MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
Show HN: Worldnews24.tv – watch world news from diverse sources, 24/7, like TV
by departed | 2025-06-23 03:29:18+00:00
Hi HN,

I've been working on this side project, on and off, for several years (life's been busy). I don't feel it's finish yet (they never are), but I feel that I should share it with you now.

A few years ago, where I am from, all opposition news outlets were forcibly shut down. It was then when I realized the value of being able to see world events from different perspectives. That's why I build this website.

With the ongoing wars and the possibility of future ones looming, I believe it's more valuable than ever to access varied viewpoints, be it Israel vs. Middle East, Europe vs. Russia, or U.S. vs. China. I've also collected channels from other regions: South-East Asia, South America, Oceania, Africa; and one from the financial sector.

Though some channels are from state media and might be more biased then we typically allow ourselves to watch, it could be insightful to watch for a new minutes, with a critical mind, to see how the other side is framing these events and what the viewers in those countries are consuming. That's why the home URL will redirect to a random channel every time you open it. If you like a particular channel, you can bookmark its permalink.

Hope you find it useful! Questions and feedback are welcomed. Also welcomed are suggestions on 1) who besides myself might need this, and how do I reach them, 2) how to check that a Youtube/HLS stream has ended.
by acangiano | 2025-06-23 03:30:46+00:00
There are a few brands that have been punching above their price points. For Rolex Submariner homages, you can't really beat Sugess. Other Chinese brands worth considering are San Martin, Cronos, WM, and Seagull. Among the upcoming brands, Watchdives and Tactical Frog are also doing quite well. Though cheaper, Pagani Design is a step below the rest. It's not bad, but their watches are definitely not as polished as the ones from the brands mentioned above. In terms of movements, stick to NH35, NH34, PT5000, SW200, Miyota 90S5, etc. Try to buy from the official stores on Aliexpress, and check your private messages after you add the watches to your cart. They'll often issue coupon codes for said items.
by kasadkad | 2025-06-23 03:31:03+00:00
This isn't essential, but it's worth noting that the construction of Galois fields is basically done in the same way as a more familiar one: building the complex numbers from the real numbers. In that case, the new "numbers" are defined to be polynomials with real coefficients, with addition and multiplication being performed modulo the polynomial x^2+1. This has the effect of equating x^2+1 with 0, since the division (x^2+1)/(x^2+1) has remainder 0. With this rule, x is now a square root of -1; of course we usually write i instead of x. In terms of the compact notation mentioned in the article, the complex numbers are the same thing as R[x]/(x^2+1).

The Galois field case can be thought of in the same way, as long as a little care is taken with the choice of polynomial. When the coefficients come from GF(2), there's not much point in using the polynomial x^2+1 as above, because x^2+1 = x^2+2x+1 = (x+1)^2. Forcing x^2+1 = (x+1)^2 to be 0 would basically just have the effect of setting x = -1 = 1, so we don't get any new numbers. [Technically, 0, 1, x, 1+x would still be distinct in this construction, but it doesn't result in a field since 1+x would have no multiplicative inverse.] As explained in the article, the polynomial should be irreducible to avoid this problem, so x^2+x+1 works to build GF(4) from GF(2). But this is the only difference from complex numbers: we can think of GF(4) as being GF(2) with an added "fictional number" h satisfying h^2+h+1 = 0 (i.e. h^2 = h+1). The elements of GF(4) are therefore numbers ah+b where a,b are in GF(2), multiplied just like complex numbers except that we simplify using the rule h^2 = h+1 instead of i^2 = -1.

In the Galois field case, lots of different polynomials appear because (1) we need a degree k irreducible polynomial to construct GF(p^k) from GF(p) and (2) there's not really an obvious "simplest" such polynomial to use, unlike in the case of the complex numbers C. In that case, a miraculous fact intervenes to save us from a similar zoo of polynomials: as soon as we add the one "fictional number" i, all polynomials with complex coefficients have roots in terms of it, so there are no more fictional numbers to be created this way starting from C.
by marcosdumay | 2025-06-23 03:33:09+00:00
> Are we treating an arbitrary ontological assertion as if it’s a formal argument that needs to be heroically refuted?

If you are claiming that human intelligence is not "general", you'd better put a huge disclaimer on your text. You are free to redefine words to mean whatever you want, but if you use something so different from the way the entire world uses it, the onus is on you to make it very clear.

And the alternative is you claiming human intelligence is impossible... what would make your paper wrong.
by barnabyjones | 2025-06-23 03:33:26+00:00
Reading this right after watching "Mountainhead" was enjoyable, but I do commend the guy for publishing it; sadly few case studies where things went wrong ever see the light of day. This part stood out:

>"What's the tax treatment on crypto profits if I roll them into a Qualified Opportunity Zone investment?" I'd asked my accountant. His eyes had lit up—the first clue I was onto something interesting.

If you find yourself in the position of giving tax advice to your accountant, he's either a crummy accountant or playing you to get more fees. And it looks like the most rosy estimate was -$1.5m NPV to gain ~$1.1m ($8.7m x 0.32 x 0.4) in tax benefits? I can't see what the plan was.

> Mr. R's application stood out immediately...Our first Zoom call revealed a muscular man with a shaved head and a perpetually amused expression

It seems that everyone involved had dollar signs in their eyes. The cherry on top was moving to a country he knew nothing about for "lower taxes."
by mindwok | 2025-06-23 03:34:02+00:00
I am really rooting for Mojo. I love what the language is trying to do, and making it easier to run SOTA AI workloads on hardware that isn't Nvidia + CUDA will open up all kinds of possibilities.

I'm just nervous how much VC funding they've raised and what kind of impacts that could have on their business model as they mature.
by int_19h | 2025-06-23 03:34:32+00:00
I remember when I submitted a paper written in LaTeX to my math prof in college, alone in the class (nobody even mentioned it to us so it wasn't exactly surprising, but I was one of those guys running Gentoo as their desktop back then so...).

She not only instantly recognized it, but, judging by the look and the platitudes she gave me on the spot, it probably earned me an extra point on the overall grade.

When in Rome...
by mberning | 2025-06-23 03:34:42+00:00
I agree. You should do your best to know what a realistic comp profile is for the role you are applying for BEFORE you apply. This is much easier nowadays with all the information available online. Assuming you know the rough range for the position you can simply ask for the high end of the range. I recommend even asking for 5-10% above the top of range. They may balk. They may try to sniff around what your current comp is. How Machiavellian you want to get at that point is up to you. In my experience companies generally don't blink at high base compensation as long as it is close to their defined range. If you are asking for a big signing bonus or for the hiring company to cover the bonus you would miss out on by leaving, or for them to cover your retention agreement, then they may ask for some evidence of that.
by AdieuToLogic | 2025-06-23 03:35:36+00:00
> I also recommend getting an Apple Watch with cellular – that way you can still be reached for emergencies ...

For people who realistically could require emergency contact (parents of minor children, family members with health risks, etc.) this is a wise recommendation.

However, for those not having these very genuine concerns, an Apple Watch with cellular connectivity (or equivalent device) could engender a placebo effect and mask withdrawal.
by stiray | 2025-06-23 03:36:03+00:00
Very nice, will use it on my child, but this doesn't cover my case.

I have it as a wallet (those flip cases) so it is always with me. But it can stay in backpack for days without using it, except maybe for calls (to talk with parents after I don't call for weeks :D) and to pay for public transit (huge mess to charge nfc cards). I don't use social networks, chat software (sms excluded) at all, never even registered to fb, cant even remember when was the last time I installed any app.

I consider this a very sane use of phone. It is not addiction, rather satisfying addicted society that is pressuring me to use it.
by andoando | 2025-06-23 03:36:06+00:00
Just a layman here so Im not sure if Im understanding (probably not), but humans dont analyze every possible scenario ad infinitum, we go based on the accumulation of our positive/negative experiences from the past. We make decisions based on some self construed goal and beliefs as to what goes towards those goals, and these are arbitrary with no truth. Napolean for example conquered Europe perhaps simiply becuause he thought he was the best to rule it, not through a long chain of questions and self doubt

We are generally intelligent only in the sense that our reasoning/modeling capabilities allow us to understand anything that happens in space-time.
by 1vuio0pswjnm7 | 2025-06-23 03:36:13+00:00
https://172.93.49.252

https://172.93.49.252/settings

https://172.93.49.252/submit/

This website has some forgotten www features that are becoming rare thanks to Big Tech, Big CDNs, and their followers:

1. It does not require SNI (SNI was added to TLS in 2003)

2. It publishes a stable IP address. See https://172.93.49.252/submit/

One can use an IP address _or_ a domain name (any domain name will work) to reach it

3. It is available via HTTP as well as HTTPS

http://172.93.49.252

For old time's sake, try requesting via HTTPS and then HTTP and see if you notice a speed difference

To get a starting list of potential web sites, freely available DNS zone files (public information) remain available

Every major www search engine has used these files at some point

https://czds.icann.org/

People often refer to DNS as the internet's "phone book"

If that is true, then DNS queries are "directory assistance"

The actual phone book is the zone files

Perhaps we need a wiby.me for DNS to select from all those NS and A records that go undiscovered

djbdns has a program called "random-ip"

random-ip|sed 1q

Besides PTR queries, there is an adundance of freely accessible databases to fecth information about an IP address

This can often lead to a discovering random website

The type of website that is worthless to so-called "tech" companies and their online surveillance advertising "business model"
by princevegeta89 | 2025-06-23 03:38:13+00:00
Actually I found using just VS Code with Roo/Cline and/or Windsurf etc. along with OpenRouter to be just as good as Cursor, if not better.

Cursor seems to be really good at doing the TAB completion and it seems to work well... until it doesn't. Sometimes it's totally sleeping and not even giving me the option. And sometimes its too late. And these days I found it to be intrusive enough to be annoying and making changes that I didn't want, and ended up turning into a joke.

I immediately switched to VSCode and kept most of the AI assistance at a much lower cost. And some automation is not present - but it doesn't get in my way either.
by moefh | 2025-06-23 03:38:58+00:00
That's true, but we should acknowledge that this question is generally regarded as unsettled.

If you accept the conclusion that AGI (as defined in the paper, that is, "solving [...] problems at a level of quality that is at least equivalent to the respective human capabilities") is impossible but human intelligence is possible, then you must accept that the question is settled in favor of Penrose. That's obviously beyond the realm of mathematics.

In other words, the paper can only mathematically prove that AGI is impossible under some assumptions about physics that have nothing to do with mathematics.
by nwienert | 2025-06-23 03:39:01+00:00
Not the parent but I had a Kubernetes setup I migrated to Swarm a few years back. I don't remember a most details honestly, but I do remember deleting so much configuration (and duplicate config with my local compose), and generally finding it much easier to work with. I even had a couple machines set up without much trouble as it was all built-in. But I'm not an infra person and my k8s experience is minimal.
by Brazley | 2025-06-23 03:39:43+00:00
Earlier today, I saw Kath Korevec's (Google Lab's Director of Product) tweet about the fragmentation in AI agent file formats across tools like Claude Code, ChatGPT, and various frameworks while I was laying my son down for a nap. Everyone's using different approaches - some JSON configs, some plain text, some proprietary formats. The problem: no standard way to define, share, or version AI agents across platforms. So I built one, and two hours later it was live. The .agent format is essentially Markdown with YAML frontmatter - think Jekyll/Hugo but for AI agents:

``` yaml --- agent: name: "Python Expert" capabilities: ["debugging", "code-review"] coding_languages: ["python"] ---

# Python Expert

I help debug Python code and suggest improvements... ```

Why this approach works:

Immediate compatibility - Any markdown parser handles .agent files Existing tooling - Syntax highlighting, git diffs, pandoc conversion all work Human readable - You can read/edit with any text editor Structured metadata - YAML frontmatter enables tooling and discovery Extensible - Add new metadata fields without breaking existing parsers

I've submitted the MIME type (application/vnd.agent+markdown) to IANA for official registration and built reference implementations in Python/JavaScript plus VS Code extension. The repo includes working examples and a complete specification. The goal: make AI agent definitions as portable and interoperable as markdown files themselves.
by ryao | 2025-06-23 03:39:48+00:00
I was beaten during “leisure time” (it was called recess). As far as I was told, this was good for me because to use your words, it gave me a social life. That social life was one where I was a punching bag, but none of the school employees cared. They blindly thought leaving children to their own devices was good for them and while there was supposedly oversight, the teachers had no idea what a student being beaten by his peers on a day to day basis looked like and apparently thought there was nothing wrong while I was being stuck by several others. They only recognized it the few times I fought back, and then disciplined me for having the audacity to defend myself, while my bullies were exempt from discipline through the intervention of their parents. Having leisure time in school be spent with zero interactions with other students would have prevented the beatings.

As per my recollection, when my mother discovered this after it had been on-going for 3 years, she asked me why I did not ever say anything. At the time, I simply thought that was normal, since I had no recollection of a recess period where I had not been beaten. I also was not very good at explaining that, since not only had I had no idea that this was abnormal, but I had also repressed the memories to be able to function during the day. It did not stop me from having horrific nightmares seemingly every night from which I would often awaken screaming for years, but how was a young child supposed to know that any of this was not normal when it was all that he had ever known?
by Nopoint2 | 2025-06-23 03:40:40+00:00
There is no such a thing as the Overton window. It's a made up term created by insane people who can't perceive reality, and don't understand that valid opinions are restricted by it. So they didn't understand why some ideas were accepted, while other opinions got rejected, and thought that it must be some kind of social consensus, that could be potentially changed.
by mrtksn | 2025-06-23 03:40:57+00:00
This is the first time my iPhone 14 Pro felt inadequate.

The app is so heavy that the phone is overheating after the first photo. it consumes so much resources that’s the music was playing in the background stopped because my AirPods connection dropped. For the very first time on this phone I felt like I need an upgrade, it felt like the last days of my iPhone 6s. I didn’t know you can do that to an iPhone.

The photo quality is supperb though, obviously not DSLR replacement but it really gives you that feel. Apple’s own processing has become too boring, sometimes I use Halide just to have unprocessed raws.
by stn8188 | 2025-06-23 03:42:50+00:00
This is amazing. I was literally reading the 3rd chapter of the book "Machine Beauty" in bed, saw the baby Clifford Stoll mentioned and looked it up because it sounded familiar. Of course I've seen the beautiful glass bottles here on HN before, so I went back to my book. After putting it down and hopping on HN, of course I see an article referencing this exact topic! Such a small world.
by Syzygies | 2025-06-23 03:43:26+00:00
AI is the primary audience for our writing, and the primary reason to reconsider our choice of markup format. It's all about semantic compression: Typst source, markdown, and asciidoc are far more concise than LaTeX source.

I'm observing, not here to convince anyone. The last six months of my life have been turned upside down, trying to discover the right touch for working with AI on topological research and code. It's hard to find good advice. Like surfing, the hardest part is all these people on the beach whining how the waves are kind of rough.

AI can actually read SVG math diagrams better than most people. AI doesn't like reading LaTeX source any more than I do.

I get the journal argument, but really? Some thawed-out-of-a-glacier journal editors still insist on two column formats, as if anyone still prints to paper. I'm old enough to not care. I'm thinking of publishing my work as a silent animation, and only later reluctantly releasing my AI prompts in the form of Typst documentation for the code.
by jcims | 2025-06-23 03:45:15+00:00
Cross-region backup isn't here to solve for meteor strikes and nuclear war. Most of the major AWS disruptions have been contained within a region. If you're unlucky enough to depend on one, your service is down and you don't know when it will be back up.

If you document and drill an cross-region recovery, in *most* (not all) cases you will be able to more confidently predict when things are going to be running, you'll know what information is there and what isn't and can build processes to communicate expectations to customers and/or regulators.
by pea | 2025-06-23 03:45:19+00:00
For something slightly more expensive check out NTH (now defunct micro brand but easy to find on eBay) or Squale.

For vintage (ignore their new stuff), Enicar, Eterna, Roamer, Rodania, Cortebert, Wakmann, Mido, Certina, early Girard Perregaux, etc. all can be had cheap. Bunch of excellent brands wiped out in quartz crisis that can be had for next to nothing.
by ryao | 2025-06-23 03:48:03+00:00
The consumer 50 series GPUs also have FP4/FP6 support. Nvidia talks about it a little here:

https://images.nvidia.com/aem-dam/Solutions/geforce/blackwel...

FP4 is given a full page advertising it while FP6 support in “RTX Blackwell” is a footnote.
Show HN: Urpal – An AI-powered productivity canvas for file notes and tasks
by lovetobuild | 2025-06-23 03:49:04+00:00
Hi HN,

Built URPAL – an AI assistant that converts emails and call recordings into professional file notes for legal/consulting work.

*Tech:* React + Node.js + PostgreSQL + OpenAI GPT-4o + Stripe *Key innovation:* Smart detection of communication direction (did you send/receive the email? make/receive the call?) using pattern matching, not just AI guessing.

*Live at:* https://urpal.com.au (14-day free trial, then AUD $15/month)

The trickiest part was building bulletproof logic for email/call direction detection – turns out simple rules work better than complex AI analysis for this specific problem.

Currently processing real client communications for Australian insurance professionals. Would appreciate feedback on the technical approach and whether this solves a real pain point for other documentation-heavy professions.
by somenameforme | 2025-06-23 03:49:57+00:00
The goal is to overthrow the Iranian government (again) and try to install a puppet regime (again). Conveniently enough, even if you happen to think the nuclear pretext is the goal - it still entails the exact same thing. Destroying some facilities is obviously not going to change their nuclear skills, capabilities, or ambitions. On the contrary - if there was internal doubt about developing a nuclear weapon within Iran, that doubt is now completely erased.
by rizzagic | 2025-06-23 03:50:52+00:00
We built Rizzagic, an AI-powered dating wingman designed to help users build better dating profiles, start more meaningful conversations, and improve their chances on platforms like Tinder, Bumble, and Hinge.

Key features:

AI-generated bios, prompts, and openers based on your personality

Profile photo feedback and attractiveness scoring

Smart replies and topic continuation tools

One-stop toolset built to optimize your dating journey end-to-end

We noticed that many people struggle with standing out on dating apps—even if they're interesting in real life. Rizzagic uses a mix of NLP and photo analysis to help you present yourself authentically and confidently.

Built by a small team passionate about online dating, behavioral science, and AI tooling. Happy to hear your thoughts, feedback, and critiques!
by 7thaccount | 2025-06-23 03:52:03+00:00
I really like magical realism, but mostly ones where everything isn't so depressing like the Night Circus and the Starless Sea books.

One Hundred Years of Solitude is just too depressing. The closest I got was playing through Kentucky Route Zero, which is kind of like a theatrical play in video game form with lots of references to Marquez. A phenomenal game.
by flashgordon | 2025-06-23 03:52:17+00:00
I spent the last two months "vibe coding". I really think VC as it is defined (keep smashing the accept button and let the LLM eventually "get there") is terrible. My flow has been to use Claude code for an incredibly amazing code gen where:

1. I know exactly what I want architecturally

2. I know how I want it

In this mode the flow is then about validating the code to make sure it is my "image" frequently rather than me dreading not know what rube Goldberg machine it generated after 10s or Ks of lines.

Sometimes I even let it get "close" (ie it took care of all the nitty gritty) and I take over and finish the interesting bits then tell CC what I did and why to update the project memory. Frequent checkpointing and sprinkling .md files with latest understanding is very important (it also has the advantage of making your code llm-portable).

I think the biggest irony is PMs, VPs, CEO had traditional been pretty derisive of "clean code" and yet clean code is absolutely essential to make vibe coding work. Feels like a huge vindication.
by AdieuToLogic | 2025-06-23 03:52:32+00:00
> Very nice, will use it on my child, but this doesn't cover my case.

Thanks for sharing your perspective. I need to point out what I originally stated was:

... exercises to determine one's phone addiction, if any ...

Note the "if any" qualifier.

You express having no phone addiction and I have no reason to think otherwise. More importantly, I am not going to adjudicate as to yourself or anyone else.