skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Really ask yourself — if Denmark, the colonial state, who never asked Greenland whether it wanted to a colony in the first place, rejects an independence vote (and pro-US) by the 88% native Inuit population, are they the good guys?

I'm not saying Greenland would vote to join the US! But if they do, it would be extremely hard to view Denmark as the "good guys" for rejecting it. That's a real white-man's-burden perspective.
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Switzerland was not occupied. (Belgium was.)
It's apple to orange comparison with Eee PCs, Chromebooks and Android.

For OEMs it's basically a demand and supply problem. If more users demand for desktop Linux as more performant desktop hardware available, then they start to make effort on the quality.

We already see this in the cloud market where majority are Linux servers and the quality of the OEMs for servers now far surpass of Windows and BSDs. If majority of desktop users are using Linux the OEMs will ensure the quality is there for the users as they follow where the money is. Even now Nvidia is courting Linux on the GPU sides and now on the desktop sides as the article is referring to. As Linux also moving inroads to in-vehicle entertainment the computer vendors including Nvidia will up their game accordingly [1].

[1] Automotive Grade Linux Launches New Expert Group Led by Toyota:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42423199
> To replace the agreement entered into during World War II between the US and Denmark, a new agreement with respect to Greenland was ratified on 27 April 1951 (effective on 8 June 1951). At the request of NATO, the agreement became a part of the NATO defense program. The pact specified that the two nations would arrange for the use of facilities in Greenland by NATO forces in defense of the NATO area known as the Greenland Defense Area.

So I wonder what would happen to the treaty/base if the US left NATO?
English is already the most popular development language, when you think about it.

Consider your project sponsor. What language do they use to create products? English. From their perspective, they provide requirements and specifications in English, hand those off to their black box called IT, and get back software.

Are the sponsors simply able to walk away and get back perfect software? Of course not.

Now imagine if we handed those requirements and specifications to a group of software developers who were excellent developers but knew nothing about the sector in which the software was being developed, didn't know the regulations applying to the sector, and so forth. What kind of results would we expect?

What I think is going to happen is formal software modeling languages such as ArchiMate and UML are going to become the inputs to the code-generating engines. Which is another way of saying that humans will be working at still higher levels of abstraction than they typically do today, and the computer will be generating the machine code from those abstractions. Instead of writing the source code in a programming language that the computer translates to machine code, we'll be writing in a higher-level modeling language from which the computer will translate to machine code.

Will we eventually get to English? Maybe not. English is a vague language. People all too often misunderstand one another. That's a problem when money and lives are on the line. I see the SDLC as being the project sponsors deliver their requirements and specifications in English as they do today, a technical solution will be crafted in a modeling language, and the computer will produce software from the model. This delivery model is a vast improvement over what we have today. If we can get to that within 6 years that would be awesome!
The likely outcome would probably be a hoard of like-minded millionaires moving to the same locale in the mainland US.

It would suck far more for the US governments strategic vision than it would for the locals.
> Devices that are locked become e-waste once a manufacturer stops supporting them. This keeps happening like clockwork:

> Spotify’s Car Thing

Contrary to the author's claim, Car Thing is a great example of what can happen with abandoned hardware. The device did not become e-waste when the manufacturer stopped supporting it. There is a lively community of people modifying and updating software and doing really interesting things. I lack one only because I missed the $15 price nadir and they are relatively high priced in the secondary market.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=Spotify+Car+Thing

https://www.reddit.com/r/carthinghax/
Go read section 2.4.
I never heard any other meaning of Cargo Cult than Feynman's. In everyday speak it's an established term for "doing all the movements and expecting results but not understanding why the results won't materialize".

> Feyman's cargo-cult science has no chance of working, while cargo-cult programming works but isn't understood.

I disagree with this conclusion. Cargo cult programming is (for example) creating a microservices product without understanding and then when it doesn't work (it takes 20x longer, it didn't provide the promised decoupling) not understanding why. Cargo cult programming where the desired results are actually achieved in any meaningful way isn't cargo cult programming at all.

> The second problem with "cargo cult" is that the pop-culture description of cargo cults is historically inaccurate.

It's a language construct. It's not really important whether there is any connection at all to anything that has historically happened, so long as everyone has the same mental model of what it means. And as far as I'm aware, enough people do to make the term useful. Whether it's scientific nonsense isn't relevant. The same can be said for a lot of commonly used phrases like "Jedi mind tricks". It doesn't matter that this is a purely fictional construct. And it doesn't matter whether diehard Star Wars fans know exactly what it means. Most people have a vague understanding about in what sense it's used. The de facto usage is the real meaning.

> Finally, the cargo cult metaphor turns decades of harmful colonialism into a humorous anecdote.

I think this is the only objection that has any real merit. But I don't think it has enough merit tbh. It doesn't represent a current problem.
I have absolutely no need to get anywhere near the line of what anyone would think of being lewd.
I like both `:foo` and `foo:`, and could've gone with either one.

IIRC, Joe Marshall pointed out at the time that `:foo` means the colons line up nicely when you have a long form of keyword arguments, each one starting its own line. And one of those lines might have multiple lines dangling off it, but the lined-up colons and indentation help make the structure clear visually.

Typed Racket later made use of colons on the ends of identifiers, like in `let:` and `lambda:`, to mean like the Scheme form, but with expressed types. (I might've tried to use square brackets for sprinkling optional type annotations. Such that a trivial syntax transform could go from typed to untyped, simply by removing square bracket forms, or by substituting a square bracket form with its first element.)

Having Scheme code easy to type, and easy on the eyes, are two of the things that are important to me, though not the most important. I wondered whether the `#:` was insisted upon because someone didn't see code the same way I do, and thought that the people who objected were only bikeshedding about minor details. But it's a minor detail that was shredding the eyeballs of some of us throughout each day. :)
To be fair, SpaceX did/does(?) the same thing - they use pretty opaque messaging when things went wrong early on. And do stuff like deliberately not show explosion footage on the live stream.
At my university it looks like the CS program is currently just shy of 40% women. This is higher than it was when I went. But the degree is a red herring.

Most of the engineering teams I have worked with have had members who did not have CS degrees. In fact, it's unusual in my experience for e.g. project managers, QA, or design to have CS degrees. Most performing engineering organizations include people who did not study computer science at a university, and that is a good thing.

Quite a number of good engineers do not have CS degrees. Whether or not a person studied CS at age 20 has almost no bearing on their capability to excel at engineering at age 30. Checking degrees is not a useful gauge in the field, and doing so often makes one appear snobbish.
> Why can't the US pay each Greenlander $1mmm to vote for independence and then ratify joining the US?

God hated Esau because he sold his birthright to Jacob for a bowl of stew. It never made sense to me but now I kinda get it.
This is the sort of Kafka-esque world we can expect from automating human values and judgement out of our society.
LLMs are not people, and some organized way are worse than others, yes.

In the same way we defined "fair use" for those reviewing a movie for instance to be ok, but we don't find it acceptable to put 99% of the movie with a single comment.
The processes for getting these very particular records (C-Files, as opposed to something like an OMPF or other better known military records) has been horrendously broken for years. They were almost completely inaccessible from this specific agency (the VBA, inside the VA) their entire existence. Only 5% of the files have been turned over to NARA, even for records that are very old.

And even now, the “processes” to get the records, as defined by a 58+-year-old law (FOIA) are not really being followed. An agency refusing to process any FOIA requests except by fax (!) is insane, in this day and age. But more specifically, it’s against the law. A letter AND an e-mail are supposed to work. Hence our use of a fax API on this website…

Furthermore, the “requirement” that a FOIA requester must hand-sign the paperwork is absolutely made up by this agency. Hence our signature widget on this website…

Point being, if they’re going to shamelessly ignore or misinterpret the federal law, we are going to just jump through those hoops and say no, we want the files, please do your jobs.
Why would anyone in Greenland believe that they would ever actually get paid? And if they were paid ahead of a vote, why wouldn't they just take the money, vote no, and go on with their lives?

The US government has a history of not following through with promises like these, even when they are codified into law or ratified in legally binding treaties.
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Its more like getting harassed by police because they think you're the type that carry a gun. While others open carry without permit but never gets stopped.
> Some time not far in the future, we are going to accept that this is not the same thing at all as computer science and give the computer scientists a curriculum that is a lot heavier on math and theory while adding elective or core courses for non-major students on programming.

I graduated from an Engineering focused college in the late 1990's, and many departments offered exactly these types of courses in addition to the standard intro courses. They were typically named something [domain] [course #] for non-majors.
Don't worry about reading them in order. Start kids with Le sceptre d'Ottokar, the tightest early story without Capitaine Haddock.
> I think the only way is to give the right to flash firmware of _ANYTHING_ that has programmable bits

This seems reasonable to me. What's wrong with it?
I always have the mindset of "its my fault". My Linux workstation constantly crashing because of the i9-13900k in it was honestly humiliating. Was very relieved when I realized it was the CPU and not some impossible to find code error.
Would You Use an On-Demand Designated Driver for You and Your Car?
I’m exploring the feasibility of an on-demand designated driver service aimed at solving a common dilemma: what happens to your car when you decide to enjoy a drink or two? Instead of leaving your vehicle behind or risking hefty fines, this service would send a driver on an electric scooter to your location, allowing them to drive you and your car home safely.

I’d love to hear the Hacker News community’s thoughts on this concept:

- Is this a service you’d consider using?
- What would you expect in terms of pricing? (Flat fee, distance-based, hourly?)
- What challenges or opportunities do you see in scaling a service like this?

Here’s a quick rundown of the idea:

- Drivers arrive at your location via electric scooter or electric bike.
- They stow their scooter in your car and drive you to your destination.
- Once you’re home, they use the scooter to get to their next assignment.

Preliminary Pricing Ideas:
- Base Fee: $10–15
- Additional Charges: $1–2 per kilometer OR $10–15 per hour
- We’re considering a pilot launch in cities where alcohol-related driving laws are strict, like Montevideo or Santiago, but I’d love to hear if this idea resonates with a broader audience.

In China, services like this are quite popular, but I would love to have a broad insights.

Looking forward to your insights and feedback!
>You could play it for a hundred hours and still have absolutely no idea how to play Hold'em.

On the flip side, it's super similar to those video poker machines in bars and restaurants. If you allowed the option to increase the bet and got rid of the special joker abilities, it's basically the same thing. People claiming otherwise are being willfully ignorant. I love Balatro, but it's definitely gambling adjacent and depending on how rules/laws around children gambling are defined, it probably should be age gated, or those rules/laws should be updated to reflect reality, you can't have it both ways. But also, I'd say the same about all of those games with gacha and lootbox mechanics.
First they came for joy plots, now cargo cults?
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> You were using the TfL schematic map which is very much a form of art

The site was taken down by a trademark complaint, not a copyright complaint.
The interference wars commence!
Single customer 30k sounds a lot easier to migrate (or at least to schedule) than 12k with potentially 3k different customers (probably more like several dozens or a couple hundred)
Was it Railroad Tycoon II which played Robert Johnson music in the background.

Playing the game I developed an appreciation of it. At least I think it was this game that I can't forget...
I received 4 years of schoolboy-level French education in high-school. Totally sucked at it, and dropped it the moment I could.

I moved to France in 2007, married a French girl in 2011. I obtained French nationality beginning last year. During my first years in France it was tough, but those 4 years did come back.

A couple of years ago I also amortized 4 years of German when I had to translate our ontology into German.

My conclusion : the ROI on learning a language is better than you think. And your investment will come back to you.

If you want to top up your French, try watching Netflix in French audio, or with French subtitles (or both!). Or even better, watch some of the French shows that they now offer : Call My Agent, Lupin, etc)
Don't forget Windows finally made Year of the Linux Desktop(tm) a reality, Windows is the best desktop Linux distro (Android gets the mobile Linux distro crown).
Now that you've agreed that it's for sale, let's negotiate the price.
Other than providing fodder to the media and distracting his citizens from broken promises? Threatening to invade and take territory from another founding member of NATO is a sure-fire way to delegitimise and destroy the alliance his administration clearly does not value.
My opinion is that it's trolling us all. Also, it's a feint to get us to look elsewhere while other deeds are done. We all only have so much attention to give and every news website is certainly filled with this "news".

Trump's goal is to get his nominees through congress. Some are fine, but there are about 5-7 who are deemed pretty unacceptable by most people. Perhaps the lack of light on those people will help get them through the process.
And not just a CRM. That has always been their biggest use case, and those functions come pre-baked when you sign up, but it is a full app dev platform. Big, complex, expensive, and old. But not limited to just being a CRM.

It is really worth understanding what SF is if you work with large companies. Love it or hate it, it is a reality of the market.
I have been toying with that idea for years.

Game engines are the only truly-cross-platform UIs out there.
They're fast, extremely flexible. The two main downsides are that they can be resource-intensive, and that they won't look like system apps.

But yeah, make a pivot table and a chart library in Godot, and I'll probably use it.
You don't get to be a trillion-dollar OmniCorp by paying people to do things.
Yes, that’s on purpose. SSNs of *deceased* people are public, not private. They are never reused. They are available under FOIA from other sources as well, such as the SSDMF.
Eh, even keeping the mechanism of limited-liability-corporations around, some would say boards aren't representing shareholders' interests effectively.

It's one thing for shareholders to say if under the CEO's leadership, the company's value rises by 100 million dollars, they'll give him a $10 million bonus. I can see how a board could approve that - it's a lot of money, but it's linked to performance.

But should they also say that if the company's value falls by 100 million dollars, and they decide to fire the CEO, they'll give him a $2 million bonus? How is it in shareholders' interests to reward bad performance?
This[1] says humans make up 34% of mammal biomass, 64% is livestock, and 4% wild animals. Another stat[2] says we kill more than 63 billion chickens each year. I like my steak and fried chicken, but damn if it's not horrific. (Imagine if an alien race farmed and killed 60 billion humans, each year...)

1) https://ourworldindata.org/wild-mammals-birds-biomass
2) https://birdvenue.com/homegrown-flock/chickens/how-many-chic...
My point is "the legal owner of the book has to allow you to read it" is not true

I will accept the argument they got the source material in a way where someone broke American law. I really do not think they've broken any laws whatsoever in terms of using it for LLM training
The level of patronization here is incredible.

Maybe Greenlanders would use the million dollars to move to a US metro area so their kids could get a better education. Maybe they want to get a tech job. Maybe they just don't like being cold!

Inuits aren't serfs. Stop treating them like part of the landscape. They are human beings free to make their own choices.

EDIT: I can't post more comments right now, so about Guam — I've never heard China make an offer! If the US has to counter to hold onto a strategically important territory, that's a good thing for the residents!
Is there a Viktor Bout of GPU smuggling? Has any journalist written about it? Whenever I see discussions of GPU restrictions I just think about what would happen if I boarded a US to China flight with a stack of H100s in my carry-on.
This needs (2011).

If I remember correctly this report is written in the context of standardizing new features in C++11 related to synchronization, threads, and the memory model.
The fact that Fifa(sorry, EA Football) has a 3+ rating while having the most predatory gambling mechanics in any video game but Balatro gets 18+ is just proof that the system is not working correctly.
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As per the Civil War and SCOTUS rulings during Reconstruction, US States are not allowed to leave the Union. Even if the people of Alaska (or any state for that matter) voted overwhelmingly to secede, the other states would have to pass a constitutional amendment allowing for secession. America’s own Article 50, if you will.

In Greenland’s case, Denmark has guaranteed a right to an independence referendum. A closer parallel would be the status of Puerto Rico as a US territory. The choice to apply for statehood, remain a territory, or vote for independence has no clear majority. However there isn’t anything that would prevent independence for Puerto Rico if that’s what the people there wanted.
I posted it because I found it interesting and it was new to me, but I'm skeptical of how influential this is too. This stuff is perhaps the Russian analogue of American think tank outputs like the old Project for the New American Century that received so much press back in the 2000s -- stuff that feeds into the thought processes of certain factions of the state apparatus. In the end the agenda is probably to make money for the oligarchs, much like the US.

In any case if Russia did actually succeed in the first parts of this agenda the beneficiary would be China, which is vastly more powerful, and it would become a Chinese world with Russia as a vassal state. Russia's economy is smaller than Italy and less than half the size of California, its demographics are terrible, and its military is old junk. Who wants to bet on whether their nukes would actually work? Those things require upkeep.

Of course on the flip side -- a formerly proud global superpower fallen on hard times is exactly the kind of place where delusional nonsense gets a foothold. You'll see it in the USA if we actually undergo a partial collapse. You'll see all kinds of crackpot insanity being taken seriously... more than you see now. "How did we get our first Scientologist president?" "Well, after the dollar collapsed..."
Psychological operations designed to shift the overton window have been going on longer than you have been alive.
Yeah that's the point. If US acted up, and pressured other operators to follow suit, the root zone could split up. They don't want that to happen.
This is wonderful. It's very easy to take a data set like they've used and create a very stale, matter-of-fact accounting of tos and froms. Instead they go through and explain the whys, the narratives that make the subway the essential arteries of NYC.

Even as someone that's been in the city a long time I found something new to learn, like the number of people commuting from outside Brooklyn to downtown Brooklyn every day. Fascinating.
His accounting for what attracts people to wokeness is incomplete. Certainly there are prigs in the mix, but for most, I think it's that wokeness, as he defines it, is often tightly coupled with good things, like sexual harassment being taken more seriously. The challenge, then, is how we can do things like take sexual harassment more seriously without also folding that effort into an ideology with vague expansive definitions that lend themselves to actual prigs.
Native dark mode is not worth the effort in most cases. There are extensions that you can use to do it yourself if you want.
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Except the schematic art is covered by copyright, not trademark.
Do you need an Apple product to use AirPlay?
The pop of Alaska is not the relevant number here. Presumably the vote to transfer Alaska to Russia would have to be at the level of the whole country. (The question of whether a state can unilaterally leave the United States has come up in the past and was pretty violently settled.)
If I started out now, I would look into Yamaha Musiccast (https://usa.yamaha.com/products/contents/audio_visual/musicc...), since they have more form factors and bridges to add other music systems. Or BluOs (https://bluos.io/), but that all looks like its aimed at the "use golden cables for better audio, bro" bros.
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Make someone laugh or keep a straight face in 30sec random video chats. Accurate emotion detection. It’s Omegle but Try not to Laugh edition.
The execution is part of the art of it, like, there's a statement being made about the Internet, anonymity, and humanity here. It may not be what the artist originally set out to create with their art, which I find fascinating.