skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Wow! Thank you! I had dropped out of school, got interested in computers, and returned part-time in 1978, eventually getting my degree in 1981. Although I used the Univacs, I never actually saw them! In 1980-1981, I worked as an undergraduate programmer for Dr. Kanal (pattern recognition and image processing), whose office was a step across the hallway from Dr. Rosenfeld's office (who founded the Computer Vision Lab). This gave me access to the graduate student computing facilities -- no more punch cards, but the extremely diverse array of terminals at that time made me understand the need for Unix's termcap! I also did work on the new VAX they got and Dr. Kanal's PDP-11/Unix in the computing lab, but, not yet being a hacker, I didn't take as full advantage of them as I should have!

Yeah, Goddard was great. I was in Building 28 off and on from 1982-1984 and then in Building 23 from 1994-1996. Good times! Thank you for sharing your memories and your father's.
I like the cut of his jib.
Apologies, I did miss that. However it seems to still underperform.

See this thread, screenshots on the first page.

http://forum.doom9.net/showthread.php?p=1947856#post1947856

I was remembering from this a couple years ago, but focused on the parameters shown and missed that they were derived from --tune grain.
I had logo on my Atari 800 back in '82. After having learned BASIC, it took a while for me to wrap my head around list-oriented programing. After a few weeks of beating my head against the manual, however, I got halfway good at it.

Then, my little brother, 12 years younger than me, in 2nd grade, sits down and 2 days later he's programming circles around me. He could make that atari dance like Fred Astaire.

And I was the one who wanted to be a computer programmer. He had no inclination in that direction at all, and became a businessman.

I learned a very painful and embarrassing lesson about how learning the wrong programming language can give you brain damage.
I think there's not enough information here to give advise. (Also not sure if random internet folks give better advise than your own therapist).
It's mostly that the rules are propagated by hearsay from 10 yo:s.

If you don't add all the house rules all kids use to prolong the game, it is quite playable.

For some reason alot of kids love it. I think handling money is the main lure.
Electrolysis is super-expensive and slow. Industrially oxygen can be extracted cheaply using fractional distillation of air, but it can't be scaled down for individual welders.
The brigade with literal Nazi symbols as their main insignia.

It's not a "literal Nazi" symbol. Importantly, it has a reverse orientation, and different proportion of its segments when compared with the Wolfsangel symbol. When you hold the two up together -- the difference is quite noticeable.

And even more importantly -- it just doesn't mean what you want it to mean. Azov maintains it wasn't derived from the Wolfsangel symbol, and is adamant that it is not intended as a symbol of Nazi affiliation or of support for Nazi ideology. In fact they say it derives from the abbreviation "National Idea", which means yes, they are self-described nationalists -- but not with any Nazi affiliation of the sort that you're trying to scare us with.

From Wikipedia:

Andreas Umland, a scholar from the Stockholm Center for Eastern European Studies, told Deutsche Welle that though it had far-right connotations, the Wolfsangel was not considered a fascist symbol by the population in Ukraine.[114] In 2022 political scientist Ivan Gomza wrote in Krytyka that the symbolism of the regiment had become associated with a "successful fighting unit that protects Ukraine", and wrote that other connotations are lost on most people in Ukraine.

You don't have to like Azov or their beliefs. But the simple fact is, they do not use Nazi insignia, and when asked, their leaders uniformly state that they explicitly reject Nazism and antisemitism, and that they have Jewish members (and in fact a lot of native Russian speakers).

They've even jumped on the pro-Israel bandwagon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vMAo_zOgBA

If you keep digging you can also find a precious video of Azov commanders line dancing with orthodox rabbis on one of their visits.

You're delusional if you ...

The irony here that on this particular subject at least -- the one who's been played and propagandized is you.

That's why the usual actors who keep repeating the "Azov == Nazi" narrative based on trigger symbols, marginal sample data and other misleading information keep on doing so. Precisely because they know that it doesn't have to align with the facts -- and either way it will push your buttons, and spike your cortisol levels to exactly the range where they need them to be.
yeah, but it will be like a chatgpt like interface, where you can see all the output, the source, and the final answer, and you can ask further questions
Ah I see, taking a page from the Google playbook and aggressively culling less popular products. I wonder how many sales Google's reputation for capricious culling has cost them.
> Yes, the majority of US car buyers will literally buy the biggest gas guzzling pollution spewer they can afford.

This would be a sufficient explanation if and only if SUVs were cheaper than trucks. They're not, so the rising popularity of SUVs cannot be because skirting emissions regulations allowed selling a cheaper gas guzzler.

(This is aside from the fact that is referenced by another comment further up [0] that most modern SUVs aren't actually significantly less fuel efficient than traditional vehicles.)

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40698910
Peutetre referred to physical media when talking about content distribution licensing. You then used a non-sequitur to argue that physical media don't fall under this category, so I will be siding with them.
To be honest I don't really care about pointless internet arguments. I think it would be more intellectually interesting if you posted your issues with AOM instead (who I happen to also dislike)
Very interesting! but not that - it was much more recent, few years ago. What I'm thinking of was not writing about a 22 year cycle; it was arguing for two independent cycles, one deep in the solar atmosphere, one toward the surface.
I’ve noticed I count syllables on my fingers when writing in meter.
I think there are two separate perspectives. For developers Open Telemetry is a clear win - high-quality vendor agnostic instrumentation backed by a reputable orgs. I instrumented with traces many business critical repos at my company (major customer support SaaS) with OTEL in Ruby, Python, JS. Not once was I confused/blocked/distracted by the presence of logs/metrics in the spec. However, can’t say much from the observability vendor perspective trying to be fully compatible with OTEL spec including metrics/logs. Article mentions customers having issues with using tracing instrumentation - it would’ve been great to back this up with corresponding github issues explaining the problems. Based on the presented JS snippet (just my guess) maybe the issue is with async code where the “span.operation” span gets immediately closed w/o waiting for the doTheThing()? Yeah - that’s tricky in JS given its async primitives. We ended up just maintaining a global reference to the currently active span and patching some OTEL packages to respect that. FWIW Sentry JS instrumentation IS really good and practical. Would have been great if Sentry could donate/contribute/influence to OTEL JS SIG with specific improvements - would be a win-win. As much as I hate DataCanine pricing they did effectively donated their Ruby tracing instrumentation to OTEL which I think is one of the best ones out there.
Distro repositories (like the one you have on Debian / Ubuntu / Redhat etc) do this.

They work on a different model, where only packages that are deemed "worthy" are included, and there's a small-ish set of maintainers that are authorized to make changes and/or accept change requests from the community. In contrast, programming language package managers like cargo, pip or npm let anybody upload new packages with little to no prior verification, and place the responsibility of maintaining them solely on their author.

The distribution way of doing things is sometimes necessary, as different distributions have different policies on what they allow in their repositories, might want to change compilation options or installation paths, backport bug and security fixes from newer project versions for compatibility, or even introduce small code changes to make the program work better (or work at all) on that system.

One example of such a repository, for the Alpine Linux distribution, is at https://github.com/alpinelinux/aports
Written language and mathematics have been around for thousands of years; Why must there must be better way than text to make a program? It's how humans communicate. It's how you're reading this right now. This comment wouldn't be better as a picture or as a YouTube video.

In all my experience with visual programming over several decades has been awful and it's because it's the wrong medium for complex ideas.
The Incompatibility of Open Core and Profit Incentives
A new cross platform web based code editor/environment
The Grand Code Environment (GCE) is a next-gen code editor platform that redefines the development experience. With seamless cross-platform support, unparalleled customization, and a powerful integrated backend, GCE allows you to focus on building intuitive user interfaces without backend hassles. Whether you're coding on Linux, macOS, Windows, or Android, GCE offers a flexible, high-performance environment tailored to your needs.
Which again sounds nice, but simply isn’t useful right now.

Understanding why really comes down to following each step of the progression from natural uranium ore > natural uranium > etc. But basically U238 is really cheap, and nothing else in the process is.
Restarting uvicorn Workers with the SIGHUP Signal
But on a Pi you don't have to use Yocto. Raspbian is always faster to develop for.

Source: have worked on both Pi based solutions and custom hardware with yocto.
This isn't really true for anything but the basics.

If you're having a conversation with someone who asks more than surface-level questions, but hasnt more than surface-level knowledge, the answers can require many years of study -- or, at least, hours of conversation to get anywhere. This situation is incredibly frustrating if you're an expert, often because these question-askers aren't at all willing to listen to hours of you explaining many things to them.

Consider a person who says, "I heard rust was better than python because its safe" -- where would one even begin? Suppose now you're dealing with a person who knows enough to make the claim, but isnt patient enough to have memory safety, garbage collection, interpreters, etc. explained

This is often the situation experts are in. Indeed, it's a majority of hackernews threads.
I don't quite understand the idea or fascination behind the Dyson spheres. Isn't it much more complex to acquire the materials, build, and maintain the structure than to simply build localized nuclear power generators where they need them? Surely it's a lot easier to capture more power of a controlled fusion reaction than build a huge megastructure in space where objects can collide at immense speeds and cause devastating damage.
Game looks great and is on my wishlist!
Quick feedback:

- The logo looks uninspiring. Try to use one of those free logo makers. Later on if things are picking up you can always get a professional to create one for you.

- The layout isn't balanced. The alignment of elements makes the page look weird, e.g. the header is aligned to the left but the buttons underneath are center aligned.

- Font sizes and colors. Improve the contrast ratio and make them a bit bigger. Don't underline text if they are not links.

- Headers don't need a fullstop, e.g. 'Features.'

- Color scheme looks washed out.

Get one of those free (or paid) Tailwind templates. Like this one:

https://www.tailwindawesome.com/resources/play/demo
> If (fake name) EconoAir's manager at your local airport did not understand Flight Plans well enough to quickly draw one up - would you want to own EconoAir's stock, or fly on their airplanes?

So since universities obviously do not focus on teaching that material, do you suppose that people in positions of authority at airlines don't understand flight plans?

Universities are institutions of higher learning, you can acquire the industry-specific mundane details on the job.

If you used Scheme in your CS program, you can figure out whatever tech stack your company is using. It's really not any different.
I've gone this direction with my home lab stuff as well. I have an assortment of older RPis up to a couple RPi 4Bs. Most I bought to use on projects where I wanted Linux plus GPIOs and they were and still are good for that purpose.

I've also given in to the temptation to use them as little servers on my LAN for various sorts of things. I've even tried to use them for HTPC boxes and they have worked ok.

However I have sent all my Pi's back to projects where I just want Linux plus GPIO. For everything else I replaced them with cheap mini PCs.

1) a bare Pi on a workbench/desk is fine but when connected to a TV in the living room has a very low WAF.

2) the arrangement of ports on a Pi are a complete pain in the ass. Even with a case any installation of a Pi looks like a careless hack job.

3) MicroUSB is complete fucking garbage. The port/connector wears or breaks and the slightest bump powers off the Pi. MicroUSB power supplies are usually also garbage and typically have criminally short cables. "Appliance" appropriate power for a Pi costs more than the Pi itself. USB-C in the 4B is better but I've only got one of those.

4) like power supplies a decent microSD card that won't randomly fail in a Pi ends up costing as much as a Pi.

I replaced a bunch of individual Pis running servers with a single mini PC with an N95. The Pis weren't taxed with the server loads so the N95 doesn't break a sweat. It's also way easier to manage since the various server apps are managed by a docker compose file.

The mini PCs replacing the HTPC Pis are just a better experience overall. The ports are all on one side, they have same barrel connectors for power, and their local storage doesn't magically corrupt itself because the unknowingly cheap power supply didn't provide enough power.

I still love the Pis for small nerd projects but just don't want to deal with them anymore for pretty much anything else. If you don't need GPIO for a project and physical volume isn't a prime concern a <$100 mini PC is a far more convenient option today than a Pi. That wasn't true ten years ago which was why I started using Pis for servers and stuff but today it is definitely the case.
> Bacteria's impact are for two years, virus impact are for five years.

Did you just make this up?
Simulations and models, regardless of whether they're designed for fun or for realism, can still teach you plenty of things about the real world; sometimes not from the simulation itself but explicitly by its omissions. The fact that SimCity famously removed all the parking lots tells you something interesting right away. The fact that City Skylines bites the bullet of traffic and renders it in fairly sophisticated detail -- to the degree that the game often devolves into "Traffic Management Simulator" instead of "City Builder Simulator" -- is another such interesting lesson.

But in terms of "how directly transferable are lessons learned directly from the model" is always going to depend on the model's assumptions.

Fun fact -- have you ever heard of the "Monocentric city model?" It comes up in a lot of econ papers, and a lot of urban economics, and therefore a lot of real world policy is based on it.

The "Monocentric city model" is about as simplistic as it gets -- it models the city as a LINE. IE, you have a bunch of agents, and they live some distance from the city, and they have different travel/commuting costs proportional to their distance from the city center; let's run that and see what kinds of consequences fall out of it.

Turns out it's actually a pretty good model and generates outcomes that are pretty analogous to what we see in the real world! Is it perfectly representative of the real world? Of course, not, it models the city as a friggin line. But if we're talking about sheer complexity alone, SimCity is already orders of magnitude more complex than this famous economic model. But that in and of itself doesn't mean that a successful SimCity city would make for a successful real world city, because it's not just about sheer complexity, it's about the appropriateness of the assumptions.
> Like for instance how China banned single serving plastic usage.

It is not that clear cut in that case.

> In fact, life-cycle assessments on items such as single-use plastic bags have shown that there is a discrepancy between actual re-use rates of alternative bags and the re-use rate to break even on environmental grounds. Paper bags need to be re-used four times, LDPE bags five times, non-woven PP bags 14 times and cotton bags 173 times. Their actual re-use rates are about half that, making them less sustainable than single-use plastic bags, which may also be used by consumers as bin liners.

https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/3620887-would...
The extent to which this could be enforced would be fine, actually. These products/services should be phased out already, if not fully banned.
All your pros are cons when you use a Pi as a 24/7 router or home server :)

Requirements may vary.
> oh c'mon

Spellchecking on Android is a disaster.

In my university I often see students and researchers who explicitly ask for test subjects who do not have a mental health diagnosis, dyslexia, etc.
I linked elsewhere Will talking about the procedural generation. But now we have The Power of Generative AI. Those editors you've built could sure be way different, just doodle your monster and watch it come alive. 'etc.

I would like to make Spore meets Second Life Powered by AI.
Also Space Exploration games really took off in the years since Spore..

This is fertile ground there are so many directions to take it with modern hardware and the recent advancments. Time for another kick at the cat I say. Wanna apply to YC together? :)

I'm not even kidding, I gots ideas. Also randoms reading this if you're picking up what I'm laying down. But to get on the team first you have to buy and read his book.

P.S. - Somebody recently called me about how a Burger King Advertisement doxxed them. In the middle of the commercial it knew their name and IP address and zoomed unto their house with custom comical narration about which burger they like.

One day a Simulation of Everything Game with a little trickery could plausibly stun the player by suddenly showing them a little cartoonish version of themselves playing it in their own room.

I'm just sayin'.
The months after July are named after numbers, but the names are from the old calendar when the year started in March.
The Inventory Screen's Health ECG [re-impl of RE2] (2023)
We in the west can't change your government to ban hacking requests.

We can block whole countries and make a practical reduction in hacks. Sorry that you got caught in the middle and feel you have no options.

Maybe someone who does have options and makes their money from non-hacking will be inconvenienced and ask for change instead.
This is why I like what Go does, where you're downloading from Git directly (optionally proxied through Google, yes)
Agreed. My experience with experts--both being one in my domain and working with others in their domain--is that if they can't explain how it works to a layman, chances are they don't know how it works.

True experts can understand from the layman's perspective and tailor the response to that level of understanding.
Heck, Cellphone distraction is a major problem for me, and I haven't been in a classroom since the Clinton era.
True - but those are the exceptions, not the rule.

Most modern systems aren’t discrete transistor amplifiers where an arbitrary 1k to gnd will massively affect bias point or circuit operation.

For digital interfaces, or power supplies below ~24V, it’s a great high bandwidth probe option. Much cheaper than active probes too.
All his comments are pro war in Israel and Ukraine.

This is 100 percent false, and in fact the complete reverse of my position in regard to the Palestine conflict.

The statement "pro war in Ukraine" is nonsense also. This is a defensive war from the Ukrainian perspective, obviously and unambiguously so. Supporting their right to defend themselves is not a "pro war" position, and it is intellectually dishonest to suggest that it is.
what is chatgpt as a product more than just “really good weights”?
This article is about cpnecting the radioactive atom to a "sticky" part that only sticks to the cancer, so most of the radiation goes ti the cancer.

It's not a perfect conection, so other cells may be unlucky. The hard part is that cancer cells are too very similar to the original nornal cells, so picking where to stick is difficult.

I'm not sure about this article, but sometimes the problem is solved with custom personalized versions of the drug, but in that case the treatment is very expensive.
> Pokatokaino

According to Google Translate, that would be "shortcuts" in Maori. (Reverse, "Pokatata".) Nice!
RAV4 is a Toyota vehicle available as ICE, HV, and PHEV...
hosted on Vercel and Github...
Sounds interesting, if perhaps less fun than Masters of Doom.
I look forward to reading it for free some day. And I probably like that ink smell, although I agree that it's important that a book should smell good.
I don’t particularly disagree with the bulk of this comment. But I’ll note that it’s substantially different than your original one, which is not about responsibility but about a hypothetical peace that would spontaneously occur if Israel would unilaterally drop its campaign. I don’t think that’s realistic, even though I agree that the side with a functional state bears additional responsibility.
- "In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant." Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant"
The main thing I did was design the Editors (like the Creature Creator), but I initially joined as an intern in 2001 and did some really fun divergent prototypes for Will Wright while the project was in a nascent state, and a bunch of other stuff during development.

There's a whole book to be written about Spore (but I'm done writing books for now), but the simple answer is that the difference between "hoping for" and "final" product encompasses a lot of what makes software and game development (or really any creative project for that matter) interesting. Especially when multiple people are involved. And that is part of what sparked this project, which took over a decade to research and write.

(Also, many years ago I wrote a chapter for another MIT Press book about some early Spore history. It's reproduced on this deprecated blog: http://www.levitylab.com/blog/2011/02/brief-history-of-spore...)
I'm a little biased because I grew up with it, but I think the best LOGO implementation was for the COLECO ADAM, with its amazing manual:

https://archive.org/details/coleco-adam-smart-logo-manual
> no industrial rated parts and forced use of SD cards for system disks, which in that context are a no-no

They kinda work if the system is not mission critical. Just have them self reboot every 4 hours :)