skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Motorized slider. Can be used to do just that.
How much job experience do you have? To me, this sounds very idealistic, but unrealistic. It sounds like a new employee aspiring to be a manager. Everywhere has a team or dept like this
To quote Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 3, Line 87:

"No."
That design doesn't prove anything about any malicious intent to decrease the lifespan of the bulb, any more than it proves that they're optimizing lumens/dollar for the customers who want it.
I don't understand how anyone would expect to gain more bandwidth from a mesh. What you gain is coverage, as in distance from uplink.

And at least with earlier meshes, you decrease bandwidth even if you use only one device, because now in laptop<--wifi-->AP<--mesh-->router both links compete for the same airtime.
When it was a luxury.
A very common technique used in Hindu/Buddhist Japa Meditation is to count the phalanges/creases in each finger including the tip thus making 4x5=20 count in one hand. For each 20 count of the right hand use 1 phalange/crease of the left hand and thus you can easily count upto 20x20=400 in a single complete cycle.
Sir have you heard of GADTs
You'll likely need to consider if the data egress or ingress is realtime, or asynchronous – it could well be a mixture of all of the above.

If the "one application" is yours, and you require strict adherence to a particular data format, you'll be in a better position. You would design a contract to require all integrations to work against – a good example here would be something like Zapier, which defines API contracts that applications must adhere to, in order to work.

If you're looking to integrate with many platforms with differing domain models, and you want to store them in the one application, you'll need something a bit more free-flowing, and you'll require a translator on your platform. You should absolutely version something like this from the beginning, since integrations can and do change their APIs at the drop of a hat. You'll also want to be able to temporarily pause syncing data from individual integrations, since any API changes, or downtime on 3rd party platforms may very well impact your own uptime.
Why student loan forgiveness sparks anger
The thing is I find stuff like pledge adn unveil to be basically toys. Pledge especially since it relies on the software author utilizing it. We've had stuff like RBAC and MAC implementations for 20 years, and RBAC doesn't have to be complicated, look at AppArmor. If the OpenBSD guys really cared about security, they would be working on something like that.

Look at their remote root ssh bug. If they were a secure OS, someone getting remote root wouldn't be such a big issue, with RBAC/MAC it's clearly not such an issue, with the default 'secure' install, it sure was. Then again, I don't think the obsd devs have a real interest in security, so much as an interest in correcting bugs, which they falsely equate to be the same thing. Pretty sure one dev had no idea what MAC/RBAC even is and was trying to claim pledge is the exact same thing, which only lessens any confidence I had in them.
One aspect I don't see mentioned in the article is relocation. Remote work allows you to live virtually wherever you want. Having to go to an office often means having to live near a big city with overpriced subpar housing, possibly leaving family and friends behind. That's a huge deal breaker for me personally.
Org charts are annoyingly real. And the actions at the top fully dictate the potential for the bottom. I'm comfortably in the middle with no real power, but I have an excellent relationship with my boss who triages between my team and the powers at be. We still perform tasks that I feel are flat out bad decisions that will come back to haunt us — ask me how having a lone devops resource deploy OpenStack instead of doing AWS went.

Going with the flow has its advantages if you feel your position is relatively stable, as I do. Make sure you find purpose outside of your job to help with your mental health
> I have some pet theories, but those center around commercial real estate.

This is the most echoed, low-effort theory repeated over and over on places like Reddit.

The vast, vast majority of people I know who want to return to the office have absolutely nothing to do with commercial real estate.

If you put any effort into the theory at all it immediately falls apart.

Some people just like working in the office.
DJI arguably makes the best consumer camera drones on the market. Why ban them? Because they're Chinese probably.

https://www.dji.com/camera-drones
Since the control apps tap into GPS so they know when you're in a restricted zone, the gov't could simply make them mark all of the US as a restricted zone and the drone will never fly. I have one, I'm not happy about this.
What about every computer up to the 90s for ~10€ of hardware to house inside of an existing keyboard?

(or your subset of favorites)
> The manager [...] fails to include me or the team

> The director [...] communicates only through [the manager]

It sounds like this is the intended culture of your management structure, or at least in this local hierarchy you exist within. Only you can really tell how negatively this impacts your happiness this is but fwiw, this isn't generally that uncommon of a setup.
BYD and CATL aim to launch new EV batteries with 6C charge rate
Substantive effort by Dan, as usual.

He asks for a prediction — will this still be the same state of affairs in 2033, where “same” means models encode source data bias and we don’t have in-model ways of dealing with that bias. I’d predict “yes” on that, with some caveats.

What practitioners seem to be doing now is using prompting modifications to inputs to get desired diversity spreads out of the models. I’ve written a bit about this, but I think doing this openly, with user choice, is great, and doing it secretly, without notification is evil. I think a lot of people feel this way, and it explains much of the outcry against race-shifting founding fathers.

Whatever I think about it, we’ll see a lot of that by 2033. I do think we’ll see much more sophisticated use of controlnets / LoRAs / their successors to nudge / adjust inference at the weight level, vs. prompting. These are useful right now, and super sophisticated, they’re not just for bias-related changes, almost anything you can prompt up could become a vector you adjust LLM behavior on. So, I think we’ll move out of the Stone Age and into say the Bronze Age by 2033.

That said, Dan does make a fundamental input bias error here, which is common to do when people explore and write about diffusion models, but really important to test — what does the source input image randomness look like? A diffusion model moves some number of steps away from some input. Typically random noise. This random noise has a lightness level, and also at times color tone. By default, in most inference systems, this image is on average tone-neutral (grey) and very light.

If you’re going to generate sample images without keeping track of seeds, fine, do a bunch, like he did here. But, if you’re going to determine how likely ‘whiteness’ is on a given prompt, you need to be very aware of what source image you’re giving the model to work on. Especially when we are talking about facial and race discriminators that are judged largely on skin tone. A white input image is easier to turn into a white face, and requires less deviation from the original image, and so on average, it will be preferred by most diffusion model generation stacks.

So, is PAI or Stable Diffusion biased over and above the world’s image data levels in their model? Maybe, I don’t know. Is it biased at the world’s image data levels? Maybe, probably? But, I don’t think you can pass a Gaussian noise image defined to have a fairly white lightness value and grey color tone to a thing, ask it to draw a face, and then say it’s white-face-biased a priori — you’re starting the model out with a box of very light crayons and making it ask for other colors from the cabinet vs using what’s at hand.

Anyway, I don’t think this takes away from Dan’s fundamental point that this class of ‘bug’ is not going away, especially in that it’s harder to even agree on what is a bug. But, I’d like to see someone, anyone, talk about image generation bias while aware of what’s being fed into these models at the start of inference, it would raise the level of discourse.
> If you have an idea, and you think the time is right - take the chance. Not knowing what will happen is part of the fun. Don't look at it as taking risk, look at it as rowing through a river and without knowing where the river goes. If you don't row, you will never find out what's around the bend.

I think you kinda need to re-evaluate your relationship with uncertainty when doing something like this.

As a wagie, unexpected news is nearly universally bad news (layoffs, corporate mergers), whereas the status quo is neutral-good.

When you're starting up a business, unexpected news can be good (new customer, new investor), but the status quo is neutral-bad (slowly running out of momentum and funds).
I'd say it is less about your experience with programming and more about your interest in it. SICP has quite a profound style that's in between academic and poetic. For me, it was both fundamentally informative and inspirational. So, if you feel like structuring your computer science foundation and like an imaginative approach to programming and math that favors aesthetics, give it a try.
The design may also be completely ignoring heat dissipation, and cook its components.
Everyone hates their ISP.

What are your current expectations around price and bandwidth as the Starlink service becomes more popular in your area?

If you have the opportunity to have a fibre or copper connection directly to your unit, it seems like a crazy decision to consider Starlink.
> What is DJI

One of the largest drone manufacturers globally and backed by the Chinese government [0] and several Red Families [1]

> why is it being banned

It is very closely connected with Chinese government stakeholders, with worries around privacy and data retention [2].

There is also some lobbying by Skydio and Andruil [3][4].

They are also breaking sanctions against Russia with Russian forces using their drones [5][6] (though the Ukrainians are using them as well), as well as sanctions around Xinjiang [7].

> why should the general public care about this

They are a popular low cost drone option. It might also spark a rise in domestic drone vendors - especially in the industrial and defense space [8].

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Also, can we please have another source. DroneDJ is a DJI specific blog and as such is biased in favor of DJI.

Here's some reporting from AP - https://apnews.com/buyline-shopping/article/dji-drone-ban-in...

And the bill itself - https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2864

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[0] - https://ipvm.com/reports/dji-prc

[1] - https://tracxn.com/d/companies/dji/__-YU3B-qveVWiE0QN_8HPp2m...

[2] - https://info.publicintelligence.net/ICE-DJI-China.pdf

[3] - https://www.auvsi.org/policy-proposals

[4] - https://www.auvsi.org/member-organizations-list/all

[5] - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/21/business/russia-china-dro...

[6] - https://djirussia.ru/

[7] - https://ipvm.com/discussions/dji-xinjiang-human-rights-abuse...

[8] - https://www.ycombinator.com/rfs
G'mic Online: Hundreds of image filters in the browser
> Not so sure about switching on desktops.

I've been using it for years. It's the successor to slack for me. Not a fan of rolling release and prefer minimalism to Devuan's approach. Void looks interesting but I had issues, whereas I had none with Alpine. I recommend it.
Have you ever read 'Sim Cities and Sim Crises'?

https://molleindustria.org/GamesForCities/
4M: Multimodal Masked Modeling
Even Doctors Like Me Are Falling into This Medical Bill Trap
I am not a user of the language (although I learned it like you). I just came to chime in that (a) there is at least one very popular software written in Haskell and (b) Haskell seems to ship a good amount of software for its popularity.

Haskell never got the “killer framework” like Rails or Spark that allowed to become more mainstream, even if it was teached in Universities all over the world.
I don't think for the small customer the wording has any significance. Is it capitalism or cronyism or you-name-it, they get shafted because that's the only criterion for a big business "success": grabbing all the money from the table for the goal of maximizing profits. All fine and nice and free in theory, but in the practice it works like this (look around). So I'm sorry I don't buy this "no true scotsman" argument, be it for capitalism or for communism or anything else. It only matters how it works in reality, and I don't like much how it works.
How do you DIY install this on your house, legally, though?
Nice. I've thought of various similar applications (probably because I saw such somewhere). For example conferences require lanyards with passes attached. Most contract with some company to handle all their creation, then also require you (more or less) to use their app to get a schedule, etc. Why not create a generic, re-usable pass (like OP) that attaches to your lanyard, has some basic features at a glance (schedule, your favorite emoji), and could of course be used to track or facilitate flash-gatherings as needed. IIRC defcom did something like this, I'm thinking more generic.

I think scientists I know would snap something like this up so they didn't add to their kilograms of plastic pass/lanyard waste (if conferences can be roped in to adopting them). Level them up with rare editions (conference awardees could be given titanium frames to swap over), etc. and you have a playing-card-esque market for professionals who go to 3-5 conferences a year, and a flashy feature that conferences would like to offer, etc.

Another use- digital cards that can help care practitioners communicate with their audience: "can you hand me the cards the tell me how you feel?" (cards that describe your symptoms). Customize those pictures, icons, graphics on the card as needed, on the fly, per patient type, etc. Think everything from kids bullied at school to medical and law offices where communication can be a barrier.
What's hidden behind "just implementation details"
First time I hear about that book. Interesting. I've reflected already about such "Mr Nice guys". This guy in particular, who I have in mind now, I could never determine whether he was being manipulative or was simply extremely incompetent. Either way, I regarded him as very dangerous: his actions (or lack thereof) constantly disrupted something and the slightest attempt to call him out resulted in multiple people jumping to his defense.
> They live by a sort of unspoken code that they believe exists but which other people may or may not be aware of.

I try to be a nice guy but also believe (hope) I'm competent!

On the above that's something I've recognized though, I do feel like I bring some sort of unwritten moral code to my work (as do we all I'm sure) but realizing that nobody else is actually aware of it or follows it is quite important.

I think this goes some way to being able to be "nice" without getting resentful or bitter when things don't go your way.

From the kind-hearted colleague who's freindly at the water cooler but actually very difficult to work with - through to the people who are just rude, dismissive or belligerent - acknowledging that they operate by a different set of principals to you and accepting that somewhat release's you from their effects.
> that makes them as responsible for the shortage as the telehealth companies, if not more so

Completely ridiculous. You might just as well say that the government is responsible for a lack of wage growth because they haven't decreased taxes to zero.

Demand for addictive stimulants will always go up the more available they become. It became more available during the pandemic, and surprise, surprise...

The indictment alleges exactly why Done's practices were illegal. Did you read the DOJ announcement or just the Reason screed?
Purchasing real state assets that appreciate in value significantly over time is better than paying for rent expense every month if you don't indent those tapes to go anywhere else

Rent only really makes sense if you can't afford to buy, generally
As I remember, German Aldi's split into Aldi Nord/North and Aldi Sud/South between the two brothers that owned the firm, over a conflict on cigarette sales.

If I am correct, U.S. Aldi's is owned by Aldi North; Trader Joe's is owned by Aldi South.

"The business was split into two separate groups in 1960, that later became Aldi Nord, headquartered in Essen, and Aldi Süd, headquartered in Mülheim...

"Internationally, Aldi Nord operates in Belgium, Netherlands, France, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal and Spain, while Aldi Süd operates in Australia, Austria, China, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Slovenia, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States...

"Aldi Nord also owns the Trader Joe's grocery chain in the United States which operates separately from the group."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldi

EDIT: In the U.S., Aldi Nord owns Trader Joe's, and Aldi Sud owns the eponymous grocery chain.
there’s at least some municipalities that are essentially bribing employers with tax incentives to RTO to prop up dependent businesses like restaurants.
Bootstrap or Seek Angel Investment? Advice Needed
I've been working on my project solo for the past five months, and it's been an exciting journey so far. I'm currently generating a revenue of $10.5k with a Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR) of $3.8k. It's also profitable, which is excellent!

However, I'm at a crossroads and could use some advice. I'm considering whether to continue bootstrapping or to seek angel investment to accelerate the growth.

On one hand, bootstrapping has given me control and kept the operation lean. On the other hand, bringing in angel investors could provide the capital needed to scale faster and take advantage of opportunities that require more resources.

For those in a similar situation, what did you choose and why? What were the pros and cons you experienced with each approach? Any insights or recommendations would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!
How does that make sense? Should the incompetent boss rather be 'neutral' (DnD sense) or even mean?

Anyhow. OP, it is not your firm and not your problem. Try to run a community playground or something instead of wasting energy on some random company you should not care about.
I think there are some situations where you can achieve that payout in real life, but admittedly by “literal prisoners dilemma” I was referring more to the fact that the mafiosi are literally held prisoner and induced to snitch on each other. And that introducing an extra negative payout for snitching is both the literal and the game-theoretic solution to the dilemma.
haha, it's sliced bread, I find it's good enough after toasting. if I keep it out, half of it goes bad before I can get to it. I only have two slices in the morning.

I do like putting other bread in the oven for 5 minutes to breathe some life back into them though.
While the book is more about relationships, it does make applicable points. A "nice" manager that refuses to get down to brass tacks is eventually going to be a problem for everyone when the schedule slips: your complaining about what the actual problem is will be viewed as disloyalty and you'll be the one thrown under the bus.

The opposite view can be taken here though, also discussed in the book. If you are not the manager, you should avoid trying to fill that role. The manager and director certainly don't want you to "help fix their problems".
Nothing, they could even buy it in US... the ban is on Chinese company using Federal Communications Commission frequencies and they have all the good ones or even all of them.

I can't imagine what it would take for them to enforce the ban, so people would highly likely continue using and buying DJI products.
Unless you are made of money, you don't run air con in HK while not at home. Daylight hours, I am always out of the house. It regularly gets to 35C in the summer in HK with batshit crazy humidity levels.
Yes. The usual way to do this is to bind them as defaults to an argument, for example:

def loop():
for number in range(10):

def func_w_closure(_num=number):
return _num

yield func_w_closure

This works because default arguments in python are evaluated exactly once, at function definition time. So it's a way of effectively copying the ``number`` out of the closure[1] and into the function definition.

[1] side note, closures in python are always late-binding, which is what causes the behavior in OP
I commonly implement things in an imperative style as a quick hack, then if it gets use I translate it into a more functional style. It kind of just happens as I clean it up and refactor during revisits.

It might be a matter of taste, but I enjoy code built with functional abstractions that allow neat composable data flows and some caches loitering around. I find it also helps when adding UI. Sometimes performance could be better with mutation, but when I'm at that point I've already spent much more time tuning the thing with caches.
The pay raise people say they need to be happy
I agree there's a lot that would go into it. Which is why I was so disappointed with the implementation.

As someone who watches content from This Old Tony, Inheritance Machining, GreatScott!, Marius Hornberger and so on I would watch a series of someone building this. That's how I see you can subsidize a project like this these days.
When I was still a student I worked mostly with Java and had to solve a simple word frequency problem for a series of assignments. The first several assignments everything worked as expected, and then one case in the test suite kept crashing the JVM or freezing it entirely.

It was then that I learned that String is immutable in Java and that when I tried to ingest a novel into a string one token at a time like str += token; I was destroying/recreating the entire string each time, which was fine during the small cases, but had a hidden exponential effect.

It was then I learned about StringBuilder and laughed that such a seemingly innocent line would contain such a large footgun. As a student, I had absolutely no way of learning about language semantics like that except through that mistake.
Good documentation will commit as much as possible to paper: to turn the implicit into the explicit. But then ya gotta keep it up to date.
I believe it's in the works, I saw a post about it some weeks ago.
~5 years. Medium-sized team in-house + hordes (hundreds, thousands) of engineers in the field helping clients on-site, writing code for them directly upstreamed to drivers, core libs, etc. (iteratively optimized in-house, ship feature, rinse and repeat). Story of the PlayStation SDKs, of DX too, but above all CUDA (they really outdid this strategy), now for cuDNN and so much more.

It takes incompressible time because you have to explore the whole space, cover most bases; and it takes an industry several years (about one "gen" / hardware cycle) to do that meaningfully.It helps when your platform is disruptive and customers move fast.

Maybe 3 years at best if you start on a new ideal platform designed for it from scratch. And can throw ungodly amount of money fast at it (think 5K low-level engineers roaming your installed base).

Maybe 10+ yrs (or never) if you're alone, poor, and Radeon (j/k but to mean it's non-trivial).
https://archive.ph/xBGX4
Build what you feel the world needs, instead of what you think other people think the world needs. It's much harder to guess what the average person will want than what you want. The world is big, so odds are other people will feel the same.

It may or may not end up being a niche product, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing.
ChromeOS doesn't use systemd, either. (It uses upstart, which I am guessing they have to maintain without any significant outside help.)