skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
This is a bit surprising given that Buffalo has a not-so-good public transport system, including a subway to nowhere.
Ok, I don't mean at all to suggest that there is only one 'right' pose or representation. Different orientations and levels of detail would emphasise different things.

For example, it's quite nice that the haemoglobin one is down the central axis of the tetramer, and shows all the haem groups. I would expect almost any image that wanted to show the most parts of that structure to use a similar pose.

I had not realised when I asked the question that the poses were picked in code, which is similar to how PDBsum does it (pretty sure Roman Laskowski told me it did, but I would have to check). Something like maximising the number of atoms in the plane of the screen.

Of course, when it comes to YFP (your favourite protein), individual researchers are likely going to focus on different parts. My interest was always in the topology, so I would want to see all the helices and sheets, but someone else might want to see the active site front and center.

Incidentally, I've heard the term 'molecular porn' used for fancy/shiny looking diagrams - not sure if it applies to these as well :)
That's what I find most offensive about the use of LLMs in education: it can readily produce something in the shape of a logical argument, without actually being correct.

I'm worried that a generation might learn that that's good enough.
Paid permits and meters are fine - that solves the “stealing all the free spaces” problem mentioned above. The point is a some close to a market solution should be feasible and desirable.
AI Turned a Ukrainian YouTuber into a Russian
Do you really think housing is cheaper? That people don't spend most of their salary on their tiny flat?

The whole thing is a wheeze to make people spend even more on (crappy) housing, energy etc, but to feel good doing so, cos they are saving the environment. It plays on the innate 'religious' impulse people seem to have, that of avoiding sins (pollution) as determined by priests (experts).
"Is This Project Still Maintained?"
That's really impressive.

Automatic translation like this shifts the trust to the tool. coq-of-rust itself is written in Rust, not in Coq. The recursive nature is somewhat boggling, but I think a proof of its correctness is possible in a similar process to David A. Wheeler's “Countering Trusting Trust through Diverse Double-Compiling” (2009) [0] (which circumvents Ken Thompson's Trusting Trusting attack by using a second compiler), but with a mix of a CompCert approach.

To verify it, you'd use coq-of-rust to convert the coq-of-rust translator from Rust to Coq. That translation is not trusted, because it was performed in Rust, but it doesn't matter. Once in Coq, you prove the desired correctness properties—crucially, that it preserves the semantics of the Rust program when it translates a program to Coq.

As in the article, it is likely easier to work with more functional definitions in proofs instead of generated ones, so you'd undertake the same process as they do with the stdlib of proving equivalence between definitions. Since the current line count for the coq-of-rust translator (specifically, lib/ [1]) is 6350 lines of Rust, it even seems feasible to write a full translator in Coq and prove its equivalence to the generated one.

Then, you execute the proven-correct Coq coq-of-rust translator on the Rust source of the coq-of-rust translator. The Coq definitions it outputs should match the output of the Rust coq-of-rust translator that you started with.

As an aside, it's nice to see industry funding for work like this. I'm often cynical of cryptocurrency, but its correctness constraints really push for improvements in areas I like (Rust, Coq, funding for masters students I know, etc.).

[0]: https://dwheeler.com/trusting-trust/wheelerd-trust.pdf

[1]: https://github.com/formal-land/coq-of-rust/tree/main/lib
> And from Google, acetic acid is 349 kcal / 100g, versus pure ethanol at 700 kcal / 100g.

Metabolism matters. Gasoline is over 800kcal/100g, but you wouldn't get that much from it (if anything at all).

Alcohol has a particularly long metabolic pathway, which after ingesting approximately 20-30g gets cut short to one where acetic acid is excreted (commonly known as "breaking the seal") and the overall upper energy yield limit becomes approximately 110kcal/100g.

Executive summary is that on a given session it's the first two 12oz (330ml) beers which provide most of the calories from alcohol and their contribution is on par with a snickers bar.
I think he's talking about the diversity controversy
Raspberry Pi prepares for London listing
> Why?

I bought several Pi 4 2GB models for $30 back before COVID hit. At that price point they make sense for running some dedicated things, like my DNS servers, GPS-synchronized NTP server and such.

But yeah, at $85, even with a bit better performance, I'm not seeing it.
A handle is an interesting one - I'd be a bit worried by having that you'd make it so you can't hold it any other way. As I read I naturally reposition my hands, sometimes both on the device on each side, sometimes one gripping the side. Sometimes my thumbs supporting it from the bottom, sometimes the thumb over the top corner. It's light enough you don't really need that much "grip". Sometimes not really gripped at all, but leant against sometime, like my hand or the back of a seat tray table on a train. I do the same thing with paperbacks.

I can't imagine holding a hand mirror for any length of time comfortably - especially if there's only a single orientation you can grip it with the screen upright - but that may be the weight distribution as you mentioned.

Folding would be useful for putting it in a bag or fitting it somewhere, which hasn't really been a big issue for me. A flat profile is already fine when putting it in a laptop bag - it's thin enough it just slides down the side of the pocket. I wouldn't be surprised if decreasing the total volume is pretty much at it's limit already with being able to be held - but maybe putting that is a more square package when stored would be easier in some cases?
Very interesting observations! Merge performance tuning seems often overlooked even though it's a key aspect of sustained ClickHouse performance.

I also like that the blog is quite compact and gets the points across without getting too much into the weeds.

One thing I've noticed also that bloom filter index types can be quite costly to merge. In many cases that's acceptable though due to the massive benefit they provide for text queries. One just has to be mindful of the overhead when adding them.
Yet another Wason selection task discussion
For me Wason selection task has 2 logically valid solutions, identifyable by the 'logical system' in which the question is presented.

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Wason selection task
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Proposition: If a card has a vowel on one side, it will have an even number on the other.

Cards: [A] [B] [4] [7]

Problem: Which and how many cards need to be turned over to check whether the proposition holds true.

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The solution/s
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- Accepted solution: turn A (for proving true) and 7 (for proving false).

- My second solution: turn A (for proving true) and 4 (for proving true).

You could also turn all the cards. The problem here, I naively think, is that you are also turning cards that have no 'value' in proving the truth of the proposition, just because you can.

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My reasoning
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I think that the logic of the problem change based on what you want to achieve/prove.

ACCEPTED SOLUTION EXPLAINATION:

If I want to prove that the phrase is true, given that a false exist, than I could just turn A and 7:

- A --> To check if the proposition could be true by proving it true.

- 7 --> To check if the proposition could be true by proving it false.

MY ADDITIONAL SOLUTION EXPLAINATION:

If I want to prove that the phrase is true, without knowing anything else, than I could just turn A and 4 seeking for the truth:

- A --> To check if the proposition could be true by proving it true.

- 4 --> To check if the proposition could be true by proving it true again (to strengthen).

Why not B? Since knowing the other side, wouldn't give any additional information.

Why not 7? Since checking for the falsehood is not required, turning it wouldn't give any additional information.

While I understand the generally accepted solution, I'm not sure that mine is wrong, since the proposition asks to check the truth, and not necessarily the falsehood.

I will end up with the same conclusion even on the "beer/under 18" version.

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My mental context
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I'm not a phylosopher or a logician.
It is totally possible that I'm just confusing things or not understanding them well:

- Logic is not absolute, but it depends on a set of convention that allow us to agree on something.

- Logic is biased by a lot of things. A proposition could change its value based on the point of view from which it is evaluated.

- We should always verify our thoughts, against what "most people" accept as truth.
They did say "the average viewer in Seattle this past weekend", not "all other viewers".

Then again, the average viewer in Seattle this past weekend is hardly representative of what the northern lights look like.
After the Google I/O, Which is your GOTO model: Gemini Pro or GPT4o?
Google I/O showcased amazing features for Gemini Pro's integrations with Google Workspace, Maps, and so on. On the other hand, ChatGPT with GPT-4o sounds very human-like and responds to my questions exceptionally quickly. What are your thoughts?
TLDR; a GSM listening and location device hidden inside the plug of a standard USB data/charging cable
He also designed the Netrunner rules that Android: Netrunner was based on, and that had such a committed community that when Wizards pulled the license from FFG, the fans just kept developing the game.
>Yet, it makes me feel like the situation is not changing that much on Linux for laptops: most of this should be more automated IMO.

This is an archlinux user. You cannot automate and generalize personal opinions and settings. For 1 user that wants his screen to go down to 60Hz on battery you might have 5 who will say they can't use a computer with such a low refresh rate.

A user who wants something that "just work" would have installed his computer with the latest Fedora, Mint or Ubuntu and would be using the default desktop with default sane defaults and terminal and would have been perfectly happy with it.
I remember reading that humans can catch up with a lot of animals by simply walking (and tracking them), because we're extremely efficient and capable of losing heat easily through sweat

Also, there are horse vs man marathons and the times are very surprising: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_versus_Horse_Marathon
One reason why the Dutch PM uses an old Nokia phone with very limited capacity, so he needs to delete SMS messages often: https://archive.ph/q6a3l

And I don't think he emails much :)
Here's one of sewage treatment plants in Copenhagen [1]. As you can see, there are bus stops about 3 minutes walk away on Stamholmen, and Avedøre Station is about 10 minutes walk (or a brief cycle) north.

[1] https://maps.app.goo.gl/i2ywzokrGMaZSJnR9
https://archive.ph/5SwVs
Beauty is always subjective isn’t it?
But much harder to put in a phone.
They actually indeed originate from Nigeria almost all of the time.
So pretty run of the mill stuff for cable mods?
> actually care about the planet

Shouldn't they have been pro-nuclear if they actually cared about the planet? But it seems to me they really care more about pushing their own ideology instead.
When AI helps you code, who owns the finished product?
Yeah no I’m gonna need more than that chief. Everything I know about LLMs says the opposite.
Reading the objections, from "nariontal security risk" to "communist" repeated ad nauseam, my take-away is that propaganda is at play in every country and works. A pinch or racism probably 'helps', too.
Sundar Pichai is an mba graduate as well.

I wonder when we can start drawing the conclusions we already have in our minds.
because the original owner of the box would mind if the application on default port stops working
i wonder if it is also effective against methanol to help those who consumed denatured alcohol.
Which 90% of the time leave the drivers puzzled and wondering if you are about to do them any harm if they get too close. Been there, done that.
Private transport can just as well be denied during pandemics.
GPT4o, Gemini will be taken down as Google always do.
>they’re motivated by urgency, novelty, competition, and interest. ADHD also impairs executive functioning skills. This can make task paralysis really common, especially for unstimulating tasks.

this hits home so bad, I can't believe I just read that :/

All the best for your tool bud.
What's interesting is I keep my old blog up even though it is basically never updated. I receive 3 or 4 emails a week from people like Jodie Chiffey saying they would like me to consider hosting a "guest article" by them about some topic or other. The content and SEO mill is absolutely gigantic.
A) optimizing for VLIW is hard. B) the null hypothesis would be no change.
Using SMS as the control protocol seems like a bad idea. You are generating evidence with each command sent that may or may not be stored practically forever by the telcos.
I just went through this and astonished how feature rich it looks on first glance. Thanks so much for sharing this!
"We want to put AI in your hands"

to keep??

NO! whatever gave you that idea, evil doer...

Open AI, as in, open your hands and beg for another hit of AI through thick rubber gloves and plexiglass.
Both points seem shallow and reactive rather than considered.

a) Roads can be closed just as easily during a pandemic, attempted coup or major government crisis. Dependency on roads necessitates a car - an enormously greater barrier of entry than the price of a subway, tram or bus ticket. Fewer citizens using public transport leads to a death spiral in which public transit is continually underinvested, becomes more expensive to build and maintain and eventually ghettoised into a small number of prestige projects and a much larger number of decaying and even dangerous services, serving only the poorest and most socially excluded citizens - as has happened in so many US citizens. The reverse is observably true in cities built around vibrant public transport networks - Berlin, Tokyo, Copenhagen, Singapore, Utrecht etc. These cities aren't constructed around one key piece of crumbling infrastructure (like the NYC subway), but coherent and growing networks of trains, buses, trams etc.

Reliance on a car also makes you much more vulnerable to economic shocks - be they rising oil prices or personal issues that deprive you of the ability to drive (accidents, health problems, criminal convictions etc). Your mobility within the city becomes locked to a large capital investment which can be taken away in numerous ways.

b) Clearly car free or low car cities - like the ones listed above - worldwide have thriving businesses and families. To suggest otherwise is simply orthogonal to reality. They're highly desired places to live. Perhaps you're conflating the US suburb's with 'business and having a family'? A city littered with playgrounds, safe walkable pavements and on street businesses (like say Berlin), offers a far safer environment for young children than a series of shopping districts separated by dangerous unpassable roads, or low density suburban mass housing served by Wallmart style megastores - lacking cultural facilities, access to exercise or community amenities (many small US cities and also most small to medium sized Irish towns, like the one in which I was unfortunate enough to grow up).

'Walkable cities' are literally just places where the city is constructed around the social, economic and environmental needs of its citizenry rather than anachronistic modernist utopian ideas of vast highways and infinities of commuters streaming into colossal towers.
Seeing the recent Planet of the Apes Movies advertised, I wondered about the reality of Humans vs Smart Apes.

Absurb as it is LOL

I havent seen all the movies, but from memory they show Apes using their physical advantages vs Humans that have no tech or weapons.

But Humans clearly have some physical advantages over other apes.
Turn your old Mac into a MediaServer in minutes, Plex, Radarr, Sonarr, VPN
I confess I also read this thinking 'this person hasn't tried learning Finnish'.

It's also trickier with more unusual languages because there aren't resources out there to the same extent as for more widely-spoken languages. I don't think there is an 'official' Memrise course for Finnish for example.
Since I am both gay and a user of coq, I have had the opportunity to jokingly say that I like coq in all of its spellings. It goes without saying that I am against the name change.
Python has a pretty big naming problem too. Ophidiophobia is the number one phobia in the world, and even though "python" is from Monty Python and not the snake, people keep posting enormous pictures of snakes on book covers and blogs, making it basically impossible for ophidiophobia sufferers to go near python. There are estimates that this is 10% of the population.

Now.. do I think Python should change its name? No.
I think it's up to the users themselves, who sometimes also write bots like this. I have encountered a lot of such effort when clicking on an image, especially on the more popular ones. As an example, check this out: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tux.svg
I build an AI Tattoo Generator for tattoo lovers
can't find in aliexpress?
Somehow traffic and parking is a political topic, where the left supports free market and deregulation, and the conservative right supports central planning, regulation and subsidies.
I would gladly sacrifice a few cubic millimetres to get an SD slot in my phone.
Good luck with that on a bicycle with carbon frame, rims and other components. Some bikes haven't that much metal anymore, with even cranks, pedals, levers and derailleurs being made partly of composite materials.
London Underground's experiment with a carpeted tube train
> At a time of austerity, the public saw laying carpet in a train as an expensive extravagance when, in fact, it was a cost-saving measure to avoid using expensive wood. The perception that carpet was more expensive, even though it was actually cheaper, proved a publicity problem that the facts could not overcome.
Needs (2017) in the title.
The test is trivial - take a breathalyzer and compare results after say 2, 3, 5 beers before and after. Some mental / IQ test could be added to make sure we don't have folks driving around passing breath test while being very drunk.

Something tells me if they can't provide such a trivial result, it ain't working as folks expect (and god knows what nasty side effects it can have).
There are some accounts of still existing tribes in southern Africa doing this. As the article also suggests, the sprints, as far as I can tell, are intermittent. The hunters occasionally slow down when they need to pay attention to the tracks, and they run when they are certain of the path, not necessarily to catch up with the animal but to keep pushing it when it has taken shelter resting. This process is repeated until the game is just too exhausted to move and becomes an easy prey. They're not running marathons.
Do you mean you worked with people who were Haskell enthusiasts but were programming in C++?
Schmidhüber
> This means anyone with access to your gpsui.net login credentials can control your device. A device which original packaging nor manual make any reference to said website.

Scary.
For a while now, I've been working on a theory that these mega-sites emerged for matchmaking purposes.

Basically, I see it most men and women had a bad deal in choosing their mate in inegalitarian villages, some temporary festivals were held where an example of more fairness being possible was shown and then these mega-sites merged festivals and village in a location that now had hundreds of potential matches for everyone.
Kinda sucks they do not mention the McDoughall's book with the same title, which, although far from scientific work, definitely fueled the debate.

My own experience is that, indeed, running, especially barefoot (really barefoot, not in overpriced minimalist shoes), among the trees and meadows in the countryside feels... well, natural. For people without much physical activity it can be demanding at the beginning, but after few days it should become a pleasure of some kind. I do not do that to reduce weight, for I am far from overweight, and I do not do that to participate in any sport events, for I do not care about them. It just feels good, to run and be out there in nature.

So yeah, my anecdotal evidence really ensures me that there is some truth in the statement that humans are somewhat "born to run". We do not need to hunt in this way anymore, as bows and other ranged weapons changed the rules, yet evolutionary baggage is hard to left behind.
And how are these suburban shoppers getting to this central area with bulk quantities? Walking? Cycling? Buses?

Nah … they’re burning gasoline
I recently got a pop up in Firefox doing exactly that. I was messing around with my homelab and entered a URL/Port that Firefox deemed suspicious and warned me that “this port is usually not used for web browsing. Are you sure you want to visit that?”
> Suburban roads also last much much longer (far less traffic).

Have you got a citation on that? I was under the impression that most road wear is caused by heavy trucking and water/frost heaves.
Jakub Pachocki is amazing. He was in top 20 in Polish algorithm competition:

https://oi.edu.pl/contestants/Jakub%20Pachocki/
Greg Brockman is a very good engineer. And that's maybe even more important in the current situation.
How important are top science guys though? OpenAI has a thousand employees and almost unlimited money, and llm are better understood, I would guess continous development will beat singular genius heroes?
But is it even clear what is the next big leap after LLM? I have the feeling many tend to extrapolate the progress of AI from the last 2 years to the next 30 years but research doesn't always work like that (though improvements in computing power did).
Can you provide data that shows that most people living in the suburbs work in the suburbs themselves? Hmm?

If they work in the cities it's just the same argument from Strong Towns, live in higher density housing, with services and shops nearby so their way of living is sustainable and not a drain to the city's coffers to provide infrastructure where it's not sustainable.
So? The argument is that these people should live in denser housing, not that they should just disappear :)