MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by romellem | 2025-06-22 15:24:58+00:00
Should say "Made in America*", since:

Not all of its parts are U.S. made: Other components come from China and other Asian countries. [...] The screen and battery come from China and the rear-facing camera comes from South Korea.

Also, what is this bit at the end about tariffs?

Tariffs likely won’t affect his costs at his current production rates because he ordered a large batch of parts when he started and still has them in supply at his facility. Weaver says that a long-term tariff on imported electronics could make the Liberty Phone’s manufacturing cost more competitive, since the cheap components would only see marginal increases, and more components are likely to be built in the U.S. soon.

They won't affect his costs because he has a huge stockpile? That's like when people said "I don't need the government to force me to get health insurance. My husband is a doctor."

Also "more components are likely to be built in the U.S. soon" - says who? How much is "likely," and how soon is "soon?" Lazy reporting at the end with practically no push back from the WSJ writer.
by xtiansimon | 2025-06-22 15:25:59+00:00
> “The Internet has become the Wild West”

That phrase struck me as odd. I had to reread the comment. I already associated the metaphor with the 1990s web others are lamenting as gone. They refer to the WW of content; “wild” referring to sparsely populated lands. Your WW is “wild” or diverse lawlessness, vandalism and unruly (human) behavior. I suppose both are true—were true.
by bigyabai | 2025-06-22 15:26:42+00:00
In Iran's defense, there was credible OSINT[0] warning of the B-2s taking off 12+ hours in advance of the strike. Iran knows what a GBU-57 is, the writing was pretty clearly on the wall that a strike was imminent.

It's possible (though not guaranteed) that they simply relocated the enriched uranium before the attack.

[0] https://x.com/thenewarea51/status/1936391071430308207
by probably_wrong | 2025-06-22 15:26:50+00:00
> Also, Iran didn't even let inspector into all of the enrichment sites they had, so they were breaking the original deal with Obama from the start.

I should point out that this view is not unanimous. Using Politifact as a source [1]:

"We reported in 2017 that Iran had largely complied with the deal, and many experts praised the pact for keeping nuclear weapons out of the hands of Tehran. Over the 28 months the deal was in effect, the International Atomic Energy Agency said it found Iran committed no violations, aside from some minor infractions that were addressed."

And from their linked article[2]:

"A complex, technical process like this one is inevitably going to face small hiccups," said Ariane M. Tabatabai, visiting assistant professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service. "Just as Iran believes there have been hiccups on the U.S. side."

My understanding is that Iran was largely complying with the treaty by the time Trump decided to scrap it.

[1] https://api.politifact.com/article/2025/jun/18/Iran-nuclear-...

[2] https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/jun/14/karen-hand...
by treetalker | 2025-06-22 15:27:13+00:00
Apparently we will still be washing our dishes (or at least loading and unloading our dishwashing machines); taking out our trash; and washing, drying, folding, and putting away our laundry. Since no later than The Jetsons we've known that the elimination of these low-value tasks is essential to human liberation and productivity, yet here we are with no relief in sight.

Sure, washing machines have helped, and community trash-removal takes care of a big chunk of the problem. But a few minutes per day or week add up quickly over time, and the very fact that we have to even think about these things creates substantial mental drag.
by drc500free | 2025-06-22 15:28:12+00:00
The wrong statement is saying P(no real effect) < 5%

The correct statement is saying P(saw these results | no real effect) < 5%

Consider two extremes, for the same 5% threshold:

1) All of their ideas for experiments are idiotic. Every single experiment is for something that simply would never work in real life. 5% of those experiments pass the threshold and 0% of them are valid ideas.

2) All of their ideas are brilliant. Every single experiment is for something that is a perfect way to capture user needs and get them to pay more money. 100% of those experiments pass the threshold and 100% of them are valid ideas.

(P scores don't actually tell you how many VALID experiments will fail, so let's just say they all pass).

This is so incredibly common in forensics that it's called the "prosecutor's fallacy."
by mjevans | 2025-06-22 15:28:22+00:00
Not 100% sure offhand, but I _think_ the the final step in my process chain (repack everything into a PDF) would have converted the input image formats and thus defeated that type of input. As it was, they were effectively 'redacted' using MSpaint to clobber over the rasterized data, so I was more concerned with minimizing the file size.
by unshavedyak | 2025-06-22 15:28:28+00:00
I added a MCP LSP a while back and as far as i can tell, CC doesn't even use it. Is there a trick to getting CC to actually.. use the MCP? I've not explicitly asked it to use the MCP, but it's an LSP (Rust Analyzer specifically) so it feels like the LLM should just use that in place of greping so much.

Are they all very explicit requests? I was hoping plugging an MCP into it would just make it more capable automatically
by rednafi | 2025-06-22 15:28:47+00:00
Thanks for the tool. This is pretty neat.

It’s almost comical to see “why Python” comments after all these years. I would’ve chosen Go to write this, but that’s beside the point.

Yes, Python installation is tricky, dependency management is a mess (even with uv, since it’s not standard tooling; another one will pop up), and performance is atrocious. But even then, some Python libraries have bigger communities than the combined communities of all these “better, faster, more awesome” languages.

Python is here to stay. Newcomers love it because you need to know so little to get started. People don’t care about the little quirks when they begin, and eventually they just live with the warts. That’s fine. LLMs write better Python than Go (my preferred language, or whatever yours is). And if you know anything about the AI research community, it’s C++, C, Python or GTFO.

Going forward, a lot more tools will be written in Python, mostly by people entering the field. On top of that, there’s a huge number of active Python veterans churning out code faster than ever. The network effect keeps on giving.

So whatever language you have in mind, it’s going to be niche compared to Python or JS. I don’t like it either. But if languages and tools were chosen on merit instead of tribalism, we wouldn’t be in this JS clusterfuck on the web.
by thaumasiotes | 2025-06-22 15:29:38+00:00
> How should I make sense of this line from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odin#Roman_era_to_Migration_Pe... : "There is no direct, undisputed evidence for the worship of Odin/Mercury among the Goths, and the existence of a cult of Odin among them is debated."

You should read "the worship of Odin" and "the existence of a cult of Odin" as meaning the same thing. The sentence wouldn't mean anything different if it said "there is no direct, undisputed evidence for a cult of Odin/Mercury among the Goths, and its existence among them is debated", or "there is no direct, undisputed evidence for the worship of Odin/Mercury among the Goths, and it is debated whether he was part of their pantheon".

> Definition 1 starts 'The veneration, devotion and religious rites given to a deity'.

There are two concepts here:

1. Belief that a god or spirit exists.

2. Rituals intended to communicate with, maintain good relations with, propitiate, or placate a god or spirit.

"Worship", "veneration", and "devotion" all refer to both of those concepts. "Religious rites" refer to the second one.

(Compare https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worship : "to honor or show reverence for as a divine being or supernatural power".)

So a reference to belief in a deity is an attestation of "worship", "veneration", and "devotion". For rites, Tacitus mentions that Mercury receives animal and human sacrifices while other deities only get animals.

> What do we call a personified supernatural being who is not worshiped? Are there really no such entities?

In the ordinary sense, obviously not, because acknowledging that something is a supernatural entity is worshiping it. But even in the sense of particular rituals, there are no such entities. All supernatural beings receive prayers some of the time.
by 827a | 2025-06-22 15:29:47+00:00
And I believe that you don't need a modern weapons platform to smuggle one of these weapons into your enemy's territory and cause major damage. Iran has a documented and clear history of funding and outfitting organizations who would love to do exactly that. There's broad global agreement that Iran has the ambition to develop nuclear weapons, and that these facilities were key to that ambition.

Its astounding to me that there's this much discord on these strikes. Sure; everyone sucks, politicians suck, blah blah blah, we're on the same page on that. That's not an excuse to do nothing and persistently disagree with every decision any government makes.
by whynotminot | 2025-06-22 15:30:21+00:00
I’m sorry in all this noise I’m failing to get to your point. Are you claiming that Iran is shooting down F-35s? Because that would be a pretty important piece of information that a lot of countries who have staked their Air Forces on the F-35 would like to know. It would also be a hard piece of information (damn near impossible) to keep under wraps, given the stakes, and the number of interested parties.
by perching_aix | 2025-06-22 15:30:22+00:00
> If heavy metals are toxic (as you claim)

But they don't claim that? I mean, I'm sure they would agree, but they really aren't claiming a thing. They just asked "What?". The person you replied to there hasn't left any other comments in this thread, and is not the blogpost's author either.

> and iron is healthy (as you claim)

Same as the previous.

> we should now see people being healthiest and smartest they have ever been

This is logically incorrect because of the simple existence of confounding factors; there are more variables that can affect these attributes than just the biological function of iron and heavy metals. It's why people go through all that trouble of separating correlation vs causation you know?

> If heavy metals are essential (as I claim) and iron is toxic (as I, and many others claim)

So as long as many people claim it, it's good? Thought that was your whole issue just the other way around? Which is it then?

> we should see retards unable to function normally

You mean like being able to properly identify who they are talking to and what they are saying? Or like staying on topic with respect to the content you're supposedly commenting on (the blogpost above)?
by chrismccord | 2025-06-22 15:30:39+00:00
as an avid vim user who moved to emacs evil-mode for a better vim than vim, and now who uses vscode with vscode-vim, it pains me to admit a web browser based editor is a better vim than vim. Somehow starts faster and is less kludgey and more scriptable. You can install extensions on phoenix.new, so vim is not a blocker for you. I drive vim emulation in it every day both on desktop app and within phoenix.new. Couldn't use it without it :)
by samjones33 | 2025-06-22 15:32:03+00:00
The problems of Israeli democracy are not the ones you list.

The fundamental issue is the population of the West Bank, who, outside of Palestinian Authority areas (aka "Area A"), are largely controlled by Israel but cannot vote. Note that 1-2 million West Bank Palestinians live in Area A under the Palestinian Authority.

- Within Israel, there is a Communist Party (which rejects religion and ethnicity) and other parties (including two Arab parties).

- A key problem in Israeli democracy, which it would be helpful if you noted, is that although there are two Arab parties (and majority Jewish parties who welcome Arabs), the Arab population of Israel votes at a low rate. This results in their being under-represented in the Knesset.

- The Basic Law you refer to made zero change to who can have political power.

- The 50% you refer to is neither the right percentage, nor does it take into account areas of great Palestinian autonomy.

- Function of the legal system has never been relevant to who can vote or hold office.

If you want to reflect what is on the ground, I suggest you take in the whole picture.
by floatrock | 2025-06-22 15:32:28+00:00
> Iran poses very little threat now, launchers being taken out everyday

What do Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, and Dubai have in common?

All of their oil tankers sail through a 20mi strip of water called the Straight of Hormuz, completely bordered by Iran on one side. Saudi Arabia has access to the Red Sea and a bunch of pipelines to take some of their oil there, but most of their maritime ports are in the Persian Gulf.

You don't need hypersonic ballistic missiles to take out an oil tanker. Save those for Israel, all you need is a few drones, speedboats, and mines.

Oh, what's that, a good chunk of attack drones undergoing "field trials" in Ukranian population centers are Iranian-made purchased by Russia? And those drones are designed to be launched from mobile trucks in any non-descript garage instead of static missile silos?

We've seen what a rag-tag group of Yemeni rebels with some light rockets have done to ocean shipping at the chokepoint to the Red Sea, now we're gonna see what the people supplying the Houthi's can do at the chokepoint to the Oil Sea.

Hope y'all enjoyed your sub-$2 gas prices.
by mcv | 2025-06-22 15:32:49+00:00
> disable Hamas (who embeds amongst civilians)

Hamas recruits among civilians. Radicalized civilians. And Israel has just radicalized even more Palestinians, creating even better recruiting ground for Hamas.

Israel has supported Hamas because it's a very convenient enemy for them. Hamas wants to wipe Israel from the map, and to Israel, that means a powerful Hamas controlling Palestine justifies their wiping Palestine off the map.

During the 1980s, when the PLO was the dominant force in Palestine and wanted a two-state solution, Israel supported the much less influential Hamas in order to undermine PLO's position. And I think in 2017, Israel asked Qatar to support Hamas.

Note that the Netanyahu government only goes after the people on the ground, not the leadership abroad. And they clearly have no problem killing and radicalizing more Palestinian civilians.
by TimorousBestie | 2025-06-22 15:32:56+00:00
Evangelical Christianity shares the same belief. That’s why the red heifer breeding program [0] is supported by US Christian orgs [1].

[0] https://www.timesofisrael.com/red-heifer-temple-institute/

[1] https://cbn.com/news/israel/first-time-after-2000-years-isra...
by BurningFrog | 2025-06-22 15:33:20+00:00
We can measure impurities and isotopes extremely well, which is what the post I responded to mentioned. This is very mature technology.

You're right that we don't know what new branches of science might be developed that could produce new insights from old artifacts.

But remember the situation. My idea makes it possible to record and analyze ancient finds that currently just disappear. It only gets us 99% of what we want, but in the current system we get 0%.

https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/logicalfallacies/Nirvana...
by ednite | 2025-06-22 15:33:25+00:00
While this kind of intensity makes sense for founders, especially those deeply invested in their own vision, but it's worth saying out loud that if you're not a principal founder and you're trying to keep up with this kind of work ethic, you should seriously reconsider.

For a long time, I wore being a workaholic like it was a badge of honor. As a solo dev (or working with a very small team), my daily grind often ran 15 to 17 hours. And honestly? It didn’t feel like work, because I was fueled by passion and a clear vision. That drive can be powerful.

But over time, even passion has limits. Mental fatigue creeps in. Burnout follows. What I learned, too late, frankly, is that sustainable output isn’t about how long you can code. It’s about how well you can recover.

I still work long hours, but now I deliberately break that intensity. I’ll do 10 hours of focused top-priority work and spend the rest on creative pursuits like writing, or on valuable family time. For me, that contrast has become essential and healthier. A work-life harmony, and I think that’s closer to what folks like Lucy Guo are describing.

If you're not a founder or equity stakeholder, and you’re pushing long hours for salary and loyalty alone, it’s worth asking: Is this really your mission? Because if it’s not, the cost, mentally and physically, adds up fast.

Just my 2 cents. Hope it helps someone who’s grinding hard right now.

Curious to hear how others are navigating this. What’s been your experience?
by Eextra953 | 2025-06-22 15:33:40+00:00
Look up the situation in Los Angeles, where a mix of ICE agents and masked unmarked men are targeting Hispanic neighborhoods and taking anyone they believe isn't a citizen (brown). There's been several cases of citizens being taken and detained for weeks. Recently, there's been videos of these men roaming in cars with license plates removed. These men refuse to identify themselves. Its an extremely alarming situation which has, at least in my feeds, not received nearly enough attention.
by CharlesW | 2025-06-22 15:33:52+00:00
I was just wonering this myself, and the Context7 recommendation led me to these examples on its repo:

- Create a basic Next.js project with app router. use context7

- Create a script to delete the rows where the city is "" given PostgreSQL credentials. use context7

I feel like that Claude Code has independently invoked MCP Fetch a couple of times in the course of hundreds of interactions, but yes — it looks like specifically invoking them is the norm, at least until LLMs get better at matching tools to requests.
by twixfel | 2025-06-22 15:33:57+00:00
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza as we speak and is expanding settlements more and more in the West Bank. The end game of the Israelis is very clearly complete ethnic cleansing. Israel is no victim here, it's a settler colonialist state that happens to be successful in being a settler colonialist state.

> Hamas, hezbolla, syria, yemen and iran started up with Israel for no good reason

If the UN decided to put a country for the Roma in the middle of India, how do you think that turn out? Very well or very badly? Is it surprising that everything turned out so badly in the ME with regards Israel? Seems obvious to me that putting a new country in the middle of a colony just as said colony is gaining independence seems like a shit idea?

Simply put, the very creation of Israel was fundamentally destabilising. We basically torpedoed our relations with the entire Islamic world (and especially the Arab world) just for the sake of some mostly (at that time) European colonists in Israel (who later became Israelis). That was retarded as shit. Say what you like about how good it was for the Israelis, but for us that was shit geopolitics, shit realpolitik, and a shit deal. Israel has now, rather predictably, become an ethnofascist state run by a (war)criminal. And we enabled them the whole way. And for what??? How exactly has anyone in the West actually benefited from this? It was clearly good for Israel and for Israelis, but how have we benefited from this???
by AnotherGoodName | 2025-06-22 15:34:40+00:00
I actually wonder about current co2 levels and concentration.

We’ve roughly doubled co2 in human history. Much of that in the last 100 years alone. They say that measurable drowsiness at 1000ppm and when you consider the atmospheric co2 being well above 400ppm and indoor conditions often more than doubling that i wonder if we’re not going to hit a measurable stupefaction of the world. Perhaps it’s already happening.
by samjones33 | 2025-06-22 15:35:01+00:00
I think you have not paid attention to European and Middle Eastern countries.

They are all ethno states.

The very concept "nation-state" is an alignment of "ethnic tribe" with "political borders"

You might want to hit a history book or two.

In this regard, Israel is more normal and places like the U.S. are abnormal. (Once you get outside the U.S....)
by edanm | 2025-06-22 15:35:29+00:00
Well, that's fair, and a pretty good analysis. And obviously I view the situation with an Israeli bias.

Still, I think you (or austin-cheney) go way too far in seemingly completely dismissing the idea that the proxies are to fight Israel. Yes, there are a lot of larger strategic implications here, and yes, this is sometimes seen as part of Iran positioning itself as the leader of the Muslim nation that will restore honor to Islam, etc.

But "Israel just happened to be there and frequently get in the way when not directly intervening." doesn't make much sense, given the consistent statements of Iran for the last 40 years, given the fact that they're pouring so much of this funding into Hamas and Hezbollah which, as you say, are only interested in fighting Israel themselves.

(Btw, in some sense, Israel is probably the most powerful regional power in the Middle East.)

In any case, none of this makes my original point "nonsense". The point that it's Iran that's disrupting the rules-based order, not the US, still stands, even if the proxy wars were not "really" to destroy Israel (most evidence to the contrary) and even if it's only funding these proxies which have spread terror and war in the region to try and destabilize Saudi Arabia.
by komali2 | 2025-06-22 15:35:37+00:00
Gigantic roads like that make me crazy! I can't understand how people subject themselves to living near these giant impassible rivers of concrete! Even a city road that's not a freeway - on a visit to sf I needed to walk across Harrison and then 6th street. 12 lanes to walk across, two lights to wait for! I felt like tearing my hair out.

At least they finally built a way for the animals to cross again. I can't imagine how long it would take to walk across that eco bridge thing.
by whynotminot | 2025-06-22 15:35:42+00:00
Brother take a look at a map. Exactly how does Israel pull off a sustained ground invasion of Iran, even if the US committed to help?

Sure, maybe some targeted commando raids here and there. They’re already doing that.

Large scale invasion though? Almost logistically impossible unless you’re telling me the maps I’ve looked at my whole life are state propaganda too.
by throwawaybob420 | 2025-06-22 15:36:40+00:00
You’re going to be brow beaten and down voted but you’re speaking the truth.

What other country is attacking or has attacked its neighbors as Israel has? What other country has been executing a live-streamed genocide that you can see the outcomes of on Instagram?

Just yesterday I saw a video of a mother comforting her infant whose leg was blown off by Israeli bombs. And yet these religious fanatics are the ones we call our “allies”.
by thomassmith65 | 2025-06-22 15:36:49+00:00
Do you remember James Mason?

Can someone tell me which James Mason the author is talking about?

I remember the James Mason who was one of the most famous actors of his decades in the film business.

I remember the obscure funk artist James Mason, who released a fantastic album called Rhythm Of Life.

Neither of these strike me as someone most people today would know.