skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Not a question.

However as a fellow european, having worked for large "national/eu important companies", this article resonated a lot with me and my frustrations. Granted I don't do anything "security" related.

Everything in "it infrastructure" has been outsourced to India, at best Poland. You have competent people in eu offices that don't have the power to use their own hardware. You have to beg for weeks to barely skilled ticket masters from outsourcing companies, endless meetings.

All eu staff is relegated to feature factories or process managers. Zero ops. "It's not our core competency."

I refuse to ever again work for the large "of national security" european companies. It's soul crushing. And it is very clear nobody cares.

It hurts me everytime I read how tens of billions are allocated for whatever EU soverignity. I have been in way too many 10 managers 2 engineers teams with way too many long meetings begging teams from $indian_outsourcing_company to let me do my job.
> It's unfortunate that "Unity Build" is the prevailing term because it's impossible to do a search without getting a lot of results about the Unity game engine.

I ignored this article on the front page because of that. Only because it stayed on the front page for several hours did (and because I care about C++ build issues) did I eventually click on it.
When working with non text file formats (e.g. coding a parser or file generator) hex editors are convenient for checking that data are where they're expected to be, finding out where they are otherwise, or checking what values they have. Even compressed file formats have header information that can be inspected if you have the format's specification.
Utterly spineless. Do something slimy and act surprised when you get got. Rinse and repeat.
Well, seeing it may be an exaggeration. It would be barely less black than the space around it. Though it may shadow other stars and distant objects.
Sounded interesting, but this:

>This project is for you, if:

... (last bullet point):

>You want that command-line tool be be written in Node-only. No more XSLT.

Put me off, personally.
Finally, a mathematical solution to why coffee makes me poop. It's clearly subliminal messaging.
I like the concept.

I'd much rather have this built on top of or from something like MOOCulus.

https://ximera.osu.edu/mooculus/calculus1

Holistically, I prefer MOOCulus. However, the value-add of Calculus with Julia is large. If the two could integrate somehow... the key thing about MOOCulus is the writing quality is better (much less verbose), and the integrated exercises means kids follow it closely. It's also very refined, from a lot of classroom use.

If it were forked and Julia-enhanced, that would be a very big step up, though. As would the addition of applications.
Julia inherited a lot of MATLAB DNA like standard library linear algebra and 1 based indices. In addition it's got very commonly used Unicode support and intentionally can look like pseudocode in many cases.
As he says, he should have known, but I think it's plausible that he didn't know every detail of their termination agreements. I would certainly be more comfortable if it was something invented by an overeager lawyer rather than policy directly from the top.

Glad to see an offer to fix it for former employees. Although it's not clear what form that fix would take. If people signed a perpetual non-disparagement clause because they believed their vested equity was under threat, the correct fix would be to void the non-disparagement clause. And even asking for a perpetual non-disparagement agreement in the first place is gross to me, unless it comes with perpetual severance pay. I just re-checked my exit paperwork from Google and Meta and Microsoft and I didn't see anything like that. I don't think that Sam is apologizing for that specifically. He seems to be apologizing about the equity part only. I'd be happy to see clarification here.

Unfortunately I think apologies are not usually the right PR move, because the mob generally doesn't accept them, but as the person who posted the top thread on the previous post, I'm glad that he did apologize despite that.
In the future, all content will have an encrypted signature if the content is not AI, that includes a release of any people featured in the content. This is just growing pains until we get there. We'll assume everything is AI/fake unless it has the signature.
I think, in particular the younger generations, have been let to believe that being pessimistic about the state of the world and it's future is some kind of moral virtue.
>Why do you think Russia would not have invaded Ukraine if the NATO had not been expanded?
Because the main reason for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine is a miscalculation about resistance. With the expansion of NATO, the prospect of invasion would be assessed closer to reality and dismissed as counterproductive
Sadly the reverse is definitely true: supporting Palestinians is supporting the "defenders" of Palestine, Hamas. Acting like Hamas doesn't exist when there are fights, with constant accusations Israel is just wasting rockets bullets on Palestinian kids and cats, just because they're evil. Reminds me of a certain Marxist book about "Elders of Zion" from long ago, I must say. And of course, if Israeli soldiers get killed in those fights, suddenly it's Hamas' doing and we celebrate (on social media, at least Western press is, for now, mostly abstaining from celebrating Hamas killings, although the same cannot be said for Arab and some leftist publications. And yes, sorry, it really is leftist publications).

For example: https://www.marxist.com/down-with-hypocrisy-defend-gaza-imt-...

I do believe this counts as a leftist publication. It celebrates a few Hamas victories and actually proposes military support for Hamas.

Then, again, Hamas doesn't exist and we don't discuss "them-who-must-not-be-named". It's childish, superficial, dumb and transparent.

And mentioning that there seems to be a problem: the "defenders" of Palestine ... don't defend Palestine. And, Hamas actively attacks Palestinians, that's heresy. Despite it being the obvious truth.

I mean, we can have a serious conversation about the morality of this situation, and we should, but not with this sort of attitude. Hamas exists, uses Palestinians, and Palestinian kids not just as cannon fodder, but as actual weapons of war.
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My point, though, was only that its up to individuals to smoke as long as they know the risks. Smoking in public is one caveat where regulations make sense, if someone next to me deciding to smoke can harm me that's a different story. But for anyone was that was aware of the risks and smokes anyway, why do the need to he stopped?
How would you recommend a CEO handle this situation, starting from roughly a week ago?
exactly - they didnt interrupt the classes/studends; and ones that tried to have ear-buds in were caught and told no.

even at university some classes were "laptopless" which was striking to me. at a uni an individual "wants" to go and learn - and therefore should hopefully be able to control how they learn (albeit some folks could distract others with non-coursework videos playing).

the challenge now is the younger generations bring laptops/phones into class and works with them daily as part of their toolset (at least the laptop part)

might be great idea to learn off a laptop, but there will be consequences; reminds me of the drafting classes i took: drafting on a sheet with paper/pencil the kids messed around significantly less than when in front of computers when using autocad

i can see it being more difficult of a problem now though, and i would think that all except a few classes should be device-less; esp for younger generation where they likely dont yet know about how they learn themselves - but im no expert. id gamble there are many parents out there that let their younger-and-younger kids do anything on a phone/pc without oversight. too many people think having a 'phone' is a safty feature and cannot live without it - personally im delighted to not have mine constantly attached to me
This has happened often enough to me that I am sometimes now aware of it when it's happening, occasionally, and can ride it out. I've literally "invited" more terror to try to end it quicker before. As in, "yeah yeah , get it over with, bring it on". I haven't questioned the normality of this until now, amusingly.

It normally happens when I sleep on my back. I have been known to make an attempt at a scream during the event. I'm normally being attacked at speed, by people or things that don't really have boundaries. And of course I can't fight back, hence the paralysis.

For the scream, I think I have heard it, but because of the paralysis it ends up like a loud exhale with some high notes in it. I couldn't describe it as a roar. More of a pitiful gurgle.

It is sometimes made worse by my sleeping partner trying to wake me clumsily, which momentarily heightens the terror, especially if my face is being nudged or jabs to the ribs.

So not particularly fun, literally facing my demons, but also probably some of the best VR you're likely to experience.

For background, I'm a generally positive and optimistic person, rational with zero belief in the supernatural, despite being raised with it. Oh god I'm cursed... I kid, but who knows from where these intrusive dreams originate. I do practice martial arts, but this predates that. I have had an interest in light combat since childhood, despite pacifism and fear being more of a reflection of my personality. It was probably more of an 80s thing, expecting violence and quicksand at any moment.

That's about it really, totally normal to me at this point. It's probably nothing.

EDIT: For the record, it feels like the paralysis triggers the dream, not the dream triggering the paralysis. Something to do with approaching a waking state in the brain but not the body. Cue the terror and internal screams for help.
This is the first I am hearing of this company, but their site leaves me with more questions than answers.

Have they figured out a new way to do the landings? Have they found some new tech to get to terminal velocity? What is different about their launch technique than SpaceX, RocketLab or any of the others that have reusable rockets?

And while another $100M is cool and all that, I am not really sure just how much that helps if they are really coming up with something new.

Do any of the knowledgeable HN readers have a link to anything, or alternatively - can you identify this as someone who is just milking programs for money (Ias I have heard Howell is doing)

I am all exceited about
Same here. Never even thought of the fridge or what cold peanut butter would be like. I just can’t imagine it and have never needed to. Weird. In other contexts too I’ve never experienced it. Work breakfasts, hotels, I really can’t ever recall fridge temperature peanut butter. Not to mention the size pots we buy would be annoying.
> Fair use laws, if the country has them, don’t include profit.

It does.

Oracle vs Google, Google copied Oracle's API, is considered fair use as last judgment.

Music sampling is also fair use. Very popular and lucrative music's used samples of copyrighted material.
There are a bunch of places in Silicon Valley. For example: https://www.abettersource.com/ Search for used office furniture.

There are also auctions when a company closes down: For example: https://svdisposition.com/auctions These may include furniture, computer equipment, machinery, lab equipment. Bidding may be on single items or many items batched together, like 50 office chairs.

There was a local auction two days ago (May 16, 2024) for the entire contents of a Red Lobster restaurant that suddenly closed, as one bid.
I don't think the controversy stems from any provisions in the equity plan and grant documents. The Vox article only talked about the off-boarding NDA, and that's all that Altman is talking about here:

> there was a provision about potential equity cancellation in our previous exit docs; although we never clawed anything back, it should never have been something we had in any documents or communication.

Mind you, Altman could still be lying and that would be very much in character, but this also sounds like a very plausible explanation for the hubbub.
Two reasons why I don't particularly believe him:

1) Altman's companies have had similar clauses before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40396787

2) The entire OpenAI board debacle started because Sam wanted Helen Toner removed from the board for publishing a paper he felt was disparaging to the company: https://thezvi.substack.com/p/openai-the-battle-of-the-board
Come to think of it: I don't happen to believe "cities turn into shitholes"* but for the sake of argument, let's stipulate it.

What would be oikophobic if people in cities were to do their own shithole urban thing, and you all were to do your own non-shithole non-urban thing?

* https://www.theonion.com/relatives-acting-like-they-ll-be-as...

Lagniappes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYNSSkOOTBk & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MoIGGIK8XY
Security wasn’t really a design consideration especially in the one use one PC era. We’re still trying to secure hardware and software descended from that era.
Some people feel some kind of person/presence close to them, that's how it happened to me. This [1] weirdly makes sense.

It felt kind of like those dreams where you can't move. Except you've woken up, I could see the correct room and position I was in. It tends to come with fear and doesn't last long.

Never happened when I slept on my side or front. I almost never sleep on my back now. Also, chronic stress could have been a trigger.

[1] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Fuseli_(1741–1...
But I can carry such reactor into Oort cloud and beyond. I can power my ship in a shadow of a planet or asteroid and most importantly I am not dependent on one megastructure, which can fail, be destroyed or taken over by hostile forces.
Painting the Town AI
While this is an article from March, this has been going on for multiple years.

For a short time I reported some of them as “supporting terrorism” or “promotes violence” to get them to a human reviewer faster. Occasionally they were acted on, but YouTube has allowed these easy to find streams to flourish. YouTube even allows for the accounts to use “SpaceX” as the channel name.
No, it is not plausible that he didn't. This is the sort of thing that CEOs are very involved in the details of. If an overeager lawyer can add a lifetime non-disparagement clause to the equity plan without the CEO even noticing then you have some very big problems. This isn't some routine HR stuff.
I just use my electric drill with a paint mixer attachment, like https://www.homedepot.ca/product/a-richard-paint-mixer-16in-... and I've only had one spray incident, when I forgot to hold on to the jar while running the drill. It was epic!
They used to.

.gov for government,.edu for education, etc. Certainly I would not expect a purely commercial entity on a ".org"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generic_top-level_domain

P.s. You're making me feel old :-)
Why makes you think you didn't fail as a student?
You're tilting at windmills if you think Japanese foods approach the level of caloric density and unhealthiness of burgers, burritos, french fries, Doritos, and other shit Americans eat.
>Ukrainians want a sovereign democratic country, and they are willing to pay a very high price for that.

Doesn't seemed to be true, considering Ban for men's leaving country, forcefull conscription and cancelled elections
We played infinite variations of this game when I was a member or leader at our youth movement in Belgium. (I don't think such a thing exists in the US?)

Some examples:

A battleship variant: each team first their his ships in a battleship field. Then, when a player can reach the other team's camp without getting tagged, they can shoot one shot into the field of the other team.

A Stratego variant: every team gets his own stack of cards which represent the different players of Stratego, the board game. Players take a card before leaving their camp. If they are tagged, or tag someone, they show their card to the other person. The winner according to the Stratego rules wins the card of the other person, and the loser must go back to their camp for another card.

Some more games with paint, animal cards, ...

Lot of good memories from that time.
What's grating on my nerves is that I called out a lot of security concerns in courts & justice software and shortly after was constructively dismissed.

I've been unemployed ever since.

I'm getting antsy about income and getting no traction on my job search.

How many other people are advanced in tech but having some difficulty finding work right now?

How tempted will they be to switch to black hat for income?

I can't be the only one thinking this way.
No, they'd be held liable for lying to the public about the risks of the products they are trying to sell.

If you know smoking can cause cancer and decide to bury the research and lie, that's a huge problem. If you know it can cause cancer and make that clear, and people still decide to smoke anyway, what's the problem exactly?

More importantly, we only know what industries to regulate and how to regulate them after the fact. When an industry, like the cigarette or oil industries, has first access to data that is damning of that industry and buries it, how do we know what to regulate? If we can only intervene after the fact anyway, my proposal is to hold accountable those who lied and buried evidence and educate the public on the newly discovered risks. Let people deicide for themselves once those risks are clear.
For someone coming from Matlab, is Julia a valid replacement?
I also clicked around and felt the formatting and progression of the book was a bit confusing, but found some of the Julia features intriguing. (like “postfixing” allowing the same pencil notation of f’ and f’’ et al)

In my opinion, and experience, the best “calculus book” is Learn Physics with Functional Programming which only relies on libraries for plotting, and uses Haskell rather than Julia.

https://www.lpfp.io/

> Why is Julia better suited than any other language?

Julia is known as a “programming language for math” and was designed with that conceit steering a lot of its development.

Explicitly it supports a lot of mathematical notation that matches handwritten or latex symbols.

Implicitly they may be referencing the simplified (see Pythtonic) syntax, combined with broad interoperability (this tutorial uses SymPy for a lot of the heavy lifting), lots of built in parallel computing primitives, and its use of JIT compilation allowing for fast iteration/exploration.
No, she’s a convicted serial killer. She was present 25 times when an incident occurred, the next closest person was 8 times (and that was a consultant doctor). The evidence clearly shows these babies were murdered and did not die by natural causes (eg injected with air)
> full-stack observability

Aka Smalltalk

(oh snap...)
> get monomorphized copies (not erased to "any") of each function for all concrete types used

That's not exactly true. You get one concrete function for all generic pointer types for instance.
Generic functions take a hidden paramater called a dictionnary, which is fairly similar to vtable, since it contains type information and pointers for all methods of the generic type that the function calls.

So methods on generic types are still performed through an indirection.

https://github.com/golang/proposal/blob/master/design/generi...
I'm just guessing, but:

1. Open Source.

2. Easy to learn. (kind of)

3. Robust plotting and visualization capabilities, which are integral (I f*cking swear no pun intended) to understanding calculus, the foundational purpose of calculus being to find the area under the curve. (something I really wish they told me day one of Pre-Calc)

4. This one is just a vague feeling, but the fact that Python's most robust Symbolic Regression package, SymPy, relies on running Julia in the background to do all the real work suggests to me that Julia is somehow just superior when it comes to formulas as opposed to just calculations. IDK how, though.
This wasn't in any of those, though.

This was in something you were asked to sign when exiting the company, and I can very much imagine that it was something HR or legal thought was a good idea to add in a kind of "better safe than sorry" way, and that the CEO wasn't aware of.

I'm not saying it's necessarily true -- but I do think it falls in the realm of believability.
Rust's Unsafe Code Guidelines Reference
LOL, As theysay - 'the hills are alive'
https://www.google.com/search?q=exam+cheat+stealth+cell+phon...

and these
https://www.google.com/search?q=catch+cell+exam+cheaters&sca...
congratz on the release
I'm also somewhat avoiding Boeing planes these days (hard when you live in Seattle and almost exclusively fly Alaska) but just to nit, 777s don't have MCAS.
Dude that is actually so cool. I love the creativity!
Your comment contains at least two themes from the Black Planet song by The Sisters of Mercy: radiation and acid rain. Released in 1985, six years before the fall of the USSR, one year before Chernobyl. It recalles some of the fears of the past 40 years quite well. Now after another 40 years they're resurfacing again.
Racket v8.13
The highlight for me in this release is:

The racket/treelist and racket/mutable-treelist libraries provide list-like containers that support many operations in effectively constant time, including appending and extracting sub-lists without mutating the given list. Treelists are implemented as RRB Vectors, invented by Stucki, Riompf, Ureche, and Bagwell. (see 4.16 Treelists [1] and RRB vector: a practical general purpose immutable sequence [2], ICFP 2015)

[1] https://docs.racket-lang.org/reference/treelist.html#(part._...

[2] https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/2784731.2784739
and apropos Austria... could you add it to the website?
Students uncover security bug that could let millions do laundry for free
> How would you recommend a CEO handle this situation, starting from roughly a week ago?

1. Explain how it happened, since he 100% knew. What CEO does not know how his company's equity is distributed and under what terms?

2. Explain how it will be fixed, in detail.

3. Proactively reach out to all those affected, as per step 2.

4. Resign.

5. Reconsider his life and how he handles feedback, since he has had issue with criticism before: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40396787
A bit of advice if you end up organizing it: make sure there's interesting terrain on both sides. Flat, open parks tend to be less fun to play in. Good luck, though!!
This seems weird. Of course, CEO is not supposed to know everything, but this particular clause was probably seen as a deal breaker for many candidates, including strategically important top talents who care more about freedom. Unless Sam was completely excluded in the recruiting process, I guess he should've heard complaints against this?
At https://scrapingfish.com/ we have both options, usage based https://scrapingfish.com/buy and subscriptions (monthly unlimited requests plan) https://scrapingfish.com/unlimited. Despite subscriptions being cheaper option per request, usage based is way more popular. Only less than 10% of our users have subscribed to unlimited monthly plan. I guess usage based plans give users more control over how much they spend or maybe they simply don't want to subscribe to another service.
So the human is like a reviewer, coming in, checking things, tweaking etc, then sending it back to the machine? (At which point the cycle continues)
Yes to all of your questions, but not sure what your point is.
Anything that involves repurchase should be reviewed by the CEO and lawyers, since ownership is a board level matter.
SpaceX satellites threaten to hide asteroids that pose danger to humanity