MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by Juliate | 2025-04-28 17:41:11+00:00
Yes, I'm referring to what we could call the golden age of tailoring, around 1800-1970.

You could say it was brief, relative to humanity history, indeed, as a transition period between cottage/home textile manufacturing as well as sewing, and high (and accelerating) automation managed by fewer people and lots of low-paid workers (as it is today).

And such is the trajectory for software development, a brief golden age, between the moment where computers barely existed, and the moment where automation/acceleration takes over.

It won't eliminate software development, but it won't require as many people as it does today. Some "local" artisan shops, highly skilled, and more expensive, may still exist.

But the capital currently feeling high tech salaries will inevitably seek new/other growth opportunities, as it has always done with other growth drivers.
by nchmy | 2025-04-28 17:41:22+00:00
Just read the follow up study. A local affiliate of Rachelplus was the one who I mentioned in my other comment as being bewildered and worthless. It's just some clueless and not particularly invested bureaucrats running it, and they are evidently incentivized to just get devices in schools, with little regard for how effective it ends up being (or if the devices even end up working at all)

The guy running it was bewildered and even offended when i said a huge medical encyclopedia was worthless - there's like 10 conditions that affect the majority of people here (smoke, parasites, diabetes, dental issues, obesity, malnourishment, sleep deprivation, emotional/psychological trauma, etc), all of which are simple to treat and also to fix/prevent with basic technologies and living practices. As with people who have access to all information, they don't actually need it - just live well. If they need real medical knowledge, they'll need to find their way to a doctor anyway. The same applies to the rest of the knowledge - they'd learn more effectively anyway through practical, effective projects.

I also tried to talk to/work with the people in charge of rachelplus technology in improve it in many ways, but they were enormously disinterested as well. Such are the ways of the majority of non-profit orgs in the social/economic development world (and probably in most other realms as well)
by graemep | 2025-04-28 17:42:13+00:00
You seem to have somehow interpreted what I said as defending driving without insurance? Did you read my other comments (particularly the ancestor to this)?

I meant consequences for those who are caught - i.e. is there a real deterrent?

Why do some of the US states mentioned have such high rates of lack of insurance.

> Most people don't live in these "rural areas".

but many do

> And even then, I'd argue those "rural areas" could do quite a bit to reduce car dependence

Depends how rural they are. In an edge of town/close to town location (such as I live in) a huge difference would be made by more frequent bus services. Righ
by kenjackson | 2025-04-28 17:42:36+00:00
Conservative positions are generally pro-hetero, white, and Christian. Also male, but that is the one where they're not the majority, but very close to 50/50.

There are "liberal" positions that are popular, but generally the current big conservative pushes are against minority populations. E.g., DEI, trans, immigrants (from certain countries), etc...
by wpm | 2025-04-28 17:43:30+00:00
That feels like it could be fixed with forced impoundment or surrender of the offender's vehicles, and a certified mail notification to everyone they might know that might loan them a car notifiying them that if they do lend their car to the offender knowingly, they'll be held partly liable.

It's never going to be perfect, nothing will, but reducing the odds of bad behavior reduces the odds of bad outcomes.
by freedomben | 2025-04-28 17:43:32+00:00
Oops that last sentence (which is a sentence fragment) was supposed to be deleted, but slipped in some how and it's too late to edit. The point I was going to make was just that with the code being out there, the odds that some offensive thing the devs might do can be discovered by someone and have the issue raised. It also provides a powerful incentive to not stick something gross in there for risk of it being discovered and getting called out for it :-)
by DannyBee | 2025-04-28 17:43:54+00:00
Everyone seems to focus on the checksumming and scrubbing.

But the real win (at least for me) - every device i have - laptops, desktops, server, even PLC's (they now use freebsd under the covers + ZFS) all backup using zfs snapshots and replication.

I do not ever worry about finding an old file i accidentally deleted. Or restoring a backup to a new machine and "did it really include everything" or anything else.

The machine storing backups is itself replicated to another machine in my detached garage.

If i wanted even more security, i could trivially further replicate it to offsite storage in the same manner.

All of this takes ~0 time to set up, and require 0 maintenance to keep working.

Meanwhile, Apple has gone backwards - time machine can't even make actual full system backups anymore.
by kuberwastaken | 2025-04-28 17:44:01+00:00
I just submitted my (overedited) Proposal - The Tokyo Memory Map for the Tokyo Biennale 2025 Open Call.

Imagine wandering Tokyo’s neon-lit streets at midnight, ducking into a ramen shop, stumbling upon a street musician, all things you only notice when you've truly walked the city (conveniently fitting the theme of Sampo) all stitched together into a living, breathing map.

Tokyo Memory Map crowdsources photos, videos, sketches, and music from locals, revealing the hidden layers of the city beyond tourist snapshots.

This project is a love letter to Japan while blending all my passions- art, tech, and storytelling into a digital patchwork of a city that’s constantly reinventing itself.

I’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback :)
by Andrew6rant | 2025-04-28 17:44:41+00:00
> There's physically no way to permanently "brick" an iPhone.

There definitely are (If you count jailbroken iPhones). I've managed to brick one by removing all thermal throttling limits and subsequently damaging the motherboard with the world's shittiest watercooling setup.

Can't use DFU to restore if you've got damaged hardware
by vitarnixofntrnt | 2025-04-28 17:44:57+00:00
I have two other accounts that don't just have me discussing one topic: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=vitalmixofntrnt and https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=pantantrant

Edit: I asked a mod to merge those two accounts into this one.

I just like the word vita more now than vital and I'm big on the Vita branding that I want my startup to have its products and / or services to have, like say, in the future, Vita Shampoo, Vita Detergent, etc.

Also it feels like the whole internet is like that, "Dead Internet Theory" and all that, but instead of just whining, I have a solution.
by belter | 2025-04-28 17:44:57+00:00
One of the Administrators of the REN, the Portuguese electric supplier is currently giving a press conference. Confirmed they are in scenario of restart from black start.

- Cause of event not known yet.

- They noticed power oscillations from the Spanish grid that tripped safety mechanisms in the Portuguese grid. At the time, due to the cheaper prices, the Portuguese grid was in a state of importing electricity from Spain.

- They are bringing up multiple power systems and the Portuguese grid is able to supply 100% of needs if required. It was not configured in such a state at the moment of event.

- They had to restart the black start more than once, since while starting, noticed instabilities in some sectors that forced them to restart the process.

- Time for full recovery unknown at this time, but it will take at least 24 hours.
by jordigh | 2025-04-28 17:46:20+00:00
That sounds... odd. Was Maddy involved with that game?

ExOK is generally pretty tolerant of mods, re-distribution, fangames, and even reverse-engineering their code. I'm really surprised they would deliberately make the game awful to play even for pirates.

Edit: Just asked Noel on Discord. Celeste shouldn't be doing anything like that.

> The game doesn't have anything like that in it. The steam version makes sure steam is running before the game starts, but that's it. The itch version literally has nothing in it. [...] Yeah, we don't do anything to go out of our way to stop piracy. People have also decompiled and modded this game in pretty much every way imaginable (which I think is awesome!) so if there was anything like that it'd be very noticeable haha
by SteveMorin | 2025-04-28 17:46:23+00:00
Batteries included python starter template `py-launch-blueprint`

- https://github.com/smorin/py-launch-blueprint

Features TLDR

- Bootstrap commands - Command Runner - Dev Tools: Ruff (linting/formatting), MyPy (type checking), Pre-commit hooks - AI Ready: Default configs for Cursor, Windsurf, Claude Code - Production: Python 3.10+, uv package manager, testing setup - DX - Developer Experience: VS Code integration, sensible defaults, quality documentation - CI/CD: GitHub Actions workflows, automatic testing, version management - Task Templates, PR Templates - License and Contributor License Agreement Checks
by sceadu | 2025-04-28 17:46:28+00:00
> But with solar, how is the synchronization provided? In like a giant buck? Or in software somehow? Does the phase shift matter as much as in the electromechanical systems?

If you mean how does solar detect phase and synchronize to the grid: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phase-locked_loop

If you mean how does solar act to reinforce the grid: search for terms like "grid forming inverter vs. grid following inverter" though not all generators are the same in terms of how much resilience they add to the grid, esp. w.r.t. the inertia they do or do not add. See e.g. https://www.greentechmedia.com/squared/dispatches-from-the-g...
by quesera | 2025-04-28 17:46:38+00:00
I was referring to the prompt/prose as well.

The median-quality code just doesn't seem like a valuable asset en route to final product, but I guess it's a matter of process at that point.

Generative AI, as I've managed to use it, brings me to a place in the software lifecycle that I don't want to be. Median-quality code that lacks the context or polish needed to be usable. Or in some cases even parseable.

I may be missing essential details though. Smart people are getting more out of AI than I am. I'd love to see a Youtube/Twitch/etc video of someone who knows what they're doing demoing the build of a typical TODO app or similar, from paragraphs to product.
by paulluuk | 2025-04-28 17:47:10+00:00
> I don't know why I'm the one writing what I'm writing, and I frequently feel weird that I, a part-time blogger and podcaster, am writing the things that I'm writing.

I can't tell whether this man actually believes that he is the only one critiquing AI? I mean.. I can barely walk 2 feet without tripping over anti-AI blogs, posts, news articles, youtube videos or comments.
by BSOhealth | 2025-04-28 17:47:36+00:00
I’m working on https://dropbag.co (fyi, not optimized for mobile web yet)

It’s a service for endurance athletes to configure nutrition packs to be available along the course at aid stations.

Right now it’s just a cool tool to build the bags based on your nutrition goals. I’m still doing a lot of outreach to race directors to get an opportunity to pilot the distribution of bags at an event.
by emaclean03 | 2025-04-28 17:47:49+00:00
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Why It Matters Sports are more than just a game, they're an experience. LumeAlert enhances that experience by transforming your environment to reflect the action on the field. Imagine celebrating a game-winning goal with a burst of green light or feeling the tension of a nail-biting moment with synchronized ambient effects. It’s all about making the thrill of sports tangible.

What’s Next? I’m actively looking for feedback from fellow sports and tech enthusiasts. Any thoughts on new features, improvements, or additional integrations would be incredibly helpful as I continue to refine LumeAlert. I’m also exploring options to support more smart lighting systems.

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by MisterTea | 2025-04-28 17:47:52+00:00
Yes. The speed of AC electrical machinery is determined by the frequency and number of poles. This means generators connected to each other in parallel MUST rotate in synchronism. If the frequency changes the generator is now producing power out of phase which can cause a fault (a short circuit) and possibly damage the machinery.

Its like a three legged race. You and your partner have to run in synchronism. If either of you slows down or speeds up, the other can trip and fall over taking both of you out.
by warp | 2025-04-28 17:48:09+00:00
> I used to think less about people who check out at 5pm - how can you just leave and not give a shit that the code is a mess?

As someone who checks out at 5pm, I think you're looking at it from the wrong POV.

The main thing that drives me is the projects I work on in my spare time. I care that _that_ code is a mess. So, I might do a bit of work on that in the morning, but then start my actual paying job at e.g. 8am.

So how can I just leave my hobby project and not give a shit that the code is a mess? Because I get paid to do so, I have to work on whatever my boss wants me to work on because that's my job -- but as soon as 5pm hits I get to think about the stuff I really care about again.
by Scoundreller | 2025-04-28 17:48:25+00:00
With places that have time-of-day rates, I wonder what will happen when enough systems get advanced enough to precisely kick-off/on (or slow down/speed up) in unison at precise times.

I’ve set this up on my “smart” thermostat to speed up just before rates go up and kick off for a while once they do (and it was a pain to setup, somehow this functionality was not baked in)
by FireBeyond | 2025-04-28 17:48:45+00:00
> Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official

I just loooove that our "top health official" has absolutely zero medical or public heathcare education, openly believes and advocates for discredited and fraudulent medical perspectives and more.

> RFK is genuinely a danger to health care in the United States.

I could not agree with you more.
by moritzwarhier | 2025-04-28 17:48:51+00:00
I see, thanks!

Reading the article about the movie, I can kind of see both sides here.

Probably a veteran Wikipedia contributor could draw the lines best, but it seems reasonable to say that the incident itself would not be relevant enough unless it had been made into a movie.

The article about the movie clearly states that it's a true story.

i mean, there are often "curiosity" stories reported by multiple newspapers that are still not really historical events warranting their own article.

I'd draw the line depending on the volume of coverage and publicity in such cases.

And this case doesn't appear to me as if it was a major cultural thing that everyone knew about when it happened (unless they were interested in the movie).

I'm not in the US though, so I can only tell what I see in search results and that the story hasn't really crossed the atlantic into any notable publicity here.
by chaosharmonic | 2025-04-28 17:49:02+00:00
Various interviews. Ideally putting various other things back together thereafter.

Conversely, tearing apart a bunch of things, around my family's house -- invasive vines, old worn-down structures, an extensive amount of brush, etc.

Aside from that, getting a landing page working for my side project along with various ancillary tasks for a demo deploy.
by kjkjadksj | 2025-04-28 17:49:12+00:00
The function of needing an algorithm is solved by simply following fewer feeds. Indeed if many are saying the same thing maybe they don’t all need to be subscribed to, and one or a couple that cover most topics in that subject would be more appropriate.

After all this isn’t about consuming all possible information. It’s about finding some stuff to read when you have downtime, that’s it. No need to overthink it.
by ActorNightly | 2025-04-28 17:49:31+00:00
Im not super versed in hardware, but whats the reason you can't adapt this to run on an ARM microprocessor chip? Why go with FPGA?

Like if I could buy a Cortex board and write Python, hit compile, and have the thing run, this would be INSANELY useful to me, cause cortex chips have pretty great A/D converters for sensing.
by wpm | 2025-04-28 17:50:08+00:00
Policing in a country filled to the brim with private firearms and a lot of people desperate to avoid serious consequences makes "massive policing campaigns" often lead to high-profile deaths.

Chicago tried to put cops in the CTA stations/trains and within weeks a man accused of "walking between CTA cars", techically a forbidden thing but commonplace and relatiely victimless, was shot in the back fleeing.

It's a political issue but really a design issue. Unfair speed limits do color our perception of speed limits in general, because they are often not set correctly for the design speed of the road, but are set correctly for the present danger certain speeds in that context exhibit. It is a warranted, justfied emotional reaction to the speed limit; we feel fine driving the design speed, yet are punished for making the road "unsafe". It's entirely reasonable to doubt it. The design speed should match, and even be slightly lower, than the intended speed limit of the road.

Also in Chicago, recently a 25mph speed limit failed to pass in the city council. I was all for it, but saddened the ordinance did nothing to demand local, county, and state DOTs to redesign roads. I live next to a very wide, four lane road with middle turn lane. The blanket speed limit in Chicago is 30mph. The road I live next too feels downright comical at 30mph. Everyone does 40 because it feels natural to do that. But at 30mph, I might die if I get hit crossing that road. At 40, it is all but guaranteed.
by deelowe | 2025-04-28 17:50:20+00:00
It's more than just service bulletins. It aggregates service bulletins as well as common failures, steps to diagnose, and common repair procedures. Most of the data is via 3rd party repair centers as dealers quit sharing this data ages ago. Shops across the country use it to generate estimates and pay their techs. This ensures all work gets logged and that diags and standard procedures improve over time.
by cloverich | 2025-04-28 17:51:15+00:00
Here's a fun project idea. Take as input tweets, articles, etc, from various politicians and think tanks. Then generate a mapping of who is probably in a Signal chat with one another, and at what point in time.

I could imagine if the model was very good and well done, to even generate names for the chats, in a UI where clicking into it could show a graph of involvement, ideas likely shared, and approximate timelines. Perhaps clicking into the ideas could lead to details on the history / corruption of the idea, etc.
by photochemsyn | 2025-04-28 17:51:20+00:00
The Egyptian-Greek-Roman notions of the cosmos and their related Judeo-Christian-Islamic religious traditions seem to have a much harder time accepting the scientific revelations of the depths of time and space than Buddhist and Hindu philosophies, which have vast notions of time (though perhaps not space) baked in, eg:

> "Imagine a great mountain of solid iron, one hundred leagues high and wide. If once every hundred years a man were to brush it lightly with a cloth, the mountain would be worn away before a kalpa ends. And yet many kalpas have already passed." (Buddhist Sutra description of a kalpa)

As secularism became more prevalent in Europe and America, some new voices appeared - eg, HP Lovecraft, one of the first writers to really dive into the consequences of the discovery of the immensity of time and space. It's likely difficult for people who've been taught their entire lives that they're the entire point of existence and the most significant element in a cosmic story, to have material scientific reality make such a mockery of that notion, and indeed many have thus fled from that 'deadly light' into what Lovecraft called 'the peace and safety of a new dark age.'
by ashvardanian | 2025-04-28 17:51:36+00:00
I can't speak for the whole industry, but we used it in older UForm <https://github.com/unum-cloud/uform> and saw good adoption, especially among those deploying on the Edge, where every little trick counts. It's hard to pin down exact numbers since most deployments didn't go through Hugging Face, but at the time, these models were likely among the more widely deployed by device count.
by tonyarkles | 2025-04-28 17:51:59+00:00
Batteries are great when they have charge. What happens if the generator doesn't want to start the first, second, and third time? How many start attempts do you get before the batteries are dead?

The hand-pumped air compressor is the tool of last resort. You can try an engine start if there's someone there who's able to pump it. You don't have to worry about how much charge is left in your batteries or whether or not the gasoline for the 2-stroke pump engine has gone stale. It's the tool that you use as an alternative to "well, the batteries are dead too, guess we're not going to start the engine tonight... let's call the helicopters and abandon ship"
by godelski | 2025-04-28 17:52:32+00:00
> if the company can just hire new engineers

You understand this costs money, right?

Yes, it doesn't matter if you're the only one that does it, but it does matter if you're not the only one that does. Frankly, many people won't even apply to jobs they find unethical. So yes, they can "hire somebody else" but it becomes expensive for them. Don't act like this (or most things) is a binary outcome. Don't let perfection get in the way of doing better.

> that doesn’t mean it has to stay that way

And how the fuck do you expect things to change if you will not make change yourself? You just expect everyone to do it for you? Hand you a better life on a golden platter? I'm sorry to tell you, it ain't free. You need to put in work. Just like with everything else in life. And you shouldn't put all your eggs in one basket.

Remember, I'm not arguing against regulation. So it is useless to talk about how regulation can solve problems. We agree on that, there's no discussion there. It seems the only aspect we disagree on that part is if regulation works 100% of the time or not. Considering the existence of lawsuits, I know we both know that's not true. I know we both know time exists as well and the laws don't account for everything, requiring them to be reactionary. Remember, laws can only be made after harm has been done. You need to show a victim. SO how do we provide another layer of protection? It comes down to you.

You will not be able to convince me we don't need both unless: 1) you can show regulation works 100% of the time or 2) you can provide another safety net (note you are likely to be able to get me to agree to another safety net but it's probably going to be difficult to convince me that this should be a replacement and not an addition. All our eggs in one basket, right?). Stop doing gymnastics, and get some balls.