skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
They have better battery life and in some cases can come out ahead of Apple.

But battery life alone isn’t a full story. You have to consider performance off the charger, and the percentage of compatible apps. Apple still pull ahead there.
Telling the Post to not endorse a candidate is a step in the trustworthy direction.
Seeing Circles Sines and Signals
You submitted this 16 hours ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41969275
I dunno. I suspect you can only watch people vote against their own interests for so many years before you throw in the towel and decide to just support whoever is going to increase your own wealth.
I find it disappointing how A.E. van Vogt has been almost completely forgotten. And to a lesser extent, Poul Anderson.
Yes it's really early so the documentation sucks.
'Marmite' has been a word in the French dictionary for centuries though (French word for 'pot').
Tbf the only reasons these spellings still exist is so that the British can sneer at anybody trying to pronounce them.

After moving here A: they weren't that tricky anyway (shire is a given, the only one I had to learn was *eicester) and B: I just get em to pronounce words in Maori.
I think Seattle should introduce 18% tip on original 18% tip as it adds extra work for service workers in form of collecting tip, maintenance of tip screen and so on.
> I haven't played the game because my 11th-gen Intel Framework 13 isn't that fast for running newer games

Interesting. There's nothing on the system requirement that would suggest so. Are laptop chips that underpowered?
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> If you insist on pedantry, you should know Win32 isn't a GUI toolkit either, it's an anachronistic term for the Windows API.

I don’t think it is “anachronistic” - as far as I am aware it is still the official name. And I don’t think calling it the “Windows API” is right, since Win32 is just one of the APIs that Windows offers. If I’m calling CreateFile, I’m using the Win32 API, but if I’m calling NtCreateFile, I’m not using the Win32 API, I’m using the native NT API instead. If I set the subsystem as NT instead of Win32 in my executable’s PE header, calls to native NT APIs such as NtCreateFile will still work fine, attempts to use Win32 subsystem APIs won’t. And there are other APIs Windows has which aren’t (strictly speaking) part of either the native NT API or the Win32 API - COM and the many APIs built on top of it, .Net, WinRT, DirectX, etc.

But you are right that Win32 isn’t a GUI toolkit. It contains a rather basic and old-fashioned GUI toolkit (USER), but it contains a lot of non-GUI APIs too. I’m reasonably familiar with those parts of the Win32 API used by services and console mode apps, but if you asked me to write a Win32 GUI event loop I’d be asking ChatGPT to remind me how, because while I’ve read tutorials I’ve never actually attempted it.
Apple doesn’t excite me anymore.
I'd argue it's often an anti-feature.

These validation at input can be super annoying when you're copy-pasting your strings from other sources, and want to edit them in textbox in-place. Especially if you're on your phone.

I've be frustrated by this on numerous websites, a lot.
I have a site. It's 5-30 minutes of meditation. There's a little music and a repetitive voice. You track yourself and see if it goes up or down. The app levels you up to more minutes after a week of consistent use - we found that people were actually getting angrier, not calmer, if they could just start at 30 minutes.

It definitely works, we have the data because users submit it. But there's not much else to it. The goal of mental health apps should be to get people to not need them, similar to how dating apps are meant to not be used.

We haven't really found a business model for it yet. Pay what you like worked very well. Pay $25 for unlimited use was okay, but the cash barrier discouraged people from using it which went against the goal.

So it's not financially scalable yet, and because of that it's not VC backable and we can't focus on it full time. It's been up since 2018, and now costs $7/month in heroku fees, but hey, some people paid that $25 a few years back, so I'll have to keep it up for as long as possible.

The problem with VC backed is that it has to become unicorn and ends up using CBD or whatever BS VCs are into even where it's not necessary.
No way, no how. I tip really well for people who actually provide service. If you're my waiter or delivery driver, I'll take care of you. Conversely, I have never tipped anyone a single penny for handing me a burger at a drive thru, nor will I, and I don't feel the slightest bit guilty about it.

Coffee bars are a grey area. If I'm ordering something fancy, I'll probably tip. If I'm getting a cup of black joe from an urn of pre-made coffee, I may or may not.

I'll continue to tip well for people working in traditionally tipped positions. The last few years have seen companies attempt to massively expand that list of positions so that their employees get paid more without their bosses having to pay for it. Those cheapskates can give their workers raises instead of turfing it off onto us.
Never attribute to malice or stupidity that which can be explained by moderately rational individuals following incentives in a complex system.
On top of this, in the US tipping has a history that has roots in post-slavery racism.

In a country with race-based segregation, it's very convenient mechanism to have a method of compensation that can be altered based on your physical appearance.
On top of all that, almost all the wiring in the car can be made thinner, because of the greatly reduced losses. This saves a bit of weight, but also a lot of cost because copper is expensive.
We don't need to cram AI into every possible technical corner in existence. It shouldn't be the first solution suggested for every problem that arises.

There are already Python 2 to Python 3 converters that don't use any AI. It's usually unnecessary.
For me it means I can fork the repo and start hacking on the code immediately, and it will have reasonable quality.
With C++/Python and even Node I often find myself wasting half a day just getting it to build.
I assume you know this, but just to be sure: The "before" state only happened in a fallback codepath when using a legacy application, i.e. an X11 app in the modern Wayland-based desktop. When using modern apps, or when using the entire desktop in legacy X11 mode, this doesn't happen.

Most legacy X11 apps in active use are actually games which tend to be fullscreen and not resized, so it wouldn't happen that often for many users.

(That said, sure, I can also respect the stance as I tend to place a premium on glitch-freeness too.)
Exactly this, it was only recently my Italian friend was musing about how even other European languages don't really have this ability to just absoelootleigh fudge staff ind stihl b undurdudd.
I said operating system, and all those things except xbox are after ballmer...
> They'll also never let the iPad run macOS, because if people could own one device instead of two, that would be bad for their profits. They'll keep them cleanly differentiated for as long as they can.

They also don't have profiles on the iPad because then families could share devices which would be bad for their profits. Instead it is one iPad per person.
Lmao they prepared his usual for him before he got there every day and had it waiting for him. That is exceptional service.
What do people on here say, luck favors the prepared? Had he gone on to college, the odds that he was on that forum go down, and thus he would not be the one strike when the opportunity arose.

Confirmation bias is very tricky here. A quick look at top essentially single games of all times shows that a full 50% or so of them were created by drop outs, a number way outside of what we would expect. But how many dropped out and failed?

All of these guys clearly had the capability to create greatness within them their entire life, but were stuck in an environment that did not fit their talents or did not otherwise give them the support that would allow them to thrive, like Tao got.

And yet, all of the people whom were failed by the system will never be heard of, and we have no idea the numbers of these people either. I expect that there are way more of them than unsuccessful dropouts.
Agreed. I have family members who have had multi-decade careers as waiters in high-end dining establishments.

The way I framed the above was to directly address:

> Man, your entitlement just makes me want to never tip.
Also related: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/77412 - Hixie's issue that led to Impeller (or one of many issues)

Some related iOS jank issues from that time: https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/32170 https://github.com/flutter/flutter/issues/61450
Hear, hear.

KDE just elected improving the Input story in its bi-annual community wide goals election: https://kde.org/goals/
> Why is "bug" in scare quotes here? It was most definitely a bug.

Is it? I thought it was cool, I can't think of why its disruptive to scroll a list faster if you scroll with more fingers.

> I doubt a large company like Bytedance would want to carry around extra patches at the gesture level

I'm a solo endeavour, and I spent ~30 minutes to do exactly this (patch gesture behavior) two days ago. I was stunned how easy it is. But I grew up on versioned closed source dependencies on Apple iOS frameworks that you had to patch the runtime at runtime to fix, so I'm easily wowed.

> 200 devs are using Flutter which would make no sense if it was used in Douyin

Seems reductive: "Only" 200 fulltime, 800 in the company...and we're in a discussion about how 50 maintain _the entire framework_. :)
How can you say "does it really" matter to something as stupid as the chargig port under the mouse? It's in-your-face, outrageously bad design and very much in line with "not just works".

It's one thing to pay a comparative fortune for a mouse that's got mostly looks going for it; it's another to have to uproot your work/free time because your mouse ran out of batteries and you didn't routinely charge it like a phone overnight.

Yes, of course it matters. It matters because it's dumb and we pay the dumbness price. People paying for it regardless is the reason it continues the way it is.
That's why I think these premium additional services must not be offered gratis.
I mean if my boss lays me off I lose a good opportunity. I'm not sure if that means I have a human right to lifetime employment at my company.

I'm Canadian, moving to America would open many doors for me and put me in a better economic position and give me more well defined constitutional rights. Does this mean I have a right to migrate to America.

I understand people in desperate circumstances like refugees should be given special consideration. But expanding that to all migrant labour seems to be a strained definition of human rights
> But in this culture that Steve exists within, those positions are paid mostly by tips.

False. Presumably this was in WA, employers have to pay full wages. there is no carve out "tipped" wage (most) of the rest of the USA has. Currently, min wage in Redmond (King County) is $20.29/hr.

Many businesses in King County do not allow tipping.
Sure, for somebody who is already on board with inductive reasoning and abstraction the best path in might be code. Personally I suspect "hand" has merits but I won't say there aren't other approaches.

I remain unconvinced theory-first, and "theory, the machine does it" would work out ok.

Reminded of my pascal lecturer at uni in 79 "this compiled cleanly but I haven't run it" for every coding example. He really did behave like syntactic and basic semantic checks were all you needed to prove correctness. I am sure he also knew runtime is everything.
And for better or worse spreading white nationalist propaganda isn't illegal. It's not good, but we have the first amendment in this country because we don't want the government to decide who can speak.
> Basically the cloud for everyone but the tech companies

And most companies are not tech companies. This is something that tends to be lost in HN discussions (not saying that applies to you, specifically).

I've spent a lot of time in the Microsoft world. I worked for AWS as well. In general, Microsoft executes on platform and ecosystem in a way that works very well for a lot of customers. In general, AWS executes on products better, which tends to appeal more to those who are focused on technology, specifically.
Not sure there's much to explain. Using integers for math in digital circuits is far more resource and computationally efficient than floating-point math. It has been decades since I did the math on the difference. I'll just guess that it could easily be an order of magnitude better across both metrics.

At basic level it is very simple: A 10 bit bus gives you the ability to represent numbers between 0 and 1 with a resolution of approximately 0.001. 12 bits would be four times better. Integer circuits can do the math in one clock cycle. Hardware multipliers do the same. To rescale the numbers after multiplication you just take the N high bits, where N is your bus width; which is a zero clock-cycle operation. Etc.

In training a neural network, the back propagation math can be implemented using almost the same logic used for a polyphase FIR filter.
No you are not. The tipping culture in the US is insane (along with the idea that employers want their stuff to be paid via tips). Good for Ballmer for sticking to his values.
I've been involved with computer networking since approximately 1982, and I've never once heard someone use "squirts" outside talking about Zunes. I don't doubt that it was jargon inside very specific niches, but it has never been common elsewhere.
Thats an excellent summary, and its fair for you to assume that question has been settled.
Interesting. I read this book over the summer (and also discovered in the process that my library also has a collection of Lem in Polish too! Too bad I don’t know Polish). I suppose as long as they are focusing on an “atmospheric retelling” of the story, it doesn’t really matter that none of Lem’s stories ever end in human triumph. This one ends mostly in confusion and failure.

I also recently learned that there was a new English translation of Solaris. This version is much-hyped for being closer to the original, but as I read it, I am finding that I preferred the original translation (even though Lem himself reportedly did not like it). Anyway, huge Lem fan. Maybe an immersive game-like experience will better serve Lem’s visions. I was sorely disappointed in Soderbergh’s awful film version of Solaris. It just didn’t capture the terror of the story at all.
Maybe it's just "what you're used to", but I'd swap Azure and AWS in that statement. Going from Azure to AWS, I found it not nearly as nice to use or easy to understand. Even basic features like "see all the resources in my account" were missing from AWS.
> On day 1 of the transition after Steve, the stock jumped like crazy & continued that momentum.

Many people would interpret that as "investors had no faith in Steve Ballmer and were delighted to see his back." Do you have a different interpretation?

Also, you seem to be implying that the trial was some external event, and not directly the fault of Bill and Steve. That is not how most people felt at the time.
Agree to disagree.

We learned his schedule, we made sure to make his drink so it would be ready on time while also handling the hundreds of other orders in the morning rush. This is something we tried to do for every regular customer with a fixed order.

I'd argue that this sort of thing is well within the bounds of what was 'tippable' service back then.

But to be clear, tips weren't expected then like they are now. It was an infrequent thing. If you dropped your ~15¢ change into the jar once or twice a month, you were a generous tipper.

We served Steve for many years and he was definitely an outlier. He wasn't the only other customer that never tipped. But he was the only one that was famously rich, which is what made it so amusing to us.
Weird how few people who worked under him feel that way.
Minimum wage != Prevailing wage in that occupation
Extreme emphasis on verbal consent is one example of the "sex negative messaging" I was referring to.
I think they are just getting started. Soon there will announcement on speakers for non-tippers "Congratulations! You won cheap ass of the day award"
AWS was the first mover, and they execute very well on products. Despite this, AWS market share has been pretty flat for a while.

Azure was a second mover. Microsoft executes on platform and partner ecosystem very well. Azure is still growing market share pretty quickly.
Service is down (it also suggest to login - but no, login does not help). For those who want to see a demo check https://vimeo.com/1024010952
Waiters in the US make more than their peers in: Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Japan, Canada, New Zealand, etc.

That's thanks entirely to the tip system.
<< Changing the law is extremely difficult in the US because of the gridlocked-by-design political system, so I think it's unlikely. Changing it would also be extremely unpopular.

I am thankful for this response, because it illustrates something OP pointed out directly ( as humans we mostly suck at estimating future risks ). Changing a law is sufficiently possible ( hard, but possible ). On the other hand, short of current civilization crumbling before our eyes, there is no timeline, in which DNA data already in the hands of some other entity could be put back in the bottle. Possible vs impossible ( assuming time machines can't exist ).

<< The point of my post was that me being harmed due to having given my DNA to 23&me is unlikely, not impossible. Just like it's theoretically possible a brick could fall on my head while walking outside, but I still don't wear a helmet every time I go outside.

I think the reality is that we do not know for sure ( although some fun science fiction does exist suggesting it is not a great idea to let that space be unregulated ).

That said, DNA, at its core, is just information. Information by itself is neither good or bad. However, humans come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and capacities for evil. In some humans, that capacity is rather shallow. In others, it runs very deep indeed. Evil is not a pre-requisite to become a CEO, but since humans can be pretty evil, it is just a matter of time before at least one is hardcore -- kicking puppies for fun type - evil. If so, that one evil person can do damage, if they so choose with information at their disposal. And the funny part is, there is just so much information hoarded and sold these days so.. really.. it is just a matter of time.

<< Worrying so much about this stuff just feels to me like the tech geek version of preppers who stock their house with guns and canned food in case the apocalypse comes (which never does).

I will not give you a speech here, but never is a really long time. If there is one thing that a person should have picked up since 2018, it is that things can and do change.. sometimes quickly and drastically. It is not a bad idea to consider various eventualities. In fact, DHS suggests it is a good idea[1] to think about your preparedness.

You might be mocking preppers, but I did not suffer from lack of toilet paper during the pandemic.

[1]https://www.dhs.gov/archive/plan-and-prepare-disasters
Satya’s success is built on stuff that began under Ballmer. Azure’s core services are all from Bing, which was something Ballmer pushed for.
It's only seamless if you buy everything through Steam. Third-party stores need not apply.
Tbh, they’re probably doing both to some extent.
Yeah but do agree that doing that is not right, correct?

Because it's like saying that we should get rid of human rights as that bogs down the US and EU in terms of manufacturing goods, which contributes to hay China dominates high.

I'd like to be doing well as a country/region AND uphold some sort of shared moral/legal standards.

Sure the EU might make things slow but we do get some top shelf consumer protection with it.
The false story of the frog in the pot applies here: if you want to make a change like that it has to be slow and steady, at an imperceptible pace. Doing something big and obvious destroys your pivot. You've lost trust with your existing customer base with out actually getting anything from your new, intended customer base.

Again, announce this two years ago and it's a nothing burger and you could be working on that stated process (speaking for myself I don't think it likely to work, but it's at least a plan). Doing it now, in this way- after the editorial was already written- it's a big deal.
I have as much disdain for the monkey man as the next OSS fan. But VSCode was always closed sourced crap at the arbitrary whims of a soulless zombie corp, and they never promised otherwise in a significant way. It's not relevant and not a good foundational signal or basis for any argument.
>Currently, min wage in Redmond (King County) is $20.29/hr.

I'd love to know if that is a livable wage in King County.
Hey HN, I'm excited to share my custom game engine built for recreating retro games with a modern twist. This is my first time showing it more widely online, and I hope that it can showcases the engine's capabilities. I'm using:

- React for UI components

- Three.js for 3D rendering

- WebSockets for real-time features

- AWS EC2 for hosting

- Added support for Telegram where many games seems to be played today

Try it out and let me know what you think!
Economics is boring. What if we could instead apply simplistic econometric models to cute problems and explain how crime is actually caused by the adoption of the metric system?

That's basically the Freakonomics approach. It's bad science, but it appeals to "skeptics" and "contrarian" midwit liberals.
While it may be true that the OS itself isn't really a cash cow anymore (if it ever was), I still think Microsoft's greatest failure of the previous decade was exiting the smartphone OS space and ceding it to Google and Apple.

I think that Ballmer's management can take a lot of blame for that. I think a different CEO could have executed and possibly have kept Microsoft in that market with success.

The Apple App Store by itself is a trillion dollar ecosystem. Microsoft being able to gain even a sliver of that size would be worth quite a lot.

We might give Apple similar criticism on the other side of this coin by saying that it's somewhat insane that Apple hasn't tried entering the public cloud market, especially given the fact that they now design their own ARM processors that are essentially the market leaders in that architecture.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/news-herald/name/willia...
Really? I think it’s even recommended on the node website’s install page
Actually there was a lot of open source happening under Ballmer - not because of him but in that time. VSCode’s beginnings were in an earlier similar product were from that time. He didn’t interfere or stop those projects. Attributing that to Nadella is just false.
So it's possible that the numbers have changed even more than this study shows?
As Azure SRE for a tech company, what feature is missing? We are using AKS with Linux, Blob storage and ServiceBus. Database is MySQL Flexible Server.

I'm even using some Azure Tables for backend services just because it was easier to deal with.
It's incredible, maybe not for everyone though.

It is slow, it takes a few large story beats to really kick off the story. If you are in the right headspace, and are a patient player who is able to sink into the atmosphere, you will be gripped by the pacing.

The atmosphere is thick, dripping with retro-futurism, chilling environmental storytelling as well as thrilling story moments. The music will raise the hair on your skin.

If you don't want to dive in, I recommend giving the OST a listen on spotify/YouTube. It stands on it's own and is a pretty good representation of the feeling of the game.