skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
There is no fundamental privacy issue with "influencing your future" without disclosure to the advertiser. The question is what is it that this ad tech company claims to offer? And then does run in practice? There is certainly space for more vendors in this direction.

There are other issues but not so much privacy. For example a self-hosted ad platform which offers to run ads based on internal browsing profile would be let through at this site at least. In reasonable amount, bandwidth overhead and annoyance to the human. The issue currently is that there seems to be much more money in selling all the data outright - and that gets a sharp no.
The Guardian piece is one of many quoting US officials who were trying at the time to argue that China was involved in the conflict. The purpose of the timing of these arguments was to put pressure on German Chancellor Scholz before he made an economic interrelations trip to China (https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en/news/scholz-trip-to-c...). Notably that failed to gain the American officials what they wanted, as Europe continues to engage economically with China. That time and the time for that misinformation argument has since passed. We're on to other "assessments".

"Biden calls so-and-so a mean thing" is not evidence of mean thing. Using it as evidence is a logical fallacy ("argumentum ab auctoritate"). To help you understand why the US president said this, leaders call each other mean things (and even sometimes vaguely call of other's assassinations) as provocations, and in order to shape public opinion (yours).
This is a fair concern, but I’m not convinced this is a fundamentally different problem than sensor fusion in autonomous vehicles.
Yeah, they have to suffer and pay through the nose. That'll teach them right
Well I mean technically almost anything "could" happen.

But a guy promoting his book, and a lazy journalist at the Guardian mixing in some images from the zombie tv show "the last of us" does not an article make.
Well it's highly addictive for one...
"often heard the narrative from hiring managers over the years that a prospect who's been laid off probably doesn't make a good hire"

While i'm unsurprised to hear that such a sociopathic and non-scientific narrative exists from hiring managers, I'm curious how they find out whether a departure was a layoff. For big companies, sure, you can probably tell that if someone left various tech darlings in late 2022 that it was probably a layoff. But like outside of that, how the heck do you know? Are you googling "$coname layoffs $year" for every entry on a resume you're screening or something? Or are you literally just asking them "tell me why you left each job" and people are for some reason answering honestly?

This just seems really hard to actually pin down unless employees are volunteering the information. Even if you did leave right on a publicly-known layoff date, it seems pretty easy to just explain that "uh yeah they were doing so poorly they laid off X% of people, I left for greener pastures". Or that general sentiment but passed through 1 or 2 layers of word-smithing.
generating information without regard to the truth is bullshitting, not necessarily malicious intent.

for example, this is bullshit because it’s words with no real thought behind it:
“if being correct was important, the developers would have taken an entirely different approach”
There is a vast supply of thorium 232, produced as waste in rare earth mining. Why breed uranium?

"Natural thorium is usually almost pure 232-Th, which is the longest-lived and most stable isotope of thorium, having a half-life comparable to the age of the universe. Its radioactive decay is the largest single contributor to the Earth's internal heat; the other major contributors are the shorter-lived primordial radionuclides, which are 238U, 40K, and 235U in descending order of their contribution.

"[Thorium] is the 37th most abundant element in the Earth’s crust with an abundance of 12 parts per million.

"The low demand makes working mines for extraction of thorium alone not profitable, and it is almost always extracted with the rare earths, which themselves may be by-products of production of other minerals."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium
I'm so done with React. Since Vercel kidnapped it everything is done for/because of their platform and their interests. Most evil company I've seen in a long time.
>>> It will never replace GNSS.

It will have to. That is the point. This isn't about better in-car navigation. The big money behind quantum gyroscopes is the potential to guide submarines/aircraft/missiles in times of war when the GNSS systems are down or otherwise unreliable, just like the best of traditional gyroscopes. Dead reckoning is a legitimate means of navigation, but there are also some aspects where actual replacement of GNSS might happen. An extremely sensitive gyroscope could probably determine latitude based on the earth's rotation (Foucault Pendulum). Then layer on a detailed map of variations in the earth's gravity and/or magnetic fields and one might be able to pinpoint a location absent external signals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Inertial_Reference_Sp...
Ask HN: How do you self-assess?
Hi,

I recently applied to a job from a HN monthly post and I was told that the company is looking for more experienced people. That made me think about metrics for measuring experience. Which made me ask myself questions on self-assessment. I realised that I might lack the skill.

Therefore, I'm turning to the HN community to see how that goes here.

Note: I'm mostly referring to technical self-assessment, but I'm curious about self-assessment in other domains too (specifically in those that have a more fluid definition of "quality").
Well, they just said it looks like basic filters, and to an extent they are not wrong. PS has had filters that give a "paint" look/feel to it, and they would still be useful to do this in PS. They didn't say that's all that would be needed. Those filters are basic filters in PS as they are included and not 3rd party separate purchases.

Your interpretation of the original comment into saying it was simple is a bit skewed
While I agree with you, I doubt banning Chinese tech will remedy this problem. My experience is that American brands are much, much more aggressive about making you connect to the internet, install our apps, create an account, subscribe to our newsletter etc.

Look at the difference between iRobot and Chinese robot vacuums on Amazon - the difference is night and day.
I don’t think it ever says wholly owned. My understanding is that the three founders have donated their shares to the Foundation, but they didn’t own 100% of the company. Likely >50% but not 100%
I’m not sure how interesting this is - of course rotation causes the paths to differ and become measurable.

I’ve been wondering about sending photons away from earth and having their paths bend due to gravity (and later have them interfere). That would be interesting because GR would be involved.
Nowadays, every new series or movie is set in a pre-existing universe that dates from the late 80s or 90s. Everything must be part of become a franchise to be funded, even if the team behind have little or nothing to do with the original creators. I do understand that producers want predictability and anything with a established fanbase is much less risky than betting on the next Jurassic Park, but they are simply killing the golden goose at this point.
If one volunteers to participate in a study of a drug suspected to reduce drinking, that itself is a contradiction of the exclusion criteria.
Outside of the payments industry I haven't encountered many sandbox APIs that don't have rate-limits, what are some good ones you've seen of those?
It is 100% enshittification. The definition is even in the linked article:

> Here is how platforms die: first, they are good to their users; then they abuse their users to make things better for their business customers; finally, they abuse those business customers to claw back all the value for themselves. Then, they die. I call this enshittification, (..)

The core point here is "abuse the user", not "make features worse". Price gauging would be included in that definition.
If the lock screen is set up to remember your username, the cursor defaults to the password text box.

While one press of the enter key will wake the computer, its pretty easy to inadvertently double click it, and submit a login attempt with an empty password.

E: I like to use the even bigger key on my keyboard and just slap the spacebar as I sit down.
Funny enough I'm an actual diabetic and having the hardest time getting my prescription, from my endocrinologist, filled
Your computer will not explode if or when Affinity changes to a subscription model. You'll still have the software and can use it until the next ice age if you please.
I appreciate a CS grad that doesn't know basic Git but then has it mastered by EOD.
There's no need to be worried about it. Don't just threaten, actually switch when a competitor is having a promo and stop worrying about it. I switched internet service between a few providers almost every year for quite a while. It saved a lot of money.
That’s fair. I meant to say the customers were all made whole well above and beyond the FDIC limit.

I think that’s a good thing. I’m unconvinced the same wouldn’t happen at WF.

[edit] You edited your comment with a significantly larger amount of preamble, so I’m adding: I agree, and I am very well read on SVB. They were simply unlucky, and perhaps made a bad choice in overinvesting in illiquid bonds, plus bad VC behavior leading to the bank run. None of that was my point.
> they can't make a generic law against say suspicious code running on consumer devices that could be used to exfiltrate personal data, as it would potentially hit every connected device out there, including western branded ones. My impression is that they (the law makers) are almost facing the wall where they should admit that closed proprietary devices are generally unsafe and bad

The issue is even bigger than that. It doesn't matter what the device does now, nor does it matter whether it is open or proprietary.

When it comes to national security, ask yourself "what could happen in a time of war?" Some obvious answers are:

1. If it connects to foreign service providers, those services could be shut off or changed to be malicious

2. If the device uses parts/support/updates from foreign service providers, those could be discontinued, or changed to be malicious

3. If you need the product, but don't make them locally, they may no longer be available.

etc.
Looking forward to the gene therapy trial results. Going to be crazy ROI on bug fixing the human for this bug.

Edit:

https://www.fractyl.com/fractyl-health-demonstrates-signific...

https://www.remain1study.com/remain-1-study/
When your range is from nano amps during sleep to spikes of several tens of amps you will not find a voltmeter with a range big enough to work with a single shunt. You need several shunts and switch between them very fast. That's what devices like the Joulscope do and why they are expensive.
>there's no guarantee that they could match the software side of it.

How many times in history has this ever happened? That a product was so good no competitors could match it, forever?
DJI's response (a bit dated)

https://dronedj.com/2024/03/02/dji-response-drone-ban-us/

The allegations are so subjective that they sound like some middle schooler complaining to their mom.

“DJI drones are collecting vast amounts of sensitive data – everything from high-resolution images of critical U.S. infrastructure to facial recognition technology and remote sensors that can measure an individual’s body temperature and heart rate.”

DJI's response
Technically, DJI suggests using drones for body temperature checks is unfeasible.

https://www.thedronegirl.com/2020/05/06/dji-coronavirus-dron...

US politicians have totally lost their minds to even propose something like this.
21st century debtor's prison. No walls, chains or guards required!
I haven't seen this reported. Do you have a source?
Is the argument that the office of the sheriff—who is popular enough locally that in the few election years people run against him, he wins by high double-digit margins—would be more prepared to handle tech challenges professionally without dedicated staff time and a collaboration with the local well-regarded technical university?
There is wind during the night. Also, you can store the energy lifting heavy things[1] when there is generation and then use that energy later. And you don’t have to deal with nuclear waste, mining plutonium, or nuclear risks (operational issues, attacks, natural disasters, etc).

[1] https://www.livescience.com/renewable-energy-storage
I don't think Vegas has been Sony for quite awhile has it?

Vegas is great, but as far as I'm aware there's not really a way to get it running on Mac, and I don't own a Windows computer anymore (I still will VM it if I really need it). For my video stuff I've been using Final Cut Pro and Apple Motion for the last couple years since it's a one-time purchase and I think pretty good. I'd like to use Premiere and After Effects but, as stated, I don't want to pay for subscriptions.

I don't know enough about photo editing to say if GIMP sucks, I've used it before and it seems fine.
Which is an ironic comment to make, considering the difference in high-speed rail development in China vs in the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_China
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-speed_rail_in_the_United_...
(TL;DR: China's high speed rail network is the longest and most used in the world, as well as cheaper than the US's)
Pressing enter will submit the current written password in the prompt. If the user is using that to wake the screen, probably the password field is empty so you're submiting a wrong password which might lock your account for a while if you have several failed attempts already
I think there's multiple downsides, but the biggest one is that it makes it a massive pain in the ass for any price-conscious users to decide whether it's worth paying for.

Right now if I want to install some software to edit images on my PC, I can look at how much Photoshop costs, how much rival 1 costs, and look at Free Alternative 2, and decide what I'm willing to pay.

But under your scenario, I have no clue how much more (or less) expensive Photoshop will be than the paid or free alternatives, unless I can first forecast all the individual steps that will be needed to do the editing I have in mind, and then spend time adding up each action's costs to get an idea of the total price. Not only would it be extremely hard to accurately list every action that would be needed before actually doing them, but even if I thought that were possible then the amount of hassle would be a big enough deal breaker that I just wouldn't be willing to bother with it.
Can confirm! Started Rybelsus (pill form of Ozempic/semaglutide) early last year. Within a month I quit cold turkey on whiskey and other hard liquors at home. Wish I could say the same for wine, but just cutting out the whiskey I was drinking was huge. I'm down ~50lbs since then.
> We'll find out pretty soon whether the course can survive my own retirement.

>

> (Footnote: Nope. Berkeley's new first course for majors uses Python...)

This is the saddest part of the whole post. Taking the intro course in Scheme set me on a path of thinking about computing in a whole new way. While they try to teach the same concepts with Python, it's just not the same thing as using a truly functional language.

A huge loss for Cal students for sure.
TSMC's stock is skyrocketing +70% in a year.

TSMC revenue is smaller than Nvidia revenue.

TSMC profit margin is great, but not as great as Nvidia.
I don't trust DJI.

I was looking to replace my GoPro with the DJI Action, but their app was not on the Play-store.
It can only be side-loaded on Android, because their app breaks a number of policies on privacy and data gathering.

I believe I saw a site that decompiled their app and found a number of worrisome things.
Can someone explain the mechanism of action?

Is it working as a generic craving reducer to some extent? So helps with whatever your vice may be?

Do the other similar drugs do the same thing?
we already have drizzle studio, are there more features in this than that
It reminds me of the old West End Games / Legends description of the game sabacc in Star Wars. Instead of being played with normal paper cards as seen in Solo, the players received cards with screens on them At certain parts in the game, the cards would randomize. '

A completely baroque way of playing, but fits with a world where actively powered antigravity technology has replaced wheels.
That someone can buy new DJI drones in europe is right, but only the latest releases. You cannot use any of the drones you might have purchased over the last years anymore in europe because of the new regulations.
I'm on Mounjaro, and I've had similar problems with getting it filled.

The demand must be insane.
Have you got a citation for that? I've not seen anything that indicates the drug itself is addictive, though there's ample evidence that its effects wane quickly after discontinuation of therapy.
Actual article: https://www.theledger.com/story/news/local/2024/06/08/polk-s...
What exactly are they testing?
I am an overweight person that drank more than I should. Ozempic helped me drop 15 lb and I don’t feel the draw of drink nearly as much as I had.

I was diagnosis ADHD as a kid. Since being on Ozempic I have noticed no difference in ability to hold attention.
Nope, that’s not how it works. Those references aren’t generated in such systems, they are retrieved. They might not provide references to all the sources, of course, same as humans.
>If one volunteers to participate in a study of a drug suspected to reduce drinking, that itself is a contradiction of the exclusion criteria.

no, it isn't. many trials offer financial compensation -- they may not be seeking treatment but rather just a payout.
I'm not disagreeing with that, just stating how they define the term.
For several years, beverage companies have been complaining about CO2 supply being low. During the pandemic, I switched to a SodaStream, converted it to use a 10 pound CO2 tank and started buying the syrup for my preferred soft drink. It allowed me to increase the CO2 level of my drink while, over time, cutting the amount of syrup used by 80% (and greatly decreasing my sugar intake per day). It's pretty much lightly flavored sparkling water now.
There's no speculative stocks in Europe? Seriously? I guess if you ignore all the stock markets in Europe, sure?

Also, it's funny that you mention Goebels. It's ironic even when you repeat the same tropes about the US and how it's supposedly beholden to the capital markets and speculators.

Europe has its giants. Europe usually does not attack its giants. That's why you get megacorps like Maersk or Airbus or Volkswagen. The entire point is that it only attacks other giants (ie, not homegrown giants), hence the focus on legislation that mostly affects them but leaves European corporations mostly unscathed. Or why green legislation curiously doesn't affect German coal extraction (what a coincidence!) that much. Or all the other double standards Europe and some Europeans love so much.

The delusion here is this weird narrative of good, noble Europeans who are somehow only guilty of not being greedy.
Source? It's not habit-forming or addictive from what I'm reading.
>It's too much of a PITA ($$$$ engineering time) for research SWEs to support and buyers also have to engage more vendors to handle multiple stacks. Meta and Microsoft generally standardize their shit as much as possible.

Right, and they are standardizing on CUDA. Something no other company has any chance of matching for the forseeable future.
The theory is that it leads to worse outcomes for the weaker partner and less-bad outcomes for the stronger one.

- People used to think Japan was going to overtake the USA, until a short trade war in the 80's sent Japan on a downward spiral.

- The trade war against Russia hurt the West a lot with higher energy and food prices, but it whacked the Russian economy very much harder.

- The same thing can be said for the West vs USSR - it hurt the West, but bankrupted the USSR
Which you have control over! As opposed to today, where you don't have control over anything.
Murder conviction of Missouri woman overturned after 43 years in prison
Windows should be smart enough to know an empty password doesn't meet the password complexity requirements or is of length zero and not count it against the 'bad password count'.
Swindon's Magic Roundabout [video]
Every corporate leader has the opportunity to "bring value" to the company by upping the subscription fee a few dollars. Profits increase, shareholders are happy. Better than trying to solve twenty year old bugs or worse, refactor legacy code.
This seems like a misunderstanding of what other people find limiting. The problem some people have with this book is that it’s about computing in isolation. Scheme is an island with text-based I/O (as far as the textbook is concerned). You interact on the command line and do calculations. The ideas you learn about are deep, but internal, disconnected from other systems. There are engineering problems, but they aren’t about building systems, they’re about doing calculations or simulating systems using math. Functions and data structures and a bit of text data is all there is.

This is great in its own way, but nowadays, there’s a preference for a programming course that’s more extroverted, that lets you build interesting things by including a program as one component of a larger system. I believe even MIT switched to an introductory course where they program robots using Python, or something like that?
You can usually with not having the initial part. As long as you do call the exit syscall, it should work.
Protestant work ethic Black Swan.

The solution to the problem is 15 years before now, not today when there are so many conflicting force out to crush you.

If you try to get out lots of people blame you or sue you.

I got out. Not by being smart or inciteful but by being, as other people called it "lazy".

IT Director of 45 people, high pressure environment, 6 figure salary in 2001, DOT.COM style but not in silicon Valley. I was at my Peter Principle Level of incompetence. This was my 3rd dot.com job running at a frenzied increase in responsibility.

No golden exits. Just layoffs when money ran out.

Luckily it went bankruptcy too. Dot com bust happened. No new Directorship to step into.
To get back on the hamster wheel I would have to get an MBA. Other colleagues did. It was not for me. I would have imploded too, if I tried.

Lots of acquaintances wondered why I was so under employed after 20 years of ladder climbing. In absolute $ I am still not back to the number I made back then. Life since then has given me other stresses that would have made today unbearable if I continued.

Everyone who is under those crushing stress today had a set of decision that (their own and other peoples) that corralled them into the situation. After a while there seems no escape.

The people who "tsk tsked" when I left things behind did not consider the consequence of the future.

I am at the end of my career (45 years since first $ in IT). I have "enough money". People are still telling me I should work hard and achieve more. Really want to retire and contribute to society in another way.
I was talking to someone who’s on a similar medication and they were having an equally hard time getting it filled.

I wonder if the issues fulfilling the orders of the actual drug product or the overly complex (and highly wasteful) drug delivery mechanism.?