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Toontown: Corporate Clash | Volunteer/unpaid position | Remote only (worldwide) | All experience level welcome

We are Toontown: Corporate Clash, an entirely not-for-profit MMORPG that is a fan reimagination of Disney's defunct MMORPG, Toontown Online. Besides continuing the legacy of Toontown Online and bringing the MMO into the 21st Century, we also use our original IP to [raise funds for charities](https://corporateclash.net/news/article/155) - we have raised over $54K for children's health and LGBTQ+ charities.

We are on the lookout for a broad range of talents, from Tech to Art to Community Management! Everybody on the team is a volunteer - there is no salary, we do not solicit donations and all expenses are funded by our staff. We pride ourselves as being a training ground for up-and-coming talent to gain experience working on a real product in a 100+ strong team; some of our volunteers have used their experience with us to land jobs in and out of the industry.

We have lots of interesting tech problems that arises from building on top of a 20+ year old codebase (yes, Toontown development started out on Python 2.0!). We are especially interested in people with an interest in distributed systems, system administration, game physics and automation pipelines!

You can see all of our positions and how to apply here (when emailing us, feel free to say HN): https://corporateclash.net/help/apply

How much you want to contribute is up to you; our volunteers typically contribute 5-10 hours a week.

NOTE: You can ignore the 3-month in-game activity requirement, it's being revised soon!
While I love hearing TSLA getting undercut and ripped apart by competition. I’m honestly curious as to how this company is able to do so - are they cutting quality of materials elsewhere? Safety concerns? Or just plain ole use of ~~slave~~ cheap labor? Or have the EU and US car manufacturers been ripping us off all along?

Perhaps this Chinese EV car is loaded up to the tits with surveillance technology and EV company is going to go behind your back and sell it to the highest bidder to make up the loss in sale of vehicle.
Is it possible to import them from Mexio to US as a used-car?
OS – Enhance LLM Responses with Real-Time Web Data Using SearchAugmentedLLM
Check out SearchAugmentedLLM, a new project that empowers Large Language Models by integrating real-time web search capabilities. This tool performs Google searches based on user queries, extracts relevant content, and ranks it for contextualized responses. Ideal for Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) applications, it's currently in beta and comes with REST API support. Great for developers looking to improve LLM accuracy with up-to-date information! Explore more on GitHub: https://github.com/EliasPereirah/SearchAugmentedLLM
Israelis could just as well have chosen English for a common language, or Arabic, or any other living language. Reviving Hebrew was just as much about nationalist pride (or preserving culture if you like) as reviving Irish was for Ireland.
Labor costs and a manufacturing industry that isn’t hyperfinancialized by the government
You can bet that the 100% tariff on BYD cars in the US isn’t going anywhere with Musk so influential in the government. A $14k EV would be a huge threat to Tesla’s market cap.
The build guide index page is newer, but to be fair, the mikubox rentry is from Oct 6, 2023.

If that isn't "ancient" in terms of AI workstation build guides, then I don't know what is.
Corgi (YC 24) | Golang/Full-Stack Engineer | In-Office | SF | Full-Time

We're building an AI-first insurance company from scratch. Not just adding AI to existing processes - we're automating the entire insurance value chain. Think of it as rebuilding the insurance stack with code instead of paperwork.

I'm part of the engineering team at Corgi. We need someone who can write solid Go code and isn't afraid to jump into React/TypeScript when needed. Our stack is cloud-native (AWS/GCP/DO), heavily containerized, and we're pushing hard on AI/ML integration.

Requirements:
- 1-2 years of Go in production
- Frontend experience with React/TypeScript
- Cloud platform experience
- Docker and database skills
- Shipped real products to real users

This is an early-stage role (we're YC-backed) so you'll own features completely, from backend to frontend. We're in the office seven days a week - this isn't a role for those seeking work-life balance, but perfect if you want to build something massive from the ground up.

Note: We're looking for builders who ship. If you prefer perfect code over working products, this probably isn't the right fit.

Compensation: Competitive salary + equity

https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/corgi/jobs/1iSMdrS-gol...
Chinese people are paid much less than Americans.
Who said anything about banning?

I'm just relaying my experience to a very valid thing. Pornography can, does and will cause damage.

Porn should be more heavily moderated. Where three words in Google can display explicit imagery isn't right.

Can you not comprehend that?
You mean like committed use discounts?
Meta's job cuts surprised some employees who said they weren't low performers
https://archive.is/dQOlp
If you have Pay TV, you are already paying twice for the data when it is delivered via your local news station, national news station, or The Weather Channel. Would be nice if NOAA would make some money providing its data to commercial operations.
I think so too, but only up to some point when having humans in the loop will start bringing diminishing returns. Just like the number of bank tellers actually grew after the introduction of ATMs, as the market grew because of them, but is now rapidly falling.
> What is so special about EV cars?

Irrespective of what country, and your belief/disbelief in the threat level, you have to see that a highly internet-reliant device that would bring much of the country anywhere (thanks to car-centric infrastructure) would be a perfect target for a hostile nation, no? With one click you cripple the workforce. Again, speaking nothing of which country is or is not hostile.
I would love to hear someone refute this:

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/23/10-things...

Especially point #8, "The ruling Chinese Communist Party promotes atheism and discourages citizens from practicing religion"
they are allowed if they followed rules like other chinese website.
I would say that a private firm hiring a private individual doesn't make the cut for news unless they are hired for a public facing role.

The DOGE kid is working in government, doing (controversial)things that are affected a substantial portion of the U.S. population.

Should we follow those who we don't like through their lives and report on who has hired them and into what positions? Perhaps we should make them wear a large red A?
Germany doesnt have CFPB, so what?
Nothing bad happened to Germans
I learned it in a few days of work. You could too. I don't recommend YouTube though!

The most complicated thing is knowing the code, which boils down to just a handful of simple rules for residential stuff. Most importantly: look it up, don't guess. There's a right way to do everything, and it's never the hard way. There is very little variance or judgement call involved, the code is quite clear and specific.

Doing it right might take additional materials or time though, and that's fine.
It's not infinitely rotatable, though, like some knobs are; TFA mentioned a 270° rotation range. So a pointer “beak” (or some other haptically recognisable asymmetry) should be easy to add.
Maybe having cards drawing >500/600 watts is just a bad idea.

Add in a CPU and such and we’re quickly approaching the maximum amount of power that can be drawn from a standard 12 amp circuit continuously.
> If you follow AI closely, how can you be dismissive of this threat?

Just use a state of the art LLM to write actual code. Not just a PoC or an MVP, actual production ready code on an actual code base.

It’s nowhere close to being useful, let alone replacing developers. I agree with another comment that LLMs don’t cut it, another breakthrough is necessary.
Ah, the trappings of the modern haruspex! No need for the stink and mess of cutting up organs, when you can divine "truths" by the unreliable outputs of text-association stochastic models.

Plus the D&D folks won't mock you for having lame dice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruspex
Remove Kanye West from your Spotify playlists
I get it. Kanye's music was great. He's in all of our playlists, and shuffle mode on Spotify keeps bringing his music up.

But I can no longer support him, and I don't want to play a role in him getting royalties.

So rm ye from your Spotify playlists, with ye-rm.

Feel free to submit feedback/improvements/etc :)
Nope, there's a 25 year import rule on cars that aren't homologated for US market
https://carbuzz.com/features/25-year-import-rule-everything-...
Only after 25 years.
Yeah, this article really nailed it. I totally agree about the touchscreen thing in cars. It's made driving so much more distracting, honestly. The point about haptic feedback and having a clear layout is so important. Good to see that some companies like Jaguar and Skoda are still getting it right with actual buttons and knobs! More should definitely follow their lead.
Edit: apparently Ubiquiti quietly EOL'd the USG, so no more security updates. Just bought a UCG Ultra, so far seems a decent replacement, I like that the little screen rotates when mounted upside down
Just did a quick check and it translates to $30K in Brazil as well
I don't care. I just feel for the average American who is looking to buy a car and getting screwed over by corruption.
And, other nightshades such as tomatoes, bell peppers, and goji berries contain lectins.
I wonder if there are a couple of trends that skew this data:

- 3D VCache: Are the X3D processors over represented on this benchmark?

- Focus on Battery Life: the latest mobile processors nearly double battery life with minimal increase in multicore performance.

Overall, CPUs are specializing a bit more than the past and that may be impacting the scores.
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> Aging eyesight is a thing that affects everyone!

If you're lucky.
American companies have been using the excuse of “more technology/screens” to justify the higher price points. Then using vague “inflation”/“pandemic”/“supply chain issues” to justify higher prices.

However as we witnessed during the pandemic, manufacturers of goods tend to increase the cost of the goods despite minimal increase in supply chain, cost of materials or labor. It’s all for maximizing profit and they were “testing” the market to reap massive profits.

With no competition, they (collectively as an industry) felt no need to decrease prices or offer cheaper vehicle options.

I also suspect abuse of CAFE exceptions (ie, “light duty trucks”) is the second leading cause of the death of affordable vehicles.
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Not a bad idea IMHO. There are already computers (servers mostly, but also integrated models) who only have 12V power connections and the mainboard does the step-down voltage conversion, and IIRC some companies wanted to do the same to regular desktops.

I would be totally happy if the next gen of computers have 12V outputs to the mainboard and CPU and 48V to the GPU and other power-hungry components. This would make the PCB of those cards a bit bigger, but also would have less power losses and less risk of overheated connectors on the other hand.
So would all the other western automakers. The lower wage- and energy costs in China would strangle them all.
US doesn't have a large demand for EVs so I doubt we'll see BYD in the US. They are building a factory in Mexico that is capable of 300,000 vehicles per year.
No, you just need to vote for the corruption to stop. This has worked in many places before.
Alas, not the tropopause-skimming Solid Osmium Sphere Satellite.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/326153433_The_edge_...
China has better manufacturing prowess than the USA. Their scale is astonishing and they have an incredible ecosystem of components, logistics and labor to make manufacturing hyperefficient. I'm sure the government helps them out too, but one shouldn't discount just how good they are at manufacturing.
The Soybean Innovation Lab at the University of Illinois completely lost its funding and is shutting down, as well at 18 other crop science labs across the USA.

https://www.reddit.com/r/UIUC/comments/1il4mjc/the_soybean_i...
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even if the tariff did disappear, i can't imagine BYD is going to be too eager to get into the US market. there's plenty of other places to sell cars.
Japan hit its peak before surveillance capitalism became pervasive. They also categorically fail at developing complex software. The Chinese won't make that mistake.
I saw that picture of Andurils founder and immediately thought: "they are all going to jail."
I think rest of world will gobble these up though, especially with retaliatory tariffs or straight up import bans on Teslas on the table from aggrieved trading partners.
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When I said "should", I didn't mean code required it, but that slapping a 15 amp cover over a 20 amp capable circuit is kindof stupid.
Intel GPU drivers have always been terrible. There's so many features that are just broken if you try to actually use them, on top of just generally being extremely slow.

Hell, the B580 is CPU bottlenecked on everything that isn't a 7800x3d or 9800x3d which is insane for a low-midrange GPU.
Tesla is not the only American company making $50k plus EVs. And China even makes some wild $100k plus models.
Not cooked -- poisoned.

As far as I understand, the people in the cabin or the cockpit will breath the oil that's now been aerosolized -- in the cockpit it's really hazardous because it's such a small air volume. The oil's full of all kinds of things you wouldn't ever want to breathe in, and in the cockpit it's enough to poison you really fast.
For more and more people, watching TV means watching YouTube.

One of those. I've stopped entirely watching regular TV. I watch some movies and a show now and then, but mostly YouTube creators.

For a while I've felt modern TV shows make me feel dumber. Editing is swift, there's no time to think. The same topics get repeated to death.

Compare that to say this[1] BBC Horizon episode on color theory. Calm, gives you time to think, interesting topic that's not widely discussed in regular circles, clear and illustrative demonstrations.

Some of the channels I watch are mostly for entertainment. But most are more informative in one way or another.

[1]: https://archive.org/details/ColourfulNotions
I realize that I'm beating a dead horse here but .. how can a story about two widely relevant topics -- the way AI is accelerating automation and the way that impacts employment all over the world -- be considered credible let worth sharing when it's based on someone just two (maybe three) sources -- from one employment agency when there are thousands in the US alone, and one analyst with just about zero footprint in the news sources I use or even come across?
It's 48672.
You will sell your house someday, so doing it yourself has more than just personal implications, which is why inspections are required.

But you're wrong about the experience required. Everything you do in a house gets done repeatedly. A modicum of code knowledge, a good reference book, some simple math to calculate loads, some skill with power tools, and a lot of patience. No problem.

There are zero surprises in a house, the requirements are 100% predictable. Get it inspected, of course, because QA is always beneficial. Be careful, but don't be afraid of it, it's not magical or malevolent.
> Why should I pay for your usage of the TSA

You don’t. A tax is added on to every airline ticket I buy.

> Why should I pay for your airports (often constructed with massive tax subsidies and grants)?

Airports make the city money

https://online.fit.edu/degrees/undergraduate/aviation-manage...

> Why should I pay for the highways you drive on to go to your airport?

Airports make money from parking and many charge a surcharge to ride share companies.

> No, we're also talking about stereoscopic facial scans, high resolution millimeter wave scans of my body

You still have to go through the same scanners with TSA Precheck

> yet another centralized government database tracking my movements

If that’s your concern, why would you want TSA Precheck where you have to give the government your fingerprints and go through a background check?

And the airline already knows you are on the plane. They check ID when you check in.

> wasting my time, wasting our tax dollars, for pretty much no benefit

Not getting blown out the sky is a pretty big benefit.

You know you don’t have to y if you don’t want to.
Not sure where you get that info from.

Demand is also relative to price and US EVs are very expensive.
Besides the US vs. China wage differences, it is easier to source things locally and iterate quickly. At least that is what I read as one of the advantages Chinese car manufacturers have.
The original branding "Jesus, take the wheel" apparently had an awareness issue in China.
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I see. There’s not much to refute, the country doesn’t really promote so much organized religion. You should go to Beijing though, I definitely saw Christians there, and Chinese culture also has many elements of Taoism embedded even if they’re generally atheist.
The "rules based order" is just an American invention to give our government something to talk about besides international law, which the US has basically always ignored.
Nissan Leaf now starts at $28k. Chevy Bolt is now $26.5k (was, now discontinued). Given that the dolphin goes for $21k in Mexico, it isn't a huge price diff, definitely not 2-3x. Not sure where you see Model 3 for just $30k, it starts at $40k in the USA. Only in China does a model 3 cost $32k.
Several countries have commercialized their weather data to varying degrees. Here are a few examples:

United Kingdom: The UK Met Office has a commercial arm that sells weather data and services to businesses. They provide tailored forecasts, climate data, and other meteorological services to various sectors, including agriculture, energy, and transportation.
Germany: The German Weather Service (DWD) offers commercial services alongside its public offerings. They provide specialized weather data and forecasts to businesses, particularly in industries that are heavily impacted by weather conditions.
Australia: The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) in Australia has a commercial division that sells weather data and services to private companies. This includes tailored forecasts and access to specialized datasets for industries such as agriculture, mining, and aviation.
Canada: Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) provides some commercial services, allowing businesses to access detailed weather data and forecasts for a fee. This is particularly useful for sectors that require precise weather information for operational planning.
Japan: The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) provides some data for free but also has commercial agreements with private companies that utilize their data for various applications, including weather forecasting and disaster management.
European Union: The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) offers commercial access to its data and forecasting services, allowing businesses to utilize high-quality meteorological information for decision-making.
CFPB's budget[1] was $500 mln 12 years ago and now is $900 mln, lets take average $700 mln over 12 year = $8.4 bln just cash outlay

I highly doubt $14 bln is accurate, but even if it is, its only 70% over their carrying cost.

as a hiring manager in private sector, in order to justify headcount, the benefit must exceed 3x the carrying cost of an employee.

to hire $100k person, I must prove $300k benefit to the company at very least, and 5x benefit is more appreciated by management.

doesnt look like a good return at all honestly

1. https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R48295/2
OTOH, theoretically, could we produce a decently priced EV with US materials only? If we go all-in on automation, could one factory worker do the job that many do today, thereby reducing costs? If we can head in that direction, I think Elon wants to compete in that kind of market, not bog it down with regulation.
Take a step back, perspectively.

1. People want their desktop computers to be fast. These are not made to be portable battery sippers. Moar powa!!!

2. People have a powerpoint at the wall to plug their appliances into.

Ergo, desktop computers will tend towards 2000w+ devices.

"Insane!" you may cry. But a look at the history of car manufacture suggests that the market will dictate the trend. And in similar fashion, you will be able to buy your overpowered beast of a machine, and idle it to do what you need day to day.
Can Bolt.new not generate react native code?
Hard to say why the density is that different, if those transistor numbers are accurate. A less dense design would allow for higher clocking, & while the clocks are fairly high, they aren't that far out there, but that's one factor (I'd hope they wouldn't trade half the area for a few extra MHz, when a gpu w/ 2x the tr will just be better).

It could also be in addition that the # of transistors that each company provides is different as they may count them differently (but I'm not convinced of this).

Customers pay by the wafer, so mm^2; though tr cost is a function of that so :3 .
Comment obviously meant "port" as in "to another programming language".

> only other option is a rewrite

If you mean by hand, not necessarily, you could use a "code converter" tool to do the rewrite automatically. But it may be impractical; perl is a notoriously difficult language to work with.

Perl is pretty close to Ruby and Python; those may be the most obvious candidates.
Bodies and minds can be transcended beyond suffering.
Do you have a better way to cross the ocean? Or should I never leave my city? Should I drive across the country?
My guess was that rat was not seen well by the crows, until it snowed, making the ground all white.
The game itself is also still around!

Two major flavours:

- Toontown Rewritten, quite close to the original game with QoL features

- Toontown: Corporate Clash (I volunteer there) has brand new mechanics and various QoL to bring it more to a modern MMO's standards
This is some of the best advice I've ever received.

Also see: https://www.udm14.com/
The American dev you may have impacted has probably been automating away someone else’s job(s) for years. This is just how business works and I wouldn’t feel bad about it at all. Qualified people will land on their feet.
Note this case is explicitly NOT about large language model type AI - Ross' product is just a traditional search engine (information retrieval system), not a neural transformer a la ChatGPT.

About judge Bibas:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephanos_Bibas