skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> that the UK has guaranteed, presumably for the lifespan of the plant, which is 60 years

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/hinkley-point-c

The Hinkley Point C CfD provides a Strike Price for the developer of £92.50/MWh (2012 prices), reducing to £89.50/MWh (2012 prices) if EDF take a FID on their proposed Sizewell C project, for a 35 year term from the date of commissioning.

> I presume that will be a net gain for France

I think the project has a certain momentum to it. Also failing to complete the project would rather call into question their competence for the EPR2 build-out in France.
9th is still top 10, correct?

9th most populated country in Europe is by no means a good thing
> Also, as other commenters have pointed out, "overweight" does not mean "obese".

And to elaborate on this: part of the reason these numbers are shockingly high vs what we subjectively experience is we have a really bad definition of overweight that miscategorizes lots of people who look (and probably are) perfectly healthy. BMI is an extremely rough guideline that's a bit useful at the state level but is a terrible metric for any individual to use to decide if they're healthy. I've seen my fair share of eating disorders directly caused by someone using BMI when it's inappropriate for their build or life stage.

When these stats are used by journalists and lay people rather than public health professionals who recognize the limitations, they're mostly good for giving >50% of everyone an excuse to pat themselves on the back that they're healthier than the >50% who are "overweight".
In modern planes, advanced HVAC systems end up being cheaper than older air management methods.

The old way of keeping a planes air “fresh” was to bleed air from the compression stage of each engine, because the air there will be at high pressure, and also reasonably high temperature (outdoor air temps at cruising altitude is -40C to -57C). You then just inject that air into the cabin, and let the old air bleed out.

But it turns out, pulling air like that from the compression stage of a turbine has a material impact on efficiency (you badly disrupt the airflow through the engine), and engine efficiency is so high these days, that removing those air bleeds, and replacing them with sophisticated HVAC systems with dedicated compressors, heaters and filters ends up being cheaper, at least from a total cost of ownership perspective. As a consequence, modern planes from the past 5-10 years have had some pretty capable air management systems. Of course there’s a much larger stock of older planes out there, which you’re more likely to be travelling on. But the claims regarding plane HVAC aren’t crazy when looking at modern planes.
The ebikes get vandalized like crazy. There's more restrictions on where to park them every day and the cost is prohibitive for lower income users.

The green pushes govs perform tend to be a lie that benefit the wealthy and little more. Trains are much more expensive than planes. Tax incentives for expensive electric cars.
Hmm, now I'm interested in seeing if an LLM could be finetuned to give an effective quality score on such a study.
The cost in this is your soul. I prefer not to make deals with the devil.
I don't live in ny. Is this really true, even if the cyclist is in a bike lane?
For my company, I needed a low-traffic Kanban board solution for cheap. Stood up on a small DO droplet and has been working well for a few days. It was my first time using Google Workspace's IdP and it mostly works without a hitch (though logout isn't supported, only way to logout is to clear site cookies and that is weird).

Total cost should be under $250/year, which is about 10X less than a SaaS for our use (free Trello is missing a lot of features that I'd like), and gives us more options besides. I plan to evaluate some of the additional apps for chat/video calls and docs, though I know this would increase the price for beefier infra, because Zoom, MS Teams either expensive for accounts or just damn buggy.
All the more reason to keep GApps completely off one's devices. Even if Google doesn't overreach, governments can and (per TFA) do.
Unregulated and over-regulated.
> we don’t really build cathedrals anymore

I visited a recently constructed Hindu temple in Atlanta last year. Very impressive. All imported marble. Sounds like these guys have been building them all over:

> A number of shikharbaddha mandirs (large traditional stone mandirs) were inaugurated in major cities; London (1995), Nairobi (1999), New Delhi (2004), Houston (2004), Chicago (2004), Swaminarayan Akshardham (New Delhi) (2005), Toronto (2007), Atlanta (2007), Los Angeles (2012), and Robbinsville (New Jersey) (2014).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bochasanwasi_Akshar_Purushotta...
Microsoft lost the oem control game to google. neither can survive pumping their own hardware, and google used ms own playbook to capture phone OEMs. ms will never have any chance at all on mobile.
Don't forget the Olympics, with a format designed to minimise the learnings.

Note that the point of the article was that the design is being proven, lessons are being learnt, and the skills of individuals and organisations developed, which reduces the risk of overruns etc.
Previous discussion from ~month ago, "Tesla’s TTPoE at Hot Chips 2024: Replacing TCP for Low Latency Applications":

* https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41374663

* https://chipsandcheese.com/2024/08/27/teslas-ttpoe-at-hot-ch...
GrapheneOS (https://grapheneos.org/) contains network access permission.
Why Did Emperor Severus Spare an Engineer
The emperor Severus followed standard protocol and ordered the death of tens of thousands of people under his reign. Despite this, he spared the life of an enemy combatant, the Engineer Priscus.
Since gpt came out I have built tons of throwaway apps,

Throw away apps are the easiest to make. No scaling, no bug fixing, no long term maintenance considerations, no consequences for poor architecture, no need to consider data models, you just write some shit. Bravo.
When I go to the supermarket, I get one price for bananas and my friend gets that same price. I don't pay 1 dollar while he pays 1.10. All the customers have the same pricing. This is the key difference.

If every customer has a different price, like Uber does, that opens up pandora's box. Naturally customers will start wondering about patterns and what they can do to lower their price. They might speculate if people of race X are given a slightly higher price on average, or what other physical characteristics might play a role.

Your supermarket doesn't play that game.
"Four in 10 London children stopped driving and started walking to school a year after the city's clean air zone went into effect."

And think of all the accidents avoided from these guys not driving to school!
My 8th grade computer class teacher yelled at me for hacking the computer because I was rearranging the icons on the desktop.
> AGPL or other copyleft licences don't stop amazon taking "your" product and hosting it for less than your own hosted offering as they don't have to pay the developers.

It doesn't but I don't think I've seen Amazon being cheaper than other hosting options, especially after IO costs.

What AGPL does stop is Amazon writing improvements, extensions, and integrations for your product and then refusing to make them public in a way they can be upstreamed. That's the bigger issue.

Competing on hosting price or on maintenance/support contracts against Amazon generally is going to favor the smaller party because of the AWS tax. Competing against a city's worth of engineers improving a closed source downstream of your product however is going to be a losing battle. AGPL fixes that.
Where do you get those specs from? Everything I am seeing says that only the iPhone 15 Pro has the 120hz display.
The most important thing is to function from a point of curiosity-driven creativity. Fear makes us define projects out of that, and the resulting project-driven life only kills creativity and makes us machines.
> What prevents people from going for walks?

Nowhere to go if you are living in a white neighborhood?
Keep a broad perspective: https://pivot-to-ai.com/
Hasn't it already greatly overrun the initial promises? I mean, that's the whole reason France is crying for relief here from the UK. Anyway, claims that nuclear will show good experience effects this time, for sure, are to be treated with skepticism.
These types of trends behave like a pendulum. Once you get to one extreme, the trend reverses back towards the middle and then the other side.

Then it repeats.
Storage is almost useless at over 24 hours of daily peak capacity stored, and fulfils most of it's purpose at as little as 2-6 hours depending on the climate and solar/wind mix.
Show HN: Hoodmaps Meets 4chan
I made this as a pair programming exercise with o1-preview.

o1 did most of the heavy lifting, through high level prompts, but eventually I needed to diverge from it to get to completion.

My initial prompt was:

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I'm making a web app:

It's like 4chan, but each thread starts with a gps coordinate.
People can only post text and images.
I want to build it with flask and sqlalchemy.
I want just the backend and data model that supports these threads, anonymous users, and users that can register a permanent username.

Write as much of it as you can for me.

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This produced a fully scaffolded Flask app running on sqlite. After that, it took a few (casual) evenings of iteration to dockerize everything, implement postgres instead of sqlite, and use a bucket for storage. On my own, this would have easily taken me 10x the time.
1. It supports the same set of features that python supports, which is pretty good when it comes to things like traditional step through and postmortem debugging. And CPython Supports a lot of internal hooks if you want to do really advanced dark magic. But it doesn't have anything like the condition system or handlers/restarts.
Nowadays whole genome sequencing can be done for $300-400 (for 30x WGS, with 100x around $1000?), it's been on my TODO list for a few years.
Do you run PCI over the internet to test boards remotely?
Well I think it’s quite relevant to your comment, because the fear of fat (hence their reduction) lead to the 50% carb recommendation.
The greatest self-inflicted error was the use of fossil fuels to warm the climate, not a horrible diet. Although, I suppose both come from a similar point of view: the manipulation of our instincts and a lack of a natural philosophy to respect life. In one case, it is indiviudual life, and in another, it is all life put together.
I think vanishingly few parts you buy for iphones are clones these days - everything is stripped from dismantled phones.

Batteries being perhaps the only exception, and even then, the battery identification chip and flex cable is original apple, just the cell is switched out.
> That is, how is this tech supposed to "mature" in any way to be actually commercially viable or an improvement upon much simpler methods for "moving stuff around"?

Doesn't need to be commercially viable, military viable is more than enough. Stick a gun or two on it and you got a version of the recent Ukrainian breakthrough "Fury" UGV [1] that doesn't depend on maneuverable terrain. Or combine it with some wheels to create a two-way vehicle that can drive efficiently on somewhat decent terrain but "air hop" over obstacles.

Something like 30 minutes of flight time should already be no issue, that's enough to clear a trench.

Warfare was always nasty to begin with, but since the advents of robotic vehicles being used against humans... phew.

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidaxe/2024/09/19/ukraines-gu...
> The Saudis are handing over their own money rather than using US taxpayer money

Sure if you pretend billateral multi decade trade agreements that have made the country insanely rich are in no way benefited from american taxpayer dollars specially in military then yeah, they get none of your tax dollars.

> most of the maintenance and training is done by ex-military working as contractors.

That is easily verifibly untrue. Part of the 110 billion dollar buy in 2018 was using american corps for training. That is part of what they bought.

> You don't understand the broken window fallacy.

I do, but this is not a case of broken windows. Its the case of the american industrial military complex needing to be active even during non war times. Countries cannot stop and start the military industry, similar to a big furnace. Its expensive to get going, its not cheap to mantain but it is impossible to stop and start it at a whim. Therefore a on going level of fire is needed, for america that is military spending, and military aid for partners. In the case of Saudi that is military orders in exchange for many many benefits. In the case of Israel is repleneshing the Iron Dome which america has access to the technology for. Seeing them as distinct things is rhetoric, when the material effect is the same. American jobs are paid, military companies produce goods and america holds bilateral benefitial relationships with right wing countries in the middle east.

Pretending they are extremely different based on payment method is looking for an excuse to morally only condemn one relationship.

> Fact is that this pager attack is something like the second or third largest terrorist attack in modern history by number of casualties.

How is it terrorism? Terrorism is using fear for political goals. Disrupting enemy comms is a military goal, not a political one. And its effect, making the enemy unable to talk, plus potentially hurting people who use those comms is not intended to cause fear but actual damage.

I grew up around terrorism think Ireland in the 80s. The effects of terrosim are fear, are people unable to say certain things, are people being killed for pushing political ideas.

Bombing a military radio tower in Russia is not terrorism, neither is destroying walkie talkies from Hezbollah members. The fact it was a crazy operation does not make it more terrorism than Russia launching a 400kg payload against a Ukrainian data center
my main reason to use CLI instead of SDK is to support Podman and second reason is to make the project simple and easy to contribute :)
The article is making deliberate conflations for clickbait. Consuming whole food sources that lean higher on carbs won't lead to obesity. Vegetables are not calorie-dense and are packed with fiber, which is almost as satiating as protein. Whole grains have both protein and insoluble fiber. Fiber prevents insulin spikes.

You're not going to be at risk of metabolic syndrome with a diet composition akin to a traditional okinawan diet.
Well, the link leads to a 404 so it seems like the author has been convinced.
Plus, many restaurants have clickable pictures of each menu item. Even if the font isn't readable, you can still get an idea of what looks good.
I think the response is misunderstanding thd difference between a guideline and a rule. "Nothing from a bag or box, nothing with more than 4 ingredients" allows for bags of frozen veggies, allows for 5+ simple ingredients, but a good way to quickly rule out ultraprocessed foods. Saying "avoid ultraprocessed foods" would likely not be actionable to a great many people: look at a set of ingredients and is it ultraprocessed, processed, or just fancy names for everyday things (should I avoid sodium chlorite and dihydrogen monoxide?).
I am yet to see an example of a full-time Rust developer in a poor country who can't afford Apple hardware.
This should be integrated into DevkitPro! Would love to see the relatively lightweight msys2 environment building APKs. I know WSL is better but I'm hesitant to use platforms Microsoft is in the process of embracing and extending.
modified the code to fallback to /bin/sh if /bin/bash not exists :)
The issue isn't Tim, and I'd imagine that was his intention. The issue is what Tim's reasonable criticism (of PSF policy changes) provoked, ie., a list of accusations from the CoC group that were obscenely defamatory (grounds for a civil suit) and nakedly self-serving. A list of accusations with no references, no quotes, no examples to evidence them -- just a list of the most extreme kind of bigotry that no reasonable person would tolerate.

Tim, and others, I'd say have given pitch-perfect good faith criticisms of the PSF carefully given with unfalting good-faith to perform the truth of these criticisms. Namely, he induced a group bullies in the middle of defining their own power to abuse others, to bully and abuse him. It is in these actions that we see, immediately, that his criticisms are accurate.

The PSF may presently believe they can conduct themselves this way, and the powergrab will eventually be permitted and so on -- but they've severely underestimated the relevant power dynamic: which is not between the PSF and powerless former critics, but between the community and the PSF itself.
I don't know of any Unix that allows forward slashes in file names. On macOS you can use : which is displayed as / in Finder, but in exchange you can't put a : in file names...
> Okay, but back to the original question, how does this affect latency or bandwidth?

The CG-NAT gear takes time to process the request and has a finite bandwidth.
Currently sure, hence the numbers I gave. Theoretically possible already, but the UK
isn't buying 30% of global supply for the next decade.

Forecasts suggest supply will rise to the level where this is doable… but over the next decade or so of increasing global manufacturing capacity.

Considering what happened to global and local trade in the last decade, I'm not confident beyond 5 years, and even then only somewhat confident.
Do you think there might be a chance the "Gaza Health Ministry", aka, Iran wouldn't be fudging these numbers to provoke an emotional response by people in the west? The same people who believe children are fine to be martyred and use them as suicide bombers or human shields?
You might want to re-read what I've wrote. You've entirely misconstrued it ... (and I'm in the 'pull down the Thatcher statues and dump them in the ocean' brigade).
looks great, but it is only available in usa.
Millions of dollars of research and materials science, successfully integrated into Apple’s billion dollar iPhone manufacturing line, solving a real repairability problem in a way that’s almost magical…

And you are honestly asking if they thought to maybe try heating it up?
Aeternitas manet!

fugit means literally "runs away/escapes" (useless trivia: it's just like in Bach's fugues which has to do with their structure).

I'm not trying to be pedantic here -- for some time I've been wondering how one would say (in classical latin) "time flies" as "the flies of time".

Can anyone with the knowledge of classical Latin help me feed that brain worm?

Is it Muscae temporis?

Can I use that phrase instead of tempus fugit? Like a friend named Mori, who used to finish all of his posts with "Memento Mori - remember Mori"
You're making the SWE responsible for compliance with consumer protection laws. That's not going to work.
Oh come now. The formula is dead simple!
please never change to how the dutch do it. If you do not cycle in the netherlands, it's a nightmare. The cyclists don't obey traffic laws, hell they don't even look down roads most of the times for oncoming traffic.
"I think everyone should have their own custom editor for editing their program files. I don't believe in universal editors. An editor is so easy to write that why, why not?" - Chuck Moore https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1FUY6g5crA&t=1278s
Most laptops use cylindrical cells for their battery pack, each one with a valve. I really doubt this is any kind of actual problem, more like an excuse given to reduce costs at the expense of the consumer.

Standard lead acid batteries in every car and UPS also release H2S in vast quantities when old and charged, and nobody seems to care.

> accasionally rupturing

You know this is most likely results in a fire right? There is no case where even a slight chance of it happening is safer.
Combining sound with tongue stimulation for the treatment of tinnitus
You lack the capability to judge what those things are, not because of some personal deficiency but because humans lack the ability at this level. If you dug in far enough you'd find your definition of what an abstract concept is circular anyhow, from the looks of it.

Proving the universe isn't made out of "mathematical objects" in particular is equivalent to the difficulty of proving it's not a "simulation". This is one of the red lines that tells you you've gone too far; you can't prove that. You can't even non-circularly define such a thing in this context anyhow, let alone prove anything.
The problem with these places is they attract grifter-types who trainwreck the discussion because they are are focused more on taking than giving. Instead of talking about how they can serve their customers well, it’s all about them.
the blackberry-licensed android phones (priv, key, key2... i think since 2016) had a os level hack that made EVERY app windowed.

you could split the window and use two apps. for everything! only annoyance is that some apps reload when you did that, which was annoying the first time only.

i still think HN crowd slept on those phones. a lot.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Israel%E2%80...
“What will be achieved once this is completed is that the installed app disappears and cannot be downloaded again, thus breaking the cycle of digital piracy. The only way [Magis TV] could circumvent this is to develop a new app where we would be waiting for them, ready to do exactly the same thing once we identify it.”

... Or they add another step to the distribution or sideloading process that mutates the apk with a little bit of random data so that it won't have the same hash and thus won't be identified for deletion.
Right, so as you've just admitted, the ROOT CAUSE is not eating too much. The ROOT CAUSE is the societal circumstances that push people to eat more. You're aware of what root cause means, right?

Listen, I understand it's convenient to believe that we can simply be better and fix problems. But look around you. If habits can be "fixed", we wouldn't be in this mess. This phase of sitting around with our thumbs up our asses and going "uh uhhh fatty eat less" are over. We need real solutions, made by people with thinking brains.
git clone https://lee-phillips.org/pluckit/code
Sure, of course it doesn't always work. Did I imply otherwise?

Especially for minor annoyances, design optimizations/flaws like USB-C, glued batteries, no side-loading etc. that don't outweigh the other advantages that specific product has over it's competitors for the overwhelming major of consumer.

I personally found Apple sticking to lighting to be a minor inconvenience at most but it might have been different for other people.
Show HN: Media Hoarder v1.4.0 Supporting TV Series, Introducing Episode Heatmaps
Fellow hackers,

Media Hoarder is celebrating its 2nd birthday today and it finally supports tv series with the freshly released v1.4.0.

Here's a video showcasing the new features: https://www.youtube.com/watch/3qfb5UWJrdQ

Development wise I've been joined by an individual named kolbdog323 providing lots of feedback and requests over multiple months which I'm truly grateful of, because Media Hoarder is still an absolute side-project developed by a father of two in his limited spare time :D

Please feel free to discuss features, development and sideproject-y things, I'm really curious!

Media Hoarder Website: https://media.hoarder.software

Blog post "2nd Birthday - TV Series Support": https://media.hoarder.software/blog/2nd-birthday-tv-series-s...

GitHub project: https://github.com/theMK2k/Media-Hoarder

cheers

-- MK2k