skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Some people aren't very skeptical at baseline, it doesn't mean that those concerned about the ability of others to recognize AI are disparaging people based on intelligence.

For example, some people can be very intelligent, yet not be discerning of information that resonates with prior biases. You see this in those who are devoutly religious, politically polarized, etc.

There is reason to believe that such biases will lend to ontological misinterpretations from algorithmically generated information.

You can see mistakes in interpretation on a day to day basis by the population at large. There are swaths of widely held beliefs that aren't based in truth. Pretty much anyone is likely to believe at least some stereotype, folklore, urban legend, or myth.
> If you haven't been proven guilty, you are presumed innocent.

That's a sensible procedural rule for courts to follow, but I'm not a court. I have no legal or moral responsibility to presume someone is innocent. I exercise my own judgement on the matter.

I agree we don't want vigilante executions in nyc to become more normal than they already are. But don't get it twisted and think that means we are obligated to believe, or act as if we believe, that someone is innocent.
“Sora is here”

No it’s not. I’ve been trying to access all day: “Sora account creation is temporarily unavailable
We're currently experiencing heavy traffic and have temporarily disabled Sora account creation. If you've never logged into Sora before, please check back again soon.”
Ask HN: Unknown unknowns of startup financing through meme tokens
I’m about to Show HN my hardware startup, but plan on raising a small amount of financing in the short term (4 or 5 figures). VC’s aren’t my favorite people and the size of my ask is beneath their time. Have gotten a bit of money from a few friends and family, but getting more to invest has been out of reach. Raiding my home equity has proven impossible due to low credit score.

I looked at pump.fun and was fascinated to discover that there’s an ocean of unconventional investors who, if there’s an antimatter analog to due diligence, practice it. The act of bundling one unit of my consumer hardware product with a user in possession certain minimum quantity of my offering’s coins might make the offering itself stand out relative to the recycled copypasta that dominates.

Just curious as to what technical elements I need to consider before I attempt such a launch. Am thinking of a preannounced plan to rug my coin’s holders at a preannounced time.

Thanks in advance.
True, but I'm pretty sure this is the majority usage for commas in formal written English.
I think a much better way to move forward is not Bitcoin but a reimagining of value entirely: regrow local communities that depend on each other, promote trade and local exchange instead of global trade, etc.

A brighter future is one where global trade is minimized.
Dismantling technological society isn't realistic and wouldn't be remotely a good thing, so yeah, that's very edgy.
I think this is really cool. It's at least shaped like something really cool. But I need to have my hand held a little bit more than this page is set up for. Is there like a... for dummies version?
Okay. I have a hypothesis that the rain is controlled by a god called Ringo. If you pray to Ringo and he listens to your prayer it will rain in next 24 hours. If he doesn't listen it won't rain. You can also test this experimentally by praying and observing the outcomes.
Ok, I’m really not sure why the simple answer isn’t getting across here.

His position as co-head of the nominal “department of government efficiency” only exists due to the legitimacy it has been granted by the recognition granted to it by the incoming administration… otherwise we would all be calling it some variety of the first buddy’s pet think tank and arguing over if the incoming administration would even pay attention to it or not… that is a government granted position of power, a position that it is pretty hard to argue is not part of the government that grants it legitimacy… therefore making it a position in government… even if it’s unpaid and advisory… it’s still practically in the government if not legally (for all the conflict of interest reasons you highlight)…

I’m not trying to make a civics or political science case here… I’m talking politics as the exercise of power by government upon the governed… he is currently having breakfast lunch and dinner with the incoming president, making arguments and shaping the cabinet, and contributing to the transition team… he’s involved with government… he’s “in” it.
Siddhartha Gautama was a royal.
I did inject my preconceived notion into it. You are correct.

Because usually, when someone says "my business is my business", they don't mean "no one has the right to look at me when I'm out in public". That kind of statement about my business being mine in public, is usually tied to tracking and/or persistent, shareable surveillance video.
Isn't that a reverse conflict of interest? That way you are deliberately selecting people that are more/less sympathetic than a baseline of the US population.
Parallel development of social behavior in biological and artificial fish
Is there anyway they can just compromise on not infringing on the musician’s copyright instead of bankrupting the internet archive?
> these laws are largely ineffective at stopping actual money launderers

Money laundering could be the "think about the children" relying cry of the financial world. If international entities want better control over financial exchanges and a window into people's money, playing the money laundering card is a guarantee to get it passed without having to justify it that much.

The degree to which it has affected regular/everyday banking is pretty astounding, and is probably exactly what the regulators wanted from the start.
If Books Could Kill podcast got you covered

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/unlocked-eric-adams/id...
There's also the wedding band business, and people hire live musicians for parties all the time.

It's a supply and demand thing. There are so many musicians, the idea that they all can make a living doing it is simply not realistic. Only a very few will, regardless of whether they make a few pennies off of streaming or not. Having the government pay them through taxes is a terrible idea.

I know many people who are musicians. It's always a side gig.

I know artists, too. No money to be made there, either. Maybe a few pennies at the local arts&crafts fair.
That's right, I agree that Multiple Worlds isn't any less correct/falsifiable than quantum mechanics as a whole.

I've never heard about quantum logic before. The "Bayesian" part makes sense because of how it treats the statistics, but the logic? Is that what quantum computer scientists do with their quantum circuits, or is it an actual interpretation?
If "just following orders" wasn't already completely null and void, i.e. if it was possibly to come up with an even worse defense, "just following incentives" would be that defense.

And "politicians" didn't create that mess either, corrupt politicians who acted on behalf of their donors, rather on behalf of the people they represent, did that. It's not mainly politicians profiting off this after all, some of them kinda just read from the teleprompter. Does that make them blameless? Of course not. Every single person in the chain, be it a chain of command or incentives, is responsible for not refusing to participate.
Not true, you can find unsalted organic peanut butter w/o any other ingredients at WholeFoods and elsewhere.
This month in Servo:is(),:where(), grid layout, parallel Flexbox, and more
You are correct - Kirkland’s has no added sugar. [0]

[0] - https://www.nutritionix.com/i/kirkland-signature/organic-pea...
Looks like Windows only, at least I only see an exe.
He says in the manifesto that they won't take him alive. He planned to go out shooting, then wimped out.
There's no reliable source that this is his manifesto, and it contains a number of details that conflict with what we know about him. I'd recommend waiting to post and discuss something like this until it's confirmed.
Let's face it. There will never be more than a handful of musicians making pots of money. And those won't be making it on CD sales or streaming.
If the revolutoon Led to it, what led it was what was there before the revolution
Which bits do you disagree with? I didn’t notice anything included that was false.
How many similar crimes go unsolved? It can't be common. I doubt it's a matter of just being smart.
Suspect in CEO Killing Withdrew from a Life of Privilege and Promise
He doesn't seem smart at all... He took off his mask in front of a camera to flirt with a receptionist. He left a long extensive trail of evidence. He manifesto sounds like it was written by a 14 year old. It only took him four days to get caught. Like most criminals, he is not smart.
Billable hours?
not dishes but the other day I saw this recent papers for clothes

>RoboHanger: Learning Generalizable Robotic Hanger Insertion for Diverse Garments

https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.01083

>To overcome the challenge of limited data, we build our own simulator and create 144 synthetic clothing assets to effectively collect high-quality training data.

the strategy is simulation
Is it the type of added sugar that matters more, because I think they use the cheapest sugars to maximize their profits. But it is not that simple.
'Naturally occurring sugars in fruits and vegetables come with fiber, vitamins, and minerals, which can mitigate some of the negative effects3
Added sugars, whether from table sugar or other sources, provide empty calories without nutritional benefits Sweeteners like fruit juice, honey, molasses and maple syrup contain natural sugar and have some nutritional benefits. Fruit has fiber, vitamins and antioxidants. Even raw honey and maple syrup can contain antioxidants and minerals like iron, zinc, calcium and potassium. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-preventi...
And following through to the source:

> Among the 21 countries with complete statistics, the pregnancy rate among 15- to 19-year olds was the highest in the United States
Why not use the original title ("Luigi Mangione: What we know about CEO shooting suspect")? Why the need for sensationalism over his status as a software engineer?
You have to test restoration as part of SOC 2, so most companies with real customers do it at least once a year.
I get your point, but I think this is overly cynical.

The fact of the matter is that simply creating a product/service (or in this case, a song) is valuable, sure, but is typically only of limited value. Millions of people sing and write songs every year that nobody listens to or pays for. That fact predates evil executives and greedy companies. In fact, it's been the case for the entirety of mankind's history.

The ability to take a song, popularize it enough for consumers to want more of it, package it in a way that consumers will pay for it, and distribute it widely enough that a large number of consumers will pay for it, is very difficult. And very valuable. It's the difference between the 0.01% of music that makes money and the 99.99% of music that doesn't. Of course the people who are skilled at doing that are going to be able to demand and extract large fees.

This is true in every industry, not just art/music/etc.

For example, lots of people make software and games. But improving it to the point of wide desirability, packaging it up, marketing it, and selling it on a marketplace where it successfully out-competes with other software and games is very difficult.

The difference is that in most industries, the creators of the products themselves have taken on the responsibility for packaging, marketing, and selling their creations. Artists have largely outsourced this work to others. You may argue that they've been collectively hoodwinked, and I would partially agree. But it's also true that some of the richest and most powerful businesspeople of our generation are successful musicians (Taylor Swift, Jay-Z, Rihanna, Dr. Dre, Madonna, Beyonce, Paul McCartney, Lady Gaga, Drake, etc.)
I have a feeling that most people who think positively about it also know that there's not much point by definition in talking about it in mainstream society since it is fundamentally incompatible with modern society itself.
Topaz/paste: A no-datastore, client-side paste service
Before releasing the pictures authorities would redact the address.
> The ability take a song, popularize it enough for consumers to want more of it, package it in a way that consumers will pay for it, and distribute it widely enough that a large number of consumers will pay for it, is very difficult. And very valuable. It's the difference between the 0.01% of music that makes money and the 99.99% of music that doesn't.

Well, I believe that beyond a certain point, we should not have the capability to reach such a large audience in the first place. The entire phenomenon of globalization reduces meaning for the individual and is not a societal improvement.
It can actually be both.

At least on Android the browser itself can lack the rights to listdir and only gets access to file you picked via the system picker, rather than the browser having unlimited access and only delegating only some of that access to the Web app.
You know what I mean, ChatGPTWhatever. Stay out of human business.
A mechanic’s lien sounds like one instance of what you’re describing.
What is the Internet Archive's current position on all this?

The Internet Archive's "National Emergency Library" seemed legally almost suicidal. It made me wonder who is calling the shots there and what their rationale is. Are they looking to cut a deal on this topic?
Something I don't think anyone has thought of.

The conventional idea is a band makes a CD of their songs, mastered to perfection, stamps out CDs and streams, and that's it. The exact same audio, let's call it the "radio edit". I hear the song on the radio, it's exactly the same. I can tell when a performer is lip syncing, because no singer sings a song the same way twice, and I know the radio edit. It's burned in my brain.

But, I discovered that when real bands, like Fleetwood Mac, play a concert, they play their old standards, but in a different way every time. I bought their concert CDs, because hearing different versions of the same song makes it fresh and fun again.

So my idea is, why don't bands produce a dozen or so "radio edits" of their better songs? I bet they'd increase sales, especially to people like me.

I suppose they think they are doing that with the "remastered" edits, but those all stink. Sing it again, Sam!
agree w/ the classifications of greefield, brownfield & maintenance

i would also add regressions as a place where TDD is excellent: reproduce the regression with a failing test, then fix it

it is exasperating that TDD advocates will often not admit that there are any tradeoffs or contexts in which it is more or less appropriate, and I think it does a lot of damage to the reputation of the technique (which can be effective in some contexts) as consultants snake-oil
Guix also chose scheme in 2010s, https://guix.gnu.org/manual/en/html_node/G_002dExpressions.h...

(define build-exp
#~(begin
(mkdir #$output)
(chdir #$output)
(symlink (string-append #$coreutils "/bin/ls")
"list-files")))
Is it? There's no shortage of posts arguing that for most artists, live performances are not really all they're cracked up to be [1].

[1]: e.g., like this one from David Lowery of Cracker and Camper Van Beethoven: https://thetrichordist.com/2016/02/16/the-reality-of-touring...
Sure. You trade in the currency the seller invoices in.

Using USD as their currency though does mean there is no possibility of them being invoiced in their own national currency even in cases where it might make sense.

Of course, most trade is invoiced in USD regardless.
It's a tool. The cleverness and artistry comes from the humans, not from the tools they use.

The AI isn't creating the fresh ideas. People are.
> Only for the most successful ones.

Which would include the family of working musicians | fencing contractors over the road from me in rural Western Australia.

The husband and wife lead performers are in their early forties and have been playing music live for 20 years .. they sell recordings but their main music income is hotel venues and music festivals - they tour almost half the weekends of the year, mostly local, sometime by plane to the other side of the country.

When not touring they're building fences by contract (ATM mostly around solar setups for Telstra and mobile repeater towers in the rural telecomm domain)

They're not a super band, the live performances pay for themselves and turn a profit, all up they're making something like $200K (AUD) per annum from both jobs.

They're not especially well known by name outside of blues hotel gigging.
You're thinking about knowledge and technology, not "society". You even said so yourself.
This has always been the case with artists, and copyright utterly failed to change this dynamic. It functions primarily as another mechanism for a few incredibly wealthy private individuals to wield state power to attack artists. If you want to help artists then I almost cannot think of anything more counterproductive than treating their cultural output like a physical good subject to market forces and capture.
It usually all goes through the same kinds of process pipeline. Complain about URL to provider, provider sends complaint to you, you remedy complaint, then notify provider. In this case it seems provider totally dropped the ball. It’s a bad look for the agency etc but also I would terminate relationship with the provider who can’t be trusted to be a functioning part of the system, and when you migrate to a new provider make sure you know every link in the chain and have a relationship or trust the link to escalate for you.
I think Taylor swift is an edge case on the demographic and genre of her music. Metal, hip hop, country etc I’m sure would all see cross-overs.
It would be a good thing for every other species besides humans, that's for sure.
I finally got access. Generated roughly 15 videos. Quality ranged from okay to very very bad.

I wouldn't get your hopes up - it's not at all as good as they've hyped it.
Depends how you define standard of living. In some respects, such has being able to live close to nature, global capitalism has made that worse.
The biggest problem with complexity is that you have it. I applaud wanting to manage complexity, but there's a difference between managing complexity and simply hiding it.

You want the right information, summarized correctly, from the right source, to the right person, and just in time. We can barely, sometimes, do that if we're lucky with deterministic systems... We loose most of the control of any of these pieces in probabilistic systems. Maybe that works for you, but it feels like hubris to use it anywhere I might actually think I could use it.
Seeing to believe is indeed a view, as they would have to view it in order to believe!
Optimization. What sub-paths visit all states in minimum time?
From Stratford Texas to Elkhart Kansas there is a path that will also visit
Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado, and Kansas, about 3 hours.

There is a path through Washington, Idaho, and Montana, about 70 miles and 1.5 hours.

New York to Maine path includes Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire
takes about 5 hours.

Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona all meet in a "corner".
There is a tourist marker that could be walked around in a few seconds.

Illinois, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Missouri takes about 2.5 hours.

So the optimization question is: What is the shortest set of paths that will
visit all 50 states in the minimum time?

If you have access to an AI that knows geography and roads this might
generate interesting metrics.
Straight up dude. Can we get an explanation for the rest of us?
Because tech will siphon off all the money for distribution of music, having lobbied relentlessly to cut the musicians out of the deal.
The fact that it was published today does make it a little questionable. I have seen it posted on a lot of other sites, but until it's confirmed, it's wise to be skeptical.
I would have a great time selecting the edit which best fits the mood of the playlist I'm making.
> treating their cultural output like a physical good subject to market forces and capture

Like it or not, that's always going to be the case. The Law of Supply & Demand cannot be repealed. It's in play even when the government fixes prices and payouts.
HASS configuration has gotten a lot better in the past few years. Almost everything can now be done via the UI, including automation and scripting, and it's one of the smoothest scripting GUIs I've used. It even supports cut/paste for visual blocks. And for those 5% cases, there's an inline YAML editor which will open (and validate) only the pertinent block of what I'm sure is a 1000-line YAML file for editing in-browser.

Z-Wave is still dodgy, but the migration to zwavejs has been an improvement and probably is as good as things will get with the state of Z-Wave being what it is.

It's still not perfect, but HASS has become one of my user-facing open-source success stories. Most of the remaining annoyances are out of their control at this point.
Seems as shitty as others.
Joe Biden, the vice president of the United States at the time, was seriously struggling with healthcare costs. Prosperous families can quickly become unprosperous from healthcare in this country.
The comma is a soft pause. We do this all the time in spoken language in order to break up an otherwise potentially ambiguous or hard to understand utterance, but it is basically dialectal. In writing that purposeful pause because a comma.

You can then analyze when such pauses are used in formal language, and infer rules for their use. But those rules aren’t going to be 100% consistent, and a violation of those rules is not a grammatical error in the sense that subject-verb disagreement would be.

TL;DR you said “majority” not “every.” That distinction is key.
At a glance I think you’re both right. Apparently I’ve been buying the good stuff by accident.
Like most criminals who get caught*
It's like a web version of Repomix
Man, I wish music recommendation systems were social and crowd-sourced like they used to be before internet streaming. These "intelligent" recommendation and scrobbling systems are tiresome.
Sorry, I don't understand what I just saw.
The only thing that should be said about TDD is that it's incredibly polarizing, one of the most polarizing things in software development in fact. It's incredibly personal, some swear by it, some loathe it. Thus, every TDD introduction should have a big disclaimer up front that hey, maybe this isn't for you and that's totally fine. Just don't be a zealot about it.
So apparently there are .ru websites where Russian military contractors can simply place the order for the chips they want. Orders are proxied through non Russian companies. But the websites themselves pull inventory information straight from the is chip manufacturers. Sounds like nobody is looking and nobody cares.
Which is a shame because technology sanctions actually could have worked.
I am sorry but the OP is writing a lengthy article to legitimize his claim?

Here is the point, as I see it and it is very simple: If having a bank account is a requirement to operate legally, a bank can NOT refuse any customer unless they have been barred by a court. It doesn't matter whether you are selling crypto, weed, porn or socks.

This is done in France, and many other countries by the way. The bank has an obligation to service, as your life's obligations requires such a bank account.

Pat went on a dozens of pages of non-sense to avoid this particular point explaining how the banking system work, the bank obligations and other crap. It's just a bunch of filler non-sense that doesn't address the core point.