MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by dralley | 2025-06-09 04:55:34+00:00
I mean, that's pretty clearly false. Very recently, a certain orange man and his (until this past week) peppy sidekick have been referring to the predicament of Afrikaner farmers as genocide - I'm pretty sure you would agree with me that that isn't the case in actual reality. Therefore, I'm pretty sure you would agree there are some claims of genocide that are in fact false and made for cynical political reasons.

Was dropping the atomic bomb on Japan "genocide"? Was firebombing Dresden "genocide"? We could probably even agree that these were ethically wrong, even perhaps war crimes, but nobody calls them genocide, because they aren't.
by userbinator | 2025-06-09 04:55:54+00:00
Aside from that, the upgrades to this critical infrastructure should be resistant to hacking and other vulnerabilities

They should realise that, unlike e.g. USB drives or SSDs or even HDDs[1], floppy disks are dumb raw media and cannot contain any "hidden" behaviour, and the failure modes are well-known.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23735424
by dnautics | 2025-06-09 04:56:37+00:00
Is it easy to build out a custom backend? I haven't looked at it yet but I'd like to try some experiments with that -- to be specific, I think that I can build out a backend that will consume AIR and produce a memory safety report. (it would identify if you're using undefined values, stack pointer escape, use after free, double free, alias xor mut)
by AdieuToLogic | 2025-06-09 04:57:20+00:00
> So what? These talking points have been plastered all over the internet for years, the LLM isn't going to produce unique perspectives that will advance the debate for anyone that's already made up their mind.

Remember the original premise:

... LLMs' primary usefulness is as force-multipliers of the messaging sent out into a society.

My generated example is of course based on content an LLM was trained with, which by definition implies there will be no "unique perspectives." The germane point is that it is trivial to amplify disinformation in ways which can "flood the zone" with seemingly plausible variants of a particular position using LLM's and trivial automation.

> A single post can reach millions of unique viewers over night, regurgitating the same old crap already found in a plentiful surplus online is pointless.

When the goal is to "reach millions of unique viewers over night[sic]", you have a point. However, when the goal is to ensure this can never be achieved, then blasting "the same old crap already found" is an oft used technique.
by root_axis | 2025-06-09 04:57:41+00:00
> The main vector is something that has already played out, which is massive misinformation campaigns across the web.

I wrote this in a few other places, but this is a long foregone state of affairs. People's attention spans are already fully saturated, bloating the internet with a bunch of variations of the same crap isn't going to do anything that isn't already happening today. I don't need to generate a hundred million times what I can simply post once to a hundred million people.

> What if a reigning political party decides that they need to develop an anti-terror model, that scans all communication from all people for Nasty Terror Thoughts then flags them for detainment

This is already possible and happening (e.g. CSAM scanning). The crux of my point is that LLMs really aren't that big of a deal compared to the panopticon society that we've already built. The agents of the authoritarian control platform aren't going to become 10x more spooky because they installed a language model plugin.
by fakedang | 2025-06-09 04:59:44+00:00
Your statements are kinda unrelated? Or what do you mean by participating in democracy, in autocracies?

Ironically, I see a lot more leaning towards dystopian tendencies in the West, mostly the US, as technology advances to the point of singularity (or near singularity, where most low and midskilled jobs are automated away).

Meanwhile these autocratic countries have had strong welfare systems for their citizens and increasingly now their residents, since God knows when, and are well positioned to reap the benefits of an AI boom, given their smaller population sizes.
by dralley | 2025-06-09 05:00:03+00:00
>If four ICC judges are sanctioned by the corrupt Trump administration because of their rulings that it is a genocide

They have done no such thing. The only ruling thus far was basically equivalent to a grand jury indictment. There has been no ruling that the Gaza conflict is or was a genocide, only that the claim was plausible enough to proceed through the legal process. It came with an order to preserve evidence and produce reports for the court and take steps to ensure a genocide did not occur.

There was no ruling that a genocide is or was occurring. That is false. I expect you to retract your claim.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3g9g63jl17o
by moralestapia | 2025-06-09 05:00:31+00:00
Ooof ... I thought they were doing way better.

People truly don't gaf about anything as long as they're getting something for free. Sad.

I assume this is paying users, if this is total MAU ... damn.

PS. I do not mean Kagi is a bad product. I think they're great, actually. I'm just complaining about how poor the reception has been.
by mythz | 2025-06-09 05:02:34+00:00
Good value but a 12GB card isn't going to let you do too much given the low quality of small models. Curious what "home AI" use cases small models are being used for?

It would be nice to see a best value home AI setups under different budgets or RAM tiers, e.g. best value configuration for 128 GPU VRAM, etc.

My 48GB GPU VRAM "Home AI Server" cost ~$3100 from all parts on eBay running 3x A4000's in a Supermicro 128GB RAM, 32/64 core Xeon 1U rack server. Nothing amazing but wanted the most GPU VRAM before paying the premium Nvidia tax on their larger GPUs.

This works well for Ollama/llama-server which can make use of all GPU VRAM unfortunately ComfyUI can't make use of all GPU VRAM to run larger models, so on the lookout for a lot more RAM in my next GPU Server.

Really hoping Intel can deliver with its upcoming Arc Pro B60 Dual GPU for a great value 48GB option which can be run 4x in an affordable 192GB VRAM workstation [1]. If it runs Ollama and ComfyUI efficiently I'm sold.

[1] https://www.servethehome.com/maxsun-intel-arc-pro-b60-dual-g...
by akulbe | 2025-06-09 05:03:10+00:00
Do you think using AI for text-to-speech lessens the value of the content?

I can't speak in a normal voice anymore, after being on a ventilator.

I'm just wondering... if the content is useful, but oh no it's AI talking... detracts from it?

I thought about putting an intro in my normal "speaking" voice, so people would understand why.
by demosthanos | 2025-06-09 05:07:09+00:00
Note that despite the small number, Kagi is profitable (or at least they were as of a year ago):

> We are also thrilled to report that we have achieved profitability. This significant milestone is a testament to our sustainable growth and fiscal responsibility. It demonstrates that our approach of offering a premium, ad-free search experience resonates with users who support a service aligning with their values. Becoming profitable allows us to reinvest in the business, further enhancing our offerings and ensuring that we can continue to provide a top-notch search experience.

As long as they're profitable I don't mind at all if they stay small. They're extremely useful to me as it is, and their small size means they aren't targeted for SEO nonsense, so their methods to cut through all that still actually work in my experience.

Not every business needs to become a unicorn. Some businesses are better at small scales serving a specific niche, and by their report Kagi seems to have found their niche.

https://blog.kagi.com/what-is-next-for-kagi
by bruce511 | 2025-06-09 05:08:45+00:00
This is not exactly a surprise. Paying to remove ads is a tiny market.

As much as we like to complain about ads, we also aren't really prepared to fund things that aren't ad driven.

Frankly on the web, for me, ads are fine. For TV less so. I pay for streaming (no ads) and for sport (no ad interruptions) etc.

For search, half the time I'm clicking on the ad anyway.
by AdieuToLogic | 2025-06-09 05:08:57+00:00
> Why are you worried about misinformation? Usually it just means ideas that conflict with your political beliefs.

Hard disagree. Misinformation is a form of lying, a way to manipulate people. This has nothing to do with "political beliefs" and instead is firmly rooted in ethics[0].

> Are any of those sentences actually misinformation anyway?

Yes.

> Or is Wikipedia also jet fuel for spreading misinformation and you think we should only have access to centrally curated encyclopedias like Britannica?

This is a nice example of a strawman argument[1] and easily refuted by my citations.

0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics

1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man
by ImPostingOnHN | 2025-06-09 05:10:58+00:00
> I'm talking about modesty.

And I am talking about not doing bad things, which includes helping others do bad things.

> It is very appealing to think you know better than other people.

Not really. Responsibility, principles, and morality are work. It's far more appealing to claim they are someone else's job, dispense with them, turn your brain off, and do whatever feels good.

> A lot of the people reading Hacker News right now think they have a better solution for the societal problems of the UAE.

With all due respect, the percentage of HackerNews readers who are thinking about the UAE right now can be counted on one hand. This discussion is about generalities: Don't help people do bad stuff.

You're arguing about what's bad, and what isn't, and who decides. Interesting topic (perhaps for someone else or for another time)! Would you help someone do something which you think is bad?
by flomo | 2025-06-09 05:11:40+00:00
Late reply, but '[year] [make] [model] [feature]' has never been a bad query for as long as I've been using google. They used to be really good at that kind of thing, but now they are really bad. I can ignore the "AI results" at the top, the rest of the page is maybe more just Yahootardation than AI. But now they have some real competition.
by jltsiren | 2025-06-09 05:12:07+00:00
How do Romania, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland fit in that picture?

WW2 was a complex war. The big picture for the European part was that the two main powers divided Europe in their spheres of influence, fully intending to fight each other for overall supremacy after a while. Some countries joined their designated side voluntarily, some joined under a threat of invasion, and most of the rest were invaded. The ones I listed were the ones where the USSR was the initial aggressor.
by MilnerRoute | 2025-06-09 05:13:28+00:00
I appreciate the polite answer. But... No. You can't create human-ness, no matter how many lines of code you write.

I really wish artists would develop some self esteem. This week I saw a professional editor using AI to write his headlines. And I pointed out: the second you do that, you're saying "I'm not good enough. I need the crutch of some machine-spliced goobledy-gook to choose from, because I can't do it myself."

We can, though. We're artists -- writers, editors, song-writers, musicians. We're humans. There is something special and irreproducible about us.

I wish artists would act like they believed in that human special-ness. And believed in themselves.
by ryandrake | 2025-06-09 05:13:52+00:00
It's a Hitachi 42 inch plasma and it still looks absolutely beautiful. Not a single problem with it in almost two decades.

Want to know what failed first? The goddamn Mac Mini I have attached to it as a HTPC, where, after "upgrading" to Big Sur or Monterrey, suddenly Apple just up and decided to drop 1080i resolution support (the TV only supports 1080i, not 1080p).

The weakest link, in terms of longevity, is always the software developer.
by dralley | 2025-06-09 05:14:24+00:00
>Because they have called it a genocide. It was a genocide back in January 2024

They did not. Go read the ruling. They declared the claim "plausible" and ordered Israel to take actions to preserve evidence and take steps to ensure one did not occur. That is not equivalent to declaring that one did occur or was occurring. It was essentially a type of injunction, not a conviction of any kind.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c3g9g63jl17o

>> In January, the ICJ delivered an interim judgement - and one key paragraph from the ruling drew the most attention: “In the Court’s view, the facts and circumstances... are sufficient to conclude that at least some of the rights claimed by South Africa and for which it is seeking protection are plausible.”

>> This was interpreted by many, including some legal commentators, to mean that the court had concluded that the claim that Israel was committing genocide in Gaza was “plausible”.

>> This interpretation spread quickly, appearing in UN press releases, statements from campaign groups and many media outlets, including the BBC.

>> In April, however, Joan Donoghue, the president of the ICJ at the time of that ruling, said in a BBC interview that this was not what the court had ruled.

>> Rather, she said, the purpose of the ruling was to declare that South Africa had a right to bring its case against Israel and that Palestinians had “plausible rights to protection from genocide” - rights which were at a real risk of irreparable damage.

>> The judges had stressed they did not need to say for now whether a genocide had occurred but concluded that some of the acts South Africa complained about, if they were proven, could fall under the United Nations’ Convention on Genocide.
by spankibalt | 2025-06-09 05:14:42+00:00
> Not to count the baby elephant that fell out of one car back in 1950.

Heavens to Betsy! And the elephant lived... till 1989! :)

> Wuppertal is a wonderful ride for many thousands daily, millions for decades, and is a wonderful model of visual, sane, safe engineered public transport.

Is ja jut, ich kauf' den Tagespass.
by Aurornis | 2025-06-09 05:15:31+00:00
> People truly don't gaf about anything as long as they're getting something for free. Sad.

I think Kagi is great. I also understand why most people don’t need Kagi. It’s not hard to see why most people aren’t interested in yet another monthly payment on top of all the other things we’re asked to pay for right now.
by antisol | 2025-06-09 05:15:43+00:00
lol. I think you need to jump onto the repos for about 500 ML frameworks and tell them that the only hardware they support well "isn't worth the money".

At this point I think you're just arguing in bad faith and you have some strange ideological reasons to cling to Wayland.

With an attitude like that it'll never be ready for adoption.

Good luck!
by busymom0 | 2025-06-09 05:16:41+00:00
tldr from 2nd para of article:

> To summarize, the FBI pays some shady companies to scrape data, the data is scanned for keywords (yep, just like CARNIVORE). Links and content are then fed into Facebook, organized by topic based on the keywords. Some rudimentary analysis is performed (sentiment analysis at least, but as friendly as Microsoft is with the feds, and as LLMs have gotten popular, the influence of machines has probably expanded) and perused by agents, using some FBI internal interface.
by moralestapia | 2025-06-09 05:17:11+00:00
Huh?

~Buddy, we are still in 2025 ...~ (removed, parent comment corrected)

If they were profitable then why did they raise money again?

>inb4, to expand their business

If that's the reason, where is this expansion? Their growth curve looks exactly the same since they started ...

IMO they invested a lot of money into their AI efforts, so maybe they raised for R&D?

I want them to do well, it's just that I thought they already had a much larger market share.
by AdieuToLogic | 2025-06-09 05:17:33+00:00
> are you saying those sentences are "disinformation"?

The exercise was to illustrate the ease of producing disinformation.

The topic was chosen to allow a popular LLM offering the ability to produce plausible sentences supporting a conspiratorial position.

The rest of your post interprets generated text, which I clearly identified as being such, as if it were a position I hold and not what it is:

Statistically generated text produced by an algorithm
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by brigandish | 2025-06-09 05:18:29+00:00
I watched that press conference[1] at the time. He didn't suggest it to the audience, as you can see in the short clip too, and even though that short clip is not only clipped in time but in the viewport so you can't see that he's speaking to a doctor, Deborah Birx[2], and asking her about these things, because they'd been discussed with him previously, off camera.

I have no idea why people keep saying that he suggested injecting household detergents or drinking bleach or some other nonsense like that, other that parroting biased nonsense or coming up with it themselves. What's more worrying is the way it was reported as such, even though he's talking to journalists, the press conference was filmed start to finish and is freely available in several places.

This lie needs to die.

Also, if you watch earlier, the guy from Homeland goes through their experiments that show the virus does indeed die when exposed to sunlight[3]. I thought it was very interesting and instructive but the next day saw the media distorting it beyond recognition.

And this, in a thread about misinformation and disinformation.

[1] https://youtu.be/bATddhoI6gI?si=2ITmdayt4rLNLalT&t=1591

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Birx

[3] https://youtu.be/bATddhoI6gI?si=NQVQo3GZq-PDyqfA&t=1198
by Osiris | 2025-06-09 05:19:21+00:00
Or of just a power outage or driver causing a loss of write back cache.

95 and 98 and ME crashed on a regular basis. I specifically remember upgrading from ME to XP and being so happy with the massively improved stability of the NT kernel over the 9x kernels.

If you think that's 9x was stable and reliable, you may be thinking very nostalgicly.
by silisili | 2025-06-09 05:19:22+00:00
In the US at least, I feel like you hit that late 90s convenience experience.

While it's true they still do these things, or try to, in my experience nobody actually uses them because of understaffing and underpaying of employees to the point of them not caring.

Who wants a brown hot dog or dried out taquito that's been on a roller for who knows how many days? Who wants soda from moldy taps? Who wants to stand in line to change out propane, to be told there's only one person working, go out and wait til the line is gone? Air is still free, but you have to go in and ask for it to be turned on.

At least that's my experience, maybe each locale is different. I literally have never seen a person buy prepared food or exchange propane at a typical gas station(wawa/buckees excluded) in my adult life.
by harisund1990 | 2025-06-09 05:20:06+00:00
That's a very big difference which makes this hard to believe. I would expect them to be within 20% of each other. I think I know the trick they used. The 48 core Aurora is the worst, it performs just as well as the 32 core one. If they picked and other hardware the numbers would be realistic. Also pg_vaccum is turned off, which is interesting.

Also the article has this note > This is a sponsored report. Google chose the competitors and the test. GigaOm chose the most compatible configurations and ran the testing workloads. Choosing compatible configurations is subject to judgment. We have attempted to describe our decisions fully in this report.
by root_axis | 2025-06-09 05:20:50+00:00
> Well do you think that social media could be a threat to democracy

Yes, I certainly agree that it is and recognize all your examples.

> You don't see LLMs' impact on culture and society being at least as broad and thorough?

In the sense I think you're implying, I see them as having almost zero impact. Just because more crap is generated doesn't mean it's going to be more believable, or that it will even be seen. How many tokens do you think it would take a SOTA model to convince you that the earth is flat or that the moon-landing was a hoax? Do you think Trump supporters will start voting for Democrats if they see 100 anti-Trump posts in every comment section on the internet? The LLM isn't going to generate anything that we haven't all heard already.
by owenversteeg | 2025-06-09 05:22:06+00:00
I agree with your comment in general, and that it is dangerous and abrasive and generally sucks to machine, but there are ways to get around that. For example you can make a lot of parts by stamping/forming/laser cutting fairly inexpensively. Sure, you'll still deal with titanium's quirks, but it's not a severe issue. For those parts the cost of the titanium is still typically the largest individual cost.
by charleyc | 2025-06-09 05:26:30+00:00
If I've understood correctly, the last example (ATPA: Advanced Scenario) describes a scenario where the tool is legitimate but the server is compromised and data is leaked by returning a malicious error message.

This scenario goes beyond "be careful what you install!" as it potentially makes even a GET request to a trusted website into an attack surface. It's like SQL injection writ large: every piece of text could be turned into malicious code at any moment.
by jchw | 2025-06-09 05:26:30+00:00
Aside from the obvious (it is clearly somewhat tongue-in-cheek, especially given the author's sense of humor) the truth is that the U.S. still has some unsettled business regarding what counts as protected speech. The past few decades have seen a lot of debate and legal back-and-forth regarding what to do with lolicon and shotacon illustrations, which FSE also addresses in another linked post[1]. (Not sure if any other remnants of obscenity law still exist: I'm sure they do, they just don't seem to come up very often online.) In any case, it seems like their fediverse server runs on the idea that if it's legally protected speech it should generally be allowed, or at least not disallowed on the basis that it's gross or something like that. Personally, I can get behind the spirit even if I'm not sure I'm in to go along for the ride. I definitely lean in that general direction. (The counter example would be, well, basically every other fediverse instance. They get pretty long on the rules and instance block lists.)

[1]: https://blog.freespeechextremist.com/blog/the-loli-question....
by scarab92 | 2025-06-09 05:27:40+00:00
I’ve spent some time in a Juniper Model Y and BYD Sealion 7.

The most notable areas where BYDs are still not competitive with Tesla are the interior (fit and finish is worse, the styling is unrefined and busy), the software (a buggy lightly skinned version of android), the suspension (BYD feels floaty whereas the Model Y feels grounded and responsive), and parts availability. If something goes wrong with BYDs in Australia, you can be without a car for months while waiting for parts to slowly steam across the ocean.

The BYD is cheaper, but only by about 10%, which is not enough in my view to offset the overall feeling of still being a work in progress.

That said, I really hate the onscreen gear selector in the Model Y. I’m fine with most controls being onscreen but I want a physical control for gear slection.