MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by cqwww | 2025-06-11 18:54:50+00:00
At ConsentKeys.com we're already working on integrating with a menstrual tracking app (can't mention until the ink is dry), but we're a good fit for apps concerned with blow back like this as the apps that use us will never get the real personal information of the users in exchange for us offering to place them in our privacy centric marketplace (exposure) as well as de-risking themselves as a business, as well as de-risking their users from a data breach (or their information being sold/shared). Vendors also contractually agree to not try to assemble data in a way to try to identify their users as it makes no sense to use us unless you want to be privacy prioritized.
by shortformblog | 2025-06-11 18:54:55+00:00
The problem was less that we had to replace it and more that it was a fairly significant distance away. (A distance made longer because we weren’t on the freeway but heavily trafficked roads in a tourist-heavy area.) We were near downtown Gatlinburg, and there were places that were closer, but they were all closed because it was a Sunday.

We also would have had a better shot at not having our tire blow out if the closest gas station wasn’t 10 miles away.
by BXLE_1-1-BitIs1 | 2025-06-11 18:55:02+00:00
Perhaps the question is how much misery are you willing to tolerate to prolong your life for how long?

Certain treatments take weeks to recover from while giving you months, years, even decades of life expectancy with good quality.

Other treatments of late stage terminal cancer only give you a few more weeks in the hospital.
by theamk | 2025-06-11 18:55:29+00:00
But if you want a command-line option for hook, what are the alternatives?

Force user to always create a wrapper script? that's just extra annoyance and if user is bad at quoting, they'll have the same problems with a script

Disable hooks at all? that's bad functionality regression

Ask for multiple arguments? this makes command-line parsing much more awkward.. I have not seen any good solutions for that.

(The only exception is writing a command wrapper that takes exactly 1 user command, like "timeout" or "xargs".. but those already using argument vector instead of parsing)
by qualeed | 2025-06-11 18:55:54+00:00
>requesting such approval demonstrates the lack of a sound mind.

This is wild to me.

I watched my father, who had a life expectancy measured in months, live in unbearable pain 24 hours a day. And you believe that him wishing to end that nightmare demonstrates a lack of sound mind? The sound decision, in your opinion, is to suffer in pain, knowing that there is no treatment nor cure coming, just pain for some number of months until death's release?

I find it particularly cruel that you (seemingly?) think that he should have had to continue to suffer. And, by extension, myself and the rest of my family, should have had to continue to watch him suffer.

(Before we get too far into it, I will say upfront, there's not much in way of argument that will sway me from this opinion. I am certainly open to hearing your opinion, though.)
by coryrc | 2025-06-11 18:56:13+00:00
USA uses 21.3 TWh of petroleum per day for transportation. Even if AI was fully responsible for all data center usage (it is not even close) we're quibbling over 20 days of US transportation oil usage, which actually has devastating effects on the environment.

Data centers are already significant users of renewable electricity. They do not contaminate water in any appreciable amount.
by ksec | 2025-06-11 18:56:22+00:00
I am wondering at this point if Supabase will just release a complete DB based on Postgres, OrioleDB and Multigres along with many other extensions.

I am a little sad Plantscale didn't get this. But hopefully this will push Postgres ecosystem forward. In many ways both Postgres and MySQL is still so far behind Oracle and MSSQL.
by autoexec | 2025-06-11 18:56:24+00:00
As an example, Ren and his colleagues calculated the emissions from training a large language model, or LLM, at the scale of Meta’s Llama-3.1, an advanced open-weight LLM released by the owner of Facebook in July to compete with leading proprietary models like OpenAI's GPT-4. The study found that producing the electricity to train this model produced an air pollution equivalent of more than 10,000 round trips by car between Los Angeles and New York City. (https://news.ucr.edu/articles/2024/12/09/ais-deadly-air-poll...)

see also:

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-ai-data-centers-dr...

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-computer-scient...
by officeplant | 2025-06-11 18:56:40+00:00
>>> Curious what other folks are feeling. A lot of these tools seem like useless frivolity.

Personally I feel like phone OS releases need to slow down to a 2-3 year cycle and lock in on bug fixes.

My iphone 16e has some of the most glaring bugs I've seen in an iOS release in quite some time (Slow motion capture crashes the camera app unless you set it to 120fps first in settings, 240fps is broken).

I feel like we could all use a break from the update cycle for software to actually get patched and optimized.
by GlenTheMachine | 2025-06-11 18:57:21+00:00
The Jamestown colonists starved to death literally living on the shore of the most productive marine environment on earth. They didn’t know how to care for the fishing nets, so they rotted, and then didn’t know how to fix them.

The issue was that many of the colonists were second sons of relatively wealthy families, and weren’t all that familiar with fishing or farming. The first son inherited everything, and the second son had to make his way in the world, and colonizing was an enticing prospect for making your fortune. Poorer families, at the very early stages, weren’t sending their sons on these ventures because they needed the labor at home.

https://historicjamestowne.org/wp-content/uploads/Subsistenc...
by alwa | 2025-06-11 18:57:26+00:00
I can only speak for myself, but, assuming it's feasible to implement as you describe, that sounds awful. In full auto mode, unpleasant experiences happen, but at least without specific anticipatory distress. I don't see that you alleviate the overall existential state (of the possibility of shocks constantly looming over you forever) by offering individual instances of temptation to choose comfort over lifesaving intervention.

Now the unpleasant experiences become something that I'm doing to myself, and that my animal brain in the moment has the power to prevent. Every intervention becomes a test of my willpower: I know that I need this, I know I don't want to do it in the moment... What's the harm in rolling the dice this one time, in exchange for avoiding just this one painful episode? The parallel that immediately comes to mind is "well, just this one cigarette won't kill me..."

I'd much, much rather pre-commit than have to face that aversive decision time after time and day after day. Knowing that my life is on the line if I'm caught in a moment of weakness. That calculus is much too important to me to leave to the whims of my reactive brain.
by FireBeyond | 2025-06-11 18:58:04+00:00
> better to find a new job than the slight chance of accountability, I guess

People have long argued for a national register of police officers who were terminated for cause, or resigned to avoid termination for cause.

Awesome.

Except, at last count, about 70-75% of the nation's police departments have forbidden its use in hiring decisions due to their collective bargaining agreement with police unions...
by Boogie_Man | 2025-06-11 18:58:51+00:00
Reading is incredibly easy in the modern era and I'm not special for having completed the book. I'm of average or sub average intelligence. I'm not gatekeeping anything and encourage everyone to read the book. It probably took me longer to finish than most other people who have. I still don't understand large portions of the novel.

That said, I've found that most online conversations about IJ seem to be held by people who really seem like they haven't read the book. I don't understand the phenomenon and haven't offered an explanation. I got on this kick 28 days ago when a commenter here said (about a different novel) "for what it's worth, up to now, you're the only other person in this entire thread I'm convinced has actually read the book.". I reviewed the rest of the comments in the thread, and he had a point. I think that implying you've read a novel you haven't is a frequent occurrence, and it is common with IJ because of the length and the popular intellectual status appeal it had in the 90s. This is a somewhat known phenomenon, as I recall reading a quote from a musician who stated something along the lines of "everyone owns a half read copy of infinite Jest in rehab".

It seems to me like people who've read the book could just answer the question. One person in this thread actually did. They certainly read the book. Everyone else? Well, they (and you, in fact) didn't answer a fairly simple question, and then got pissed off. You can draw your own conclusions.
by secstate | 2025-06-11 18:58:54+00:00
Don't worry. There's so much heat, we little humans could never affect any significant change /s

EDIT But seriously. I remember years ago going to a residential GT workshop encouraging private heat sink wells hosted by some boomer reformed hippies. When I asked if there were any studies on the effect of subsurface heat exchange on things like ground water temperatures or different subsurface materials one of the presenters waved it off saying it was probably fine and the other honestly admitted that they didn't know, and that that should probably give us pause before encouraging 200 homes in a square mile all sink wells.
by pianopatrick | 2025-06-11 18:59:24+00:00
I am not too familiar with software development inside large organizations as I work for myself - are there any of those steps the AI cannot do well? I mean it seems to me that if the AI is as good as humans at text based tasks you could have an entire software development process with no humans. I.e. user feedback or error messages go to a first LLM that writes a ticket. That ticket goes to a second LLM that writes code. That code goes to a 3rd LLM that reviews the code. That code goes through various automated tests in a CI / CD pipeline to catch issues. If no tests fail the updated software is deployed.

You could insert sanity checks by humans at various points but are any of these tasks outside the capabilities of an LLM?
by const_cast | 2025-06-11 18:59:59+00:00
One hypothetical vector is that you can find out which women aren't menstruating normally, meaning they could be pregnant. If that information makes it into the hands of employers or even recruitment platforms that can manifest as discrimination. Typically, women have to be incredibly careful not to give employers the impression they might be pregnant or might be trying to be pregnant.

There's also angles of chronic illness, for example, you could maybe find out which women have PCOS or endometriosis and would therefore be more likely to request time off work.

In general, we've worked very hard to make sure employers cannot find out this data, going so far as to make it explicitly illegal to ask, even in a voluntary disclosure context. But data tracking complicates the situation, and if there's enough convolution you can get real-world results without technically breaking the law. For example, consider RealPage, which uses data analytics to facilitate collusion in the renting market. When we introduce algorithms and heuristics into systems like hiring, we might unintentionally be using biases in the data against applicants.
by umvi | 2025-06-11 19:00:04+00:00
> the people whose work has been stolen to create it

"Stolen" is kind of a loaded word. It implies the content was for sale and was taken without payment. I don't think anyone would accuse a person of stealing if they purchased GRRM's books, studied the prose and then used the knowledge they gained from studying to write a fanfic in the style of GRRM (or better yet, the final 2 books). What was stolen? "the prose style"? Seems too abstract. (yes, I know the counter argument is "but LLMs can do more quickly and at a much greater scale", and so forth)

I generally want less copyright, not more. I'm imagining a dystopian future where every article on the internet has an implicit huge legal contract you enter into like "you are allowed to read this article with your eyeballs only, possibly you are also allowed to copy/paste snippets with attribution, and I suppose you are allowed to parody it, but you aren't allowed to parody it with certain kinds of computer assistance such as feeding text into an LLM and asking it to mimic my style, and..."
by _wire_ | 2025-06-11 19:00:06+00:00
The Zionist project has finally come to fruition: decades of hard work invading, warring, occupying, segregating and blasted indians off their land to build a cultist tech utopia in the model of Disneyworld have reached completion. The American dream is yet still alive! Time for a huge festival and maybe a new national holiday in the United States. I see an NFL team named the NY Palestinians.
by JKCalhoun | 2025-06-11 19:00:26+00:00
Doleful Lions a huge Beach boys fan:

Surfside Motel:

"And I've been in this town so long that I'm back in the city...

And don't you know it was the government stopped the Beach Boys from releasing 'Smile'...." [1]

[1] https://dolefullions.bandcamp.com/track/surfside-motel
by exceptione | 2025-06-11 19:01:32+00:00
> I don't think ads will be built into the main replies, > because people will quickly lose trust in the results.

The 'best' ads will be those the public doesn't recognize. Surf the internet without an ad blocker and you will die from a heart attack. This is a matter of conditioning users. It will take some time. Case in point: people already give up on privacy because "Google knows about everything already", which reflects a normalization of abuse, as we started from trust and norms ("don't be evil").

So, can they? yes. Will they? yes.
by energywut | 2025-06-11 19:01:51+00:00
It's heavily pine forested mountain areas. With a 65-75% overlap, the SFM algorithms struggle to produce sufficient details. Additionally, because of the verticality of the terrain and very tall pine trees there's a need to have multiple angles to generate a good orthophoto. So the grid is denser than other environments for a reason. I'm continuously updating my flight plan based on the results generated -- squeezing density up/down based on observed results.

The 4 hours is an overestimate, it's probably genuinely closer to 3 hours flight time.
by ofjcihen | 2025-06-11 19:02:36+00:00
Comparing apples to oranges in your response but I’ll address it anyway.

I see this take brought up quite a bit and it’s honestly just plain wrong.

For starters Junior engineers can be held accountable. What we see currently is people leaving gaping holes in software and then pointing at the LLM which is an unthinking tool. Not the same.

Juniors can and should be taught as that is what causes them to progress not only in SD but also gets them familiar with your code base. Unless your company is a CRUD printer you need that.

More closely to the issue at hand this is assuming the “senior” dev isn’t just using an LLM as well and doesn’t know enough to critique the output. I can tell you that juniors aren’t the ones making glaring mistakes in terms of security when I get a call.

So, no, not the same. The argument is that you need enough knowledge of the subject call bs to effectively use these tools.
by x0x0 | 2025-06-11 19:03:03+00:00
A lot of that is inherent in the framework. eg Java and Go spew boilerplate. LLMs are actually pretty good at generating boilerplate.

See, also, testing. There's a lot of similar boilerplate for testing. Giving LLMs a list of "Test these specific items, with this specific setup, and these edge cases." I've been pretty happy writing a bulleted outline of tests and getting ... 85% complete code back? You can see a pretty stark line in a codebase I work on where I started doing this vs comprehensiveness of testing.
by officeplant | 2025-06-11 19:03:07+00:00
>>> we still don’t have proper dashboard integration

The last place I want mobile devs to get their buggy little code is my dashboard. Hell I don't even really want a screen there, but I make an exception for tiny info screens if they come with real gauges on the side. That same shitty little screen currently shows a directional arrow and mile/feet till the next turn passed to it by Carplay/Android Auto. Thanks Ford for getting one small thing right with my E-transit, shitty massive touchscreen radio/AC controls non-withstanding.
by sandworm101 | 2025-06-11 19:04:32+00:00
Ya, changing a flat tire was once part of learning to drive. Also, manual transmissions, jumpstarting, swapping a fuse, and basic low-speed maneuvers like rocking out of snowbanks or crossing large potholes. All that is now gone. Most care owners dont know what a tow eye is, let alone where to find one. It is so bad that there are now university-level "adulting" courses for millenials. First up: changing a tire.

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/adulting-101-life-skills...
by KevinHalter | 2025-06-11 19:04:40+00:00
Mikeal was the CTO of my 2nd startup, Getable. Incredible human being, foodie, technologist, intelligence and overall caring person. He shared the diagnosis several months back and everything happened so quickly. Thoughts and prayers to Anna (his wife), children and family.

When we worked together, Anna and Mikeal were not yet parents and we were all a lot younger. He is a humble, beautiful human being. I know his spirit will live on with his children. I just don’t know what to say other than sending my love to his family and #CancerSucks
by theamk | 2025-06-11 19:04:42+00:00
In context of writing text, keyboard and text editor are inanimate tools because they cannot introduce text user did not come up with.

Spellcheck and autocorrect can come up with new words, and so is often anthropomorphized, it's not 100% "inanimate tool" anymore.

AI can form its own sentences and come up with its own facts for a much greater degree, so I would not call it "inanimate tool" at all (again, in context of writing text). It is much closer to editor-for-hire or copywriter-for-hire, and I think it should be treated the same as far as attribution goes.

hm.. looks like I am convincing myself into your point :) After all, if another human edits/proofreads my posts before publish, I don't need to disclose that on my post... So why should AI's editing be different?
by const_cast | 2025-06-11 19:05:08+00:00
While the letter of the law is one thing, the other aspect we have to consider is the intentional chilling effects these laws introduce. Doctors and providers are understandably more much hesitant to administer abortions, even in circumstances where it would be legal.

In highly restrictive states, the result is it's very difficult to get a doctor to stand by your abortion, even if you really need it. And, more concerning, some out-of-state doctors won't do it either, for fear of prosecution. States like Texas have demonstrated they intend to overstep and prosecute individuals getting abortions in other states.

For doctors, it's a game of risk-reward. They need to balance their own personal safety and employment, as well as their medical license and reputation. Many have decided it's not worth the risk.
Ask HN: What are your favorite AI tools, services and infrastructures
by Adrig | 2025-06-11 19:05:38+00:00
Hey folks,

Like everyone, I'm currently experimenting a lot with AI. While there is a lot of chatter and feedback here about the base models, I found that the way to experiment, use and deploy AIs can vary a lot and be quite cumbersome.

I'd love to hear about your best tools, services and software to work easily with AI. It could be for consumers, prosumers and enterprises.

I'm personally looking for no code or low code solutions, but feel free to share your best technical finds.
by JumpCrisscross | 2025-06-11 19:05:54+00:00
> Do we have any statistical information on who is being apprehended and their characteristics?

As of Saturday, it was about 118 arrests, 20 of which appeared to have been targeted towards dangerous people [1]. Otherwise, the locations of the raids have been employers, e.g. the garment warehouse [2] and Italian restaurant. I am assuming they aren’t working for free. (To my knowledge, no refugee centres have been raided as part of these actions in LA.)

[1] https://laist.com/news/criminal-justice/officials-name-12-ic...

[2] https://abc7.com/post/who-is-ice-arresting-in-socal-raids-7-...
by ASalazarMX | 2025-06-11 19:07:09+00:00
I don't get the downvotes. Plausible deniability is a valid concern when menstrual cycles and geolocation can lead to criminal repercussions in many states of USA [0].

Nevertheless, if I was a fertile woman, I'd be more concerned of my phone/tablet/car leaking my visits to an abortion clinic than a police officer checking my phone.

0. https://states.guttmacher.org/policies
by neilv | 2025-06-11 19:07:27+00:00
> Too many companies take a mile when you give an inch and take advantage of ambiguity. [paragraph break] The SDK simply doesn’t exist as a product any more and so doesn’t make sense to keep on our website as an offering.

Would you say that you had an epiphany about respecting privacy, after earlier dabbling in intimate surveillance capitalism, and are now firmly committed to privacy?

If so, have you found a way to lock in that commitment?

For example, some kind of contractual assurance, which can't be revoked by the usual "we've updated our privacy policy" (such as might accompany a leadership change, or change of heart), and which effectively survives any merger/acquisition or sale of assets?

(Of course, even with that in place, technologically, a new version of an app could be pushed that irrevocably violates all the users' privacy, in a matter of hours. But at least then, the company, executives, and owners might be sued into oblivion, and even face criminal charges in various jurisdictions.)
by exe34 | 2025-06-11 19:07:53+00:00
The way it works for molecular phylogeny is that you try to find things that are conserved. E.g. if you find a small village in Europe where people haven't moved around much and you find a rare mutation that is also present in one other part of the US, then you might be able to put some numbers on the likelihood that this mutation/gene came from a the original place. Find a second gene, find some artefacts from the right place/time and you have an emerging picture.
by const_cast | 2025-06-11 19:09:46+00:00
Well nobody proved you wrong because right off the bat your premise was incorrect - I never said that anything justifies rioting.

I'm merely pointing out the obvious here. We all want less property damage, both you and me. If we want to do that, then we shouldn't be sending in the Marines. That's not going to help anything, it's explicitly just going to make it worse.

Trump isn't stupid, he knows that, which is why he did it. This is media bait, and it's incredibly irresponsible to use actual lives as pawns in some game of owning the libs.

This doesn't even touch on the fact that this is all being done at the behest of California leadership. If Governor Newsom thinks that this is unnecessary and the LAPD can handle it, that's something our federal government should respect. And, I suspect Newsom is more than correct - the LAPD is a very large police force. The Marines here are being sent in the stoke the flame, not put it out.