skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I don't think there is such a thing as truth; at least not for anything that matters to human meaning. The truth is we're just apes living on a planet that we're unable to stop ourselves from destroying; a tiny, ultimately meaningless rock that will be gone one day in a universe that won't even notice, let alone care. That truth is very hard to accept (I never really have) and so we create other stories to give us meaning, but these stories are too arbitrary and subjective for us to collectively agree upon.
I agree that Apple should be pressured to allow alternative modes of payment and/or lower fees in more cases. The duopoly problem you talk about is a real and serious issue.

But on this point:

> often with the implicit suggestion that Apple "deserves" to be compensated for all of the work they're putting into hosting and curating apps

This is a huge misunderstanding about what these fees are actually for. I remember a time when major operating system updates cost a fair bit of money. The kind of free significant feature updates we see for phones these days were almost completely unheard of both in the PC and the phone market.

Apple now provides fairly significant feature updates for phones/tablets, going back many years. The App Store business model is what incentivizes this development. Doesn't matter if you don't buy a new phone.. they still make a fair bit of money on you when you use the App Store.

The App Store fees are not to cover hosting/review. It's a way to get a continuous revenue stream from the users of their hardware/software. There is only one realistic alternative to this business model: to use more advertising to extract value out of your users.. which is the path Microsoft and Google seems to be heading in. Neither is ideal. But IMO it's good that there are at least two options with different approaches to this, so we have a bit of choice.

A third alternative would be going back to paying for major OS updates. But I don't think that business model is viable anymore. People expect free updates.
Are these tests genuine or did ChatGPT scrape them from unnamed academic papers?
I run Bazzite (another universal blue build tailored for gaming) on my desktop and I've been very happy with it. I have been keen to try out one of the other builds for my dev laptop but haven't carved out the time yet.
From what I can tell, the upper time limit for magnetic media is generally expected to be 30 years[1]. My money is on survivorship bias for longer time frames. I've had 5 1/4" and 3 1/2" floppies die on me within months of purchase - I don't recall that ever happening for a CD/DVD, but I'm sure someone has had that experience. Anecdotes aren't hard data, but I have 2 CD binders full of CDs and DVDs that have outlasted 3 hard drives that I didn't keep backed up as a young adult, and as long as they were kept away from scratches and heat, all of them were easily read and playable.

[1] https://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/pub54/4life_expectancy
That's a meaningless distinction though. What's the logic of not choosing the most reliable supplier in the industry just because the owner is rich?
NIST Releases First 3 Finalized Post-Quantum Encryption Standards
At least in my area, Pizza Hut's target market is families.

They're not trying to be the kind of posh place you'd go for an important business meeting, or with a date you wanted to impress. It's a bit more raucous - if your kids are a bit excitable they won't be spoiling the experience for the other diners.

The food quality is fine - it's not haute cuisine but it's easy to make pizza taste great because it's packed with great tasting melted cheese and pepperoni and tomato sauce.

If you don't know any people who go there it's probably because you don't know many people organising birthday parties for 13 year olds.
Linux Filesystems
Again, why is this acceptable?
Fuel taxes are a minority of road funding.

Taxes, including fuel taxes, directly charged to motorists only make up 53% of the cost of road building and maintenance in the US. Motorists are deeply subsidized by general funds.
https://taxfoundation.org/data/all/state/states-road-funding...
> The difference is their search bar still works

Search is literally one of the things YouTube is poorer at than ever and it blows my mind. I get a handful of results that might be relevant and then it’s just pages and pages of completely unrelated content that has nothing to do remotely with my search.
Yes, well, unless the poor CSR cannot actually see your answer, but has to enter it for a 'yes/no' response. Had a fun time with Rackspace support around the turn of the millennium, where I had used the output of 'openssl rand -base64 16' or somesuch, and that had to be entered verbatim, with the person on the other side apparently not understanding what a 'forward slash' was, and, yes, it was urgent...

Anyway, I don't find these questions intrusive as much as 'not fit for purpose', with a bit of (cultural) insensitivity mixed in. I once had to console a very-upset very-serious person from an African country with regards to the the 'name of pet' question they just had to answer as part of a mandatory signup for a US-based third-party service, and which they just couldn't find an answer to.

And whenever I'm asked about "name of high school" or (even worse) "high school mascot", I'm tempted to flip out with something like "yeah, which of the seven-or-so I attended, for no-fun-at-all reasons, and most of which I don't even remember, but I can assure you none of them had a mascot", but then I just take a chill pill and mash my keyboard...
I agree - there will always be an element of engineering knowledge required.

It's not dissimilar to AWS urging people to use Flex or Graviton instances, only we can decide if our workload will run appropriately!
Maybe, but it's more a matter of other kinds of luck and changing values. I'd make the same trade if I could, but because there's never been a time I could have chosen to stay on past the year and a half marker (always laid off or w/e), it's crucial I try and get as much as possible in that short time. Had I not been laid off, there'd definitely come a time where I'd prefer to just take half a year off and come back than start fresh.

My impression is that for people with that choice, they're often unable to convince themselves they don't need the money, since there's always a way to rationalize it, and so they continue making choices exclusively on that basis
>It doesn't, interestingly, seem to include the initial built-in prompts used as constraints.

That's because it is mostly a ploy by profit-driven corporations to allow their researchers to publish some stuff without having them actually reveal anything of value to competitors. Don't be surprised if you find it severely lacking for actual insight.
> Constant maintenance is a sign of shitty design. A hallmark of craftsmanship is leaving a supportable low maintenance environment in your wake

This rings true to me; I am no amazing programmer but things I have built (which managers complained took a bit too long) have just chugged along; I have almost never received a call about something broke badly or had major rollbacks etc. My longest record is a program I built 19 years ago which is still in use.
Launch HN: Shaped (YC W22) – AI-Powered Recommendations and Search
Hey HN! Tullie and Dan here from Shaped (https://www.shaped.ai/). We're building a semantic recommendation and search platform for marketplaces and content companies.

There’s a sandbox at https://play.shaped.ai/dashboard/home that you can use to explore demo models and evaluate results interactively. And we have a demo video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toCsUYQnJ_g.

The explosion of online content, driven by both individuals and generative tools, is making it harder than ever for users to sift through the noise and find what's relevant to them. Platforms like Netflix, TikTok, and Meta have set a high bar, proving that personalized experiences are key to cutting through the clutter and engaging users effectively.

Despite advancements in AI and semantic infrastructure like vector stores, building a truly relevant recommendation or search system is still extremely difficult. It's not just about deploying the latest LLM—the difficulties lie in creating the infrastructure to orchestrate the components seamlessly. Consider the challenge of continuously fine-tuning models with fresh data while simultaneously serving real-time personalized recommendations to millions of users. It requires a delicate balancing act of speed, scale, and sophistication.

Our goal is to empower any technical team to build state-of-the-art recommendation and search systems, regardless of their data infrastructure. Here's how we eliminate the friction:

Solving Data Challenges: We integrate directly with your data sources—Segment, Amplitude, Rudderstack, and more. We handle the complexities of real-time streaming, ETLs, and data quality robustness, so you can get started in minutes.

Leveraging Cutting-Edge Models – we utilize state-of-the-art large-scale language, image, and tabular encoding models. This not only extracts maximum value from your data but also simplifies the process, even with unstructured data.

Real-time Optimization: Unlike vision or NLP tasks, recommendation system performance hinges on real-time capabilities—training, feature engineering, and serving. We've architected our platform with this at its core.

We're already helping many companies build relevant recommendations and search for their users. Outdoorsy, for example, uses us to power its RV rental marketplace. E-commerce businesses like DribbleUp and startups like Overlap have seen up to a 40% increase in both conversions and engagement when integrating Shaped.

A bit about us: Tullie was previously an AI Researcher at FAIR working on multimodal ranking at Meta. He released PyTorchVideo, a widely-used video understanding library, which contains the video understanding models that power systems like IG Reels. Dan led product research at Afterpay and Uber, driven by how behavioral psychology influences user experience.

We've been heads down building Shaped for quite a while, so this launch feels like a big milestone. We'd love to hear your feedback – technical deep dives, feature requests, you name it. Let us know what you think!
Depends on the platform you're on, some platforms have very few wheels.
Naive question: why should the expansion rate need to be uniform or constant everywhere?

I'm likely misinterpreting the article, but it seems to frame things in a way that first assumes expansion should be constant and it's a question of what the right constant value is between the measured/theoretical discrepancies.

(*yeesh, editing all those spelling errors from typing on my phone)
Needs a way to delete an account after creating one
> Such a society must inevitably collapse.

What are the examples of that? It's closer to a phase transition than an actual collapse at the kind of scale we're talking about here.

I'm not disagreeing with your sentiment, though.
Do you plan to take discounts into account?

Can you base usage off previous billing data for existing resources?
The docs are surprisingly unspecific for such a mature project, enough that you often need to read source code to confirm your suspicions one way or another. The style has been redone a few different times now, and most of the old stuff is there for backwards compatibility so it's unclear what The Correct Way is to use it (once you step outside the obvious classes and methods).

The source code is like an Escher drawing, I'm sure it makes sense to the maintainer but its logic is incredibly abstract and scattered. From my notes on it ~1 year ago: "I took a dive into Celery source to better understand their native way for inspecting workers... holy shit. Celery is an overgrown jungle of abstractions."

It's honestly kind of surprising to me that Celery is still the undisputed #1 message queue abstraction library. I guess it's a simple enough problem that companies using Python at scale roll their own. I wonder what Instagram uses instead of Celery.

I found this [1] to be a useful comparison between queues in Python, if anybody has found a similarly-terse and exhaustive one that's more up to date for 2024 I'd love to see it.

[1]: https://dramatiq.io/motivation.html
The same problems happen in any language that links C and C++ libraries largely.

It's less common for other languages because they just don't do it as much.
LLM have unleashed the dreamer in each and every young coder. Now, there is all sorts of speculation on what these machines can or cannot do. This is a natural process of any mania.

These folks must all do courses in epistemology to realize that all knowledge is built up of symbolic components and not spit out by a probabilistic machine.

Gradually, reality will sync (intentional misspelling) in, and such imaginations will be seen to be futile manic episodes.
> I also immediately went to eBay to see how much old Amiga computers cost

Please note that Serena targets a Motorola 68030, so anything below an Amiga 3000 won't qualify.
Also relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moravec%27s_paradox
I don't think they understand what appeal to authority means. Better to just let it go.
True, but actually reading a book about the language to understand the philosophy behind it and its trade offs speeds up the process enormously.
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Show HN: Narrative Nooks – Fun, Interactive Learning App for Kids
Hey HN,

I'm John, a solo developer, and after months of development, I'm thrilled to introduce *Narrative Nooks*, a new app that makes learning fun and engaging for kids.

*What is Narrative Nooks?*

Narrative Nooks is designed to help kids aged 6 to 14 learn in a more enjoyable way by creating interactive lessons based on their interests. The app also offers a *Personal Tutor* feature that allows kids (and parents!) to upload images of their homework or math problems, and get step-by-step help.

*Key Features:*
- *Interactive Lessons:* Tailored to each child’s interests, making learning more engaging and fun.
- *Personal Tutor:* Instant help with homework, providing explanations that are easy to understand.
- *Dynamic Book Creation:* Generates books that help kids learn about specific subjects given a prompt or URL.

*Why I Built This:*

I’ve always been passionate about using technology to make education more accessible and enjoyable. As I saw the struggle many parents and kids face with traditional learning tools, I wanted to create something that would not only make learning easier but also fun. Narrative Nooks is my attempt to bring that vision to life.

*Feedback Wanted:*

I’d love to hear what you think! Any feedback on the app, its features, or ideas for improvement would be greatly appreciated. I’m particularly interested in knowing what additional features you think would make Narrative Nooks even better.

Thanks for taking the time to check it out! If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to drop a comment below.
All the more reason not to trust any schedule laid out by them this time.
This is an nuanced topic that might not be worth going into. The IRS automatically considers a church as tax exempt under 501(c)3. However, churches do not have to apply for that status (although some/many do), and do not have to follow IRS annual filing rules.[0]

0. https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/churches-integrate...
C++ Should Be C++ – David Sankel – C++Now 2024 [video]
If I wanted to compile a Go binary using an existing dynamically loaded C library, compiled with -ffast-math, what happens?
frequency analysis would probably fix your fix.
The thickness of the book being calculated from its page count is a really nice touch.
My experience is different to that.

I'd say people and businesses that best understand and balance risks against potential rewards are the most successful. I know a couple of skydiving accountants...

Use of innovative tech in finance is one way for companies to gain an "edge" which can make them a lot of money. I wouldn't characterise people working in those particular areas as more risk averse.

OTOH finance businesses (esp. those that manage other peoples money) are regulated and can't put new tech into Production without careful change control. But this evolves over time, and controls were looser in the past.

There's a steady creep of regulation and control into tech used in finance outside and around IT: so called EUC (End-User Computing). This can be a source of "wrong tool for the job" syndrome. I've seen some hellish SQL written by non-IT people, but it got the job done. It's also an area where source code control, testing, and release processes are inevitably more human and error-prone.

There is a culture clash internal to large finance between "move fast and break things!" and "nothing can change, ever - too risky!" This leads to a mixture of the very old and very new, and inevitably, more complexity. Achieving homogeneity once the heterogeneous is out of the bottle is very hard - attempts to do so often (always?) lead to a variation on the xkcd "Standards" situation https://xkcd.com/927/
I did a quick search and couldn't find any evidence that confirms the quote came from Musk. Its just one of those quotes that, whether or not he really said it, has been attributed to him. Seems like this sort of thing happens to quotes by famous people quite a bit.
There's only so much information you can get this way, because at some point you'll hit fundamental noise thresholds.
I agree with everything you say. My personal issue is that I've very rarely seen the difference in impact by having full time architects. It's obviously very anecdotal, but in my experience, you can get both good and bad architecture regardless of it being governed by specialized architects or regular developers. I think the scale may even tip in the developers favour. It's probably important to point out that almost every Danish organisation is fairly tiny, even well past the startup phase. With that in mind, I'd always prefer a "regular" developer because they'll not bog things down with stuff like this article suggests.

> Edit: actually read the article, and boy do I agree with your sentiment now :)

Exactly, all I read was that I'd be spending even more of my time in useless meetings.
That's what I said. But all things equal, D-D is definitely not the best path for direct energy production because of the vast amount of neutrons.
Why Is π So Ubiquitous?
> Is it allowed to put a notice that Android and web users are given a 30% discount on the normal prices

No. You are not allowed to provide customers any details about other payment options. Apple has provisions that basically say, "you must not encourage the user to use a different payment option." And Apple can interpret that quite broadly; telling users that another platform has a discount would be treated as a violation.

> "See here to find out if you are eligible to discounted prices!" to a link to the web site.

This would be a violation of Apple's policies.

I sort of understand why people have a hard time grasping this, and I don't think it's through any fault of their own. It's because it's such an obviously anti-consumer, anti-competitive policy that I think normal people assume "it cannot possibly be the policy that Apple has."

There's almost a defense in audacity: Patreon must be lying about its options because, come on, Apple wouldn't seriously ban links, right? No company would be that bold, right?

The policy is so blatant that people assume there must be something they're misunderstanding about it.
After having seen the rise and fall of a number of "robot to make your pizza", "robot fry cook", etc. startups, I've been pitching a new rule that:

There is an inverse correlation between how much a robot looks like a _robot_ and how useful it is in the real world.
Cool idea. A few thoughts - the icon and fonts in my opinion are not great. Maybe train you models on some of these more modern looking ppt libraries (can’t recall the name).

Else: I always liked infographics with also some more data viz/graphics - optimally it could get it from some opendata/publication incl source?!
Maybe they should use a visual starting cue?
Here's a site that lists a few [0].

I will say that if you've spent any time trying to develop a web-based app it becomes painfully obvious that Apple is doing the absolute bare minimum to support the browser on iOS. PWAs are barely functional.

[0] https://ios404.com
Thanks for explanations. However, instead of making yet another framework, wouldn't it be better to contribute to Flutter (e.g. optimize its wasm target, add a vector visual builder), so there is one strong open cross-platform alternative to HTML/CSS/JS?
Generated outputs, especially when source code (headers, etc.) are important to keep for debugging later.
We support custom price books - https://www.infracost.io/docs/infracost_cloud/custom_price_b...

As for usage, at the moment it's driven from a usage file - https://www.infracost.io/docs/features/usage_based_resources...

In the future, we'd like to infer usage directly from the cloud account to give the most accurate view and do right size suggestion
Sounds to me like you are maybe the competitive one. It could be that you are friends with board-gaming sociopaths but in my life I have met only one person who I think would propose a board game just because they could win at it.
I’m not knowledgeable in this area, but I imagine that living with stress is a major factor in how strongly other negatives end up affecting you.

People who struggle financially are under constant stress.
I don’t have personal experience with it but I think TimeScaleDB is worth investigating. It is a Postgres extension. The founder is an academic and a really nice person who managed to build a really great community.
Yes. It works fairly well. With that said, I've got a feeling that life would be a lot easier to change around if we weren't using it, we end up writing a lot of code to do relatively simple things.
There is no redefinition. You know that because you literally repeated what I said in your comment, so clearly you are accepting of what was said.

Seemingly the almost verbatim repetition, yet presented in a combative form is because you don't have familiarity with programming, and thus can only respond with canned responses that you picked up elsewhere. If you do have familiarity, let's apply it.

So, do you actually want to discuss the topic at hand, or are you here just for a silly fake internet argument?
Looks great based on the video!

As a data engineer in a consulting company: this would be a good way to get an idea of cost once we've written infra for projects.

Couple of questions:

1. Is Bicep supported?

2. Any plans for a VS Code plugin? (I just saw in your docs you have a plugin for this, great!)

3. How are you handling pricing of resources that are dependent on consumption?
I'll humbly add my voice to those here and suggest - particularly if you see any inclination thereto whatsoever - you think of International law or legal studies.-

Baring work with actual linguistics the "next best actually practically useful work with language(s)" discipline is law.-

Language (and keen, precise language at that) is the ultimate tool of a jurist - and internationally, there's much good that can be done in that field by someone with such language talents.-

Now, given the quality (and quantity) of the gifts involved, and a penchant for language, I of course humbly also second "computational linguistics" - given how he seems to enjoy depth in the analysis (and, comparative analysis at that) of language structure.-