MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by gsf_emergency_2 | 2025-06-30 15:50:36+00:00
Google:

The UV lightbox used by Australian researcher Hart, as described in the study on keratinocyte viability, emitted light in the 365-405 nm wavelength range, according to a study published on Nature.com. This specific range falls within the UVA spectrum, which is known for its effects on cell signaling. The study used this light source, emitted by a nail drying machine, to investigate the impact of UV radiation on human skin cells (keratinocytes).
by Retric | 2025-06-30 15:50:43+00:00
Transmissions are required for ICE vehicles they aren’t required for hybrids. It’s one of the many failure points that can be removed.

As to in series being more complicated, starter/alternator + battery already has all the mechanical complexity of a barebones series hybrid. You could technically take a standard ICE car change only electronics and get some of the benefits of a hybrid. Obviously for reliability you’d want beefier electric motors, and … before you know it you’re building a more robust system than a pure ICE.
Ask HN: What Inference Server do you use to host TTS Models?
by samagra14 | 2025-06-30 15:50:46+00:00
All the examples I have are highly unoptimized - For eg, Modal Labs uses FastAPI - https://modal.com/docs/examples/chatterbox_tts\ BentoML also uses FastAPI like service - https://www.bentoml.com/blog/deploying-a-text-to-speech-application-with-bentoml\

Even Chatterbox TTS has a very naive example - https://github.com/resemble-ai/chatterbox\

Tritonserver docs don’t have a TTS example.

I am 100% certain that a highly optimized variant can be written with TritonServer, utilizing model concurrency and batching.

If someone has implemented a TTS service with Tritonserver or has a better inference server alternative to deploy, please help me out here. I don’t want to reinvent the wheel.
Ask HN: Has anyone made a self-hosted Pocket from the source code yet?
by AdmiralAsshat | 2025-06-30 15:51:18+00:00
The clock is almost up on Pocket being shut down, and it looks like no one will be swooping in to save the day at the last minute to give it a new home.

Since the GH repo has been steadily updated and it looks like the source code for both server-side and client-side Pocket code might finally be fully available, I am curious if anyone has managed to create a fully-working fork yet (either self-hosted or hosted through a non-Pocket server):

https://github.com/orgs/Pocket/repositories
by BanterTrouble | 2025-06-30 15:51:38+00:00
> Is a backup camera not a way "of mitigating the risk" when reversing?

You knew I was referring to other methods mitigation the risk and decided to get a quick jab in at me. That was disingenuous. I don't appreciate it.

> Which is easier, installing them in new vehicles, or making a billion drivers undertake remedial training in basic safety?

Driver awareness can be done through other means than re-training.

> If you say so. I've gotten angry on here, but it takes a lot more than someone who thinks they can see through their bumper.

I never said that and obviously don't believe that. Funny how at the start of this reply you were pretending you weren't engaging in that behaviour. I wouldn't bother replying, you won't get another one.
by rozgo | 2025-06-30 15:51:57+00:00
Working on "context engineering" for coding agents. Specifically for complex dev environments and targets, like robotics, digital twins and games. Been able to witness agents go from 100% failure rate to contributing nearly 90% of the plumbing code. I'm helping agents understand how to use simulators and game engines; configure, build and deploy DevOps/MLOps pipelines.
by ceejayoz | 2025-06-30 15:51:58+00:00
Yes, they should.

If you find out a way to retrain everyone on the road more cost-effectively than a $30 backup camera, do implement it. (Don't forget figuring out how to get people to maintain those skills.)

Until then, I'm glad my car has some safety features that protect me when I get rear-ended in stopped traffic by someone who wasn't paying attention.
by BobaFloutist | 2025-06-30 15:52:08+00:00
It's also worth noting that ICE train does not mean internal combustion engine train, which was my second read (my first read being some super-deportation-train probably doesn't need to be clarified as even as I imagined that I knew it couldn't be right). It means "Intercity train", which a quick lookup clarifies as an express train between two cities that's longer than a commuter train but with fewer stops than your typical regional train.

Makes sense I'm not familiar with the term, as the closest match in my area is Caltrain (express trains, at least), which is still probably just commuter rail. I guess it's what CAHSR is trying to be.
by potato3732842 | 2025-06-30 15:52:09+00:00
ESC in effect mandates the same hardware as the highest end ABS systems and adds throttle by wire on top of that.

Pretty much every AWD car can do "dumb" ABS that uses pedal pressure to run with just the sensors the AWD system uses (front axle speed and rear axle speed) but you need an expensive ABS system with a pump and a throttle by wire system if you want to be able to have the system do stuff when no foot is on the brake.
by Workaccount2 | 2025-06-30 15:52:45+00:00
The whole point of retirement saving is so that you can still support yourself after your mind and body can. Just about everyone is aware of this, yet many still save nothing because "society will deal with it" when they get older.

When I was younger I had an easy time buying into "everything is too expensive to save money", now that I am older, past the "you must start saving now" age, I know way way too many people who don't save for retirement and live stupidly beyond their means.

"We don't have any retirement savings because how could we give up eating out 1-2 times a week, $250 monthly beauty appointments, $90 gym membership (they have clean warm towels!), and our annual Disney vacation and our family Lake Tahoe trip. And no way will you catch me in a 5 yr old used car, sorry I cannot sacrifice my new car leases!"

I know so many more people who recklessly spend money than people who honestly are trying but cannot make it.
Show HN: SendMeYourIP – Send a unique link to ask someone share their IP
by jtokoph | 2025-06-30 15:53:04+00:00
I needed my parents' home IP the other day to add it to my SMTP relay server and none of the many IP lookup sites make it easy to share.

I wrote up a quick post about it: https://www.jasontokoph.com/send-me-your-ip/
by limie | 2025-06-30 15:53:04+00:00
A comic book curation app:

https://github.com/rishighan/threetwo

Think of it as a Plex for the digital copies of comics. Point it to a folder full of comics, and it will infer metadata, and present your collection in a Plex-like manner.

ThreeTwo supports Comicinfo.xml, Metron's format. Generally there is no universally agreed-upon metadata format for comic books, comic book archives are essentially .zip or .rar files with images with a fragmented naming convention. ThreeTwo itself uses regexes to parse filenames and match that against ComicVine to extract metadata from there. This is currently the problem I am trying to attack.

Other than that, it integrates with DC++ via AirDC++, and also incorporates an OPDS server.
by beeflet | 2025-06-30 15:53:11+00:00
I have read about drivechain and all of sztorc's half-baked ideas extensively. Sidechains are inferior to altcoins in all respects.

The numbers you have included are just arbitrary prices you are guessing. The price of bitcoin fees is not totally elastic, because the demand for bitcoin transactions is based on network effects. So the total demand increases with the block size at a rate greater than the supply.
by wat10000 | 2025-06-30 15:53:30+00:00
Retina/HiDPI are almost entirely better than the alternative without them. The "almost" is just because of increased processing and power needs, which pretty quickly became insignificant. They took over because there's no real compromise. You pick the one that's better in all circumstances.

A display that's better outdoors and worse indoors is never going to take off. Approximately nobody wants to carry two phones just so that they can see the screen a little better while they're waiting for the bus. Current screens are good enough for outdoor use, even if not great.
by ceejayoz | 2025-06-30 15:53:40+00:00
> You knew I was referring to other methods mitigation the risk…

Yes, I do. And I'm wondering why this one doesn't count.

> Driver awareness can be done through other means that re-training.

Such as?

(Ironically, the serious answer to this is "stuff like backup cameras". Which improve driver awareness when backing.)

> I never said that and obviously don't believe that.

You: "However the backup camera being required by law is absolutely ridiculous. You can just either use the mirrors or turn your head."

How do you use those two techniques to see things in the blind spot behind the bumper without its being transparent?
by throwup238 | 2025-06-30 15:53:48+00:00
It’s too soft to be of much use except the odd piece of furniture (for which it is pretty terrible because it dents too easily). As a woodworker finishing it also sucks because the fibers tear too easily. Its grain pattern looks bland at best, it ages poorly, and its color is too inconsistent from tree to tree.

That said, it’s one of the most stable woods so it doesn’t warp much which is why it’s a popular base material for plywood and it’s easy on cutting tools. I usually only use it for the interior parts of drawers.
by BugsJustFindMe | 2025-06-30 15:54:47+00:00
> Massage with vegetable oil, usually mixed with some fragrances, had been a widespread practice for many millennia, not only in Ancient Greece

Fragrances made of what if not volatile chemicals? Did they disrupt the human oxidation field? Did the oil?

Anyway, drinking and bathing in mercury was also widespread practice for millenia from ancient greece to the 20th century. And now we know why so many people died prematurely from mercury poisoning.

Trepanation, bloodletting, smearing animal feces on the skin, all common practices of the ancient world practiced for thousands of years that we now know are generally bad ideas.

If one appeals to age-old widespread practice, that's fallacy. There needs to be more than "people did this for a long time" before we make claims about whether that thing is actually better than modern alternatives. People have a long history of doing stupid things for very long times until something new comes along.
by johnea | 2025-06-30 15:55:09+00:00
> political sides-ism ?

As opposed to what? "Why can't we all just get along"?

It would be so great if the cycle of corruption could be interrupted to prevent the fall of civilization; but when has this ever happened?

Please remember FDR is still being called a communist in the MAGA universe, just as he was in the previous right-wing republican era.

The difference with NAGA is that it's actively dismantling the new deal benefits.

> assumes absence of agency

What agency? You can count your personal agency WRT US govt policy by counting the number of hundred million dollar blocks in your net worth.

Even after rereading, I'm not sure what you're trying to say.

The citations seem to contradict your statements, in that they seem to predict a decline into authoritarianism, whereas your text seems to dismiss the idea.

Personally, I feel the cheato committed treason with the assault on congress as the election was being certified. He should have been tried and convicted of this crime.

Now, the president isn't capable of committing a crime. How convenient. And Illustrative...
by kube-system | 2025-06-30 15:55:32+00:00
> But is there really a downside to taking this simple, free, prophylactic approach? None that I can see

One that I immediately can think of is increased support costs due to end users unintentionally changing their keyboard. The shortcuts to change keyboards are usually not too hard to accidentally hit, and most users (especially in the US) would be unfamiliar with what they did or how to change it back.
by bumby | 2025-06-30 15:56:10+00:00
Yes, so the claim is that the complexity electric motors + batteries + planetary gears + all the ICE/electric interfaces are more reliable than a traditional transmission. I’m open to that argument but nobody has really elaborated in detail. Admittedly, I’m slightly skeptical (at least in the case of a manual gearbox) but would like to hear more detail.
by vel0city | 2025-06-30 15:56:17+00:00
> the main point is related to the ICE

I didn't limit the original discussion to just an ICE motor versus an entire hybrid power train, I explicitly stated, "Depending on the _drive trains_ being compared, the hybrid _drivetrain_...". In the end people don't give a shit about if the motor is reliable, they care about if the car is reliable. The car, which includes a transmission and a heck of a lot more stuff in it. In the end the reliability of the drivetrain is more important, as that includes the reliability of the ICE and all the other stuff needed to make the car go.

If you want to focus on just the ICE part, then sure mechanically the ICE motor in a hybrid drivetrain will be similarly designed to an ICE-only drivetrain. But an ICE car is more than just an ICE motor. And to have that ICE motor actually be useful, it needs to be paired with other components. As you've aptly stated, the reliability of the system overall is extremely related to the reliability of all the components. Namely, having more complicated and less reliable components anywhere in the system makes the whole system less reliable. Having to have an incredibly complicated transmission with tons of friction points and sliding parts and fluid channels relying on specific viscosities of oil is massively more complicated mechanically than a few fixed-ratio planetary gearsets.

But guess what, even if you ignore the rest of the hybrid drive train and focus on just comparing the ICE motors, the ICE in a hybrid will probably outlive the ICE on a similar ICE-only car experiencing a similar usage pattern. The ICE in the hybrid with an e-CVT or similar will pretty much only exclusively operate in its most efficient and lowest stress ranges, while that pure-ICE vehicle needs that gas motor to work in every condition even if it is high stress.

> there needs to be some sort of discussion about why you think the ICE is more reliable

I don't think the ICE is more reliable than the hybrid. I've been arguing the opposite. The gas motor may be similarly reliable in a full ICE, but a lot of the other stuff around it becomes less reliable.

Even then thinking about things like water pumps and AC compressors and what not, a lot of that gets to be more reliable working with their own extremely reliable DC motors going exactly the speed they want to go at instead of having to be tied to engine RPMs and belts and clutches and what not wherever they want to be instead of needing to be in the path of the belt. You don't have a wimpy barely sized alternator, you have a much more reliable AC motor/generator along with an inverter and well-sized battery supplying plenty of electrical power to the system which then has a much more stable voltage for your 12V system. You don't have to put nearly as much CCA load on your 12V battery, you won't run it down as much, it stays in its optimal voltage more often, etc.
by Clamchop | 2025-06-30 15:56:37+00:00
I've had at least three prescription dental products: Fluoride lacquers (can cause fluorosis supposedly so not without risk), chlorhexidine antiseptic mouth rinse, 3M Clinpro 5000 toothpaste (high fluoride again).

I've had only a quarter as many implants so I guess it just depends.
by dylan604 | 2025-06-30 15:56:40+00:00
Sounds like the nightmare tree I had to deal with as well. I never did find out what it was. Does the honeylocust produce a bunch of red berries? My dad used to get mad at me as a teen when I’d be lazy and not pick up the fallen limbs from this tree and puncture the tractor tires. It was to the sole reason I became very proficient at using the tire repair kit.
by benreesman | 2025-06-30 15:56:40+00:00
I think my personal anecdote supports this observation with the treatment group being "me in the zone" and control group "me not in the zone".

When I'm pulling out all the stops, leaving nothing for the swim back the really powerful (and expensive!) agents are like any of the other all out measures: cut all distractions, 7 days a week, medicate the ADHD, manage the environment ruthlessly, attempt something slightly past my abilities every day. In that zone the truly massive frontier behemoths are that last 5-20% that makes things at the margin possible.

But in any other zone its way too easy to get into "hi agent plz do my job today I'm not up for it" mode, which is just asking to have some paper-mache, plausible if you squint, net liability thing pop out and kind of slide above the "no fucking way" bar with a half life until collapse of a week or maybe month.

These are power user tools for monomaniacal overachievers and Graeberism detectors for everyone else (in the "who am I today" sense, not bucketing people forever sense).
by DamnInteresting | 2025-06-30 15:56:52+00:00
I'm putting the finishing touches on my free daily word game, Omiword[1][2]. I had it basically finished, with the option for players to make a one-time $5 payment to unlock access to the archives, but then Stripe shut down my account, claiming it was a "restricted business".[3] I'm now reworking it to try to fund it through Patreon, we'll see how that goes.

[1] https://www.omiword.com

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43654350

[3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44075038
by rich_sasha | 2025-06-30 15:57:12+00:00
UK is a weird one.

As well as unemployment, people struggling with CoL, you have a dire shortage of labour, in so many industries - healthcare, transportation, retail, hospitality, childcare&teaching and surely others. In particular, that seems to suggest that at the same time you have people and companies who can't find jobs / employees.

Entry level postings being down could mean it's getting more squeezed still, or could mean people are giving up on hiring for these unfillable posts. Or something else still.

Either way it's a basket case.
by paul7986 | 2025-06-30 15:57:45+00:00
Indeed that's my love of this technology portion yet there's going to be a decade to decades of change where people will start to lose their livelihoods and potentially be destitute until a universal basic income (welfare) is offered.

If humanity / society is suffering from AI yet the pros of using AI is to help humanity and society they sorta cancel each other out!

Also, are we really excited for all of us to be on welfare? Politically the right (independent myself) will finally be cheering on welfare for all lol as Musk and others lead us there.
by yesfitz | 2025-06-30 15:58:32+00:00
Can you provide any sources on that?

I've only been able to find articles that counter it[1][2][3][4], and nothing more rigorous than a Pew survey.

It feels right, and I recall feeling similarly about certain items/events as a teen, but teens aren't known for having the most measured interpretations of reality.

1: https://medium.com/@helmisantosa/teens-without-smartphones-h... 2: https://screenstrong.substack.com/p/can-you-raise-a-teen-tod... 3: https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/parenting/article/teenag... 4: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/smartphones-flip-phones-screen-...
by theahura | 2025-06-30 15:58:58+00:00
I debated changing the title but as the commenters below mention the title is still accurate, as is the rest of the article. Meta was under no obligation to pay that much. Alexandr could have requested that Meta spend $14b on <charity of choice> and the title would still be correct. The only part of the article that I think needs some reworking is an implication in a footnote about how these kinds of deals screw over employees. They do, generally, but not in this case.
by zerkten | 2025-06-30 15:59:03+00:00
You can be sensitive to both, and good institutions have a duty to check instructors who go strongly in a single direction. I think the point is only to exclude the crutch in contexts where it affects learning. Being prepared for work is only one element of education. Its weight varies by course, institution, and many other factors.

Further, there are likely situations where the participants avail of AI to different extents based on how they feel about the situation (cf. different degrees of doping in athletics), and students will sometimes be limited by their means in use of AI tools.
by fwip | 2025-06-30 16:00:07+00:00
I agree, it's tough to know when the right time to toss information away is, to simplify things for the caller.

When in doubt, I tend to prefer "wrapper style" errors for libraries, so the caller can match at whatever level of specificity they care about. As a toy example:

match read_config() { Err(ConfigError(FileNotFound) => println!("No configuration file found. Supported config directories are: {}", get_config_dirs()), Err(ConfigError(IOError(filename, msg))) => println!("Access error for config file {}: {}", filename, msg), Err(ConfigError(ParseError(e))) => println!("Parse error: {:?}", e), Err(ConfigError(e)) => println!("configuration error: {:?}", e), Ok(config) => {...}, }

The calling application could start with just the generic error message at the end, and over time decide to add more useful behavior for some specific cases.

Of course, then the problem becomes "what are the useful or natural groupings" for the error messages.
by NickC25 | 2025-06-30 16:00:09+00:00
I'm not saying it's a good or a bad thing, and I completely understand the long-term ramifications. I've quite literally done biz with the CCP.

However, we've chased cost-cutting measure after cost-cutting measure in order to please the shareholder class at the expense of the working class, and this is the result. We shouldn't be surprised.
by ffsm8 | 2025-06-30 16:00:27+00:00
Eh, it got a chuckle and eye roll outta me so I didn't mind.

And fwiw, I don't really care either wherever people use them for whatever they want, I am just still confused why people would want to use paper (sourced from leftover toilet utensils), which is notorious for being basically un-cleanable... as food storage, but to each their own.

I'm surprised how many people hate me for such (imo) mellow statement though
by beAbU | 2025-06-30 16:00:30+00:00
The first 4 or 5 pickups in that infographic is the Toyota Land Cruiser, not the Hilux. Although this infographic is pretty funny, it's not accurate I'm afraid.

They still make the Land Cruiser more or less in that shape and configuration: https://media.cdntoyota.co.za/toyotacms23/attachments/clz2ej...
by breppp | 2025-06-30 16:01:00+00:00
And you can gather from your own quote that Jabotinsky's view was very unpopular at the time. The mainstream jewish opinion is that living in peace is possible. That's why there were no real attempts at creating a capable militia force until violence has started from the Palestinian side

You seem to quote him to prove the Palestinians had no choice but to do what the laws of history has ordained for them. But even though you don't quote the extreme or moderate Palestinians of the time, there were both views and as humans capable of agency they had a choice, and they repeatedly chose war until they had created a Jewish force much more capable than they were
by BobaFloutist | 2025-06-30 16:01:22+00:00
That's a little steep, but you gotta grade mileage on a curve -- if it's reasonably maintained, it'll keep trucking for a lot longer than that, it should be plenty for a starter car. I mean, I'm biased, since I drive a (very well maintained when I bought it, high mileage) 2007 Prius that I bought for ~7.5k...8, 9 years ago? and I'm still getting ~40mpg and it survived some pretty questionable maintenance and care on my part.

10 grand feels steep, but for a solid car that'll easily last another ten years with minimal maintenance, good fuel economy, I don't know that you can do much better these days, and it doesn't feel unreasonable.