skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
There's a parent-driven approach I'm hearing about more and more.

Parents in a school get together and agree on smartphone accessibility. For example "no smart phone till high school, dumb Nokia for comms if required".

This is hyper-local but works well because there's no peer pressure- nobody has one etc.

The other effective approach in play is "no screens in private areas" - ie no screens in bedrooms and bathrooms. This also has very beneficial outcomes on kids, and seems to be gathering steam.

I think govt type bans are easily circumvented, and basically useless. But parental rules, especially if common in the child's social circle, are proving to be a good starting point.
Sounds like a great project for learning.

However, just FYI, this $25 2K cam (PCMag recommended) can do that sorta (it has motion/pet detection) and more. It also has excellent night vision.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CH45HPZT/

I was like, a $25 camera can't be this good. But I tried it out and it's actually really good.
Not really—-most CI reporting is based off junit/testng report XML files. I doubt your CI reporting is parsing out test names with regexes out of log files.
Cascadia fault line will pop in such a significant manner that the rules on fault lines will be rewritten.
Hopefully a nice year for more camping, get out there.
The bigger cost is what will happen to your business when you're hard-down for a week because all your SQL servers are down, and you don't have spares, and it will take a week to ship new servers and get them racked. Even if you think you could do that very fast, there is no guarantee. I've seen Murphy's Law laugh in the face of assumptions and expectations too many times.

But let's not just make vague claims. Everybody keeps saying AWS is more expensive, right? So let's look at one random example: the cost of a server in AWS vs buying your own server in a colo.

AWS:
1x c6g.8xlarge (32-vCPU, 64GB RAM, us-east-2, Reserved Instance plan @ 3yrs)
Cost up front: $5,719
Cost over 3 years: $11,437 ($158.85/month + $5,719 upfront)

On-prem:
1x Supermicro 1U WIO A+ Server (AS -1115SV-WTNRT), 1x AMD EPYC™ 8324P Processor 32-Core 2.65GHz 128MB Cache (180W), 2x 32GB DDR5 5600MHz ECC RDIMM Server Memory, 2x 240GB 2.5" PM893 SATA 6Gb/s Solid State Drive (1 x DWPD), 3 Years Parts and Labor + 2 Years of Cross Shipment, MCP-290-00063-0N - Supermicro 1U Rail Kit (Included), 2 10GbE RJ45 Ports : $4,953.40
1x Colo shared rack 1U 2-PS @ 120VAC: $120/month (100Mbps only)
Cost up front: $4,953.40 (before shipping & tax)
Cost over 3 years: $9,273 (minimum)

So, yes, the AWS server is double the cost (not an order of magnitude) of a ServerMicro (& this varies depending on configuration). But with colocation fees, remote hands fees, faster internet speeds, taxes, shipping, and all the rest of the nickle-and-diming, the cost of a single server in a colo is almost the same as AWS. Switch to a full rack, buy the networking gear, remote hands gear, APCs, etc that you'll probably want, and it's way, way more expensive to colo. In this one example.

Obviously, it all depends on a huge number of factors. Which is why it's better not to just take the copious number of "we do on-prem and everything is easy and cheap" stories at face value. Instead one should do a TCO analysis based on business risk, computing requirements, and the non-monetary costs of running your own micro-datacenter.
try 400 mil
It really isn't that much though. A 1200x1200 DPI monochrome image on Letter size (not even considering margins) paper is on the order of 16 MiB uncompressed. And bitmaps of text and line art compress down heavily (and you can use a bitmap atlas or prerendered bitmap font technique as well).
It’s also usually easier to upgrade RAM in a printer than a crappy firmware.

> most printers still render fonts and such internally.

Many printers have some scalable font rendering capability, but it is often not usable in practice for high fidelity. You absolutely can raster on the host to either a bitmap font, or make use of the PDL's native compression. Most lower end printers (which is pretty much the bulk of what is sold) do not have the capability to render arbitrary TrueType fonts, for instance. A consumer/SOHO level Canon laser using UFRII is going to rely on the host for rastering arbitrary fonts.
The original logic was to discourage “low quality” immigration.

H1B visas are an extension of this. H1B visa workers are allowed in the country, but have a minimum wage in excess of 90k.
After Anthem backed down I'd invest no matter what you find. Clearly: they run the health care system, and the public (including Kathy Hochul) is on their side!
> guy on the camera in NYC didn't have a unibrow and Luigi clearly does

Wat. Mangione has a light unibrow. That will obviously show up more clearly head on (as it does in the taxi photo) than from above looking at the tippy tops of the hair.
I heard that you need to condense your idea down to an elevator pitch and that VC's only like founders under 18?
ESP32 MFA Authenticator
Ignoring the confusion about 'GPS' for a moment: there's lots and lots of other data that could be used for training AI systems.

But, you need to go multi-modal for that; and you need to find data that's somewhat useful, not just random fluctuations like the CMB. So eg you could use YouTube videos, or even just point webcams at the real world. That might be able to give your AI a grounding in everyday physics?

There's also lots of program code you can train your AI on. Not so much the code itself, because compared to the world's total text (that we are running out of), the world's total human written code is relatively small.

But you can generate new code and make it useful for training, by also having the AI predict what happens when you (compile and) run the code. A bit like self-playing for improving AlphaGo.
> People take meth and coke and go on se, gambling binges. Something that moderates and manages dopamine in a way that breaks the hold gambling and social media has on people's brains would be very different.

Simplifying a lot here, but people with ADHD are statistically more likely to exhibit addictive behaviours because the addiction provides dopamine that their brain otherwise has trouble getting. Treatment with prescribed CNS stimulants is very effective at preventing those behaviours because the brain no longer has to engage in the addictive behaviours to obtain sufficient dopamine.

Here’s one study where patients reported significantly lower rates of alcohol and drug use over at least a one year period.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23264367/
Didn’t go there but worked with a lot of great folks who did. The main thing I think is that they require their students to get industry experience before they graduate.

I don’t remember the actual requirement, unfortunately.
Check-the-score (CLI tool for checking your favorite sports league scores)
This is just a tiny tool I started working on. Feedback appreciated. Hope someone finds it useful.
Well, Europe is a subcontinent of Asia. A bit like India or Arabia.
> that VC's only like founders under 18?

My apologies if I’m missing the sarcasm — is this a joke? Sure there’s a stereotype of young founders, but where on earth did you hear that they prefer _actual teenagers_?
I know she's mentioned this particular problem before on her blog, I don't remember where to find it offhand now but my vague recollection is that because browsers have largely removed the ability to directly view RSS feeds she doesn't consider this a significant issue anymore.

Why did you view the XML file directly?
By overhead I'm talking about the things that have to be done supplementary to the algorithm.

While there are complex state-of-the-art algorithms, those algorithms exist for everyone. The overhead is the bit that had to be done to make the algorithm work.

For instance for sorting a list of strings the algorithm might be quick sort. The overhead would be in the efficiency of your string compare.

For matmul I'm not sure what your overhead is beyond moving memory, multiplying, and adding. A platform touting a memory bandwidth and raw compute advantage should have that covered. Where is the performance being lost?

I guess the only real options are stalls, unnecessary copies, or unnecessary computations.
Nation adopts AI generated national anthem.

Self-driving truck cross country without human approval.

Extreme heat warps bridges in mid-west.

North Korea claims successful moon landing.

'Self-aware' AI chatbot sues it's creator.

AI incorrectly labels school children as criminals.
I’ll believe what they say about O3 when it starts seeing use in the wild.
It's not a "luxury good". That's just what Apple's marketing department would have you believe.

It's a handheld computer. That's what it is. That's what it should be. And we should own our computers. And those computers should run whatever software we choose. And they should be able to network with every other computer on the planet. No bullshit restrictions.
vscode + cline extension + gemini2.0 is pretty awesome. Highly recommend checking out cline. it quickly became one of my favorite coding tools.
Some societies optimize for the individual. If 8 lights is better for me then I get 8 lights. The experience gor other drivers us a "them" problem not a "me" problem.

Other societies optimize for public good. It's less about "individual freedom" and more about "what world do we want to live in".

(I'm not talking about govt here as much as just the way people consider their own choices. And yes, there are as*oles in all societies.)

When entrenched in one society model though, it can be hard to understand that other models exist (much less than they could suit you better.)
You do realize that the fact of paying for any service makes your usage perfectly attributable to real identity, don't you. Something that Google needed to work hard to infer with some level of certainty you actually pay for. And I'd only have so much trust in promises of respecting your privacy given by any business. Everything that can be sold is for sale, event if this meant that it could not longer claim to "do no evil".
reddit alts per ai:

1. Lemmy (Lemmy.ml or other instances):
◦ Federated: Lemmy operates on a decentralized model, similar to Mastodon (in the Twitter alternative space). This means that there is no single governing body—each instance is moderated independently.
◦ Focus on Communities: It focuses on subcommunities where niche interests can thrive without corporate interference. Lemmy also has a strong commitment to free speech and critical thinking.
◦ Federation Across Servers: Even if you're waiting for Lemmy.ml approval, you could try other federated Lemmy instances, which all talk to each other. For example, Lemmygrad is another Lemmy instance with a large user base.

2. Mastodon:
◦ While Mastodon is primarily a microblogging platform, many instances of Mastodon cater to users interested in thoughtful, critical discussions. Communities are tightly moderated to avoid trolls and toxic behavior. Mastodon is another federated platform like Lemmy, so you can choose an instance that aligns with your interests and values.
◦ Instance Focus: You can look for an instance dedicated to intellectual discussions or more niche interests that you care about, like critical thinking or philosophy.

3. Discourse:
◦ Discourse is an open-source forum software that powers many community-based platforms. While it doesn’t have the same level of reach as Reddit, it offers features like:
▪ Better community management tools to handle bots and trolls.
▪ Topic categorization, which helps in organizing meaningful discussions.
◦ Many independent forums use Discourse, which allows you to find active and vibrant communities where civil discourse is encouraged.

4. Hacker News:
◦ If you enjoy more tech-oriented or intellectual discussions, Hacker News (owned by Y Combinator) might be a good fit. It’s known for its focus on tech, business, and science discussions with a strong community of knowledgeable people.
◦ While it has its own challenges, like any online community, it has fewer issues with trolling compared to Reddit.

5. Voat (now archived):
◦ Voat, which was a similar alternative to Reddit, was taken offline, but it had served as a niche community that didn’t adhere to Reddit's moderation policies. While it no longer exists, there may be alternatives that have sprouted in response to its closure, though they could have similar moderation issues.

6. 4chan/8kun (Caution Required):
◦ 4chan or 8kun could be alternatives if you're looking for platforms with fewer restrictions. However, be aware that these platforms are infamous for being more chaotic, with unfiltered content that can range from meaningful conversations to highly offensive posts. If you're looking for critical thinking, proceed with caution—you might encounter a lot of noise as well.

7. Tildes:
◦ Tildes is another Reddit-like platform designed for high-quality discussions. It's a non-profit that focuses on having meaningful conversations. It has a smaller user base than Reddit, but it is ad-free and focuses on user-curated content.
◦ Critical Thinking: Tildes encourages more thoughtful posts and discussions than the typical Reddit posts, which are sometimes filled with memes or low-effort content.
yeah, true. The standard conversation about the AI singularity pretty much hand-waves the resource costs away ("the AI will be able to design a more efficient AI that uses less resources!"). But we are definitely not seeing that happen.
Everything is open source* if you know assembly, so to speak.

Edit: *source available
Look everyone, a brave antivaxer here to spread misinformation.
Owned by Paypal of course. Lol.
In case I haven’t been clear enough on this point: I want no part in any revolution in which the revolutionary has no goal bigger or better than a purely local shuffling of advantage to themself.

The only revolution I’m willing to die for is one where the goal is a better model: a better way for people to live.

I cannot see a way that killing people is a path to a better world. Killing people without thought or empathy is what the adversary does.

I think we can flip everything upside down via wit and endurance and humanity and sheer will.

Violence is for people who fail in all of that.
I don't care if they have 100 lights, I just want us to go back to the soft yellow bulbs, instead of whatever we use now that pierces my retinas.
> Can a corporation CLAIM civil damages over their CEOs murder

Maybe not murder. But if Mangione is inspiring death threats against others, maybe.
https://theonion.com/fuck-everything-were-doing-five-blades-...
Yes, I agree. Especially about Saint Pierre and Miquelon.[0]

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41758856#41785534
Providers are liable for malpractice if they approve un-needed treatments, and all drugs have side effects.

And they meanwhile have their own liability insurance to pay, as well as medical student debt. So not going to be profitable either. Unless they start prescribing Carnival Cruise therapy or stiff like that.
> How do I get a low skill high pay job

Why are you assuming high pay? Claims adjusters make like $50k per year for semi-skilled work.
I can't speak for Arma but DCS isn't even close to accurate enough to count as a qualified simulator. It's a nice toy, but still a toy.
New Zealand is not part of a continent (unless you consider Zealandia [1] one, which few do). It's a bunch of islands in the middle of the sea, far from other land. It is part of named regions which sometimes substitute for continents when people want to divide up the world for some purpose like sports or economics, including Oceania and Australasia.

Great Britain (the island) is very close to mainland Europe, and was directly part of it a few thousand years ago. The situation is totally different.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealandia
> how the universe came to exist with nothing outside it and no creator

It think that's the most boring and irrelevant question in human culture and I believe humanity is about a million years from tackling it in any competent manner. We have way more to find out about our smallness and irrelevance first.
You can actually find some NX stuff in active headers as well
How much of a slowdown did you estimate this bug caused?
China has access to all of our tech leaks, and yet, they cannot replicate it, neither can Russia, heck Russia has these really powerful jet planes... but they got less than a handful of them, and their GDP is comparable to the state of Florida's GDP.
Yet more doomerism from the man who's mentor claimed the death of deep learning in 2017.

Generative AI has proven it's usefulness. Over and over again. By the millions of programmers who now use it to do their jobs better. By the millions of white collar workers who are using ChatGPT on a daily basis to accomplish things faster. To the millions of creatives and non-creatives alike who are using (and hapily paying for) tools like Midjourney

The smug criticisms of gen AI (which are also rife on this forum) are just embarassing, simply because it's "AI". If any other single wave of technology emerged that had the level of rapid adoption and scale that generative AI did, it would - rightfully - be universally declared a technological revolution.

These sorts of criticisms sound about as obtuse as "the fad of computers" written in the 90s. Yes, you can question AGI and whether the current track of models is actually a path to that - but questioning the usefulness of generative AI at this point is objectively silly.
Frost said he loved to read the critics' reviews of his poems, so he could learn the meaning behind what he had written.
> but rarely is what I’m going to type out.

Just curious, does it matter? For some simple boilerplate code, simple test cases and simple skaffolding, which is needed in most applications, do you even care?
Almost a decade ago KFAB had a fire, power was cut, everything in process was dumped, they planned to restart but ended up being was cheaper to close the whole facility .

Probably for the best though, KFAB had been discharging several tons of solvents, cleaning agents, and reagents per year into the surrounding area [for as long as it ran](https://enviro.epa.gov/facts/tri/ef-facilities/#/Release/640...)

https://enviro.epa.gov/facts/tri/ef-facilities/#/Release/640...
In my district, all the firefighers are volunteers (including me). Yeah, we deal with some crappy medical calls and sometimes deaths. It's nowhere near as dramatic as the non-first-responders in this thread seem to think.
Rust does name mangling, and it basically just adds the crate version to the mix when it mangles the names. So if crates A and B both depend on X but different version, then A can only call functions from its chosen version of X while B can only call functions from its version. There is an optimization pass that discards duplicate functions, so functions in X that haven’t actually changed between versions will be deduplicated. This all happens automatically, so nobody ever has to think about it. Not the crate authors, and not you.

What does get complicated is when the crates A and B both deal in types from X. If a function from A returns a type from X and a function from B takes that same type as an argument, then the compiler will step in with an error that the types don’t match. It’ll tell you that type Foo (from crate X version 1.0) doesn’t match Foo (from crate X version 2.0). This prevents all the possible runtime errors that could occur if you were really mixing an matching between both version. In that situation you will likely need to constrain your chosen versions of A and/or B such that they can agree on a single version of X, instead of allowing cargo to simply pick the latest available version.
Wow, I remember noticing this same thing back when I was exploring a lot of different artists. On streaming sites often a bands top songs will be ones that came out recently, or a collab they did with a more popular band, or a track that for whatever reason appealed to a wider audience. But those aren’t what you really want to hear if you’re trying to decide if you like that band. My strategy would instead be to go find either the bands earliest studio album or the oldest album that is well represented in their top tracks and skip to track 7. I never thought about why, but it definitely works.
At least some classified stuff is well known to other country's intelligence services, friend, neutral, and foe. It can be so far out of the bag, it's had kittens.

Lot of stuff is classified not because it would actually prevent other nations from finding out stuff, but to hide from the American people and press embarrassing things like how much money is being spent on that particular project or weapons system, how much of a failure it has been, how much toxic waste is being created in its manufacture, and so on.

There's also all the stuff Internet Armchair Intelligence Officers think is "sensitive" or "classified."
There's more to it than coders losing their jobs. For the last 40+ years, kids have been encouraged to go to college over trade schools. We now have a shortage of professional tradespeople. Desk jobs are easy to outsource and they are now vulnerable to AI. Even if they, plumbers and such, are not the best-paid jobs they will continue to be needed in our society as long as we have people.
Throwing around terms like "murderer" and "terrorism" is a pure appeal to emotion. It's just as easy to call the CEO a "murderer" and say UHC committed "terrorism". Not going to make that argument because it's pointless semantics.

The idea that it's only a tiny, negligible fringe of people who are positive towards his deeds is of course also not true. The days where websites like Reddit are purely a playground for nerds with fringe belief are long, long past us. On many mainstream social networks, the dominating view has been one of support.
I will check it out. The number of new tools is staggering.

I enjoy image and video generation and I have a 4090 and ComfyUI; I can't keep up with everything coming out anymore.
beautiful, i have many similar experiences. for example, being able to rapidly prototype and test algorithms inside gpt canvas. with some proper prompting, it let me focus on the bigger picture and not get stuck on tiny bugs or having to constantly refer to some docs becasuse i forgot the hmtl5 canvas library or w/e…i could ask any question i wanted and guide the bot to the correct solution after some time. the hardest challenge for me is being able to properly describe the problem at hand which is an actual ability i feel ai has helped me improve. also it helps me explore different approaches and patterns faster and helped me solve a tricky algorithm problem i was struggling with for some time…that’s where correct prompting is important…it’s basically teaches me how to properly communicate with it and once i understand it and it understands me i can guide it into the correct path.
Gemini 2.0 isn't particularly great at coding. The Gemini 1206 preview that was released just before 2.0 is quite good, though. Still, it hasn't taken the crown from Claude 3.5 Sonnet (which appears to now be tied with o1). Very much agree about Cline + VSCode, BTW. My preferred models with Cline are 3.5 Sonnet and 3.5 Haiku. I can throw the more complex problems at Sonnet and use Haiku for everything else.

https://aider.chat/docs/leaderboards/edit.html
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