depleted, only then Ireland sends the (better) missile with the nuclear warhead.

To thwart this, threr is no alternative for the defender, who must go on the offensive as soon as possible and destroy Ireland's launch capability, or it's nuclear weapons program.
I've had a Carlinkit 3.0 for two years connected to a standard $400 or so Pioneer head unit with CarPlay and it works fine.

Initial connection is a bit slower than wired, maybe 20 seconds or so, but it's up and running by the time I'm moving my car.

There's very small amount of input lag for stuff like skipping songs or pause/play. I'd say that lag is almost exactly the same as when I used to only use bog-standard Bluetooth to connect to a head unit with my phone so I think that's just the downside of a wireless connection-- wired doesn't have this lag.
Google search boss warns employees of 'new operating reality'
Opengist: Open-source alternative to GitHub Gists
“Except in Nebraska!”
I wish this article talked more about how this plays out in the 3-dimensional analogue (knot theory) for comparison. I have very little picture of how I would expect this to work, so it would be helpful to start with a case I can picture, and then say how this is similar and how it's different.
The auto industry is really at a crucial point with how it integrates tech. As cars get more autonomous, infotainment is becoming a key part of our driving experience. I'm wondering, are carmakers at risk of falling behind if they don’t embrace platforms like CarPlay? Or do they have solid reasons to keep developing their systems in-house to keep control over their tech narrative?
How many people are actually walking around outside with any VR device on their face? I hope it's zero, it sounds unsafe.
Good point, probably you are living not in the city from this list :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cities_claimed_to_be_b...
Google used to give hardware away for free at Google io. If you want me to write software for you device I ain't paying for it.
I imagine the parent is referring to both languages being analytic (although, IIRC, Mandarin is a fair deal more so than English).

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytic_language
Public Health Sees Incarceration as a Crisis. Abolition Is the Solution
The wifi dongle audio quality was reminiscent of the old iPod FM Transmitters that would plug into the cigarette lighter. Not to mention the annoying delay.
Tried it: as soon as you ask something outside the head of the likely training data distribution it starts hallucinating like crazy. This isn’t surprising to me as a researcher: you need the associative memories of a larger model to cover the tail with at least something. That said, it’ll likely work well at specific narrow tasks once fine tuned. Just don’t expect it to really “beat GPT-3.5” at the general chat use case
While I appreciate the sentiment, surely that is not the reason why we should wish acquisitions to happen or fall through? There's something to be said about solving for maximum societal welfare—which may or may not be the case here, but in any event doesn't depend on any specific individual
Aren’t they always fighting the last war?
With what reasoning?
And how does ChatGPT edit your dna
Or just get a car that you can retrofit a head unit to. Could be a third party one or a better one from another model. In my VW I retrofitted a head unit with navigation and cruise control, amongst other things. Be sensible and get things like parking sensors that are hard to retrofit, but don't pay for things you can easily fit yourself.
What would be a better word, given the context?
Given the stock price… it had to be someone. Same for Gitlab soon I guess
Hopefully their beaches are known for more than just their comic sands...
Heh, yes, the comparison to chess is a very good one. You probably need a similar level of focus and dedication to be a good Life pattern engineer or a good chess player -- and that level of focus is something that improves with enough practice, in both cases.

I've mentioned in other answers that Life can make a good teaching tool for various mathematical and computer-science topics, mostly because it's entertainingly eye-catching. When you get a design right it's very satisfying -- like one of those huge domino chains that you see on YouTube, except that (for some designs) it keeps on setting itself back up again as it's in the process of falling down.
There's a (small, grey) link that reads 'edit' among the links at the top of each comment you can use if you want to change or add something to a comment you've already written, if you prefer that to replying to yourself.
Why? There's nothing inherently bad about acquisitions

In fact, strong (~free) capital markets in which acquisitions happen frequently allow for more efficient (~optimal) allocation of resources over the long run, even if any single acquisition may not be locally optimal
You can very easily buy a dumb car and install aftermarket parts to get the benefit of CarPlay without any of the telemetry.
What's the value to society of having large companies get larger?

IBM is clearly running on fumes by now. Extending its life by pulling down more small companies with them only makes things worse for everyone.
The library itself provides tools for declaring data tables, columns, metrics, and relationships, then performing transformations (eg. queries) on top of them.

Reflecting an existing database isn't part of the library, but with the magic of "it's just Python" it's pretty easy to write a function that does so yourself:

import hashquery as hq
def reflect_db(url: str) -> list[hq.Model]:
"""
Given a connection string,
returns a list of Hashquery models
for all the physical tables in
the database.
"""
models: list[hq.Model] = []

reflection = some_reflection_lib.reflect_db(url)
for table in reflection.tables:
models.append(
hq.Model()
.with_source(url, table.name, table.schema)
.with_attributes(*table.column_names)
)
# ...more logic for importing foreign keys or whatever else

return models
and here comes Google/Samsung with their big XR announcement getting back into hardware/software this year.
My dad had to replace the transmission in his last two mustangs twice in each. It never fully failed, but it was a nightmare to drive.
Kagi ftw
IBM is like a juicer that takes out all the delicious flavor out of a fruit.
Leaving nothing but a dried beetle husk.
What does it have to do with him being 42?
This will keep happening as long as developers are content to take a paycheck for building the systems that steal data.

We have no one to blame but ourselves. [1]

[1]: https://gavinhoward.com/2023/11/your-loved-ones-are-prisoner...
What is interesting here is that a signed piece of software can pick up an unsigned dll, execute it, and that execution causes a compromise of the system.
I think the parent comment may be a reference to IBM being caught in the past deliberately firing older workers.
AI and robotics demystify the workings of a fly's wing [video]
Again, that might be good enough for you, but not everyone has to agree with that metric. Some people might want to increase the percentage of women in tech. But that's not the same thing as wanting to make sure _do_ X. It's encouraging and aiding participation, not mandating ratios.

> These two from a quick search

Thanks for the citations. A cursory search finds these critiques about the first one:

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...

> One article described sex-related differences in career interest inventories using pooled datasets dating back to the 1960s. Analyses by cohort were claimed but not shown. [...]

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskSocialScience/comments/lcnxph/is...

> For example, the three subscales of the inventory that make up the “thing” dimension require “thing” to be interpreted so broadly—including “the global economy, string theory, mental representations, or tennis”—that the term becomes “vacuous.” Valian also suggests that preconceptions about which sex does stuff with things have influenced the creation of the items. Why, for instance, don’t activities like “Take apart and try to reassemble a dress” or “Try to recreate a dish tasted in a restaurant” appear on such scales? But also, as Valian observes, the sexes are artificially divided when they are categorized as either “thing people” or “people people.” In fact, being interested in things doesn’t stop you from being interested in people, and vice versa.

These critiques, one should note, do not dismiss the study for being "sexist", but rather point out how it is constructed in flawed ways. Does this invalidate it? Of course not. But this means that this is an ongoing debate, often couched in subjective sociological analysis. Hardly a "given in neural science." And so not something sufficiently rigorous for one to make policy upon. Perhaps, then, one should reexamine one's premises.

Looking at the responses to the second study, it does look like accusations of sexism are present. But also accusations of misinterpretations of developmental data, lack of replication of study results, overstating the significance of findings, and so on. So it looks like a compelling narrative that is worthy of ongoing investigation but again, far from given.

> An initiative like this does nothing but foster resentment and push-back.

I mean, does it? It looks like a support network, something that exists for almost any demographic for any purpose in America.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40103537

There are many interest groups and causes and enthusiasts. Maybe it's not for you. But if so, who cares? Let people try to effect change as they feel is right. If you think it's wrongheaded, let the results prove it for themselves. What kind of busybody gets resentful at a support network?
Agreed, I bought a 2017 VW Golf recently, it has wired Apple CarPlay.

Bought a dongle for £55, works fine.

Love having a car with a steering wheel with real buttons, and climate controls with real knobs.

It feels like around 2018 is the zenith of Human Machine Interface in cars and it's all been downhill since, as they cram everything in a fucking touchscreen.
Daniel Suarez's Daemon? If so, count me in!
For what it’s worth, I found masonry layout always detrimental to my use of a site. I would prefer CSS not to encourage it by providing built-in support.
I'm not sure which side I pity the most
Older, more expensive workers are targeted by IBM to be pushed out of the org. They run on cheap offshore, domestic visa, and younger labor, except near the top of the org.

https://www.google.com/search?q=ibm+ageism

https://h1bdata.info/index.php?em=ibm+&job=&city=&year=2023

https://features.propublica.org/ibm/ibm-age-discrimination-a...

https://www.theregister.com/2024/03/15/ibm_ceo_pay_jumps_23/
The IBM stock being below where it was in 2013 probably means it won't be.
IBM doesn't like dinobabies.
vmware and ibm just killing off anything halfway cool
I think it's important to contemplate the human component of mergers. If lots of gainfully employed people get let go so that fewer people can consolidate expenses and raise shareholder value I think it should be considered as part of the decision making framework.
> While I appreciate the sentiment, surely that is not the reason why we should wish acquisitions to happen or fall through?

I have another reason (whether or not that's "better" is arguable): because too big to fail is a thing and we've already seen what happens in other industries when big players buy out smaller ones.
The delay happens with integrated systems as well apparently. My brother's car has it built in and he confirmed my adapter is the same.
I thought the audio delay was because of a crappy dongle too, but when I rented a car with built-in wireless CarPlay it was exactly the same.
A huge benefit to CarPlay for me is I can travel someplace like Japan, get a car with a CarPlay-supported head unit, and immediately I have Google or Apple Maps available straight off the bat in English with all my saved locations like hotels or places that are bookmarked. Nothing to set up or anything.

The only downside I've experienced with it in Japan is the GPS can be wonky in tunnels whereas the car's built-in GPS seemingly doesn't.
I think I can rewrite this post using simpler language:

"I don't read books, and I assume nobody else does too.

People who read fun stories have ulterior motives besides enjoying the stories. (As opposed to the honest motives of people who enjoy movies or music, or other media)

People who write books have ulterior, egotistical motives to do so.

Celebrities sometimes write memoirs. See, this proves something!

The above points show that books are a "vestigial organ" and a "simulacra."
"

Did I miss anything?
Well, they also have Red Hat, HashiCorp is right up the same alley.
What has the Conway game of life done for mankind lately?
Assist: - Using LLM'S to automate call centres
For those of us who work in contact centres, have you noticed how manual everything really is. You have people auditing calls. There's biasness on audits.

A QC an SME. If they audit a call or chat in 10 minutes, they can audit 5 in 50 minutes. Each SME if assigned with a team of 12 (call centers are very much on human resources) Literally 2 hours are being spent on weekly basis. Small number but works wonders if you are using those SME's on feedbacks etc.

You also get to use this to make IVR/BOT journey more meaningful ie cut short wait time as well provide right information faster (75% of on contact time is spent getting call details). Pretty cool space if you ask me..

We'd love to work with teams who are looking like something of this sorts. You can sign up for our beta on the link above.

If you're interested to know more about the product, reach out to us on assistfoundingteam02@gmail.com

You can also sign up on www.assistsdev.com
I was installing laptops with windows 3.11 for workgroups in the 90s to get the tcpip stack.

https://casadevall.pro/articles/2020/05/exploring-windows-fo...
I actually had a chat with my local MP (Canadian equivalent of Member of House of Representatives) about this.

Why can't we stop companies selling our data? You'd think it's easy:

--- very clear opt-in method for having your data sold

--- rejecting cannot prevent regular use of services

--- heavy penalties for breaking these rules

Problem is that no politician wants to touch this because

--- manufacturers sell data to subsidize the product

--- if they can't sell data, costs are going to shoot up

--- if they do this in response to a law, they get to raise
costs even more because it affects the whole industry at the same time and there's a clear scapegoat

Consumers care a LOT more about their cheap, connected devices than their privacy. Because getting by your data like [2] happens to individuals, but costs affect the group.

EDIT: To clarify, the MP only suggested that costs would go up and people don't care. The rest is my personal speculation.
> "So they have control? Control over what, exactly?"

I think a key thing to consider is that there are in fact three separate questions at play here:

1 - Does infotainment/software UI differentiation matter in the car market? Is there a significant enough market advantage for having better UI that anyone should care?

2 - If there is an advantage for better UI, is it enough of an edge that would compel you to build your own? Or is it the case where it simply has to be good enough?

3 - If there is enough differentiation to be worth building your own, is your company good enough at software to pull it off?

Personally I think the answer to #1 is YES. I think cars with better UIs - while not sufficient in and of itself - have a market advantage.

Where car makers start veering off from each other is the answer to #2. If you believe that you just need a "good enough" experience to not be actively awful, then you buy off-the-shelf. You see this with Volvo/Polestar and Google Automotive. The "skin" around the stock experience is minimal at best, with only minor customizations.

If you believe that being excellent at it confers some advantage, you'd try to roll your own. This would include folks like BMW and Mercedes-Benz.

Now, where the latter strategy really goes off the rails is question #3. That said, if you believe the answer to the first two questions compels you to roll your own - would you easily surrender to a third-party? Or would you at least try to level up your software orgs to make a serious play?
It’s not like they’re going after the best fruit, either.
Tesla driver charged with killing motorcyclist while browsing phone on autopilot
Checking that the layout isn‘t exponentially complex and DOSing the browser could be a simple task for the web developer. If you want your website to perform bad you can always find a way.
How would Apple not have leverage in the car market? There are 18 companies and only 1 Apple Logo.

I think Apple failed on cars because they are significantly more complex then hobbling off-the-shelf electrical parts together and slapping an OS on it. Think of how many companies can assemble electronics and make OS. Its easy, literal sub 18 year olds make prototypes like this.
How robots are taking over warehouse work
The Coevulotion [pdf]
Do you mean he's too young for IBM, whose workforce has a median age of 48 years?
AI and robotics demystify the workings of a fly's wing
So... was this the cause of the whole Terraform licensing change kerfuffle?
Anyone want to guess who?

I'll start: Jetbrains?
A few questions regarding the community investment RUV:

1. What was the valuation at your last round, and what is it for this one (approximately)?

2. Are the shares illiquid or will it be possible to sell your stake to another accredited investor prior to the next round of funding?

3. Your application mentions "the RUV will sign a proxy voting agreement with ... Nirav Patel that will allow him to determine how to vote the RUV's shares for most matters". Is there a draft available of that agreement, or alternatively can you share some examples of matters where community investors would be entitled to vote? (e.g. leadership confidence, tender offer)

4. Will these investors have a right & opportunity to inspect your corporate books and records, and attend shareholder meetings?

5. Is a copy of the NDA available for review at this time? (completed the application and haven't received one yet)

I gather the basic intent is community investors are 'along for the ride' - deposit your money here, maybe one day if we go public you'll have a nice little payoff - but want to understand what knobs and levers might be available in the interim.

Thanks!

Ps. Step 5 in the application process has an asterisk at the end of the paragraph, as if referencing fine print elsewhere. But there is no fine print (https://i.imgur.com/P0DHZhl.png)
Lol, of course you can. Social media causes plenty of health issues. Mental health issues specifically. Also, no one is banning communication. You can communicate in many other ways that exploit you less. Common folk communicating, running business, and conducting their lives was all doable before TikTok, what are you on?
> "Navies are at risk of becoming completely obsolete."

Yeah, that could use an "allegedly".
Been there (not Red Hat) it sucks.
It is a consideration; redundancies are eliminated in acquisitions. It's capitalism; not laborism.
> Nobody wealthy is sitting around scheming how to keep the proles dumb and subdued.

There are corporate divisions doing A/B tests, etc. to find out what works for the lowest common denominator, and how to profit more from someone's ignorance. Many people here are directly involved in making it happen.
Not surprised at all. This and the Humane Pin both seemed like a quick cash grab before phones integrated all the new AI goodness. I'm expecting we'll see that window close by the time I/O and WWDC wrap up this year, so they had to move fast.
Small leaves wiggle room, but it's extremely unlikely trad small, <= 7B, will get there this year even on these evals.

UX matching is a whole different matter and needs a lot of work: Worked heavily with Llama 8B over last days, and Phi 3 today, and the Q+A benchmarks don't tell the full story. Ex. It's nigh impossible to get Llama _70_B to answer in JSON; when Phi sees RAG from search it goes off inventing new RAG material and a new question.
Joining logic is defined in our data modeling layer, either from Hashboard (our BI tool) or can also be defined in Hashquery as well instead of replying on your database schema for fk relationships. We went this route since a lot of people are using dbt generated tables.

https://hashquery.dev/docs/pattern_guides/joins/
Allegedly, but not proven, right?

https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/ibm-wins-another-ru...

https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/23/ibm_supreme_court/
I assume you haven't read/seen "The Great Taking"?
I try. I swear to god I try. Then the DDG search results come up, and they're just dumb. It's like they trained some dog to bring the search results. If it were a dog coming up with them, you would be amazed and rightly so. The dog reads, it vaguely understands the topic you're looking for. It can sort of find something related to it, but not really relevant. But look, it's actually a god doing it. Woohoo.

Of course, there is no dog, sadly. It's just some half-assed algorithm and a company too poor to spider the entire internet often or consistently. And when it fails, as it does more often than not, I search again on Google. This is the part where I'm dumb though. I know Google won't find what I want. This is 2024's Google, not 2015's Google. It has been nearly a decade now since it returned good results, useful results. Maybe I am performing a ritual, praying that the original Google returns. Maybe I have defective cognition and an addictive personality.

I no longer even know for certain whether Google was ever as good as I remember it to be. Maybe I have imagined it.
As someone who just spent $400 to have one of the (third) pop-out door handle replaced, I'm not convinced.

My Tesla is 10 years old (as of this coming July). I bought the extended warranty when they still offered it, which covered me for 8 years (amazing).

I'm really glad I did too, under warranty, I've had 2 door handles replaced, a new motor, a replaced computer.
I disagree. It delivers too little for the cost. I'm sure you could sell a $3,500.00 face computer but it's got to deliver more - smaller, lighter, faster, etc. - then this does.
Why did they upload the code to some random site instead of GitHub?

EDIT:

> But let's call a spade a spade – this is a blatant lie. And we're about to expose it with the first partial release of the source code for its so-called "large action model".

FYI, Text to Action is possible. I personally tested a couple of apps, but I don't think anything reliable exists like we humans.

I would not disregard what they claim is completely false.
Back-up cameras have been required on all new vehicles in the US and Canada since 2018.
As a former iPhone and current Android user, I would be very hesitant to buy any car that has Apple software in it. I don't trust Apple's software to work well with whatever phone I end up picking next.