skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
If we didn't fail, we wouldn't learn.
I didn't know he's also profitted handsomely from MS, it's Bill Gates who's famously in the "list of richest people".

According to this list, Ballmer currently has more money than Gates: https://www.forbes.com/real-time-billionaires/
or free speech?
Forgot about memory mapping.

In that case it probably makes more sense to have a shared queue of files, and each thread handles a single file at a time. It'll avoid the overlap issue.
> Can it run completely on prem ?

Yep we have an on-prem offering as well, got similar notes from folks before!

> What stops me from building my own logger that sends a request to write a record to a DB and later asks an LLM what it means ?

Great question! The main limitation over brute force is the sheer volume of noise, and therefore relevant context. We tried this and realized it wasn't working. From a numbers perspective, at even just 10s of GBs/day scale of data (not even close to enterprise scale), mainstream LLMs can't provide the context windows you need for more than a few minutes of operational data. And larger models suffer from other factors (like attention diffusion / dilution & drift).

> I see the landing page. The pricing should be clear though “ Contact Us” is scary.
Noted!
Aptitude tests are making us stupid
Energy arbitrage value depends a lot on your utility, agreed. For most home battery systems it's a 5-7 year payback, even with solar. In my experience most folks investing in these systems are also putting a lot of value on the backup power, and from the data/insights. The average fridge in the US has $300-500 of groceries inside, and some insurance providers offer as much as $600 per outage to pay for spoiled food. So for folks contending with frequent outages, we're excited to offer more peace of mind value while delivering some additional smart energy management value on top
Before someone bites the bait - this comment is sarcastic and 100% of democratic societies spend resources to control the narrative around their government/country/whatever. 100%.
To correct myself, someone pointed out a commit graph which indicates Anders Hejlsberg's heavy involvement with the ongoing port efforts: https://github.com/microsoft/typescript-go/graphs/contributo...
Get an electrician to put your oil burning boiler on a plug, then you can plug it into whatever source (UPS, generator, UPS with fancy marketing) you want.
Can someone link to a real source for this? Like, a paper or something? This seems very interesting and important and I'd prefer to look at something less sketchy than venturebeat.com
Causal and Effectual Reasoning
This is flat out incorrect if you are doing AOT in C#
> it'll stay cold enough on its own for a day without power as long as you don't open it much.

Food in an unpowered fridge will be unsafe within 4 hours: https://www.foodsafety.gov/food-safety-charts/food-safety-du...
>>That is precisely how it is measured: by measuring wages.

Again, NO.

Just go to the Bureau Of Labor Statistics and their description of how productivity is measured [0]:

>>"For a single business producing only one good, output would simply be the number of units of that good produced in each time period, such as a month or a year."

Notice not a single mention of wages

It then goes on describing how they measure aggregate output in sectors of the economy. Wages is only mentioned ONCE, for charities and government organizations (since their output is not sold).

>>Government services and the output of nonprofits are not sold in the marketplace, so these types of output can be difficult to measure. For example, what is the output of a charity? Often these outputs are measured by the wages and benefits - compensation - paid to workers producing these outputs.

and then they point out:

>>

Since productivity compares output to input, if the output is measured by the input, any time the input grows, the output grows by the same amount.

>>Measuring output by labor input is similar to including the same amount in the numerator as in the denominator of the labor productivity ratio.

>>This implies no productivity growth for that group of workers, dampening productivity change for the industry and sector. For this reason, BLS productivity measures exclude government, nonprofits, and private household production.

So the ONLY mention of wages is specifically EXCLUDED from measures of productivity.

Then the summary:
Output is measured primarily as an index of product revenues, adjusted for price changes. Adjustments are made to ensure that output that is sold to another business within the same measuring unit (industry or sector) is excluded to prevent counting it more than once.

Again, no mention of wages.

I have no idea where you get your misconceptions, but you really need to study some actual economics before posting pages of obviously wrong nonsense.

[0] https://www.bls.gov/k12/productivity-101/content/how-is-prod...
> The word "Europe" does not appear in that paper.

I never claimed that it did.

I did strongly assert that "digging back through references used by Volker in (one random paper) and other papers" would serve you better than 'researching' via reddit.

There's an entire crowd of respected researchers in history, literature, anthropology, genetics, and disease that I dug into some 15 years past (and going back further, I knew the Alpers family since the 1970s) and while I'm not about to unearth that crate ATM I can promise there's better material "out there".

> I'm contesting the idea that it was occurring at rates that were at all comparable to the Maori at the time of colonization.

Perhaps you should have said that in your first reply to me then? I was honestly scratching my head a little as to what specific detail you had seized upon.

On that note, however, the Maori were exo-cannibals who delibrately descrated the bodies of their enemies in order to shame them and as an act of revenge.

How should we describe the act of digging up the fallen and grinding their bones in order to make sugar beet (as happened in Europe)? Is that on the scale of Maori battlefield desecration or at an even greater scale (given the numbers involved)?

All the recent references to cannabalism aside, my main point is that defences against disease related to cannibalism appears to be baked into human evolution .. we (all human evolutionary branches) have all practiced cannibalism in our past and the traces are still in our current makeup.
Energy trio wants to pipe gas from coal mines to keep datacenter lights on
Do you have any examples? I haven't seen what you're describing despite shopping UPSes, but something less than $100 that could last 10+ hours would be amazing.

My $200 1500VA/1000W CyperPower UPS could handle a short one or two hour storm, but storms can last for 10+ hours here during the wet season. One long power outage could cost me a lot more than $1000 in basement damages (my basement is finished).

A comparable all-in-one product to this pila battery would also be around $1000: https://us.ecoflow.com/products/delta-2-max-portable-power-s...

You can easily cut that in half shopping for an inverter and battery separately:

$240 for an inverter: https://www.homedepot.com/p/VEVOR-2500-Watt-3-4-HP-Sump-Pump...

$200 for a battery: https://www.homedepot.com/p/Basement-Watchdog-Maintenance-Fr...

But a lead acid battery might last 5 years where the pila battery is designed for 10+ years, so you're looking at $400 total on batteries. That quickly gets close to the $1000 for one pila battery.

I want to believe $100 is all you need, but to me the math with the numbers that I've seen suggests $1000 is not unreasonable for something like this.
Oh, I had assumed that it was trained on human interaction data and should be generally similar, and from the examples I saw - it generally was (although still not as good as us). In what sense do you expect it to be drastically different?
Modi has the highest approval rating, according to western pollsters, of any leader in the world. India’s elections are free and fair. That’s all democracy requires.

Democracy doesn’t mean western democracy or liberal democracy. Shadi Hamid has done excellent work on this issue: https://www.brookings.edu/books/the-problem-of-democracy-ame... see also https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jan/18/the-problem-of...
Even more confusingly, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign now has a Chicago location as well.
Australian man survives 100 days with artificial heart
Sounds like something Randall from xkcd would cook up.
Where’s Waldo test for vlm
Agreed, if you don't know what Datadog is then you're probably not the target audience for this product.
I feel like this is kind of pedantic - if your definition of the word "political" renders their point moot, then clearly they must be using a different definition.

But I understand what you mean. The problem is that 99% of online discussions about politics are not about how it relates to anything else. They are usually the same 5 conversations rehashed over and over again. And for some reason, they are aggressively derailed in that direction.
Sometimes I write code like this. Then I delete it and replace it with a for loop, because a loop is just easier to understand.

This functional style is what I call write only code, because the only person who can understand it is the one who wrote it. Pandas loves this kind of method chaining, and it's one of the chief reasons pandas code is hard to read.
Ballmer was clearly up to speed.
A pivotal quote in the article:

>How could theocratic states with no separation of religion and government score higher than India? How could a country with universal suffrage and constitutional rights rank below nations that didn’t even hold elections?

Since the article talks quite a bit about Sanjeev Sanyal, I think it might be interesting to point to some of his podcasts.

Like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiW-mH4qIOQ. Here he points out how the media has misrepresented India and exaggerated and sensationalized issues.

Similarly, India has taken criticism from the West over its more ambitious projects like Sardar Vallabhai Patel's statue, and the space program. So taking the West's word with a grain of salt is quite valid.

Further, the article points out that the government is trying to game the ranking while outwardly saying that they don't matter. This seems hypocritical at first glance but it also points out that having lower rankings affects investor confidence and borrowing rates. You can be against a broken system while still trying to appease it because it's not going to change immediately. The Indian Government needs to work within the system until something better can be created.

I am not fully supportive of everything the NDA government has done but I don't think there is another leader in India who can feasibly win an election right now and I refuse to support INC until they get rid of the Gandhi dynasty.

Also, please look at the podcast from this timestamp[2], where he further shows why people in general but Indians specifically should be skeptical of Western narratives. This is also supported by the book Unnatural Selection by Mara Hvistendahl

[2]:https://youtu.be/gNVMvlfMbCU?list=PLgZQtm7d9Z1K9TCynoA3S0QWv...
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It looks like the timing is just coincidence. Canada is currently deciding on buying a new type of submarine, and the group that builds the French subs has entered the competition.[0] In addition, the submarine in question is in the final phase of testing before being accepted into service[1]. So a trans-Atlantic crossing, plus testing in the arctic under/around ice.

[0] https://actu.fr/normandie/cherbourg-en-cotentin_50129/sous-m...

[1] https://actu.fr/normandie/cherbourg-en-cotentin_50129/un-sou...
I'm fortunate to have a newsstand in my (US) town that goes to the trouble of importing some licorices and similar from europe and australia. It's been fun trying new kinds and finding my favorites. Wish I could check out this shop; those white and black mints from the header image look especially good.
You aren't.
Dan's moderation practices are viewable via his comment history*. They align well with my preferences, but, with a little imagination, I can see how some people wouldn't like them. One person's idea of good moderation is another person's terrible moderation.

* https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=dang
Looks like Google's making some policy changes in response to the Honey drama. The new portion of the policy is item 2 in the updated Affiliate Ads policy.

Here's the full text of the email they sent out to extension developers:

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Announcement: Strengthening Our Policies on Affiliate Programs in Chrome Extensions

Dear Developer,

As part of our ongoing efforts to improve the extension ecosystem, we are updating our Affiliate Ads Policy to further clarify how affiliate links, codes, and cookies can be used in Chrome extensions.

What’s Changing?
The updated policy ensures that affiliate links are only included when they provide a direct and transparent benefit to users. This means that extensions cannot inject affiliate links when no actual value—such as a discount, cashback, or relevant offer—is being provided.

Under this policy, an extension must not add, modify, or replace affiliate links unless:

The affiliate program is clearly disclosed on the Chrome Web Store listing, in the user interface, and before installation.
User action is required before any affiliate link, code, or cookie is applied.
The affiliate link is tied to a direct benefit for the user at that moment.
For example, an extension that finds and applies coupon codes must not insert an affiliate link if no coupon or discount is found. This prevents extensions from monetizing users without delivering a clear value in return.

Why This Matters
This update helps maintain a healthy ecosystem by ensuring that affiliate monetization is aligned with user benefit. Users should always be in control of their browsing experience and understand how extensions interact with the websites they visit. By enforcing these requirements, we aim to protect users from deceptive practices while allowing high-quality, value-driven extensions to thrive.

What These Updates Mean for Developers
Developers should review their extensions to ensure compliance with the updated policy. If your extension uses affiliate links, make sure they are only applied when they directly benefit users and that all required disclosures are in place.

We encourage developers to update their extensions as soon as possible. Enforcement of the new policy will begin June 10th 2025, and extensions found in violation may be subject to removal from the Chrome Web Store.

For more details on these updates and to access the revised policies, visit our Developer Policy Center.

Let us know your thoughts on these changes, and as always, thank you for being part of the Chrome Web Store community!

- The Google Chrome Web Store team
GitHub Copilot Pro: 'Unlimited' Claims, Hidden Limits
I subscribed to GitHub Copilot Pro, lured by the promise of 'unlimited chat and completions.' In practice, I’m hitting rate limits very soon even sooner than free account. "Github API rate limit exceed. Please try again"
This is absurd.

They do have something related to this rate-limit: https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/troubleshooting-github-co...

This sentence: GitHub uses rate limits to ensure everyone has fair access to the Copilot service and to protect against abuse.

This is bullshit.

Their pricing page doesn’t mention caps, yet limits kick in without warning or documentation. If 'unlimited' has a hidden ceiling, shouldn’t paid users know the threshold (e.g., tokens/hour)? Transparency’s lacking here, and it undermines the Pro tier’s value—especially.

Anyone else seeing this?
As I can see there are many users have this too in github.

Why this? And I got no official response yet from anywhere.
Life isn't zero sum. If you look at the state of civilization now vs 2000 years ago, it's clear that we've played enough positive-sum activities to create much more wealth for the average person.
Whereas YIMBY-activism is a bunch of wealthy upper-middle class professionals who want what they want when they want it, sponsored by massive owners of real estate who would like that real estate to become more valuable.

Both conservatives and leftist are pro-community. Their opponents are wealthy migrant laborers who plan to make their money, then leave to go back to the communities they came from. In your city, they're YIMBYs. When they're back in the suburbs and little towns they came from, they'll be HOA warriors.
The priority is probably to cover the search algorithms themselves first. These are the bits that are likely to be reused in other programs.
EU SaaS solo owner here (about 10 years so far). I gave up on B2C entirely. It's just too much hassle. My accountant starts screaming in horror whenever I mention VAT MOSS. Whenever I looked into the rules, I saw a snake pit with moving snakes.

Additionally, B2C has tight margins, so eating into those hurts a lot.

Whenever I looked at companies like Quaderno, they looked great, but when I actually tried to use them, it turned out that their solutions are far from perfect and often incomplete or simply incorrect (e.g. I would not comply with local laws in my country). This is a common theme: even B2B invoicing, which is far simpler, is not implemented correctly by companies that say they do "invoicing". For example, Stripe invoicing won't do JPK_FA or KSeF in Poland (SAF-T reporting), which pretty much makes it a no-go. Many service providers are also incapable of producing bi-lingual invoices.

I ended up using Braintree (don't make that mistake) and now I'm migrating to Stripe — but for payments only. I have my own subscriptions and invoicing, and I use a local (Polish) company that has an invoicing API to produce JPK_FA/KSeF data.

If I were to even look at B2C, I wouldn't even consider doing anything on my own. I would go with Paddle, carefully considering my margins.

I realize this is not the answer you were looking for but it's a real-life data point.
18F transformed government technology, and why its elimination matters
Any sufficiently advanced plotting library with an api that can be called externally becomes indistinguishable from a GUI toolkit: https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/docs/guile-tut/tutorial.h...

Not sure if that is the right tutorial, but many years ago in the guile 1.x days I wrote a local visualizer for the data from a particle physics accelerator entirely in Guile and Gnuplot. It was very MVC and used guile as the controller and Gnuplot as the viewer.

Was it stupid? Yes. Did it work better than all the other tools I had at the time? Also yes.
Odd choice of name. “Pila” means “battery” in a couple of languages, but refers to small disposable types (AA, AAA etc.), not something you’d associate with a UPS.
Happy birthday and thank you!
I am really lucky to find this community.
I just use OpenAI to help me build these "necessary" patterns against their own API. Why make me use some framework when the AI is the framework?
Given vector space on text is more of a spatial space of semantic distance then spatial distance of geometric objects intuitively feel of a different nature due to the fact that words are not at all likely to be represented in similar ratios of distances.

I think a tokenization of ratios between perceived boundaries might help. But, I’m just shooting in the dark.
Yes, if you have a single capital owner that owns all productive assets, that's a serious problem that UBI won't solve.

The idea of adopting a downward-redistributive policy like UBI is to do it before that occurs.
in the most popular languages this way of programming is hurt by the syntax.

this could be something more like

distinct

filter books .pageCount >1000

.author

i think fp looks pretty terrible in js, rust, python, etc
By all means! Email's in my bio.
I do not know ruby but sometimes that's an opportunity to try and make one which others will also find useful :)
Best of luck -- hope to see it available here soon!
100%. I'll build the application, thanks.

But you can't expect them not to try.
At risk of high-jacking this thread, some Merchants of Record (i.e. Paddle) require biometric authentication of company majority owners, which I find too invasive. Are there any Merchants of Record that don't?

Sure, they handle taxation amongst many other conveniences. But despite their assertions of security and safety, we identified dumps for sale on the darknet of such biometric DB data exfiltrated from (continuing the Paddle example) Onfido. It left a sour note in our mouths and a lingering feeling of distrust, especially after we were recently the target of a spearfishing campaign using data obviously sourced from such auth providers.
How about using Paddle/etc, but just for new subscriptions and just in regions where it's relevant, and handling migration later (or wait for churn to slowly whittle away at it for you)?

I've also used https://payproglobal.com/ quite successfully, which nobody else has mentioned here as a merchant of record option. They're less polished than other options, but they've been a godsend for selling outside the EU + Anglosphere markets: they've managed card fraud far far better, and have a very impressive breadth of the local payment methods that you'll 100% need if you want to sell in those markets.

Also seen some enthusiasm for https://www.creem.io/ recently as an MoR option although I haven't tried them myself.

Oh, and it's worth noting that using an MoR isn't just helpful for sales tax. It's also significantly easier for your own accountancy and local tax filings more broadly: it effectively turns N invoices into 1. Very very easy to handle, process & document.
TLDR depends on the efficiency of the fridge. You’re right of course though - I edited linked comment to be more conservative at 2-3 days also. I can get my personal lab fridge to last 5 days though (110W power draw, once every hour for 5 minutes). :P

If your outage is longer than expected, the battery will recharge in a little over an hour and be ready to go again (if the grid comes on for a bit, or from your generator, a neighbor's etc).
I'm confused. Is the "straitjacket" supposed to be good or bad? You seem to have ultimately happy to have chosen it for yourself but Americans choosing the same somehow disillusioned you?
>Tylenol is "pain relief theater".

Say again? How exactly is this so if it does really relieve certain types of pain?

Also, choosing to let nature run its course is usually a surefire path to needless misery with no benefit. Pain relief drugs don't necessarily destroy your organs. You're badly overblowing that and even if it were the case in a very gradual way, it could still be a better option than being destroyed anyhow and much more painfully by "nature running its course".

Odd take.
Javascript is also quite difficult to embed in other applications. So not much has changed, except it's no longer your language of choice.