skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
TL;DR: They mine the Antarctic for ice, creating huge sinkholes, then fill the holes in with raw sewage, a gift for future generations. Environmentally friendly, right!
> It may be creepy, but someone has to notice these things as the proverbial canary in the coalmine.

I do not disagree, but there is a way to notice it and comment on it that has far less probability of being considered "creepy" by someone reading. The author is of course free to do as they please, doesn't make their point any more right or wrong.
I think it shows exactly what kind of people FOSS users are. Big on talking about their freedoms and rights and how they're oppressed and victims of everybody else and everything else. But in reality they just want free stuff.

Small time developers should come over to the Mac side of things, where users are happy to pay a fair price for apps of any size, and especially boutique apps. That's how I as a user respect the developer: by paying for his work.
I had Asahi installed on my MacBook for over a year. I mostly use macOS on it but every now and again I boot into it, upgrade the system, have a poke around, try a few things.

Today I did that. There was a major upgrade to Fedora 40. Now the computer won't boot on Linux, missing the initramfs IIRC.
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That's nice. I wish more places worldwide followed. My contract has a noncompete:(
> Earth feels like a chemical reaction over a very long period of time.

Life itself is very much this: one giant, ongoing, turbulent chemical reaction, brewing in a pot the size of a planet.
Well it's like comparing zoomers to millenials today. Zoomers certainly feel like a different generation to me.
How big is "Giant"

30 foot long earthworms with an 8 foot wide diameter?

Could it be earthworm Jim?

Nah its humans
> I don't believe you can fully prepare a grid for winds bringing down trees and residential/transmission lines

No, but perhaps you can have better plans for responding to such events, different staffing practices, temporary measures of some sort, etc.
There are companies where applied scientists are required to code well. Just ask how they are hired before joining (that should be a positive feature).
> NOAA/NWS, for example, is extremely underfunded so if they had to privilege to buy it they probably couldn't come to an agreement to buy it. As a result, they can't use that data to improve the accuracy of alerts/warnings/forcasts, the same exact tools that the big weather companies make all their money from. It's a shit cycle and totally unfair IMO.

Huh? This is kind of an odd take for a few reasons. For starters, NOAA isn't "extremely underfunded"; with the possible exception of the current budgeting cycle, NOAA generally does pretty well and has strong bipartisan support. It could always use more money, but I wouldn't call it "underfunded.

The reason NOAA doesn't buy more data is because most of the available data has limited value. Personal weather stations have substantial quality issues and add almost no value in areas where we already have high-quality surface observations. We thin out and throw away a ton of surface observations already during the data assimilation process to initialize our forecast models anyways - data from aloft is far more valuable and impactful from a forecast impact perspective.

For what it's worth, few if any companies use proprietary observations to improve their forecasts. It's an open secret that the vast majority of companies out there are just applying proprietary statistical modeling / bias correction on top of publicly available data. Only a handful of companies actually have novel observations, and there's limited evidence it makes a significant difference in the forecast. At best, it can result in the way that those statistical corrections are applied to existing forecasts and ensembles - you can count on one hand the number of companies that actually run a vertically-integrated stack including data assimilation of proprietary observations and end-to-end numerical modeling.

That isn't to say there isn't unique value in the observations. It's just that the industry flagrantly misleads about how they use them.
Sunspot cycles are sometimes mentioned as a possible factor in climate change, especially by those skeptical of human generated causes. The downvoters might have mistaken the comment as being related to this instead of being a different solar variable.
Another problem is the ratings. Everything there seems way overrated. You'll see a ton of 5-star or 4-star ratings for things that are barely readable.
How much does a robot cost?
Isn’t this just a varient of beigification?

https://www.purewow.com/home/beigification-beige-color-trend
How the Fridge Changed Flavor
Things Keep Getting Worse for the Humane AI Pin
It also relies on things such as their wearing red crosses like crusaders. Given this is in Georgia it is likely that this would be the cross of St George (as on the English flag).
I think they don't really have to include anything in case they claim the app is a distinct product loosely based on the MIT-licensed original. This would be a reasonable claim if they dedicated some time to introduce notable differences besides just replacing the logos. Nevertheless it would be polite to credit the original author somewhere in the about box and donate some money to him if you use his work to earn money.
OK, that's a data point.
It’s not a really good article in that way. There should be a decision tree per application that guides you to the language choice.

What are the R packages and what is available in Python? Are the Python or R packages just calling a C library after all, then does memory or single threading matter?

What about Julia, can you better express your thoughts and equations in Julia and that’s most important for your project?

Do you want to work in notebooks or build ‘production’ code?

Do you need to put your work on the web?
I think that detractors of transit believe that eliminating cars is the goal like it’s this black and white thing. It’s either 100% cars or 0% cars. “If I can’t do 100% of every possible trip on transit, it’s not a good investment.”

But the reality is that reducing car trips is really helpful to congestion and traffic for everyone, and having alternative options can make a lot of sense to a lot of people if they’re planned well.

If I take all my daily commutes in with the Metra but then my weekend trip to the city outside the business center is in a car, I still reduced my dependency on my car by huge percentage. That means more of my miles are being spent on safer, more energy efficient, less costly mass transit.

And anyway, you’re not really correct here in the first place. Chicago commuter rail stations downtown have easy connectivity to the L and numerous buses.

You just brazenly claim that nobody wants to transfer but it happens all the time.

Yes, it can take longer than driving…except when it doesn’t, because Chicago has two or three of the nation’s slowest highways. Metra plus a transfer is often a trivial difference in travel time, plus on the Metra you can relax, use the bathroom, and even legally drink a beer if you wish.

Many trips using the L plus Metra transfer are pretty competitive to drive times. Obviously it doesn’t work for every trip but doing a Metra ride plus a $10 Taxi ride will beat parking costs, plus you’re not operating and maintaining a personal vehicle.

Finally, for those who can’t drive at all or have difficulty doing so, having an option that’s slower or less convenient than driving is still a godsend. Being able to get somewhere via transit in 2 hours will beat a 1 hour car ride when the alternative is not taking the trip at all because you’re elderly or disabled and can’t drive yourself. If your car got totaled and you can’t afford a new one having a transit option solved the catch 22 of needing a job to pay for a car and needing a car to get to your job.
Don't know how HN hivemind works but there's nothing in this question that should lead to downvotes.
what’s good weather station hw to get? thinking ultrasonic wind instrument and some type of radar
I used to navigate Italy as a tourist using the three green volumes of the Carta stradale d’Italia (1:200,000), whose detail included passages that could barely be driven by a rental car. There are since map series at 1:50,000 and 1:25,000 [1].

I found this post title "Italian streets that don't exist on any map" misleading, given my experiences there. The article describes fictitious streets.

[1] https://geospatial.com/resources/country-data/italy/
what's next that urgently needs mem-safety? /bin/true?
The hobbyists are still on wunderground, I still use it to regularly check some in my neighborhood.

The only "bad" thing Weather Underground did was they ended their free API for non-contributors. [1]

I believe personal weather station contributors still get free access to a different API that wunderground moved to. [2][3]

[1] https://archive.md/xe9B1

[2] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eKCnKXI9xnoMGRRzOL1xPCBi...

[3] https://github.com/cytech/Home-Assistant-wundergroundpws/?ta...
The parent comment had three examples...
PWAs Will continue to grow to everywhere. JS is a non stoppable virus
Pretty certain management have 0 control over which alarms can be disabled on the equipment. And I would bet that the equipment from other brands have the same issue.
With hostages still held, I don't see Israel giving up.

Would the USA if a terrorist group in Mexico had attacked and retreated with hostages to Mexico? A wall would not be on the agenda.
Google made money on Android. As long as you're not making direct changes to Kernel code, you're free to close source anything you add. The existence of AOSP didn't prevent the Playstore or google play service from making Google the sole controller of Android. That's how it turns into a goldmine.
These data are already consumed operationally by the major global weather modeling centers - e.g., check out the AMDAR [1] or ACARS programs. There are commercial agreements which restrict third-party access to these data in real-time, but they are widely disseminate with a 24-48 hour lag in the observational archives that NOAA curates for weather modeling.

These data are a very important input for operational weather forecasting. On a global basis, we've seen how losing these data during the pandemic due to reductions in air travel decreased forecast model skill [2]. Furthermore, ACARS profiles derived from aircraft landing at airports where severe weather is expected are regularly used to complement SPECI weather balloon launches.

[1]: https://community.wmo.int/en/activity-areas/aircraft-based-o...
[2]: https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/apme/59/11/JAMC-D...
Green ammonia is already being commercially deployed by folks like Talus. Yes, we'd have to invest hard in renewables and nuclear, but it's absolutely achievable. Ammonia production is whole integer percent of global energy use, that's not an impossible number to supply with hydrogen.

Additionally, pulse crop rotation is increasingly being used to provide some free nitrogen to the soil.

Bioreactors with Azotobacter vinelandii are showing promise in providing nitrogen fixing in a reactor.

And like, industrial composting produces fertilizers with plenty of nitrogen. Soybeans, in particular, need no nitrogen inputs and produce plenty of both useful food and nitrogen containing plant matter.

Our wastewater also contains tons of nitrogen, both from biosolids and from agricultural runoff. These are difficult to get at safely, admittedly, but not impossible.

If you pause to think about it, all that manure needs to come from feedstock plus other inputs (water, etc). If you diverted that same feedstock into producing fertilizer (in the case of soybeans) or not producing at all (in the case of dent corn) you'd have plenty of material and a reduced demand. Manure doesn't just magically come from no inputs.
You can also do almost every common procedure online using one of many authentication providers and there are many third parties providing auth services.

Compared to say cl@ve in Spain, which only works on a handful sites and for few operations beyond visualization, or Ireland where you have to leg it to the right office, Italy is like living in the future. As long as your data is correct in the system.

Italians like to complain a lot but I think it's because few experienced the actual pain of living abroad
Oh My Posh - A prompt theme engine for any shell.
I really don't get people selfhosting on a VPS. Defeats the purpose of independence/privacy, limited resources, a few months of bills would cover hardware and electricity.
Years ago, I made a significant piece of money with a game on the Windows Mobile app store. I'm French and, at that time, was unable to get the right documents to receive my money on my bank account. It was as if the Microsoft store was only conceived for US citizens. I kept trying to contact anyone at Microsoft, using various communication channels but received 0 response and the money kept growing.

Fortunately, I won a Microsoft chalenge about apps development. I had the opportunity to go to Seattle and assist to the next Microsoft mobile OS (Windows Phone). At the presentation, I took the opportunity, during a coffee break, to explain my situation to the presenter. He was so sorry and gave me an operational contact. Days later everything was resolved and I finally received my money.

Lesson learned: Microsoft is a huge bureaucracy but you can manage to find real involved and competent people. As a French person, I know how to deal with bureaucracy: avoid it if you can. I switched to other development platform and never go back to Microsoft.
In my experience talking to people who present themselves as knowledgable about these sorts of things, it's a self-reinforcing feedback loop.

Auto makers sell mostly black and white vehicles, and because of that, they think that's what people want.

The reason, though, is that fleet buyers (especially governments at all levels) only buy black or white vehicles, because they're easy to brand.

Ten people buying red cars with green stripes aren't going to register when the city Public Works department buys 1,000 plain white ones.

Then the auto makers stop making red cars with green stripes, and the regular people end up buying black and white because that's what's available.
Timechain vs. Blockchain: A Deep Dive into Bitcoin Terminology
Good point. Another thing is the participants might not finish the relatively large high protein meals that IF-P would have compared to the smaller CR meals.
I remember getting charged $3 every time I returned a rented game without the manual.
Are there any tools so see what predication models are most accurate for your personal station?
Comparing LLM Optimization Tools: VLLM, LMDeploy, MLC-LLM, TensorRT-LLM, and TGI
Ballpark, 80k to 150k for those Furuno systems in the USA depending on single or dual polarity, etc. I have taken the sales pitch.
I love DSHR's classic email of October 18, 1990 about his experience actually trying to USE the Sun Desktop Environment instead of merely showing off wizzy demos, which "somebody" leaked (blink blink sheepish grin) a long time ago. I wish I could flame as evocatively as he did in the PostScript of his email. It still perfectly applies today to so many applications and websites.

https://www.donhopkins.com/home/catalog/unix-haters/slowlari...

From: dshr@Eng (David Rosenthal)
Newsgroups: sun.open-windows
Subject: Re: Deskset environment
Date: 18 Oct 90 17:02:39 GMT

[... timeless points about software and ui design omitted -- see the link! ...]

PS - I notice that someone filed a bug today pointing out that even your example of dropping a mail message on CM doesn't work if CM is closed. That's a symptom of the kind of arrogance that all the deskset tools seem to show - they're so whizzy and important that they deserve acres of screen real estate.

Why can't they just shut up and do their job efficiently and inconspicuously? Why do they have to shove their bells and whistles in my face all the time? They're like 50's American cars - huge and covered with fins. What I want is more like a BMW, small, efficient, elegant and understated.

Your focus on the whizzy demos may look great at trade shows, but who wants to have their tools screaming at them for attention all the time? It's like having a Roy Lichtenstein painting on your bedroom wall.
The expression is a social game to respond to death. It’s not real. We are not happy how he died. We are happy the way he lived. The game is to invert and mix the two. It’s a form of cognitive dissonance to manage our emotional response so it is positive not negative. You may not feel it yourself which is fine but appreciate that’s what others are doing. It’s not meant to be logical. It’s meant to be illogical.
This seems like a very reasonable response and honestly I’m kind of annoyed at everyone asking for everything to be open source all the time.
50%+ of my time is spent on backend engineering because the ML is used inside a bigger API.

I take responsibility for the end to end experience of said API, so I will do whatever gives the best value per time spent. This often has nothing to do with the ML models.
You have to promote somehow. No one is going to do it for you for free. You can hire a publicist, take out advertising, speak at events, etc. and none of those probably count as "social media" but they're neither effort nor cost-free.
Anyone else question why astronomers are so sure about things that happened 5+ billion years ago ? I guess otherwise there’d be a probably or a maybe in every sentence ? But then how do you tell when they really are sure ?
Probably because the site author is using Google Analytics and Google Ads: https://mathewsachin.github.io/privacy_policy/

I bet it has nothing to do with GitHub, they're just rendering whatever is being deployed.
Would you happen to have a breakdown on how to flash the gpu?
If you don’t live in the EU why are you concerned about the application of European law? Why would it apply to you?
The entire slate of commercial acquisitions planned or in progress can be found at [1]. It's pretty anemic; NOAA has spent far less than what folks were hoping they would. I think a major part of this is that the private sector really didn't have very many high-TRL observation systems that could readily be integrated into NOAA's assimilation and forecasting systems. Lots of planned constellations and ideas about things to do in the future, but just not that much stuff that was ready to package-up and deliver to NOAA. The most successful acquisitions for GPS/GNSS-RO and buoy/drone data seems strongly bolstered by the fact that these data were already readily assimilated by existing infrastructure.

The private sector has really embellished its capabilities to the detriment of the CDP and other programs. I think too many industry players saw NOAA's expansion here as a potential slush fund to fully subsidize their R&D, but again the TRL of planned observation systems was too low and so the system didn't really work efficiently. Classic policy failure - would make a fantastic case study or Master's thesis for someone studying weather in an STS program!

[1]: https://www.space.commerce.gov/business-with-noaa/commercial...
I have some forest land that is remote and I'd like to set up weather sensors on.

I've been stuck on what to purchase, especially since there's no dedicated power or network connections (the site does have cellular access).

The biggest hurdle I have is "here's the full kit of shit you need to buy in that case", any suggestions?
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I believe social media [with a big following] is implied. Otherwise it's useless too.
> OpenGL is a totally viable alternative.

Not really, given that Apple platforms have more or less entirely depreciated the featureset with no guarantee or expectation to keep it around.

> Other companies could with investment out class then hardware wise.

I don't even believe you. Who else can compete with Mellanox networking and custom ARM v9 cores? Even Apple doesn't really ship anything worth comparing to Nvidia's server offerings, and they're arguably best-positioned to usurp Nvidia's TSMC friendship.
I think I read somewhere that the average new car buyer is about 50 years old now. Everyone else is generally buying used.

When I think about the cars with lively colors that were available in the 2000s I think about a lot of cars designed to be “first cars” for youth buyers. Brands like Scion and makes like the Neon. But nobody is going to make cars like that when their buyer has much more toned down sensibilities.

I also buy the argument that so many cars sold on leases will influence the options available. No dealer wants to lease out an odd package of options like a pink manual transmission CRV with the top trim package and have to turn around and try to sell that after the car is returned.
Some local cities are dying in Japan. Buy a condominium $645 in a popular resor [video]
“Millenial gray” could be related too.

https://www.businessinsider.com/millennial-gray-home-interio...
Do they have a landing page in English? Post in other langues are usually ignored or flagged.
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there is nowhere you can self-promote stuff if you do not have social media [with a significant following]

They forgot the last bit.
If I were writing a book I’d definitely consider a real publisher but before that I’d be tempted to pay someone independent to be an editor and be bad cop. A student or remote worker with literary chops would do that as a first pass. Pay them to tell me what about my book sucks before wasting an editors time with a submission.
Has the government ever just done some research and maybe...asked people why they're not having kids and then address the issues?

There is something about the way Japan governs that has issues, I think it's because the society is very hierarchical and those at the top never to consider those beneath them might actually have something to say.
No, I wouldn’t compare this to interior design trends, especially since it’s the complete opposite trend going on right now with colorful postmodernism.
Dad did not land at Normandy, but he was wounded during the Battle of the Bulge. He was hit by a ricochet in the neck. A relatively minor wound that if the bullet had hit him a little further to the left, would have killed him. He never saw his attacker. But as a radio operator he was specifically targeted by enemy soldiers.

> Then they redo it somewhere else becouse someone said so.

Yes. You follow orders when in the military. Freedom of movement is one of the things you give up when you join. Or are drafted.

> The give away is how the save Ryan squad seem to have agency

They had orders direct from General Marshall (Army Chief of Staff at the time) to go get Ryan. That gave them a ton of agency.
Sorry to dismiss your conspiracy theory, but if an user adds a cookie dialog into their GitHub Pages-hosted site, that's on the author, not on GitHub.
I have moved a lot of stuff from vps to my home server but I use mine as a glorified reverse proxy for home services with appropriate firewall rules, hosting my website, Adguard dns over https, and Borg backup source. $130cdn/yr.
> amounting to roughly 5,000 repositories and 3.6 million files now available for download from peer-to-peer networks.

It sounds like they host all their dependencies and just cloned a lot of them to have them under control.

I can’t see the newspaper writing enough code to fill 5000 repositories.

There is a chance they use repositories for data or archives. Then it could make sense I guess.