skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I'm one of the book's two authors (the other is the head of Blink Rendering!) and I've talked to a number of people on the Chrome team. None of them have struck me as trying to keep browsers mysterious! On the contrary, folks who work on Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Ladybird all seem incredibly excited to talk browsers and discuss how they work. The world of browser development is surprisingly small, the engineers often move between companies, and I think it'd be tough to keep a "conspiracy" going.

But I do think there's a real lack of teaching material (why I wrote the book) and even "common vocabulary" to discuss browser internals, especially for the core phases like layout and raster, which is something Chris and I are hoping to create with the book.
Yes both children have corresponding media companies.

Skydance and Annapurna
Yeah apache seems about as good as it gets on models.
Maemo was indeed fantastic!

SFOS is somewhat getting where Harmattan was before Nokia imploded. It's already better in some ways.
Cybertruck is outselling every EV sold by Ford, seems fine
The other problem with the business model is with self-driving cars, unless you have exclusive self-drive technology, the barrier to entry to other carpooling options is quite low.

In fact you could easily see car manufacturers offering such services - something like Zipcar but more convenient as the cars can self redistribute.

I find it hard to believe Uber will ever break even ( not on the day to day costs - recouping all that upfront investment ).

Having said that, the likes of Uber have changed the world - so the money wasn't entirely wasted.
I am not sure why people become so emotionally invested in the defense of something which they have no evidence of. In the context of religion that investment is called faith, which makes sense in the context religion but not in science. Theology is the exploration of a belief system, but science is the exploration of knowledge.

It seems dark matter and dark energy exist to balance deficiencies observed in our current understanding of particle physics applied to a cosmological model, particularly for observations that span vast distances extremely far away. From a purely logical perspective we should anticipate great deficiencies the further away we look because our entire understanding of the universe is derived from observations of various EMF transmissions only and only from Earth, or near Earth in the case of JWST. That is an exceptionally limited perspective. We have much to learn and more evidence to gather before conflating one avenue of science into a practice more akin to a religion.
Maybe it's a messaging problem. Even for that article, the headline appears more decisive every time it's repeated. How long until it appears in mass media as "Science wrong again?"
Why ? They were allowed to practice in Spain's and even retained positions of influence.

Also what's the India connection?
Judging by the photos it's definitely in the 2 digits, although given the existence of a number 70 let's assume it's ~99: https://www.worldconkerchampionships.com/gallery/all/Geoff%2...

I guess it could be that each country can only send at most one representative (making her the US Conker Champion) but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that's a little unlikely.
Hint: With a Musk company, if it's not on video, it didn't happen.
One way out is to just admit that "justified true belief" is not a satisfactory definition of knowledge. I know that's not really the point of this article, I'm just saying.
Sure, but the basic idea of firing neurons is there, and the connection of these "neurons" to a neural network like an LLM does not allow the network to perform computations directly.

The level of detail of the simulation has little bearing on this. And in fact whether you call it a simulation or something else doesn't matter either. Understanding that the LLM does not compute by using the CPU or GPU directly is what's necessary to understand why computation is hard for LLMs.
This is generally true but not entirely. The UK like most other countries is becoming more like the US (think tech tycoons, celebrities, 'influencers'). And the US has always had some pockets with similar (though less rigid) class distinctions (think WASPs and places like Martha's vineyard, parts of New England and 'old' New York, many parts of the South).
Nice! I guess one of the side effects is that air pirates are finally going to be a thing! Yay!
Single-Sideband Modulation
> If you can't grok an analogy, that's on you.

Please review and respect the HN guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

> 1975: Don't bother writing MicroSoft BASIC. The customer base is miniscule.

You're cherry-picking a single success, with the benefit of hindsight. How about listing all of the nascent technologies from 1975? It's likely that many of them flopped, and investing in them was a waste.

> if your company, or its leadership, lack vision for the future and only invest in the present

I am my company, a sole proprietor with very limited resources. I do invest in the future to some extent, but I can't invest in every possible future. The Vision Pro future does not look particularly promising.

Besides, you don't need to be first to be successful. I certainly wasn't the first to any platform, not even close. The thing about hockey is, there's only one puck on the ice. And it's a zero-sum game, one winner and one loser. But that's not even remotely true of tech.
I also love the Breville UI.

Unfortunately, my mother who is blind has a hard time with it. I gave her my Breville when her old microwave broke. The knobs on the Breville don’t give any feedback about their value as it changes. They also rotate infinitely, making it hard to guess from context clues. The UI is just not accessible.

On a regular microwave, she can either feel the buttons or someone can put adhesive landmarks on the number 5 and the start button and she can figure out the rest. And as each button is pressed, the microwave will beep, confirming the value has actually changed.

The best UI will be accessible and embody universal design, making the experience better for everyone. I think Breville is on the right track, but they should keep working on it.
I would argue the opposite; LLM technology is the first viable means to computing "language games" as such, and quite in line with the late W. theory.
AI FOMO in Corporate America
Yep! I should have included his accomplishments too but my brain assumed he was well known.

Probably the free logo with the most awarded talents behind it.
I still remember seeing the big hall in a Galileo broadcast https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargolifter-Luftschiffhalle
This is purely an artifact of our cultural myopia rather than a lack of unicorns. There are tens of companies hitting >$1B valuations every year.
Yep. The Wikipedia article goes into how their paths crossed
I remember vividly the first meal I had made with a microwave. Early 70s. Went to someone’s house for dinner. Dinner was meatloaf. Cooked in a microwave. If you like steamed ground beef you would have LOVED this meatloaf.
Any chance you can link to your app?
> You can measure time based on Mars going around the Sun

You can also measure it by using something non-subjective, like atomic state oscillations that are identical anywhere in the universe. You can then use this as a counter while watching entropy increase, and see that you are moving in a single direction as those oscillations tick.

That doesn't leave much room for subjectivity at all.
Familiarity is fine, but don't bet your livelihood on it just yet; have enough knowledge to be able to pivot to it if it does take off. But I'm not seeing it.
I don't like using AirBNB, for all the usual reasons, but every time I travel it's no comparison. To Vancouver a couple years ago, it would be like $400-500/night for a decent hotel in the area I wanted to stay. The apartment we ended up renting through AirBNB was I think $150/night, and that included a fully stocked kitchen & in unit washer/dryer. Similar prices for a trip to San Francisco earlier this year. I don't like the societal effects, but it is massively cheaper for much better service.
Categorizing How Distributed Databases Utilize Consensus Algorithms
I doubt they're using those words to mean that specifically when they are trying to sell a phone to consumers. No one sells phones on "bandwidth".
Nerve agent that killed UK woman contained enough poison to kill thousands
Just start helping friends around you with their problems (at work). At some point you will bump into a problem that you find interesting and has a potential market.
is this port publicly accessible? or the traffic is forwarded by lambda's interface?
Interesting, though wouldn't playback require a preinstalled codec in this case?
> I suppose we all live in our own bubbles.

Maybe. I guess another possibility is some people deliberately ignore evidence that doesn't fit their worldview for reasons that are yet unknown to me.

> I've never seen a Waymo on the street.

Just because you don't see something doesn't mean it doesn't exist. https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/20/waymo-is-now-giving-100000... there are around 100k people using waymo self-driving every week.

> However, I've sat in a Tesla myself and watched it navigate the roads in my hometown.

https://www.tesla.com/en_gb/support/autopilot
"Before using Autopilot, read your Owner's Manual for instructions and more safety information. While using Autopilot, it is your responsibility to stay alert, keep your hands on the steering wheel at all times and maintain control of your vehicle. "

This is not self driving.

> By 'make self-driving work', I meant deploy that technology cheaply and widely.

I see only one company deploying self-driving technology and that's not tesla.
I went to a dentist in Manhattan after moving to the city. Googled a good dentist in my area (UES) and just went. I got there and he wanted $20k to replace all my teeth with veneers. "Wow, we gotta get this all out", were his words.

I've never had a single cavity or needed braces. I happen to be blessed with very good teeth. I told him to fuck off (unfortunately not in so many words) and never went back.

That was 10 years ago. Still no cavity or any issues at all.
Except for not actually demonstrating any dark matter or dark energy exists, you mean.
Sorry, what's your position here - that any renting of a property is an "economic rent" and thus immoral? That makes little sense to me. I am a renter and glad to be so because I'm not confident I want to live in my current home for the 5-10 years it takes for purchasing it to be worthwhile. The landlord is providing me a service, turning a big, illiquid asset into something that can be accessed with only a 1-year time commitment. This is economically productive (allows me to live somewhere I otherwise wouldn't) and is hence not an "economic rent".

The classic example of an economic rent is a feudal lord putting a chain across a river and charging a toll. This is economically unproductive because it's just putting a price on something that was free (and, you have to assume for the example, non-rivalrous). This is why the sibling comment points out that the rent-seekers in the housing market are more like the people seeking to constrain supply via zoning and regulation.
It’s an interesting case study in the US. Want to see a doctor for a minor issue? Good luck knowing the price in advance. Want to see a dentist? Ask for pricing on the phone, and you’ll get it.
In the same way mining a bitcoin proves that you've computed a large number of SHA-256 hashes, playing certain sequences of chess moves is attestation that you've run a large number of chess calculations—that you've solved a certain large system of constraints that has no real solution other than brute force. Naive cheating (that thing you describe) is obvious, because the cheater is running 6 orders of magnitude more computational power than a human and is proving it to you.
> Are these all cause for optimism, that we are making good progress towards renewable energy?

Yes (recalibrate from renewables to "low carbon" though, which is renewables + nuclear + hydro + geothermal + pumped & battery storage + transmission). The US, China, and India are the top 3 carbon emitters as it relates to electrical generation, and all three are rapidly pushing fossil fuels for electricity out of the mix. This is not to say we have succeeded, only that we are on a potentially successful decarbonization trajectory. We should still treat the situation as a war time effort from a scaling perspective. Pull the hockey stick vertical. Citations in my previous comments below.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41841037

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41603038

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41602799

Follow along at https://app.electricitymap.org/map?wind=false&solar=false (no affiliation)

Edit: https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/India-Pla... (“India Plans $109 Billion of Grid Investments to Boost Renewables”)

> India aims to have 500 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy capacity installed by 2030 and more than 600 GW by 2032, according to the National Electricity Plan.
Can confirm, am incredibly excited to talk browsers and discuss how they work!

(Hi Pavel, love the book!)
I like the Rust way of telling the compiler driver with a command line switch which compiler version to run, then backward compatibility as a problem disappears.
It is also a gamble from the athlete's point of view. If they are more interested in money than setting the record, I understand why they are making this choice. But as an athlete you never know if or when you will be in the same physical form again.

There have been 11 new world records since his last record (last 10 by Aramand Duplantis). The latest record set this year is 12cm higher than Bubka's best jump. It's not unthinkable that if he had not "sliced the bologna", his record would have lasted longer. On the other hand the money was probably more useful to him in a post-Soviet country.
It's a risk / reward tradeoff; can you as an individual or a company afford to lose on the bet that Vision will become successful enough, AND that your app will become successful? There's much safer bets for anyone out there at the moment.
Is your crew hiring?
I am not an expert but is the dark matter theory testable?
This article confuses dark matter with dark energy. They're totally separate concepts.
Something that uses less RAM would be nice. Other than that and the spyware from Capital-G Google Chrome and Capital-M Mozilla Firefox, I don't have a problem with it being sparse. It's millions of hours of de-duplicated work.

I'd like an alternative to HTML though. If I was to make a browser maybe I'd focus on replacing HTML because I can't stand it, and replacing js just because the runtime is heavy.

Like, a browser that only runs wasm and has nearly no JS runtime would make me giggle
Football/soccer is a British import likely 'invented' somewhere else
Are you asking for comic relief?
Companies have been salivating at the possibility of firing everybody and paying ChatGPT $20 per month instead to run the entire business. I don't have any moral objections to it but find it incredibly naive. ChatGPT / LLMs help a bit - that's it.
It's speculated on that audio forum that they took a big hit when Kaspersky sales were banned in the USA, as this was their perhaps biggest customer. Who would thought that such thing would affect many other vendors not related in any way to Kaspersky?

Still, their cut is around 5-10%, depending on how much they dip on the exchange rate. That means they hoarded 10-20x of their usual profits for July, August and September from all the other vendors. I sure hope that they didn't spent all that or moved it to a parent company. But the fact that we're not hearing any official statements suggests otherwise.
I'm also affected. I'm considering suing them, but I am unsure if that makes sense. The German entity probably has no assets. Lawsuit would probably cost thousands of euros in legal fees, take a year, and it is unlikely there are any assets left to recover by the time the lawsuit is over.
CodeMic: I built a new way to talk about code (demo)
Hi everyone! I've been working on CodeMic for the past year and put together a demo. I'd love to hear your feedback.

I built CodeMic to address a gap: books, blogs, and screencasts fall short when it comes to building projects from scratch or exploring large codebases.

With CodeMic, you can replay coding sessions right in your IDE: every click, scroll, selection, and modification. Pause, explore, and experiment as the code evolves in real time. It's a more interactive way to learn, document, and share complex projects.
Are you referring to the one line comment you wrote, or do you write for The Register and that was your story submitted?
Your view comes up every time. Basically you are claiming "Taxis sucked, so it was ok that Uber broke a lot of laws and social conventions to make the situation better".

And who knows, your view might be right.
It's just how the kids and the terminally online are saying it these days
The common problem with Minecraft server implementations is that they are not bug-for-bug compatible, which will lead to certain techniques (especially redstone contraptions) breaking. The technical Minecraft community depends on many implementation details which not all servers support
One great thing about this book is the 'stuff I didn't do' part.

Layout is really hard. Just tables by themselves are hard, even without any css around them. CSS makes layout impossibly difficult. I challenge anyone to keep the whole CSS spec and its associated behaviors in their head.

At this point css + html + javascript have become a dynamic PDL, and probably is one of the most complex pieces of software today.

As an aside, video decoding is offloaded onto hardware, so it's not as battery intensive as it used to be.
I see. Hadn’t made the connection to S3 etc. that makes sense though. Thanks for explaining
I think that's not a but, what those tech guys should do is to build and run an entire hospital. Exactly that isn't realistic, but something along that.

1: https://toyotatimes.jp/en/series/beyondmobility/004.html

2: https://global.toyota/en/mobility/frontier-research/40390293...
No kidding. Where I use to work, certs are a nightmare.

For example, some sites were closed and we asked the site owner to revoke their cert. We got "What does that mean ?", they had lost their private key.

Also other departments had certs that expired, they had no idea what to do. I left over a year ago, and someone who knows more about certs that I do left not long afterwards. I know many certs are due expire soon, good luck to them.

The point of this is I can see 45 day certs being a huge issue for that company. When I left they were looking into non-expiring certs. I have no idea what they ended up doing.

FWIW, this is a fortune 500 company.
I can't help but think that all they need to do is trip them up, that's a long way to fall.
Tired light has been thoroughly debunked. This paper came up a few times now on HN, and it's almost crackpottery. I know shallow rebuttals are frowned upon, but it's such a waste of time. I'll at least link this: https://www.iflscience.com/why-its-extremely-unlikely-the-un...

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39726388

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39742010

[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41760006
I don’t think it’s a typo. There’s an emergent usage of “cracked” meaning “awesome”.
When is 90 greater than 100? On a microwave. 90 means 1.5 minutes while 100 means 1 minute, not 1.6 minutes.

It's the most basic of UI/UX WTFs
When I encounter these baffling things, I just remember how my grandparents and everyone around them were hacking their lungs out and everyone smoked tobacco everywhere all the time. You’d think the common sense approach would be to assume inhaling dense smoke directly into your lungs was not healthy, especially given the “look around you” factor of ailments (cancer, emphysema, etc). Yet still, there was a large group of people who refused to believe it could be unhealthy without hard evidence.

The tobacco industry was a contributing factor but common sense and independent thought was already gone or it wouldn’t have worked for as long as it did.
> Misuse the trademarks licensed to one of their competitors while relying on that competitor to provide them infrastructure for software updates and provide product improvements.

> Adjusting their product names sounds like a small change they could have made to avoid antagonising a close partner.

WP Engine updated everything that was potentially infringing two weeks ago:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/comments/1ftg581/finally_...
Show HN: How to guide on training Llama-405B using PyTorch distributed APIs
Been working on a guide for ML folks to upgrade their single GPU training code to multi GPU and multi node. Code diffs and explanations are included.

The guide builds up to this final chapter (linked) on how to train a very large model like Llama 3.1 405B on a big cluster with plain pytorch.

Everything is just written using the direct pytorch apis (other than the model code which is just using `transformers` models).

If there are topics of interest feel free to open an issue in the repo, and contributions are welcome.

I'm investigating adding a chapter on tensor parallelism, but it's support in pytorch is still early stages.
I'd be willing to bet that "long time" doesn't include pre Uber days
This looks great! Can't wait to check out the code in detail.
If they don't then the education system (and common sense) has failed them.
You could always protect the signing certificates in the apps with derived passwords, still the length of passkeys practically acceptable to type in on a phone is too short to safely protect a certificate vs a bruteforce attack without some kind of HW assisted storage.

In the end it also boils down to what devices the BankID app providers are willing to support, I have a hard time seeing anything but iOS or Android devices being supported in the near future, Esp as Swedish BankID's now also requires NFC support to read the local police issued ID cards (had to get a new testing-device just due to this requirement).

Note: BankID is the name of personal identity apps that support authentication and signatures in Sweden, Norway and Finland, the authentication is used to access a myriad of both public and private sites like tax office, unemployment, healthcare and gyms. The signatures done via the apps are generally accepted to be of as good legal standing as a signed paper.
I have this pet theory that Philosophy is kind of the Alternative Medicine of intellectual pursuits. In the same way that Alternative Medicine is doomed to consist of stuff that doesn't work (because anything proven to work becomes "Medicine"), Philosophy is made entirely of ideas that can't be validated through observation (because then they'd be Science), and also can't be rigorously formalized (because then they'd be Math).

So for any given claim in Philosophy, if you could find a way to either (a) compare it to the world or (b) state it in unambiguous symbolic terms, then we'd stop calling it Philosophy. As a result it seems like the discipline is doomed to consist of unresolvable debates where none of the participants even define their terms quite the same way.

Crazy idea, or no?
What evidence is that exactly? It’s evidence that your gums don’t like being traumatized by a small string of plastic?
'Watching the English' is nearly 40 years old now and a lot of things have changed. M&S is no longer hugely more expensive than other stores, for food I think Waitrose has taken its place.
Also this article is veering into the idea that class is all about money, which may work in the US but is far from being true in the UK.
Sorry to say but I've never seen that bug