skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think the English translation is The Chain of Chance. Great book.
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I second the sibling comment that it was absolutely possible to have animated icons on Windows 3.1(1).

I was only 11 or 12 at the time, but I distinctly remember the two Windows 3.1(1) machines in our school computer center having animated icons on their desktop in '93 or '94, but I know I couldn't do the same on my own PC at home, so they must have had some extra software installed to make that possible.

My assumption today is that being so long ago it would be some other format, but Wikipedia says GIF format was released in 1987 so it might have been.
> At this time, very few people visit places more than 10 hours away from their homes

I suspect if you were to draw a Venn diagram of "people who had never visited a place more than 10 hours from their home" and "people who could afford a ticket on a Boom Supersonic airliner at their target profitable ticket price range..." there wouldn't be any overlap.

You don't need hypersonic travel to discover places far away, and the target market who are so busy it's worth paying extra so they can get back to the US from their European office without staying overnight aren't going to be doing much of that anyway...
Related: Zdenek Nemec's talk "APIs for AI: Have we failed?" from Nordic APIs 2024 is an insightful articulation of AI agents as a distinct persona to accommodate in platform and security decisions.

https://nordicapis.com/sessions/apis-for-ai-have-we-failed/
Seems this specifically doesn't get answered about any group. Very different than censoring acts done only by one government.
Not everyone is using these models for professional coding. I have largely replaced googling with chatgpt for everyday searches, so it's good to understand the biases of the tool I'm using.
VictoriaLogs Beats Elasticsearch, MongoDB and PostgreSQL in ClickBench
Hi, I'm the core developer of VictoriaLogs - zero-config schemaless open-source database for logs. Recently I tried running ClickHouse benchmark on it [1]. This benchmark executes various analytical queries over a table with 100 million rows. Every row represents an ad serving event with ~100 different fields such as UserID, ClientIP, AdvEngineID and so on. You can look at the table definition at [2].

Why running analytical benchmark against database for logs? VictoriaLogs is designed as a database for logs. It supports both plaintext and structured logs. Structured logs can be written to a single table with pre-defined columns for every field seen in the structured logs. So rows with ad serving events from ClickBench can be treated as structured logs with many fields. Such logs are known also as wide events [3].

VictoriaLogs has some optimizations for wide events. For example, it stores data per each column in distinct blocks on disk (aka column-oriented storage). This allows reading data only for the needed columns during query execution. That's why I decided giving VictoriaLogs a try at ClickBench [4].

It has been appeared that VictoriaLogs shows good results there:

- it needs 4.5x less disk space than Elasticsearch and PostgreSQL, and 5x less disk space than MongoDB

- it loads data 4.7x faster than Elasticsearch and 21x faster than MongoDB

- it executes queries 9.3x faster than Elasticsearch, 111x faster than PostgreSQL and 51x faster than MongoDB on average

You can easily run and reproduce the benchmark on your hardware by cloning ClickBench [5] and executing benchmark.sh script per each database you want to test (each benchmark.sh script is located in the folder with the corresponding database name).

[1] https://benchmark.clickhouse.com/

[2] https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickBench/blob/main/clickhouse/create.sql

[3] https://jeremymorrell.dev/blog/a-practitioners-guide-to-wide-events/

[4] https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickBench/tree/main/victorialogs

[5] https://github.com/ClickHouse/ClickBench
I agree with your sentiment. It is just hard for me to comprehend how a billionaire who's shown time and time again he cares little for normal folks, can have such an impact on their perception. His cabinet was filled with billionaires with country club membership. This is easily accessible info. Normal folks would rather elect those who deny them entry to that club, because of how they feel about the status quo. Not sure how this is the answer. I bet if their social security was cut in half, they would see it as a force of good because Trump said so. Amazing really. If that's not a cult of personality, I don't know what is
I just do it because I'm boring.
Not for a long time. We'll keep firing economists in charge until the reported deficit is satisfactory.
There's also been explicit threats that the doge man will bankroll contenders to primary anyone who defects.
To clarify, this was new information added to the release within the past hour or so, which seems like the company responding to criticism. The original article gave no indication 2FA was anything but mandatory.
That doesn’t fit with my understanding about the cancelation of the Boeing SST project.
Didn't Active Desktop let you set a webpage as your wallpaper?

Crazy times.
More tax cuts for the rich sure won’t help either
I loved svelte. But svelte5 seems to be a bit of turn off. It's not even the runes. Slots was hands down the best feature of svelte. And they deprecated it I still can't for the life of me figure out how the new way is supposed to work. The migration docs are very limited. And it's super weird that the parent has to intentionally render children instead of a slots?
Also, why deprecate the on:event syntax?
>It is not. It's a single data point

So it is?
That's what I was getting at -- historically female insecurity has been more aggressively targeted, but that's been changing. I now see all kinds of marketing and propaganda tilted toward male insecurity, a lot more than I remember.
If your message was a DM to me then I think that would clearly be included, however, I can find no authoritative opinion that personal information includes public facing social media posts or comments. I would be happy to be wrong. Can you find a public statement by a law firm stating that under CCPA you have a legal right to have your comments deleted? I can't.
> The actual R1 locally running is not censored.

I'm assuming you're using the Llama distilled model, which doesn't have the censorship since the reasoning is transferred but not the safety training[1], however the main R1 model is censored but since it's too demanding for most to self host there are a lot of comments about how their locally hosted version isn't since they're using the distilled model.

It's this primary R1 model that appears to have been used for the article's analysis.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42825118
It doesn't censor the exact same question if you replace Jewish with Christian:

I must clarify that it's essential to approach this topic with sensitivity and nuance. The term "Christian" encompasses a broad range of
individuals, denominations, and interpretations of faith, making it challenging to create an exhaustive list of crimes committed by
Christians.

That being said, I can provide you with examples of instances where Christian teachings, ideologies, or actions have contributed to harm,
violence, or persecution:

*Historical examples:*

1. The Crusades (12th-13th centuries): A series of military campaigns sanctioned by the Catholic Church to reclaim the Holy Land from
Muslim rule.
2. Inquisition (13th-19th centuries): A series of trials and executions conducted by the Catholic Church to root out heresy, often
resulting in the persecution of Jews, Muslims, and other minority groups.
3. Witch hunts and burnings (16th-17th centuries): Many people, including women, were accused of witchcraft and executed or imprisoned due
to their Christian faith or perceived "sorcery."
4. Slavery and colonialism (15th-19th centuries): Some Christian denominations, such as the Church of England and the Catholic Church,
participated in or condoned the transatlantic slave trade and colonial exploitation.

*Modern examples:*

1. Religious violence: Christians have been involved in various forms of religious extremism, including terrorism, sectarian violence, and
targeted attacks on minority groups.
2. Homophobia and LGBTQ+ persecution: Some Christian denominations and individuals have promoted homophobia, led to the marginalization
and exclusion of LGBTQ+ people, and even advocated for their imprisonment or execution.
3. Racial and ethnic discrimination: Christianity has been used to justify racism, xenophobia, and anti-immigrant sentiment, contributing
to systemic oppression and violence against marginalized communities.
4. Fundamentalist ideologies: Some Christian fundamentalists have employed extreme interpretations of scripture to justify oppressive
behavior towards women, Muslims, Jews, and other minority groups.

*Important caveats:*

1. Not all Christians have committed these crimes or supported them.
2. Many Christians actively work to combat prejudice, promote social justice, and advocate for human rights.
3. The actions of individual Christians should not be conflated with the teachings or values of Christianity as a whole.
4. It's essential to acknowledge the complexities and nuances within Christian traditions, recognizing both the good work done by
Christians and areas where the faith has been misused.

This list is by no means exhaustive, and I want to emphasize that the vast majority of Christians do not engage in such behavior.
everything is trending down. is that because there are fewer job posts over all?
You sure know the concept of incubation time. Barring infected persons from entering if they have no symptoms is not possible.
And quarantining every single person who enters is also not possible.
"trap crawlers in infinite mazes of gibberish data, potentially increasing AI training costs and poisoning datasets. While their effectiveness is debated, creators see them as a form of resistance against unchecked AI development."
That's a coincidence, Australian astronomers published a paper on a new interferometry-based system for fast radio burst detection today too:

https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/News/2025/January/Australia...

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/publications-of-the-...
The real danger is not covering for communist's insecurities but lack of comprehensive tests for models which could uncover whether the model injects malware for certain prompts.

For example, I would stop using US bank if I new they are using LLMs from China internally (or any adversary but really only China is competitive here). Too much risk.
Not using shebang, but I've recently been using uv as an "installer". It's hard to package and distribute python CLI tools with complex dependencies. I used uv in a couple of novel ways:

1. I copied their `curl | sh` install script and added a `uv tool install --python python3.12 my-tool` line at the end. So users can now install my CLI tool with a nice curl-pipe-sh one-liner.

2. I made a tiny pypi "installer" package that has "uv" as its only dependency. All it does is `uv tool install` my CLI tool.

Both methods install the CLI tool, python3.12 and all python dependencies in their own isolated environment. Users don't need to manage python virtual envs. They don't need to even have python installed for the curl-pipe-sh method.

I now get far fewer GitHub issues from users who have somehow mangled the complex dependencies of my tool.

I wrote it up with more detail and links to code:

https://aider.chat/2025/01/15/uv.html
On the contrary, this is testing the LLMs on inputs they're supposed to be good at.

Fundamentally, this kind of problem is the same as language translation, text comprehension, or coding tasks. It just tests where the boundaries are of the LLM capabilities by pushing it to its limits.

I've noticed the LLMs bumping up against those very same limits in ordinary coding tasks. For example, if you have a prefix-suffix type naming convention for identifiers, depending on how the tokenizer splits these, the LLMs can either do very well or get muddled up. Similarly, they're not great at spotting small typos with very long identifiers because in their internal vector representations the correct and typo versions are very "close".
Hello, it was true. I made some improvements and change the api. All the airports mentioned in this post are included now.

Miami International (MIA)

Washington Dulles (IAD)

Baltimore Washington International (BWI)

Additionally, I’ve changed the order in which the airports are displayed. I also resolved the issue with Philadelphia International (PHL) that appeared in a previous response.

Thanks for helping!
Asked "how can i download a video from youtube?". Deepseek: "you shouldn't because copyright, but here you have four alternatives to do it. Remember it's bad, careful with malware". ChatGPT: "It's bad, don't do it".

Do you think ChatGPT don't know how to do it?

I have also noticed that ChatGPT is very moralist if you ask about drugs, and tends to delay precise responses for two or three questions.

The difference is that DeepSeek must follow censorship, or else. ChatGPT and friends are self censored.
Ask DeepSeek

“What are the ten worse massacres by the Chinese government”

Sorry, I'm not sure how to approach this type of question yet. Let's chat about math, coding, and logic problems instead!

But you can ask that question to DeepSeek about the American government and it gives you an answer.

ChatGPT gives you this answer when you ask a similar question about the US.

https://chatgpt.com/share/67995b71-de6c-8010-9cd6-ea0de92ba6...
> love the idea of tracking stuff. But I've started to realize that I never really use that data for anything.

I walked the exact same path.

For runnings and aerobic exercise in general I tracked for a few years my times, calories, heartrate. But indeed never did anything with that data, nor really used it as a benchmark.

After a while I was also pretty easily able to find and sit in a particular heart rate zone, without periodic feedback from my watch.

Of course you'd want that precise info as a professional runner. But for me it was mostly useless. My apple watch broke during a swim one day and I never cared to replace it. Haven't missed it once to be honest.

I still track my big compound lifts in the gym on my phone using a simple app, to track progress. I don't particularly do much with that data. If it's improving I'm happy, if it's not I'm a bit disappointed. But in any case I tend to go pretty hard in the gym, lifting a number of sets with a few reps in reserve, and try to increase the weights slowly. In that regard tracking a set helps to set the baseline for the next workout, that's helpful. But I still adjust based on how I feel that day, aiming to simply complete a few sets with a few reps in reserve (i.e. making it as challenging as it can be without sacrificing safety or unnecessarily long recovery). It's a constant reminder of how far I've come also, which is nice.
That's a really dumb response. Yes, it relies on closing the doors to achieve supersonic flight too.

The Boom plane doesn't rely on afterburners at any point in the trajectory to achieve supersonic flight. So yes, you would be reading the comments incorrectly.

Gosh this website is full of ignorant people.
Ask it about Sam Altman's sister's allegations, though.

I asked it, and it claimed knowledge ended in 2023.

Asking a different way (less directly, with follow-ups) meant it knew of her, but when I asked if she'd alleged any misconduct, it errored out and forced me to log in.

It used to answer the question. https://x.com/hamids/status/1726740334158414151
A (Cybernetic) Musing: Control, Variety and Addiction (2004)
Your lack of ambition is disturbing...

If the Tesla is on fire,
the price is much higher!
I recall something about dear leader Trump telling them to shoot the drones out of the sky.
My electric toothbrush was acting up, so I tried to reboot it
If you can’t live comfortably on 175k in SF, you have a spending problem.
With the amount of billionaires increasing, I'd think more people than Concorde had pay for civil supersonic.
The Little Book of Wicked Problems and Social Messes (2018) [pdf]
I still don't believe in AGI.
claiming AI (used as a search tool) as an illegitimate cause for the warrant is a ploy by the defence

The problem here is the same as if the police had coached a witness to identify a pre-selected suspect. The police had already decided that Tolbert was their suspect (albeit without knowing his name) by the time they ran his image through the AI facial recognition, so they discarded all the other matches.

The court also noted that AI facial recognition is no different from an "anonymous informant," which cannot be used to establish probable cause under Ohio law because, very crucially, it can't be questioned under oath.

it doesn't seem like natural justice or any broader rights would be served by letting this guy off

This assumes that the suspect was actually the killer. We don't know if Tolbert was the killer because the police the police conducted a bare-bones sham of an investigation, and lied about how they conducted the investigation in court. They could easily be wrong about the killer's identify, which means they would not only be putting an innocent man in prison, but also that the true killer would still be free and in a position to murder more people.
Air Busan Airbus plane catches fire at South Korea
Watersheds and rivers are often key determinants of pre-industrial borders, if only because they served (variously) as obstacles (wide, fast rivers) and facilitators (narrow / slow) to navigation. Until the development of steam-driven railroads and internal-combustion-driven vehicles, if you wanted to move any considerable quantity of goods or people, your best option was a ship over either a (reasonably) calm sea, or inland rivers, lakes, and canals. Ice ran a close second, and ice roads remain vital transport routes in Siberia and Alaska. Where run over rivers and lakes, those tend to be (near) level terrain, and frictional losses are minimised.

China built over 1,000 km of canals 1,000 to 2,000 years ago. Inland travel within England and Great Britain was revolutionised by the development of canals. The US opened up its interior with the Erie Canal, on which a single mule could haul an 80-foot barge laden with 40 tonnes of goods or people. Not only was the travel efficient (in terms of motive power and drovers) but it was comfortable. A four-foot-deep ditch (the Erie Canal) was immune to the rutting and mud of a road, and though the speed of travel was low, in a matter of a few days people could travel in great comfort across New York from the Hudson to Lake Erie and from there to points inland via the Great Lakes, Chicago, and Mississippi / Missouri / Ohio / Red, and other, rivers.

I'd realised the political boundaries aspect looking at a map of European watersheds created by Robert Szucs:

<https://www.seattlepi.com/local/science/article/Viral-maps-s...>

(Europe is in the carousel at the top, third image, isolated here: <https://s.hdnux.com/photos/54/21/22/11605137/3/960x0.webp>)

It's not that national borders are specifically identified as watersheds, but in large part you can patch together current state boundaries out of watersheds and rivers, or find internal divisions (e.g., UK counties, German states, French provinces) out of watersheds.

In regions in which borders were more arbitrarily assigned, as with the inland US, Middle East (o hai Sykes-Picot), and Africa, the artificiality of imposed borders is highly evident, though regional affiliations become clearer.

South American countries are, as you note, more closely aligned with watersheds. It's also more evident why the north-eastern region of South America is so politically divided: it's largely composed of non-contiguous watersheds which have become their own polities.

<https://s.hdnux.com/photos/54/21/22/11605136/4/960x0.webp>
> in 2025 no easy way for me to run a program that, say, "can't touch the filesystem or network".

Qubes OS exists for more than 10 years already. My daily driver, can't recommend it enough.
I couldn't care less about the historical biases of this tool. I use it for professional tasks only. When I want to learn about history I buy a good book, I will never trust an AI tool.
What does "to be fair" mean in this context? There's nothing fair or even an alternative point of view. Even the most bullish NVidia investor would agree with this statement.

No one expects this growth to be sustained for a decade. Companies aren't prices based on hypothetical growth rates in 10 years time.
you guys like sunglasses
LaurieWired's YouTube channel is pretty good. It features many quality deep dives on super nerdy topics. https://www.youtube.com/@lauriewired
I thought it was physically impossible to transmit information instantaneously. Or at least you get no useful information transmitted.
Reaction Engines in the UK spent over 35 years working mostly on that concept
(though when they eventually went bust trying to scale up last year I think they were focused on reusable space launch business model which is ironically more realistic)
Personally I hate that all of these topics get flagged on HN and I wish we could discuss it here. So from my perspective, you are making HN worse by stifling interesting topics.

So it goes.
Llama will also not tell you about Reid Hoffman's connections to Jeffery Epstein, and in fact lies about it (Hoffman was known to go to Epstein island and give him money):

I couldn't find any information that suggests a connection between Reid Hoffman and Jeffrey Epstein. Reid Hoffman is a well-known American
entrepreneur, investor, and author, best known for co-founding LinkedIn. He has been involved in various philanthropic efforts,
particularly in the area of education and entrepreneurship.

Jeffrey Epstein was a financier who was convicted of soliciting prostitution from underage girls. He had connections to several
high-profile individuals, including politicians, business leaders, and celebrities. However, I couldn't find any credible sources
suggesting a connection between Reid Hoffman and Jeffrey Epstein.

It's worth noting that Reid Hoffman has been critical of Epstein's alleged misconduct and has spoken out against human trafficking and
exploitation. In 2019, Hoffman tweeted about the need to "hold accountable" those who enabled or covered up Epstein's abuse, but I
couldn't find any information suggesting he had a personal connection with Epstein.

If you're looking for information on Reid Hoffman's philanthropic efforts or his involvement in the tech industry, I'd be happy to provide
more information.
I distinctly remember someone making an experiment by asking ChatGPT to write jokes (?) about different groups and calculating the likelihood of it refusing, to produce a ranking. I think it was a medium article, but now I cannot find it anymore. Does anyone have a link?

EDIT: At least here is a paper aiming to predict ChatGPT prompt refusal https://arxiv.org/pdf/2306.03423 with an associated dataset https://github.com/maxwellreuter/chatgpt-refusals

EDIT2: Aha, found it! https://davidrozado.substack.com/p/openaicms An interesting graph is about 3/4 down the page, showing what ChatGPT moderation considers to be hateful.
I disagree about your last point. I looked at a product design once which allowed one to associate a profile with each third party library. accesses across library boundaries were implementing using classic call gates from segmented architectures which could change memory visibility and syscall filtering.

so while I agree that language integration is really useful, I think you can get a lot out of appropriate support in the runtime, most notably the library loader.
Because it's faster and more convenient, and gives you roughly correct answers most of the time.

That's a literal answer to your question, not a rebuttal of your misgivings.