skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Imagine that, Chinese hackers breaking into energy companies and stealing blueprints to nuclear power plants (2014).

https://money.cnn.com/2014/05/19/technology/security/china-h...

>The kind of spying China is accused of can yield valuable information and give the country's businesses a much-needed boost. Westinghouse spent a significant amount of money designing the special pipes that are the defining feature of its AP1000 pressurized water reactor. Stealing those plans means that a Chinese nuclear plant builder might be able to skip costly research and development.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_espionage_in_the_Unite...

>In 2016, the U.S. Justice Department charged China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) with stealing nuclear secrets from the United States.[36][37] The Guardian reported: "According to the US Department of Justice, the FBI has discovered evidence that China General Nuclear Power (CGN) has been engaged in a conspiracy to steal US nuclear secrets stretching back almost two decades. Both CGN and one of the corporation’s senior advisers, Szuhsiung Ho, have been charged with conspiring to help the Chinese government develop nuclear material in a manner that is in clear breach of US law."[38]

Just two instances of many.

They play the long con and have pretty much stolen from every industry to further their own.
The “server in DB” is also the Convex model, but Convex is more tailored towards JS full stack apps:

https://www.convex.dev/
That's what I don't get. It's always phrased as the US somehow making all this money when in reality it's Americans that are paying for it. Among other reasons to be able to afford tax cuts in the future. Sure this will hurt other economies but primarily right now it seems to hurt the American economy and people the most.
TIL anyone making less than $1M/yr is budget. I was specifically calling out being able to do so (easily) from within the ORM itself, so I think implying that I don't know you can just call the database directly is a bit of a strawman.

At the risk of going off on a tangent, the median dev salary is something like $100-150k/yr. So half of devs in the country make less than that. Gergely Orosz has a great discussion of this.[0] $1m/yr TC is the top 0.01% of the top tier of companies. Some FAANG-level tech firms are here but otherwise it's almost entirely IB, HFT, hedge funds, that sort of thing. I'd be shocked if anyone making close to $1m/yr TC is ever touching an ORM in their day job.

[0] https://newsletter.pragmaticengineer.com/p/trimodal-nature-o...
> We don't yet have humanoid robots but they're on the design table, so it may be time to fasten your seat belt.

Right ... so about that, here's Morgan Stanley's report on humanoid robots from a couple months ago:

Investors will notice that 73% of the companies confirmed to be involved in humanoids and 77% of integrators are based out of Asia (56%/45% out of China, respectively). A common refrain we hear from investors is the lack of Western firms to add to their humanoid portfolio outside of TSLA and NVDA. In our view, this is important information in and of itself as it represents the reality of the current humanoid ecosystem which we expect may need to change materially over time (see the West's current experience with EVs which has significant supply chain overlap with humanoids). Our research suggests China continues to show the most impressive progress in humanoid robotics where startups are benefitting from established supply chains, local adoption opportunities, and strong degrees of national government support.

https://advisor.morganstanley.com/john.howard/documents/fiel...
A better palette of possible factors was something I thought about. It will require rewriting nearly the whole app, but it's likely the direction I'll go when I make v2.

To take it a step further I thought I could use even smaller building blocks via dimensional "toolboxes" like quantity, distance, volume, and conversions and each question files its factors into each tool box (with some dummies like you said). Do you think that'd be more interesting? It's more complex though so mass appeal might go down.
This is very very wrong. Sheesh. Stop.
Can't be outraged by something good happening and there's always another thing to be outraged about!
You ask the 3rd person to be present/to review the interview later. It is not perfect but it may provide a necessary perspective.
> Web browsers became application distribution platforms, and thus; I agree with you- they're really heavy for just document viewing these days.

Too bad they are crap at printing. Apparently rendering on the screen and rendering an image are two completely different things.
This is really cool. Looking forward to someone making modular hardware kits to go with this and some test/alignment software. Maybe full body scans some day and a forum for people to share findings and ask dumb questions?
Poor reply. I want America to be free for anyone who is on our soil. Not just for me and those lucky enough to have been born here, and not just for the political aristocracy and their Israeli darlings. Some Americans welcome a master it seems, when it speaks Hebrew
Classic leather dress shoes can last decades and can be resoled many times.

But most people don't consider them comfortable. More the opposite.

But no, the foam and rubber modern "comfortable" shoes are made of are not repairable. Fundamentally, the foam or other sole material simply breaks down. The rubber wears away. And the woven and plastic materials the upper are made of fray, lose padding, and otherwise break down as well.
> IMO it's quite different than using a calculator or any other tool. It can currently completely replace the human in the loop, whereas with other tools they are generally just a step in the process.

The (as yet unproven) argument for the use of AIs is that using AI to solve simpler problems allows us humans to focus on the big picture, in the same way that letting a calculator solve arithmetic gives us flexibility to understand the math behind the arithmetic.

No one knows if that's true. We're running a grand experiment: the next generation will either surpass us in grand fashion using tools that we couldn't imagine, or will collapse into a puddle of ignorant consumerism, a la Wall-E.
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I know folks are going to complain about the aesthetic. As they do literally every time Rolex does something "new".

e.g. the Skydweller in the last decade or so.

This watch is interesting in that it draws on the Genta-esque integrated bracelet (also reminiscent of their 70s-era quartz stuff). I personally like the hexagons. I think everyone "will have always loved this" in 5-10 years.

The technical details of the watch are really on brand for Rolex: they just kinda turned everything up to 11, i.e. new escapement, turning up the BPS, thinner. Overall, I think it's really a great watch.
Middle-out learning is a great way to tackle brand new things. Do some overviews, see what other people do and think about the thing, then dive into it's manual once you have a worldview of it.
I don't think those are the same problem.

"If only everyone would just do X" where X is a thing that has a positive benefit is unrealistic.

"If only people would learn not to do Y" where Y is a thing which actively hurts them and which they can learn the negative consequences over time feels a whole lot less impossible to me.

If your co-worker pulls this crap, tell them not to. Complain about it in performance reviews. Replace them with someone who writes good code.
> the only way to do it is outright fraud and lying on the import forms.

It seems like the incentive to do this has just gone up immensely.

There are also more creative ways to get around country of origin labeling, as I understand it. For example, do 90% of the work in the high-tariff country and the final 10% in the low-tariff country which becomes the point of origin.
No, of course there isn't. The explanation is absolutely ridiculous.

Go ask chatgpt, it will explain it quite well.
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I assure you they know where to look.
There are multiple factors exacerbating this even further:

1) AI generated code is "soulless". Reviewing code can be engaging if you are trying to understand your colleagues thought process. Sometimes you learn something new, sometimes you can feel superior, or politely disagree. AI ain't worth the hassle.

2) You unlearn how to write code by relying heavily on LLMs. On some level, it is similar to an IDE giving you context clues and definitions. On another, it can replace the hard work of thinking things through with mediocre yet usually workable solutions. And that's the big trap.
As someone teaching at the university level, the goals of teaching are (in that order):

1. Get people interested in my topics and removing fears and/or preconceived notions about whether it is something for them or not

2. Teach students general principles and the ability to go deeper themselves when and if it is needed

3. Giving them the ability to apply the learned principles/material in situations they encounter

I think removing fear and sparking interest is a precondition for the other two. And if people are interested they want to understand it and then they use AI to answer questions they have instead of blindly letting it do the work.

And even before AI you would have students who thought they did themselves favours by going a learn-and-forget route or cheating. AI jusr makes it a little easier to do just that. But in any pressure situation, like a written assignment under supervision it will come to light anyways, whether someone knows their shit or not.

Now I have the luck that the topics I teach (electronics and media technology) are very applied anyways, so AI does not have a big impact as of now. Not being able to understand things isn't really an option when you have to use a mixing desk in a venue with a hundred people or when you have to set up a tripod without wrecking the 6000€ camera on top.

But I generally teach people who are in it for the interest and not for some prestige that comes with having a BA/MA. I can imagine this is quite different in other fields where people are in it for the money or the prestige.
> Fishing is less profitable for the whole UK than Warhammer.

This sounded completely insane to me. I tried to look up numbers and found that Games Workshop brings in > 0.5 billion in revenue (!!), compared to all of UKs fisheries at 1 billion-ish (profit margins are, as you'd expect, pretty favorable for the plastic figurines that they don' even paint for you).

Thanks for this interesting fact.
While this is generally true, people do actually tend to consume media that comports with their existing or desired self-image. Source: I run insights & analytics for a media company.
I think it depends a lot. I remember working in retail for a summer and saw some of the prices. If you wanted to buy an alarm clock, that was 100% markup, but if you wanted to buy the Garmin GPS then it was 15% markup.

I would think that specialised and expensive shoes have less markup than cheaper and more common shoes. But if the cheaper and more common shoes become 50% more expensive then there aren’t really any cheap shoes left to feed the bottom line…
I root my phone out of principle (and it does come on handy sometimes). Rooting a phone seems increasingly rare, unfortunately.
I don't buy it. Why would I want my LLM to talk to some other LLM and introduce even more space for weird, non-deterministic bugs when I could have my LLM call a deterministic API to achieve the same thing?
For now.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/trump-deporting-us-cit...
Hit the Goalie / with the Puck / in the Neck
Why do you call it fraud? It's not fraudulent.
Best to avoid the tariffs then? Is there a reason that Nike can not make shoes in the US?
That's been my current dream trip for a little. I think it woukd be so cool to ride the trains around the country and see what it's really like there. Learning the language is hard though
To less people? I think I touched on that but yes.

All of that would typically be tied together as inventory cost (aside from theft, though some people do).

Lots of fascinating things in retail. Around half of all theft will be from your own employees, for example.
Looking at trump's actions as desire for dominance makes them seem rational, in the sense that they have a common motivation.

From that perspective, he's at least acting consistently, and has been rewarded over his lifetime for it.

Punch people/organisations/nations in the mouth repeatedly until they beg for mercy, then keep pounding them until they forfeit their dignity and pledge allegiance.

Everyone, everywhere, all the time.
The weaker the better.
Until stopped.
Can that "taste" be measured in Dollarinos?
You can't be robbed of something you don't possess.
What I don’t understand is that we already tried this plan 8 years ago in his first term, and back then it didn’t work, his economy was down. He got voted out because he’s not a good politician or leader.

So why is everyone entertaining the idea that it will work this time?
US. If you mean state, I'm flexible to move to any state. Texas, DC, California, NC...
There's no money because your parties always vote for tax cuts and never for revenue raising measures.

And because of the dollars currency hegemony, the world helps you do it. Just let the tax cuts expire and increase the federal tax rates on higher incomes.

Even if you didn't want to do this, the world will literally fund whatever nonsense you want and you could deficit spend to restore manufacturing.

You as a country have a bunch of options (more than most) and it's sad to watch ye flail around ineffectually.
You do understand that Chinese government can (and does) easily just instruct their nation-state hackers to steal from abroad?

They have been caught doing this for decades.
There are many oral health problems that flouride does not solve.
I find it absolutely mind blowing that people trust their secrets to be kept secure by a commercial company that needs to obey the laws in another country. In the light of recent geopolitical turmoil it makes even less sense.
We get to choose between allowing government agents to go through our files or losing our expensive hardware.

This is a lot better than the choice between allowing them to go through our files or not entering the country, but it's still pretty gross.
I don't think they are right now.

I have very wide feet, so much so that I've seriously considered manufacturing my own shoes (possibly with a 3D printer). Shoe makers and repair shops do exist but they are becoming quite rare.

My understanding is that a good quality repairable shoe is about $500 or about 5x the price of the $100 shoe we're talking about. Repairing it is labor intensive and adds even more to that cost. So, I can buy at least 5 pairs of $100 shoes for the price of a good quality and repairable shoe and that doesn't consider the repair costs.
i think the dissent in this thread is unqualified. Society is completely over "net-benefit" solutions. Stop perscribing 20th century one size fits all solutions. How about free flouride tablets instead of dosing everyone. Then saying "we need public policy to govern insurance rates". If this arugment saw its maxima, it would be manditory euthansia after 65. Certainly would really drop insurance rates. Btw genetics are a massive factor in oral hygine requirements, probably something your not considering. Should everyone wear the same brand/make of shoes?
> frankly i find the american healthcare system quite good if you have good job-tied insurance

Soviet union was fine too if you were an apparatchik…
I was able to use llama.cpp and whisper.cpp to help me build a transcription site for my favorite podcast[0]. I'm a total python noob and hadn't really used sqlite before, or really used AI before but using these tools, completely offline, llama.cpp helped me write a bunch of python and sql to get the job done. It was incredibly fun and rewarding and most importantly, it got rid of the dread of not knowing.

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Sorta related: Those Crocs/clogs shoes have been extremely popular for a few years now. ... I've always wondered how much it costs to make that type of shoes (Crocs/clogs) - it can't cost more than $1 to make most of them; they're just injection-molded, right?
There is also the fact that with each USD you can buy less and less as a private person.

So to have the same quality of life, you expect higher returns.

Which mean that you will choose to invest into companies that offers a better return, and for that, these companies will have raise their prices, which in turn, spirals into additional price raises.
This 100x, last time I crossed a border I shutdown my phone and because my phone was off the border guard considered that suspicious. Also apparently not using google maps is considered suspicious even if you're in an area you've lived your entire life.
I found the answer to your question by opening the article and using Ctrl+F to find the word "tax". Here are the excerpts:

>"In an episode of the Strong Towns podcast, [Stacey Mitchell, co-director of the Institute for Local Self-Reliance] explains how companies like Walmart or Target convince local officials that they’re bringing jobs and financial benefits to the area often in exchange for tax breaks and subsidies to cover the cost of land or construction. Unfortunately, many local governments are too quick to take the bait."

>"ILSR also discovered that large corporations benefit from tax loopholes, enabling them to avoid paying income taxes in about half the states they operate in. Meanwhile, small businesses don’t have that luxury—they pay taxes on 100% of their earnings."

>"This uneven playing field places local businesses at a disadvantage, as they are required to bear a higher tax burden than their corporate competitors. A similar dynamic plays out on the federal level, where corporations may operate in part through shell companies based in tax havens."

Those were all taken from the last 4 paragraphs of the section under the heading "The Big Box Swindle" (the first section after the introduction).
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Do you work with people who can multiply 12.3% * 144,005.23 rapidly without a calculator?

> The issue is that, when presented with a situation that requires writing legibly, spelling well, or reading a map, WITHOUT their AI assistants, they will fall apart.

The parent poster is positing that for 90% of cases they WILL have their AI assistant because its in their pocket, just like a calculator. It's not insane to think that and its a fair point to ponder.
> China will surpass USA from a GDP Point of view in 2035.

Don't be so sure, this has become much less clear. For example, in this article: "The Centre for Economics and Business Research, which in 2020 predicted that China would overtake the U.S. by 2028, revised the crossover point two years later, to 2036. This month, the British consultancy said it will not happen in the next 15 years."

https://www.newsweek.com/2025/01/31/china-us-compete-biggest...
If your product is imported through China as the supplier, depending on how you structure your arrangement, it can be sourced from wherever you like, at least on paper.
Writing is not necessary for thinking. You can learn to think without writing. I've never had a brilliant thought while writing.

In fact, I've done a lot more thinking and had a lot more insights from talking than from writing.

Writing can be a useful tool to help with rigorous thinking. In my opinion, is mostly about augmenting the author's effective memory to be larger and more precise.

I'm sure the same effect could be achieved by having AI transcribe a conversation.
People with this belief have never tried hiring, training, and retaining 6 EAs.
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Is that better? We need at least one cobbler sure, but if shoes are so scarce that we need to repair them like some communist country, are we better off?
That's a bold claim. Do you have a source for that?
That's my point. The touting of $3 is beyond misleading.
The problem is that the big corporate stores end up making the town poorer. They siphon money out of the community, undercut local businesses, and turn over control of a tax-producing plot of land to a corporate office out-of-state (country?) that probably doesn't care what happens to the town. If they pull out, you're screwed. If they stay and have deleterious policies of one kind or another, you're screwed.

The local businesses and well-to-do need to come together and make a plan to make keeping these companies out a more palatable notion. Special pricing for people on government assistance is the way one of my local co-op grocers does it. I'm sure there are other ways to innovate, too, but adopting them requires realizing that the less affluent are your neighbors, not obstacles.
Somewhat related I think: I've been curious what others think. Is it taboo or poor taste in 2025 to have a site that is 100% text/plain with auto-indexing performed by the webserver? Are their any text/plain beautifiers that will format pages for people that like to read books? Such as adding page numbers, footers, structuring paragraphs correctly, making a table of contents with page numbers, converting hyperlinks. Is relying on the back button too much to ask?

I've been thinking about converting all my offliine-blog contents to purely text. I hard-block search engines so I would only care what humans and genetically modified primates think.
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