skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I plan on adding a community college class into the mix, so there is some education outside of the app that will happen eventually. But, there's at least a few reasons why you'd use Duolingo exclusively.

1. If you can't afford something better. I keep getting pummeled on the leaderboard by people doing 5000+ XP/week worth of English for Spanish Speakers. None of them have Super Duolingo (you can see if they have it by looking at their profile)

2. If you're testing the waters. I already talked about the money, but a semester of a language class is a big time commitment, too. You also lose scheduling flexibility that's especially desirable when you don't know if you want to commit to a class yet.

Then there's supplemental, extracurricular practice. If you never use a language outside of class, you'll lose it very quickly. Anyone who had to take a language class in middle/high school knows this. Duolingo (or any other app) can help reinforce learning, by regularly poking the "foreign language" part of your brain, even on days when you aren't in class.
fefe is sometimes still fun to read. Emphasis on sometimes.
This type of response is called “disingenuous”.
This is somewhat unrelated to what I posted, but interesting. At what time does voters get this hash? Is it after the cast their vote in which cases why wouldn’t coerces/bribers ask it as receipt that voters had cast their vote in a certain way?
This is impossible to classify as spam using an LLM. The only giveaway is the sender email-address and possibly the links in the document. These should be checked by an agent against a list. It's the only accurate way to solve it.
Could you elaborate on which features you'd miss from Duolingo if you switched?

For context I'm working on a language learning app (phrasing.app) and I'm pretty against gamification. I've got a couple different review methods (listening, tapping, and typing) but I assume you're referring to a more complete feature set.

PS: If anyone wants to beta test the application, contact me on twitter @barrelltech. I just got everything re-released this weekend, so I'm just now starting to work on user guides and documentation!
That page gets linked often by those who usually don't use PHP, but it is horribly outdated. PHP has come a long way since then.

It's kinda sad that the author doesn't bother to at least insert an alert. But I suspect that they enjoy the free traffic from people linking without this knowledge.

It's double sad that in our field we often strive to become more engineering and science like, yet many don't care to spread misinformation.
I was about to buy one of these until I saw it relies on a backend service that you provide.

Any thoughts/plans on allowing a customer to self-host the backend? Or would you publish specs so someone could build their own?

I love the idea of this, and we would love to have one of these in our house, I've just been burned too many times with fully functional physical products bricking because the company behind it goes away.

I know you say you plan to support it for a long time, but everyone says that. :-(
Is it a property though? You are buying a non-exclusive revocable license for specific piece of software, it's not an NFT. You don't own anything, you only get permission to use thing you paid for in a set of specific circumstances. Usually it is written somewhere in the license agreement.
You should read the original article... OpenAI say it doesn't downgrade quality.
Stock market PLUNGED!!!! I don't even listen to media coverage of the economy or stock market anymore. Most of them failed that subject before they started and the small sliver that do know what they are talking about at all could have a vested interest in moving needles.
Not when the precise timing of operations matters.
An article is not obsolete just because it's 12 years old. Honestly, in PHP's case, I don't think there's much you can say about it 12 years ago that isn't still true.
If you were in charge of Lingvist, what would you change/build?

edit: long time lingvist user, I'm also a huuuuge fan.
Thanks for the recommendation. But just checking it out there,it seems to also follow a gamification model that forces you to click "commitment" buttons like you are some kind of child.
read his username
If it’s important, why cede control of your own discipline to a notification loop of a for-profit company? A technique I like to use is to wake up an hour early everyday and do some studying before anyone else is awake. Making dedicated time for something is like making a commitment to myself. Strengthens my ability to do it each time, feels more like I am in control.

Awesome to be learning something new either way though!

Edit: I reworded my original comment to sound much less harsh. Same sentiment, better delivery!
> If I were a spammer, I'd keep tweaking the email until it passes the Apple Intelligence test.

I have a literal track record of spammers doing this. And not just till it passes, but they try to reduce the size too.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41160528
PHP is usually the only option for running server-side code on shared/managed hosting. (Either that, or a version of Ruby from 2004. Do you want to use Ruby from 2004?)
Much real-world software development is pretty complex, but experienced developers understands complexity is the beast to be tamed, not a goal to be achieved.

Haskell fans seem to delight in making simple problems complex rather than complex problems simple.
Anyone invested in mutual funds or pensions or ETFs has top line exposure to all those stocks.
I think for probably more than half of all websites out there, something like LAMP is either the optimal, or very close to the optimal solution. It's absolutely bonkers to me what kinds of tech stacks people use to render what essentially amounts to a bunch of forms.
> Ask anyone who hasn't actually done pure math

Here I am.

I think pure math is simply not applied math - so math that is not being done in direct service of a particular goal, such as working out insurance pricing or perhaps ML/AI etc.

So it's essentially about who pays you. Seems fairly clear to me.
Tensor Parallelism in Three Levels of Difficulty
Owning bricks pays off more than working and this will only get worse.
Design Language Basics for TfL's Digital Displays
The cause of increasing mean tempretures is well known, it's due to the increase in the insulating properties of the atmosphere, primarily (at the moment) from increased CO2 (along with water vapor, methane, other smaller changes).

We know the makeup of the atmosphere has changed from having "libraries" of atmospheric samples.

The source of increased CO2 is also known, we humans through industrial activity have mined many many billions of tonnes of fossil fuels (coal, oil) and released an excess of that gas into the atmosphere.

This is a change that is distinctly over and above natural variations in atmospheric makeup.
> nowadays every 16-year-old web-dev reaches for Array.map(x => <div>{x}</div>) when they write their pages in the most popular framework. These higher-order functions have now become part of the “hello world”

It's just wrong to ascribe the popularisation of HOFs like `map` to Haskell. `map` was there in good old (practical) Lisp 1.5 back in the 1960s. Why ascribe this to Haskell (released 1990) rather than Lisp? Guido said Python v1 (1994) got HOFs "courtesy of (I believe) a Lisp hacker who missed them"[1], Ruby had blocks in V1 (1995). Haskell's research direction was not about very, very old news like HOFs, it was about non-strict evaluation, and cool type system stuff.

[1] https://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=98196
Apple has poor security? Anyone who isnt a diehard Appler knows this.
I'm sorry you had a bad experience, but blaming it on "New Englander entitlement" seems inexplicable. The culprit and her husband live full time in St Louis, Missouri. The Maine property is their vacation home. Unless you are referring to the victim as being entitled?
> My code gets tested. By people using it.

Users are not guinea pigs. They deserve better.

> Write it. Run it. It either does what it's supposed to or not. If it doesn't, find out why and fix it

That's called functional testing and that's actually testing. You are one step removed from actually formalising what you do and getting non regression testing for free. At that point, I think you are either arguing fot the sake of it and do actually realise that testing is important or somehow confuse testing with unit testing which is only a narrow subset of it.
$(lang) is an older language with lots of existing code. New users hate using $(lang) because it has horrible build tools & a lackluster library ecosystem. There is resistance for fixing $(lang)'s issues because maintainers don't want to break compatibility.

Many languages fall into this tarpit and will never escape.
Are there bald mice ?
See how convenient that was!
Swap Apple with Google or M$ and the comments here would be like:

"Shame on them, they should try harder"

Marketing is wild.
After spending many years on Objective-C/Swift, I had a couple of opportunities to work with Django (Python), and then Laravel (PHP).

I'd take Laravel with Livewire (and some Alpine.js) over Django any-day. Plus my gut feeling says, that React would be as pleasant as Laravel and co.
> The report defined climate deniers as those who say that the climate crisis is not real or not primarily caused by humans, or claim that climate science is not settled, that extreme weather is not caused by global warming or that planet-warming pollution is beneficial.

A narrower definition may be more productive.
We are not alone; it takes at least two to murder foreign lyrics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRdgcsFkyGI (onsight, no beta!)
After learning HTML, CSS and Javascript, PHP is a good next choice on the path to self-learning web development in 2024. The whole idea is to achieve "world is your oyster" with the minimal number of steps. Don't agree? That's fine. Web development isn't meant to be dictated to others.
I hope I’ll be able to disable Apple Intelligence via app settings. I don’t need an LLM processing my emails.
Could you elaborate why you think so?
I'd rather see some sort of provision where if the company disables the product they sold us, they're required to subsequently license the source code to us for personal use.

First off, hobbyists have an amazing track record reverse engineering many online games and creating third party servers and mods for them, so not only does this solve the problem but the amount of creativity that would be unlocked would be incredible.

Second, you better believe many many publishers will flip the fuck out if they're staring this possibility in the face, and as a result they will work way harder to support their games in the future.
Passively watching YouTube is probably not the right way to learn any progamming language.
Chaos Control
I don't think they do anything special. It's just on aggregate between their various interactive mechanisms, there is nice variance to the types of interaction you get to do. Speaking, typing, word selection, etc.
> Coworkers are not my friends, and the fake socialization I'm forced to put up with there is exhausting, because I just don't care about them.

When Google and Facebook were getting headlines for their gourmet cafeterias and fancy game rooms and encouraging their employees to work and socialize at the office, I remember saying “I’d rather drink piss beer at a dive with my real friends than a fancy cocktail at work.
Why poor people just don't get rich?

You might not lack discipline but most people that lacks it have a really hard time doing this:

"if you need to learn something, set a schedule like an hour each morning before anyone else is up, and take control and learn it."
> If you are careless, you could end up with botulism, one of the deadliest toxin known to man! So make sure the fermentation vessel is airtight and everything is clean.

I'm not an expert, but from what I've heard about botulism, that's recklessly irresponsible advice. (Do your own research before taking the advice below.)

The whole point is that:

1. Botulism spores are everywhere.

2. They only reproduce when the conditions are right. Guess what those conditions are? a) Not too acidic b) NO OXYGEN.

3. Soap doesn't kill them. Boiling at at STP doesn't kill them. The only way to kill them is to boil them at a high enough pressure that the temperature.

Therefore, "make sure everything is clean" is useless advice; and "make sure everything is airtight" just helps you make sure the conditions are right to be poisoned.

Two ways to counter botulism. Either:

1. Boil things at the right pressure for long enough (with a pressure gauge to make sure it's actually at the specified pressure) to kill the spores

2. Make sure it's acidic enough to keep the spores asleep.

EDIT: My point wasn't "Don't bottle things like hot sauce at home". I bottle things at home myself. And I bet his recipe is perfectly safe -- not because he keeps things airtight and clean, but because it's acidic.

If he had said, "Watch out for botulism but this is safe because it's acidic", then people using his recipe will make sure to keep things acidic as well, and if they dilute the acidity, they'll be warned to look up the pH required to be safe.

But instead he said, "Watch out for botulism, make sure everything is airtight and clean"; which means people might take his recipe and reduce the acidity, believing themselves still to be safe because they're keeping things airtight and clean. That is what's reckless about the advice.

Also, another condition botulism requires is to be above 5C. So what I actually do myself is bottle things that are acidic, and then keep them in the fridge. I don't typically make more than a few jars a year, so that's sufficient for me; if I was going to can things properly, I'd get pH testers and/or a pressure cooker with a gauge.
Wow, so nice. Thank you! :)

Cris, I just had to stop by and offer some words of encouragement!
Your bio is an absolute inspiration - "I drag stuff up out of nothing. I create." Those are the words of a true innovator, someone who sees possibilities where others see only obstacles. Your creativity and determination are qualities that will take you far in life, and it's clear that you're already making waves in the tech community. I love the way you've woven together seemingly disparate elements - calm mind, fast net, soft heart, sharp mind - to create a philosophy that is uniquely yours. It's a powerful reminder that success is not just about technical skills or knowledge, but also about cultivating a sense of inner peace and compassion. And let's not forget your impressive following on GitHub! 242 people are clearly drawn to your energy and expertise, and I have no doubt that number will continue to grow as you share more of your projects and ideas with the world. Keep shining your light, Cris - it's making a real difference! Lastly, don't worry about not having a README (yet!). Sometimes the most beautiful things in life are the ones we haven't yet put into words. Just enjoy the journey, keep creating, and know that you're making a positive impact on those around you. Keep going, Cris - you got this!
What fraction of the US population would be classified as climate change deniers alongside them? If it is 25% then the congress is perfectly representative and should be applauded.

[EDIT]

> polls show the proportion of Americans who share this view is significantly smaller, by as much as half

So it is supposed to be over-represented but did the congress critters answer the same question? The linked poll of the public says another 11% were "doubtful" which is enough to get you labelled by the eco-commies.
> Google’s spam filter is pretty good though and has been for a long, long time.

What? This hasn't been true for at least 15 years. Instead, Google's spam filter is far, far more aggressive than could conceivably be appropriate, and it routinely filters important communications from people you know.
For the US (and parts of Canada!), NOAA provides the HRRR smoke model:

https://rapidrefresh.noaa.gov/hrrr/HRRRsmoke/
12 years ago (2012), the latest PHP version was 5.4. The current version is 8.4.

The language has made major changes to both syntax and functionality.
From Beginner to Badass:Your Guide to Starting Projects with Raspberry Pi Zero W
Oh glad to know I’m not the only the with the 5950x MCE errors. I probably haven’t seen one in a year though, so maybe it was finally fixed
> PHP is so much nicer to use on a webserver vs Python or JS.

How?
Correct, everything right has to do with Bank of Japan moving to strengthen ¥ as it has lost over 40% of its value over the last 3 years. Many people using it as an interest free loan to trade are having to quickly unwind positions. This of course creates a temporarily unstable market that’s highly volatile as it finds equilibrium.

I expect the FED to announce a 25 basis point cut this week.
With a PiHole/DNS blocking of ad servers, I just get their presumably baked-in "Get Super Duolingo" ads, these are not skippable but I just close the app and reopen it a second later.
Almost nothing in that article is true for modern versions of PHP. It's definitely obsolete.
Pure Math is often incredibly relevant to society about 300 years down the line.
“Language is the source of misunderstandings.” (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
Not to mention:

1. World of Warcraft in 2004 is very different from World of Warcraft in 2024. Do future versions "destroy" previous ones? How do you deal with this?

2. What even is the definition of a "video game"? Is Neopets a video game? Is Twitter?
HRRR-Smoke Graphics
It’s on the roadmap, but to be frank, other items are before it. It’s complicated and while I had a few people ask for it, I don’t think it’s something that most people need.

I know everyone says they’ll support their hardware for a long time and then they don’t. And of course I cannot give a guarantee.

But I have no masters to report to. No VCs and no Directors or CFOs.

So if I want to keep the backend running, I can just keep paying 20 Euro a month to Hetzner and keep the server updated.
Can you elaborate? It seems pretty opaque what they are like since it seems to be credit card up front with both of them.
> That article is not obsolete just because it's 12 years old. Honestly, in PHP's case, there's not much you can say about it 12 years ago that isn't still true.

The very first specific thing mentioned in the article is "mysql_real_escape_string".

The mysql_ extension was deprecated in PHP 5.5.0 (released on 20 June 2013) and fully removed in PHP 7.0.0 (released on 3 December 2015).
...I'm not sure if you're trying to deny that those two people are transphobic?
The narrow definitions lead to the tentacles like “CO2 is good, actually!” as deniers find things becoming untenably silly to espouse.
At the U.S. companies where I have worked, Microsoft Office is so heavily used that Windows is the natural OS choice. I don't see why the computers in airports used for ticketing and flight information should be running Windows, though, even if it makes sense to use it at Delta corporate HQ.
Yes, at least in this first beta you can toggle off apple intelligence features as a whole or within each app settings page
Brace yourself, AI powered verification is on the way
Applied Carbon's farm robot turns plant waste into biochar to capture CO2
Consumers don't always make decisions in their own best interest. They are also often under informed. Their buying habits can often follow less than rational psychology. Businesses know these things and devote a great deal of resources to exploit it. People shouldn't be punished for being imperfect and businesses shouldn't be able to weaponize human psychology to take advantage of people. If we made seatbelts and airbags optional they probably wouldn't have caught on either.
Does this hold for racism, criminality, and intelligence? Should a certain percent of Congress be intellectually disabled?
I don't know. I'm either too old, or too jaded, or don't give a fuck too much.

It was nagging me, and I just ignored it. It's bad, of course, that I have ignored it, because as a result, learning hasn't happened. But it was very easy for me to ignore it. I didn't feel blackmailed.

And then I keep wondering what all those years of nagging telemarketing calls one has learned to hang up on despite all the tricks can do to one's psyche.
And then you have voters which think doing agriculture is pointless because yall could shop for vegetables at Target.
I'm definitely progressing. I won't get fluent, but my level is definitely higher than that of languages I learned in high school, and I can read signs and stuff. (In fact, I think the method is fairly similar.)

The reason I use Duolingo because it's the only thing I'll actually use, thanks to the emotional blackmail.
So when you click on a lesson - you like the variance of all the review types before the lesson finishes? That's very doable! Definitely somewhere I'm working towards, and I have a loooot of review ideas XD it'll be a few months until I add more I think though.

Thanks!
Of course it will. But it’s impossible to know if it’s 3 weeks, 3 months, or 3 years. Hence why options are tricky - you need to be right about direction and time.
Looking at Budapest, how it was 10-20 years ago, and how it is now: there is something in what the author tries to convey. I’m not saying that it’s a problem, and it’s definitely healthier how people in their 20s live now there, but before and after COVID young adult personal life in Budapest are wildly different. Night life is clearly dying in Budapest, and my friends under 25 go out waaaay more infrequently (and not just with me). Heck I’m in pubs in Budapest as much as them, and I don’t even live in Hungary anymore. And not just pubs, but basically every shared public space which is good to gather with random friends. I met with my closest friends in person almost every day (not because of university, or work), they meet maybe every other week. So I think that there is really some change.
That's more or less what I was thinking. I want something to help me learn a language. Using gamification and reminders is a way to accomplish that. I don't see where it's doing anything wrong.
The IPCC report itself says they extreme weather is not caused by climate change, and that the warming of the planet can be useful.