skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> I'm not sure what you're looking for

Regulation that is clear, in the sense that people can know whether they are complying with it or not and know how to become compliant with it. I explained the problems with GDPR at length now, I think it's pretty clear I don't want the problems.

I also want the national agencies to do what their job is — not their job according to me, their job according to the EU, which is defining certification that is acceptable to them. What about my expectations are unclear?

> In the US, SOC2, and EU, ISO, are voluntary

How are these relevant here? How does these being voluntary make GDPR less of a dumpster fire? GDPR is not volutary, in case that was unclear to you at this point.

So okay, other things — not the GDPR — are not dumpster fires, and how GDPR would not be a dumpster fire if it was different. Agreed. I did not say anything about SOC2 and ISO, and I did not say GDPR would not be a dumpster fire if it was different. My concern with GDPR is not it's acronym.

But the EU won't fix it, they never fix anything — they have no incentive to fix it, in fact, Eurocrats are incentivized to not fix it. They just keep smearing more crap on the crap sandwich.
And there is also not a single clickable link to the domain also in that blog post.

Really annoying to copy and paste urls.
> This is amusing because evidence suggests that at the time his works were not considered highbrow, and they seem to have been popular with a wide audience.

Yeah. Shakespeare was the Justin Bieber of his time :-)
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Sounds interesting! Do you have a blog or website to follow progress?
Wrote a similar curl -> email thing in python: https://github.com/mattbillenstein/pingthing

I've been putting an http endpoint in my sites that checks all the backing stores and returns a 204 on everything ok, and a 200 + error message on something broken. This is a remarkably simple and effective way to do entire site monitoring given the called endpoint can check server stats, task queue depth, backing store health, anything really.
"The researchers said that their method had succeeded by following a relatively simple machine learning approach. The AI was given a set of statistical features based on the team’s knowledge of earthquake physics, then told to train itself on a five-year database of seismic recordings."

Link to the abstract:

https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/article-abstract/1...
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Isn't order a part of civilization though? Aren't local thugs and overlords part of our civilization? I'm not sure what your argument is. Our civilization cannot secure enough food for everyone.

edit: typo
Roughly: They're not PCs. For one thing, they all have limited battery life. For another, not everyone can afford brand new flagship phones, so folks who keep cheaper phones for long enough can easily find CPU and RAM to be stretched as new app versions start to demand more of the hardware. Conserving resources is beneficial in general, and especially so on mobile devices. Every little bit helps.

Why I consider smartphones constrained is unimportant here, though. The question isn't whether GNU libs/utils can run on a smartphone. The question is why the person above said GNU specifically.

I'm trying to suss out whether they are aware of some special case that would make GNU better than e.g. musl on a phone, or were just repeating a bit of that "GNU/Linux" rant that was (incorrectly, I think) attributed to Stallman. If it's the former, it seems like information worth sharing.
How would you feel if I complained about a company being a bit "too brown"? Since when did we normalize this subtle racism towards white people?
A persuite of knowledge is not 'subsidizing their hobbies'.

Its a captialsm valuation nothing more.

What are we as humans if we don't have the resources to educate and learn and be curious?

I really hope the current AI and Robot wave will lead us all to a more 'free' society
> t having watched the movies and talked to my son who has read the books a few times, the magic system seems entirely inconsistent and capricious,

I agree. The magic in Harry Potter is used almost purely as plot armor.

Why does this $MAGIC work but not that $MAGIC? Because the plot requires it.

It's not a good example of universe building at all. The approach in the discworld novels is a lot better.
Second paper from lab of Nobel Prize winner to be retracted
This is just a guess, but maybe the struck a deal with Steinberg that does not allow them to do this?
That is not true, stop perpetuating that myth. Most of the nuclear waste by volume is of low level waste (90%) or intermediate level (7%) and only 3% is high level waste i.e. spent fuel. We still have to store the 97% of waste that cannot be reused.

https://world-nuclear.org/nuclear-essentials/what-is-nuclear...
I wish the article would explain the criteria for winning the competition. If it's simply percentage of actual earthquakes that were predicted I could easily write an algorithm that would score 100% by always returning the value `true`.
A few years ago, I read a slightly updated version of Constance Garnett's Anna Karenina and it was stunning.

I have been reading a copy of P&V Crime and Punishment that I found laying around, and it does not have quite the intensity that I was expecting. Will probably try another translation - deciding on which one to read is half the fun for me anyway.
I think there's a deeper root cause that needs to be called out here: The reason to make a proactive facade in your application [0] like this is when your ecosystem/language/setup doesn't have good tools to automate or validate refactoring.

The new layer of indirection can create new problems too: It may end up a leaky abstraction (so that it isn't actually swappable) or it may fail to provide access to important features/settings in the library, or both at once.

Then someday in the future you'll need to find/change all uses of your facade... and then you're faced with the same "bad refactoring tools" problem again.

[0] In contrast to an application, it's a bit more-defensible if you're making a library for external use where you cannot change the caller-side code later.
Releasing source code (especially under a permissive license) would be extremely hard, even more so with software that old. There could be small 3rd party modules buried in the code base whose original developer is impossible to find, or could have passed years ago and they have no ways to contact anyone who owns the rights, let alone have everyone of them agree on open sourcing and under which license. There would be a fairly big chance of liability, and I couldn't blame them for not wanting to test that. Software should be open from the beginning.
All of the big aggregator sites have price alerts. To grab short-term deals you have Airfarewatchdog and Going (formerly Scott’s Cheap Flights, subscription needed for the best deals).

All of those cover many more countries and airlines than you offer, without the risk of the airlines blocking them.

Subscribing to the airline promotional emails can yield some big offers for members of frequent flyer programs. Last year I got two business class r/t Bangkok to LAX half price because Singapore Air sent an email to me.
Real meaningful problems in the world of atoms abound, but they don't result in creating unicorn startups. Using the word "tech" when it only refers to digitally processed information is an extreme form of tunnel vision.

Real tech would fix our water supply problem, our food supply problems, our recovery from extreme weather events, reduce our CO2 emission, help working class people make a decent living, address the opoid crisis, the mental health crisis, etc.

But our VCs, private equity firms, startup bros are all just focused on getting rich ... fast.
Yes but it's not enough.

Especially in a large codebase where lots of different modules are technically in the same package as each other.

It's easier when a library author is publishing a small package for external consumption by other parties.

Another issue is that in Python any name in a module is implicitly available to be imported from other places.

For example let's say you have "A.py" inside of "A.py" you have "from something import foo". Now "B.py" can do something like "from A import foo".

So now "B" has a dependency that nobody really wanted to create.

Later "foo" may not be needed in "A.py" anymore and it will look like a totally unused import to anyone. Except it is being used by "B.py" too behind your back.

Someone deletes the "unused import" and something else somewhere else breaks because it can no longer import "foo" from "A".

(I have seen variations of this issue happen many many times so don't think I'm making some theoretical scenario.)
Last update to this site appears to be circa 2019 :/
Thank god. Generosity really doesn't align with any of my values. Where's the growth in that.
There are no projects with equal complexity, let alone in other langs that im aware of
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So, switching the domain to buttondown.com brought an uptick of traffic quickly.

People apparently still hear a word, type it, and press Ctrl+Enter, or a mobile equivalent.

Whoever has been parking the domain likely had made a wise investment, and now received $85k for it. Not millions, but still a new car.
Reminds me also of Rabin’s Information Dispersal Algorithm, described in a paper here:

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/62044.62050
You can load the leaderboard and see what keys they used. E.g. number 2 finished in 1.002s and used these keys:

ArrowRight, ArrowRight, ArrowDown, ArrowRight, ArrowUp, ArrowRight, ArrowRight, ArrowRight, ArrowDown, ArrowLeft, ArrowLeft, Shift, ArrowUp, ArrowUp, Shift, ArrowRight, ArrowRight, ArrowRight, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowLeft, ArrowUp, ArrowRight, Shift, :, 4, Enter, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowLeft, ArrowUp, ArrowLeft, ArrowDown, ArrowLeft, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowUp, ArrowLeft, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowLeft, ArrowUp, ArrowUp, ArrowUp, ArrowUp, ArrowUp, ArrowUp, ArrowUp, ArrowUp, ArrowUp, ArrowUp, ArrowUp, ArrowLeft, Escape, Shift, :, 1, 1, Enter, Shift, :, 1, 0, 0, 0, Enter, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowRight, ArrowLeft, ArrowLeft, ArrowLeft, ArrowUp, ArrowUp, ArrowUp, ArrowUp, ArrowUp, ArrowUp, ArrowDown, ArrowLeft, Shift, :, 5, Enter, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowRight, ArrowRight, ArrowRight, ArrowUp, ArrowRight, ArrowRight, ArrowRight, ArrowRight, ArrowLeft, Shift, ArrowUp, ArrowUp, ArrowUp, ArrowUp, ArrowUp, ArrowLeft, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowDown, ArrowLeft

...
It’s entirely possible to inspect a binary even if the build isn’t reproducible.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41361609
It says: "Update (01Nov21)"[1] on top, and I presume it is 2021-11-01. Still old though.

[1] https://amodernist.com/texts/guix-again.html
Nice to read this. I was taught finale when I was in school in the early 00s. I went on to study music (as a performer) and my notational needs were covered by writing by hand or by lilypond).

I never though anything would actually threaten Sibelius or Finale, so reading about a new (and good) product has flbeen great.

Maybe it introduces new ways composers can make strange errors when writing music :)
> It understands you very well

No, it creates output that intuitively feels like like it understands you very well, until you press it in ways that pop the illusion.

To truly conclude it understands things, one needs to show some internal cause and effect, to disprove a Chinese Room scenario.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_room
I feel the prerequisite for simulations, game engines, and rendering is also maths
Are rateless fountain codes the better solution and if are there any systems that are using them?
I think that was a pretty common view by smartphone users before the iPhone came along though. If you'd asked Blackberry or PocketPC users about their devices, they were pretty happy.
It actually still scares the hell out of me that this is the way even the experts 'program' this technology, with all the ambiguities rising from the use of natural language.
The situation in Lord of the Rings has an added twist: many of the names are Old English, Anglo-Saxon or even Goth, and the translator faces a choice between leaving them alone and trying to translate them into Old Czech (Old Slavonic...), Old Finnish or whatever, which will nevertheless change the cultural context.
This is a big problem. Why are we talking about "cooperation"? What does it mean? A judge doesn't ask you to cooperate, he seizes your servers. Ah, it's not a court. It's the police? The state? It's not a free country, sir.

In principle, the police can tell if a song infringes copyright, or if a message spreads hate (I'm trying to sound American here). Or if a picture is really a "cheese pizza" or just a strange artistic depiction of youth. Not because the police don't know about music or TC/IP, or don't care about art or reading. Everyone knows they care. But because it is a legal problem.

In my country, let's call it a republic, at least it was a long time ago, even the state can own all your bases because you don't pay taxes, the police can only arrest you for six hours while they call the prosecutor to check that the 200 grams of white powder is what it is. They knew. They had already stolen the rest. If the forensics aren't quite sure what you're bringing them, it's the stuff that makes the stuff what the stuff is, you're free to go.

The prosecutor can make a case and send the 100 grams of white powder the same day, claiming that the stuff is the same stuff that other similar stuff is made of. He expresses his strong conviction. The judge then sends an arrest warrant to the police. You've been arrested, you have no money, the judge imposes some restrictions on you: you can't leave the country, you can't contact certain people, you have to go to court every week to sign a book. The investigation is open.

You have access to all the documents. Nothing happens without your approval and control.

This is how it works if SIA (yes, the singer) is not involved. If it is, you will be dead for a week and no one will ever find your body.
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For me, its quite clear from the article, that always returning `true` is not what they did:
"[the ai] predicted 14 earthquakes within about 200 miles of where it estimated they would happen and at almost exactly the calculated strength. It missed one earthquake and gave eight false warnings."

So its:
14 Positives,
8 False Positives and
1 False Negative
> absolutely love their tzars whoever they may be

I don't believe it's true at all. I frequent some Russian forums to get a general sentiment and although people are quite careful to be not too open so that they don't get in trouble, it's pretty clear that Putin is hated for getting the country in this deep shit.
This article (2019) begins with a link to a more recent one (2021). Any reason to post the earlier one specifically?
Keep in mind that whether or not a model can be copyrighted at all is still an open question.

Everyone publishing AI model is actually acting as if they owned copyright over it and as such are sharing it with a license, but there's no legal basis for such claim at this point, it's all about pretending and hoping the law will be changed later on to make their claim valid.
Fair enough. I'm in Wellington and the risk profile here is a lot different to Japan. From a quick read of a BBC article, I see the "megaquake" you were warned about could have caused hundreds of thousands of deaths in the worst case scenario. Here in Wellington I've read estimates of up to thousands of deaths in the worst case scenario. But regardless, people here tend to be quite blasé about emergency supplies - perhaps if there was a heightened risk, people might actually check their grab-bags and get their supplies in order.
And eaten with bones and all in one bite.
You probably "mean" DL or ML.
8/256 really are okay for light use and even quite a lot of dev work.

But they absolutely aren’t on Pro models. That’s insane.
It's always chess or music, sometimes basketball. But how does one become say, a first class lawyer, or a teacher, or any of the 99% of human skills that do not have easy performance metrics?
Don't give up completely.

It is quite easy to forget that there are lots of common people like you living their lives in Russia now who are similarly quite unhappy about the current situation, but mostly powerless to change anything.

But this too shall pass.
What is the most urgent problem that can be solved by AI?
I thought the Us government was providing insurance directly for new projects/operations? It’s like one of their biggest subsidies for the industry.
There's no resale here? EU resale law is mostly around the fact that makers can't dictate to shops or other resellers what their sale price should be.

Vendors - whether original makers or resellers - are free to offer differential pricing to customers, as long as they don't break equality laws.
As DJ Khaled would say - another one.
They are, they just choose not to.
Used to live near Japan, in a 5-story concrete building. We had so many earthquakes, the things were getting thrown off the shelves multiple times a year. There is nowhere to leave for a week. And there is a very slim chance anything would collapse, because the buildings are specifically built to withstand up to around 9 richter.
Skiplagged is still around, so they can try.
Truth be told, in the AI era, the best practice is not to invent needs, but to solve existent problems using AI techniques.
At this point, I would pay to have my data stored somewhere outside the jurisdiction of the EU.
and your point?
Congrats on releasing the book! It's already a huge accomplishment :) Wishing you to reach as many eager architects as possible and to have fun in exploring SA further.
Wow, this is great! From a quick read through, the structure discussed in the paper is very similar: dialogue trees with fuzzy matching, and actions that materially alter the state and the available options going forward. I have to admit, my tree is a lot shallower right now, though!

(If you want to see what I mean: the alleyway option isn’t available until after you attack the merchant, for example.)
Been there. It really depends on what else is going on in your life and why you have low energy. Assuming you have the basics covered, like good sleep, good food and good water (if you don't, that's likely the problem), and your work-life balance is adequate (this is usually what knocks the rest out of whack for me), then starting super slowly and not pushing it even when you want. Perhaps set a goal that you know you can make, maybe 15 minutes a day?

If you see no improvement at all then definitely mention it to your doctor.

It could be vitamin deficiency. Vitamin D during low sunlight seasons really boosts my energy.
LLM Prompt Engineering: Injecting your own arbitrary data into a what is ultimately an undifferentiated input stream of word-tokens from no particular source, hoping your sequence will be most influential in the dream-generator output, compared to a sequence placed there by another person, or a sequence that they indirectly caused the system to emit that then got injected back into itself.

Then play whack-a-mole until you get what you want, enough of the time, temporarily.
Machine learning is AI?
I remember learning RISC-V in Berkeley CS61C. Anyone from Berkeley？
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What “stack?” Do you even know what that means? You don’t need a tech “stack” to type.

Hire an admin assistant who can take dictation
Show HN: Grading Notes for LLM-as-Judge
I've created a very simple package for the idea introduced in the Databricks blog post (https://www.databricks.com/blog/enhancing-llm-as-a-judge-wit...).

It proved to be quite useful for the use-cases I've worked on since with grading notes you can leave small details on around domain concepts that the LLMs make mistakes on rather than have a full answer which consumes a lot more time labeling time.

I'd like to learn more if such an approach or similar has been useful for others too.
It still scares the hell out me that engineers think there’s a better alternative that covers all the use cases of a LLM. Look at how naive Siri’s engineers were, thinking they could scale that mess to a point where people all over the world would find it a helpful tool that improved the way they use a computer.
Nice trick, in fact with 4 instructions it's as efficient as extract/insert and it works for all ADD/SUB/OR/XOR/CMP instructions (not for AND), except if the source is a high-byte register. However it's not really a problem if code generation is not great in this case: compilers in practice will not generate accesses to these registers, and while old 16-bit assembly code has lots of such accesses it's designed to run on processors that ran at 4-20 MHz.

Flag computation and conditional jumps is where the big optimization opportunities lie. Box64 uses a multi-pass decoder that computes liveness information for flags and then computes flags one by one. QEMU instead tries to store the original operands and computes flags lazily. Both approaches have advantages and disadvantages...
It would be great if this were accompanies by a patch to diff itself.
It does, you are right. Apparently I am going blind :(
It’s generally better to have your queues be explicit in a system like NATS, NSQ or RabbitMQ that provides observability and monitoring than implicit in the bowels of your application software where you are blindsided when something breaks.