skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Macs obviously have an outsized mindshare and market share in Silicon Valley but globally make up like 5% of PC sales. In Apple’s own books the entire Mac division accounts for 8% of revenues. Apple is serious about the line, sure, but it doesn’t have anywhere close to the importance of iPhone for the company.
This is the "performance enhancing drugs" of mental work. Either you use it (and you make the Tour de France) or you don't (and you get no next contract).

It is easily a 6x performance increase in the amount of code I can write. I either have to use it, or get laid off.
There are more non-windows PC's in AAA game companies than there were in 2008 by a wide margin. Though usually not directly for gamedev.

In 2008, the IT department couldn't even handle Macs at all, now it's a standard deployment among managers, designers, brand and even some programmers who only work with backend code. (though usually they'll have a gaming PC too for testing the game).

That was literally unthinkable back then.
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The big differentiator is the VGHF's archive supports fulltext search, which is huge. For example you can find the first mention of one of my favorite games, M.C. Kids, in seconds with VGHF's search[1]. How would you do that on archive.org?

It's also professionally curated, which means you can trust the scans and metadata to be accurate and consistent. Aside from that, VGHF has a ton of material that archive.org doesn't (donated collections from game industry people[2], magazines that have yet to be scanned by anyone). Much of that isn't in the digital archive yet, but it's coming.

[1] https://archive.gamehistory.org/search?keyword=%22m.c.%20kid... These scans actually turned out to contain early, pre-release mockups of the game still in development, which I've now documented on TCRF. https://tcrf.net/Prerelease:M.C._Kids This whole process took me less than an hour.

[2] https://gamehistory.org/our-2024-in-review/
Have you tried reading books instead? Shaping thoughts typically takes a lot of time, and blogs may not be the best medium to find interesting information.
The rest of the world should be very scared if the US isn't ready to go to peer-state war.

- Europe has under-invested in its military for 30 years.

- Japan by constitutional decree.

- South Korea is rapidly building out an armaments industry, but they're also still at war.

- The UK is gutted and unable to afford much of anything.

- India and Pakistan are laser focused on each other.

If China or Russia feel in an expansionist mood, who other than the US has the capability to stop them?

Historical echoes of the above dynamic are why Americans bristle at criticism of their military spending.

Sure, everyone's a pacifist until someone invades...
I'd recommend going to a library or bookstore. Esp one with literary magazines.
You need to look at PPP-adjusted per-capita stats, and also accept that there are limitations in a simple measure of "health outcomes" (e.g. average life expectancy)

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/life-expectancy-vs-health...

What you can see though, is a cluster that vaguely fits "spend more, better life expectancy", with two outliers:

1. The USA, massively outspending every other country, but having same life expectancy as China spending a tenth of what it does

2. South Africa, spending roughly as much as Mexico or Columbia, but 10 years less life expectancy. I suspect it needs more targeted spending with its HIV crisis, rather than measuring average spend vs average life expectancy
I think this mainly highlights how bad interviews were in general before AI.
I've used Arq for many years. The only thing that occasionally annoys me is that it will get an error like

> Error: /Users/tzs/Library/Biome/streams/restricted/ProactiveHarvesting.Mail/local/91257846325132: Failed to open file: Operation not permitted

but when I check that file I have no trouble opening it. I can't see anything in the permissions of it or any of the directories on the path that would permit opening it.

Then I'd have to search the net to find out what the heck that is and whether or not it is safe to add an exclusion for it or for one of the directories on the path.

I eventually figured out that before searching the net what I should do is create a new backup plan and take a look at the exclusions in that new backup plan. Often I'd then find that there is a default exclusion that covers it. (In this particular example ~/Library/Biome is excluded by default).

When they update the default exclusion list that is used for new backup plans it does not update the defaults in existing backup plans. Evidently either Biome did not exist several years ago when I made my backup plan, or it was not a source of errors and so was not in my default exclusions.

So now I occasionally create a new backup plan, copy its default exclusions, delete the new backup plan, and then compare the default exclusions with those of my backup plans to see if there is any I should add.
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> In my experience pre-built framing just moves the error down into the foundation.

There are ± tolerances at every interface, so if you're off a bit on the foundation, you can balance things out in the rough frame, so by the time you get to finish framing things are pretty square/plumb/level.

But if the pre-built stuff is ±0, then there's no wiggle room in that part of the build, so the rest of it has to be that much tighter as you've not nowhere to adjust things.
I'm familiar with Steve via his various donations and tours on CuriousMarc's Apollo restorations, it's cool to get some background on the guy. He sounds like a lot of fun.

I had to check the publish date, I know it's a puff piece but the uncritical commentary on Musk's leadership strengths (not uncommon a few years back) is pretty funny in hindsight.
Would it not have been the people besieging the city who were responsible?
I too, was certain there would be a "he said meaningful" follow up. ;)
This seems to be about "computer backup", not B2 though.

The documentation implies a 10TB limit for large files on B2.
90-Day Plan Turns Engineering Leaders Back into Frontline Developers
One only needs to look at growth figures (Azure and OpenAI positive, Windows and Xbox negative) to understand Windows' trajectory against end users. Already Windows 10 22H2 (?), supposedly largely identical to Windows 11, has mindlessly shuffled setting dialogs and stuff around to confuse users and make switching off Windows updates (and "telemetry" gathering and ads) practically impossible save for disabling networking, even "Pro" versions. Fortunately there's Proton/Wine/Steam to save gaming.

It didn't have to come this far. Windows 7-10 had also decent bits not just intrusive disk encryption, "duel" boot where it prevents alternate EFI boot loaders and OSes, removing "virus" .exes without even telling, millions of pointless items in file explorer and start menus except the one that one actually is after, broken search, cringeworthy verboseness, ...
I was (and still am) pretty centrist in my views, but this administration and the complicit Legislators and Supremes stepped over a line that I never expected to see in my lifetime.
> the election

Which election are you talking about? Because I'm not referring to the election that happens every four years in the States. Every election in-between can, and often does, have major consequences. Or, it could, if enough people made sure of it.

That might actually be related to your question -- what matters is not just one election. If that's the case, then we've already lost.
Agreed, "I use Cline as my AI coding assistant" would be preferable, eventually morphing into just "I use Cline as my assistant." No need to mention "AI" once it becomes common in the same way as we don't say "I use vim as my software editor" or "I use VScode as my computer code editor".
Which is unsurprising as any original self replicating organisms that showed up significantly later would be at a massive disadvantage, and early competition had billions of years to find a winner.

It’s worth remembering that evolution can end get stuck in suboptimal solutions because they still beat 99.999…% of the possibilities. Our blindspot is an issue but it showed up early enough that there’s been vast amounts of optimization based around that initial slightly sub optional feature.
My employer blocks all AI tools via firewall at the office. I get around this by just using my phone on data or the guest WiFi. I don’t use it often for my work (AIX/Linux admin) but it has been helpful for certain situations.
CS183: Startup – Peter Thiel Class Notes
There is a whole world out there, gemini and gopher, that has all kind of information.

lynx works well with gopher and amfora for gemini. Plus on cell phones deedum also for gemini.

some links:

gopher://sdf.org/1/

gemini://sdf.org

gemini://gem.sdf.org
I think the unfortunate end state from that line of thinking, is that the US as a country is a 'zombie', a hollowed out shell, where there are no industries left. The US can't compete purely on cost. We don't have the numbers of people, or education to keep up with the world. We'll end up being just a few financial and IT companies that only have corporate headquarters here, and the bulk of the work is off shore.

Of course. I don't have any answers. Because I agree, protectionism creates "Boeing's". It's almost like global unfettered capitalism is un-stoppable and leading us to a dystopia of lowest bidder, cheapest labor possible.
Ask HN: How to Get My First Software Job?
I’ve been applying for software engineer roles but haven’t had much luck. My skills include Next.js, React, TypeScript, Node.js, Express.js, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Java, and Spring Boot. I’ve built projects like Debatable (opinion-sharing platform) and CodeZen (a online code editor). Also some small projects. I have some freelance experience as well. I graduated in June 2024. Since then I have give several interviews, but was not able to crack them. I have been trying to skill up daily solving Leetcode and learning spring boot, and applying to job but my last interviwe was on mid December.

I posted on LinkedIn/Twitter and apply to jobs, but I’m struggling to land interviews. What has worked for others in getting their first job? Any advice or strategies?

My Resume: https://drive.google.com/file/d/14Kabp-tb69MVhujFcQM0ySc0_QWTUyPY/view?usp=sharing

My Github: https://github.com/harsh-dev0

Feel free to give me any advice that anyone finds helpful. I am open to hear anything.

Thanks,
Hp
Fighting Global Protection: Why The Economist Is Mistaken (2023)
> Microsoft had 74% of the desktop then and has 72% today

Microsoft had 90%+ of desktop penetration in 2008; in fact, it made news that it had slipped to below that at the end of 2008.[0][1]

Now it's around 70%, but seems to be improving?[2]

[0]: https://www.osnews.com/story/20605/windows-market-share-slip...

[1]: https://www.computerworld.com/article/1367310/windows-market...

[2]: https://www.statista.com/statistics/218089/global-market-sha...
You don't have to worry, it's not going to happen. LLMs does/will make individuals more efficient, therefore, reducing number of developers maybe, but you will still have the exact same bottlenecks at the exact same places throttling the delivery speed.
Headset, not glasses
Cool, I will check those apps out! That made me think of another idea: What if there was a way to record the podcast audio in the background, then get journaling prompts whenever you start journaling in another app.

E.g. if you are listening to a podcast on parenting, and later you start a journal entry in your app of choice, you might get a prompting question related to something you had listened to earlier in the podcast. It might be something that was already in your subconscious and your brain was processing in the background, but by bringing it to the forefront it can make it more actionable and integrate your focused and diffuse modes of problem solving.
Are ships really going to be a 'thing' in any next war anyway, in an age of missiles and drones (both above and below water)? It really pisses me off my dumbass govt spent hundreds of billions of dollars on what I believe will be irrelevant tech, and we may not even get the tech, hows that lol!!! "Here guys, have some money our taxpayers payed us, you don't even need to give us the goods". You'd think the pollies had been bought or something...
Vzdušnou čarou, nebo Alfou? ; )
haha, the goodwill of ending up on a different black list, and never working again
Wild to me that a company can work on a product for twenty years, have multiple releases, and not have made any significant improvements to it beyond updated hardware support.

Like, y'all could just do a 25th Anniversary Edition of Windows 2000 and people would go ape shit for it.
Microscopes Are Neat (2024)
Here

>
The main burden falls on SMEs, which experienced an average decline in profits of 8.5 percent. In the IT sector, profits of small firms fell by 12.5 percent on average. Large firms, too, are affected, with profits declining by 7.9 percent on average. Curiously, large firms in the IT sector saw the smallest decline in profits, of “only” 4.6 percent. Specifically, the authors find “no significant impacts on large tech companies, like Facebook, Apple and Google, on either profits or sales,” putting to bed the myth that U.S. technology firms are the enemy of regulation because it hits their bottom lines.

https://datainnovation.org/2022/04/a-new-study-lays-bare-the...
I wonder if the Nvidia stock can rally as much now as it did in the past.
Looking around, here's a post by the author on Twitter where he shows similar motion and states that the time-lapse is 10m at 1min/sec.

https://x.com/mag2art/status/1385940103189745669
> The sad part is the starvation and suffering was brought about by their own government.

That is not true. The starvation was planned by Hitler and he gave explicit directives to that effect. You're essentially reproducing the nazi propaganda.
You must realize attacks made by political opponents are always exaggerated and many times false. First of all doge can’t close USAID. What “they” aka Trump did was pause payments for review.
Almost everybody I know drives a Lamborghini. Toyota is so dead...
>> It's a new frontier of IT and they just want to be conservative."

Also it could potentially legally encumber your work, esp in creative fields where output is published. There is real liability.
I'd guess it's a few minutes (5-10) compressed into the 10s video
> product manager at a self-driving car company being the recipient of ten thousand traffic tickets.

I'm the case of self driving cars, the company itself could be held liable. Everyone invested in the company who puts a bad product in the market should be financially impacted. The oligarchy we are heading for wants no accountability or oversight -- all profit, no penalty.
As most of the kernel is in C, they probably need a raw pointer quite regularly to pass it into existing C APIs.

Just like `Box::into_raw`, this method shouldn't be used in pure Rust code. It's only available for C FFI.
That’s the problem with resilience - you have to pay for it. That premium looks like a terrible waste right up until it looks like an incredible bargain.
> A new report by the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) and the Boston Consulting Group on the semiconductor supply chain forecasts significant improvements in the resilience of the supply chain in both the U.S. and globally in coming years. The study shows that investments from the industry, facilitated by incentives under the CHIPS Act, are making progress in growing domestic semiconductor manufacturing and strengthening the U.S. economy. Among other things, the report finds:

* https://www.semiconductors.org/emerging-resilience-in-the-se...

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I completely agree that this is the most likely case.

That said, the public deserves to know the extent of the CIA's involvement.

I would be wholly unsurprised if it turned out to be some Mujahideen type deal where taxpayers invested a bunch to up-skill this guy, left him alone once the reason for the investment was over and he eventually came back around to shoot at us.
Sounds like the unit she worked in wasn't totally competent. I'd give general advice to anyone (who cares) to be careful working with a group of incompetents or in a drowning situation, it's hard to avoid catching shit.

I've recently read a story about a missing woman who was found years later apparently wood-chipped all over her backyard. The husband has never been arrested. How are we judging someone guilty in the nurses case when there is just a statistical uptick.
EU Consumer Group Calls Out Safety of Temu Products
Well, you had those laws and ordinances! Let's wait a few days to see if they survive the ongoing bonfire of government entities once they are deemed criminal government interference, a scam or communism ;)

I don't know where the poster is but Europe has very loud cities. Oslo is particularly quiet and car free in the centre and almost every other city I travel to in Europe seems loud and hectic in comparison.
Someone’s read The Goal!

100% agree. The SW pipeline is complicated. AI may one day slot into every part and improve velocity, but it will be piecemeal and better at some processes than others for a long while.
Executive branch employees coined the term “Resistance” to declare their opposition to the democratically elected president’s agenda in 2017. So the war metaphor seems quite fitting. The shock and awe will stop when the public can be confident that civil servants will work just as hard to implement the agenda of the president regardless of which party wins the election. That is fundamental to our system of democracy.

And the unelected government isn’t nice to us “minorities.” it’s full of ideologues who categorize us into meaningless groups like “Hispanic” and “Asian,” fund random NGOs that we have never heard of that purport to speak for us, and want to implement a system of racial preferences in gerrymandering. I’d love to see how many grants went to “Asian” organizations that promote the idea that “AAPI hate” is more of a problem than rising crime or affirmative action.
Plugging my own here. Philosophy and Tech.

https://s0md3v.github.io
It's almost like you're asking for self-promotion, so I'll try. Here's a few entry points:

How to build a tree-sitter grammar: https://www.jonashietala.se/blog/2024/03/19/lets_create_a_tr...

How I built a custom keyboard with a trackball: https://www.jonashietala.se/blog/2024/11/26/building_my_ulti...

How I designed a custom keyboard layout: https://www.jonashietala.se/series/t-34/

A long series on how I built my first 3D printer: https://www.jonashietala.se/series/voron_trident/

I've been blogging with varying levels of quality for 15 years about random things.
There are exceptions to every rule.
Turns out the villain in that story is the system itself. Woods proved himself competent but the DA was not persuaded, so at his attorney's advice (the one who threw him under the bus with the competency evaluation) Woods accepted the criminal charges, thus the court feels absolved of blame.

There should be an NTSB for egregious acts of injustice, because the players in the system independently show no aptitude for reform and they all messed up badly. The way they defined their roles was wrong.
I think the point is that this might be true in the long term, but, in the short or even in the medium term, it doesn't at all seem strange to me that living in the LA hills is no longer attractive if the entire region is just a bunch of burned down houses.
> It will be completely standalone

Sure, but not cross-platform, which the previous comment seemed to indicate that GraalVM could, which it cannot. Both tools need to compile on the platform they target, compared to Go/Rust where you can target other platforms even though you're not compiling on them.
There are enormous amount of aggregators who compile blogs and articles across the web. As a person who looks for new things to read, this is how I get my fresh feeds.

1. Mozilla Firefox Start Page - Shows blogs and articles from Pocket

2. Google Chrome Discover [Mobile] - Tuned to my interest and search result

3. HackerNews - Of-course not to be missed

4. daily.dev - using it for 450+ days, its fresh and aggregates various format contents

5. RSS Reader - I have subscribed to few RSS feeds based on my exploration and areas of interest

6. News Letters - Find some interesting newsletters from individuals and companies that align with you

Though these are not direct recommendation of blogs to read but a diverse medium to help you pull in more distributed and fresh content to keep you up to date

May The Force Be With You :)
What should become open source and what should stay proprietary?
> I don't wear a watch, because NOW is important

That doesn't imply that Jensen thinks he's successful because he doesn't wear a watch. He's not that delusional.
Insurers buy insurance (reinsurance) in an attempt to offload excess risk.

In your follow-up example, they could reinsure much of the $200B so that they're only liable for a small(er) part of the losses.

The calculation is thus whether they can pay the premiums on the excess (and accept reinsurers' contractual terms) and still make money.
I've been using Windsurf's 'agent' type feature and liking it.

It's great when it can self-check with tests and type-checking. Like 'upgrade this lib to the latest version and ensure everything is working after'.

Occasionally, it will go off target, get distracted by parse errors, rewrite some areas unnecessarily, and forget the original goal. It can end up yak shaving, and losing context of the task.

Agents also suck at global knowledge and will reimplement something that exists somewhere else, for instance. I have a rule: "Do information gathering first," which encourages it to look around a bit before making changes.

Seeing the context size like cline does is useful. I think the flow action credits in windsurf are a custom model for applying changes, and hence the separation.
Bingo.

The terrifying thing about China's shipbuilding and armament focusing is "Why would they be building these specific things if they weren't planning on invading Taiwan?"

The focus on amphibious capability doesn't have a lot of dual purpose use...
Read books not blogs. Start with the classics and poetry and feel it out. Then seek further analysis. Linguistics will help you there and its a huge subject of study but one of the best direct analytical tools in your belt.
Right, but in my case the API still has 1 year of support , so is negative backwards compatibility, MS devs break things before it;s end of life. Maybe I should be sorry, soem poor guy is tasked too work on the old API while the "cool" devs play with the new toys and maybe sabotage the other guy.
This is the only correct suggestion
>Why do you think the party allegiance will make a difference?

I think I could replace "democratic president" with specifically Biden or Harris and would still believe the chance of military confrontation with them is "unlikely" unless directly attacked, but with Trump it is zero
https://info.arxiv.org/help/submit_pdf.html explains all the constraints on direct PDF publication.

If you disagree with their good reasons https://info.arxiv.org/help/faq/whytex.html to submit the TeX you might be granted an exception.
I do not know about Paul Graham in particular, but it is true of many rich people.