skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
It's not the first pointless downgrade of the LG remote: they've already removed the pause button.

Now pausing and unpausing is done with the general-purpose click-wheel, is up to each app to implement, and is dependent on the UI state.

If a wrong element is focused (which is not hard to do, because the button is a scroll wheel surrounded by directional buttons), you may end up toggling subtitles or some other option when trying to pause or unpause.

It used to be a hardware button that always worked, was trivial to find by feel, easy to activate, and worked instantly.

Now it's "wait, I need to pause! Oops, I moved the scroll wheel button by a notch when pressing it, so it's a mouse cursor now! I fast-forwarded to the second half of the movie and the audio is in French."
Yes. Can I get a 60" monitor for cheap?
so sorry for your friend. I've wondered about the studies you linked as well as these from some previous links from HN you may or may not have already seen:

mRNA Cancer Vaccine Reprograms Immune System to Tackle Glioblastoma in 48 Hours(https://www.insideprecisionmedicine.com/topics/oncology/mrna...)
406 points|birriel|8 months ago|230 comments
Researchers develop treatment that can kill glioblastoma cells in brain pathway(https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-08-therapy-treatment-gli...)
142 points|wglb|5 months ago|19 comments
Blood–brain barrier opening with ultrasound device in patients with glioblastoma(https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2...)
62 points|bookofjoe|2 years ago|31 comments
Precision Oncology: Epigenetic Patterns Predict Glioblastoma Outcomes(https://directorsblog.nih.gov/2016/12/06/precision-oncology-...)
45 points|sciadvance|8 years ago|10 comments
Doctor cancer free after novel glioblastoma self-treatment(https://nypost.com/2024/05/15/lifestyle/australian-doctor-ri...)
40 points|crhulls|8 months ago|2 comments
Man lives 10 mo without recurrence after groundbreaking glioblastoma treatment(https://twitter.com/ProfRScolyerMIA/status/17700383563004236...)
31 points|jrpt|10 months ago|4 comments
Study kills glioblastoma by manipulating brain's astrocytes(https://scitechdaily.com/groundbreaking-method-starves-highl...)
16 points|graderjs|2 years ago|0 comments
Ask HN: Help with Glioblastoma
I was also in one of those basement labs in the Pearson building in 1988. Not exactly the nicest place to work, but some great equipment. I particularly remember that year coding a graphical application in NeWS (Sun's original network window system, long before it became X/NeWS) on a Sun Workstation there, which was an amazing piece of kit for its time. Also remember the DecStation 3100s we had down there that would periodically catch fire.
I deleted my FB account six years ago, and I don't miss it. I use Twitter, Reddit, and occasionally IG (I don't post anything there).
It's really OK. With modern formulations such as SAC305 and with temperature-controlled stations, there's no real difference, and no need to stick to lead.

I think the resistance to the idea has two roots. First, there's a lot of old-timers who just didn't like the idea of the government meddling with their hobby, so they go out of their way to convince others to use leaded solder.

Second, the first years of the switch were painful. You needed to upgrade some equipment, the early alloys were not performing great, there were problems with tin whiskers (which aren't specific to lead-free soldering, but were apparently happening more commonly), etc. But these days are gone. The industry has moved on.
Stuff does occasionally break. In my last place Google managed to wipe the HR drive. (Yes, I checked the audit logs to see if it was user error - nope). Of course, it should have been backed up, but HR were the only people with access so it wasn't.

It was fortunate that we were paying for the level where there was a separate way for discovery lawyers to suck out all your files, as that was the only way I found to get them back.

The other issue with gsuite is the file ownership model means that by default files are owned by an individual and can end up being lost after they leave. Transferring ownership is some kind of weird batch job that can fail and need to be retried.
Accurate predictions on small data with a tabular foundation model
I've not said "all men are bad". I've said the manosphere and machismo culture are bad.
Los Angeles Had a Housing Shortage. Wildfires Will Make It Worse
> Google is also working toward having people pay a subscription fee to use Gemini on their TVs, PCWorld reported.

> “For us, our biggest goal is to create enough value that yes, you would be willing to pay for [Gemini],” Google TV VP and GM Shalini Govil-Pai told the publication.

> The executive pointed to future capabilities for the Gemini-driven Google Assistant on TVs, including asking it to “suggest a movie like Jurassic Park but suitable for young children” or to show “Bollywood movies that are similar to Mission: Impossible.”

You don't even need LLMs for a recommendation system. Just matrix factorisation is enough for a very good recommendation system. A local transformer model is enough for the Text to Speech part.

Surely is the product (Google Play TV & Movies, Youtube Premium) is selling you video content, recommending content to spend your money on is just marketing not a user facing subscription service.

Imagine Spotify wanting to charge you on top of your subscription to get music recommendations.
I can't delete my account because they blocked any access until I upload a passport scan (despite never IDing previously). Guessing it got triggered by switching IPs/proxies. Any appeal attempts went unanaswered. It does suck that I lost a bunch of personal connections and that they (illegally in the EU I guess) deny me rights to access and delete my data for years now.
> “For us, our biggest goal is to create enough value that yes, you would be willing to pay for [Gemini],” Google TV VP and GM Shalini Govil-Pai told the publication.

> The executive pointed to future capabilities for the Gemini-driven Google Assistant on TVs, including asking it to “suggest a movie like Jurassic Park but suitable for young children” or to show “Bollywood movies that are similar to Mission: Impossible.”

That seems so incredibly useless it reads like parody. No, I will not be willing to pay for Gemini for that.

I can’t imagine ever asking questions like those in my life... and even if one day I were drunk, high, and concussed enough to ask, I wouldn’t need to ask my TV—I could just go to claude.ai on my phone instead because I already pay for it.
C's file descriptors are capabilities.
Hi Perlgeek, long time no see!

I really wish more people would use Raku :-) Because it is all built in there already! :-)
Can you get one for cheap? Yes
Can you get a good one for cheap? No
People were also pretty annoyed that they wouldn't be allowed to drink while driving: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xcQIoh3FQQ

Edit: fixed typo
why did you rewrite from python to js? just curious
The meaningful distinction seems to me seems to be the temporal guarantees of execution, not the call structure. Imagine a sequence of async functions that are sleep sorted to execute 1 day apart. A sufficiently smart compiler could compile those to the sync equivalent because it can see the ordering. Similarly, imagine an async runtime that just calls everything synchronously. I've BS'd an interview with that one before.

The "sync guarantees" don't really exist either. If you have a(); b(); the compiler may very well reorder them to b(); a(); and give you similar issues as async. It may elide a() entirely (and reclaim the call structures), or the effects of a() might not be visible to b() yet. Synchronous functions also can and do suspend with all the associated issues of async. That comes up frequently in cryptography, kernel, and real time code.
Downvotes don't hurt me. They stop being a disincentive when there is no clear reason for them. It's often people just misunderstanding, misinterpreting or misreading comments and the replies keep flowing anyway.

It's not like you get paid for getting upvoted and a making any kind of joke is usually the fastest way to a downvote.
60" is too big even for me, but I'd pay good money for a 42" 8K monitor.
As a 128K Mac owner who bought Microsoft's BASIC for the Mac, this still makes me angry.

Then Apple released HyperCard and that was nice, until they dropped it.

Then Runtime Revolution was released, and I found it quite nice to use, then they opensourced it as Livecode and I pledged for that, then they quit supporting the Community Edition and closed the code again (anyone know if anyone is making progress on getting this to compile/work/install?).

These days I just use Python, but I'd really like to see a nice option for GUI development.
> I used Nextcloud sync in the past, but found it unreliable.

What was wrong about nextcloud sync? I'm just about to set it up for myself.
GI is in our heads. The A is artificial which means built by humans. They are asking the same question you are.
I will say, you need to use high quality lead-free solder when you could get away with decent lead solder. The cheaper lead-free stuff has been junk in my experience.
> cow's milk shouldn't be labeled a human food

But humans drink it?

> "oat milk" or "oat-based milk alternative" are both much clearer than "oat juice"

It doesn't get called "oat juice", it gets called "oat drink".

Calling it a milk when the macronutrients and amino acid composition is entirely not equal to animal milk is the misleading part.

> referring to plant milks with the word for "milk" [...] appears to be a tradition dating back at least 700 years

That is a valid argument.

And I believe it's not just archaic; plant liquids that resemble milk can be referred to as milk in a general meaning, rather than in the strict mammary gland output meaning of milk. But this general definition of milk is still separate from when alternatives to cow's milk are productized.

Recent EU law acts as consumer protection against the misconception that plant-based drinks are nutritionally one-to-one alternatives to cow's milk. While they may be healthy, or even healthier given the right total diet, you can't substitute milk with a plant-based drink and expect the same nutritional value.

By logical extreme, dyed water can be a plant-based milk alternative. And out goes consumer protection.
Sounds to me like you were focusing on the (negligible) impact, while they were upset on principle?
https://www.arxiv.org/abs/2412.16241 is the non-pdf version of this @dang can you please replace the link?
As an aside, I described this to Claude and had it recreate it in javascript with some other features I wanted. It took me 30 seconds to write the prompt and it worked flawlessly.

Will anyone ever write fun things like this again once the machine can do it for you? How will young people ever get interested when the machine can do all the work for you?
I was about to say that virtumundo looks like a pre-2010 website... then saw the copyright date. 15 years without updates, that 1px gif is solid as a fossil.
"The new commands, by contrast, aim to clearly separate the responsibilities of git checkout into two narrower categories: operations which change branches and operations which change files."

Simple, concise breakdown
Discussion (206 points, 3 days ago, 167 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42618625
it is happening and lots of it. the reason you may not be seeing it is that people that have figured out how to properly monetise is sure as shit are not going to advertise it… once that are advertising are ones that haven’t yet figured out a way to do it…
And murder is an exercise in bodily freedom. If my hands are tied so I can't murder people, I am not bodily free. Yes, you're correct, we shouldn't bind the hands of people. No, we shouldn't be arguing in favor of murder. That's where you lost me. Instead of arguing for cheating in games or for the death of all multiplayer games, argue for something like server side anti-cheat and rally against games that include crapware instead of saying things like (paraphrasing) "all multiplayer games should die for my sake." Seek nuance or find a middle ground instead of grandstanding on absolutism like this, it hurts your (fundamentally very good!) point.
Google Starts Tracking All Your Devices in 6 Weeks–Forget Chrome and Android
Peter once told me that in 1973, the only two organizations permitted to do telecommunications were the Post Office and the Ministry of Defense. So to legally connect UCL to the ARPAnet, he needed an exception clause. Somehow he got both the Post Office and the Ministry of Defense to sign off that they were not interested in computer-to-computer communications, in perpetuity, so that UCL could do so instead. He said he never tried to hold them to it later.
Honestly, my TV is connected to my AppleTV, and that is connected to the internet. I don't use any of the "smart" functionality of the TV. I don't even use the remote for anything.
Total Chaos at Meta: Employees Protest Zuckerberg's Anti LGBTQ Changes
Synchthing on Android is End of life, alas https://forum.syncthing.net/t/discontinuing-syncthing-androi...
Note, you can edit the code.

Here’s my version, with particles affecting each other: https://tiki.li/run/#cod=dVPbToNAEH3fr5jExLQacFH7UNP6Db43jaF...
Do you have any recommendations? I was soldering earlier today and noticed a particular joint wasn’t flowing well at all. I looked over and had grabbed the lead-free solder from my spool holder. All the other joints with my crappy Radio Shack leaded solder were fine.
Working with Selenium has always been painful for me so I for one thank you for providing an alternate solution.
For anyone who has a similar quest (trying to find semi-remembered media from one’s youth, based on vague details), r/tipofmytongue on Reddit is a great resource. People there often succeed where AIs fail.
Along the same lines, this could be a pre-emptive action to provide cover for some forthcoming layoffs.
I feel it is difficult to do anything on the phone and don't use it so much. Adding a bookmark temporarily on the phone and adding the link later is easier from the laptop.
Microlino's 'anti-pickup truck' is designed for Americans
did/didn't - just my stupid typo.

Yes, a number of other things were going in Nixon's favor. But a bunch of things were not - starting with The War (Vietnam). Neither GDP growth nor unemployment numbers made him look good.

And Harris could have done far worse than Nixon's 60.7%, and still won handily.
It's good but unfortunately he is no longer publishing any further entries. It has been 4 years since the last chapter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOMS

The comment is taking a swipe that the disappointment here is the reporter's lack of grasp of why the remote control is designed the way it is when they complain about it. The downvotes are likely that the comment was made in a relatively low effort/attack-ish way rather than discussing why they think that.
You're linking to this comment section.
Unfortunately that is the position of many religious groups (including in the US) and populations in non-Western countries (e.g. Middle East).
> The OP has a good criticism of why this is a bad idea. It's an old idea, mostly from LISP land, where early systems saved the whole LISP environment state. Source control? What's that?

Symbolics Genera can save (incremental and complete) images (-> "Worlds"). The image tracks all the sources loaded into it. The sources/files/docs/... of the software is stored on a central (or local) file server.

I can for example start an initial world and load it with all the wanted software in the various versions I want. Maybe I save a new world from that.

I can also start an pre-loaded world and incrementally update the software: write patches, create new minor/major versions, load patches and updates from the central server, install updates from distributions, ... Maybe save new worlds.

The "System Construction Tool" tracks what code is loaded in what version from where.
That depends on what the drawings are of.
All this BASIC drama seems so silly now.
The one I'd really like (and I've mentioned this before here on hn) is a Framework-like TV where you could easily swap memory, processor, drive, ports... even its panel.

Like, I don't want to plug a chromecast into my "old" tv to "upgrade" it and having to live with a second remote control and more batteries, plugging another device to the electricity outlet and being able to use it only with wifi while the ethernet port of the TV is now rendered useless - I'd really like to be able to upgrade its internals without having to go broke while buying a new one.
i dunno, sounds like brainwashing
It's not that bold of a move, it's a conservative move. They didn't switch their desktop chips over until they'd been pushing the envelope for ARM on mobile. They already had a huge amount of OS, compilers and systems experience with ARM.
> only way to really combat this is through closed / semi-closed trusted networks,

How so? The linked article has plenty of ways that are available to outsiders that aren't "in" with the "right crowd":

Most or all of these will appear on its website:

The names and biographies of member agents
A client list
Verifiable book sales, in the form of book covers, announcements, news releases, and the like
Clear submission guidelines
Information on agency history–when it was founded, by whom, etc.

In addition:

A real agency will have at least some internet footprint beyond its website (listings on sites like Publishers Marketplace and QueryTracker, sales announcements, mentions in the trade press, references to clients and sales, and the like). Ditto for the individual agents.
A real agency is highly unlikely to email or phone you out of the blue with an offer of representation or a claim that a traditional publisher is interested in your work (real agents don’t pre-shop manuscripts for authors they don’t represent).
A real agency will not require you to pay anything or buy anything as a condition of representation or publication. Other than the agent’s commission, there should never be a cost associated with rights acquisition.
Without signup:

https://dnyuz.com/2025/01/09/the-flying-maestro-a-top-conduc...

I always admire people who have dual careers in unrelated fields. Another example is my harmonica hero Richard Hunter, who is also a Gartner Fellow.

His book Jazz Harp got me started exploring alternative tunings for diatonic harmonicas. He described a "country tuning" that gave you a major scale in the "cross harp" position that gives you a more "bluesy" sound. He also explained how to retune the harmonica. (You file the reeds! File the tip to raise the pitch, or file near the rivet to lower it.)

I extended that a bit to get a major scale all the way up and down the harp. Other people independently discovered the same tuning, and it is now commercially available from Lee Oskar as the Melody Maker and Seydel as the Melodic Maker. I have a feeling that all of us got the idea from Jazz Harp.

It would be interesting to hear about other people who have had dual careers like this! I asked Miss Chatty (ChatGPT) and she reminded me of some other examples:

Hedy Lamarr, glamorous movie star and co-inventor of spread spectrum communications.

Brian May, Queen guitarist and astrophysicist.

Jeff Baxter, guitarist for Steely Dan and The Doobie Brothers, and adviser to the Department of Defense on missile defense systems.

Her list has a number of others:

https://chatgpt.com/share/67806847-2e40-8012-949a-d372feb324...
Multitasking Drains Your Brain
Related FTC takes action against Gravy Analytics, Venntel for selling location data (194 points, 158 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42309429
Great article, thanks for sharing!

I especially appreciated being able to have the article read to me. The quality of the speaker is very good.

It would be great if you could have any article or book read to you in this way. Does anyone know about this?
I use a TV as a monitor. When looking for a monitor at the time I noticed TVs are much cheaper. When I compared the specs, I couldn't find any disernable difference.

1. Is this still true that TVs are considerably cheaper than monitors?

2. Is there a difference, or one I should care about between the two?
I've found X's community notes for the most part to be informative and "neutral", they're usually used to add context to posts when people cut the important parts out.
My mindset is that people are tired of the way shit is and are presently more open to violence-based solutions than others are comfortable with. It's a thing that happened, and I don't feel the need to advocate for an opinion, but I do feel a need to inform people that now is their chance to fix it before violence-based solutions are much more common.
Just like cars, I do not put it past TV manufacturers to sell a dedicated touch-screen TV remote before the decade is out.

Imagine:

* an unpredictably modal interface

* chugging, tasteless animations

* software updates every few weeks

* terrible battery life

* a constant glow out of the corner of your eye

* easily broken

But you can sell ads on it. You know it makes awful sense.
Scary. Sometimes I wonder how many insane ideas were collected by product owners from posts on this website that start with "imagine x".
I posted it above, but unfortunately synchthing for Android is at end of life https://forum.syncthing.net/t/discontinuing-syncthing-androi...
That's why you run NoScript along side with UBO
> Technically, it is all about removing the server from your application.

Technically its about removing the server from my list of responsibilities. There is still a server running my app, it just isn't managed by me and likely comes with auto-scaling features.
Any society that stigmatizes violence is soon overtaken by one that doesn't.

The west is in terminal decline and will be replaced by a cult from the middle east. This is the third time this has happened.

The only annoying thing is that I'll need to learn Arabic. English was bad enough.
> Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location

This seems like a very misleading headline. These apps were (often for no user-beneficial reason) collecting location data. This code was put there deliberately by the app authors. The app authors are accomplices in leaking this data , they are not victims.
Anybody got a sneaky copy of the 1.0 release kicking about?
> so if a search space of 65536 costs you $8, then a search space of 4294967296 = 65536 x 65536 = 8 x 8 = 8^2 = 64

So close, yet so far: the correct answer here is “65536 x 8 = $525k”, not “8x8 = $64”. If a $8 worth of hard drive can store 65536, then to store 4294967296 you need 65536 of such drives, not 8…

Man this is really embarrassing.
My point is that Valve's work on SteamOS is trickling down to other distros.
You didn't know that one because it's a lie. He's telling lies.
As a child who was taught how to solder (Thanks Dad!) I can say this: making the practice of post-solder handwashing just A Thing does a lot to impart good practice.

if you're super paranoid, D-Lead hand soap is a fantastic product: https://esca-tech.com/product/d-lead-hand-soap/ -- I use it post-shooting to wash my hands of lead and residues from firearms.
I thought that too, but it looks like 404media published the same article on two different sites.
>Because they're agents, not programmers.

This really shouldn't be an excuse in 2025. Tools like webflow and wix exist now. If you said "designer" it might have some truth, but you can find plenty of freelance web designers who will do it so cheaply that probably even a single book deal could cover it.