skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I think the magic of Grok's implementation of this is that they already have most of the websites cached (guessing via their twitter crawler) so it all feels very snappy. Bing/Brave search don't seem to offer that in their search apis. Does such a thing exist as a service?
As for abuse, I made myself a tool to give myself quintillions of email addresses (not using plus addressing) on gmail.com

I use this to sign up for a service with a unique email that is basically my junk box, but the email is its own unique entry in my password manager
I understand the reasoning and I hope there is legislation in the future that basically goes "If you can't produce the data, you can't charge more than this for it". Basically, LLM producers will have to treat their product as a commodity product that can only be priced based on the compute resources plus some overhead.
I contracted for an injection molds manufacturer that used Unigraphics from '06 to '22 as a general sysadmin. I was "adjacent" to NX and never really interacted with it directly (though I orchestrated a lot of silent deployments / upgrades).

It was noteworthy to me that they'd so heavily integrated UG (and customization of UG) into their operations. They started with UG back in the early 80s on a Data General machine. I was told they had proprietary "GRIP" code still in use that dated back to the late 80s.
Orange Peace
https://cheerpj.com/

https://thenewstack.io/cheerpj-3-0-run-apps-in-the-browser-w...
https://www.amiunique.org/

i'm unique in their dataset on firefox on a 2k monitor.

looks like my main culprits: useragent, timezone (lol), navigator properties (99.9% unique,) fonts, canvas (100% unique,) screen dimensions (available and .. actual?). all of these showed >99% unique.
Which hackathon?
Came here to post the same thing. Would love to try the application, but I guess not if the developer is deliberately excluding my device (which cannot run the bleeding edge OS).
I don't know exactly what Siracusa is doing here, but I can take an educated guess:

For each candidate file, you need some "key" that you can use to check if another candidate file is the same. There can be millions of files so the key needs to be small and quick to generate, but at the same time we don't want any false positives.

The obvious answer today is a SHA256 hash of the file's contents; It's very fast, not too large (32 bytes) and the odds of a false positive/collision are low enough that the world will end before you ever encounter one. SHA256 is the de-facto standard for this kind of thing and I'd be very surprised if he'd done anything else.
> lighter than SQLite

You’re concerned that a < 1 MiB library is too heavy, so you wrote a DB in TS?

> easier to self-host

How is something that requires a JS runtime easier than a single-file compiled binary?
Do LLMs write like humans? Variation in grammatical and rhetorical styles
Wasn’t that Ron Jeffries who failed to solve that?

I think that says more about the person at the keyboard and their lack of familiarity with the solution space than anything about TDD per-se. You still need insight and design with TDD, blind incrementalism was never a good idea.
The connection is that the whole culture war is a big part of what got these clowns their votes. I know people who are pretty centrist, wavering on whether to vote for Trump because he'd deal with the "SJW stuff". People who agreed that police brutality against black people was an issue, but were mortified by many of the talking points and activities of BLM protesters (remember when people were taking hostages on college campuses? That was pretty recent).

It was really not long ago when "defund the police" was a contentious issue, and apologists were talking about how "no, they don't mean it literally, it's just to start a conversation", much like how Trump's handlers constantly have to twist his horrible words into something more palatable.

It's not disconnected, it's populism.
It's not like "Ports" are in the name of UDP or TCP, either.
meanwhile, the in-person NIH study section I was going to serve on was just turned virtual, but the SRO hinted that full cancellation is on the table.

I am sickened at furious at the actions of this administration on science.
Yeah I wouldn't call this easy...
I understood "stacks" to be data structures with push and pop operations. This seems more like a sorting algorithm.
AI robot manicure startup Clockwork shuts down after assets sold
I wondered that too.

If we only have two files, A and its duplicate B with some changes as a diff, this works pretty well. Even if the user deletes A, the OS could just apply the diff to the file on disk, unlink A, and assign B to that file.

But if we have A and two different diffs B1 and B2, then try to delete A, it gets a little murkier. Either you do the above process and recalculate the diff for B2 to make it a diff of B1; or you keep the original A floating around on disk, not linked to any file.

Similarly, if you try to modify A, you'd need to recalculate the diffs for all the duplicates. Alternatively, you could do version tracking and have the duplicate's diffs be on a specific version of A. Then every file would have a chain of diffs stretching back to the original content of the file. Complex but could be useful.

It's certainly an interesting concept but might be more trouble than it's worth.
hack v2: call it AI
Three years later, the Steam Deck has dominated handheld PC gaming
but it is all a success! (customers are paying money for products) /s
please do explain why
That's a tough comparison to make. The framers lived in a drastically different world with regards to the size and scope of the federal government.

They design a federal government that was purposely hamstrung by the states. It was poorly funded, had no standing military, only briefly had a federal bank, and had very limited purview of authority that didn't fall down to the state level.

If we want to remove bureaucracy while also rolling back many of the federal powers created over the last century or so I'd be all for it.

Removing one without the other either seems pointless (bureaucracy without authority) or risky (authority without bureaucracy) in my opinion.
Maximizing Energy Efficiency in Subthreshold RISC-V Cores
It being scary is kind of the point. Or rather, if you’re going to do LSD, you need to be in the mindset that 1) this is temporary, and you’ll feel fine tomorrow, and 2) the experience you’re about to have will be extraordinarily novel and impossible to fully describe, even after having experienced it. It’s an intense hallucinogenic, and is the most potent mind altering substance that we know of. It’s also one of the safer ones, if you’ve done your research and aren’t predisposed to a certain category of mental illnesses (schizophrenia, bipolar, anxiety).

Knowing that it’s temporary is the best tether to this world that keeps me from having a bad trip, if it feels like that could happen. As others have said, an LSD trip is going to take you places you might not expect to end up. Meditation can be good preparation leading up to a trip.

LSD is one of those chemicals that gives you a glimpse at what it’s like to process the world with a completely different category of consciousness.
Are Sparse Autoencoders Useful? A Case Study in Sparse Probing
as someone who is SO BAD at chess, black moving instantly still gave me pause
Images broken?
yeah but that's like walmart greeter tier labor and super nice farm fresh eggs
Which means if you actually edited those files, you might fill up your HD much more quickly than you expected.

But if you have the same 500MB of node_modules in each of your dozen projects, this might actually durably save some space.
Wow what a weird comment to make.

Having compassion for another living, feeling, emotional creature means they must hate themselves?

Oof what a lame take.
Pretty amazed Aleksandr Solzjenitsyn didn't make it on the list.

Or it's just me being tired and I missed it.
The open source ranking library is really interesting. It's using a type of merge sort where the comparator function is an llm comparing (but doing batches >2 for fewer calls).

Reducing problems to document ranking is effectively a type of test-time search - also very interesting!

I wonder if this approach could be combined with GRPO to create more efficient chain of thought search...

https://github.com/BishopFox/raink?tab=readme-ov-file#descri...
I just opened edge on my 1080p monitor and made it fullscreen, and it's "you are unique among 3.4mm fingerprints".

I'm just saying it's not as easy as all of that, even on a "computer" using the stock browser.

you'd also have to figure out where most users are in the timezone data as that narrowed my browser down to 95% unique all on its own. (UTC-5)
Freely available preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.16107

I'm biased (as an author), but I think Figure 3 is the key result, as well as Tables 4 and 5 in the appendix. (Or Table 1 in the published version.) The grammatical and rhetorical differences in the models, even when asked to match an example of human text, are remarkably big. They quantify that uncanny feeling you get when encoutering LLM-written text in the wild.
Most hackathons are like that.
Well yes for a strictly non-consumer company, since their revenues don't depend on Superbowl, Valentine's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Amazon Prime Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving/Cyber Monday, Christmas. They probably depend more on Fed rate cuts/rises affecting corporate infrastructure budget.

("Honey I got you that Cisco 4500 you always wanted...")

Whereas for anything consumer e-commerce, you'd want a calendar with variable/sliding dates (e.g. SuperBowl) but that at least keeps the above events in the same quarter YoY, consistently.
I'm a bit confused as the Mac App Store says it's over 4 years old.
And I can't imagine that Apple's leadership is upset about this. There is some pressure on SV companies to ratchet back on DEI, but in the case of Apple they know that their most faithful customers skew left, and they don't want that base to become disaffected.
Probably because you need to keep a lot of those in memory.
>> Solvespace only seems to have simple STEP export...

And it will probably stay that way. STEP is a huge specification and solvespace only supports a small subset of the features of it. In particular it doesn't do complex NURBS curves or surfaces, it only supports rational Bezier curves and surfaces up to degree 3. It does support trimmed surfaces which result from boolean operations and which most other OSS NURBS libraries do not handle.

Some day I'd like to get it to import what it can - particularly its own output - but that's a very low priority since it would be quite limited.

BTW gcad3d has fairly extensive STEP I/O with its own GPL3 C code (so we could start with that). I'm still not sure what that tool is mostly for - it seems to be more for CAM simulation? but I'm not sure.
In my experience large companies reserve part time employment for valued contributors with long tenure- usually they have title like principal or fellow, and contribute in ways that cannot be hired for.
In the usual way, by moving your king 2 squares over.
Pieter Flight Simulator
If you think the clinic's lawyers haven't already reviewed this setup with a fine tooth comb then you haven't seen how medical lawyers work. This isn't a rogue PCP surreptitiously recording visits. Its a contractor that was selected and negotiated with from on high that was subsequently deployed to all clinics in her large company.

Also, I guarantee you signed a paper when you first were enrolled with your PCP giving them permission to share your medical records with third parties when needed (subject to HIPAA compliance of course).
Vector Databases: Feature or Product?
Nice, also compression at file system level can save a lot of space and with current CPU speeds is completely transparent. It is feature from HFS+ that is still works in APFS, but is not officially supported anymore, what is wrong with you Apple ?

This tool to enable compression is free and open source

https://github.com/RJVB/afsctool

Also note about APFS vs HFS+, if you use HDD e.g. as backup media for Time Machine, HFS+ is must have over APFS as it is optimised only for SSD (random access).

https://bombich.com/blog/2019/09/12/analysis-apfs-enumeratio...

https://larryjordan.com/blog/apfs-is-not-yet-ready-for-tradi...

Not so smart Time Machine setup utility forcefully re-creates APFS on a HDD media, so you have to manually create HFS+ volume (e.g. with Disk Utily) and then use terminal command to add this volume as TM destination

`sudo tmutil setdestination /Volumes/TM07T`
https://codeassist.google/products/business still shows this being Gemini 1.5 Pro. Maybe just not updated? Or is this a different product?

>This capability is powered by Google’s Gemini 1.5 Pro model.
I think you’d find a lot of support for the idea that we should have fewer people total in jail (i.e. funneling drug users into medical care, use community service for non-violent property crimes, etc.) but more white collar criminals going to jail.

As a simple example, I’ve heard a lot of people of all ages comment that the bankers would repeat the kinds of crimes they committed during the mortgage bubble because they made more profits than they were fined. Jail time is far more plausibly a deterrent in those cases.
iMovie used to copy video files etc. into its "library".
My advice for reading Infinite Jest is twofold:

(1) If you're struggling at first, set a goal of just trying to get through the first 200 pages. Things will be confusing at first, especially with the nonlinear-ish plot and, uh... worldbuilding, so it's okay to let some of it wash over you and laugh at the funny parts without totally understanding it all. Things will click later. But there's a scene around 200 pages in that's pretty straightforward and very, very engaging, so if you get that far you're almost guaranteed to get hooked enough to plow through the remaining 800. (Nearly everyone I've given this advice to did end up finishing the book.)

(1a) There's a part about 20 pages in that's verrrrrry dense and slow and hard to get through. ("Where was the woman who said she'd come.") If you can muscle your way through that part, almost everything that follows will feel light and breezy in comparison. The whole book is not like this :P

(2) Not a requirement by any means—I didn't use it on my first read-through—but if you find yourself stopping to Google stuff a lot, the Infinite Jest Wiki is a great resource. They have a spoiler-free page annotations to define some of the more esoteric vocab and explain some of the more niche cultural references. You won't miss a ton by not using it, but there are nice little tidbits.

https://infinitejest.wallacewiki.com/david-foster-wallace/in...
Show HN: Gothicfont.org – Transform your text into beautiful Gothic fonts
Our Gothic font generator is an online tool that transforms standard text into Gothic-style lettering, also known as Blackletter. This generator allows users to create visually striking text that mimics the ornate and angular characteristics of Gothic fonts, which are reminiscent of medieval script.
How about your go to market and pricing?
The "deep state" is also used to refer to the relatively small number of unelected people who make some of the most impactful decisions on society with no voter input.

I don't know that I've ever actually heard someone talk about the "deep state" to refer to career bureaucrats just doing their jobs in large government orgs / a messy system.
Review of Unit X: How the Pentagon and Silicon Valley Are Transforming the Future of War

https://archive.ph/1HnMj
Mostly correct. The issue is that only about 70 certs out of those 84k were actually covered by the TRO. They could have revoked the rest, as they were obligated to do by the Baseline Requirements. They didn't, they delayed.
Lovely idea, but way too expensive for me.
> What value is there in "research" that doesn't do anything weird?

Plenty of value, I think. It's e.g. not weird at all to research very mundane things like "can we track as many diabetic people as we can through 10, 15, 20 years and see what other health outcomes happen". Or something like "let's test if this chemotherapy drug is more effective than this other chemotherapy drug".

Sure there is radical, weird research, like rock licking or maybe some sociological study on fetishes. But I think there's space for both the weird and non-monetizeable research (think: 16th century lacemaking in a european country that doesn't exist anymore) and the monetizeable research (some incrementally improved LLM model probably).
I'm sure you've got a very high horse.
Heh, I hated writing arithmetic in lisp even when I used it fulltime with paredit.

Fortunately, many languages have a rational type, even Python, which might be more ergonomic even if ratio literals aren't supported:

$ python
from fractions import Fraction as f
f(1, 2) + f(1, 8) + f(1, 8)
# 3/4
For me, it simply demonstrates how easy and fast you can build these tools now. We have many fellow YC founders who build great products on top of browser-use.
They don't have to quote us. I think it's awesome to enable so many new startup ideas.
Some of us just actally really like kagi...
The developer deliberately chose to write it in Swift 6. Apple is the one who deliberately excluded Swift 6 from your device.
> Matrix experimented with the concept of running a server on-device

https://arewep2pyet.com/
I thought Tor hidden services couldn't be enumerated?
If it’s an object and you want it to be a number, you’re going to have to chug through that in any programming environment. JS interpreters are capable of inferring that variables will be numbers throughout code.

A lot of what people say against JavaScript they already said against Java, it’s recycled.
Android is now scanning your photos for 'sensitive content'-how to stop it
Here you go (not my work, but it's interesting): https://github.com/yzyzsun/CP-next
I'm just happy I never went to the US (for now, fingers crossed). Had real fomo about that (sorry not a constructive comment)
Interesting idea, and I like the idea of people getting paid for making useful things.

Also, I get a data security itch having a random piece of software from the internet scan every file on an HD, particularly on a work machine where some lawyers might care about what's reading your hard drive. It would be nice if it was open source, so you could see what it's doing.
I was hoping when clicking on the article that they would also reveal new ways or collecting data of restaurants and their menus nearby, damn. Very fun article to read anyways!

Would overpass turbo maybe be a better alternative for finding specifics things depending of multiple clauses geographically?
Supreme Court rejects ISPs again in latest bid to kill NY's $15 broadband law
He spoke to this on No Longer ery Good, episode 626 of The Accidental Tech Podcast. Time stamp ~1:32:30

It tries, but there are some things it can't perfectly preserve like the last access time. Instances where it can't duplicate certain types of extended attributes or ownership permissions it will not perform the operation.

https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id617416468?i=10006919599...
Ask HN: What do you prefer to use to track sales?
I wonder what you prefer to use to track your sales in early-stage, small or medium sized companies. Do you go with simple spreadsheet, use CRM tools like Salesforce or something else?
Do you think positively about the CRM (customer relationship management) software market in general?

I’d appreciate your answers :)
Do you have any examples of people you think do that?
By moving your king two columns at the same time, the computer will move the rook.
I just tested with Little Snitch and saw leakage to Google.

It's a race condition, so you might not always see it.
Show HN: Txtl – Fast static website of text utilities
I often need simple text tools (e.g. diffing, epoch time conversion, number base conversion) and was frustrated that I couldn't find a simple option that was as fast as I wanted. Many (SEO-optimized) websites exist, but they unnecessarily send your input to their servers. I used tools like DevToys but their diff has been broken on Mac for a while [1] and it requires installing an app, and CyberChef is good but requires too many interactions (yes, I'm picky).

So, I decided to build my own. txtl tries to autodetect what mode you want based on the input, and in general is fast and gets out of your way as much as possible. For example, if you paste in a number then it will show base conversions, but if it looks like an epoch timestamp then it will display the corresponding date. And of course it's open source at https://github.com/viveksjain/txtl/

This was partly also a way for me to try using LLMs to build a frontend/new project. This could probably be a whole blog post, but I see why some people can say that LLMs can 10x their coding productivity (I certainly didn't find this true in my day job) - I was really impressed with what o1 can do, it probably got me 70% of the way there in one shot. And as someone not familiar with frontend development, iterating was way faster. But, it still requires plenty of feedback and requires handholding - I had to completely rewrite the diff rendering logic, no matter what I tried I couldn't get an LLM to get it right.

Would love feedback on the autodetection and overall usability!

[1] https://github.com/DevToys-app/DevToys/issues/1296
Suggestions:

- Fix your certs to not lose traffic when Chrome (at least at the default security level) puts up a scary "Your connection is not private" warning for net::ERR_CERT_AUTHORITY_INVALID and requires an override to proceed to your site.

- Fix whatever reputation damage has caused you to be classified as a phishing site: https://phish.opendns.com/main?url=www.calcverse.live
In no particular order:

* 3d Printing

* Cloud Computing

* The iPhone

* Google

* Google Translate

* Google Maps

* CRISPR

* Netflix

* SpaceX

* Electric Vehicles

* OpenAI

* Drones

You may not include Uber in that list, but I would. I vividly remember taxis before Uber.
I love the new Overcast's habit of mistaking my scroll gestures for taps when browsing the sections of a podcast.
1. The incentive is to get grants. Papers, sure...but grants really. The problem is that grants are effectively smaller than they used to be due to inflation, and so you have to have multiple R01 level grants to fund the lab. Grants must be understandable and seem feasible to get funded...the competition is incredibly high....so this limits attempted scope. So to survive, you write grants that are simple and easy to achieve.

2. In general, the problems are harder today than they were 40 years ago. We are constantly delving into problems plagued by noise and heterogeneity. This makes progress much tougher.

3.
Doesn't cancelling these programs half-way through just ensure that they don't do anything? It might be a sunk cost fallacy, but if you're 80% of the way to fulfill this contract and it is canceled, you're not exactly saving the 20%. It would seem that they're just wasting the 80%
Determinate Amis for NixOS
In order to check if a file is a duplicate of another, you need to check it against _every other possible file_. You need some kind of "lookup key".

If we took the first 1024 bytes of each file as the lookup key, then our key size would be 1024 bytes. If you have 1 million files on your disk, then that's 128MB of ram just to store all the keys. That's not a big deal these days, but it's also annoying if you have a bunch of files that all start with the same 1024 bytes -- e.g. perhaps all the photoshop documents start with the same header. You'd need a 2-stage comparison, where you first match the key (1024 bytes) and then do a full comparison to see if it really matches.

Far more efficient - and less work - If you just use a SHA256 of the file's contents. That gets you a much smaller 32 byte key, and you don't need to bother with 2-stage comparisons.