skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Did they change the title of the blog post? When I open it, it says “A path from Seattle”. The “Go east” part is only in the Hacker News post.
This is exactly what Staff Engineer roles are supposed to be, and they exist all over the place.

> Imagine you are interviewing senior levels of engineer, like Guido van Rossum:

The average engineer applicant is not Guido van Rossum. The 99.8% percentile engineer is not Guido van Rossum. Using such a publicly accomplished and prolific person as your example isn’t doing the conversation any justice because it’s not relevant in any way to how actually hiring works.
How would it? Google can't retroactively un-license the Chromium source, which is under various open source licenses that I'm almost certain all include at a minimum the right to host a fork somewhere.

Additionally, if you are concerned about MF3, your best bet isn't some outdated Chromium fork – it's Firefox.
I'm not so worried about my disciplined coworker who just wants to help. If we were all reviewing his code I'd agree with you.

The people I want to help are those who are unknowingly reviewing malicious commits, and I think that declarative configuration languages have a part to play there.
Qt on Windows looks pretty out of place. Qt copied Windows Vista pretty accurately, but I haven't seen any fluent design yet. The Vista style also looks a little off now that Microsoft has tweaked the native controls in Windows 11.

KDE applications look out of place in Gnome. Some Gnome distros pack GTK-like themes for Qt applications, but Dolphin looks like ass on Gnome. Depending on your theme/night mode settings, it's also broken (black labels on dark grey backgrounds broken). Gnome apps may look out of place elsewhere, but at least they're functional.

I, too, can't deal with different behaviour, but KDE is no better than Gnome when it comes to integration. The core application UI design approaches differ, so I doubt good UI integration can even be done; cross platform applications would need complete UI overhauls for every platform they target, ruining the whole point of cross platform UI toolkits.

Thankfully, Linux applications using XDG portals will invoke native controls for features like file pickers, limiting the damage both ways. I expect something similar to happen on macOS and Windows.
It wasn’t official before!? lol
Location :
Punta Cana, Dom. Rep.

Remote :
Yes, preferably Eastern Time.

Willing to relocate:
Yes, preferably The states or Portugal EU.

Technologies:

Ruby on Rails, Java, Javascript, Hotwire, AWS,StimulusJS, ReactJS, NodeJS, Typescript, NestJS, ExpressJS, SpringFramework,SQL, PostgresQL, Redis.

Résumé/CV:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KMG_T-JM9ktEXJ-QhQxiXguzPIO...

Email:
jeffrey.santana[at]icloud.com
Fascinating! What would you consider the water source for a BLEVE? There is no drilling liquid, so are you concerned about drilling near a water source and the well becomes suddenly contaminated with water, then steam?
Not sure there is much of a herd, because document.cookie is only shared amongst same-site renderer processes.
The Bruderhof communities, the Amish, and many of the other peace churches are largely sustainable examples of communities which seem quite self sustaining in this vein.

Monastic communities have operated this way, to varying degrees, for millennia.

To a certain extent, even the tenured academic system reflects this sort of dynamic -- and came from the same roots.
I live in penthouse in LA Abe shuttle to other rooftops, one glance down at the sidewalk level and it kind of feels like the jetsons

at least the retcon sketches where they showed what the ground level was like
> But why not make a non-polished Windows app as well? Or have someone make it?

If I had more time and money I certainly would!

> Also, is the RAW data specific to the device and if so, why?

To maximize battery life, the hardware does zero processing on the image data; it simply copies the raw pixels output by the image sensor to the unformatted SD card.

> If the device simply used, say, DNG or TIFF, then decoding could be done by external software, and all your own software would have to do would be to read the SD card and produce RAW files...?

True, perhaps I should've used an existing RAW format like DNG and exposed the images as a filesystem. That would require using a different architecture (ie not using an MSP430, like Rinzler89 suggested), and would likely reduce the battery life due to having to maintain a filesystem on the SD card.
It really seems like criticizing Sam is the new hot thing to do, with tons of people jumping on the bandwagon. Whether it's hiring a voice actor who sounds like ScarJo, having non-disparagement clauses in separation agreements (something basically all big companies and institutions tend to do), being associated with a crypto project (Worldcoin), "lying" to OpenAI board members, etc. No one is perfect, and when you are put under a microscope, just about anyone can look bad in the wrong light.

Ultimately, I ask myself, is my life better because Sam was born and did what he did? And the answer is 1,000 times "yes!" because the introduction of ChatGPT changed so much and enabled so much creation and learning for me personally. And I have a strong suspicion that if the Helen Toners of the world had their way, it never would have been released at all. And without all that money and prestige floating around OpenAI, I doubt they would have been able to create such a dream team that allowed the thing to happen in the first place. And I think all of that comes down at least in large part to Sam's vision and scrappiness and willingness to just do stuff and not get stuck in institutional morass.
Every book had to be copied by hand so if it wasn't seen as useful the paper rotted in a few hundred years.
> The problem with upstream GTK's workflow is that they have so many breaking releases and their own versioning scheme that is completely different from any other project

Not sure what you mean. GTK uses semver; any 2.x or 3.x or 4.x release will work with software built around a previous release with the same major version.

You can argue that GTK breaks API/ABI and increments their major version too often (I'm not sure I'd agree with that, but you can certainly argue it), but, outside of bugs, I don't recall instances where apps had to be modified to continue to work with new releases in the same major version of GTK.

I do think it's notable that GIMP is still on GTK2, and the GTK3 porting effort has gone on for many years now. But I think it's also notable that GIMP is the exception, not the rule. On my system, for example, only GIMP requires GTK2, and I have over 100 binaries in /usr/bin/ that link to GTK3
He either didn't disclose key commercial dealings to the OpenAI board, or purposefully concealed them. That's a big deal.
It's a little late for that, sadly.
> The net result is such a society could really only exist if protected by a great power.

reminds me a bit of Jim Corbett's "Goatwalking".
There is also the pulse-8 USB/CEC adapters (which work fine with linux):

Universal: https://www.pulse-eight.com/p/104/usb-hdmi-cec-adapter

NUC specific: https://www.pulse-eight.com/p/154/intel-nuc-hdmi-cec-adapter
Would buy, but doesn't ship to Europe...
I think about half of the dev jobs I've had started with a 3 month probationary period, during which either myself or the employer can decide "never mind" without serious consequences.

As the new hire, I strongly prefer it for the exact reason you state: it's pretty hard to know if I'm a good fit in a company prior to actually working there. I've used the probationary period twice to get out of such mistakes.

As the hiring company, it's also a great thing for exactly the same reason but from the other side of the equation.

Lots of companies do this. I think more companies should join the bandwagon.
> What do you and Jim expect to learn from a scientific study? That 12 feet is better than 6 feet?

I don't know anyone named Jim, nor am I saying we need to have definitive studies before giving out guidance. However, if we are going to give out guidance that ends up requiring schools to space out kids' desks in a way that makes it impossible for many of them to open, I think that guidance should either be grounded in science or admitted to be a best-guess. This is about transparency and honest, which are especially important when the government issues mandatory rules that upend life as we know it.
> what a sad statement on the human condition that all of the other needs for limitless clean power did not meet the needs to justify developing fusion, yet you think that AI will? Jesus wept.

Well, AI has the promise to provide a supply of loyal slaves to anyone who can afford to pay for the electricity and compute. It's a capitalist's dream: with AI, they may never be forced by necessity to share a single thing with us poors again.
The problem is supporting the 'try before you buy' model would basically require most companies to be happy with someone taking a month off to go try working somewhere else for a bit and then come back if nothing happens. I don't see any particular motivation for them to encourage that at all. Otherwise, the probationary period is basically just a quicker escape from a match that's bad enough that you're rather be unemployed (or at least take the risk of such). Either way it's enough of an investment that both sides are gonna want to spend a least a little effort on figuring out if it will work beforehand, like with interviews.
It seems Yotta is not at fault here, but Synapse, their banking provider?
I am thoroughly enjoying wasting my time off dealing with your assertions. Like pigs, I enjoy being muddy. The man in the white house doesn't matter a flying flip with regards to treaty enforcement, and there's sufficient rule of law left in this country to correctly handle any Chinese aggression. Oh and the real reason China won't attack Taiwan is because the chip factories are rigged to explode and without that there's no reason to invade. But you already knew that, or should, with your illusion of expertise in this matter.
Unpopular but true: if you don't have conflicts of interest, you aren't really in the game. I don't know any serious business person who doesn't have conflicts. Some manage them as honestly and fairly as possible, others not so much.

Having conflicts doesn't make someone bad.
While (live) code challenges have a lot of problems, I don't see it as a possibility to get entirely rid of them. As someone who hires engineers, I do want to verify that people can actually code. While most people who are "merely talk" can be already filtered without a code challenge, there are plenty who make a good impression, but lack fundamentals in coding or do not have the skill level I'm hiring for.

Live codings especially are a very good insight in how someone thinks and approaches a problem, never thought about obedience in any aspect.

If someone has contributed to an open source project or has some themselves, talking about those instead is enough for me as well, but that's even more to ask for imo, as not everyone has the time to create a project that is worth talking about and demonstrates their skill.
The article quite clearly says “in a straight line along the Earth’s surface.”

Emphasis mine.
Every Nobel prize is a result of research paper(s). Here is your answer.
Their local what?
Seems they're already on to something like that[1][2]:

We envision deployment in three sites at or near the longitudes of the existing DSN sites.

As an example, a potential initial phase could deploy 40 12-m elements at each complex to duplicate the X-band performance of a DSN 70-m antenna.

Second and third phase deployments may bring the number of 12-m antennas to 200, then perhaps 400 per complex.

[1]: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4374100

[2]: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/4374103
I actually moved away from Mac because it's so opinionated just like gnome.

But what's the problem with having choice?
Reminder of how Model 3 was a failure:

$4k Renault compared to Tesla Model 3 (thedrive.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14807222

Tesla Faces Accelerating Rate of Model 3 Refunds (secondmeasure.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17230510

Tesla Model 3 fault rate is the highest of any car: report (cleanenergyrevolution.co) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38358760

Early owners of Tesla's Model 3 are reporting quality problems (latimes.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16547802

Two Tesla Production Chiefs to Leave Ahead of Model 3 Ramp-Up (bloomberg.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11630351

Tesla Model 3 Falls Short of a CR Recommendation (consumerreports.org) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17119570

The Tesla Model 3 reminds me of the times the electronics failed in my first car (theverge.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15061050

Tesla's magic is wearing off as Model 3 excitement dwindles (cnn.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17621251

A Tesla Model 3 Produces More CO2 Than a Diesel Car, Says New Study (interestingengineering.com) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19770491

Special pick, best of Jalopnik (aka Gawker):

Tesla Model 3 Traps TikToker Inside 115-Degree Car During a Software Update

Tesla's Cybertrucks are rusting despite stainless steel

Tesla’s EV Market Share Is Dropping Fast

Tesla Cybertruck No Match for Car Wash

Bumper Falls Off Brand New Tesla Model 3 After 30 Minutes and Some Rain

See https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=jalopnik.com
Please. More like the Internet (i.e., most of humanity) "disproportionately boosts right-wing political content". Before Elon, Twitter was an Orwellian algorithmic police state where everything right of Marx got shadowbanned and suppressed. (Like every other major social platform.)
Cryptographers Discover a New Foundation for Quantum Secrecy
Reid Hoffman on launch of 'Reid AI', deepfake concerns and state of AI arms race
Note that modern Chinese is heavily influenced by modern English. During the May Fourth Movement[1], prominent authors like Lu Xun diligently explored how to write modern Chinese with "westernized" style. The experiment largely failed, but modern Chinese did get influenced a lot, to the point that multiple authors wrote books or articles pleading people not to write "westernized" Chinese. A typical example is nounification of verbs, something that traditional Chinese never had. In contrast, younger generations love to say Chinese equivalent to something like "do improvement" instead of "improve" (进行改进，instead of 改进, even though it is still considered bad writing style.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Fourth_Movement
Same here. We set up our company's intranet using a `.local` address long before mDNS was a thing. Needless to say it causes a lot of pain on a daily basis.

On almost every linux installation we have to tweak `/etc/nsswitch.com` for it to work.

I doubt it'll ever happen but hey, one can wish :)
one advantage to the whiteboard interview is that it allows a person to get the job regardless of their past experience, which can be determined by what they were "allowed" to do at previous companies. in some cases, people are pigeonholed into various genre of engineering based on assumptions about them (e.g., assign african americans or women certain types of work even though that isn't what they prefer). if you can only speak to what you've been allowed to do compared with what you can prove you've learned to do (via the interview), you could be at a disadvantage.

what if we could pick the type of interview we wanted? whiteboard coding challenge or work experience based?
> largely importing foreign weapon system designs for local manufacturing.

I'm pretty sure they legally can't "largely import foreign weapon designs". The Berry and Kissel amendments, not to mention ITAR and a few other regulations, put a strong incentive on in-sourcing when at all possible. The only exceptions are for things that are really hard to get domestically.
Nice. A tiny fraction of the opportunity cost of working as a founding engineer, people come to you to be vetted, and you can shotgun-approach it. Most of us are in the wrong business.
What does this mean for dummies? Altman family was already rich?
Raidium | Paris, France | Senior Software Engineer / Tech Lead | Full-time | ONSITE | https://raidium.eu | Medical Tech, AI

Raidium develops a radiological foundation model as the “GPT” of radiology. This new generation of AI will enable the building of an imaging biomarker factory for both clinical practice and research, tackling the complexity of precision medicine. We are a team of 10, with machine learning engineers, researchers, and doctors.

We are looking for our first Software Engineer. You will play a pivotal role in developing the Raidium product and integrating Machine Learning models. This is a very transversal position involving full-stack Development of the Raidium product and internal tools, machine learning models Integration, and mentoring.

We are open to senior or junior roles. In practice, you will work alongside the ML teams. You will work in Raidium's Parisian offices (in the Cochin Faculty) and have the opportunity to spend some afternoons at our companion center, where you will work with CT scans and MRIs!

Send us an email with your resume at careers@raidium.eu

Our website: https://raidium.eu

Manifesto: https://medium.com/raidium/is-ai-for-radiology-solved-in-202...
Or just fire fast in general.
Are those significant numbers of real people or do you just imagine they exist to make you feel superior? From what I've seen, non-technical people generally see AI as usually wrong. They laugh at it not knowing how many fingers to draw on a person, for instance. Just today, I heard DJs on a local radio station using ChatGPT to write recipes. They had a laugh at the silly things it came up with and concluded that we don't need to worry about AI taking our jobs yet.

I think people have a greater weakness for trusting other humans. The world is full of people who do destructive things to themselves and others because they trusted confident liers or other believers who had themselves been fooled. Even on a small group level, people tend to favor ideas from those with higher social status rather than evaluating the ideas themselves. AI not being a respected human wouldn't have that social power.
Sure, but it was fairly obvious to the critical eye that neither blockchain nor VR/metaverse were likely to have much impact beyond a few niches. Neither solves problems many people actually have. And a lot of the tech world rightly scoffed at the whole Facebook/Meta "transformation".

But machine learning has been used for years behind the scenes in things like recommendations and clarification. And LLMs specifically, even in their current infancy, have shown immediate value in some cases (e.g. coding assistants) and obvious potential across a vast number of domains.
User Research Is Storytelling
Sorry, but can you list examples of practical and less practical hub caps? :D

Bed I agree the angle around cabin is too steep for some, but otherwise seems like regular truck.
Whiteboard questions are great, if the question is like two orders of magnitude simpler than the day to day. At that point you’re answering “has this person seen a computer before, and are they able to do the simplest possible task?”. Which I think your experience has also shown, can be a live question for far more candidates than one would expect.

The problems come when a company overestimates that threshold, either by selecting too hard a task, or believing their work requires more than it does. Then the question selects for (a) savants and (b) people who study for interviews. Unsurprisingly (b)s outnumber (a)s, and then get pissed when they realize how disconnected the material they studied is from the job, and write things like TFA.
Hi, I’m Sam. An honest technologist.

https://github.com/sgammon

Location: SF Bay Area

Remote: Yes or Hybrid

Willing to relocate: Yes

Résumé/CV: upon request

Email: sam at elide dot dev

Technologies: Kotlin, GraalVM, TypeScript, Swift, Rust, transport (HTTP2/TLS, many others). Specialize in dev tools and AI. I have built teams and sold companies. Let’s build something cool together!
> All I remember is that their were multiple times over the years when patches were sent and when changes were requested each time the submitter just vanished but I might be misremembering.

The original bug report contained multiple comments pointing out that a file chooser is not a full blown file browser and that it either should not display or cause the creation of new thumbnails.

> and when changes were requested each time the submitter just vanished but I might be misremembering.

Like the guy who stopped responding after only a year of complete radio silence from the GNOME devs?

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=141154&
Claude Shannon, whose paper is the only example I named, never got a nobel prize. So I'm unsure what point you're making.
In the set of errors that cause production outages, inefficient algorithms is a pretty small subset though. I still think it can be a useful proxy for other things you might value in engineers though.
> IMO, the solution is apprenticeships/probationary offers. "Try before you buy" goes both ways - it gives the candidate and opportunity to try out the company (how many companies like about their culture, tools, quality, and work/life balance?!).

I had an ideal experience with the job that did this with me. It wasn't a probationary offer, they just offered me a seat as a contractor for a month as a tryout. At the end of the first week I found a buggy, unoptimized query that was slowing down a critical part of their site and frustrating them for a while, fixed it, and they made me an offer at the end of the day. Everybody was happy.

I don't know why this isn't done more often.
I use lan.urda.com for mine. Looooove having a public and private DNS record set.
This is my dream job! I love SwiftUI and I love pitching. I've raised about $100k for past startups through pitch competitions, but I'm really in love with the technical side of product development.I just submitted my application through the link, my name is Ben.

I don't want to spray too much on a public forum, but I'd love to tell you about what I've worked on in the past.
Why use your own computer when you could use someone else's computer.
This is a great explanation of important points many people fail to recognize. Thank you!
Good evidence that glucose restriction helps. Jury's totally out on ketogenic diet vs. other forms of glucose restriction..

Nobody compared it to a glycolysis-limiting gluconeogenesis-focused diet.

It sure is weird to support ketogenic diet without looking at other forms of glucose control.
I've worked at companies that required very heavy whiteboard interviews and companies that banned them. The caliber of engineers at the whiteboard heavy companies was higher at each. At this point I see them as a needed filter.
How would Google push DRM by filing false [1] copyright claims against various Chromium forks, which presumably wouldn't even contain any hypothetical DRM keys?

Regular old Chrome does in fact include a Widevine DRM binary blob, but Chromium doesn't contain the source for it.

If Google really wanted to push something like browser attestation (like they potentially did with their Web Environment Integrity proposal), almost by definition that part couldn't be open sourced either and would not be part of Chromium.

[1] Chromium is licensed under various open source licenses that Google can't retroactively revoke. Even for code that they own the full copyright on, they can at most release future versions under a closed license; for GPL-ed dependencies, that wouldn't work at all (not sure if Chromium has any).