skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
You could also, you know, talk to people, like we did before Google and the Silicon Valley bro-wanna-bes decided that coding interviews was the only solution.

I've hired plenty of people without having coding challenges or any form of live coding. I've been happy with all of those hires. A former co-worker did some take-home coding tasks, which they'd then talk to the candidate about during the interview. I feel like those hires where worse in may ways, they certainly didn't stay around as long. That may very well be completely unrelated obviously.

For years people have been complaining that exams aren't realistic, that some talented people just don't do well in an exam situation and we've mostly come to the consensus that this is correct and mistakenly filter out highly talented people. So why wouldn't we apply the same logic to hiring?

If you're hiring for a specialist position some coding exercise can absolutely be in order, but I can't think of any reason to have them for a junior position. So I wouldn't recommend dropping coding tasks completely, but I'd apply them more selectively, otherwise you risk missing a number of really good hires.

Part of it may also be that so many companies and interviewers are absolutely terrible at doing coding challenges, but do them anyway, because Google and Facebook do them.
A moderately smart person was selected for a good job perhaps over many many better possible hires simply because that person had the leisure to learn the game. Inefficient. But nice for that individual, naturally.
> PyPI packages without them will be used less. Whether PyPI requires attestations is unimportant.

This points to a basic contradiction in how people are approaching open source: if you want your project to be popular on a massive scale, then you should expect those people to have opinions about how you're producing that project. That should not come as a surprise.

If, on the other hand, you want to run a project that isn't seeking popularity, then you have a reasonable expectation that people won't ask you for these things and you shouldn't want your packages downloads from PyPI as much as possible. When people do bug you for those things, explicitly rejecting them is (1) acceptable, and (2) should reduce the relative popularity of your project.

The combination of these things ("no social expectations and a high degree of implicit social trust/criticality") is incoherent and, more importantly, doesn't reflect observed behavior (people who do OSS as a hobby - like myself - do try and do the more secure things because there's a common acknowledgement of responsibility for important projects).
Ordinarily I would agree, but Stephen King is a no holds barred shitbait poster. Not that there is anything inherently reprehensible about that, but then leaving for toxicity just seems self-unaware.
Yea, companies are so used to laissez faire that when they're finally told "too bad, so sad" they throw a tantrum, sue, cry, and eventually comply as maliciously as the possibly can, to show the world how upset they are that they can't simply do whatever they want.
The .005% is a bit of a headline-grabber for sure, but the idea makes sense given the context: They're monitoring large, multi-tenant/multi-use-case systems which have very large amounts of diverse traffic. In these cases, the regression may be .005% of the overall size, but you don't detect it like that, but rather by detecting a 0.5% regression in a use case which was 1% of the cost. They can and do slice data in various ways (group by endpoint, group by function, etc.) to improve the odds of detecting a regression.
There’s valid evidence for all of those things (although the vaccine thing is a straw man), and RFK Jr is a very intelligent man.

Are you convinced that the evidence to the contrary is stronger here? How well read are you in nutrition science?
When you say they "couldn't even handle basic tasks" do you mean they were completely unfit to complete their assigned tasks, or that they were getting hung up on simple tasks, while otherwise being independent and capable? The other key question is whether you had to explain the same things to the same people again and again. Being ignorant is excusable, but being unwilling to learn isn't.
Well, sure, as far as that goes. I think when the manager the author was criticizing was asking "are you happy", he probably had an unspoken "in your job" at the end that.

That said, we spend the majority of our waking time working in our jobs, so job satisfaction cannot be entirely separated from being happy generally. If you're doing something that makes you unhappy for most of your waking time, it's hard for that not to have an impact on your overall life.
Direct video link, for the lazy (like me): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Qx_bdFSSuc
... from album covers.
Which is a good example, because accuracy can be improved significantly with even minor human guidance in task like unit tests. Human augmentation is extremely valuable.
Fascinating - I wonder what the procedure is for a jammed propeller on a sub. I’m used to airplanes, which have redundancies for everything, but a sub propeller is really a single point of failure. Potentially seaweed or rope could become entangled, right?

Would the sub typically have to surface to manually clear the propeller? Or, does it have enough torque to just (noisily) obliterate most entanglements?
They are wrong. This is like calling Gdansk, Danzig.
Out of curiosity, I just checked, and while the CS6 installer is 32-bit, Photoshop CS6, at least, is 64-bit.

The .app icon shows the "circle slash" overlay, however, and attempting to launch it from the Finder (Sequoia 15.1 running on an Intel Mac) yields the OS-level "needs to be updated" alert without actually exec'ing the binary.

The Mach-O executable in "Contents/MacOS" loads and runs successfully when called directly from a shell prompt, however, and displays an application-generated "Some of the application components are missing…Please reinstall…" alert.

Which is actually encouraging, given that I'm attempting to run it directly from the Master Collection .dmg image without actually installing anything, which, given all the prerequisite detritus Adobe apps habitually scatter around the system when installed, I wouldn't expect to work even on a supported OS.

Less encouraging is the fact that the app-generated alert box text is blurry, suggesting the application wouldn't properly support Retina displays even if it could be cajoled into running.
Clustering is a big goal for hospitals, since it's also easier for the nurses, but a lot of factors can interrupt that. Coordinating different people to do different tasks, getting the requisite lab results or medication approvals on time, ad-hoc requests from the patient/patient family themselves, a need to quickly double check what the monitors on the patient are saying in case something is going wrong, etc.
The correct name of this city is Leuven.
Here's a quick anonymous game against it by me, where I obliterate the poor thing in 11 moves. I was around a 1500 ELO classical strength player, which is, a teeny bit above average, globally. But I mean - not an expert, or even one of the "strong" club players (in any good club).

https://lichess.org/BRceyegK -- the game, you'll see it make the ultimate classic opening errors

https://lichess.org/ -- try yourself! It's really so bad, it's good fun. Click "play with computer" on the right, then level 1 is already selected, you hit go
I went on a scuba dive trip with a couple of deaf people and I was definitely jealous.
Winter Haven commissioners vote to remove fluoride from water
I've never understood the value proposition here. Of course they have to charge 200% to deliver you a combo meal. Getting a taxi from the restaurant to your place would cost at least as much. Driver time, gas, insurance, vehicle depreciation, time spent getting to the restaurant... it's got to add up to several dollars at least even if they carried no food at all.

It should cost about the same to deliver $200 worth of filet mignon with truffles. Same amount, much smaller percentage. I'm surprised people ever order small amounts of food through those services.
A lot of us didn't jive with the UI/UX of Mastodon
Has someone suffered sleep interruptions for months (or years) after having COVID [0]? I don't think it is studied too much. I have seen studies about Long Covid [1] which it doesn't seem to be the same.

[0] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S10870...

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_COVID
Total aside: I have been playing Crusader Kings repeatedly using Leuven as the home city for my character's dynasty. I don't know why I zeroed in on the city, but I have done over 30 run-throughs so far. (Yes, that is a little obsessive.)

First starting as Count of Leuven, then building up to become Duke of Brabant, then King of Lotharingia, then the Holy Roman Emperor.

Now, having this historical context, I want to visit.
I no longer keep my kids away from AI (sort of)
https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/...

Junior salaries go down much lower than $100k.
Working on my project, like any other weekend.

Going to focus on SEO this time
They were invited to provide some kind of assistance, but I can't imagine they were given the green light to upload arbitrary code into the countrywide telephone exchange without notifying the Greeks at all, or providing a copy of it.

It's not just that they added Greek officials phones to the monitoring list alongside legitimate suspects, but the whole program itself was hidden. Nor is it clear how the US could have forwarded any legitimate threats captured without admitting the whole program.

The whole Olympics rationale is a bit weird too. Yes, it is a big event and there have been a few terrorist attacks in its history, but relatively few considering its huge scale. Also, almost every state actor is participating and thus unlikely to cause any major trouble. It's a big propaganda thing for most of the US-order enemies. It doesn't really make sense why the NSA would have been authorized such extensive access, to the exclusion of the host country's own personnel, instead of requesting help from neighboring EU countries that already presumably cooperate on law enforcement.

That sounds like a cover story the US made up to change it from "act of war" level to "oops we forgot to ask if this was okay."
The food and pharma industry isn't going to kick down the door with guns if someone puts down the fork and starts exercising.

It can be done at an individual level, with no permission, and no training.
This made me think if it would make sense to send SUV owners to battle in their SUVs. Might actually increase survival rates.
Indeed you are right, there is syntax highlighting.

Also my last comment sounds a bit harsh. That wasn't my intention. It is a great project.
Exploring LLM performance on the ARC dataset
I’ll act as a counter-balance on this topic. I have conducted hundreds of technical interviews across varying levels of experience - from interns and juniors all the way to PhD grads and those with lots of years under their belt. I have extensive hands-on experience in multiple fields and passable knowledge in others. If a candidate has worked on something in the past, a good position for me to be in is to know more about what they’ve done than they do. A passable position is one where they can walk me through what they’ve done and I pick up as I go along, piecing it together in my head with what I already know. I very rarely have pre-canned questions, instead I opt to come up with examples on the fly based on how the conversation (and it is a conversation) is unfolding. If the candidate is gold, I will usually have a first offer prepared for the candidate before the interview is over, and I do not cheap out on the offers. Candidates have historically reached out to express they enjoyed the interview even if an offer was not presented. I believe in respecting the candidate, respecting that people can be nervous and shy one day and social the next, that people interview differently, and that more interview rounds does not necessarily yield a better result. Prerequisite for this is you have to enjoy talking to people, put your bullshit ego aside, show your hand where you think it will help the candidate, and know what you’re talking about and what you don’t know. People can learn, people can adapt. Every so often, I accept candidates that would otherwise be rejected on the understanding that no “system” is ever perfect, certainly not one that involves people. It saddens me to see coding challenge, especially automated ones, because it shows laziness on part of the interviewer. However, it is a skill that must be attained and practiced like any other. And no, I haven’t used the return key since the 8th grade. AMA.
Well you see, he wasnt being serious when he was calling the parents of slain children crisis actors, he was just being entertaining.
Is "cramming" the same as "learning"? Is knowing the chemical reaction between an acid and baking soda the same as being a world class patissier? Many of these exercises are like "demonstrate that you can make this dough rise" but not actually considering "can you make an artful and delicious pastry"; the two are totally different.

The most surprising thing when asked about their experience was that most of the details have already been lost before even starting the role.
Founded in 1999 on the heels of the Satanic “panic” and growing steadily ever since, InfoWars has distinguished itself as an invaluable tool for brainwashing and controlling the masses. With a shrewd mix of delusional paranoia and dubious anti-aging nutrition hacks, they strive to make life both scarier and longer for everyone, a commendable goal. They are a true unicorn, capable of simultaneously inspiring public support for billionaires and stoking outrage at an inept federal state that can assassinate JFK but can’t even put a man on the Moon.

Perfect
> Rich and respected -> doctor

A lot of people are going to be disappointed. Truth is medicine is a decadent profession, worldwide. In some countries, it's in free fall and accelerating to terminal velocity. In some parts of the world, doctors are hated to the point they routinely suffer physical violence.

The US manages to keep it relevant by restricting supply and maintaining its elite status but I'm not sure doctors are still respected there. Plenty of hackers who think they can do it better than the doctors right here on HN. I'm a programmer myself and I know for a fact a computer could do significant parts of the job. Even psychiatry is in danger due to LLMs.
If you have everything on the moon needed to grow a large amount of plants couldn't you also support a human or two?
And it's not how I hadn't already said I tried many things with invariably similar results. I might watch the videos if I find the time but it's definitely not in my list of priorities as I'm really skeptical that there will be anything there that I haven't already done or is similar in nature - mainly because outside of changing the world or CRISPR I'm not sure there is a way to "fix" this.
I love this. Have so many memories with vb. When I was going through my graduation back in 2003/4 I took some classes on developing application using vb6. Some of the most fun things I had ever done.
Once you’ve had the PIN scramble turned on for a while, it becomes second nature. I enter my GrapheneOS scrambled PIN about as quickly as the unscrambled PIN on my non‐GrapheneOS work phone. But it’s more of a defense against figuring out my PIN from the finger marks on my screen.

In environments where shoulder surfing is a concern, I prefer to use the multiple profiles feature: log out of my main profile (which is actually a secondary profile) to completely evict its keys from memory, and switch to a burner secondary profile containing no personal data, which unlocks with my fingerprint for convenience.
I've literally never seen this book before. This would have been a really good one to have when I was younger. Thank you for sharing!
"just 2k GPUs" lol. Guess I'm gpu poor.
Well I’ve been working on a tool that scrapes job listing directly from company websites. The idea is to gain access jobs that are not listed anywhere other than company websites. www.unlistedjobs.com
Apparently they expect people to work for free for more than a month to learn material they then won't use.

In my mind that's a rather nasty practice.

Not that I'm complaining. I'm happy to pick up people that are good at computers but wouldn't be able to pass that hurdle, and probably wouldn't hire anyone that has.
Maybe. I have a friend that only does VB6 programming support even today. He seems to be doing okay with it.
You're speaking like it's confirmed. Do you have any proof?

Again, the comment you initially responded to was not talking about faking it by using a chess engine. You were the one introducing that theory.
I've also used both GUI-based debuggers and printf, and I prefer printf. But the most important thing it to write your code so there aren't many bugs and when there are they are easy to find. I do this using modular code, unit tests and regression tests.
> This is not an accurate characterization of The Guardian's reasoning.

Go on. There is no logical association with "right wing" conspiracies in their decision unless they believe they are contributing to it. But as they are not backing away from producing the content on the same concern, the association doesn't add up at all.

> This is your claim - presented without evidence.

Of course. That's what a discussion forum is for. If you want someone else's claim naturally you'd go talk to them instead. But as you have chosen to interact with me, logically you are here to hear my claim as I give it.

Is there some additional pertinence to you pointing out the obvious here? Because if so, I am afraid I missed it.

> News is difficult to convey when an algorithm suppresses it or is drowned out by loud voices.

Most importantly, the news is difficult to convey when the users aren't there for news from a news organization. Let's face it, X is not well suited to conveying long format news in the first place. While the character limit isn't what it once was, the entire format of the service remains not particularly amenable to that kind of content. It is really only good for individuals sharing small tidbits of information, like something they did at work.

There are much better services for news publishers. That is where the users are. That is where publisher effort is going to be best spent. Of course you are not going to waste your time posting news on X for that reason.
I once got hired after passing a JavaScript test, never having written a single line of it. The challenge was more conversational, like:

Interviewer: Now reverse this array.

Me: OK, in Python that would be array.reverse(), or reversed(array). I bet JS has one of those, probably the .reverse method.

Interviewer: Great guess!

That was genuinely fun. I came out of it feeling like I'd learned a few things, and the other person got to see how I'd reason about a new problem.
You are right, but it's a little misleading (as it sounds like is the usefulness of your work nowadays) - Comparisons on language modelling prowess of BERT/T5 being compared to the default, non-instruct GPT-3 or OPT-3 isn't really that useful if done by size, because in practice we don't use 1.3B generative models, and more importantly, because focusing on default decoding generation without an instruct/PPO step is not how these models are used practically. The instruct models blow this performance out of the water, but instruct plus better-performance-at-size for GPT models completely shows the dominance of decoder-only architectures in my opinion for now.

I think you have to consider that in 2020/2021 many PhDs and Professors attempted to shift grant funded research with BERT and T5 to explore how they could compete with GPT-3 or to express other properties of it that supposedley outdid GPT-3. Very few (besides sentence transformers) succeeded. It's not like this is an unexplored niche. A lot of people in denial were trying to keep on with BERT research for a while despite the fact their work was essentially made obsolete by GPT-3.

(and notably Table 1 and Figure 4 are cherrypicking the smallest size with the largest gaps in task difference, and a size we know decoding is not performative at - 1.3B param mark - the characteristics and conclusions the authors come to (wow, BERT is trained on less data but does better!) obviously can't be made at larger sizes because the actual GPT models become much larger)
I actually agree, in the same way that selling lock picks or guns is ethical. They are just tools. How they are used is the responsibility of the person wielding them.
Yes, Tufte did much to popularize the Minard map related to Napoleon, but there were map dealers that had been intrigued by it and discussing it for quite a while prior to that. Those discussions can leak into academia and pollinate a whole new batch of discussions.

Virality as part of the ebb and flow of popular culture is interesting. But, we find it as interesting when an old map will somehow drift through the pace layers of culture and become a discussion point. That resurfacing of an older map could allude to deeper issues and mechanisms that are ongoing.

Have been intrigued to watch Hornaday's Bison extermination map surface in discussion.
https://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~3...

You see those dwindling circles of Bison population and it hits you that not only could this be reoccurring, but perhaps the disappearance of other species could have similar cascading reactions. Some have pointed out that with the loss of the primary food source of the Bison, friction with settlers escalated quickly. It also had huge impacts in the soil of the West. Maybe the dust bowl wouldn't have been as cataclysmic.
----
Unfortunately we're concerned that even viral maps can be lost over time. They become dead links. And somehow even the wonderful people at Internet Archive can't save everything.
This is part of why we push cartographers we know to print something they've done at the end of each year. Paper is astoundingly enduring. If there was one map that you did and it resonates with you, please print it out. Build a small portfolio of hard copies over the next few years. Your work is worth printing!
Threads never had a chance. No one wanted to hand Meta another community to exploit. I think the big difference this time is I am seeing a critical mass of big accounts start to shift with Major News Orgs, Kelsey Hightower, Emily Freeman, Steven King and others exiting Twitter. Tech BlueSky is starting to look a lot like what Tech Twitter used to pre-Leon. Content is king and content is moving.
...in tech hubs. That's a pretty great living in most other places.
Think it has to do with trust. If a hiring manager, for example, has a contributor who is good and recommends a former colleague, that resume can get to the front of the line. There are plenty of engineers who are interview/leet code ninja's or have fluffy resumes. Getting someone to vouch for work ethic, skills, etc of a candidate carries allot of weight. Thats just the reality. Its less risk of a bad hire if you have first hand knowledge of a candidate.