skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Good luck. I’m fighting them from the beginning of April because they failed to check the car in properly (I asked for a receipt and they said they couldn’t print one at the return, despite being in the receipt line). I got charged for the next renters days, late fees, recovery fees, and tolls accrued by them. They agreed to refund (which still hasn’t happened) and a few days later they charged me for not returning the car full (it was).

Fortunately for us it’s just a credit card charge that’s being disputed. For friends of ours they reported the car stolen and filed a police report.

This doesn’t seem like how a legitimate business operates, but more like a syndicate. While I understand individual locations are franchises, they have eerily similar catastrophic failures that seem to regularly occur.
If you found it on the internet, the information is probably sufficiently common-knowledge enough that it's not dangerous to know.

You could turn it into some form of authorities, but it's unlikely to be anything they're unaware of. You could attempt to reach out to a news outlet if you think it's particularly groundbreaking, but that's not likely to make you any safer.

Your best bet is to take the advice people gave you last week and not make yourself more vulnerable if that is a concern. Otherwise, there is probably very little that can be done besides publicize the matter and further threaten everyone involved.
We live in a society. All our knowledge and labor is dependent on prior knowledge and labor of our neighbors and those who came before us, also known as our society.
That sounds like a really fun way to learn!
"If I had more time I would have written a shorter letter"
That article is breathless and uncritical. One thing I took away from it is that the author certainly believes the hype.
It’s only basic pre-algebra and matrix multiplication. Plus, the typical Mathematicians’ love of variable naming and use of the tilde.

Matrix equations are really just shorthand for several related equations. The notation can be a bit unsettling if you aren’t used to it.
Hey HN,

As part of our mission to maintain transparency, we open sourced our TLS SNI reverse proxy. This uses a LRU cache [1] to improve DNS caching and performance as well as the usual suspects in GoLang for the Go Magic.

Every part of the transport in our stack is running on open source now.

We hope you all enjoy!

[1] https://github.com/ipv6rslimited/lrucache
Google has hosts in just about every ISP data center. They sent out their hardware to spam IT departments for decades.

Other CDN like akamai are available, but the cloud business has eaten most colo providers lunches (a "gray" fiber network can be expensive to hold).

Since Google has other services likely reusing the same internal CDN resources, their stream-traffic routing costs could be an order of magnitude lower than traditional providers.

Just a guess, but live feeds tend to be high-latency for a reason... =)
NASA is excellent at its job. You just have to accept the fact that in 1969, NASA's job was putting astronauts on the moon, and in 2024 NASA's job is distributing taxpayer money to various places that don't deserve it. They're damn good at their job.
"We're sorry you though we'd allow any status quo that usurps our ability to enforce our authority."
Visa and Verisign are comparable cash cows:

https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/V/visa/profit-marg...

https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/VRSN/verisign/prof...

Epic electronic health records software is not a publicly listed company, but I would guess they have massive profit margins too.
While it I did just Google translate the judgement [1]; I didn't see anything about the US in it.

It's pretty straightforward, a bunch of money was laundered using Tornado Cash, this guy contributed code to Tornado Cash, therefore he should be subject to money laundering penalties. (Translated Dutch, "As a result of the Kidwelly investigation, the suspect is accused of complicity in habitual money laundering.")

[1]: https://uitspraken.rechtspraak.nl/details?id=ECLI:NL:RBOBR:2...
I do - if it's cheap. 99% of my driving is < 30km.

I'd love to have a small electric car that costs little to buy, little to run, and deals with the vast majority my trips, and have a second car with longer range for the rare times I do long trips.

"Long" for me is to the beach, which is about 100km away, so say 250km round trip range would be excellent - which this car almost does.

But the base price on this seems disproportionately high.
Thanks very much, that makes a lot more sense, and I appreciate the info. For a layman's term, I think of that as "They're worried about 'Jurassic Park' escapes".
Where are these "cheap" water blocks you speak of? Haha, I've never encountered such a thing.

Except maybe the $100 Corsair liquid coolers, but c'mon, they aren't real water cooling
No, they're both pretty significant. In the ISS case you have propellant mass moving around that's just a tiny fraction of the total system mass, while in the rocket case a sizable portion of the total mass gets shifted.

Moreover, in refueling ISS you can use something like a flexible bladder and pressure differential to simplify the job of moving liquid from container A into container B. But in the rocket-to-rocket case, you might be moving propellant from an almost-empty Starship into an almost-full depot rocket. In that case, you're trying to hunt around for liquid in an almost empty fuel tank, and push it into an almost full one.

You can't use a bladder because Starship is too big, and it's hard to maintain a big pressure difference (unless you're willing to vent a lot of propellant in the process).

The problem would be very hard even without cryogens.
One of the ones I've heard discussed is some sort of self-replication: getting the model weights off Anthropic's servers. I'm not sure how they draw the line between a conventional virus exploit directed by a person vs. "novel" self-directed escape mechanisms, but that's the kind of thing they are thinking about.
Out of interest, what do people think is going to happen once humans can semi-reliably get to the moon?

I don't often see this part talked about. I read lots about the astronomical (thank you!) cost and effort of getting there, often framed in a way that makes the whole endeavour appear pointless and dumb.

Will they just potter about for a few days, grab a handful of rocks, take some jaunty selfies, have a cup of tea and then head home? Like Wallace and Grommit?

No. They will prepare to strip mine it for all it is worth. Where is that discussion?
Full time Kagi user here, for almost 2 years I think, and you couldn’t pay me to go back to using Google.

For AI search, does anybody know of a better alternative to Perplexity, or is it the leader in this space right now?
Thanks for pointing out the speeling error.

I think we agree on the terms "invasive," "endemic," and "indigenous."

We part ways on the meaning of "weed." To my understanding, a weed is simply a plant that is growing where we did not isn't it and where we do not want it. Especially if it outcompetes what we do want there. Merriam-Webster's definition of "weed": http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weed and "A weed is defined as a plant
out of place and in pastures they may be toxic or unpalatable, compete for light, moisture, and
nutrients, and take up space needed for desirable species. However, some weeds at certain growth
stages can be nutritious." (pdf) https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/cmis_proxy/https/ecm.nrcs.usda...

> both invasive and non-indigenous.

As you pointed out, all invasive species are non-indigenous. That's criterion 1 at https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/invasives/index.shtml
Looks like it just depends on the lab. Heavy metals soil testing seems to be a thing that exists. Here's one such company:
https://rxsoil.com/metals

This PDF about testing soils from urban farms in Baltimore also looks interesting:
https://clf.jhsph.edu/sites/default/files/2019-03/suh-soil-t...
The core details on what they consider dangerous are here: https://www.anthropic.com/news/core-views-on-ai-safety

The linked article seems to be a much lower level on the implementation details.
> Even in the best case scenario, renting a car is a time-consuming hassle

No that’s the worst case scenario.

> you have to navigate high pressure tactics on buying upgrades, fuel, insurance, etc.

No you don’t. In the US, the major reputable companies allow you to register your DL and insurance, pick your default fuel preference. 20 minutes prior the reservation you get a list of available cars and proceed directly to the car. You then scan a QR code at the exit, maybe you show your DL to a guy at the gate, who is in no position to sell anything. This is for almost all airport locations and many corporate locations.

Even when you see an agent..
High pressure tactics? That’s impossible, they have no leverage. It’s not like buying a hot new car or something. The insurance is usually worthless to you so you aren’t losing anything by walking away. Just say no? A simple no always works. Carry a credit card with primary rental insurance. I have had a sales person try to give some bullshit song and dance even when I politely tell them I have primary insurance on my card. It’s a simple “no, not interested.” What are they going to do?
>If I harvest a random apple growing wild, that my labor alone.

Nonsense. It takes a village to raise a child, and the agricultural knowledge to harvest anything stands on the shoulders of approximately all of human history.
Can't help but notice all of your submissions are self-promoting, perhaps you're unaware of the HN guidelines[0]

Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff part of the time, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
It's more like a bet that the US will be powerless to regulate it, which is holding true for XMR.
Me too. Like others, I found the way she "shamed" her father and self identified both tastless and unnecessary to the point of the article. Nevertheless I looked past that tidbit and tried to learn something and came to the comments hoping to see some insightful comments but many are too distracted bu this. I guess this is could be a good example of _bad_ writing.

That being said, I have in recent years embraced a "nature scape" philosophy and am in the process of getting my property habitat certified. I think people can still have beautiful yards that aren't so hostile to the environment. Something I've learned in the process is that it is important to use vegetation natuve to the area, becausr that's what the local wildlife evolved with and has instinct to utilize. Some species adapt better, but I know (for example) we have a local bat species that basically refuses to live in anything but a tall and local pine tree. Bat boxes be damned.

It has also be interesting to learn a lot of the plants that I thought were native are actually introduced and invasive, and co tinually sold at places like home depot/lowes. It is a sad state of affairs in my opinion but I seem to be the only one concerned about it my area, which funniky enough is basically just "Liberal Elite".
I don't think there are many places in the world where cars are as cheap as in the USA. The prices in Australia also include taxes and fees, which I don't think is a practice in the states.
$35k !!

Tesla Model 3 base model sells for $39k and gives you 270 miles.
You could use ligatures:

https://fonts.google.com/knowledge/glossary/ligature
Wow! Where?
Clickbait detected

> I spent 10 days to configuration

Is it K8s some toy for you? May be you have such complains about Oracle RAC too or other complex systems?
Is there anything in judgement that limits this to cryptocurrency?

I could see this precedent being used to shut down open source projects in end-to-end encryption, BitTorrent, etc.

While I have no knowledge of Tornado Cash itself, I hope an organization like the EFF would help appeal this to mitigate the larger danger. I believe there are precedents that publishing source code is protected under the first amendment (code is writing).

This is distinct from operating a service.
VW has sold a million or so eGolfs which had similar range numbers in the latter years.

150 miles is enough for someone who has a 30 mile round trip commute to drive a full work week without doing any charging. 150 mi range is enough for many city drivers to go weeks between charges, or make a trip out of the city for a day/weekend.

Repeat after me: "what I want is not necessarily what others want."
> His insurance companies make money from the inheritance tax

I don't follow this. Can you explain more? Buffet has been quite clear that he expects low cost index-tracking ETFs to outperform even hedge funds with 2&20 fee structure.
Perhaps in Oz. In the States, however, this is the correct usage. Being native or even indigenous does not prevent it from being a weed.
https://archive.ph/C44q7
I wonder if there's a market for doing a high-end print-on-canvas of some generated art. But if you manage to add the kinds of margins you see on other traditional art it seems not much different than the NFT variant.

More practically, I bet you could build a decent patronage-style or subscriber-style distribution on top of good generative art, especially if you are releasing often. Incentives like being able to affect prompt or style details could motivate subscriptions or donating at higher tiers.

There are probably other options, like doing the design and tweaking necessary for pulling dozens of images with a consistent theme or character. There's a lot of real work that goes into that process that you could easily justify value/time on. A lot of overlap with existing design roles but more on the craft vs artiste side of things. Depends on what you want to do with it, I guess.
Massachusetts regulation addresses this particular misincentive with a "one item (per customer day) is $10 off" when a food store/department scanner/checkout price isn't the lowest of advertised/display/sticker/scanner price. My own supermarket experience is of a clear sign posted by the cashier, and of hassle varying from the cashier handling it routinely and quickly, to trick question "So you want ${scanned - correct} back?", to waiting for a manager type and initialing/signing something simple.

[1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/massachusetts/202-CM...
The answer to car manuals is like reading history. Make sure you get two different source materials. Haynes did their own tear downs and write ups. Pair that with the OEM manuals, and service bulletins, forums and you get a good picture. The reference book for saab 900 is the Bentley Bible. Its a fantastic resource but the Haynes has a transmisson teardown and rebuild and better info on older trims. Pair that with the service manuals from Saab and the forums and you're rocking
ELI5 how did Ada Lovelace invent "the first code" before computers existed?
That's why these things should run code in protected sandboxes. Not to do it in a "protected mode" would be negligent.
I was just trying to describe SLS visually. If you've seen a lot of Shuttle stuff then the initial resemblance is very striking.
From the paper[0]:

> Four predetermined questions were posed regarding sun exposure: (i) How often do you sunbathe during the summertime? (never, 1−14 times, 15−30 times, >30 times); (ii) Do you sunbathe during the winter, such as on vacation to the mountains? (no, 1−3 days, 4−10 days, >10 days); (iii) Do you use tanning beds? (never, 1−3 times per year, 4−10 times per year, >10 times per year); and (iv) Do you go abroad on vacation to swim and sunbathe? (never, once every 1–2 years, once a year, two or more times per year). The four questions were dichotomized into yes/no in the analysis (i.e. sometimes versus no or never). We created a four-score variable as a measure of sun exposure depending on the number of ‘yes’ responses to the above questions on a scale from 0 (avoid sun exposure: reference) to 4 (greatest sun exposure). Sun exposure habits were categorized into three groups: zero ‘yes’ responses (avoidance of sun exposure; the main study group); ‘yes’ responses to one or two questions (moderate exposure); and ‘yes’ responses to three or four questions (greatest exposure).

Of note, the surveys are of Swedish women and were conducted in Swedish. There could be some translation nuance for the word "sunbathe" which doesn't map well to English, or other cultural differences to explain the "but no one I know actually sunbathes..." thought that I immediately jump to.

[0] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joim.12496
Not to be confused with the other ABC https://www.abc.net.au/, which is Australian centric. It is weird that I now have to think about when I see the acronym, 20 years ago I would have seen it immediately as the ABC in the states, but broadcast TV plays so little role in our life now.
Yes. She should have just left if politically neutral. If anything she is making an assertion that republicans are hostile towards "naturalizing" cityscapes and liberals are not, which is just not true. I think all people want to live in beautiful areas and have song birds and butterflies roaming and shit. She deliberately politized this topic for no reason and has potentially done more harm than good because of it.
Anthropic defines ASL-3 as...

> ASL-3 refers to systems that substantially increase the risk of catastrophic misuse compared to non-AI baselines (e.g. search engines or textbooks) OR that show low-level autonomous capabilities.

> Low-level autonomous capabilities or Access to the model would substantially increase the risk of catastrophic misuse, either by proliferating capabilities, lowering costs, or enabling new methods of attack (e.g. for creating bioweapons), as compared to a non-LLM baseline of risk.

> Containment risks: Risks that arise from merely possessing a powerful AI model. Examples include (1) building an AI model that, due to its general capabilities, could enable the production of weapons of mass destruction if stolen and used by a malicious actor, or (2) building a model which autonomously escapes during internal use. Our containment measures are designed to address these risks by governing when we can safely train or continue training a model.

> ASL-3 measures include stricter standards that will require intense research and engineering effort to comply with in time, such as unusually strong security requirements and a commitment not to deploy ASL-3 models if they show any meaningful catastrophic misuse risk under adversarial testing by world-class red-teamers
Perfectly obvious what's going on here.

If they actually believed that their big-linear-algebra programs were going to spontaneously turn into Skynet and eat us all, they wouldn't be writing them.

Since they are, in fact, writing them, they know that it's total bullshit. So what they're doing is drumming up fear, uncertainty, and doubt, to aid their lobbying efforts to beg governments to impose a costly regulatory moat to protect their huge VC investment and fleet of GPUs.

And it's probably going to work. If there's one thing politicians like more than huge checks for their slush fund, it's handing out sinecures to their friends in the civil service.
Some samples from the article are similar to what is found on my favorite Generative Art site - Dwitter. It's a social network of coders where we can view, interact and remix live code. Everything under 140 characters of creative JavaScript code: https://www.dwitter.net/top/all
There is hoping this verdict will be challenged and overturned. If they start applying the same liability standards to other type of software I could see many cybersecurity professionals catching heat.
https://github.com/golang/go/issues/57530
I watched the whole thing but a bit ago when it came out. He did better than just that, he frankly humiliated the program in my eyes. The points I took away from his talk were:
1. Stop lying to yourselves and figure out the hard math (mostly in relation to the refueling question)
2. Learn from the past. Apollo kept excruciating notes (I'm still discovering new notes. For example, the lunar rover's manual is publicly online). Like this article, look at what worked and what didn't. Be better not worse.

I've found in my own work I'm always terrified of failure. From what I've seen with the talk and this article, it's as if this program views failure as a selling point for more waste.
/Rant
Don't attribute to malice what can usually be explained by sheer incompetence, sure, but this pushes the case for both.
For some versions of "technically," yes: A DB9 isn't really a thing.

But ostensibly, everyone who needs to know will know what is meant when a person says "DB9," and thus it works fine.

(Relatedly, the connector used for Ethernet is not an RJ45.)
It is unbelievably hard to "go anonymous" when the entity trying to de-anonymize you is a nation state.
Some of this has improved under the No Surprises Act. In certain situations the provider may be legally required to give you a "good faith estimate", or at least not send you excessive bills after treatment.

https://www.cms.gov/medical-bill-rights/know-your-rights
Present is already getting lots of attention, eg "Our Approach to Labeling AI-Generated Content and Manipulated Media" by Meta. We need to deal with both, present danger and future danger. This post is specifically about future danger, so complaining about lack of present danger is whataboutism.

https://about.fb.com/news/2024/04/metas-approach-to-labeling...
Better to say so in the first place. At this point in 2024, the all too common trope about Wall Street-film-like bad guys on a trading floor are basically gone. They haven't really existed since post-GFC in 2009. Do you have first hand experience that says otherwise?
Thanks, that helped me find it. And I see they already gave my gun example.

Thinking about it some more, this question is closely related to the concept of negligence.
I see what you did there :->
You’re right. I shouldn’t’ve jumped the gun like that.
I’m just glad this isn’t a US court ruling. USA has a strange habit of enforcing its laws overseas - see the Kim Dotcom debacle where US laws were used to prosecute someone who was not a US citizen and never set foot in the USA.
> NASA's budget changes every 4 years.

NASA's budget is weird - from what I understand, Congress doesn't just cut NASA a check - they fund specific programs.

That being said, NASA's budget (in inflation adjusted dollars) has been remarkably flat for decades.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_NASA
> a month.

No, It says a week in the article.

“Each aircraft takes about a week to have its AeroSHARK film applied, which requires high-precision workmanship from our personnel.”
The Leaf and Bolt both starts at $28k, so this is higher, but not that much higher.
> What NASA is doing is like an office worker blowing half their salary on lottery tickets while putting the other half in a pension fund. If the lottery money comes through, then there was really no need for the pension fund. But without the lottery win, there’s not enough money in the pension account to retire on. The two strategies don't make sense together.

I don't think this analogy works, and it reflects a bigger issue with the essay. Unlike a pension fund, gateway and lunar landings don't actually seem to do anything or move us forward. Like many of NASA's human spaceflight programs (and a decent amount of its unmanned spaceflight programs), they seem to be doing something just to be doing it. So a better analogy might be using half of your money to buy lottery tickets, and setting the other half on fire. Buying lottery tickets might not be a great way to spend money, but it's at least possible you'll get some return from it.
How have we gone from “the internet routes around damage” to “just connect it to a hallucinating, equivocating galaxy brain controlled by people who swear their employees to silence”?
Ederal Reserve Chair Powell Urges Law Grads to 'Think Beyond Yourselves' [video]