MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by alganet | 2025-04-12 22:11:41+00:00
In the intellectual realm, many humans are owned. Workers whose ideas belong to their hiring companies, for example.

Predatory contracts that leave only the choice of starving versus being a mind slave are commonplace in industry. Idea production is claimed by masters, instead of workers, very often.

The comparison is just a trick to make people talk about one thing while it means another.
by cryptopian | 2025-04-12 22:11:45+00:00
I think you're getting cause and effect mixed up. Save for a few petrolheads and train enthusiasts, people use whatever happens to be the most convenient method to get around. In North America, most cities prioritise infrastructure for private cars to such an extent that any other mode is almost useless

Since private cars scale badly, you want to encourage people to take other modes, but in order to change behaviour, the alternatives need to be attractive - cycle layouts that are safe, buses and trains that are frequent and reliable, city layouts that don't involve a long drive to buy food. You can't convince people out of taking the rational choice. You have to build it
by rufus_foreman | 2025-04-12 22:11:55+00:00
>> up until about 4 years ago, I didn’t have any close friends in my life. I had friends, but struggled to form real emotional connections. Moreover, it didn’t even occur to me that I could try to do this. It wasn’t that I knew how to form close friends but was too anxious to try, rather, ‘try to form close friendships’ was a non-standard action, something that never even crossed my mind

It's the same thing with enemies. If you're an introvert like me, it's really hard to make true enemies, as opposed to people that just vaguely dislike you. You might have to go pretty far out of your comfort zone to do it. For many people, similar to what the author says, it will never even cross their minds. But it can be oddly rewarding.
by vunderba | 2025-04-12 22:12:10+00:00
To give a brief glimpse into just how powerful multimodal (LLM / GenAI) can be over more traditional image generation systems like Stable Diffusion, here's a transcript from a conversation with 4o involving reasoning + image generation around the famous French painter Claude Monet.

https://specularrealms.com/ai-transcripts/monets-rainbow
by Animats | 2025-04-12 22:13:14+00:00
> It's fine provided that the link from the equipment that feeds it data is optically isolated to only go in one direction.

Then people get two of them, one for each direction.[1] Can someone explain why this is supposed to be secure? It's apparently a real product.

[1] https://owlcyberdefense.com/product/recon-2u/
by jiggawatts | 2025-04-12 22:13:35+00:00
Sure, but pointing a financial gun at the heads of your creditors will cause them to immediately cease giving you further loans and start selling off the debt they already hold.

This isn’t some analogy.

This is precisely what just happened!

The bond market imploded and less stupid people forced Trump to backpedal.

He’s a child playing with many-trillion-dollar matters. I wouldn’t trust Trump to split a dinner cheque.
by ach9l | 2025-04-12 22:14:11+00:00
i've been testing all models that fit the mac studio 512 gb ever since i got it. previously i was mostly focused on getting tool use and chain of thought fine-tuning for coding, around the size of llama 3.2 11b. but even some distill r1s on llama 3 70b run well on macbooks, although quite slow compared to a regular api call to the closed models.

for mac studios i've found the sweet spot to be the largest gemma, up until llama scout was released, which fits the mac studio best. scout, although faster to generate, takes a while longer to fill in the long context, basically getting the same usability speeds as with the qwq or gemma 27b.

the refactoring is a test driven task that i've programmed to run by itself, think deep research, until it passes the tests or exhausts imposed trial limits. i've wrote it by instructing gemini, r1 and claude. in short, i've made gemini read and document proposals for refactoring, based on the way i code and strict architectural patterns that i find optimal for projects that handle both an engine and some views such as the react.js views that are present in these vscode extensions.

gemini pro gets it really well and has enough context capacity to maintain several different branches of the same codebase with these crazy long files without losing context. once this task is completed, training a smaller model based on the executed actions, (by that i mean all the tool use: diff, insert, replace and most importantly, testing) to perform the refactoring instructions is fairly easy.
by 2muchcoffeeman | 2025-04-12 22:14:28+00:00
I think that you came to the conclusion that there needs to be a counter to Joe Rogan says a lot.

I’m only suggesting that you deal with the feelings people are having. Which were ignored. They’re right about that.

BTW, I don’t think Joe Rogan is as bad as people think he is. All you democrats should have gone on his show.
by gruez | 2025-04-12 22:14:32+00:00
>What it doesn't say next to the price is that if you don't connect to the internet and allow your device to beg them for permission to use the thing you already purchased your software will stop working

Neither does netflix. It also doesn't mention that photoshop doesn't run on linux. Are you going to complain about that as well?

>or that if their servers are ever down or inaccessible for any reason you may not be able to use the software you paid for on your own machine

Again, netfilx. Also, isn't there usually enough of a grace window that unless you're working off a cruise ship for months at a time, you'll be fine? This feels like a edge case that gets trotted out in comments than happens in reality.
by dinfinity | 2025-04-12 22:14:52+00:00
> A Cambrian explosion of half baked ideas,

Well yeah, that's how evolution works: it's an exploration of the search space and only the good stuff survives.

> filled with hallucinations,

The end products can be fully AI-free. In fact, I would expect most ideas that have been floating around to have nothing to do with AI. To be fair, that may change with it being the new hip thing. Even then, there are plenty of implementations that use AI where hallucinations are no problem at all (or even a feature), or where the issues with hallucinations are sufficiently mitigated.

> unable to ever get past the first step.

How so? There are already a bunch of functional things that were in Show HN that were produced with AI assistance. Again, most of the implemented ideas will suck, but some will be awesome and might change the world.
by mike_hearn | 2025-04-12 22:15:07+00:00
They must very much compete with others. All these chips are being fabbed at the same facilities in Taiwan and capacity trades off against each other. Google has to compete for the same fab capacity alongside everyone else, as well as skilled chip designers etc.

> The revenue delta from this is more than enough to pay off the entire investment history for TPU.

Possibly; such statements were common when I was there too but digging in would often reveal that the numbers being used for what things cost, or how revenue was being allocated, were kind of ad hoc and semi-fictional. It doesn't matter as long as the company itself makes money, but I heard a lot of very odd accounting when I was there. Doubtful that changed in the years since.

Regardless the question is not whether some ads launches can pay for the TPUs, the question is whether it'd have worked out cheaper in the end to just buy lots of GPUs. Answering that would require a lot of data that's certainly considered very sensitive, and makes some assumptions about whether Google could have negotiated private deals etc.
by srid | 2025-04-12 22:15:23+00:00
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by mulderc | 2025-04-12 22:15:52+00:00
My experience is they are already using those services but most of those services can only provide so much. In my state most people on the street already have Medicaid and food stamps but it isn’t like that is enough to get you a place to live or a job. The programs and services available can keep someone alive but are rarely comprehensive enough to deal with chronic mental and physical health issues that impact the ability of someone to thrive in a market economy. Even the most rightwing 20th century economist recognized that the state will need to step in for housing and employment for some part of the population.
by gruez | 2025-04-12 22:16:23+00:00
>The rentals make it very clear what the contract period is and what the penalty for breaking early is.

On the billboard or in the multi-page rental agreement that they send for you to sign? How is this different from than the ToS/fine print on adobe's site?

>Given that the text fails to provide details about the fee is this even a valid contract to begin with?

It's probably buried in the fine print somewhere, which courts have generally held to be enforceable.

>Isn't that a strong case that it's an unfair practice?

No, the legal standard is "reasonable person", not whether there's enough people bamboozled by it to raise a ruckus on reddit or whatever.
by rayiner | 2025-04-12 22:16:43+00:00
Thomas Jefferson coined that phrase. Show me where he talks about a muscular government protecting people from each other.

To a certain extent, that’s a baseline function of every government, sure. But there is a tension between “a government big enough to protect people from each other” and a “government big enough to deprive citizens of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” The founding American principles draw the line between those two in a different place than other traditions.
by hello_newman | 2025-04-12 22:18:00+00:00
IMO you don’t need to build a full app or company. You could just build a series of niche sites or properties. If your code solves a specific pain point really well, wrap it in a simple front end or paid API and let people use it.

Some possible ideas:

Micro SaaS: Turn it into a one-page tool (log parser, file cleaner, PDF transformer) with Stripe and add rate limits. People pay for simplicity.

Paid API: Use RapidAPI or Plain.com to expose it. Charge per hit or via metered billing. Maybe even a slackbot for some of these would make sense.

Productized utility: Sell it as a $49/month “done-for-you” service to whatever niche audience would benefit (dev teams, SEO people, lawyers, etc).

Digital bundle: If it’s CLI or script-based, package it up with a guide or demo on YouTube and sell on Gumroad.

You’re not necessarily building a startup, and that’s fine! just something useful enough for strangers to pay for which is more than enough
by sva_ | 2025-04-12 22:18:47+00:00
Would be illegal in Germany ('Schleichwerbung') and perhaps the EU?

I think it is actually covered in EU AI act article 5 (a):

> [...] an AI system that deploys subliminal techniques beyond a person’s consciousness or purposefully manipulative or deceptive techniques, with the objective, or the effect of materially distorting the behaviour of a person or a group of persons by appreciably impairing their ability to make an informed decision, thereby causing them to take a decision that they would not have otherwise taken [...]

It is very broad but I'm pretty sure it would be used against such marketing strategies.
by contingencies | 2025-04-12 22:19:03+00:00
On the Babylonian architectural "hanging gardens" theme, a recent building in Sydney with significant external greenwall features, One Central Park[0], was unceremoniously described to me by a nearby university community member as "where the prostitutes live". The unspoken implication being that nobody else could afford it, and people with family money went elsewhere. It's a shame because everyone agrees it looks better than other buildings. The cantilevered element was the source of some kind of council planning problem. In Sydney, such things are highly corrupt, as is our state government.

[0] https://maps.app.goo.gl/nqonLL52DQAjQ5JY7
by move-on-by | 2025-04-12 22:19:32+00:00
I only use Zod in a single library, so my experience with it is pretty minimal. One thing I have really enjoyed with it is the low maintenance.

So, when I saw this post and read the first few paragraphs, I was filled with dread for having to do yet another major dependency update. Reading of all the improvements- surly the ‘breaking changes’ list must be massive.

Having read the full article, it seems like the breaking changes have been kept within reason. One major improvement that stands out to me is the improved Recursive types support, but there is certainly any number of improvements for others to be excited about.

The thing I enjoyed most is that excitement of the Arthur really shines throughout the whole article. I’m so thankful this library exists and is being lovingly maintained by someone who is genuinely interested in it.
by qingcharles | 2025-04-12 22:19:39+00:00
I can answer this as I did some scanning work for Universal. It depends on a number of factors, including how the frame is rendered onto the celluloid (e.g. is it cropped). From my experience, 4K was the absolute edge you could pull from the best 35mm films. Most of the time it was really "3.5K" with a 4K sticker on it.

I managed to pull 8K from some 70mm ride footage. I think it might have stretched to 10K if I'd had the equipment.

Wizard of Oz is 3x35mm for the color scenes, though. So, in theory you could use some clever algorithm to almost certainly create 8K transfers from it by using the tiny differences between the three frames.
by kristopolous | 2025-04-12 22:20:03+00:00
They gave every strong indication of their incompetence possible - over years. A bunch of people said "yay for incompetence" and here we are.

These are the people who score in the bottom 20% and make up conspiracy theories on how they were right and it's the establishment who's wrong.

Any random person waiting at a bus stop would likely have managed things better.
by _kava | 2025-04-12 22:20:04+00:00
There are many reports of international students having their statuses, i.e. permission to stay in the US, revoked for being involved in legal matters. The wording of the revocation is vague so nothing is certain but these students reported they have never done any crime except DUIs/DWIs/traffic incidents.

The status revocations are sudden and opaque. The students do not have an opportunity to appeal nor explain. They immediately become illegals once the decision is made and thus become subjects to detainment without due process. In practice they must immediately make arrangements to leave the US or they will risk future visa bans as them being in the country without status can also be considered violating immigration laws.

So, hypothetically, someone who came to the US for a bachelor and decided to go for a PhD, spending about 10 years here, can be forced to abandon everything in matters of days. A tricky situation, yet completely overshadowed by the tariff news and ignored by the masses.
by Ukv | 2025-04-12 22:20:07+00:00
> Also, did they upscale the frame rate to 48fps??? Hard to tell from the video, but it looks like that’s the case. If so these people are ridiculous hacks and should never be allowed to touch another classic film.

Doesn't seem like it'd be an unreasonable choice to me if it's done well (I didn't notice any interpolation artifacts, checking through frames). People going to see a film at the Sphere probably aren't format purists expecting to see an entirely faithful and untouched version of the film, but rather a version adapted to take full advantage of the unusual medium.
by SpicyLemonZest | 2025-04-12 22:20:42+00:00
That's how medicine works. It sucks to have conditions that are hard to treat.

To be clear, a lot of people have very valid complaints about the US healthcare system. I'm not saying everything's perfect or even that every improvement would involve a tradeoff. But every medical system on the planet, including whichever ones you have in mind as better than the US, has controls on how expensive drugs can be used when cheaper ones might work.
by mike_hearn | 2025-04-12 22:20:42+00:00
You can't optimize for knowing better than the buyer themselves. If they bought, you have to assume they found the best deal for them considering all the tradeoffs they care about. And that if a business is willing to pay more for that click than another, it's more likely to lead to a sale and therefore was the best deal, not the worst.

Sure, there are many situations where users make mistakes and do some bad deal. But there always will be, that's not a solvable problem. Is it not the nirvana fallacy to describe the potential for suboptimal outcomes as an issue? Search engines and AI are great tools to help users avoid exactly that outcome.
by lo_zamoyski | 2025-04-12 22:20:48+00:00
The idea that you could "bring industry back" into the US with blanket tariffs is delusional and demonstrates a complete ignorance of the complexity of economic ecosystems and industrial culture. It takes a long time for sustained expertise and the needed supply chains to grow and form and mature in an economy.

You could argue that perhaps a selective application of tariffs might help the formation of such domestic industry, but tariffs are not something to wield lightly.
by dublinben | 2025-04-12 22:22:10+00:00
Nothing says freedom like being required to spend thousands of dollars just to get around and participate in society. Imagine how "free" the roughly one-third of folks who are too young, too old, too disabled, etc. to drive a car feel when trying to go about their lives.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0MVCyOjvtk
by Glawen | 2025-04-12 22:22:51+00:00
I concur with this nice write up. Your job is now to get leadership's priorities done, identify what will achieve that goal and steer the team towards it.

My advice would be to establish a good relationship with your stakeholders, understand what they want from the team. You are now the go to person in the company representing your team. You should be always up to date with what's being done work wise by your team. Stakeholders will give you a new point of view of where your team is in the environnement. Use this POV to reflect on the usefulness of work done by your team.

Also, I don't believe a team lead should overprotect it's team, as it blurs' one view and can burn some bridges. Your team can definitly fuck up and you should tell them when they do.
by int_19h | 2025-04-12 22:23:50+00:00
We're talking about the same thing, actually. To be clear, I'm not pro-capitalism, quite the opposite. But the "festival of destruction and human misery" that you're talking about is caused by massive for-profit entities that only exist because the property rights system in capitalism allows and even encourages unbounded accumulation of capital (hence the name!), and with that, economic and eventually political power. That power is why megacorps can bend the law, and why their ignorance of reason does not lead to their immediate demise (as it would be in an actually free market, meaning the one with numerous meaningfully competing actors). Capitalism taken to its logical conclusion is the absence of free market because everything is monopolized.
by theshaper | 2025-04-12 22:24:24+00:00
Funny how what the book talks about… is exactly what’s happening. Kind of meta.

The author doesn’t exist. The whole essay is fake—or a “philosophical experiment”[1], according to Andrea Colamedici, the real italian author behind it, who was supposedly just the translator. And those words aren’t his either. They came from two AI platforms (still unnamed).

It’s been a scandal in publishing, and in all the universities and newspapers that praised it as a fresh way to understand the present.

Now, of course, intellectuals and journalists are justifying “the intellectual debate the book sparked”, asking if these new “philosophical entities” are the start of a new wave of “hybrid works...” and so on.

Well. They’ve basically discovered "vibe philosophizing": feeling deep truths without knowing where they come from or why they sound right.

[1] More: https://english.elpais.com/technology/2025-04-07/jianwei-xun...
by wtallis | 2025-04-12 22:24:47+00:00
Speed limits for towing smaller trailers mostly derive from safety concerns about overloaded or imbalanced trailers being unstable at high speeds. A battery-only trailer with little or no cargo space, designed and certified in conjunction with specific tow vehicles, could easily be safe enough to operate at highway speeds.

I think the main reason why we don't see anyone seriously pursuing the battery trailer idea is that it would be an expensive niche product. It would have to be mostly a rental-only product, and offer few advantages over simply renting a more suitable vehicle.
by somat | 2025-04-12 22:24:57+00:00
Wow, I have never seen one of those before, and now I need one.

It would have to be a very specific environment, more specific I think than the standard shovel configuration. I think loose dirt, and shifting it or lifting into a wheel barrow. but under those conditions, it would kick ass.

On the subject of shovel mechanical disadvantage, the reason for that is to gain higher velocity so you can fling dirt(or coal or whatever you are flinging) further. And perhaps more importantly to give you mechanical advantage when prying dirt loose when digging a trench.
by gdulli | 2025-04-12 22:25:40+00:00
Yeah to be more specific I mean I'm sure I'm not unique, there's a whole class of people who can create something easily but who don't have the personality or wherewithal or desire to sell it or pretend it could be a unicorn or seek out a formal co-founder.

But who'd be happier tending to the day to day of keeping their own service growing and running well than other kinds of employment.
by Rodeoclash | 2025-04-12 22:25:59+00:00
We stuck with Yup and ignored Joi, Zod and god knows what else has come down the pipeline since. Rather than wasting time upgrading, we've instead built useful features.

That said, we are slowly phasing out our React frontend for one of our apps page by page and replacing it with what we use over the rest of apps: Phoenix + Liveview. The changeset system for validations has proven itself time and time again to both be fast but also to handle many of the curly validation problems we might have. It also has barely changed since its release.

If you have a disciplined frontend team then you might be able to make it work. They have to be able to ignore the latest shiny thing that has come along, but if you don't then you'll have a team that is busy constantly upgrading to the latest shiny library rather than getting anything done.
by unoti | 2025-04-12 22:26:09+00:00
I hear you. But consider this: substitute “LLM” in what you said above with “coworker” or “direct report”.

Does having a coworker automatically make a person dumb and no longer willing or able to grow? Does an engineer who becomes a manager instantly lose their ability to work or grow or learn? Sometimes, yes I know, but it’s not a foregone conclusion.

Agents are a new tool in our arsenal and we get to choose how we use them and what it will do for us, and what it will do to us, each as individuals.