skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Science can only prove what can be observed, because the scientific method relies on observation.

There are some things that we can make very accurate guesses on: IE, evolution. No one observed evolution over millennia, yet there is an abundance of observable evidence that makes the theory of evolution generally accepted as fact.

But there are things that we can not observe, and can only make educated guesses at. Today that's multiverse theory. In the past, it was the theory of relativity.

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My point is that to call science a religion (Scienceism) is to fundamentally misunderstand the limits of observation, and the purpose of religion. Science will never tell us why we're here, is there a god, does it love us, is the human soul immortal, do all dogs go to heaven, ect. At best it can only explain religion from anthropomorphic principles.

And that's okay.

The problem comes when scientists think that observed fact (or generally accepted fact) negates religion, or when religious people think science is a replacement for religion.
> they were deployed in early (post WWII) suburbs to entice urban people to move to a suburbs

No, the streetcar suburbs were ALL pre-war. Pre-WWI, mostly. (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcar_suburb ) And the streetcar companies were generally private companies that operated at a profit -- until they had to compete with cars for both riders and space. And this is key, nobody loved the streetcar companies, because they had a history of gouging commuters. So when those companies got in trouble, there was no political will for any kind of bailout.
Is that true though? Are there any 5-person startups with < 10k users getting sued/shutdown by this regulation?
What is the evidence Democrats lost tech? Do we have polling or broader donor figures?

From what I can tell, Biden "lost" a handful of already Republican-leaning VCs and executives. (Mostly ones who hold crypto.) Which is wild if you listen to what Vance purports to believe and then realise a man of Trump's age is rolling a 20-sided dice every year [1].

[1] https://www.ssa.gov/oact/STATS/table4c6.html
In the middle of the article there's a section with bolded questions. Those are the questions send to Intel spokesperson Thomas Hannaford, and the verbatim answers they received back. The rest of the article is just flavor and context. The answer to the recall question is just a straight no, and Intel chose not to answer the question about extending the warranty.

There isn't a question about honoring the warranty of already shipped chips, if that's what you are asking. A bit of an oversight, given how much time they take to talk about the issues other people had with getting Intel to honor the warranty.
If you want to get an informed opinion on modern Frequentist methods check out the book "In All Likelihood" by Yudi Pawitawn.

In an early chapter it outlines, rather eloquently, the distinctions between the Frequentist and Bayesian paradigms and in particular the power of well-designed Frequentist or likelihood-based models. With few exceptions, an analyst should get the same answer using a Bayesian vs. Frequentist model if the Bayesian is actually using uninformative priors. In the worlds I work in, 99% of the time I see researchers using Bayesian methods they are also claiming to use uninformative priors, which makes me wonder if they are just using Bayesian methods to sound cool and skip through peer review.

One potential problem with Bayesian statistics lies in the fact that for complicated models (100s or even 1000s of parameters) it can be extremely difficult to know if the priors are truly uninformative in the context of a particular dataset. One has to wait for models to run, and when systematically changing priors this can take an extraordinary amount of time, even when using high powered computing resources. Additionally, in the Bayesian setting it becomes easy to accidentally "glue" a model together with a prior or set of priors that would simply bomb out and give a non-positive definite hessian in the Frequentist world (read: a diagnostic telling you that your model is likely bogus and/or too complex for a given dataset). One might scoff at models of this complexity, but that is the reality in many applied settings, for example spatio-temporal models facing the "big n" problem or for stuff like integrated fisheries assessment models used to assess status and provide information on stock sustainability.

So my primary beef with Bayesian statistics (and I say this as someone who teaches graduate level courses on the Bayesian inference) is that it can very easily be misused by non-statisticians and beginners, particularly given the extremely flexible software programs that currently are available to non-statisticians like biologists etc. In general though, both paradigms are subjective and Gelman's argument that it is turtles (i.e., subjectivity) all the way down is spot on and really resonates with me.
> This is a traditional and eminently sensible approach that has been lost in the "McMansion" era.

Kate Wagner (of McMansionHell blog fame) gives a pretty good definition of what a McMansion Is:

* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68c2M4r9oQg

> Simpler roof shapes are not only cheaper to build, but also are far easier to deal and insulate, and therefore more energy efficient.

And most importantly probably deals with water the best: fewer valleys mean fewer places where water is concentrated. Also, generally speaking, the more that overhangs jut out the better.
I've never done much with Bluetooth under desktop Linux, but that sounds like a woeful pain in the ass compared to the usual steps for Android or Windows:

1. Pair headphones in a couple of clicks/taps; sound comes out.
The 1m rides mark was announced May 10th and 50k trips per week was announced May 16th. So they must be getting close to 100k rides per week if my math is right.
these rules aren't there to rule you out, they want you to pay their mortgage after all. the rule is to get rid of you by terminating the contract if you cause more headaches than your rent money is worth.
This feature does nothing to prevent you from blocking ads entirely, and Mozilla has not signaled that they intend to destroy the ability of extensions like ublock to run arbitrary code to decide what to block in the way that Google and the Chrome team have explicitly said they will do.

This feature does nothing more than allow advertisers a very basic form of "fifty percent of people who you showed these ads to interacted with them" in a way that doesn't require things like third party cookies. I'm not convinced that it will go anywhere, as Google and Facebook, the majority of the online advertising market, do not want to give up the powers they have currently for attribution that are also great at powerful tracking, and as you show, the public will continue to play word games about how Firefox is "destroying privacy" while continuing to mostly use AND DEVELOP FOR chrome. Or worse, a version of chrome that they pretend is somehow not entirely controlled by google.

If you want to block ads, Firefox is still the obvious browser choice over anything that branches off of Chrome. Firefox will NEVER possibly be pure enough for the people who still for whatever reason just use chrome. It's insanity.
A stopped vehicle is a few minutes to tow clear. But add fire.... At least twice in recent times, a gasoline tank truck crash has destroyed a bridge that took weeks to replace.
The experience mirrors mine

There are a lot of websites that make your phone boil in your hand with the amount of trackers, js and other crap

Yes the cookie banners are annoying. But not more than the sign up ones, the maling list ones, the "Summer sale" ones, etc
I'd say that it's "easy" with regard of the resources on the spot. No hundreds of brain-washed fanatics. No tons of explosives. No extensive concealed digging or something similar. No desperate suicide attacks or hot chases or anything else highly visible. Apparently no bucketloads of cash.

It looks more like an elaborately prepared barbecue party: careful planning, getting all the details figured out ahead of time, coordination and, well, relatively calm execution.
A sufficiently hard left would get most cars into either a barrier or a head on collision, no aiming required
Then, https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
> are probably paying the city revenue

They absolutely are.
I think it already did.

I am an avid reader of Show HNs. And I remember many that became successful businesses. But not a single European one.

All the "startups" that I see here in Europe are very classical businesses. They build software tools for local enterprises.

It seems nobody in Europe is building something for the open web. Maybe because nobody here understands all the regulations that come with it. The GDPR alone is 100 pages of legal mumbo jumbo.
Big 3 years ago - I've been using it since then, quite handy (706 points, 3 years ago, 155 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27929150
If this were true (and I highly doubt it) it's obvious how to make money from it: collect a 7 figure paycheck from Nvidia, AMD, or any FAANG.
I do not think that the general public is nearly as hopeless as people make it out to be.

The march to touchscreen controls in cars has happened despite massive consumer complaints across the board.
Lancaster CA is high desert.
You seem to have confused "tech market" with "tech industry".
And here I thought groovysh was a repulsive shell.
Ray Tracing In One Weekend v4.0.0 released
Then light it on fire!
I asked the site to check its own link, and it said it was 70% likely fraudulent.
Handmade paper mill Velké Losiny (1500)
iPhone kicked out of China's top phone brands as domestic market bounces back
Maybe it's my age, but I'll out myself as luddite.

Please don't. I'm already seeing how e-bikes brought multitudes of people to places that were 10 years ago empty and peaceful as they used to require effort to reach. Now e-legs will be bring people were e-bikes couldn't reach yet...
Is there any point in learning emacs in 2024?

I know vi/vim pretty well, but I've never bothered with emacs much since the multi key stroke navigation just seems so unergonomic to me.
Show HN: Patchwork – Open-source framework to automate development gruntwork
Hi HN! We’re Asankhaya and Rohan and we are building Patchwork.

Patchwork tackles development gruntwork—like reviews, docs, linting, and security fixes—through customizable, code-first 'patchflows' using LLMs and modular code management steps, all in Python. Here's a quick overview video: https://youtu.be/MLyn6B3bFMU

From our time building DevSecOps tools, we experienced first-hand the frustrations our users faced as they built complex delivery pipelines. Almost a third of developer time is spent on code management tasks[1], yet backlogs remain.

Patchwork lets you combine well-defined prompts with effective workflow orchestration to automate as much as 80% of these gruntwork tasks using LLMs[2]. For instance, the AutoFix patchflow can resolve 82% of issues flagged by semgrep using gpt-4 (or 68% with llama-3.1-8B) without fine-tuning or providing specialized context [3]. Success rates are higher for text-based patchflows like PR Review and Generate Docstring, but lower for more complex tasks like Dependency Upgrades.

We are not a coding assistant or a black-box GitHub bot. Our automation workflows run outside your IDE via the CLI or CI scripts without your active involvement.

We are also not an ‘AI agent’ framework. In our experience, LLM agents struggle with planning and rarely identify the right execution path. Instead, Patchwork requires explicitly defined workflows that provide greater success and full control.

Patchwork is open-source so you can build your own patchflows, integrate your preferred LLM endpoints, and fully self-host, ensuring privacy and compliance for large teams.

As devs, we prefer to build our own ‘AI-enabled automation’ given how easy it is to consume LLM APIs. If you do, try patchwork via a simple 'pip install patchwork-cli' or find us on Github[4].

Sources:

[1] https://blog.tidelift.com/developers-spend-30-of-their-time-...

[2] https://www.patched.codes/blog/patched-rtc-evaluating-llms-f...

[3] https://www.patched.codes/blog/how-good-are-llms

[4] https://github.com/patched-codes/patchwork

[Sample PRs] https://github.com/patched-demo/sample-injection/pulls
> Still, why not a disgruntled ex-employee or a crafty IT-security student?

“Simultaneous operations by 4 teams in different parts of the country” does not work well with “a disgruntled ex-employee or a crafty IT-security student” as a hypothesis.
I was a huge fan of her "shitty robots" arc. But, this is my favorite video of hers in years, and it covers business topics which may be interesting to HN. Topics include bootstrapping, discomfort, hiring, cash flow, charging more than you want to, etc.

My one thought is that if she had taken on investors, or at least taken on investment and advising via something like YC, then she would have avoided the current brand name: "Yetch Store." Her thinking behind this was a bit of inside joke. This is not an ideal sounding name, IMHO.

One quote that might ring true for many here:

> Key learning for me, is that it's a lot better to hire smart people to learn, than it is to hire stupid people to do something that they already know how to do.
As someone who has started exercising on a daily basis I think this is potentially a pretty huge potential finding.

But where I disagree with the author is the prediction that it will lead to a new weight loss drug. That is because I am doubtful that a drug company can patent a protein which is naturally in the body. I think it is more potentially an opportunity for an entrepreneur. Many others can probably produce PGC-1A but the first to build a durable brand around it and educate people to its value will win big.
Pouring reinforce concrete is a entry level skill, the same migrant workers can do the work on 30 story res towers and 100 story prestige office towers (latter also has more skilled teams for steel skeleton / complex building systems etc). RoR also has to factor in wage inflation and access to labour, building out with known demand (per projected urbanization trends) in 2010s when wage was 25/50% of now and surplus pool was large. And of course return will depend on lifespan of investment, which is where I contend the 20-30 year meme number, since that's the only context where lol PRC quality bad, these investment are trash/obviously negative analysis makes sense. The entire narrative breaks down if it's understood these buildings are fine for 50+ years and can be easily retrofitted to modern standards. Lots of shitty USSR Khrushchevka from 60s/70s are going 50+ years, and will likely go past 70+. 20-30 years is an aggressive guestimate if (old) buildings are fully abandoned, left derelict to elements in particulalry harsh environs (i.e. Detroit), but they're not - these projects are managed / on someones portfolio, and have ppl going in doing very basic maintainence even if building underutilized/vacant. I think longevity becomes political liability - the worst kind of PRC problem - if building stock has to be demolished in 20-30 years, within life time of most people, that's within CCDI cracking skulls territory. Underperform by 10 years, and have 50/60 years lifespan, and it'll be someone else's problem because original planners are likely dead. Yes local gov builds to hit GDP numbers but try not to build in ways that spectacularly blows back within their life times because the one's that do don't have happy endings.
Did not expect to see wfmu.org's Beware of the Blog on the front-page of Hacker News but here we are.
It's a very simple rule of thumb that someone can check out in drafting software (or even paper blueprints). It's applicable in one-story domiciles (apartments, bungalows) and multi-story homes.

Gary Klein, the fellow who thought of it, has been consulting on (hot) water issues for a few decades now, and so has tried to whittle down his advice to the simplest thing that (a) people will understand, (b) be actually implementable. That's generally is: make all the hot faucets as close to the hot water source as possible. The rule is a metric for that.
Thanks for the link. This is the first time I have seen something similar. It is so hard to come up with new unique ideas.
I don't think they're designed explicitly to discourage non-car travel. It's quite easy to ride a bike around the suburbs and kids in particular do it all the time. It's just that as a function of everyone wanting a quarter acre lot and cul-de-sacs, the neighborhoods themselves take miles to navigate and then you have to get to a main thoroughfare or possibly even a freeway to then commute 10+ miles to work or to get groceries or see a movie or whatever you might want to do. Try riding a bike 15 miles with 2 kids in tow while picking up groceries on the way back home from some after-school activity or sport. It's just not feasible.
> and must accept any interference.

What does it mean to not accept interference?
I think they meant OSS (Open Sound System), not OSS (Open Source Software). In the Linux space, OSS predates ALSA.

(Back in the OSS days, we tended to use the term "free software" or even "copyleft" more than we did "OSS" to describe software licensing.)
I wanted to build something on top of Lemon Squeezy because stripe banned patreon-like services. Are you gonna extend that to Lemon Squeezy?
Should we memorize everything in song form?
>Right now I am working with a seamstress friend on custom printed fabrics and I have a flower print where yellow somehow turned to orange in the midst of processing the image

That's why Pantone makes so much money.
If only the media had consolidated/unionized to be at the size scale of tech companies extracting advertising value from their reporting…
Not that I am aware of, but he sure did like tormenting folks that did play them.
Macrinus was descended from Berbers, who generally consider themselves to be white. Moor is what christians called Muslim North Africans, a concept that was neither an ethnicity, nor in existence at the time of Macrinus' birth.
Alfredo Moser: Bottle light inventor (2013)
What does ping mean?
Zoot Allures was pretty good. besides that the only thing I like by him is his earliest stuff, like Lumpy Gravy. 90% of the his discography is unlistenable to me, and I listen mostly to stuff that people would classify as unlistenable.
the problem with code is that the abstraction changes and data needs to be migrated:

e.g. a user is enabled if they have paid... time passes... now a user is enabled if the team they belong to has paid. now you need to move the logic to another struct / class and the data to another table.

now this is where "payables" and things come in and you start going the path of clean code with 1000 classes.

instead, the best way to do this is immutable data streams and event listeners.

after over a decade of programming, i feel for most software with a customer focus (not low level, embedded etc), immutable data streams where data flows through and listeners do things to themselves is the best way.
“This will come in very handy, since many providers don't natively provide NetBSD.”

I think prgmr.com (now known as Tornado VPS apparently) still does:

https://tornadovps.com/about

Edit: looks like no more Netbsd dom0’s with prgmr, but their docs on netinstalling netbsd don’t look entirely headache-inducing..
Dynamic pages/content, re-using code across pages (e.g. include 'header.php').
They have some valid gripes but then they get to:

Or consider the recent charges the EU levied against X. Under Elon Musk’s ownership, anyone can now purchase a blue check with a paid subscription, whereas blue checks were previously reserved for notable figures. EU regulators singled out the new system for blue checks as a deceptive business practice that violates the bloc’s Digital Services Act.

What are they thinking?? The blue check mark is supposed to mean verified. They changed it to simply mean paid subscription. They took a symbol of trust and utterly ripped out the trust part. I don't care how much you publicize it, that's not acceptable.

Would he be ok with my going and purchasing a SSL certificate for www.x.com???
The Apple ‘Scorpius’ thing they bought the Cray in the 80’s for emulating.. RISC, multi-core, but could put all the cores in lockstep to operate as pseudo’SIMD..
Or failing that, the 32-bit 6502 successor the MCS65E4..
https://web.archive.org/web/20221029042214if_/http://archive...
> Visual Basic nailed it, for me. Nothing has felt that intuitive for me since.

Ever tried Delphi (or nowadays, Free Pascal / Lazarus)?

I first encountered Visual Basic, and it felt... Almost there. Then i encountered Delphi, and it was love at first sight.
A finite number of failures absolutely does not imply that they never caught any spy except this one. What kind of logic is that?

Looking at the regular expulsions of embassy employees all over the world it should be rather obvious that there is a lot going on about which “we” never hear anything.

(By “we”, I mean normal people having other activities than following closely geopolitics. There is a lot of information to find if you are dedicated enough. A lot of misinformation as well.)
I think the truth is somewhere in this realm. Short list of jobs and failure of corporate to attract anyone unless they offer WFH as a perk.
It’s scary how big stripe is becoming. Instead of competing just buy up other companies. Might be another company that will require regulatory intervention and break them up (same as when the govt broke up the railroads)
What’s the best reason to use this tool?
Usually dynamic signal boosting to drown out interference when it's detected. Big no-no.
I also have XM4's and they worked fine on Arch after addressing two problems:

Do you dual boot? Different OS's on the same computer will generate different pairing keys even though they share the same MAC, and this will cause connection issues. Usually that's reported as having to re-pair every time you switch OS's though.

https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/255509/bluetooth-pa...

I've also experienced audio skipping & popping using a dual WiFi/Bluetooth card that were eliminated by disabling WiFi. Apparently the Linux driver was faulty and allowed some interference; the card worked fine on Windows.
Multimodal RAG (With Meta Chameleon 7B)
I would defend Bluejeans & Moonbeams by itself, it is pleasant enough and I like the laid back vibe of the whole thing. But in comparison to everything else he had done, it was a low point.
I'm convinced what I said was clear if someone is coming in with the intent of understanding. (And the proof is another commenter tried explaining me position and nailed it)

I don't have the patience for this.
Well, the difference is that "6000" is not science, while "14 billion" is. And no, there is no need to "believe in science" (although many indeed do); the idea that "scientific fact" (let alone a hypothesis) is something that is "unequivocally certain" is certainly wrong.
Beefheart(guitarist(guitar))
With real numbers, I have the same intuition. But with integers, where 2 or more elements can be exactly the same, and with the two sets defined as they are defined in TFA, that is one "less than" and one "greater or equal", then I'd argue that the second set will be bigger than the former.

In the pathological case where all the elements are the same value, one set will always be empty and the algorithm will not even terminate.

In a less extreme case where nearly all the items are the same except a few ones, then the algorithm will slowly advance, but not with the progression n, n/2, n/4, etc. that is needed to prove it's O(n).

Please note that the "less extreme case" I depicted above is quite common in significant real-world statistics. For example, how many times a site is visited by unique users per day: a long sequence of 1s with some sparse numbers>1. Or how many children/cars/pets per family: many repeated small numbers with a few sparse outliers. Etc.