skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
JNI/the new Foreign FFI communicate with CPython via CPython's C API. The primary issue is getting the garbage collectors to work with each other. The Java solver works by repeatedly calling user defined functions when calculating the score. As a result:

- The Java side needs to store opaque Python pointers which may have no references on the CPython side.

- The CPython side need to store generated proxies for some Java objects (the result of constraint collectors, which are basically aggregations of a solution's data).

Solving runs a long time, typically at least a hour (although you can modify how long it runs for). If we don't free memory (by releasing the opaque Python Pointer return values), we will quickly run out of memory after a couple of minutes. The only way to free memory on the Java side is to close the arena holding the opaque Python pointer. However, when that arena is closed, its memory is zeroed out to prevent use-after-free. As a result, if CPython haven't garbage collected that pointer yet, it will cause a segmentation fault on the next CPython garbage collection cycle.

JPype (a CPython -> Java bridge) does dark magic to link the JVM's and CPython's garbage collector, but has performance issues when calling a CPython function inside a Java function, since its proxies have to do a lot of work. Even GraalPy, where Python is ran inside a JVM, has performance issues when Python calls Java code which calls Python code.
It's quite clever how the email notification was disabled (setting the email subject length to 2.5million characters, so the email delivery itself would fail).
The People subtitle reminds us she has a fraud conviction and the first paragraph objectively calls her “disgraced” while reporting that Holmes maintains her innocence.

What would The Verge prefer? To be any more explicit would require openly calling Holmes out of her mind. I’m quite capable of reading that between the lines.
> While it is true that their presence in NP-Hard does not require their pressence in NP (and thus are not proved NP Complete)

You're confused here. The two conditions for a problem being NP-complete are (1) it being NP-hard and (2) it being in NP.

You suggest (2) is the issue, but usually it's harder to prove (1) rather than (2). In the context of factorization problems, the factors are simply the certificate that satisfy condition (2).
Trying to pull a Michael Milken. Her husband has money, so she probably will succeed in the long run.
Show HN: LLM-based Toolset for Language Learning
Hello everyone. I built an AI-based toolset to help me with language learning. I wanted to be able to easily generate very specific study content and get rapid feedback on my writing. Unlike most language apps, it doesn’t actually try to teach you a language. Instead, it’s a collection of tools for people at an intermediate level who already have a learning process

It’s particularly great for Anki users.

There a demo video on the login page, and I set up anonymous auth for people who want to test it without creating an account.

Feedback and bug reports welcome.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_hijacking cites two figures for the U.S. rate of hijacking attempts near its peak. The higher one is "Between 1968 and 1977, there were approximately 41 hijackings per year." meaning once per 9 days, an order of magnitude below yours. The other is once per 13.3 days over 1968-72. If both Wikipedia numbers are reliable then the peak must be somewhat higher than 1/9 in 73-77.
I didn't even have to read the article to know that these are the bible humping jesus freaks out in west Texas from Amarillo down to San Angelo.

In addition to their freedumb risking the lives of others, getting measles is one of the worst things that can happen to a child. Those kids are going to get sick, more often, more easily, and more severely for the rest of their lives.
Liz Holmes is disgusting enough, but recently Newsweek attempted to rehab the image of one of the rapist/murderers of Dr. William Petit's family.

https://www.newsweek.com/steven-hayes-connecticut-linda-mai-...
Neat project, thanks!
But, I gotta ask... what does the "L" in FLOSS stand for? :-)
(I've only ever heard of FOSS.)
From my consumer's perspective: amen. At least in the US they were always "like Toyota, but a bit more fun."

I have a friend who worked for Honda as an engineer in the past decade and he concurred. He said the goal was seemingly to make everything as "mid" as possible.

Their utter snoozing on the hybrid/EV game is baffling. I am not sure how much of that was a failure to see the future, and how much of that was (perhaps?) due to Toyota snapping up a bunch of patents on basic concepts.

My extremely loose understanding is that you can't realistically build a hybrid without licensing a bunch of Toyota's patents, but, I could be wrong. (I mention it in the hopes that somebody with actual understanding can confirm or correct)
Show HN: Comparing Docker minimal image size for a JSON API in various languages
Show HN: Docker minimal image size comparison for a simple JSON API in various programming languages

I implemented a simple JSON API in multiple programming languages. It is interesting to compare the sizes of the resulting Docker images.

Optimizing the images can really reduce the sizes, especially for interpreted languages: while you would expect Go and Rust to be small (and they are: 9 MB & 5 MB respectively), Python and PHP are also surprisingly good: 60 MB and 51 MB.

Deno, Bun, NodeJS, .Net and Ruby are between 100 and 200 MB.

Ruby using bitami:ruby was over 500 MB. Switching to chainguard:ruby brought it down to 124 MB.

I haven't optimized the Swift, Perl, Java & Tcl images which are between 200 and 300 MB.

Proof that they actually run and work:
https://www.regexplanet.com/status.html

Description of the API that they implement:
https://github.com/regexplanet/regexplanet-next/blob/main/CO...
Yudkowsky is "not even wrong". He just makes shit up based on extrapolation and speculation. Those are not arguments to be taken seriously by intelligent people.

Maybe we should build a giant laser to protect ourselves from the aliens. Just in case. I mean an invasion is at least plausible.
Your screenshot for issues found show indices being created with CREATE INDEX. If someone runs that on a prod DB with a large table, they’re gonna have a bad time. You should have it suggest CREATE INDEX CONCURRENTLY.

Also, if I’m being honest, it’s a little off-putting to see a tool giving advice on Postgres and not differentiating between those two.
Because Silicon Valley is embarrassed that their Libertarian dreams just led to garden variety fascism
Making a Digital Twin Map of My Smart Home
Tesla got a lot of that money. Many wanted to only give the money to union facilities, but because the Biden government was functional they dropped the stupid parts of their plans.
I'm using it (with the hosted service and app installed from f-droid) and we'll, the UI could be improved. Bigger issue is that there is no way to know in which series you are at the moment? Is the 3rd? The 4th? The 5th?
Also the timer between series stops working if you put wger in the foreground (I disabled all the battery optimizations etc for it in Android 15 on a Pixel 6a).
Also some features are just in the web UI.
But overall, it's a nice system and I keep using it.
There is an article said that a DOGE member had write access as well (See [1]). But it was quickly changed back to read only. So there was a risk, but I can only hope nothing happened.

[1] https://www.foxnews.com/politics/treasury-mistakenly-gave-mu...
He promised that you'd be able to turn your own Tesla into an autonomous taxi that would earn you money.
That is a massive lie, not splitting hairs.
Obviously, we're very desensitized to lying rats - but that's what he did.
and it's not a tenth as good looking as the concept
Here's my reasoning:

As per the US constitution, removing funding for federal agencies requires congressional approval. What DOGE is doing has not been approved by Congress. DOGE has removed funding for federal agencies, such as USAID. It follows from these three premises that DOGE is acting unconstitutionally.

Obviously, IANAL. I took it from reading various news articles. You can find more online quite easily.
Rehabilitation is about getting your life on a different track. I'm an abolitionist but a PR campaign isn't justice or rehabilitation either.
Wow, was a user of Lighthouse 10y ago, never heard of it again after I changed job, now Google owns it!

It was good then.
I believe it means libre or free as in free speech, not free as in free beer.
Don't fault social psychologists for what pop culture does with what they wrote. Even author of the marshmallow test experiment is arguing against this simplistic interpretation of it.
Libre.

See https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_terms_for_free_s...
They're trying to distract us so they can more easily strip us of our freedom, liberty, money, and even morality.
Random numbers from pcg32 at 200 Gbit/s
Another interesting self-hosted tracker is https://ryot.io/.

Demo: https://demo.ryot.io/_s/acl_vUMPnPirkHlT

Code: https://github.com/IgnisDa/ryot

(PS: they opted to go in a direction where it also includes some media-related features -- like tracking movies or books you've seen/read -- but this can be disabled).
I agree that Y is bad, actually.
> If the money they effectively take away from science were instead put into grants

Whelp.
> wondering about why

It’s likely a mix of several things:

1. Society’s fascination with “big crime”, especially fraud—figures like Frank Abagnale, Anna Delvey, Jordan Belfort, and obviously Holmes herself have all been turned into popular films or TV series.

2. She has a knack for “branding” and generating a cult of personality, even if (maybe because) her ethics are nonexistent.

3. She seems to have landed on some financial stability through her spouse, which I’m sure is being used in small amounts for things like this.

4. In a strange way, she appears eager to redeem herself. An ethical person might do this through charity or similar means, but for her, being seen as a “titan of industry” likely equates to redemption.

Your observation isn’t off—I wouldn’t be surprised if she launches some kind of lifestyle brand after her release.
> The strongest predictor for both the French and the Indonesian is almost certainly going to be the individuals physique

I take it that you have either never been to a beach or the one you have been to is only open to athletes and supermodels.

> the second is probably going to be the country and prevailing culture in which the beach is located (i.e. what everyone else is wearing)

So you haven't had the chance of seeing Indonesian woman wearing full headgear and clothes covering their body having fun at a beach far away from Indonesia? Not joking, they were having a genuinely good time - from direct experience.

The world is much bigger and has far greater variety of people, customs and norms than you can imagine.
On the subject of safety - where is safe? A bunker? An island ? Nowhere?

Will AI lead to a Dark Forest scenario on Earth between humans and AI?
Usually the L stands for Libre indicating full freedom of usage of the software and that is not just "free" as a price tag.

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/floss-and-foss.en.html
> Use direct monitoring of your interface

but that doesn't allow me to have my (software) effects chain when I record ? for a guitar solo where i'm going to play with say, delays and whammys that's a no-go
That pesky speech must be silenced for the sake of improved social harmony and the great and glorious future of the nation.
I just reread my response. "I'm a materialist", "I don't follow your point", and "my claim". Whose mouth do you think I'm putting words into?

The one statement I made that wasn't just about me was "billions subscribe to dualism" -- which doesn't speak for any specific person. Do you disagree that dualism is still very much alive?
> Why should we humanise and care about someone who was a terrible

But... the parable of the prodigal son? The whole point it makes is that we should be happy when the lost person is found. It specifically tries to talk us out of transactional relationships where we would somewhat instinctively assume that we should treat others proportionately well, compared to how well they treated us. And the point it's trying to make is that human dignity isn't something that can be measured or compared, it just is. And everyone has it, and should be treat as such.

----

The article makes it sound though as if Holmes is far from seeking absolution. So, maybe, the concept doesn't apply to her in particular. But, the answer still stands to the more general question.
> I can't think of anything on earth that puts me in as much danger as the pentagon does

Possibly true, but the state is also responsible for the policing that means the pentagon is your greatest danger.
The CAP theorem: A Perspective on Change
In its contrib directory, git comes with jump. `git jump grep` will load grep results into quickfix.
> Why do you think he aligns with "the majority of US citizens", when Trump didn't get 50% of the votes?

Even though he only garnered 49.8% of the popular vote (77,302,580 votes), that is decidedly more than Harris’ 48.3% (75,017,613 votes)[1]

The remaining 1.85% of the popular vote went to various other presidential candidates (i.e. not Democrat or Republican)[2]

So technically you are correct that the majority of voters didn’t vote for him, but he did win a majority of the popular vote.

[1] https://www.cnn.com/election/2024/results/president

[2] https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/elections/2024
I don't know about oversentenced, but indeed, apparently one can commit deliberate medical malpractice to whatever number of plebs and just be acquitted of that part.
Compiler executing internal work concurrently and merging at the end. Thread scheduling changes will cause a different output ordering.
Bootleg K-mart version of Tor that Google thinks is private enough.
Frankly a lot of people go by what they see in media rather then reality. People who belive a country X have only well behaved toddlers especially.
"Why Elizabeth Holmes Was On Trial and Mark Zuckerberg Wasn’t" (2021) - https://archive.is/jbrjw
Very easy to experience when parents migrate from unvaccinated countries.
> I’m basically slowly working on replacing pretty much every 3rd party app I use with something I wrote myself (it’s going to take a while but that’s okay). My grandpa was a carpenter and pretty much every piece of furniture in the house was something he or his friends had made. As software craftspeople, we should strive to do the same with our digital houses.

I do the same. Both with software and furniture in my house.

I've built all kinds of little dashboards, a big website software project, a local-only bookkeeping system, etc.

With furniture, I'm not that far that I dare to build a chair or couch, but I've built a bed frame, an over-engineered shoe rack (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXzO8BOIlhk), a weight rack, and now I have some bookshelves in the works.

I don't know if you're Japanese, maybe it's coincidence, but I really get inspired by watching Japanese craftsmen on Youtube. It's not only the techniques or style that I like, but the careful working on something that should last.
Isn't disclosing your age a HR violation? ;)
It’s a VM you need. Not a compiler. The Pharo Project’s VM [0] is in C, and not that extensive. Most of the good stuff is written in smalltalk.

[0]: https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm
Here is the link to the actual paper.

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.adq3110
There's definitely some of it. Even on a subnet level. I know this because formerly I ran a small ISP where several of my neighbors were using our service, and hence were assigned IP addresses in the same small subnet. There were several cases of advert bleed over between homes (person in home A buys thing X and hey presto ads are served for thing X in home B).
Play with people's money and see the fangs come out.
Well, it's kind of a trolley car-ish problem to me.

When there is no longer an option of zero people being harmed, we start naturally start thinking about which is the lesser amount of harm -- X people being harmed during a quick crash and burn of Trumpian rule, or Y people being harmed over a greater number of years of sustained Trumpian rule.

I do of course also hope that I am wrong about all of this.
I think the point is, we should restore the dignity of people she harmed, before we worry overmuch about restoring hers.
Right? You’d think at Google’s scale they’d sanitize every single user inputs, like truncate the string and suffix it with “…” instead of the mail delivery throwing an exception.
My main issue with the use of LLMs for problems you’re unfamiliar with is precisely this. Trial and error is a fine way to work through a problem; you learn well from failure. But if you’re copy/pasting from something else the entire time, you’re not the one failing, and you’re not the one reasoning about why something didn’t work.

People do not learn this way, full stop. Anyone who thinks they are should try to write down, on paper, their understanding of a subject they think they have learned.
I have absolutely no sympathy for any of them.
Yes! I personally find marshmallows underwhelming. If you gave me one or two I might eat them. But if the choice is between “eat one now and you’re free to go do whatever you want” or “stay locked alone in this room for a quarter of an hour and you get two”, the latter is a worse proposition.

I’m perfectly content with being with my own thoughts for hours, but being forced to do nothing for a crummy reward when a better alternative is right there is not compelling.
You maybe should lift weights, and How to
Kind of as long as they can track you, it's good if others cannot.
Yeah, you're probably right. I guess as I'm just an end-user who don't mind the internals that much, I'm just seeing how Xorg/Wayland work in the context of Gnome, so when I use Gnome+Xorg, everything works while using Gnome+Wayland leads to lots of stuff broken, so I associate the broken stuff with Wayland, although it could very well be the problem of how Gnome uses Wayland.

Although I'm not sure how Gnome affects how Firefox Extensions work, or how Electron applications render, I also don't know enough about the internals to say that's because of Gnome or Wayland.
Secretive Hedge Fund QRT Hit the Big Time
If you violate trust, then you lose that trust and become less trustworthy than someone who has not yet been trusted at all.

This point should be clear to anyone. Holmes' PR team is essentially trying to get us to trust her again, more-so than she deserves for violating that trust in the first place.

It's not about stealing some rich men's money, though that is certainly reprehensible, it's about the actual abuse she presided over for her own glory, fame and fortune.

She is an example of a narcissist gaining power and she should be a lesson to those who would attempt the same.

After her time is served, she can go liver her life however she wants. She does not deserve to be trusted again.
I have been mostly-wayland for a while now and rarely have issues. I think the major pain point remaining is the fragmentation of the compositors, so that bugs (and features) depend strongly on your choice of desktop environment. I found a bug a couple years ago in sway on a thinkpad where holding down the physical mouse button (associated with the trackpoint device) and dragging on the clickpad would send button-up events every time I lifted my finger from the clickpad (even while the mouse button was held down). This turned out to be the responsibility of wlroots in a block of basically boilerplate code for translating libinput events. Meanwhile mutter was doing this correctly, so the wlroots developers pulled the fix from there (almost identical code). Some time later I switched to KDE and found that KWin also had the bug (fixed now after another bug report). The end result is that it's difficult to track down the source of unexpected behavior without intimate knowledge of your DE (whether the behavior was intended by the developers or not), and getting a bug fixed in one place is unlikely to fix it for everyone without a bunch of extra work. Like I said, I don't encounter a lot of these bugs, but there are a couple that I have been putting off tracking down because it feels like it will be a lot of work.
> In my view, it's better to look at the query plan and think yourself about how to improve the query but I also recognize that most people writing queries aren't going to do that.

That would require people to a. Learn SQL / relational algebra, one of the easiest languages in the world b. Read docs.
> There's a lot of pearl-clutching about social media, algorithms, and "data", but you'll find far more people in tech (including FAANG) who are actively working on privacy technology, sustainable development and so on then you will find people caring about the environment by going into oil & gas, for example.

Sure, we don't need to talk about how certain Big Oil companies knew about the climate catastrophe before any scientists publicly talked about it, or how tobacco companies knew their product was an addictive drug while blatantly lying about it even in public hearings.

But it's ironic to mention FAANG given what the F is for if you recall that when the algorithmic timeline was first introduced by Facebook, the response from Facebook to criticism was literally that satisfaction went down but engagement went up. People directly felt that the algorithm made them more unhappy, more isolated and overall less satisfied but because it was more addictive, because it created more "engagement", Facebook doubled down on it.

Also "sustainable" stopped being a talking point when the tech industry became obsessed with LLMs. Microsoft made a big show of wanting to become "carbon neutral" (of course mostly using bogus carbon offset programs that don't actually do anything and carbon capture technologies that are net emission positive and will be for decades if not forever but still, at least they pretended) and then silently threw all of that away when it became more strategically important to pursue AI at any cost. Companies that previously desperately tried to sell messages of green washing and carbon neutrality now talk about building their own non-renewable power plants because of all the computational power they need to run their LLMs (not to mention how much more hardware needs to be produced and replaced for this - the same way the crypto bubble ate through graphics cards).

I think the pearl-clutching is justified considering that ethics and climate protection have now been folded into "woke" and there's a tidal wave in Western politics to dismantle civil rights and capture democratic systems for corporate interests that is using the "anti-woke" culture war to further its goals - the Trump government being the most obvious example. It's no longer in FAANG's financial interests to appear "green" or "privacy conscious", it's now in their interest to be "anti-woke" and that now means no longer having to care about these things and having freedom to crack down on any dissident voices within without fearing public backlash or "cancel culture".
Is there a version of this with narrower margins? I can’t see well and need larger fonts
How many of you upvote this pretenting to find some day the time and spirit to read and learn from it, but perfectly knowing that will never happen. I'm one of them unfortunally, gosh!
EU criticises Trump's negotiation tactics in Ukraine peace talks
Straight to the garbage.