MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by drakonka | 2025-06-27 07:24:44+00:00
For me it's been getting involved in seminars after moving to a university town. I started showing up to philosophy roundtable seminars, where the idea is to read someone's paper beforehand and then discuss it around the table. Knowing I'd be participating in a discussion (even if I'm only listening to all the philosophy professors and PhD candidates do their thing and not talking much myself) makes me want to be prepared.

I've also started organizing short story meetups, and that is a good motivator to get through something and read it (fiction in this case) - preparing to facilitate a discussion about it with other people.
by mireklzicar | 2025-06-27 07:25:01+00:00
Thanks — I read Ash’s post (great blog!) and even spun up USEARCH when I first explored this space.

Main differences:

* *Cost-efficiency:* USEARCH / FAISS / HNSW keep most of the index in RAM; at the billion scale that often means hundreds of GB. In CHEESE both build and search stream from disk. For the 5.5 B-compound Enamine set the footprint is ~1.7 TB NVMe plus ~4 GB RAM (only the centroids), so it can run on a laptop and still scale to tens of billions of vectors. This is also huge difference over commercial vector DB providers (pinecone, milvus...) who would bill you many thousands USD per month for it, because of the RAM heavy instances.

* *Vector type:* USEARCH demo uses binary fingerprints with Tanimoto distance. I use 256-D float embeddings trained to approximate 3-D shape and electrostatic overlap, searched with Euclidean distance.

* *Latency vs. accuracy:* BigANN-style work optimises for QPS and milisecond latency. Chemists usually submit queries one-by-one, so they don’t mind 1–6 s if the top hits are chemically meaningful. I pull entire clusters from disk and scan them exactly to keep recall high.

So the trade-off is a few seconds slower, but far cheaper hardware and results optimized for accuracy.
by gambiting | 2025-06-27 07:25:46+00:00
Unfortunately, the law is already quite stupid around this.

There have been many cases where a company wanted to hire say, actor X to voice their commercial, actor refused, so they hired someone else with a nearly identical voice, the original actor sued and won(!!!!!) because apparently it's their "signature" voice.

I disagree because obviously that means the other person has no right to make money using their voice now, at no fault of their own?

But yeah I'd imagine you'd have the same problem here - you can't generate a picture of say, Brad Pitt even if you say well actually this isn't Brad Pitt, it's just a person who happens to look exactly like him(which is obviously entirely possible and could happen).
by Jugurtha | 2025-06-27 07:26:08+00:00
It could be a variety of things and we lack information, so I'll give a, hopefully useful, generic answer.

>We did get some validation and we are generating low 3 digit revenue. But, that’s not enough.

- Does your product save money, make money, or make life "easier"?

- Did your users find you or did you find them?

- How many people have you talked with and what have you learned?

- How did your users find you?

- How did you find your users?

- What do they have in common?

- Are they in the same industry?

- Are they in the same function?

- Have you talked with them?

- What is it that they're trying to accomplish with your product? (I'm not asking you what your product does, I'm asking what they are trying to do)

- How do they describe your product? Are there words that come up again. Do they describe it differently than you do?

- What is your conversion graph (or "funnel" with the different drop-offs) like?

- What's your product's sale complexity? (high touch? low touch? do they self-serve? Do they need a demo? Do they struggle?)

- Is the user the person who pays for the product or is it someone else?

- What's your features usage like? (are they using all the features and if not, why not and what are they using to solve the problem you built the features to solve?)

- What did the people who said "NO" tell you? What are the reasons they will not use your product?
by bilekas | 2025-06-27 07:26:25+00:00
> The judge is claiming that because the use is of the books are “so transformative,” the usage of these books to train an llm is fair use.

Maybe I'm mistaken but shouldn't the source come from a legal source ? This is not public domain material.

Again if I download the entire works of HBO tv shows, then make a "transformative" version on my iphone, how can that be considered fair use?
The 90% Gravity Problem: Why We Tend to Quit Right Before the Finish Line
by darwinSir | 2025-06-27 07:26:30+00:00
Hello everyone,

Conventional wisdom on productivity suggests that the closer we get to our goals, the more motivated we become. The shrinking distance to the finish line should, logically, be our most potent fuel.

However, I've recently been analyzing a deeply counter-intuitive pattern—an anomaly I've started calling "The 90% Gravity."

The pattern is this:

There's a statistically significant "Danger Zone," not at the start of a project, but in the final stretch—roughly between 80% and 95% completion.

In this zone, rates of procrastination, self-sabotage, and near-abandonment spike disproportionately. It's as if a palpable, invisible force actively repels us from the very success we are about to grasp. This isn't just fatigue; the pattern holds even for an individual's most desired, passion-fueled projects. In fact, the more meaningful the goal, the stronger the pull of this negative gravity seems to be.

If this pattern holds true, it suggests our greatest adversary isn't the inertia of starting, but a strange form of 'success aversion' that ambushes us when victory is already in sight.

I wanted to open this up to the community here:

1. Have you personally experienced this "90% Gravity"? A project you were passionate about, only to inexplicably stall when it was almost done? 2. Theoretically, what psychological forces do you believe are at play here? Is it a fear of the success itself? A fear of the void that comes after a long-held goal is achieved? Something else entirely?

I'm curious to read your perspectives.
by mattigames | 2025-06-27 07:26:49+00:00
The word transformative was put there in a time of manual transformative processes, like when you paint something similar to what you saw in a painting by another artist, with all the implied limitations that entails, like the time it took from you to watch that painting, and the time it takes you to create that new painting, nothing to do at all with the way LLMs operate, an honest assessment would have found that the word was meant for a wildly different use case and therefore it required a bigger and more nuanced discussion.
by me_jumper | 2025-06-27 07:28:00+00:00
Well, yes... Differentials in parsing of the same data can definitely lead to security vulnerabilities.

Just some random examples:

- https://www.ias.cs.tu-bs.de/publications/parsing_differentia... - https://www.ndss-symposium.org/ndss-paper/diffcsp-finding-br... - https://www.brainonfire.net/blog/2022/04/11/what-is-parser-m...
by 0points | 2025-06-27 07:28:02+00:00
> Any sufficiently advanced civilization is indistinguishable from magic.

Butchered quote and perhaps written in a humorous sense but not apparent to me.

The original quote is "technology", not "civilization".

Either way, that's assuming a non-technological perspective of the mid 1900s.

A educated modern man would not assume magic had they made contact with alien technology today.
by wltr | 2025-06-27 07:28:21+00:00
I mean their sense of being is the defending alliance. And from their being scared by Russia and unwilling to help Ukraine, we can tell that when Russia would attack Estonia, they will do nothing and invent some excuse why Putin is a good marvellous wonderful guy with whom I’m personally a very good friend. Them attacking Russia first, looks unbelievable. They are afraid to even help the country that was attacked, as they were told by Russians they won’t be happy, and so they obediently do what they told.
by raxxorraxor | 2025-06-27 07:28:49+00:00
Better yet, don't use Discord to build a community because if you don't do anything else, your knowledgebase will be lacking, which hinders adaption of your project.

As a dev I have to be already quite desperate if I engage with a chat bot.

Discord is better suited for developers working together, not for publishing the results to an audience.
by troupo | 2025-06-27 07:29:26+00:00
> No "however". The W3C is not actually a standards body.

Oh look. You've stopped claiming that this spec is on the standards track, that the final step is just final acceptance, or that there's an actual standardisation process.

You've now switched to saying that this is not an actual standardization process and to pretending that I said something I never did: that w3c enforces standards.

Imagine if you actually knew anything about what you were talking about and argued in good faith.

Adieu.
by jarofgreen | 2025-06-27 07:30:08+00:00
So, reading between the lines, it's a desktop app that makes a static website and it then checks the build output (not the source with a build command) into a GitHub repository for hosting?

Is it your own static website builder or did you consider using an existing one?

What type of model are you going for here? I can't see anything about pricing, but I see text encouraging users to "reach out to support".
by thesmok | 2025-06-27 07:30:23+00:00
There are different calibers of mortar shells, bigger size has more range and power. I think author of the article has cheated by not specifying the caliber, because a 155mm artillery shell cost is more than a $1000, precision guided one cost is tens of thousands. While a drone capable of reaching 10km+ costs less than $1000, without payload.
by mertunsall | 2025-06-27 07:30:48+00:00
In browser-use, we combine vision + browser extraction and we find that this gives the most reliable agent: https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use :)

We recently gave the model access to a file system so that it never forgets what it's supposed to do - we already have ton of users very happy with recent reliability updates!

We also have a beta workflow-use, which is basically what's mentioned in the comments here to "cache" a workflow: https://github.com/browser-use/workflow-use

Let us know what you guys think - we are shipping hard and fast!
by nsavage | 2025-06-27 07:31:00+00:00
I can't help but be remembered of the discovery of the HMS Terror, one of John Franklin's missing ships. It was announced that it was discovered conveniently located in what was already called Terror Bay, and that the ship's masts were even sticking out of the water. The local Inuit of course knew it was there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terror_Bay
by superice | 2025-06-27 07:31:04+00:00
That depends. I'm perfectly happy as a European business owner that it is made very clear that accessible software is not optional, and even if you think it is expensive, that you can't just sit around and wait for the fine to hit.

The reality is that if you're ignoring this stuff, you are effectively eliminating a significant chunk of the population from participating in public life. It's about as bad as not having wheelchair ramps in public places, except the same software runs everywhere, so it's not the one virtual 'building' missing it, but all buildings made by the same architect.
by bawolff | 2025-06-27 07:31:28+00:00
> The pirate sites? There is no pirate site hosting files here, BitTorrent is peer to peer.

Or "shadow library" or whatever you want to call it. The argument according to the article is that the entity that created the torrent, which also as far as i understand also operates a traditional website, benefits from meta's actions.

I think that is really far fetched.
by tossandthrow | 2025-06-27 07:31:31+00:00
This is likely just you who are not too familiar with how law is practiced in the EU.

In the EU the directives define a max range. Eg. 10% of global revenue or 20 million EUR whichever is higher.

Then the court figures out to what extend the company broke the law.

This system is needed to make sure that there are not some member states that are more forgiving and provides a competitive edge for companies to move there.
by neepi | 2025-06-27 07:31:40+00:00
I solved this problem again recently as well. After evaluating various synchronisation methods I thought it would be a good idea to design a new methodology which doesn't reinvent the wheel. Completely out of the box thinking. It took a few days to come up with a solution which worked on paper and a couple of weeks to implement it. I call this onecomputer. What you do is uninstall all sync software from your devices and put everything other than the primary one in the cupboard. Job done. No problems with conflict resolution. No race conditions. No resource and locking issues. Fast, reliable and does not depend on any third party provider or network. It just works. No wheel reinventing - this is uninvention.
by wickedsight | 2025-06-27 07:33:32+00:00
I like your argument, but McDonald's gets their ingredients from multiple suppliers, all selected for their specific specialism.

They also don't run the cash registers on software provided by their meat supplier.

In Dutch government (especially local), for example, almost everything runs on Microsoft. From e-mail to web sites to chat to internal software. And with AI coming up, Microsoft is effortlessly capturing that market too by including Copilot in existing contracts.
by Akashic101 | 2025-06-27 07:34:02+00:00
The possibility of jail-time only exists in Ireland, no other country in the EU. Even there, prison-time is the maximum, not a guarantee. Courts may opt for fines, suspended sentences, or probation, I don't think at any point will anyone go to jail for this, especially considering this is only a possibility after a conviction and repeated non-compliance in important sectors like healthcare, banking or transport.
by danhau | 2025-06-27 07:34:21+00:00
Ohhh, so this is why my videos take so long to start lately. Looks like I‘m in the experimental group as well. I thought my adblocker for Safari (don‘t judge) was broken - well it actually is broken, as I can‘t whitelist YT for some reason, but that‘s a different problem.

This approach could work well, since it makes users think their blocker broke YT. Both brilliant and evil.
by w3news | 2025-06-27 07:34:29+00:00
I remember that I did the same in 2005-2006, just combine XML with XSL(T) to let the browser transform the XML into HTML. After that, also combined XML with XSL(T) with PHP. At that time modern way of working, separate concerns in the frontend. Around 2008-2009 I stopped with this method, and start using e.g. smarty. I still like the idea of using all native methods from browsers, that are described at the W3c. No frameworks or libraries needed, keep it simple and robust.

I think there are just a few that know XSL(T) these days, or need some refresh (like me).
by DanielHB | 2025-06-27 07:34:46+00:00
I dunno, Nintendo is going out of their way to promote >60hz >1080p games and HDR.

They care about the people that care about that. The people who care about that care about display latency and ghosting too. The screen is significantly worse than the predecessor in the latency aspect while they market it as being so much better.

If anything display latency and ghosting is more important than upscaling 1080p and HDR.

At least they do make a clear distinction of OLED vs non-OLED because that is another big point and at least the marketing is not deceiving on that front.
by em-bee | 2025-06-27 07:34:49+00:00
i have a static website with a menu. keeping the menu synchronized over the half dozen pages is a pain.

my only option to fix this are javascript, xslt or a server side html generator. (and before you ask, static site generators are no better, they just make the generation part manual instead of automatic.)

i don't actually care if the site is static. i only care that maintenance is simple.

build tools are not simple. they tend to suffer from bitrot because they are not bundled with the hosting of the site or the site content.

server side html generators (aka content management systems, etc.) are large and tie me to a particular platform.

frontend frameworks by default require a build step and of course need javascript in the browser. some frameworks can be included without build tools, and that's better, but also overkill for large sites. and of course then you are tied to the framework.

another option is writing custom javascript code to include an html snippet from another file.

or maybe i can try to rig include with xslt. will that shut up the people who want to view my site without javascript?

at some point there was discussion for html include, but it has been dropped. why?
by rhet0rica | 2025-06-27 07:37:09+00:00
The founder posted an update on this a few days ago to his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIfRLujXtUo — it's basically dead.

The two remaining petitions that are still open are anticipated to fail due to not getting enough signatures. The best hope—the European Citizens' Initiative petition—only got half of the million votes required, and it ends July 31.

Complicating all this, it seems it was picked up and completely misunderstood by another YouTuber, who then spent a bunch of time and effort talking about how the project (as he misunderstood it) didn't seem like it was very well-presented.
by happymellon | 2025-06-27 07:37:17+00:00
While they are wrong, in that Proton is absolutely a subset of Windows APIs, it is describing aiming for an implementation detail.

Yes call X is faster than call Y in Proton, but that could also be because its only 50% written and skips a bunch of side effects that will be created after you have written your game.

Therefore you need to view Proton as a potential moving target. Not that Windows isn't too, but its just not as clear cut as is being claimed.

I know this because I pin some games against older versions of Proton because they work better/faster.
by bboygravity | 2025-06-27 07:37:36+00:00
How is Japan still going strong? Have you been there? Real estate just sitting empty, villages deserted, (young) people with no hope for the future, (hidden) poverty, the government and central bank basically bankrupt long-term.

Japan is stuck in the 90's with no hope for the future and they will be even less relevant then they are now within 1 generation.

Japan is absolutely not "doing strong" for the next 50 years or so and the same will happen to China. If you have no people, you have no future. As simple as that.

And how does the fact that it "will still take decades" suddenly make it OK for the country? Also if you shrink a population by 50% within decades it will completely destroy the economy (and military and culture). You can't just half the population that fast and expect things to just carry on as normal or magically recover.
by senectus1 | 2025-06-27 07:37:42+00:00
interesting idea.. i like it. question tho, what happens if your features change... so say you have an accident and gain a scar or disfigurment. does that mean that your pre-disfigurement image is no longer copyrighted? or is your image for your whole life and at every stage of your life is copyrighted?

Public photography? does this mean your image cant be sold if take in public? I'm sure there are many other scenarios that would be interesting to argue about as well.
by bawolff | 2025-06-27 07:38:03+00:00
> This smells a bit strange to me, it's a "for-profit" company.. Fair use is a bit of pipe-dream here

Why do you think that? For-profit companies use fair use all the time. Its not unusual.

Yes, a usage being non-commercial can be a factor in favour of fair use, but its just one factor. Its definitely not a neccesary condition nor is it a sufficient condition.

> If the source was obtained from illegal sources IE illegal distribution of copyrighted materials does that not play a part ?

Why would it? That isn't really how copyright works. Its about the right to "copy" (or not to), not about distribution methods.

> Also will this set a precedent that if I download HBO's collection but don't seed or use for any commercial reasons it will be considered Fair Use ?

No. That's not the reason this is potentially fair use.

[Although as an aside it uses to be in Canada that only uploading was illegal].
by treetalker | 2025-06-27 07:38:36+00:00
> The big conclusion is that talent development occurs through a similar general process no matter what talent domain:

> 1. first fun & exciting playtime,

> 2. then intense & strenuous skill development, and

> 3. finally developing one's individual style while pushing the boundaries of the field.

Link to copy of Bloom's book on Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/developingtalent0000unse
by gspetr | 2025-06-27 07:38:56+00:00
Exactly. As a regular at a non-hardcore gym, I had never appreciated it until I saw the gym sell 12mo membership for the price of 4x 1mo, and then I tried to remember how many people sticked around for a meaningful period. Very few men. No women.

The nearest gym is truly the best gym for 90% of people, as everyone seems to look for excuses not to go. So just go, people there will not bite you or shame you.
by graemep | 2025-06-27 07:40:15+00:00
> This smells a bit strange to me, it's a "for-profit" company.. Fair use is a bit of pipe-dream here

Fair use can be for profit.

> if I download HBO's collection but don't seed or use for any commercial reasons it will be considered Fair Use

No, seeding is automatically not fair use. Leeching does not automatically mean its not fair use, just that it might be.
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by troupo | 2025-06-27 07:42:04+00:00
> It’s worth noting this was written by

by one of the people wrecklessly barging forward with half-baked specs that introduced significantly more problems than they solved, pushed a "solution" that requires 20+ new web specs to barely do all the things user-space is already doing while completely ignoring and gaslighting anyone who wasn't 100% on board with what they were doing.

Safari argued that there should be a declarative ways for this 15 years ago
by wickedsight | 2025-06-27 07:42:26+00:00
Someone else commented about a correlation between violent video games and reduction in crime. I feel like 'people are inside playing games' is as much of an explanation for that as is 'violent games give violent people an outlet'.

I am not a violent kid, but when I was young I would cause some mischief in the form of making fires in the forest and using pipe to blow paper darts into open windows. Then when video games came up, we stopped going outside and played video games together.

Coincidentally, cyber crime is massively rising and a lot of the perpetrators are relatively young in my experience. I feel like maybe violent crime is dropping because these people found different ways of getting what they want, like selling bogus investment schemes online.
by dataflow | 2025-06-27 07:43:17+00:00
> These penalties are essential to counterbalance the financial trade-off companies often make by deprioritising accessibility. Without serious consequences, it’s rational for executives to cut costs at the expense of inclusion. This ensures accountability at the level where those decisions are made.

You can impose arbitrarily high financial penalties, or even shut down the business, and that's plenty enough for the incentives to tilt in the correct direction. But prison? How the heck is that necessary for this?