skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> everyone else now has to live with this decision.

Unless you change key bindings, which isn't that hard for just a few cursor keys?

Though the criticism of bad defaults that persist for many years is totally appropriate
Jogo Do Bicho
Still a good reminder that we might not need a bloat that comes by default with any CMS, and should spend a few minutes replacing the default theme with something leaner.
My commute is about... let me check... 9 steps. Unless you count the rare occasion that I need to go into the office, in which case it's a 2 hour drive across state lines.

How do we measure commutes? Is my "commute" 9 steps or 2 hours?
Only indirectly. A lot of popular models used for generating vectors are nowhere near as smart as LLMs. Also, the vectors themselves are not machine learning models. They are just lists of numbers intended for comparing to other lists of numbers. Typically using some similarity algorithm like cosine similarity.

Vector search embeddings are only as good as the models you use, the content you have, and the questions you ask.

This is a bit of a pitfall when you use them for search. Especially if you have mobile users because most of them are not going to thumb in full sentences in a search box. I.e. the questions the ask are going to be a few letters or words at best and not have a lot of context. And users will still expect good results. Vector search is not great for those type of use cases because there just isn't a whole lot of semantics in these short queries. Sometimes, all you need is just a simple prefix search.
I keep a few $K in a checking account which pays no interest, while the bank invests the money at 5%, due to higher interest rates. So higher rates have helped banks too, and this should be weighed against the unrealized losses.
The reason I’m faster than younger developers is that I go into the right direction immediately.

If you present me with an unknown problem that requires deep concentration a younger version of me might stand more chance.

I really suck at leetcode when tired.
It's already here (don't down vote me damn you.) It has been with us the entire time, throughout all human history. it isn't "telepathy" in the telemetry sense. Consciousness is a quantum phenomenon and our minds are entangled and those sensitive or skilled can "hear" the thoughts feelings and even influence (at a distance) the minds of others. A small portion of the population are naturally sensitive and a smaller number still actually cultivate these skills.

No one who cares for their own well being will expose this secret which shapes our world.
They used to gather all command line arguments until they later decided that (oops!) it's "not acceptable per our privacy policies"[0] and they really shouldn't have been doing that. They have also had issues with anonymization not being implemented properly, the opt-out mechanism not working in some edge cases, forgetting to even tell users about the need to opt out, and who knows what else. The risk of accidentally exfiltrating your data one way or another seems pretty high.

Also, monetary value is not the only reason you might want to keep information private.

[0] https://github.com/dotnet/sdk/issues/6145#issuecomment-22010...
> Not having to deal with parking, stop signs, traffic, etc genuinely does speed things up.

Traffic sure, but you still need a good place to park your bike so it does not get stolen and you should be stopping at stop signs.

I walk basically everywhere and I have to be more vigilant of bicyclists on crosswalks because they always blow through them at full speed regardless of who has the right of way.
I literally interview on purpose with Amazon to waste their time (revenge for them mistreating my partner). After at least 10 full onsites, I can tell you that Amazon uses leetcode style interviews in every single one of those onsites.

Feels nice to come into their stupid contrived behaviorals and not even care about the “Star” method or their stupid leadership principals. I even straight up told them in one interview that their principals were stupid and victim blaming. I’m shocked that they haven’t blacklisted me yet - and doing so would be nice because Amazon recruiter spam is actually quite annoying.
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Health, finance and security related activity (a period spreadsheet in Excel, or visiting some wallstreet subreddit) may become relevant to some insurance and may become a reason to refuse you treatment or indemnification. Or it can be used to for id theft. Other activities may be supportive of a charge brought against you.

- "Did or did you not visit coldbloodedmurder.com on the night of 7/5/2026? Answer the question with yes or no."

- "But that's just a ..."

- "Yes or no!"

There's too much harm that can be done with all that information.
> the mod operator works differently on different languages and platforms

Not with positive inputs, which is the domain of FizzBuzz.

Even if you don't know what "mod" means, if you have no idea know what a remainder is, and that the problem calls for it, and you can't derive the mod operator using integer addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, then your math and problem solving skills are pretty weak, which FizzBuzz tests.
All he wanted to do after college was just go surfing with his friends but his dad insisted he "find a real job" so he turned his still at making fish tacos into a job. Maybe after selling the franchise he went back to just surfing with his friends? I would like to think so... makes a happy story to think that's what happened.
Snowflake – Detecting and Preventing Unauthorized User Access
Quaternionic Analysis
e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40340642
> The report mentions excess death from non-COVID causes. Is it disputable that these were due to non-pharmaceutical interventions?

From what I can see the article makes no effort to separate Covid related excess mortality from direct or indirectly covid related, which would be crucial to support your argument.

Consider e.g.:
- Death by delayed/cancelled medical procedures/diagnostics (because healthcare was busy with people dying from covid at the time)
- Weaker immune system because of lack of exposure during/after covid

If your hypothesis is "by ignoring covid and skipping lockdowns we could have avoided this excess mortality" then that hypothesis is quite contrarian in first place AND not supported by the facts presented in the article.
>So much for "overhauling its security processes" like Nadella sent out in a memo just a month ago.

That could be orthogonal for a company as large and diverse as Microsoft for both to be true at the same time. Like certain more enterprise facing products like the windows kernel or Azure could be very secure, while others like these user facing Windows features, very un-secure.

In general I noticed that most new tools and consumer facing features dropping on Windows 11 are of terrible quality, as if they were written by some web-dev interns rather than engineers experienced in Windows programming.
I outright reject job offers that are not remote. Born to live a happy life not to die miserable everyday
Throughput of cycles lanes is potentially high but often is not. I have lived in multiple places in the UK that have lots of cycle lanes that are hardly used. Its not magic that will work everywhere for everyone.

On the other hand the throughput of public transport is good almost everywhere I have lived is reasonable, and in many places very high, especially at peak times. One bus carries as many people as a very large number of cars, one train carries far more.

yes, sometimes they run empty, but not at the times the roads are congested.
A little unfair to compare a country 10x the size - I would imagine its a lot easier to run good public transport over a smaller area. That said, Germany does seem to have underinvested in infrastructure a lot in the Merkel era... hopefully something that is being remedied now. The transport network is still amazing overall by global standards, even if it is frustrating for daily commuters.
I love that someone is actively working on components in the python space. Coming back to python after years in the js ecosystem I've found templates really cumbersome to work with, especially not having type system support. I know there have been some attempts at JSX in python over the years but those projects all seem dead.

My advice to the OP, is to break out the component piece of the framework into a standalone lib that other frameworks can use. I think it'll be much easier to gain adoption that way.
Why does Google need to be afraid? They index the entire web!
> The basic principle will be, one yingzi for a syllable with a particular meaning

The problem is that the English language does not have this structure, whereas Chinese does.

The individual syllables in Chinese words have their own independent meanings. If you break apart the English word "random," "ran" and "dom" don't independently mean anything. The reason why Chinese characters work well for Chinese is because the fundamental unit of Chinese is really the syllable, rather than the word. English isn't like that, so a Chinese-like writing system would be a very poor fit to the English language.

That being said, I sometimes wonder whether this property of Chinese comes from the writing system, or whether it preexisted writing. In other words, to what extent has Chinese been influenced by its writing system?
That's like calling most disk encryption "unencrypted": When you decrypt on boot or with veracrypt, the files become accessible to all running processes that can access disks.

Based on the article, it is encrypted, but you can access it without manually decrypting it on every access.
> I swear the only reason people pay FJCVTZS any attention at all is that it has "JavaScript" in its name.

You’re not wrong, and yet—

> convert float to int, round towards zero

... and take the result modulo 2^32 as two’s complement. That’s still rather specific and likely useless for numeric computing, which is the canonical application area for this kind of thing. So the “JavaScript” in the name is fair, if only to dispel confusion around why one would ever want this.

(The normal, saturating conversion is FCVTZS.)
It’s not about ‘privacy’ or having anything to hide, it is about the fact that some company wants to take control of you and letting people own you.

Recall is essentially the same as recording what you can see with your own eyeballs and what you are thinking and doing when you are on your system.

In a couple of updates, Microsoft will likely be able to recall data on any screen anywhere… you make a call to your insurance company, Recall will know all of the same info that the insurance agent can see from their screen.

You visit your therapist, then after you leave they write up notes on their Windows computer with Recall then somehow your insurance rates go up the next month.

When I was a scoundrel hacker in the 2000’s (I am not proud of it), the first thing I’d do is install keyloggers and screen grabbers - and let me tell you, although I never did anything with the data I can tell you categorically that it would have been pretty bad for these people had I doxxed the content. These people were probably the same kinds of people who would argue your kind of point, but it’s only because they haven’t thought about it enough to fully realise the damage that can be done.

Now when hackers break into a system, they will be able to grab that recall. Partners will be able to do it. Trolls will be able to.

Just like the power trip I was on, Microsoft are also on a power trip, except they go all in and have the backing of the NSA. They do not care about your privacy, they just want control/power/dominance and money.

Doxxing is about to hit the big time with this. Soon enough, you’ll find more than just a celebs full recall on a the darkweb you’ll have your friends and family looking over your own recall history when it gets leaked from some other massive malware scam.

File cryptor ransomware will soon be called Recall ransomware.

I think you are a psychopath if you don’t think long and hard on moving away from Microsoft inmediately.
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My problem with LC-style questions is that it becomes a race to the bottom.

At some point, you end up with questions that either lucky people or savants are able to answer. Yes, that might be an exaggeration, but it's not too far off the mark.

Applicants discovered, long ago, that if you simply grind every questions on LC - you will likely get asked some of those questions wherever you interview.

Companies fight back by asking harder questions. Before you know it, a standard interview consists of LC hard questions.

And with the advent of LLMs, it is even harder to sniff out candidates if the interviews are remote.

At some point you'll just have to re-do the whole process, and built it up from scratch.
Both can be true. That Nadella says 'do security' while also taking time for that mandate to filter through an org the size of MS. It doesn't excuse this existing issue, but hopefully signals future change.
Basic coding problems involving data structures and algorithms are table stakes for a programmer. This whole thread is embarrassing.
> there was about 1 in 17 chances to get a voice that similar to Johansson's without planning it

Now, add in the chances "without planning it" of a) reaching out to the actress to request permission to use her voice and b) tweeting that Her is your favorite movie.
https://techhub.social/@SomeGadgetGuy/112556398250955057

It just clicked in my brain. What I haven't been able to articulate about why I'm so anxious about #Windows Recall. I'm sure others have already gotten to where I am.

It's worse than "a system that tracks everything you do" and stores that info in a basic database that could be easily compromised.
It's worse than a nanny surveillance tool for companies to spy on their employees.

It's inescapable.

It doesn't matter if I make a dozen "how to disable recall" tutorials. The second YOUR data shows up on someone ELSE'S screen, it's in THEIR recall database.

It won't matter if you're a master #security expert specialist. You can't account for EVERY other computer you've ever interacted with. If a family member looks up an old email with your personal data in it, your data is now at risk.

If THEIR system is compromised YOUR data is at risk.

I just went from "vague feeling of unease" to "actively writing templates to canvas elected officials, regulators, and attorneys general."
pretty much. check out https://gme.fyi as a decent compilation of resources and informations
Two security concepts come to mind: defense in depth and assume breach. A hacked device on your lan doesnt have to equal complete compromise of your betwork. Giving up at the perimeter is one option, sure. Another is to design a network to be as resilient as possible to attack and compromise by layering defensive controls and assuming some can be bypassed. Then develop detective/preventative controls to respond when they are.

Edit: specifically, encrypting http traffic will help reduce the risk of the threat actor acquiring new credentials (since we don't reuse those) and using them to pivot to other resources.
Tidal is a Spotify clone that is just fine and has the added benefit of not sponsoring Joe Rogan.
Deep Diving into Docker and Containers: What It Is and How It Works
Then those that know that they dont benefit from HT can just not use those cores no?
>I lol at people who say there is any Engineering in software.

There definitely is. Safety/mission critical code is definately a more rigorous, formal process where you don't just download a library for padding a string (you probably wouldn't use built-in strings anyway on this kind of code).

But I agree that the way most coding works (i.e. move fast and fail often) is completely antithetical to how engineers should work. But there's infinite moneys and almost zero accountability, so who's gonna stop them?

>Knowing to optimize for time by using vectors is more of an art, than a science.

that's definitely why I fully agree with calling programmers creatives over engineers. once you get past dead simple problems, no two programmers are going to approach a prompt the exact same way. performance, scalabiliy, documenting, version control friendliness, even ephemeral stuff like code style. coders very much are artists who happen to know a lot of math.
Astronomy Generates Mountains of Data. That's Perfect for AI – Universe Today
Leetcode feels meritocratic. I suspect many people (engineers perhaps more so) don't trust their ability to "size someone up" from 45 minutes of casual conversation alone. Or worse, they worry that they'll have to defend their hire/donthire based on what amounts to a casual conversation whereby they were trying to judge character, affability, confidence, drive, motivation....

Leetcode is lazy, easy.
> ... and my true failure was my unwillingness to cheat.

Integrity is really tested when it costs you something. I'd call this a true win.

(I recognize there are dire situations where cheating might be warranted. I hope you're not there yet.)
See also: '3-Body Problem'
i'm really glad that i can use my own modem.
In germany every ISP is by law required to accept self brought modems.
They can't force you to use their often shitty hardware.
My current modem/router is up for 3 months without a single interruption to my connection.
Parent commenter did the meme; https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/pressing-a-boot-on-your-own-h...
Hi Jeff,

How does Exa's search product compete with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perplexity.ai?
Pro-Russian influence campaign targets Australian media, researchers find
The overwhelming majority of AI code is written without any concept of objects what-so-ever.
As a Serbian keyboard user, I really dislike these keys: \ [] {} |. They always mess up my typing flow. The layout seems to prioritize punctuation like : , ; and - over the symbols needed for programming and markup, making them easier to reach compared to an English keyboard. It’s great for writing regular text, but when it comes to using LaTeX, it’s a pain since typing \ [] {} | feels like doing gymnastics with my fingers.
You'd think spacenews.com could get that right: was it really in their title before?
I was in Amazon years ago and there wasn't a standardized set of questions. At the time I never heard of teams using leetcode style questions - things went downhill I guess.
Similar thing. To avoid my fingers fighting each other when pressing cut copy paste in Macbook, I almost bought those 20-key left hand gaming keyboard so that I can do them in a single keystroke.
Breadth-First Search or Depth-First Search, I think. It took me too long to guess those initialisms.
1812. It didn’t go particularly well.
This improves modeling of long-tail distributions? How far off am I here?
Yep, use leetcode to hire, don't be surprised when you have teams of leetcoders.
> Meet someone who went to your Alma mater? Same gender? Same race? Give them the same question as everyone else, but hint them through it, ignore some syntax errors, and give them a strong hire for “communication” when they didn’t even implement the optimal approach…

I do not know how hiring is done at megacorps; but on the few occasions I participated in tech interviews, we were looking for candidates to join the team that I was on. So, what I was interested about the candidates was how well they were prepared for the kind of work our team does; and how much I would like to work with them. I am sure this second question introduces all sorts of subjective biases; but then, hey, aren't you going to spend countless future hours with that person? At least the first concern incentivised us to make sure candidates were sufficiently competent. BTW, we didn't ask leetcode-type questions.

> but to the individual, this is costing us 100s of thousands of dollars, because there’s only a handful of companies that pay well and they all have the same interview process

I am not sure I am following the argument. If there is only a handful of companies that pay well, and if you only consider companies out of that list for employment, isn't it reasonable to predict that there will be lots of other candidates who want the same, far more than the number of available positions at those companies. How, then, should those companies select from such a pool of candidates?
You're too trusting.
T+0 settlement is something blockchain has solved that tradfi has not.

Asset tokenization is another big one- getting solved, at least.

And inflation hedging.

Regulatory def has not caught up but in 10-20 years you individually will definitely have some portion of your financial transactions, whether payments or investments, settling on blockchain.
This style of print journalism in 1946 is riveting and full of detail, right down to who owned each destroyed building, their occupation and where they were located at the time the plane tore apart their dwelling. Photos are also quite interesting. Would have been nice to see the scan of the original paper.
I wonder if this is due to a fundamental shift in who commutes to work?

High paid, "white collar" work is shifting to a remote/hybrid structure, or are paid enough that they can move to reduce commute. However, lower paid, service-oriented jobs require physical presence in the workplace. The increasing affordability gap for housing means these people have to live further and further away from their workplace.
> they've cranked the price after a year.

Define 'cranked'.

I spend way more in a bar in one night than on my domains yearly, so I always find 'oh I need one super-duper cheap, below $2/y otherwise it's way too much' comments a bit.. too frugal.
Thank you, yes I fine-tuning sdxl model and use controlnet for pose and ipadapter.
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This is an interview style I do often.
The first bit is just super basic shit (since I mostly do database stuff) and then a code review section.

What's super interesting is I have actually had people pretty much fail the basic stuff (which was probably nerves) and then go on and kill the code review section in ways that shows their serious expertise.

IMO interviews are pretty bad at demonstrating people's ability to work, but if you can zoom in and out on a problem and do good enough on the coding stuff its usually a win.
Still, imho it is somewhat cruel that society has simply decided that extroverts can and should force introverts into socializing. "You need to attend this meeting in person because I insist" ist perfectly acceptable, while "you need to leave me alone because I insist" is considered rude, antisocial, "not a teamplayer" yadda yadda.

> Some people get more done and have more fun working in an office with other people.

It is not the job of employees to provide extroverts the ability to "have more fun".