skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Sorry but to put it bluntly, this point of view is essentially mystical, anti-intellectual, anti-science, anti-materialist. If you really want to take that point of view, there's maybe a few consistent/coherent ways to do it, but in that case you probably still want to read philosophy. Not bad essays by psychologists that are fading into irrelevance.

This guy in particular made his name with wild speculation about How Creativity Works during the 80s when it was more of a frontier. Now he's lived long enough to see a world where people that have never heard of him or his theories made computers into at least somewhat competent artists/poets without even consulting him. He's retreating towards mysticism because he's mad that his "formal and learned" theses about stuff like creativity have so little apparent relevance to the real world.
>Look, your claim is that selling movies on discs is not content distribution. But it clearly is.

1. No where did I make the claim selling movies on discs is not content distribution. It is however NOT ALL content distribution, which is what you implied. And Physical Media licensing has been is own category since MPEG2 as used in DVD.

2. You claim of content distribution does not include Streaming and Broadcasting. Which has been the debate of the HEVC / H,266 licensing programme during its early stage of IP Negotiation terms. If you dont know H.265's history on patent terms then my suggestion is that you read up on it. As it is often the FUD pointed towards H.265. And you are, knowing or not, repeating it.

3. >You're just wrong. Don't worry about it.

This is HN. Not Reddit. If you dont know something, ask. Stop pretending you know something that you dont.
Look at it this way, if someone is paid to say good things about the company they work for, you take what they say with a grain of salt, don't you? Snowden's situation is similar to this, in a way. He's being paid (by being allowed to stay there and to keep breathing) to criticize the US, so shouldn't we take what he says with a grain of salt? I'd argue that in Snowden's case, since it's not just his livelihood at stake (as with a company shill) but his freedom and likely his life, then he has even more incentive to stir the pot, color his statement's in Russia's favor, stretch truths, perhaps even outright lie, since the consequences of not living up to his side of the bargain are so dire.

Note: I'm not saying he definitely does this, but.... grain of salt!
I can't believe that no one there didn't anticipate the blowback. It could just have been a way for Satya to put the feature in front of their business customers. They'd likely want that feature even if consumers reject it.
The point is that different forms of print media vary greatly in terms of advertising:

Magazines and newspapers - lots of ads.

Comic books - some ads. Graphic novels and manga - few if any ads.

Books and academic journals - usually few if any ads. (Magazine type journals do feature ads however.)
>Distances are canonically defined in the space of rotations

I am sorry, but this is simply not true.

There are many distance/metric definitions that are applicable to the space of rotations, and the best choice of metric is defined by the application, which is why I asked that question.

None of them is any more "canonical" than the other. See [1][2][3] for an introduction and comparison.

[1] https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~cga/dynopt/readings/Rmetric.pdf

[2] https://rotations.berkeley.edu/geodesics-of-the-rotation-gro...

[3] https://lucaballan.altervista.org/pdfs/IK.pdf

One will find there at least four "canonical" distance definitions, and applications ranging from optometry to computer graphics to IK (which is what you referred to).

>The most widely-used concept of "average" is surely a point that minimizes the sum of squared distances...Of course, there are other senses of "average" (which generally do continue to apply to the space of rotations as well).

I know this, not all of the readers may.

What I don't know is what context the parent is coming from.

Maybe all they need is interpolating between two camera positions - which is a much simpler problem than the paper they found (and what we're discussing) is addressing.

>The application for this given by GreedCtrl's reference is to spline interpolation.

It is not clear that the reference that they have found is actually the best for their application - they only said it was something they found, and that the article we're discussing looks "simpler" for their level of mathematics.

The article we are discussing does not provide any means of "averaging" any more than two rotations, though, which motivated my question.
This is a little different to art in that it's less subjective: an optimizer that produces faster code (or perhaps smaller code, or some other optimization goal) is better, and this is measurable using benchmarks.

A tool that can give you a better compiler will be used, because people want better compilers.
The pool of C++ engineers is much bigger, and like it or not its a very proven solution. Rust still seems to have a lot of areas where its immature (gui toolkits for example)
VideoLAN Security Bulletin VLC 3.0.21
> Security Bulletin VLC 3.0.21

> Summary: Vulnerability fixed in VLC media player

> Date: June 2024

> Affected versions: VLC media player 3.0.20 and earlier

> ID: VideoLAN-SB-VLC-3021

> Details

> A denial of service through a potential integer overflow could be triggered with a maliciously crafted mms stream (heap based overflow)

> Impact

> If successful, a malicious third party could trigger either a crash of VLC or an arbitratry code execution with the privileges of the target user.

> While these issues in themselves are most likely to just crash the player, we can't exclude that they could be combined to leak user informations or remotely execute code. ASLR and DEP help reduce the likelyness of code execution, but may be bypassed.

> We have not seen exploits performing code execution through this vulnerability.

> Threat mitigation

> Exploitation of those issues requires the user to explicitly open a maliciously crafted mms stream.

> Workarounds

> The user should refrain from opening mms streams from untrusted third parties (or disable the VLC browser plugins), until the patch is applied.

> Solution

> VLC media player 3.0.21 addresses the issue.

> Credits

> Reported by Andreas Fobian of Mantodea Security GmbH

Updates for all supported platforms available at:

https://www.videolan.org/vlc/
> Someone start cloning monster geese!

Does Canada's work not count in this regard?
Is it possible to write a kernel module which will blow the PC speaker? (2007)
Do you have a link to the one you bought?
My Father Taught Me to Be a Man
For more information on government options I always go back to this link:
https://www.shareable.net/public-housing-works-lessons-from-...
An interesting fact: the overwhelming majority, if not all, of the construction is done without nails, only using wood-to-wood connections like dovetails. The whole structure is impervious to rusting of any load-bearing metal parts in the damp climate of a lake coast.
I did a simple calculation just for the lolz:

In 2018, Tesla employed ~ 14800 people, 56 billion divided by 14800 = 3783783. So apparently in 2018, for every staff member he apparently added ~ $3.7 million dollars worth of value that he should be compensated for in the form of a bonus?

It's ridiculous.
Sure, the subject matter is in the textbook, but that's not necessarily the only thing being taught—research skills (source evaluation, comparison, synthesis, etc.) also need to (or should) be taught at some point. And teaching material in multiple ways (and having student participation) is beneficial for learning and retention.

Now some parts of the case mentioned above obviously aren't great, but there are absolutely good justifications for this from an educational perspective.
Fair but I never said it was safe, just that perfect safety isnt of interest to me
Show HN: Open Source Version of AI "Math Notes" from Apple WWDC
She goes back to skydiving. I have mixed opinions about that. She should've not revealed that part.
Reminds me of the MIT's magic switch story http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/magic-story.html
Yep, this. It cannot just be situational because of what you say. And I think the strongest evidence for it being genetic is what the article touches on - how drugs that target people’s seratonin and dopamine levels work.
Issues as in deficiencies or excess of hormones or neurotransmitters. I guess I am wondering what the mechanisms of risk seeking are.
I’m struggling to think of a form of classism that ranks retail workers over trades people. Can you elaborate?
I get anxious often prior to intimicy because I worry of the strength and longevity of my "stamina" (so to speak).

However, each time I perform with the passion of 80 david hasselhoffs, running an tri-athelon; at 6'5" he one of the "tallest" in the land. Anticipitation anxiety is beatable. You can beat it. I'm beliefments.

Rest easy. I sure do after a night of passion.
From the blog:

> But curious netizens logged into Huawei Moser Mall and found that Huawei not only sells beef, but also wine and a bunch of miscellaneous global agricultural products. All Huawei malls have quietly opened a food category at some point, in which beef and wine are standard.

From the About of wccf:

> Wccf (Where Consumers Come First) tech is a leading technology publication house

My guess it's not consumers but whose who pays WCCF.

And anyone else can just look it up themselves:

https://www.huaweimossel.com/food.htm

https://www.huaweimossel.com/wine.htm

Considering the biggest company on the US market was originally a book store...
Why Python? I really don't understand this choice of language other than accessibility.
I still have my 1988 World Almanac from that game. It had a color insert with all of the world flags. I used to love looking at that.
If they had the source access would be already cloned Windows OS, similar to other hardware or innovations they shamelessly borrowed
Ah, I hear you. It’s one of those words someone will tend to use when they don’t really understand what they want to say.
doing business is hard this days. you can't be just a rich a*hole while working with people. have to care about your image. and this is one of the ways of doing it. hanging out free stuff. sort of selfless donations. but in fact this rises the bar and makes competitors' life much harder. of course you can be rich and narrow minded, like intel. but then it's hard to attract external developers and make them believe in you future. nvidia's stock rise is based on the vision, investors believe in it. while other giants are being dominated by carrier managers. who know the procedures, but absolutely blind when it comes to technology evaluation. if someone comes to them with a great idea they first evaluate how it fits in their plans. sometimes they their own primitive vision, like in facebook. which proved to be a... not that good. so, all this sort of managers can do is look at what is _alrady_ successful and try to replicate it throwing a lot of money. it may be not enough. like intel still lags behind in GPUs.
It’s almost as if Nietzsche was a nihilist :)
Seriously, do get a motorcycle. Do your research first, watch crashes, learn to be safe, but get a motorcycle. You control your amount of risk, and good god is it excellent stress relief. Also cheaper than a skydiving habit.
It's just really sad to see all in the storys about the ends of earth. Every thing a new day to kill us. Now were to be wiped out enterirely.
Almost by definition you cannot automate away 0-days.
At least for USPS address specification the syntax is roughly:

* The lowest line is the most coarse and sufficient to route to a major sorting facility.

* There's an implicit United States of America line under that, but International mail also uses the lowest line as major routing. (I guess customs I/O comes after that, and then it hits the foreign carrier if handing off.)

* Physical location for a traditional address is the next 'line or two' above that. Usefully for a human holding a thing on a street (after sorting) the numeric address is first on that line set. Then the other bits of the address follow, usually a road designation or some zone thing; this line is little-endien first.

* A building and/or person name are the top, often one line, sometimes two.

This is probably why PlusCodes retains a short human friendly string specification for a major local marker. Like a city or major municipal facility that's unlikely to move over time. Effectively it's the same as that last line or two of USPS addresses. The + mark in the syntax is similar to a numeric decimal point, while also clearly breaking the major and minor flow elements.
Won’t countable infinity > *
30 Trillion dollars....
> with similar education and experience

Anyone who uses this as the sole basis to decide if pay is equivalent between people has no idea what companies actually care about.

She sounds like a nightmare to manage.

She said she found out from a W-2 on the printer. I worked with a guy who found out a co-worker was making $10k more than him based on a paystub left on the printer. They were both guys and relatively new hires. One simply negotiated better coming into the job I suppose. I talked the guy making less off the ledge and he went to work. He was a better worker in every way vs the guy getting paid more, and over time it worked itself out. He ended up getting a bunch of promotions and raises, while the other guy eventually got let go. Working harder is the appropriate action, not filing a lawsuit. If she leaves Apple, who is going to hire her knowing that’s now her move?
The dot com bust wiped out their hardware sales as you could pick up almost new top of the range Sun hardware at auction. They never really recovered from that, despite a couple of good quarters in the mid 00s.

I think Sun tried to pivot but they couldn't put together a coherent strategy together. Some of their acquisitions were all over the place. Scott McNealy probably stuck around longer than he should have.

Contrast with Apple who had a fairly clear strategy of doubling down on the Mac and then building synergy with other products (like the iPod) to grow.
In your analogy, what is the equivalent of unsealing envelopes for Freenet, or for that matter, the World Wide Web? I thought what we were talking about was whether there is (or should be) active enforcement of regulations around the content you distribute on a particular medium.
... it's clearly in the toilet now, along with Vercel's reputation.
Because accessibility.
In light of this, Apple’s choice to integrate with ChatGPT from OpenAI looks worse. Even with its privacy promises of not revealing much information and asking the user explicitly, these and other events in OpenAI should trigger serious concerns with Apple executives. The top Apple executives have said that they started with ChatGPT because it’s the best. Maybe this partnership won’t be around this time next year.
GM's Wuling launches new $8k Bingo EV in China undercutting BYD's Seagull
Now I’m imagining a Costco acropolis. One membership for literally all your needs. Never leave Costco
> hangwriting

oh c'mon

but seriously they'd have to screen people to exclude neurodivergent people or make it so they never sign up; my guess is that the latter is really how most of research in this field works, they just ask the students to participate, eleven or so sign up and voila, publication!
I think you answered your own question there. Python is very accessible, very popular, and already widely used for GPU-based things like machine learning.
Seems like you’re focusing too much on the end goal rather than the craftsman’s journey. You know… you could build these games not for others, but for yourself, and just enjoy the learning and building process itself as a craft rather than releasing a game for fame and fortune
About a decade ago most of the hackers moved to Chiang Mai, Thailand, and set up a colony there centered around a maker space and some tolerant coffee shops. You can find them there, easy to identify by the Macbooks covered with stickers propped up on laptop stands, clacking away on mechanical keyboards.

When the seasteading colonies get up and running the hackers plan to move there.

If you want to live close to Paul Graham rather than worship from afar, he lives in Gloucestershire, England.
Yes, but if the paperwork is good, you don't have to replace a ton of parts, so investigating that first seems prudent.
Edward Stone, 88, Physicist Who Oversaw Voyager Missions, Is Dead
For targeting Brazil it seems like they didn't do the basic marketing 101 check to see if that one syllable words is by chance something to stay away from in that target market.

> Not to say it wasn't humorous though. People had a lot of fun talking about and asking others about their Koos.

Probably helped with some initial hype with some people just to be able to joke about it. Is it a bit like Mastodon's "toots", I guess. It was funny for a bit, then it was just eye rolling.

On the other hand in Russian and ex-Soviet space, "koo" would a great reference to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kin-dza-dza! a movie by Georgiy Daneliya.

> The natives of the planet appear human, with deceptively primitive-looking technology and a barbaric culture, which satirically resembles that of humans. They are telepathic; the only spoken words normally used in their culture are "ku" (koo) and "kyu" (kyoo), the former stands for everything good, the latter being a swear word that stands for every bad thing.
babies do a lot more. they have feelings. like pain, pleasure. and different verities of them. then they have a lot of things hardcoded. and they have control of their bodies and the environment. for example they quickly learn that crying helps getting what they want.
I think throughout Star Trek history the borg have proven themselves to be a noble collective worthy of naming your repo's working title after.

How do I join the collective chatroom? And of course I want to skip The Matrix. Been there, done that. If assimilation is painful, I'll endure.
The rail goes through Fresno and Bakersfield. Which are on the side of the central valley where people live.

State Senator Scott Wiener I think had the right idea about building new housing. Have the state enforce a common zoning and permitting system near mass transit corridors. Nothing within 3/4 of a mile of a BART station for instance should be zoned R1. -gives Berkeley the stink eye-
I in rarely meet people from UW these days and I live near enough to campus in Ballard. People from all over wind up here for some reason, which is bad for traffic but whatever. So not much UW, but a-lot of IIT and Tsinghua. Seattle doesn’t need to grow its own talent, they come for the weather and mountains.
> I sort of doubt that she was actually feeling calm. Adrenaline could potentially create such a feeling

That was the claim, wasn't it? ... feeling calm?

> This seems completely illogical and naive. I mean, really?

Statistically, it was a good assessment. Skydiving accidents are 40x more likely to by injuries, rather than deaths, and most of those are lower extremity injuries.
Got a link to the ones you bought?
Excellent article - as others have said, it's the perfect level of detail for this kind of post. Keep writing!
These cookies were very good, not God level. With a bit of investment and more modern techniques I think you could make quite a good recipe, perhaps doing better than any human. I think AI could make a recipe that wins in a very competitive bake-off, but it’s not possible or for anyone to win with all 100 judges.

https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/research.google.c...
Is prioritizing developing these skills good for a child’s overall development?
It's not technical, it's just bad.
One of my surprises when I started to investigate video encoders was that, because the details in a scene comes at the high frequency, you can drop the bandwith requirements on the fly, by just not sending the details for a frame.
I was having a look at the model mentioned, specifcially `casperhansen/llama-3-70b-instruct-awq`.

When checking this model, I found out [1] it's based on llama-2 ?

```
Expand
Llama 3 70B Instruct AWQ Parameters and Internals
LLM Name Llama 3 70B Instruct AWQ
Repository Open on
Base Model(s) Llama 2 70B Instruct quantumaikr/llama-2-70B-instruct
Model Size 70b
```

I added a question [2] on Hugging Face to learn more about this.

Anyone could explain to me what this means? Does it mean that it has been trained on the version 2 and wrongly named version 3? Or is it something that is not well intended?

[1] https://llm.extractum.io/model/casperhansen%2Fllama-3-70b-in...

[2] https://huggingface.co/casperhansen/llama-3-70b-instruct-awq...
I think OP means that the new big swingers like Claude Opus, Gemini Ultra, Llama 3 are still not beating GPT-4, which has been around quite a while.

Also for comparison, GPT-2 was in 2019. GPT-3 in 2020. ChatGPT (3.5) was late 2022. GPT-4 in early 2023. GPT-4o was in mid 2024. I think some people drew an exponential graph from the rapid release of 3.5 to 4.

But progress stalled a little on GPT-3, which was the most groundbreaking thing in AI in decades. ChatGPT was just a dumbed down version of GPT-3, designed for the public. GPT-4 was also groundbreaking. Depending on how we connect the dots, we'd get GPT-5 from OpenAI in 2026 or later. But seeing how fast the competition is catching up, we'd expect someone else to surpass OpenAI by 2025?
What to Learn? Cpp vs. Go
I have less than 10 yrs of exp and primarily focused on web, JS(node, react) and kotlin.

Now I want to try my hand in building low level stuff like parsers, small KV stores and some network programming.

Go seems to be more approachable for my goals but I have the FOMO of not learning to manage memory. I want to be able to work on performance critical stuff later.

I used some Cpp in college and I went through some tutorials (learn go with tests) in GO. I like them both.

Which language do you think I should go deeper in.
Seems to me like he gave up his freedom for his morals, so I’d trust him more because of that. You always have to weigh someone’s words, anyways, even “Mr USA American Hero” has a bias. Snowden isn’t any less trustworthy than any politician or other person in power, at the very least.
Learning Materials for getting into C programming for MS-DOS
I taught my kids how to read pretty early (4, not 2) using the Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons book, which was astoundingly easy.

Both kids are now in school and reading significantly above grade level and I have different concern - their ability far outstrips their experience. So even though they can read large unfamiliar words, the subject matter of the stories that are challenging enough to be interesting to them deal with themes and experiences that are pretty foreign. Books that deal more with their experiences and interests are written at a much more basic reading level and are not interesting to them.

They seem to really enjoy reading but sometimes I wonder if early reading is really beneficial in the long run. On the other hand, I certainly read some books too young, but I don't really regret that, so maybe I'm just making up problems to worry about.
I dislike vertical video also. Last I checked, phones can rotate 90 degrees to play landscape video.

On a related note, is there a browser that can completely block auto-playing video with a setting that actually works?

I find it depressing that web developers seem willing to do anything to ignore user preferences, especially when intrusive advertising is involved.
little from column a little from column b
as a lowly application developer who is interested in how llms actually work, where's a good place to start? is there an article or book that most folks would recommend?