skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I excerpted two quotes from the article in a different comment [1] in this same thread, with the two quotes separated by the word "later"; this comment was flagged, while the article above from which the quotes came is not flagged. Is someone so sensitive that they can't handle any discussion of political topics? If so, why not flag the original article, and just a comment? I'm confused.

BTW, I made a new comment because I can't reply to or edit the other comment.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42208084
Yeah, I concur.

I know someone who saw a Carlin skit where he jokes about prisoners escaping... Basically the person got triggered.

Either way, I don't believe in censoring humor in most cases.
We write the security mitigations. We patch the CVEs. Oxide employs many, perhaps most, of the currently active illumos maintainers --- although I don't work on the illumos kernel personally, I talk to those folks every day.

A big part of what we're offering our customers is the promise that there's one vendor who's responsible for everything in the rack. We want to be the responsible party for all the software we ship, whether it's firmware, the host operating system, the hypervisor, and everything else. Arguably, the promise that there's one vendor you can yell at for everything is a more important differentiator for us than any particular technical aspect of our hardware or software.
Where is the GPU?
Myself, I have no sense of what it's like in Israel right now, but I have noted several times that the October 7th attack was proportionally worse to Israel than 9/11 was to the US, so I can easily believe that this had a similar impact on the national psyche.

That said, I do often read comments and news articles claiming that Netanyahu's government is unpopular within Israel, and that he only maintains his position by the support of the… well, there's not a polite way to describe the attitudes of the settlers who take land that isn't in Israel and then demand Israel defend them, nor those who demand violence while claiming their religious beliefs prohibit serving in the armed forces even though everyone else has conscription.

Not confident of that popularity though, as Googling gets me an extraordinarily broad range of popularity scores.

That said:

> But ultimately, October 7th killed any chance for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, for a long long time.

Did any chance of a peace live before?

The Israeli PM who signed the Oslo Accords, Yitzhak Rabin, was shot by a far-right-wing Israeli extremist for signing them: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oslo_Accords

A large portion of the Palestinian population also opposed it.
> Department of Government Efficiency

This is a lie, and I wish reporters would stop amplifying it through repetition. The name was chosen to purposely trick the public. There is no such government department, and the people in the group are not government employees either. (Which relates to them promoting rules they would never obey themselves.)

Anybody reporting the phrase verbatim like this is not being objective nor practicing good journalism, but the opposite: It promotes a falsehood and misleads readers.

What do say instead? Even with the cringe-worthy acronym, "DOGE commission" would be a step up: It doesn't mislead people, it correctly characterizes the nature of the group, and it is distinct enough for accurate identification.

In saner times it would be named something like "Presidential Commission on Government Efficiency" from the start.
Yeah, isn’t that how you represent a list of values? (Or maybe better to say a collection, not sure if ordering is preserved)
As a third party to this conversation, I think it's completely hilarious that you try really hard to make a point that ends up proven wrong, and your answer, rather than actual introspection about your beliefs, is sarcasm and an overall rude response.

This stubbornly stupid mindset is why we have wars.

Edit: I checked the site myself and was able to reproduce the issue mentioned in GP. This is a terrible website.
If they just wanted to hop on a regular commercial flight to the US that might be a problem, but I'd expect they would fly on military aircraft.

Instead of taking the most direct route which would fly over Europe they could stay over the Mediterranean until they reach the Atlantic and then head straight to the US.

That adds about 500 miles or so to the trip which probably isn't a big deal on a trip that long.
In arithmetic. There is a lot more to math than arithmetic.
Our idiocracy would decry that as some sort of antiquated Luddite device and it wouldn't sell in enough volume to make a profit.
Ask HN: How can I rekindle my passion for computer science?
I have no idea if it fits the board but whatever... i'll shoot my shot.

I (25m) am a postgrad computer science student, i like the stuff that i study, it's interesting, it was fun to study those things on my own before uni and even during uni pre pandemic.
I got a job in the field at 21 and i am still kicking trough it, working on the usual tasks that a compsci consultant might be dealing with...
I've been exposed to a lot of people throughout uni and i always felt an area of both ineptitude (socially speaking) and elitism (i am not the sharpest compsci guy ever, i like the stuff but it's not my identity, i've seen people doing proofs while plastered drunk, while driving without looking at the road or just in occasions that didn't call for any of that and people demeaning others because they know less (to the point of using really heavy slurs) and are not technically prepared as them).

I am now at the point that i am studying interesting stuff for my postgrad but i can't step inside my uni anymore (haven't been in the library for months) because i feel inadequate and kind of "not worth of it" all the while the exams feel like modules to compile after a semester of lectures because every inkling of interest gets kind of robbed away from the previous pressures.

I tend to do quite well into exams, even going at times above and beyond if i like a course (i spent 6 months implementing the IRC protocol into a multiagent system) with little to no satisfaction coming from it (just a pat on the back from the professor, a mark, everything ends there)... it feels kind of bleak.

I keep remembering now about the moments that characterized my bachelor, the magic of being in uni for the first months, the intensity of working on my thesis figuring things out on my own ways, getting to slowly figure out why the simplex method is like that throughout my operational research lectures...

So my question is, how can i keep growing up in this field without feeling like i am not worth of it, without thinking that i have to be a beast at it?

I hope it makes sense... thanks
Just to clarify - there is some technical correctness in this statement "Biblical Israel did not include any part of Egypt, nor does it contain all of Lebanon". I believe Genesis 15:18–21 says in "from the Wadi of Egypt to the great river [Euphrates]" (also see "map of Kingdom of King Solomon"). While this would suggest the "promised land" includes all the way to modern Iraq, it is true that most maps exclude the Phonecian areas around Tyre and Sidon. And the definition of "the wadi of Egypt" has been interpreted by some as the Nile, but I think this is mostly not believed. So it is most likely correct that "Biblical Israel does not contain ALL of Lebanon" and "did not include any part of Egypt", but this elides the fact that the Biblical narrative (not necessarily backed up by archeology) would extend into many neighboring countries.

[edit] To clarify - I do believe that some Israelis are motivated by a desire to occupy "Biblical Israel", but the parent comment is (a) ridiculous and (b) attributes way to many grand motivations for Netanyahu than I think are supported by evidence. (Compared to "savvy politician who says things to get votes for selfish reasons.")
Maybe, I guess it's easily misinterpreted though O.O
You might need to clarify what you mean by long-term and delusional.

I was a caregiver for two delusional people. My mom unexpectedly developed post-anesthesia dementia for the 6 mos prior to her death. My ex developed a recurring psychosis during the last 15y of our marriage.

They were very different events. IDK if either is similar what you're considering.
Well put. It’s also quite ironic how the violent struggle for liberation is encouraged in the world of fiction - from Star Wars to Hunger Games - but is emphatically denounced as soon as it bleeds out into the real world.

Funnily enough, I just finished reading The Wretched of the Earth :)
Show HN: NoDrums – Remove Drum Tracks Using Deezer's Spleeter
I've been working on a tool called NoDrums that utilizes Deezer's Spleeter model to isolate and remove drum tracks from audio files. It's designed for musicians, producers, or anyone needing drum-free tracks for practice, sampling, or remixing.

NoDrums is built on top of the pre-trained Spleeter model, providing a straightforward way to generate drumless versions of songs. Whether you're jamming along as a guitarist or looking to extract clean tracks for production, this could be useful.

The project is open-source and open for contributions.

I used GPT-4 via Canvas in my drafting workflow and Patchwork's DocString Patchflow for code documentation. Thanks to Deezer for their work on Spleeter, which makes this possible. Feedback and contributions are welcome!
now imagine a leak of it.

fuel oil.. you just fence it off and scoop up.

ammonia.. evacuate the port and city
A reference to Tokio Hotel was not on my HN bingo card
At some point Netanyahu will be out of power. He's been voted out of office before. He's in trouble politically. He promised a short, victorious war over Gaza, and got into a long major war against Iran and more countries instead. The next government might decide to turn him over to the ICC simply to get him off the political stage.
It's a bit more complicated than that even.

While not going into details:
1. This only concerns liability for damages.
2. It is not necessarily the case that the cyclist is exempt from (fully) compensating the motorized driver for their damages, even if the cyclist is reimbursed for (a portion of) their own damages.

Also note that most cyclists are insured!
I’m not a PE (or EIT). I run my firm’s construction services department. I have a Bachelor of Music degree, so without an ABET degree, not much hope for me ;) I’m engineering adjacent, and really enjoy the field based problem solving and bringing a different perspective to projects. Just no sealing plans for me.

Just wanted to set the record straight! Good to see others in the civil field represented here.
You should see the average injuries for mountain bikes over all bikes. Mountain bikes must just be really badly made!
Nope, but many of us (Oxide staff) are big fans of what Bluesky is doing!

One of the Bluesky team members posted about their requirements earlier this month, and why Oxide isn't a great fit for them at the moment:

https://bsky.app/profile/jaz.bsky.social/post/3laha2upw3k2z
This seems an especially unhelpful response to the OPs earnest question.
Rack servers have two PSUs because enterprise buyers are gullible and will buy anything. Generally what happens in case of a single PSU failure is the other PSU also fails or it asserts PROCHOT which means instead of a clean hard down server you have a slow server derping along at 400MHz which is worse in every possible way.
This is correct, although in my experience the distribution is often more like a lognormal than a Gaussian: https://thesearesystems.substack.com/p/task-estimation-conqu...
Dad doesn't need that every time, but he has some other time when he needs it. A truck can do just about anything you might want of a car, while a car cannot do everything a truck can. Cars are expensive, and you pay for them even if don't use them - car payment, taxes, insurance are all prices you pay even if the car isn't moved. If you have a car for each need the cost goes up fast. If the car isn't used much your maintenance costs are more than expected again because things like sun and ozone wear parts out not just use.

People tell me to just rent a truck when you need one. However that is hard and expensive. Most places won't rent you a truck, they will rent you a truck shaped vehicle with restrictions meaning you can't use it like a truck. When you find an exception the costs it very high and they charge per mile rates - it doesn't take many uses to be worth the extra costs of having a truck that does everything instead even before you account for the hassle of going to get the rental truck.

Of course small cars can do more than most people give them credit for but they are still compromise and there are a lot of things that they can't do.
Fastmail Is Down?
I've not been receiving any emails on my Fastmail account the past few hours. Looks like emails are deferred and not delivered. Anybody else experiencing this?

Status page of fastmail indicates no issues.

edit: nevermind, looks like an issue on my end. I suddenly received 10k+ emails from Google regarding ads account violations and that must have deferred reception of everything else. I haven't noticed these since I have been filtering these and they ended up in a hidden folder.
I couldn't agree more, we should make sure cyclists and motorists pay their fair share.

1. The damage caused to a road surface is governed by the fourth power law [1]:

"This means that after 160,000 crossings, the bicycle causes as much damage as the car does when driving on the road only once. From this it can be deduced that a large part of the damage in the streets is caused by heavy motor vehicles compared to the damage caused by lighter vehicles."

2. Dedicated cycling infrastructure has the lowest cost of all vehicle infrastructure [2]:

"The annual infrastructure costs per traveller kilometre are 0.03 euros for bicycles, 0.10 euros for cars, 0.14 euros for buses, and 0.18 euros for trains."

3. The implication that whatever extra taxes motorists pay cover all externalities of driving, like death and injuries (40 000 deaths per year in the US alone) and health complications from brake dust and tire rubber seems laughably naive to me but perhaps there are some hard numbers that say otherwise?

I too yearn for the day motorists pay for the damage they cause.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_power_law

[2]: https://www.government.nl/binaries/government/documenten/rep...
How long before a VPS pops up running Oxide racks? Or, why wouldn't a VPS build on top of Oxide if they offer better efficiency and server management?
Didn’t we have that experiment during Covid? A bunch of people got paid to stay at home, sometimes for 2 years. How many Grammy nominations since then have gotten to musicians that came out of that? A new face at the Oscars? MOMA exhibiting an artist that was a barista before the pandemic?

At least anecdotally, many people around me now have more children, on the other hand.
TVs are more compact for smaller rooms, brighter in sunlight.
to get it to use the car stereo (and screen) instead of the shitty little ones on your phone.
You're describing conditions that occur in many asymmetric/guerilla wars. None of these are novel tactics whose acceptability must be evaluated from first principles now.

Further, none of these should come as surprises to Israeli commanders, who will have seen these tactics from Hamas in the past.

The bottom line is that any military can only control its own conduct as it represents its citizens in battle.
PDUs are also very failure-prone and not worth the trouble.
Well when you say "person accused of genocide" in the context of a warrant from a court that has juridsiction over personal responsibility for genocide, its not a leap to assume that is what you meant.

However if you didn't mean that, what did you mean by "person accused of genocide"? Who is accusing them? You personally?
I wrote the code and the blog, happy to answer any questions/comments. Very eager to have folks try it out and give feedback! Like is my meme game strong or very strong? J/K

There's some missing bits around FFI and callbacks (i.e. C calling function pointer that is a luajit generated stub back into the interpreter) and curious if anyone actually uses these things in OpenResty workloads. Deploy and enjoy!
Autopoiesis.

That word alone brings me back to systems engineering, and how everything was "like a biological cell" in modern practice.
cars are not allowed to hit pedestrian or bikes on any street, but they do all the time.

disallowing something doesn't make it non existent.

In the neighborhood where that picture was taken live approximately 15 thousand people and many more come every night to hang out.

I know it's bad, I do not approve people going everywhere with their cars even when it's obviously wrong, but it is what it is, and it doesn't make the problem go away.

Street space is premium space in cities.

I wish we could simply stop this car madness by wishful thinking, but we can't.
Impressive launch! Will certainly be using this for my sales teams moving forward.
Scientists ID chemical found in Americans' tap water
I am used to the term "thinking out loud." Isn't talking always "out loud?"

Which is the correct usage of the term?
A lot of nervous questions about banal details. But some new ones:

In defense, we’re about to see partisans blend with people who are simply reputed for competence at an Elon corp. If I have a new boss who doesn’t necessarily come from normal defense, what do I do if I notice his behavior is less-than-patriotic? Was their background investigation different than the rest of us?
> Maybe they build them for themselves. For what upside?

They do build it for themselves. From their security blog:

"The root of trust for Private Cloud Compute is our compute node: custom-built server hardware that brings the power and security of Apple silicon to the data center, with the same hardware security technologies used in iPhone, including the Secure Enclave and Secure Boot. We paired this hardware with a new operating system: a hardened subset of the foundations of iOS and macOS tailored to support Large Language Model (LLM) inference workloads while presenting an extremely narrow attack surface. This allows us to take advantage of iOS security technologies such as Code Signing and sandboxing."

<https://security.apple.com/blog/private-cloud-compute/>
Newton's Fractal is beautiful [video]
Talking to yourself sometimes is the only way you can get an intelligent conversation going.
Copilot feels like I’m getting a personal health examination I didn’t ask for, need, or want.
The two new language features bring a higher language complexity for dubious gains.

For a long time now, PHP has been on a trajectory of trying to be everything to everyone, constantly bolting on features from every language that happens to drift by.

My observation has been that the people who are deeply invested in PHP are tired of being hazed online for using a "toy" language, so they're trying to adopt all of the complexity and problems of other languages, rather than just keeping things simple, which is what used to be PHP's primary strength.
I'd rephrase that as "the author is the author, Stephen Johnson, who is also one of the key people..."

I've read many of his books over the last 20 some years (and even watched a PBS documentary series he hosted). I was aware via his Substack that he was collaborating somehow with the NotebookLM team. But I was rather startled when he demoed NotebookLM at a Google all hands meeting a few weeks ago! Apparently he's a full time product manager now.
My point was that what the previous poster had mentioned "There are quantities that have the same dimensions, but shouldn't be compared or allow arithmetic between them" is caused by using incorrect dimensional formulae.

When you use correct dimensional formulae, most of these cases disappear, e.g. torque and energy do not have the same dimensions (the cases that remain are for quantities of the same kind that measure different things, like the average and the peak value of some quantity, for which some arithmetic operations that combine them may be meaningless). The problem is that there are plenty of textbooks with incomplete formulae, so one may need to analyze them, instead of having faith that they are correct.

Moreover, for the discrete quantities obtained by counting one must define different types depending on what is counted, i.e. one must not use the same type for counting horses and for counting boxes (or more realistically for the kind of quantities that can appear in complicated expressions, a molar quantity of some chemical substance must not have the same type as a molar quantity of a different chemical substance, or, when simulating semiconductors, the concentrations of electrons, holes, donors and acceptors must have different types).
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Many password managers allow you to set up emergency access (as it's named in Bitwarden) that'll let a contact access your vault by request after a certain wait time during which you can either manually accept or decline the request.
Hopefully it's not taken in poor taste to compare the situation to a video game, but I can't help but think of Cyberpunk 2077's Dogtown. This zone that's become a den of all sorts of sad behavior, ruled by martial law.

That being said, I get the impression the author has a flair for the dramatic. On a whim I clicked on a random restaurant there on Google Maps (Red Rooster Overtown) and it was described as an "Artful restaurant offering Southern comfort food with a twist, plus craft cocktails, and happy hours." Doesn't exactly sound like a hellhole to me, though I guess it has been 15 years and a lot can change.
Season 1 was perhaps the best and most beautiful vision of an alien ecology I've ever seen, and a great narrative to boot. I'm so sad that Netflix is not planning to renew it:

https://www.reddit.com/r/scifi/comments/1gk8zlq/scavengers_r...
Volcano on Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula erupts for the 7th time in a year
I was laptop only for several years. I thought I’d be able to unlearn. Once I got a proper desk setup again, using a numpad was like riding a bike.
I'm in the middle of a renovation project (not as a professional developer, just a random dipshit who wanted to make a multifam building a little nicer and bit off way too much)

Anyway, I've been running around compiling and recompiling photos and punchlists, and my reaction was "Coool!"

I'm not your target audience but I have to imagine the people that are would get utility out of this.
> I’ll grant that I don’t think of what’s going on in my head as “predicting the next token in a sequence”

I can't speak to whether LLMs can think, but current evidence indicates humans can perform complex reasoning without the use of language:

> Brain studies show that language is not essential for the cognitive processes that underlie thought.

> For the question of how language relates to systems of thought, the most informative cases are cases of really severe impairments, so-called global aphasia, where individuals basically lose completely their ability to understand and produce language as a result of massive damage to the left hemisphere of the brain. ...

> You can ask them to solve some math problems or to perform a social reasoning test, and all of the instructions, of course, have to be nonverbal because they can’t understand linguistic information anymore. ...

> There are now dozens of studies that we’ve done looking at all sorts of nonlinguistic inputs and tasks, including many thinking tasks. We find time and again that the language regions are basically silent when people engage in these thinking activities.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/you-dont-need-wor...