MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by HappMacDonald | 2025-06-09 01:58:13+00:00
I remember meticulously perfecting every trick that the slice tool eventually automated before it existed using Jasc Paintshop Pro: squeezing every kb for maximal presentation from pieces of a larger image into gifs or jpgs so that the parts of it which needed to animate or be interactive could do so and the large parts that didn't could remain as high quality as possible.

And then I remember the slice tool appearing one day and being equal parts annoyed that they were biting my style and amazed that they did as thorough and well considered of a job as they did.
by buildsjets | 2025-06-09 02:00:56+00:00
What non-pilot techies fail to comprehend is that the entire ATC system is designed to operate in a no-communication failure mode. This includes features such as the paper strips, mandatory holding points, timed approaches, clearance void times, etc. It is all designed so if you have a complete communication failure in IFR conditions you can land without hitting anyone else.

Any fancy new system of, for example an in-cockpit text based clearance/routing display using an LTE network, will need to be backed up with a process that can be accomplished with a pencil, a compass, and silence.

For anyone considering doing development in this space, sign up for a 20 hour instrument flying ground school, preferably one taught by a retired old fart rather than a 25 year old “instructor” with no actual experience.
by 0xDEAFBEAD | 2025-06-09 02:01:28+00:00
>Modern, ie. post-WW2, "fighting democracies" have built-in safeguards to oppose internal enemies of democracy, but if they are effective remains to be seen.

Eh, "internal enemies of democracy" is way too vague. E.g. Trump supporters claim that "unelected bureaucrats" in the "deep state" are enemies of democracy. Anyone can call anyone an "enemy of democracy".
by anenefan | 2025-06-09 02:01:50+00:00
If the future doesn't get totally stupid, there will probably be a small decline in gas stations much like in areas where industry has dropped off.

There will still be fossil based fuel for sale.

There may depending on how soon the world gets over the big misconception that fuels made from plant oils have to be bio fuels - additional bowsers for regular fuel that was created though cracking (in the same petro-refineries) organic oil as the input stock to produce an almost identical fuel to that which is made from fossil based sources - it might cost a little bit more though.

Possibly an area for refuelling liquid based fuel cell powered vehicles.
by cosmic_cheese | 2025-06-09 02:02:32+00:00
> Some of us were introduced to computers in our teens, so there was prior experience of not having a computer for that wow to hit.

The effect is similar for those of us whose exposure was earlier, but similarly devoid of computers prior.

In my case it was a 1996 Mac tower w/internal 28k modem, at which point I was seven. It was not only the first computer of any sort in the house (no game consoles either) but also our first CD player. Up until then, the extent of tech for me was a late 80s Sharp VCR and an even older faux wood console Zenith TV hooked up to a roof antenna (no cable). Anything beyond that existed only in TV commercials and movies.

It was such a huge shift that it’s difficult to articulate. It sparked a lifelong obsession.
by drivingmenuts | 2025-06-09 02:03:07+00:00
In short, the Republican Party is in bed with oil producers and many elected politicians are heavily invested in oil or oil-adjacent companies. The same party is anti-Science in a way that is nearly impossible to comprehend and, as such, scoffs at global warming and you can work the rest out from there. The Republicans have the majority in the House, the Senate and the Oval Office. The Supreme Court is conservative. Right now, we're probably the modern equivalent of Germany in 193x.

I think that about covers it. All of the above means an EV-hostile environment here.

Oh, and our biggest EV maker is a Neo-Nazi supporter.
by FreakLegion | 2025-06-09 02:03:17+00:00
The cap table is just a spreadsheet of who owns what. Employees don't need to see that level of detail to understand their shares, so there's no particular reason to pass it around, and plenty of reasons not to.

Many startups are happy to give relevant details, though, like the percentage of fully diluted shares you own, the last preferred share price, whether any investors got non-standard terms, etc. Rather than asking to see the cap table, ask the questions you want the cap table to answer. If they won't tell you, maybe pass on working there.
by HappMacDonald | 2025-06-09 02:03:52+00:00
Yeah.. for awhile I tried exercising by walking/jogging on a treadmill with headphones watching youtube to keep my brain entertained through the drudgery.. but yeah, one constantly drowns in the noise of being jostled.

For me completely shutting down the brain (when/if I'm even capable of doing so) is just a function that activates sleep. While I haven't tried this while exercising in particular, I have more than learned my lesson from trying it merely standing up and the result is very much falling down.
by jimmaswell | 2025-06-09 02:04:20+00:00
It feels ontologically wrong to me to constantly beg my own computer for permissions to do things. I always use root on Linux, and my Gentoo machines don't even have a non-root account. (I get great satisfaction from compiling VLC to let me run it as root as well as patching Dolphin and other apps to not complain about it.) On Windows I always use an admin account and disable all UAC prompts. I've managed to have no incidents since I started this policy a decade ago by simply not downloading malware or using 123 as my password on an open SSH port. Go figure.
by cloudmanic | 2025-06-09 02:04:57+00:00
Sorry you don't get the business idea. My guess is you're not a landlord in Oregon. The paperwork is very time-consuming, and often gets your case thrown out of eviction court if it's not done perfectly. Oregon has become an extremely landlord-friendly state. The first step of getting the notice correct is so important.

Also, there's a lot of value in having a third-party service notice for you. Then there's an arm's length transaction showing that the proper notice was served in the proper way.

There's lots of sleaze-bag lawyers out there that will represent a tenant for free because they immediately see something wrong in how the service is done. They know the case will be thrown out. And they could pass on their legal fees to the landlord, who obviously has money. This happens over and over and over again.

So there's actually a lot of value in what I am offering landlords here.

I'm not sure I understand your "rather insulting" comment about posts being written in ChatGPT. Of course I use AI to help me write better blog posts. Just like I would use AI to write better code. I would call it insulting anyone who doesn't write a blog post using AI. AI is an incredibly powerful tool, and anyone who doesn't run their blog posts through it isn't trying to use all available tools to make the best possible product (ie a blog post). With that said, all the ideas in the blog post came from me. I had several rounds of edits with AI. So I simply disagree with your submission that it's dumb or insulting to use ChatGPT to write a blog post.
by 3eb7988a1663 | 2025-06-09 02:05:08+00:00
Never played Battlefront, but that sounds like a short duration powerup mode?

I was thinking of something like Evolve[0] where it is a 4v1 kind of humans vs monster affair. There are also horror games that follow this formula -one psycho killer vs regular humans. I assume all the fun is being the monster, less amusing to be the weakling running and hiding.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolve_(video_game)
by fc417fc802 | 2025-06-09 02:05:11+00:00
It certainly sees use as an ever shifting marketing term. That does not exclude it from being a useful technical term. Indeed if the misuse of a term by marketers was sufficient to rob a word of meaning then I doubt we'd have any means of communication left.

> It was considered thought provoking at the time because it implied that some day machines could think.

What constitutes "thinking"? That's approximately the same question as what qualifies as AGI. LLMs and RL seem to be the first time humanity has achieved anything that begins to resemble that but clearly both of those come up short ... at least so far.

Meanwhile I'm quite certain that a glorified PID loop (ie autopilot) does not qualify as machine learning (AI if you'd prefer). If someone wants to claim that it does then he's going to need to explain how his definition excludes mechanical clockwork.
by bigyabai | 2025-06-09 02:05:21+00:00
The snowflakes don't run the company. If you work somewhere that is designing a really big gun and the CEO uses it to commit an awful crime, you don't share the blame for one person's irresponsibility. It's not a satisfying answer, but it really is up to executives to decide where they draw the line. Nobody else in the business can say 'no'.

Likewise, when we blame IBM for supplying the Nazis during WWII, we're not decrying the enthusiastic early database workers. They aren't the problem; executives without morals are.
by cloudmanic | 2025-06-09 02:07:35+00:00
To follow up on something, there's no ChatGPT helping landlords automate paperwork. I just used AI tools to build the code. Not sure how it's evil to help a landlord do their job. In fact, this paper work is very helpful in allowing the tenant to apply for rental assistance. Some landlords can even slow down a tenant's progression in gaining rental assistance because they don't do the paperwork correctly or on time.
by deadbabe | 2025-06-09 02:08:48+00:00
I don’t think it’s that simple.

Yes for some people who used these machines once, they might just think of them as old machines, the same way an ancient Roman still alive today might not think much of mundane Roman tech.

But getting into retro-computing as a hobby is more like being a historian or archaeologist. There is endless lore to discover, and restoring old hardware is an art. Some of these people were never old enough or even existed to lust after these machines.

Someday, all the people who used these machines will be dead, completely dead, and the machines will be all that remains. Blessed are those who keep them running in their memory.
by solardev | 2025-06-09 02:08:54+00:00
It's a clunky, heavy, $3500 nerd-alert flight helmet with a googly-eyes-of-doom projector up front. It has like four apps and two uses cases, one of which is "luxury paperweight". They're still trying to find the other one.

To buy (and keep) one, you have to be rich enough that a couple months' rent is nothing, self-confident (or socially oblivious) enough that you don't mind looking like a Star Wars droid knock-off, and masochistic enough to want to take your neck to the gym every time you want to watch a movie. Not a very big target audience...

It's too heavy and limited to be a useful personal screen. It's useless for gaming. It's too expensive to be an occasional-use-only device. It's a solution to a problem nobody had, and it solves none of the problems people do have. Sure, it had a lot of fancy tech, and maybe made sense as a laboratory prototype, but not a consumer device. You can do more with the $300 Facebook goggles for 10% of the price, or get one of the pricier but slimmer AR glasses (Xreal, etc.)
by pkulak | 2025-06-09 02:09:32+00:00
The new budget that passed the house has registration fees on EVs that will only match gas cars if you drive well over 25,000 miles a year. Maybe "outlaw" was hyperbolic, but you tax what you want less of. I would imagine that these taxes will only increase. Especially compared to the _incentives_ offered in every other country.

We don't "outlaw" cigarettes, for example, but I would call the current taxes on them a "near" outlaw.
by xvector | 2025-06-09 02:10:45+00:00
I am close with a few folks in medical research and the broken nature of the system and sheer amount of red tape has broken their dreams. It is impossible to get anything done.

There is a difference between "reasonable guardrails" and suffocating progress until it's nearly impossible barring Herculean efforts by multibillion dollar entities. It cannot be understated how badly the current bureaucracy has destroyed medical progress.

We are seeing the same problem with nuclear overregulation result in worse outcomes and more deaths for people globally.

There is real suffering and a human cost, measurable in lives, to slowing down progress - just as there is one for reckless progress.
by timewizard | 2025-06-09 02:11:26+00:00
> I would have thought it obvious that LLMs' primary usefulness is as force-multipliers of the messaging sent out into a society.

I see this a lot and this is not at all obvious to me. I'm very much an introvert. Would you describe yourself as the same or opposite?

> Each member of hoi polloi will be absolutely cocooned

I generally read specific publications and generally don't seek to "interact" online and entirely avoid social media. Prior to the existence of social media this was the norm. Do you not at all suspect that this overuse of LLMs would push people back towards a more primitive use of the network?

> The only way to control the internet, you see, proved to be to drown it out.

Yet I see them sparing no expense when it comes to manipulating the law. It seems there's a bit more to it than punching down on the "hoi polloi."
by smt88 | 2025-06-09 02:11:45+00:00
So you don't understand why seatbelts were invented and your evidence that they're unnecessary is that you personally haven't gotten into a car accident.

"Not downloading malware" is everyone's default stance, but no one can identify all of it.

And that's only a single vector out of many. Security flaws exist in even the best operating systems that make you vulnerable even when doing everything "right" (which you emphatically are not).
by nvahalik | 2025-06-09 02:15:33+00:00
I work for a company that offers nutrition tracking on an app in the App Store.

We are not shipping camera functionality yet. But our concept is to not necessarily guarantee the accuracy of portions but to make lookup easier.

We also spent the time to get the AI integrated with a verified database. This made our results far more accurate.

We tended to find that without the lookup the calories and macros would be generally correct. The math was usually within a margin of error of 5%. This was acceptable except that… there was no micronutrient values and you couldn’t really adjust the portions at all. The system just dumps the macros and while you can halve something… the user experience isn’t great.

Ultimately, if you want precision: manual entry is the only way to go. I feel like out approach will end up being very great once we work out the kinks. Our search isn’t spectacular and as a team we are learning a lot of about prompt engineering and how to make best use of the AI.
by timewizard | 2025-06-09 02:16:08+00:00
> Just don't trust your thoughts

It's a little more insidious than that, though, isn't it? They've got my purchases, address history, phone call metadata, and now with DOGE much of our federal data. They don't need a twitter feed to be adversarial to my interests.

> to any SAAS service.

They're madly scraping the web. I think your perimeter is much larger than SAAS.
by ednite | 2025-06-09 02:16:23+00:00
Apologies for the long reply, but I hope something in here helps.

I think it's a good sign that you're reaching out for help and advice. That shows a level of self-awareness that’s important when dealing with burnout. Of course, I’d strongly recommend speaking with a medical professional or therapist, especially if it starts affecting your day-to-day functioning. But I’ll share what helped me personally.

I went through burnout after working nonstop on a project for over six months, only for it to be shut down two weeks before launch, for reasons completely beyond my control. It hit me hard, but I didn’t realize it right away. It crept in slowly, a lack of focus, no motivation, no excitement, just a kind of numb disengagement.

Here’s what helped me:

Acknowledging what I was going through was the first real step forward. Just putting a name to the experience gave me a bit of clarity.

I started reading books about stress, burnout, and anxiety. Not because one book had all the answers, but because the act of engaging with helpful material gave me structure and a sense of progress. I also read lots of fiction to change my mindset.

I talked to close friends and family. Just expressing how I felt, especially about the project, helped release some of the pressure.

I experimented with small activities that felt even slightly interesting. That varied day by day. Some days I journaled, other days I took longer dog walks or spent more time at the gym.

Recovery wasn’t linear. It wasn’t fast. But creating space to decompress and explore what helped me, even in small ways, eventually got me going again.

One important thing I learned is that burnout doesn’t go away with a single solution. It’s not like taking a pill for a headache. It took time, reflection, and consistent self-care. For some, professional support may also be a key part of that.

So my best advice is: Don’t pressure yourself to “fix” it overnight. Stay aware, try things that feel nourishing, and don’t hesitate to ask for help.

Of course, everyone’s experience is different. If it feels overwhelming or doesn’t improve, definitely reach out to a mental health professional. You don’t have to figure this out alone, support is out there.

Sincerely hope this helped.
by a_bonobo | 2025-06-09 02:16:29+00:00
OK then OP can slightly change their site by using a different search term:

https://github.com/search?q=is:pr+is:merged+Co-Authored-By:+...

Instead of looking at the author of the PR, look for that 'Co-Authored-By: Claude' text bit.

That way I get 753 closed PRs and '1k' PRs in total, that's a pretty good acceptance rate.
by drivingmenuts | 2025-06-09 02:16:33+00:00
I should also mention that a large percentage of the population is in love with ICE-mobiles. They transport the ever-shrinking middle class and lower classes that can't afford to completely replace their vehicles with EVs and, likely, never will be. Even the world's ugliest electric truck is beyond the reach of a large portion of the middle class. Removing gas stations and adding charging stations is not going to do anything except cause more panic.

NGL, I drive a gas-powered Jetta (I wish it was diesel, but oh well) and if I can't get gas, I can't drive. While I'm lucky enough to live where there's some sort of public transit, that's not a thing in a lot of cities. Without the political will or the budget to start adding public transportation RIGHT THE HELL NOW, if ICE goes away, our economy is screwed.
by gregorvand | 2025-06-09 02:16:47+00:00
Set up filters for any specific senders you feel are going to be the likely cause of stress. These filters should virtually hide the email from you, not even a visible label with an unread counter.

It's funny how, as a wise phrase I've heard before, "nothing is ever as good or as bad as it seems"

After a few weeks of whoever might have emailed you, but you didn't see it, or maybe they never emailed? But at least you can continue your life and still see messages that probably matter.

Email sucks in this way, it's hard to fully ignore it, but you can fully ignore certain senders - which I have absolutely had to do in the past.

Time + the above strategy will really help, I think.

-- Disclaimer, I work on 'better' email products.
by soamv | 2025-06-09 02:17:17+00:00
This is a great point! But there's an important tradeoff here about human engineering time versus the "learning in the open" benefits; a PR discarded privately consumes no human engineering time, a fact that the humans involved might appreciate. How do you balance that tradeoff? Is there such a thing as a diff that's "too bad" to iterate on with a human?
by lostmsu | 2025-06-09 02:17:23+00:00
If you are on iOS, try my app Roxy Voice: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6737482921?pt=12710...

It comes with LLaMA by default, but you can point it to any compatible endpoint, including self-hosted (I personally use Gemini Flash via AI Studio API key because it is free).
by Caelus9 | 2025-06-09 02:18:36+00:00
I also found that I was most likely to procrastinate when the goal was too vague and the task was too big. So now I will break the task into super small steps, such as "open a file" or "run a test." It sounds a bit silly, but it really works. Maybe sometimes the brain does not need a motivational speech, but just a gentle push.
by defrost | 2025-06-09 02:19:35+00:00
> we're not decrying the enthusiastic early database workers.

Well, you're not. However:

Black reports that every Nazi concentration camp maintained its own Hollerith-Abteilung (Hollerith Department), assigned with keeping tabs on inmates through use of IBM's punchcard technology.

from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust

suggest that a good number of these "early database workers" were working directly with Hollerith codes on human flesh and tasked with the identification of Jews, Roma, and other ethnic groups deemed undesirable by the regime, along with military logistics, ghetto statistics, train traffic management, and concentration camp capacity.

You might argue they are no more responsible for concentration camps than concentration camp guards, but these are the people punching holes in cards and filtering them with knitting needles while looking out the window at piles of shoes and gold teeth to tabulate.
by elliotec | 2025-06-09 02:20:45+00:00
Have you tried Claude code? I’m surprised it’s not in this analysis but in my personal experience, the competition doesn’t even touch it. I’ve tried them all in earnest. My toolkit has been (neo)vim and tmux for at least a decade now so I understand the apprehension for less terminal-inclined folks that prefer other stuff but it’s my jam and just crushes it.
by cowanon2222 | 2025-06-09 02:20:46+00:00
I've had pretty good results using the AI features in Macrofactor. It's certainly not perfect, but it does a pretty good job with mixed text and photos and allows you to easily fine-tune the results.

Macrofactor is also the only app I've seen that actually estimates your underlying metabolic rate and adjusts accordingly. It predates the recent AI surge, and seems to have a team that's studied nutrition science behind it.
by gizmo686 | 2025-06-09 02:21:37+00:00
I don't see why they wouldn't be. Basically all cities allow 3rd parties to run wires as long as they do all of the paperwork and rent the needed right of ways. Normally this is used for things like comm lines; but some inert wire isn't going to cause any issues.

The other religions would just need to care enough to ask, then install and maintain the wire.
by gaganyaan | 2025-06-09 02:22:00+00:00
> you asked a question into a black box, received a symbolic-seeming response, evaluated its truth post hoc, and interpreted its relevance

So any and all human communication is divination in your book?

I think your point is pretty silly. You're falling into a common trap of starting with the premise "I don't like AI", and then working backwards from that to pontification.
by toomuchtodo | 2025-06-09 02:22:13+00:00
It’s very exciting imho, uptake of EVs and hybrids in China is contributing to noticeable oil demand destruction, and Chinese oil companies have already called the demand peak.

https://cleantechnica.com/2024/11/21/the-us-energy-informati...

https://www.iea.org/commentaries/oil-demand-for-fuels-in-chi...

https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/CNPC-Chin...