skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> "cooling a living space is always more costly than heating a living space" Man I wish this was true but it definitely isn't in anyplace that gets significantly cold. Heat pumps are super super efficient at cooling but they get less efficient at heating the colder it gets. Humans and appliances create a pretty negligible amount of heat.

I thought any place that is significantly cold can still dig underground and at some point you can get enough heat to run your heat pump?
The problem with home delivery in a “low trust” area is that your delivered items will get stolen, unless you can manage to stay at home all day to receive deliveries.
> Their defence is always that they do not follow semver.

"Defence"? Seems like the correct answer and a fact, Lua doesn't do semver, so when there are major changes between 5.3 and 5.4, it's not illogical or actually breaking semver, as they don't follow it.

Plenty of projects don't follow semver, and that's perfectly fine.
>I am not sure what you are saying.

Japanese companies spent time and money investing in new technologies and then proceeded to waste them because they were far more interested in keeping trade secrets to themselves and dragging each other down, rather than coming together and acting as one national industry like Korean and Chinese companies. The Japanese companies did come together eventually (Japan Display, et al.), but way too late.
Why worthless? I'm not saying it's perfect, but isn't it a better-than-nothing guide? If you've got good eyesight, it's not always intuitive which colors have good contrast. If WCAG says the contrast is bad, it's probably bad (but there are known exceptions where it gets it wrong).

https://www.inclusivecolors.com/ includes the APCA contrast measurement which is meant to be more accurate than WCAG, if you want to experiment with how it compares.

WCAG and APCA mostly agree on what has good vs bad contrast for dark on light color pairs with some exceptions. For light on dark colors though, WCAG isn't accurate and ACPA is much stricter in what's allowed.
I think a lot of people in this thread are too young to understand what is meant by attic. Go upstairs in a house built in 1920, that’s an attic. A tiny cubby in a cavity left by engineered trusses is not. You’ll also notice the modern house, even a cheap one, is far better insulated.
Rill: Transform data sets into powerful, opinionated dashboards using SQL
I wonder if we'll see a return of the kind of interface file present in C++, Ocaml, and Ada. These files, well commented, are naturally the context window to use for reference for a module.

Even if languages don't grow them back as a first class feature, some format that is auto generated from the code and doesn't include the function bodies is really what is needed here.
I can't believe the license is permanent! Sony is leaving so much on the table. I'd introduce a gridline-lite for 2 gridlines and then a middle tier for 3 gridlines and a box.

Another option would be to use blockchain and wifi so that customers (affiliates) could earn extra cash on vacation by pairing their camera with other tourists that see the feature and like it.

That same blockchain technology could also enable off network usage based billing of say 25 cents each time a picture is taken. Pixel noise water mark cryptographic hashes to track compliance, of course.
IMO: Play the second video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gds1EeQGMaQ&t=166s) for a few seconds, and observe when Linus plays with the Japanese Famicom keyboard.

It'll give you a good idea for what he's making. (The music video is also really cool.)
Compensation, even in the form of equity, has an equivalent cash price that is owed at the time it is awarded. The receiver has to pay income tax for this compensation, even if it is not cash, and the business has to record it as an expense.

>and dividends i assume would be part of that profit margin.

Dividends and share buybacks are not expenses. They are not money spent for the purposes of operating the business, they are awards to the shareholders. As such, they are not an expense. Dividends and share buybacks happen with the profit, so they will never be included in expenses used to calculate profit margin.

There are lots of highly qualified people at the SEC and FASB working to ensure some semblance of accountability. There is a reason why people from all over the world want to invest in a developed countries’ public equity markets, and that is a belief that most of the time, the numbers are very close to the truth.
NY Times did a big article on this: http://bit.ly/3E9mA5U

Far fewer resources for those whose homes weren't destroyed but insurance should still cover the smoke damage remediation.
It’s probably part of the business model. They rely on the African spammers to improve profits
I've been eyeing the R6 mark ii, which is u understand correctly will connect to a computer and present itself as a video device so you don't need any additional software. I only run Linux, so that sounds great!

I haven't pulled the trigger on it, can anyone who owns it confirm or deny this?
Unfortunately there is no port of ML to my specific model. I did some porting work myself by running the camera firmware in QEMU, but to be able to run it on hardware I apparently needed some signing key that only the Magic Lantern lead dev has. By the time I was doing all of this he was busy with real world stuff so ultimately I just borrowed a friend's Nikon camera.
I estimate that I have a 90% chance of being better. If you aggregate everyone in the country, the median person might not have a 90% chance of being better, but that has nothing to do with me.
Imagine stanning for nickel-and-diming.
That's pretty wild for such a popular brand.

My panasonic G9 just has that stuff built in.
The kind of work you're describing doesn't benefit the company, it benefits the individual. It's not what they were hired to do. The poor quality code they produce can be a net negative when it causes bugs, maintenance issues, etc. I think it's always the right choice to boot such a person from any company once they've been identified.
Your statement is factually wrong, Claude 3.5v2 asks clarifying questions when needed "natively", and you can add similar instructions in your prompt for any model.
I never understood this. We build in Europe, over earthquake-risk zones, with bricks and steel and we follow rules to make them earthquake resistant. It is not a problem anymore since like the 1980. We now have also methods to make old and very old brick buildings earthquake resistant without demolishing them
Desal plants use static mixers to mix the brine with a bunch of ocean water and pump it back out. The specifics depend on the local ecology and ocean currents but it’s a matter of making the outfall pipes long enough (they’re kilometers long usually).
My year without Star Wars (2010)
There are a few unconfirmed stories about people eating mammoth meat that had been frozen in ice for thousands of years

https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2023/12/04/episode...
I can force my (canon) camera to autofocus while not recording but usually you want to avoid that. It really hits the battery because the lens is permanentely adjusting.

Most mirrorless cameras a hybrids and you usually do not need this feature while takting stills.
1. Mandate that all platforms must have a reverse chronological feed as the default. Alternative "algorithmic" feeds must be explicitly opted in to (preferably with age verification).

2. Regulate out of existence the business model where time spent on site converts to revenue, and force people to directly pay for stuff. Levels of indirection in "payment" for services turn the free market into (even more of) a joke (Noam Chomsky already highlighted this when advertising was cohort based in print- and TV media long before the targeted advertising of today).

Would immediately increase the signal-to-noise ratio by many orders of magnitude.
It required an app to be installed on the camera that was paid-for.

Apple had a similar situation once. I was among the thousands of people who paid Apple something like $10 to get a CD-ROM in the mail containing a single CODEC for something video-related.

Sorry for being vague, it was way back in the early days of OS X, so I can't remember exactly what the situation was. But I do know I still have the file in my archive, as I ran across it a few weeks ago.
Love this anecdote. Having a really capable sales team that actually listens to customers unique needs, and feeds that back into a better product can be such a huge asset. Your sales team is usually a huge repository of unique customer pain and problems (opportunities!)
If you explicitly use "-e ssh" and don't run a daemon, then these probably don't affect you.

If you don't specify that protocol, though, you have three scenarios:

1. only the local host has the rsync binary
2. both local and remote hosts have the binary, but neither runs them as a daemon
3. both have the binary and the remote runs as the daemon

In #1 you end up using SSH anyway (unless there's also no SSH binary). In #2, a malicious server binary could attack you. In #3, a malicious server binary could attack you.

Also, many of rsync's features rely upon both sides having the binary.
The only app I’ve ever used with a camera was the Panasonic app on my GH5 for a shoot because it gave you full remote control of the settings/focus and monitoring (for free!)
I find most apps for cameras are not necessary and often buggy but I get why some folks like them
The post I originally commented on literally made that comparison when describing the models as a massive productivity boost.
FT Alphaville is such an excellent column
Learned to write code with Roberto, the founder of lua, in my graduation but only found out about that once I had already graduated.

Really good teacher.
> The best AI coders are positioned as tools for developers, rather than replacements for them.

I agree with this. However, we must not delude ourselves and understand that corporate is pushing for replacement. So there will be a big push to improve on tools like Devin. This is not a conspiracy theory, in many companies (my wife's, for example) they are openly stating this: we are going to reduce (aka "lay off") the engineering staff and use as much AI solutions as possible.

I wonder how many of us, here, understand that many jobs are going away if/when this works out for the companies. And the usual coping mechanism, "it will only be for low hanging fruit", "it will never happen to me because my $SKILL is not replaceable", will eventually not save you. Sure, if you are a unique expert on a unique field, but many of us don't have that luxury. Not everyone can be a top of the cream specialist. And it'll be used to drive down salaries, too.
At least where I am, I would attribute it to code requirements. A livable attic requires much more work to meet code than a vented attic space. Not to mention the energy cost of having a livable attic can be higher because there is no venting and limited insulation. All of this is speculation of course. You definitely could do it. But, if you did you'd almost certainly have to use more expensive construction techniques to meet code insulation requirements.
I drove a new Kia as a rental... It just uses Google Auto/Apple equivalent, and just uses Google Maps, no? Or do they also have their own maps app?
One way to filter them out, relevant to this thread, would be to let them go if they brazenly turned in work they did not create and do not understand.
I'm currently using Yjs to build an app that needs to work offline. It's not actually a real-time or collaborative app. However, if you think of the server as being one collaborator and the app being another, then it's easy to imagine use cases for it.
It's weird to talk about aider hallucinating.

That's whatever model you chose to use with it. Aider can use any.l model you like.
You know that thousands of children have been killed now right? I'm counting the Israeli children along with the Gazan children. There is no basis for this kind of comparison now that the leadership of both countries have revealed themselves as murderers. Let's have a sense of proportion here...
WebAssembly is turning 10 this year
> Of course, it only took a couple more years to get photorealistic image outputs.

"Photorealistic" is a pretty subjective judgement, whereas "does this code produce the correct outputs" is an objective judgement. A blurry background character with three arms might not impact one's view of a "photorealistic" image, but a minor utility function returning the wrong thing will break a whole program.
No. Forest fires should be allowed to spread to prevent fuel buildup. It’s bad when they cross into developed areas, though, so you want to prevent that.

If anyone ever implements your drone-based surveillance-state wildland fire suppression system, please let me know so I can avoid hiking in the area.
The Only Question to Ask Yourself to Decide Between Server and Client Components
It allows updating the original data - https://postgresql-anonymizer.readthedocs.io/en/stable/stati...

> These methods will destroy the original data. Use with care.
The rest of the world has mudslides, floods, earthquakes, volcano eruptions, etc. Or they have no natural disasters, just like so many parts of the US.

> We, the non-USA folks

Isn't that a sad way to look at yourself?
Well, in the end it didn't save them anything, because the EC didn't accept that having a toy basic interpreter made what was obviously a games console a PC. I can't imagine it was terribly expensive in the scheme of things, though.
I Miss Building Computers
How to launch a blockchain successfully in 2025: lessons from the last decade
Unreinforced masonry is illegal in most of California- it essentially fractures into a swarm of heavy projectiles during an earthquake- which is a bigger risk than fires here. Brick homes are very common on the east coast where they don’t have frequent earthquakes.

Commercial style construction with steel beams and reinforced concrete is extremely expensive, and not very warm/classic looking. It is used in a tiny fraction of extremely high end custom homes for wealthy people that like modern and brutalist style homes.
Cal Newport: What Happened When an Offline Person Tried TikTok
Quit his job to start a company. Probably different from quitting with the intent to look for another job, or take a break, or retire.
Statutory exemption for face-to-face education (this is separate from fair use)?
Thank you. This needs to be emphasized more.
Back in 2006 my blog got me a girlfriend. I think exposure in any way is beneficial.
SpaceX Ship Explodes During Test Flight
https://archive.ph/Dw9Do
> They have the first rocket ever made which can take payloads to orbit and then be reused.

The space shuttle did this over 40 years ago. You can argue SpaceX have the first economical one 40 years later, but the second stage isn't reusable. Once they get starship working they might have it.

Their finances aren't public but there is some stuff to go on where we can say Falcon is probably economical despite not recovering the second stage.

This TED talk from Gwynne Shotwell says they will have reuse of starship so dialed in that in 3 years (from now) they will be competitive with commercial airliners and be operating for consumers in production:

https://www.ted.com/talks/gwynne_shotwell_spacex_s_plan_to_f...

To be safe enough for that I would have expected thousands of flawless flights by now. They said in 2020 it was still on track for 2028 but the Dear Moon project was canceled since that last update.
Even as recently as the Canon R5 Mark I mirrorless camera (which you can still buy new), overheats within 15 minutes if you're recording 8K30 or 4K120.
Same! I'm creating telegram channels for topics using https://github.com/Rongronggg9/RSS-to-Telegram-Bot

That's how I found out about this post https://t.me/best_hn/99
> So cooling a living space is always more costly than heating a living space. Simply because all the waste energy created by people living in the space reduces the total heating requirement of the space, but equally increases the cooling requirement of that same space.

This simply is not true for a furnace or electric resistive heat.

My furnace produces 0.9W of heat for every 1W of energy input. More efficient ones do 0.98, the best you get with electric resistive heat is 1W.

On the other hand my air conditioner moves 3.5W of heat outside for every 1W of energy input.
That was “Flash light” not full Flash.
The bigger win comes not from saving keystrokes, but from saving you from a context switch.

Merge conflicts are probably the biggest one for me. I put up a PR and move onto a new task. Someone approves, but now there are conflicts. I could switch off my task, spend 5-10 min remembering the intent of this PR and fixing the issues. Or I could just say "@openhands fix the merge conflicts" and move back to my new task.
Generative AI's Environmental Impact
I've used Feedbin since it started (paid user on a grandfathered plan) and had no idea it was open source and could be self-hosted.

I'm happy to keep paying for the hosted version but I love knowing I have the option to self-host if it goes belly-up. Thanks for pointing this out!
Programming cells: New RNA tool enhances precision in synthetic genetic circuits
As a Nikon guy, I'm using my Z50 as a webcam with little fuss. I've got a fake battery that plugs into AC power -- and my output is through HDMI to an Elgato Cam link 4k.

It doesn't overheat even after hours of use (unlike most full-frame sensors), and I've got it capturing in monochrome because I just really like B&W.

And because its face/eye detect autofocus is reasonably capable -- I can keep a wide aperture/shallow depth of field, which in turn, results in beautiful bokeh... So no Teams filters to blur my background -- I'm using optics instead.
> global belligerence will make itself felt in our community

Sadly this has already happened. The Israel/Palestine situation was frequently referenced during the bitterest arguments in the NixOS community governance issues last year
Starship test successfull:
- engineers did that
Starship explodes:
- Musk's failure!
The HSBC UK app runs perfectly well on my Android phone, including full biometrics, 2FA for the website and for major functionality like transferring money.

I have at least a dozen apps installed on my phone that are not from the Play Store - a mixture of other stores (Samsung/Epic) and apps that are not from any store but I've compiled myself, or downloaded APKs directly from the developer website.

This isn't true.
Yeah, once upon a time I lived in the mountains in Canada and bought a lot of stuff from the US because at the time the Canadian dollar was more or less at par and far cheaper down in the US. I randomly came across the fact that mountaineering equipment was tariffed at 0% because back in like 1920 Canada, like many countries, thought being the first to climb whatever mountain would bring us national glory. Anyways, I would drive down Blain, WA to a parcel shop and collect the stuff I bought online and had shipped there, drive back up and claim it was all "mountaineering" equipment. Nope, those ain't ski boots, they're mountaineering boots, and etc.

I'd still have to pay tax on it, though. IIRC there wasn't any personal exemption amount if you'd left Canada for under 24 hours, unlike they have now. Sometimes they'd just wave you through even when trying to declare something, which was always a nice little bonus savings.
"consistent with its general practice, BIS will not require a license for the export of the model weights of open-weight models"
There's literally zero evidence Google sells data.

They sell targeted ads using data, not the data itself.
Attics have been replaced by engineered trusses to hold up roofs. The trusses are made of.... wood. These trusses are also made offsite. This leaves very little room for usable attic space.
> The TOS specifically says driving data will be sold to 3rd parties including law enforcement and insurance companies.

That's awful, but at least it was written down, I guess.

That'd be a hard "No" for me. Or at least I'd ask for a big chunk of that revenue in exchange for MY data.
The revenue boost you get from this dumb shit is easily measurable and attributable. “Let’s charge our existing customers $5 for some nonsense” -> bigger bonus that year.

The long term revenue hit you get from pissing off your customers is nearly impossible to measure or attribute.

Occasionally you’ll see a company where the leadership believes in the long term value of not doing this crap. They might do pretty well as a result. (Fans would point to Apple as a huge example, YMMV.) But even with an example to imitate, the incentives are almost impossible to overcome, especially since your revenue story will get worse before it gets better if you change course. And those rare good companies are vulnerable to change in leadership that takes them down the bad path.
This reminds me of HP turning printing into a monthly subscription [1], BMW experimenting with heated seat subscriptions [2], and countless other manufacturers trying to rent us physical features or products we’ve already paid for. It’s as if owning something outright is becoming a relic of the past. Honestly, this trend is getting out of hand.

Imagine if we live to the day where fresh air becomes a monthly subscription—with tiered plans, of course! Basic air might be free but stale, while premium plans offer "mountain-fresh" or "ocean-breeze" options. And heaven forbid you forget to renew your subscription or your credit card expires—suddenly, breathing might not be in your favor!

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1. https://www.pcworld.com/article/2251993/the-nightmare-is-rea...

2. https://www.theverge.com/2022/7/12/23204950/bmw-subscription...
Your 90s area PC also had disk swapping and wasn’t running on a tiny battery. The Flash of 2007 was much more processor intensive and in the 90s, I doubt you were streaming quality video with Flash.
The other great thing about Lua is the utter sparsity of the standard library, it teaches one to think for themselves instead of only taking goods off the shelf.
The app works perfectly well on my device, parent comment is just mistaken.
Test driven development is sequenced the way it is for a reason. Getting a failing test first builds confidence that the test is, you know, actually testing something. And the process of writing the tests is often where the largest amount of reasoning about design choices takes place.

Having an LLM generate the tests after you've already written the code for them is super counterproductive. Who knows whether those tests actually test anything?

I know this gets into "I wanted AI to do my laundry, not my art" territory, but a far more rational division of labor is for the humans to write the tests (maybe with the assistance of an autocomplete model) and give those as context for the AI. Humans are way better at thinking of edge cases and design constraints than the models are at this point in the game.
shouldn't it be called a bjd?
It's not nails that make metal framing connectors not required, it's that modern platform framing doesn't typically need much of them due to design, except for trusses (mending plates) and rafters (metal ties). Nails are used to secure the framing but aren't generally used to provide a structural connection.
This might be the way forward - buy a well-built older car and learn to DIY basic maintenance and repairs.
And then when he tried using the "Steven Colbert" character on a different show,
Comedy Central threatened him because Steven Colbert does not have rights to the "Steven Colbert" character.
It works fine for me on Android 15 with non-Google Play apps installed too.