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I’m no ML expert so take what I say with a grain of salt.

Two resources that might be useful are AWS’ SageMaker documentation and the Machine Learning Engineering book by Andriy Burkov. This book doesn’t really go into detail on logging though. One way to evaluate a model is to run a SageMaker processing job that saves the performance metrics in a json file in S3 somewhere. More info on processing jobs: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sagemaker/latest/dg/processing-j... . AWS has various services for logging which you can look into. This will mostly apply to orgs using AWS, but it might give a sense of how things can be done more generally.


I’ve been trying to contribute to a Linux kernel subsystem recently. I can program in C, but that’s not really the barrier. Most patches are pretty tiny changes to the C code, I think. At the moment I’m finding that I don’t understand enough about the subsystem and hardware - that is the main obstacle to making meaningful changes. I’m not sure if there will eventually be AI agents that work on the Linux kernel without close supervision, but the “craft of coding” was probably never the most important thing.

Something I heard on a podcast recently re. AI is: do you think computer science, machine learning, embedded systems etc. will become more important to society in a world of advanced AI or less? I think it will become more important, but I suppose that doesn’t necessarily lead to more jobs.


I disagree. The majority of HN readers are Americans and a vocal and active subset don’t like seeing articles which are critical of their “great” nation.


I respect your opinion, but as a non-American myself (Canadian), I also really don't like having my feed filled with whatever the last drama was that Donald stirred up. HN for me is an escape from other news outlets.


U.S. tariff strategy:

1. Impose tariffs on countries that collectively purchase ~40% of U.S. goods exports

2. ???

3. Profit


It will be like Trump’s first term.

1. Tariffs

2. Negotiation

3. Better trade agreements

People are acting like this didn’t happened in his first term.


There are no concrete asks from the US. The president appears to vehemently believe that tariffs will “generate revenue”. There is also the unhinged proposition to absorb Canada as the 51st state.


Also, siding with Russia in their apparent plan to invade Europe, and trying to annex Greenland.

Why should they continue to trade with us?


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> They have $57T in debt, look at that number, it is 3x their GDP.

Where are you getting this $57T number from? Most sources put it closer to $2.5-$3T max

https://english.www.gov.cn/archive/statistics/202312/29/cont...


Almost everything you have said is wrong. Its quite remarkable to hear accusations of being ill informed or living in an information bubble from someone who is clearly suffering from both.


>The tariffs on Mexico/Canada are to get them to step up and stop the flow of drugs and illegal immigrants into our country.

They did take action. Trump slapped them anyway, without Trump asking anything more.

>He has said this nearly every time he has talked about the tariffs. Will it generate some revenue sure but probably not much.

Trump has literaly said that it would bring in so much revenue that he will dismantle the IRS and replace it with the ERS.

>This is all about does American and its people have the resolve to play hardball.

Why would anyone trust Trump to abide by any agreement? He's a liar and a backstabber.

The rest of the world can act as if the US was razed to the ground.


I hope you’re right. But even if that were the case, and trade agreements were better on paper, the net effect on the U.S. after all is said and done (damaged relationships, seeking out new markets etc.) is probably negative


During his first term there were at least a few adults left in the room. This time around, all bets are off.


Back in 2016, "I will miss Pence as one of the few adults in the room" was definitely not in my bingo card. What a timeline we're in.


Never thought that McCain or Romney would seem as amazing alternatives compared to where we ended up either. Russian propaganda brainrot really did a number on the American populace over the last decade.


It was less Pence and more the old guard career folks like Tillerson - but now Trump just exists in an echo chamber.


You did not factor in the public opinion here. Already in Europe a mass wave of boycotting American products is shaping up. The same in Canada. It's different this time.


Is 3 even true?


Trump said Canada is stealing from him by honouring a trade agreement that he negotiated.

America is a clown state.


Trump said the trade agreement is terrible.


“The top five purchasers of U.S. goods exports in 2022 were: Canada ($356.5 billion), Mexico ($324.3 billion), China ($150.4 billion), Japan ($80.2 billion), and the United Kingdom ($76.2 billion). U.S. goods exports to the European Union 27 were $350.8 billion.”


I’m no deal maker, but it could maybe help if the US avoided pissing off its largest customer - Canada:

“ The top five purchasers of U.S. goods exports in 2022 were: Canada ($356.5 billion), Mexico ($324.3 billion), China ($150.4 billion), Japan ($80.2 billion), and the United Kingdom ($76.2 billion). U.S. goods exports to the European Union 27 were $350.8 billion.”

https://ustr.gov/countries-regions


lol, they're pissing off 4 of those actively, or am I getting the count wrong?


Depends on how you count. There are tariffs on everyone for steel and aluminium. There are specific tarrifs on Canada, Mexico, EU, and China. Trump promises to back off from NATO, which pisses off pretty much everyone on the European continent (EU or otherwise). The recent counch incident in the Oval Office wasn’t taken well in the Europe as well.


> Canada, Mexico, EU, and China

Which are, for the record, the four biggest trading partners, and over half of all the US's international trade.

At this rate the US will be threatening Moldova to give it good trade terms or else it'll huffily take its business elsewhere to Montenegro.


Well, there are talks about a mineral deal with Russia, others also mention gas and oil. Who knows, maybe it can grow into an all encompassing trade deal. Very good for America. The best.


Would you buy cloud computing services from China? At this stage, should anyone feel safer with AWS etc.?


My father passed away in October and it’s still difficult. I’ve dealt with grief before - two very close family members passed. The hard truth is you will never fully recover. 7 years later, a memory will bring you to tears.

The only thing that relieves it somewhat is time, in my experience. Something else that I kind of think helped was trying to guess what my dad would want for me (living sensibly, taking care of myself etc.), and try my best to follow it (not perfectly or even very well, but I try). I hope you will recover from your grief as rapidly as possible. I don’t think my father would like the idea of me being crushed by grief, and I don’t suppose yours would either!


I agree. I think there’s a good chance that politicians & CEOs pushing for 100s of billions spent on AI infrastructure are going to look foolish.


Here are some of my favourites:

The Fourth Curtain

Click Here

Oxide and Friends

Acquired

Designer Notes

Shoot the messenger


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