MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by enaaem | 2025-06-20 19:57:18+00:00
It is not that cars are not useful. It's that people want to live in nice cities and too much car infrastructure ruin cities. You can't have both. You can't enjoy a nice terras next to a busy road. Or kids cannot safely cycle with their friends if there are many cars driving around.

People should not forget that Europe has tons of car friendly towns and suburbs and many people live there. You can choose your lifestyle.
by nodja | 2025-06-20 19:57:30+00:00
The title is just fearmongering, it's removing the driver from being automatically installed from windows update, not preventing it from being installed altogether. They're also not revoking the signatures either so downloading and installing directly from the vendor site still works (and is still the recommended way to do it).

The equivalent in the linux world would be removing a driver from the main repo, requiring the user to either install the rpm/deb manually or use a third party repo.
by hayst4ck | 2025-06-20 19:57:42+00:00
Democracy does not work without a culture of responsibility and we no longer have a culture of responsibility.

I am incredibly atheist, but what we are seeing is Christianity, a clear pillar of American culture, malfunctioning on a societal scale. What used to be the major cultural influence on this country has been weaponized for political purposes. There is a quote about how separation of church and state is to protect the state from the church... but now we are coming to understand that that separation exists also to protect the church from the state.

People are very susceptible to politicians lying to them, especially when it's a lie they want to hear or prefer to the truth. Compulsory voting does not address that at all. Education is a hedge on it, but education requires effort, openness, and resources. There is also a media ecosystem which acts as a sort of central nervous system for a country, which is how a country understands itself.

Culture and institutions (such as church/media/academia/police training, etc.) are the foundation of societies operations, and government is largely a manifestation of prevailing culture. Authoritarian governments are a manifestation of a culture that promotes self interest and lack of empathy, rather than one that promotes loving they neighbor and treating others as you wish to be treated.
by croes | 2025-06-20 19:58:06+00:00
We know that humans are the problem but you can’t change that.

Maybe it’s a bad idea to put powerful tools in the hands of people you know will misuse it.

Let‘s make e gedanken experiment.

We create mighty tools with two buttons. Button 1 solve world hunger and cure every disease. Button 2 kill everybody but you.

Would give everyone such a tool?
by Larrikin | 2025-06-20 19:58:27+00:00
If you have a password manager, what is the point of passkeys?

I was having this discussion earlier with a friend and we could not think of a compelling case. They seem less portable and harder to use on multiple devices or new devices. The only thing I could think of was protection against copied sites, but most users using password managers also block ads which should block most scam sites and password managers just need to have more messaging for if you try to fill in credentials on a site that is different from the site information saved with the password
by Zigurd | 2025-06-20 19:58:28+00:00
CMU for example, is known for the school of computer science, and the arts, especially drama, though some people might know it better for Andy Warhol having been an alum.

That's how an elite university should operate. Sport is fine. It's healthy. But warping the educational mission to feed the maw of an exploitative sports economy is something no university should be involved in.

What next? MMA as a college sport? It's a free country: beat each other's brains out. But to pretend that US college sports is anything but a grotesque distortion is disingenuous.
by ativzzz | 2025-06-20 19:58:29+00:00
While the AI is running, go work on something else. Go write a doc, or write a test, answer an email, work on another part of your feature that won't interfere with the AI, etc

I know some people have trouble with the context switching but I've been full stack at small companies my whole career so I context switch constantly every day so I'm used to it.
by nine_k | 2025-06-20 19:58:42+00:00
Mathematical notation actually pays quite a bit of attention to readability, to visual separation of things to make the whole easier to parse. Multi-story fractions, subscripts and superscripts, oversized or miniature symbols, parens, etc, etc. This is why math in a textbook very often looks much more readable than the same math in typical Python or Fortran code.

I wish APL derivatives embraced some of these ideas, and made their magic spells easier to parse visually, and to format for readability. I don't know how to achieve that easily. Mathematical notation took centuries to develop. It took quarter of a century for programming languages to normalize indentation. Maybe APLesque languages will eventually come up with a notation that's less impenetrable than APL / K / Q, but less verbose than Pandas.
by t-3 | 2025-06-20 19:59:27+00:00
For new learners, maybe, but what about more advanced learners and users? And how many letters are you going to add to get rid of all the overloaded sounds? If you read "A grup of jenarals inishietid a coo", it's easy enough to pronounce, but all the context and parallels to other languages are lost, which means that eg. a native speaker of a Romance language might not immediately recognize that general is the same as the word in their native language modulo some accents.
by thom | 2025-06-20 19:59:50+00:00
Can be easy depending on your setup - you can basically just write high level functional tests matching use cases of your API, but as prompts to a system with some sort of tool access, ideally MCP. You want to see those tests pass, but you want them to pass with the simplest possible prompt (a sort of regularization penalty, if you like). You can mutate the prompts using an LLM if you like to try different/shorter phrasings. The Pareto front of passing tests and prompt size/complexity is (arguably) how good a job you're doing structuring/documenting your API.
by deepdarkforest | 2025-06-20 20:00:10+00:00
you will run into the same problems the extension approaches have (Like nanobrowser etc). Which is if i have to supervise constantly for non reversible actions, then im no more efficient(actually less i would argue) than just doing the task myself. A human in the loop- pause just before a non reversible action asking for approval maybe? And the user can see all the current things that need approval. But a stop button works just too late imo
by vincentpants | 2025-06-20 20:00:15+00:00
Isn't the jury still out on that statement? Pretty sure we've been experiencing the long-tail cultural decomposition caused by the effects the industrial revolution brought with it with the exception of a 20 year opportunity to change our trajectory as a species. I think getting out of this conundrum alive will require de-segmenting our cultural narrative around how we got here.

edit: typos/grammar abound.
by ttd | 2025-06-20 20:00:30+00:00
Part of my curiosity was sparked by the article on HN the other day discussing the hamburger menu icon: it used to be confusing, but now is pretty widely recognized as long as some guidelines are followed. So while I used to agree with you re: usability, these days I'm not so sure anymore.

One idle thought I had: when computer interfaces were still new, using physical analogies like file cabinets was good practice for teaching new users. Maybe GUIs are now commonplace enough that people are able to speak the different "languages" without as much trouble.
by WalterBright | 2025-06-20 20:00:32+00:00
The thresholds for brain damage keep getting revised downwards.

"60 Minutes" recently ran a segment where soldiers experiencing a lot of gunshot sounds get brain damage, too. The result is soldier training is now done with rounds that are much quieter.

P.S. as a kid, I was a miserable failure at baseball. The reason was I did not want to get smacked in the head with a hardball. I avoided the ball. That didn't please the coach at all.
by Copyseeker | 2025-06-20 20:00:41+00:00
The Problem I was constantly frustrated by this workflow: I'd be having a productive conversation with Claude about a project, then need to verify an image source. Suddenly I'm juggling multiple browser tabs—Google Images, TinEye, copyright checkers—and by the time I get back to Claude, I've lost my train of thought. The Solution I built an MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that connects Claude directly to my reverse image search API. Now I can just ask Claude: "Can I legally use this image?" and get instant analysis without breaking my workflow. What it does:

Copyright analysis - Finds where images appear online with page authority scores Source verification - Identifies likely original sources Visual similarity search - Discovers similar images for inspiration Contextual responses - Claude interprets results based on your specific question

How it works: bashnpm install -g copyseeker-mcp-server # Add to Claude config with your API key # Ask Claude to analyze any image URL Technical details:

Uses Model Context Protocol (Anthropic's new standard) Connects to my Copyseeker API (millions of indexed images) 4 specialized tools: complete search, copyright analysis, exact matches, visual similarity Works with any image URL, returns formatted results in seconds

Why MCP? Unlike browser extensions or separate tools, MCP keeps everything in one conversation. It's like giving Claude permanent access to a professional image research assistant. Demo conversation: Me: "Can you check if this logo is copyrighted: [URL]" Claude: "I found this image on 3 websites. The highest authority source is LogoCompany.com (Authority: 8.2), suggesting it's likely their original design. I recommend contacting them for usage rights..." The bigger picture: This is just the beginning. MCP lets us give AI assistants access to specialized tools without breaking conversation flow. I'm seeing this pattern everywhere—instead of switching between ChatGPT and 10 different tools, we're moving toward AI that can access everything contextually. Get it:

NPM: npm install -g copyseeker-mcp-server Setup guide: https://www.npmjs.com/package/copyseeker-mcp-server Free tier: 100 searches/month Source: Will open-source the MCP server code if there's interest

Built this because I needed it. Hope others find it useful too.

Questions I expect: Q: Why not just use Google Images? A: Claude interprets results contextually. Ask about copyright, get legal guidance. Ask about inspiration, get creative suggestions. Plus no context switching. Q: What's your API built on? A: Computer vision + web crawling. We index millions of images and track their sources across the web. Q: MCP vs OpenAI plugins? A: MCP is conversation-native. Plugins feel like separate tools. MCP feels like Claude just got smarter. Q: Pricing? A: Free tier (100/month), then $9.99 for 1K searches. Much cheaper than hiring someone to do image research. Q: Privacy? A: Your API key stays local. We only see image URLs you choose to analyze.
by sensanaty | 2025-06-20 20:00:42+00:00
Yes? Cars are loud, they smell, take up a tremendous amount of space & are gigantic metal boxes that can cause serious injuries even at low speeds.

In Amsterdam there's been countless examples of this exact thing. Businesses booming after they rip out parking and make roads forbidden for cars, and I can anecdotally say I also love whenever they rip out parking near me in the Netherlands.
by elmerfud | 2025-06-20 20:00:58+00:00
Have we solved human hallucinations? What makes you think that you can develop a system that attempts to do similar pattern recognition and data reconciliation and somehow solve for this issue of hallucinations?

I don't fear AI at all. It is just another tool in a long line of tools humans have developed to assist them. What I actually fear is the hubris of those people making this tool. It is the hubris of the humans that will destroy us, it may be through the tool of the AI, but make no mistake It is the hubris of the humans that was the real reason for the downfall. As is always the case.
by eddythompson80 | 2025-06-20 20:01:28+00:00
I'm confused as to where exactly people are getting "Windows is breaking old machines" from this.

The blog post says "they are removing old drivers that *are not being offered* to anyone. They are starting with the subset that also *has newer replacements*, and they will publish the name of drivers removed, and wait for 6 months to hear from any hardware vendors about any concerns. The entire post is target at their driver vendors to maintain their listing in their driver repository better. I'm guessing Microsoft ignored that for decades, and hardware vendors have submitted tons of drivers over the last 25 years and they have a clean up initiative. How is that like crazy?
Show HN: TONE3000 – Community for Neural Amp Modeling with 90k+ models trained
by woodybury | 2025-06-20 20:02:18+00:00
hi HN. I've been working on TONE3000 (formerly ToneHunt): a platform that's become the largest community for tone modeling using Neural Amp Modeling (NAM).

Since launching in March, we've hit 90K+ models trained by our community that have been downloaded 1.3 million times. NAM is an open-source project using CNNs to model the sound of any guitar amp, pedal, outboard gear and more. These tone models can be played real-time with low latency. TONE3000 started as a fork that enabled training with any dry/wet audio pair via our datacenter GPUs (https://www.tone3000.com/capture?type=dry-wet) and has since grown into a full featured platform with an incredible community of artists training, sharing and discovering tone models.

What I'm releasing today:

-- v1 API (https://www.tone3000.com/api): Lets plugin developers and hardware manufacturers integrate NAM model loading directly into their products. Training endpoints coming soon!

-- Open-sourced our web player (https://github.com/tone-3000/neural-amp-modeler-wasm): Runs NAM models directly in browsers using WebAssembly.

-- Example web app (https://github.com/tone-3000/api): Shows how to integrate the API for TONE3000-powered applications.

The vision:

We hope to push NAM to become an open standard in audio modeling. Our extensive library of tones, API and open-source tools make it accessible to any developer or manufacturer. Ultimately we want to democratize high-quality modeling for all musicians.

Real-world adoption:

Hardware manufacturers are building NAM support into their products. Darkglass Electronics launched ANAGRAM (https://www.tone3000.com/blog/unveiling-anagram-darkglass-el...) - the first bass pedal with built-in NAM support, and Dimehead released a dedicated NAM player (https://www.dimehead.de/). Both load models from our platform. And I’m seeing more and more DAW plugin support (https://wavemind.net/software)

The platform will remain free while I continue to work on monetization tools for our awesome creators. Whether you're a bedroom producer or touring musician, you can capture your favorite gear and share it with the world.

Thoughts? Working on DSP, audio ML? Ideas for where this could go?

Check it out: https://www.tone3000.com
by const_cast | 2025-06-20 20:02:20+00:00
I doubt it, these devices have a serious user input problem. The cornerstone of computers is human-computer interaction. That's what makes these pieces of silicon useful. They're tools for humans - meaning, it doesn't matter if the tool is better if it can't be used easier.

Smartphones were a step back in a lot of ways. Typing is slower. No mouse. Fingers are fat and imprecise. The result is most applications were severely dumbed down to work on a smartphone.

The trade-off was portability. Everyone can carry a smartphone, so it's okay that the human-interaction is worse in a lot of ways. Then, when we need that richer interaction, we can reach for a laptop.

The problem with smart glasses is they go even a step further in how poor the interaction is. Speech as an interface for computers is perhaps the worst interface. Yes, it's neat and shows up in sci-fi all the time. But if you think about it, it's a very bad interface. It's slow, it's imprecise, it's wishy-washy, it context dependent. Imagine, for example, trying to navigate your emails by speech only. Disaster.

Smart glasses, however, are not more portable than phones. Not by much. Everyone already has a phone. So what do we gain from smart glasses? IMO, not very much. Smart glasses may become popular, but will they replace the smartphone? In my opinion, fat chance.

What I think is more likely, actually, is smartphones replacing smart glasses. They already have cameras. So the capabilities are about the same, except smart phones can do WAY more. For most people, I imagine, the occasional "look at this thing and tell me about it" usecase can be satisfied by a smartphone.
by cynicalsecurity | 2025-06-20 20:02:44+00:00
I've once tried to get a VPS from OVH and my account was immediately blocked after trying to pay for it with my debit card based on who knows what reason. My card has never been rejected before. The helpdesk didn't tell me the reason saying "they don't have access to that information" (ridiculous) and I could try uploading scans of my ID to their system. They said it as if they weren't sure themselves on what I should do. Thank you, but no. I would never host anything on OVH. There are other much better hosting providers in Europe.
Ask HN: Any pay for survival ( Scraping to Development – need job – video intro)
by rashsharma | 2025-06-20 20:03:29+00:00
Hi team,

Recently, due to pivoting of the business or some financial issues, the whole team got terminated.

I am eagerly looking for a job as I have 3 kids and below skills:

- My Small Github Video - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v75XcznBnWlcKuditZDiydh56i4gHaLk/view?usp=sharing

- I have recorded a video of my organisation's GitHub repo where I am among the TOP 2 contributors across 80% of the organisation's REPO. I can show that video during the interview.

- From full-stack development to web scraping and bypassing CAPTCHA, I can do all very prominently.

- Importantly, I can work for 10-16 hours a day in my next job. Otherwise, you can fire me with immediate effect.

I have done all in my last job. I was the only one in the company who was able to bypass the captcha, as mentioned in the above Google Drive video.

I was the person in 2021 to bypass Cloudflare anti-bot protection for my organisation, even before curl_cffi of Python came into existence. All my work is in a private repo of the organisation. I can share a video and get recommendations from my last CTO

I can get a recommendation from my last CTO to vouch for my dedication, skill, and work.

I can show more validation of my work during the interview, and everything you need to confirm, I can potentially be one of the best hires for the company.

I need a job for survival, please reach out to me here - "dried-tree-fang@duck.com"
by alganet | 2025-06-20 20:03:38+00:00
There's plenty we can do before any attribution is made.

LLMs hallucinate. They're weak and we can induce that behavior.

We don't do it because of peer pressure. Anyone doing it would sound insane.

It's like a depth charge, to make them surface as non-human.

I think it's doable, specially if they constantly monitor specific groups or people.

There are probably many other methods to draw out evidence without necessarily going all the way into attribution (which we definitely should!).
by SoftTalker | 2025-06-20 20:03:59+00:00
I wonder if AI is going to track like nuclear power. In the 1950s it was the greatest thing. Electricity would be plentiful and cheap. "Too cheap to meter." All kinds of new conveniences would be possible. The future was bright.

Then we had growing environmental concerns. And the costs were much higher than initially promoted. Then we had Three Mile Island. Then Chernobyl. Then Fukushima. New reactor construction came to a standstill. There was no trust anymore that humans could handle the technology.

Now, there's some interest again. Different designs, different approaches.

Will AI follow the same path? A few disasters, a retreat, and then perhaps a renewal with lessons learned?
Show HN: Inspect and extract files from MSI installers directly in your browser
by rmast | 2025-06-20 20:04:01+00:00
Hey everyone!

I'm excited to share a small web app I built that allows you to view and extract the contents of Windows MSI installers directly in your browser. It's essentially a web-based "lessmsi" powered by Pyodide.

You can try it out at: https://pymsi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/msi_viewer.html

My motivation for building this was from part of my day job -- I often get Windows MSI installers and need to extract files while preserving the relative directory structure and filenames, as they would appear after a full installation. The existing tools I found were good but limited in which platforms they support: lessmsi works great on Windows, while msitools works for Linux/macOS. Neither is a truly cross-platform solution that works on any major OS.

So we developed pymsi (a pure Python library, available on GitHub at https://github.com/nightlark/pymsi) to handle reading and extracting MSI files from Python. Then I realized that since pymsi has no native dependencies, it could potentially run in a web browser using Pyodide. After a bit of "vibe coding" and fixing some "hallucinated" functions/classes that don't exist in pymsi, the result was this client-side web app.

If you need an MSI file to experiment with, older versions of PowerToys included the installer in .msi form, such as this one: https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases/download/v0....

Note that the underlying pymsi library hasn't been extensively tested against a bunch of MSI installers yet, so there might still be lingering bugs. If you come across any issues, please don't hesitate to report them in on the GitHub repository (https://github.com/nightlark/pymsi/issues).

I'd love to hear your feedback and answer any questions!
by voidhorse | 2025-06-20 20:04:06+00:00
This is a naive view of technology and its development. Yes, there is a certain degree to which technologies can be appropriate for a range of ends, but they are also created and distributed in historical situations in which the creators have incentives. There are plenty of cases in history in which purely "neutral" technological decisions and developments had intentional political and economic effects. Check out Langdon Winner's classic paper "Do artifacts have politics?"

The tools do not exist without the humans, and the humans, consciously of otherwise, design tools according to their own views and morals.

To outline just a basic example: many initial applications of generative AI were oriented toward the generation of images and other artistic assets. If artists, rather than technologists, had been the designers, do you think this would have been one of the earlier applications? Do you think that maybe they may have spent more time figuring out the intellectual property questions surrounding these tools?

Yes, the morals ultimately go back to humans, and it's not correct to impute morals onto a tool (though, ironically enough, the personification and encoding of linguistic behaviors in AI may be one reason that LLMs can be considered a first exception to this) but reducing the discussion to "technology is neutral" swings the pendulum too far in the other direction and ultimately tends to absolve technologists and designers of moral responsibility pushing it to the use, which, news flash, is illegitimate. The creators of things have a mora responsibility too. For example, the morality of designing weapons for the destruction of human life is clearly contestable.