MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by wanderingbort | 2025-04-20 13:10:56+00:00
I’m happy that there was overlap between what your parents put in front of you and what you found passion in later in life.

I think that story happens to many but I cannot accept a premise that it is somehow universal.

The passions I found later in life were unrelated to what my parents put in front of me. I suspect that it’s because the activities I eventually found (distance running, volleyball, cooking) were not activities that my parents enjoyed or thought much about.

Moreover, I was unable to develop healthy models of internal motivation until mid life. I didn’t have to when the “why” was covered by my parents.

Childhood should be the lowest risk time in life for people to learn to fail and find the path back to success. This is what I worry about as a parent when I try to set my kids up for future success. I want them to fail now.

I see my role as a parent as coaching them to care about how they spend their time and how to recover from disappointment and failure. If they get that, then learning piano later in life is just work. They won’t be afraid of that.
by danenania | 2025-04-20 13:11:26+00:00
Congrats!!

I guess I believe more in the Montessori idea that kids are intrinsically motivated to learn and excel, and they will tend to be naturally drawn to work hard at the skills that they are best suited for.

I understand the idea that some skills have a hump to get over and it’s good to encourage that determination, but I’d also guess that for every person like you who is glad they were pushed to learn some particular skill, there is another person who it affected very negatively. So I suppose it’s a bit of a gamble in that sense.
by lolinder | 2025-04-20 13:12:10+00:00
I got 3.2. Spoilers below.

Round 1 I just guessed in the middle of the 70s.

Round 2 I was 5 years off, but I should have been able to get closer if I'd slowed down. Someone with a better knowledge of modern Middle Eastern uprisings or Arabic could have read the signs, but also the tech in everyone's hands was pretty closely dated.

Round 3 was pretty clearly the London Blitz—the uniform was WW2 era and people were piled on top of each other in a London Tube station—which narrowed it down to basically a single year.

Round 4 was another guess-the-decade shot, I was 6 years off (I guessed 1940). Had I thought about it harder it would have been unlikely to have been taken during WW2, which would have bumped my guess up a few years to be closer.

Round 5 was a bunch of protesters who were pretty clearly in the mid-to-late 2000s (cell phone in the background), and the topic of their protest was gay marriage which had a single very important flashpoint in that decade with Prop 8 in 2008.
by Waterluvian | 2025-04-20 13:12:11+00:00
I love this idea so much and would make this one of my daily games.

FWIW: The jankiness of the slider feels quite jarring, given it’s the sole interactive element. It makes the thing difficult to stick with. On my iPhone 12, it lags way behind and the numbers update at like 10fps.

I really hope this keeps getting daily images added.
by franga2000 | 2025-04-20 13:12:17+00:00
You need a cellphone, but you really don't much on it. Browser, email, a chat app or three, banking, navigation, public transport/parking. Most of these have good privacy-minded options or are usually not the biggest offenders. It's games, ecommerce, social media and such that do the most spying, and you can absolutely live without those apps.
by dingnuts | 2025-04-20 13:12:36+00:00
> It’s like a slightly over-eager junior-mid developer

One with brain damage maybe, I tried out having Claude & Gemini modify a Go program with an absolutely trivial change (change the units displayed in an output type) and it got one of the four lines of code correct (the actual math for the unit conversion) and the rest was incorrect.

In the end, I integrated the helper function it output myself.

SOTA models can generate two or three lines of code accurately at a time and you have to describe them with such specificity that I've usually already done the hard part of the thinking by the time I have a specific enough prompt, that it's easier to just type out the code.

At best they save me looking up a unit conversion formula, which makes them about as useful as a search engine
by danielvaughn | 2025-04-20 13:14:03+00:00
Having been on both sides of the table, I can offer a few pieces of advice:

1. It’s probably best not to mention negative experiences unless it’s prompted by the interviewer. In some cases it may be super relevant and unavoidable, but aside from that, best to leave it alone.

2. Be clear and unambiguous about what was negative. Don’t be vague. I once had a candidate say something like “yeah and that job didn’t end very nicely…I’ll just leave it at that.” This is not a good thing to say in a job interview.

3. Always tie it to something positive. The story should end with a note about how you grew from the experience.
by stefanfis | 2025-04-20 13:17:13+00:00
Even if you’ve already learned distributed system design, it makes things much more complicated, is easier to break and harder to maintain. Getting new developers to the project is harder as most lack the experience working with distributed systems.

And most of the projects started by small companies will never have the need for scaling. Should they once need scaling, the project is typically so successful they can easily pay for experts to help them.
by Spooky23 | 2025-04-20 13:17:20+00:00
In the United States, you have a fundamental right to not testify against yourself, including providing a password. You can be compelled to provide a biometric. The UK has taken a different approach and my understanding is that you can be jailed for refusing to provide a password.

Most countries recognize very different limits at a customs boundary. Is this appropriate in an age where a tiny device gives you access to all of your "papers" in many cases? I don't think so, but international law doesn't recognize our concerns with respect to that.
by roenxi | 2025-04-20 13:18:23+00:00
> Allowing a rival to push propaganda onto your children is foolhardy.

I don't recall historical instances where that was a major problem. The closest analogue would be the cold war, where US propaganda successfully got the USSR to switch to democracy (a move that, ultimately, was to the benefit of the people). The Soviet counter-propaganda was ultimately unconvincing and everyone agrees that Communism was a disaster - even the people who lived in communist communities as children.

It is too hard to come up with a 20- or 30-year propaganda campaign that has meaningful impacts, the results are fundamentally unclear because everyone will have different policies in 30 years. If anyone knew how to reliably change societies through propaganda we'd already be using that technique in the west to align everyone to capitalism instead of having the constant socialist regressions that keep cropping up.

Propaganda is effective for specific political decisions in the short term when targeted at adults. Over the longer term it has impacts that are hard to foresee and impossible to control, for good or ill.

> It has nothing to do with whether Chinese propaganda is worse than US propaganda.

It sounds important when you phrase it like that. Why listen to worse propaganda?
by incanus77 | 2025-04-20 13:19:17+00:00
Score 4722 Avg. Years Off 2.6 here. Spoilers: I got two exactly right (Arab Spring, Battle of Britain) and one off by a year (dancing). The two exacts were pretty obviously tied to specific dated events, and I both love history and have a pretty easy time remembering dates. I love this sort of game, as I do trivia, history trivia especially.
by mapkkk | 2025-04-20 13:19:43+00:00
Liposuction is actually a very risky procedure, at least in relation to its benefits. For example, fat embolisms in liposuction occur in 8-9% of patients that undergo the procedure. There are other risks that are non-trivial as well.

If I had to advise a patient on whether they should consider liposuction vs gastric bypass vs GLP1R agonists, I would tell them to not consider liposuction in that equation at all.

As with most cosmetic surgery, risks like these are downplayed by practitioners (willfully and otherwise) as well as by people in these social media circles.

This doesn't mean liposuction shouldn't ever be used, however. It can have good uses in reconstructive surgery, for example, where fat is sucked up to be used in reconstructing a different area. In this case, the potential reduction in morbidity and restoration of function to the patient, or increasing their autonomy, might make the risks associated with lipo worth it.
by mpweiher | 2025-04-20 13:20:06+00:00
1. Australia

2. Canada

3. Kazakhstan

4. Recycling nuclear fuel

5. South Africa

6. China

7. Brasil

8. Namibia

9. Seawater

10. Use Thorium instead

Oh, if you find China in this list objectionable, as it is a dictatorship, remember that that is where we get essentially all our solar panels from.
by semking | 2025-04-20 13:20:10+00:00
Google wrote that "structured data won't make your site rank better"

Let me be clear: the official Google Search statement you read is wrong.

A good structured data strategy will positively impact organic rankings.

In this 3,500+ words article, I tried to explain ideas and concepts in detail:

1) The role of structured data in organic search

2) How structured data adds value for humans

3) How structured data helps search engines match content with user intent

4) Why I believe Google downplays the role of structured data in SEO

5) The impact of Click-Through Rates on organic rankings

6) How visual layout influences human behavior

7) How structured data reduces our cognitive load

8) Why using good structured data will increase CTR

9) How a CTR increase can create a positive divergence with the Click-Through Rate Google expects

10) How positive divergences push Google to re-evaluate rankings

I did my best to clarify things but I'm exhausted. If you spot typos or plain mistakes, PLEASE let me know. I always WELCOME constructive criticism!
by NikkiA | 2025-04-20 13:23:00+00:00
There really isn't one 'west yorkshire' accent, nor one 'north yorkshire' accent, there is much much more variety than that. A leeds resident sounds different from a wakefield or dewsbury resident, and even then there can be variation where some people exhibit less of their locale accent than others, depending on how much they rebelled against sounding 'local' in their teens.
by pettycashstash2 | 2025-04-20 13:23:32+00:00
3-Month Milestones:

Onboard 20-30 retailers consistently ordering through your platform

Establish 3-5 functioning mini-warehouses in one focused neighborhood or district

Achieve 70%+ retention rate (retailers placing second and third orders)

Demonstrate consistent 1-2 day delivery timeframes vs. industry standard

6-Month Milestones:

Develop a simple but scalable credit scoring system for your retailers

Implement a minimal credit offering for your best customers (even if limited)

Create streamlined logistics model that can handle 3-5x your current volume

Document 3-5 case studies showing measurable retailer benefits (time/cost savings)

12-Month Decision Points:

Revenue covering operational costs (excluding your time) 10-15% month-over-month growth in transaction volume

Clear unit economics showing profitability per delivery At least one key metric where you're 2-3x better than traditional wholesalers

Rather than trying to fund everything from your agency, consider a "minimum viable credit" approach - perhaps starting with net-15 payment terms for your most reliable retailers, then gradually extending as you validate repayment behavior.

Could you saturate just one neighborhood or product category first to demonstrate density advantages?

The key now is focused execution rather than trying to solve every problem at once. What's the absolute minimum version of Tillit that delivers real value and can grow without significant outside capital?
by echelon | 2025-04-20 13:24:44+00:00
> Humans can form 'tribes', in the loosest sense of the word possible, based on genetics, but we also form tribes based on similar beliefs, values and interests - for example, Hacker News :)

I agree with this, and I'm glad we do. But I've posted the "let's harvest clones for organs" idea numerous times on HN -- a community where many of us are on somewhat of a similar wavelength. It's usually met with a lot of vitriol and disgust.

> Obviously, your proposed "monoclonal human bodies in artificial wombs" would help with that.

That's one of the nice things about this. It would give us an organismal research platform where we could replicate experiments. No more animal studies, imperfect chimera systems, or molecular experiments we can't scale up. We'd have a perfect test bed for investigating almost everything that ails us.
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by zshaoz | 2025-04-20 13:25:30+00:00
Hi everyone,

I’ve been using ChatGPT to analyze my journal entries and to reflect with. It works great, I really liked it. I’ve managed to gain some good insights about myself and made improvements.

However, there are a few problems: - ChatGPT only remembers key facts about you, it has limited memories - ChatGPT couldn't recall the content of conversations you had with it - For individual ChatGPT products, your private conversations might be used to train future models (see: https://help.openai.com/en/articles/5722486-how-your-data-is...)

So, I decided to build my own AI journal system. What started out as a scrappy app on my terminal, eventually turn into a full fledge journalling app. And thus, Pensiv is born.

What can Pensiv do for you? - You can journal. - You can reflect with Pensiv AI. - You don't have to repeat yourself. Context is build on the fly for Pensiv AI. - Easily organize and index key people and topics that appear in your journal.

I have tried a number of AI-journalling apps, but most of their core experience emphasize on interacting with AI first, journalling second. My vision with Pensiv is to have journalling still be the core of your experience, and having AI to support you for deeper analysis and more insightful reflections. The goal is to have a DeepReserach-like AI Agent that could analyze all your past entries and conversations and give you tailored insights and advice.

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by madeofpalk | 2025-04-20 13:26:02+00:00
> you frequently end up with candidates who are way more extreme than the electorate in general.

I agree (as a non-American), I think the US primaries system is weird, but how does this not apply to other systems where it’s just a small handful of political insiders that select who runs?

Is it the case that this middle ground is the worst of all worlds?
by HorizonXP | 2025-04-20 13:26:21+00:00
This is great advice.

Unfortunately, most people you’re going to encounter don’t have the depth or maturity to be good interviewers.

Some do though, and they know the truth. There is rarely a job in the world where everything is positive. If you can communicate the negatives in a way that I can understand, empathize with, and that demonstrates your ability to handle it with grace, maturity, and humility, I would probably value that more. At the same time, if you’re someone that harbours a grudge over it, like if someone decided against your advice and you’re bitter over it, I’ll take notice too.

Basically, you need to be a team player, but not an automaton. If we wanted that, we have AI now.
by AlexeyBrin | 2025-04-20 13:27:39+00:00
You can optimize a prompt for a particular LLM model and this can be done only through experimentation. If you take your heavily optimized prompt and apply it to a different model there is a good chance you need to start from scratch.

What you need to do every few months/weeks depending of when the last model was released is to reevaluate your bag of tricks.

At some point it becomes a roulette - you try this, you tray that and maybe it works or maybe not ...
by echelon | 2025-04-20 13:28:30+00:00
> Have you ever seen the movie "The Island"? I'm curious what your reaction to it would be.

It's a typical Hollywood sci-fi film with the usual Hollywood lessons and platitudes.

We wouldn't be producing clones with brains or consciousness. We might even have to modify the spine and stomach.

So there's no thinking at all. They'd be like plants.
by sanderjd | 2025-04-20 13:29:11+00:00
> > Allowing a rival to push propaganda onto your children is foolhardy.

> I don't recall historical instances where that was a major problem.

This is truly laughable.

We would have never let the German government own ABC in the 1930s, for obvious reasons. And the Chinese government would never let a US company own any of their influential media networks.

I always feel like this argument has a "doth protest too much" feel to it.
by diggan | 2025-04-20 13:29:20+00:00
First graph is a comparison of the "Elo Score" while using "native" BF16 precision in various models, second graph is comparing VRAM usage between native BF16 precision and their QAT models, but since this method is about doing quantization while also maintaining quality, isn't the obvious graph of comparing the quality between BF16 and QAT missing? The text doesn't seem to talk about it either, yet it's basically the topic of the blog post.
by mrybczyn | 2025-04-20 13:29:31+00:00
At the 1940s Manhattan project, back when computer meant a job: "person who computes mathematical statements", major advancements were made in the integration of hyperbolic PDEs, by substituting electro-mechanical and then vacuum-tube machines to do the job. You know, those hard-wired vacuum tube monsters like ENIAC.

You could argue that the First useful thing electronic computers did was integration...

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00295450.2021.1...
by Der_Einzige | 2025-04-20 13:32:01+00:00
How many times do I have to say this? Ollama, llamacpp, and many other projects are slower than vLLM/sglang. vLLM is a much superior inference engine and is fully supported by the only LLM frontends that matter (sillytavern).

The community getting obsessed with Ollama has done huge damage to the field, as it's ineffecient compared to vLLM. Many people can get far more tok/s than they think they could if only they knew the right tools.
by joshuanapoli | 2025-04-20 13:32:17+00:00
You’ll have to muster some positive energy from yourself: write the experience in a positive way: “I learned here that authenticity is important to my leadership style; I expect that my team to be motivated by serving the customer, rather than checking off busywork for made up deadlines.” And practice giving that positive statement with a friend or in a less important interview.
by TylerLives | 2025-04-20 13:32:57+00:00
I would love to know in what way have you determined that the Ukraine is less corrupt than Russia.

>Funding of free press is supporting a democracy

It's not really "free" if they depend on foreign donations. Do you believe that those donations come with no strings attached? If the Ukrainian "free press" disagreed with the party line, would they still receive money? Or would they be banned, like the opposition parties that opposed Zelensky?

>Wars are bad and that's why people starting wars should eat shit.

In the real world, this is not how things work. The loser always pays the price. The longer the war goes on, the more Russia will ask for in reparations. If the war continues for a few more years, and the Ukraine loses more land and people, will this be better for them? Can they at least have a referendum, to make sure this is what Ukrainians really want?
by LunaSea | 2025-04-20 13:33:09+00:00
> They are tricked into giving this consent because that's the only way ad industry can obtain consent to livelong invasive tracking.

No, they're not tricked. There are obvious cookie banners with the possibility to see the list of vendors and reasons for collecting the data and consent completely, partially or reject.

I'm sorry, if you don't know how advertisement works for news publishers there's not much to talk about.

> Our simulation study reveals that more than 50% of audience segments (i.e., 23,407 out of 45,440 audience segments on the right-hand side of the dashed vertical line in Figure D2 in Online Appendix D) require a minimum increase in performance larger than 700% to be at least as profitable as no-targeting. ...we find that more than half of the audience segments require an increase in CTR0, CR0, and m0 larger than 100% to be at least as profitable as no-targeting.

This might be correct for Spotify, however it isn't for news publishers. Data costs usually represent 10% to 25% of media cost, which means that the uplift of targeting should be at least these values which are nowhere near 100%.

> 1. GDPR isn't available worldwide

Sure, but since a lot of sites have European users they usually stay in line of the strictest guidelines for all users which is generally the GDPR.

> Ad industry claims "legitimate uses" for a bunch of data and end up with "oh, we'll maintain your precise geolocation for 12 years"

Not "ad industry", "one bad adtech actor", but we're already used to incorrect takes.

If the legitimate uses are invalid (which I believe that they probably are) they can and most likely will be fought in court.

> So what?

So journalists don't get paid.
by A4ET8a8uTh0_v2 | 2025-04-20 13:33:09+00:00
Heh. I will take this one.

<< like we weren't all kids who had parents at some point.

When I was a young impressionable boy, I read through just about every book in our household. I remember "Painted Bird" by Kosinski making an impression and looking back it may have been inappropriate for my age. By today's standards, stuff there is nothing like the crap available to young minds.

I am fairly permissive, but I also do not simply allow my kid to browse the world wide web; stuff is heavily curated by me. In a sense, I am effectively replicating the approach of my parents adjusted for current tech.

edit: To be clear, librarians are effectively that world wide web, which means someone else is curating for you, which means you are bound to disagree on the actual output.
by noodletheworld | 2025-04-20 13:33:15+00:00
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Am I missing something?

These have been out for a while; if you follow the HF link you can see, for example, the 27b quant has been downloaded from HF 64,000 times over the last 10 days.

Is there something more to this, or is just a follow up blog post?

(is it just that ollama finally has partial (no images right?) support? Or something else?)
by twodave | 2025-04-20 13:34:44+00:00
To clarify, for those who seem not to have RTFA but are downvoting (I can only assume based on perceived sexism since nobody has been brave enough to comment)—-the parent was quoting an article written by a working father, who said his internal KPI was, “If I haven’t spent 30 minutes playing with my kids in the last 3 days something is wrong.”
by HorizonXP | 2025-04-20 13:35:10+00:00
I’ve thought the same, but then my food intake would truly be just plain chicken breast, fish, protein shakes, and green veggies. Which is basically what it is now, but I’d have to cut out the Greek yogurt, berries, and handful of nuts, and maybe the eggs. Remember, I weigh everything.

I can find the calories to cut, it just makes it difficult to sustain for longer than 2 weeks due to the mental load. Plus, I would bet my lifts in the gym would suffer after a while too.

Frankly, it’s probably easier to just go for an extra 20 minutes run.