skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Yes, because we know a.) that the toxicity exists and b.) how to test for it.

There is no definition of a "safe" model without significant controversy nor is there any standardized test for it. There are other reasons why that is a terrible analogy, but this is probably the most important.
I cannot second this enough. Nearly every case of bilking I have experienced from healthcare has come from the providers:

- My insurance was billed 300k for our first child's birth because the hospital decided to bill my wife's emergency C-section twice (once for her and once for the child).

- A dermatologist faked a surgery after my visit so they could get a higher billing code.

- The hospital promised us services they didn't actually have, then when complications arose, forced us to use their "preferred" ambulance service to transfer. (Whose billing reputation is so bad that our insurance company automatically assigned us an arbitration firm and told us not to pay the bill).

- Our pediatrician's office just recently swapped our appointment details with another kids with the same first name - whoops! I had to call and unscramble the billing codes for them.

Insurance companies are powerless - they are legally obligated to respond to the billing codes provided to them. And they live in a competitive market, unlike the hospitals that have legally enforced monopolies.

American healthcare is messed up, but part of the reason it is messed up is that the incentives are screwed up and your insurance provider is the only advocate for cost reform.
Specially since they were originally supposed to be a non-profit focused on AI safety and Sam Altman single-handedly pivoting to a for-profit after taking all the donations and partnering with probably the single most evil corporation that has ever existed, Microsoft.
A lot of this data is open: https://www.kff.org/private-insurance/state-indicator/averag...

That shows the gross margin of insurance companies (based on premiums vs paid claims). Note that it's negative in some states, and also that's gross margin - so all the insurance companies' costs need to be paid out of that.

They are not making as much profit as you think they are.
>For an EV?

For a 20 gallon tank of gasoline on wheels.
The mammoths are walking over some pre-existing footprints, but they don't leave any prints of their own. I guess I'm getting hung up on little things. For a prompt of a few words, it looks pretty nice!
He actually flirted with an employee at the hostel he stayed at, probably days before the murder. But yeah, the rest seems about right.
I don't think that's true. What if the liar buys a red hat?

liar.hats.push("red")

This only works if hats is an empty array. If hats is just not a property people have (undefined in the example), then you can't represent adding them.

Now you might argue hats can be null when a user doesn't have them, or a non-empty array, but that's clearly not a great way to represent that. Now you have owning no hats represented two different ways as an empty array or null, and must build special casing around the null case (unless you are using a language where nil and the empty array are one and the same)
I hope for a day where "Caveat emptor" will no longer be needed, but today is not that day!
> Cognizant spokesman Jeff DeMarrais said the company plans to appeal the verdict and disagrees with the EEOC finding. “Cognizant provides equal employment opportunities for all employees and does not tolerate discrimination in any form,” he said. He also said the company has sought fewer new visas over the past several years and said any apparent disparities in its hiring stem from a shortage of US tech workers. “Like many consulting firms and other technology companies in the US, Cognizant utilizes the H-1B visa program to fill positions it cannot fill with available US workers,” DeMarrais wrote in one of several emailed responses to questions from Bloomberg News.

Odd considering it’s taking tech workers 6-12 months to find new roles. There is no shortage, only a shortage of indentured servants via visas that will work for below market rates, crowding out domestic workers.
> Is there a reasonable pivot for someone well versed in the software engineering space to get in, or is it still the playground of relevant Ph.Ds and the like?

there's no such thing as a practical QC and there won't be for decades. this isn't a couple of years away - this is "maybe, possibly, pretty please, if we get lucky" 25-50 years away. find the above comment that alludes to "2019 estimates needing ~20 million physical qubits" and consider that this thing has 105 physical qubits. then skim the posted article and find this number

> the key quantum computational resource — are now approaching 100 µs (microseconds)

that's how long those 105 physical qubits stay coherent for. now ponder your career pivot.

source: i dabbled during my PhD - took a couple of classes from Fred Chong, wrote a paper - it's all hype.
Why nobody is investing serious money into bacteriophages?

It seems only russia shows some interest in them - ans mostly for military purposes
The wheels of justice turn slowly. And scamming so publicly is just begging to be caught eventually.
> I can't just cheaply and directly test the correctness of the answer

I feel that, but I think for me the key is knowing that LLMs can be wrong and I should treat the answer as a starting point and not an actual expert. I find it really helpful for topics where I don't even know where to start because, like you said, most search engines are utter trash now.

For things like that, I find ChatGPT to be a good diving off point. For example, this is what I got when I asked:

```
Preparing your townhouse for winter involves addressing common issues associated with the region's wet and cool climate. Here's a concise checklist to help you get started:

1. Exterior Maintenance

Roof Inspection: Check for damaged or missing shingles to prevent leaks during heavy rains.

Gutter Cleaning: Remove leaves and debris to ensure proper drainage and prevent water damage.

Downspouts: Ensure they direct water away from the foundation to prevent pooling and potential leaks.

Siding and Trim: Inspect for cracks or gaps and seal them to prevent moisture intrusion.

2. Windows and Doors

Weatherstripping: Install or replace to seal gaps and prevent drafts, improving energy efficiency.

Caulking: Apply around window and door frames to block moisture and cold air.

3. Heating System

Furnace Inspection: Have a professional service your furnace to ensure it's operating efficiently.

Filter Replacement: Change furnace filters to maintain good air quality and system performance.

4. Plumbing

Outdoor Faucets: Disconnect hoses and insulate faucets to prevent freezing.

Pipe Insulation: Insulate exposed pipes, especially in unheated areas, to prevent freezing and bursting.

5. Landscaping

Tree Trimming: Prune branches that could break under snow or ice and damage your property.

Drainage: Ensure the yard slopes away from the foundation to prevent water accumulation.

6. Safety Checks

Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detectors: Test and replace batteries to ensure functionality.

Fireplace and Chimney: If applicable, have them inspected and cleaned to prevent fire hazards.

By addressing these areas, you can help protect your home from common winter-related issues in Seattle's climate.
```

Once I dove into the links ChatGPT provided I found the detail I needed and things I needed to investigate more, but it saved 30 minutes of pulling together a starting list from the top 5-10 articles on Google.
I would have thought for sure this was submitted due to the Bazel 8 release but this thread predates that one by quite a bit

Anyway, I guess "see also:" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42370744
The issue isn’t any particular constraint. The issue is the inability to add any constraints at all.

In particular, internal consistency is one of the important constraints which viewers will immediately notice. If you’re just using sora for 5 second unrelated videos it may be less of an issue but if you want to do anything interesting you’ll need the clips to tie together which requires internal consistency.
This is such a great representative example in this debate.
Or maybe extend this with types for the timestamp, `@ms:1623132000` or `@unix:1623132000`, so in a value: `{"now":@unix:1623132000}`

Mongo types the field name, `{"$date":1623132000}`, if I'm not mistaken. Rust style would be `1623132000_unix`.

Or with anticipation of a more full typing system, where the time is explicitly named:

`{"now": unix:1623132000}`

For now, when I need typing, I use https://json-schema.org
what was this programmed in?
Because, they can?
Isn't that what they are claiming is true now? That the errors do decrease exponentially with each qubit added?
Structured Output Generation Using DSPy and Outlines
Ask HN: What is your filtering method?
With Sora now "here", and ChatGPT well entrenched, not to mention all the other tools that are popping up left and right, how are people filtering the information they're receiving with the objective of removing (purely) AI generated propaganda and just plain false or misleading information?

I'm wondering at what point does the Dead Internet Theory become true and we have to very carefully curate how we get our news, from whom or where, and how we validate it (I am aware this has always been a problem, well before the age of generative AI.)
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It's called Overton window what's politically acceptable. Unlike toxicity, it is fully subjective.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overton_window
Interesting. The relation with Civ gives a kind of grand scheme. Let's see what his dead man account brings up:

https://youtube.com/@PepMangione
> I wonder if there's an actual upper bound in the frequency of global pandemics. Is it possible that we could even have simultaneous pandemics?

There's literally always a "mystery disease" happening somewhere in the world. Particularly in the third world, where malnutrition and deaths from preventable illnesses are rampant.

Unfortunately, since 2020 it's trivial clickbait for reporters to just repeat this stuff without providing context. At least in this case, if one bothers to read article you see that this is indeed an example of bad health outcomes linked to severe poverty.
Maybe your AI bubble! If you define AI to be something like just another programming language yes you will be sadly disappointed. You see it as an employee with its own intuitions and ways of doing things that you're trying to micromanage.

I have a bad feeling that you'd be a horrible manager if you ever were one.
I think this is great for those looking for who to target for financial scams… you’d know who’s got money, but also be able to judge from their comments who’s stupid enough to to fall for spear phishing attacks and while their username may seem anonymous, you’d be able to figure out a fair few people’s real identities with a little bit of tech-savviness.
look at his youtube profile pic
A better question would be why you’re trying so hard to exonerate some of the richest and most powerful people in the country. Trying to blame nebulous politicians without thinking about how they got elected or what they were asked to do legislatively, or how much public opinion is shaped by mass communications and the status quo, feels like a joke about a physicist trying to say another field shouldn’t exist because their “assume a perfectly spherical cow” thought exercise wasn’t too complicated.
It’s time to enforce these on state and state compact levels tbh.
Wiggling your mouse speeds up your computer
Alternatively, do a quick search for "decentralised vs federated" yourself. People here don't owe you basic explanations.
The Case Against Google's Claims of "Quantum Supremacy"
You’re sort of begging the question that the second thing is really desirable. You accurately describe the experience, but that doesn’t necessarily make it something people want.
We have influenza all the time - just some strains are worse than others.

When you get a vaccine the scientists try to defend you vs the strain they consider the worst (or most expected to spread), not all strains.
Just tell them that enforcing these regulations will hurt Bezos who owns the Washington Post.
Wouldn’t thoose increased decoherence times need to be viewed in relation to the time it takes to execute a basic gate? If the time to execute a gate also increases it may overtake practicality of having less noisy logical qubits.
> OBJECTIVELY pixel art looks incomparably better on CRT monitors

"Objectively" doesn't just mean a thing is a strongly held opinion or even widely held. This seems like a perfect example of a thing that is subjective, not objective. There is no objective metric for measuring the looks of pixel art. Or really any art in general.

Probably most people who care prefer this, but that doesn't mean it's objective.

This probably doesn't contribute to the discussion. But I have a personal peeve about people using the word "objectively" (and "demonstrably") when they really mean "significantly".

Carry on.
What's the point of poking holes in new technology and nitpiking like this? Are you blind to the immense breakthroughs made today and yet you focus what irks you about some tiny detail that might go away after a couple of versions?
Right

"presumption of innocence"

Otherwise we are no better than a mob
> For sure, which is one of the big benefits of git + git tagging

That's not enough for serious security though, because git is (still) using SHA1 instead of SHA256. You would need something extra, like a signed commit.

There's also the much simpler pitfall of an attacker just creating a branch named the same as a commit, in the hopes that people will accidentally check it out instead.
> The outbreak is centred in a remote rural area of Kwango province, where poor road conditions and heavy rains mean it takes nearly 48 hours to reach from Kinshasa.

> While more than half of the cases involve children under 5, a 50-year-old man hospitalised in Lucca, Italy, is suspected to have recovered from the disease after a business trip to Congo, Il Tempo reported.

These statements don't feel very compatible. Either it would mean that the business trip was to a really hard to reach rural area at a insane time for traveling there, or the disease is already widespread in other areas as well.
Looking forward to seeing both Tesla and VW introducing compact EVs next year (Model Q/2 and ID.2all) but not holding my breath...
Gimp doesn't have the secret binary blob to "prevent counterfeiting" and there is no flood of forged money

https://www.reddit.com/r/GIMP/comments/3c7i55/does_gimp_have...
Rotating analogue clocks and Hades Timepiece
If you have a rotating analogue clock you can get some interesting effects, including 'Hades timepiece' where the hour and minute hands can appear to swap roles (see final clock in the article).

(Click 'start' button below the clocks to set them moving, and again to pause)
> I’ve never seen good CRT physical emulation.

Same. Because they all try way too hard.

I have a fully working vintage arcade cab from the mid eighties which I still play on. I know. Most of these shaders and techniques exaggerate way too much what things really looked like. There's a tiny blur and there are tiny scanlines (or whatever these little black lines are called) but things... Mostly looks pixelated.

And that's an old, used, CRT I have: probably one of the blurriest one. Back in the nineties we already had fancy Sony Trinitron CRTs and these were flawless. Pixels just looked like pixels, not like all these blurred things nor like all these exaggerated shaders. Many CRTs were really crisp.

Do games from the eighties look better on a CRT? Definitely. But it was subtle.

Pixel art is pixel art and it's not pixel art because it was shown on a CRT and suddenly it wouldn't be pixel art anymore because it's shown on a modern monitor.

Things were really just "blocky" and pixelized. That's really how things looked.
Banking: Not So Startup
I am working on a banking concept focused on wealth management solutions and specialized fund management. This is not a startup or a low-cost model; rather, it aims to streamline and enhance portfolio management by offering a fully comprehensive product. Clients would no longer need to rely on separate consultants, lawyers, portfolio managers, accountants, or offshore finance and tax specialists. In other words, a single, robust institution dedicated to delivering quality over short-term savings. Essentially, I intend to achieve the following:

Private Division:

Customized Wealth Management and In-House Specialized Funds: Tailored portfolios incorporating traditional assets, private equity, and thematic vehicles, all managed internally.

Estate and Succession Planning: Integrated support for trusts, foundations, generational asset transfers, international tax planning, and comprehensive family wealth optimization.

Internal Legal and Tax Advisory: A dedicated in-house team of legal, tax, and regulatory professionals to handle cross-border structures, offshore arrangements, compliance, and risk management—without resorting to external advisors.

Corporate Division:

Treasury and Cash Management Services: Streamlined cash flow optimization, multi-currency handling, FX hedging, and API integrations with ERP systems to automate payments, collections, and reconciliation.

Capital Markets Access and Investment Solutions: Bespoke financing for entrepreneurial projects, tailored debt instruments, carefully selected private equity deals, and support for extraordinary operations (M&A, strategic asset acquisitions).

Internal Tax Planning and Advisory: Experts who identify and implement efficient international corporate structures, optimizing fiscal, legal, and regulatory aspects.

Advanced Risk Management and Compliance: Rigorous AML/KYC protocols, real-time risk monitoring, scenario-based stress testing, ensuring both solidity and transparency.

Integrated Legal and Regulatory Assistance: Drafting of contracts and international agreements, management of intellectual property rights, and provision of tailored legal and regulatory solutions.

The overarching goal is to establish an entity where both private and corporate clients can find a single, integrated point of contact providing comprehensive, high-quality solutions. This institution aims to safeguard, enhance, and grow client wealth efficiently and transparently.

At present, these are the concepts and sound ideas I have in mind. I am not aiming for an MVP—tens of millions would be required for that—but rather to develop a blueprint, potentially showcased on a website, outlining the innovations, algorithms, and systems that could be implemented. The intention is to present something that a major industry player might directly acquire and integrate, without the hassle of incorporating yet another standalone fintech.

That’s the situation. Mathematicians, finance experts, and similar specialists, step forward.
Yah, that's a mistake (or lie) by the article; from your CNN article, she was initially put on the transplant list on Feb 2, and ended up approved by mid-May (it's after May 2, but before Mother's Day, on May 13).

She was delayed by "insurance issues" by at most 3 months.

She waited more than a year for a liver because she wasn't a good candidate for a liver transplant.
Why would you walk around with fake ids and a custom weapon if you’re wanted for murder?
It’s a power Circle.

Cheat > become more powerful > realize no one cares > cheat more > …
Perhaps a useful lesson for the children that became attached to the robot. They got to experience grief but no living thing was actually harmed.
You seem to speak from experience of being that manager... I'm not going to ask what you shit out in your evenings.
Open source may have eaten the other end of the market. Lichess is good: not as feature rich as Chessbase and a less complete database, last time I checked, but less buggy and faster for some purposes.

It's hard to imagine a competitor at say $50 that did say 80% of Chessbase's functionality would sell many copies. It needs to be 150% of Chessbase and cost $200.

Scid (and forks) also exists in the open source world. It works just fine but the UX is lacking; I've never met a serious player who relied on it. It's the GIMP to Chessbase's Photoshop. So the UI needs to be great or to be a clone of Chessbase's.

There's also Chessbase mobile which was an amazing product when it first came out. It has the three features people really want from Chessbase: search for a position, search for a player's games, run engine analysis. All in the cloud. For something like $6.99. Sadly Chessbase seem to underprovision servers for it and Android nerfed it by preventing you plugging in strong OS engines. But it's a sign they can give away the product if they need to get into a price war.
Since when did making small talk become "flirting"?
When employees can’t see how their day-to-day actions influence the outcome of bonus decisions, they lose engagement, and it undermines your credibility. At the same time, when individual KPIs pit people against each other (e.g. the dev team is rewarded when they deliver on schedule, while ops is rewarded for cost savings that might slow dev productivity), it breeds conflict and silo mentality. Which sucks for all involved!

The “best” solutions boil down to economics IMO. In a smaller org you can probably get away with directly tying a % of the bonus to overall company health, which is as authentic and controllable as it gets if everyone’s trying to make the business a success in an interdisciplinary way. In a larger org you might need to measure proxy metrics that are correlated with that overall company health function but more closely aligned with the core missions of each department. Pick out a handful of KPIs per department, but weighted so no single number disproportionately influences the outcome. Smaller numbers of carefully chosen, stable metrics that the team can influence build trust over time.
When someone posts on FB, they don't consider that FB is publishing their content for them
Shouldn't home batteries be lithium iron phosphate and not lithium ion, and thus almost a zero fire hazard? At least as far as cell chemistry goes...electricity is always a fire hazard if discharged incorrectly.
Unrelated, but triggered by the remark: I can’t wait to meet the person on HN who has the take of “if it’s not in COBOL, I won’t touch it”. I could suggest a lisp, but I think those folks are actually somewhat plentifully here?
As someone with a kid, I feel bad for these little ones. When a stuffed animal gets beat up or a toy gets physically damaged, it's easy to explain to them what happened and why. When a pet dies, it sucks, but at least it's an opportunity for them to learn about life and death. Good luck as a parent explaining to a kid that her beloved friend is going to stop working because some company far away screwed up, they don't care, and they designed the thing stupidly to only work as long as they were perpetually in business. Buyer beware again and again.
His review video is so much better than the announcement video at explaining what has been released.