MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by rorosen | 2025-06-17 06:21:10+00:00
It depends on the frame size you choose. Every frame requires a few bytes of additional metadata, how much exactly depends on other compression settings (e.g. frame checksums, which are 4 byte, are only present if enabled). I just tested with a 1G file and compression level 3. zstd compresses it to 559M, zeekstd with a 2M frame to 565M. If I increase the frame size to 4M, zeekstd yields 562M.

I will add a section to the readme, this is a good question that other people might have too!
by rkomorn | 2025-06-17 06:24:02+00:00
There's no guarantee that the user is "open to ads" in your model. I'd say it's even more likely someone would "watch" the ads while doing something else (AKA not actually watch the ads).

And if you want add something that makes sure the user is paying attention, then you have seen this advertising mode: it's basically the second ever Black Mirror episode.
by hackinthebochs | 2025-06-17 06:24:35+00:00
Yes, that is a degenerate case. We can always encode an arbitrary amount of data into the basis functions to get a maximally simple representation for some target signal. If the signal is simple (carries little information) or the basis functions are constructed from the target signal, you can get this kind of degeneracy. But degenerate cases do not invalidate the rule for the general case.
by MaxikCZ | 2025-06-17 06:26:20+00:00
> met one person [...] who actually pays for YT Premium.

I dont like that while the ad revenue barely extracts a dollar from me, my subscription suddenly expects $10-30 per month regardless of my usage.

Thats not "we need to charge you to continue our services", thats "we need to charge you and then 20x times again just because we can".
by eMPee584 | 2025-06-17 06:26:45+00:00
Thanks, always appreciate ways of not using another blink engine for a brief research side quest! looking forward to test after school ; )

As it hasn't been brought up yet, a really great hack (esp. for us without sixel) is this terminal port of chromium: https://github.com/fathyb/carbonyl .. but the original creator hasn't had time to get back to it. So it is very bare bones & lacks a lot of features, like keyboard shortcuts, file saving.. but obviously it brings full web compatibility and is just very cool. Wishing for someone with rust skills to pick it up again, last time I looked (couple of months ago) none of the forks had any momentum.
by mort96 | 2025-06-17 06:27:14+00:00
Both things are worthy of criticism. I'd ideally not use a messaging client that's embroidered in an ecosystem of cryptocurrency scams. Same reason I really don't like Brave even though its cryptocurrency BS is also "optional". It's erosive.

But yeah, I might agree that the third party clients thing is a bigger issue. Especially when the official client insists on not officially supporting Linux on ARM64 and not playing nice with Wayland. (Seriously, Signal on Linux is so blurry!)
by h4kunamata | 2025-06-17 06:30:29+00:00
And people will still use it, that is why big techs get away pushing a lot of crappy into users.

There was some wild change they wanted to push some time ago, users started mass migration away from it forcing them to abandon their insane plans.

These companies only learn when the problem hits their pocket.

I still have my social media accounts coz otherwise, hobbies and alike gets impossible to track. But I only access them via PC browser/mobile browser on my GrapheneOS phone.

Instagram only allows video upload via their app which I can understand (compression and etc), GrapheneOS allows me to lock everything so I only use it to upload videos. Man, it is a complete mess, Sponsored, Threads posts that takes you to install apps and ADs is everywhere and I mean everywhere.

On my phone/PC, nothing of the above exist. It is just one post after another with, no Ads, no sponsored, no apps, nothing. Facebook follows suit, I have not used their app in years now, mobile browser only.

WhatsApp is gonna become exactly the same, a complete mess. People accepted Instagram changes so....
by sundarurfriend | 2025-06-17 06:30:47+00:00
In general, 95% of users in any site are passive lurkers. So that leaves Hacker News with 250k active monthly users that comment and engage (which is likely still a massive overestimate). Of those, in the wide variety of comments and discussions, complaints about search and google in particular are again about 5% at most (being generous with numbers once more). That leaves us with 12500 people on HN who should potentially pay for Kagi. Seems like four times that many are doing it by your numbers.
by onetom | 2025-06-17 06:31:11+00:00
@shiomiru

What's the best resource (paid or free) in your opinion for learning about these TTY related concepts?

I'm aware of https://www.linusakesson.net/programming/tty/index.php for example, but that doesn't go into termcap/terminfo/curses.

one of the comments mentions http://www.amazon.com/termcap-terminfo-OReilly-Nutshell-Lind... though (online https://www.scribd.com/document/831486848/Termcap-and-Termin...)
by const_cast | 2025-06-17 06:31:15+00:00
For starters this is just a complete non-comment. I mean there's no substance here.

And secondly, he has a good point. We don't want to make locking people up easy or cheap. It should be high-friction, it should take a long time, and it should cost the government lots and lots of money.

Why? Incentives. The government has no reason to prevent crime if locking people up is cheap. It's made even worse by the promise of cheap or free labor. Then, you run into issues where the government actually wants people to fail and do crime, so they can extract labor from them. We see this quite aggressively in some southern states like Georgia. A remnant of Jim Crow era America.

But, if prison is expensive, the government will be incentivized to put some of that money into crime prevention programs. Things like homeless shelters, food banks, job programs.
by globular-toast | 2025-06-17 06:31:41+00:00
Set and setting. None of these drugs are like alcohol that just dulls the brain and lowers your IQ by 30 points. In a way you get what you're prepared to get.

It sounds like the nightclubs you were going to weren't a good setting either. A club should never feel self-conscious or performative. You should be able to get lost in there with the music. The dancing shouldn't feel unnecessary but more of an obligation because the music is so good. If you feel its unnecessary and awkward sober then no drug will fix that except maybe alcohol. I to to clubs and dance 100% sober these days.
by GoatInGrey | 2025-06-17 06:32:15+00:00
$200M is very small when it comes to the world of US defense. Combined with this being formally labeled as a pilot, this can be safely ignored until they reach IOC.

Though what this signals is a change in strategic direction regarding autonomous capability. While they won't be rigging an LLM onto a drone, there are many cyber and administrative problem spaces that exist in defense that AI products could meaningfully address.
by beezlebroxxxxxx | 2025-06-17 06:32:40+00:00
Despite what every AI exec will say publicly, I'm pretty sure they're salivating at the prospect of war/defense related applications of AI. There's just too much money floating around in the military industrial complex for them to ignore. This is doubly so if the "business" part of your AI company is about as solid as a fart in the wind.
by rorosen | 2025-06-17 06:32:52+00:00
If seeking to frames is good enough for random seeking, this can be done with zeekstd already. The cli sets a custom window log (ZSTD_c_windowLog) on the compression context when creating binary patches[1], I regularly use it with a window size above 1G.

[1] https://github.com/rorosen/zeekstd/blob/main/cli/src/compres...
BMW ConnectedDrive lets me control my returned rental car (Sixt)
by derturm666 | 2025-06-17 06:33:38+00:00
Last week I rented a BMW from Sixt (Italy).

The default rental driver profile had Bluetooth disabled, so I created my own BMW ID, paired it with the car, removed the existing profile, and even triggered software updates.

When returning the car, I told the Sixt representative that I had linked my BMW ID — they assured me that the vehicle would be reset.

Today — just before deleting the “My BMW” app — I checked out of curiosity.

Surprise: I still had full remote access:

- live location tracking

- remote lock/unlock

- honking (hehe)

- turn lights on/off

At this point, the car was presumably already rented to someone else. I could track the new renter’s location and remotely interact with the car.

IMO, this exposes a serious security/privacy issue:

- BMW ConnectedDrive still had my account associated to the vehicle VIN

- Sixt’s reset procedure didn’t revoke my BMW ID access

I suspect this may not be limited to Sixt, but could affect other rental fleets using ConnectedDrive if proper backend disassociation isn’t done.

BMW allows fleet integrations via ConnectedDrive Fleet Services, but I wonder how many rental cars globally still have previous renters’ IDs attached.
by chii | 2025-06-17 06:34:07+00:00
It is named and shamed in the comments of that video somewhere.

Data recovery companies ought to have the integrity to just say no to a job, if they cannot do it risk free. Trying and failing with the risk of damaging the original data could be very costly to the customer, even if they don't charge money - the customer's lost data could be priceless.
by globnomulous | 2025-06-17 06:34:51+00:00
> I can read code much faster than I can write it.

I have known and worked with many, many engineers across a wide range of skill levels. Not a single one has ever said or implied this, and in not one case have I ever found it to be true, least of all in my own case.

I don't think it's humanly possible to read and understand code faster than you can write and understand it to the same degree of depth. The brain just doesn't work that way. We learn by doing.
by jay_kyburz | 2025-06-17 06:34:53+00:00
Hey look. I found this for you.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/06/trump-fires-comm...

"Further, the NRC rejected past attempts to switch to a model based on the "hormesis theory" that Trump seemingly supports—which posits that some radiation exposure can be beneficial. The NRC found there was "insufficient evidence to justify any changes" that could endanger public health, Science reported.

One health researcher at the University of California, Irvine, Stephen Bondy, told Science that his 2023 review on the science of hormesis showed it is "still unsettled." His characterization of the executive order suggests that the NRC embracing that model "clearly places health hazards as of secondary importance relative to economic and business interests.""
by selcuka | 2025-06-17 06:35:33+00:00
> The sooner we can forget that FORTRAN has ever existed, the better, for as a vehicle of thought it is no longer adequate: it wastes our brainpower, is too risky and therefore too expensive to use.

Apparently the ISO/IEC 1539-1:2023 [1] committee didn't get the memo.

[1] https://www.iso.org/standard/82170.html
MiniWork – An Intelligent and Efficient AI Tool Platform
by Lily_666 | 2025-06-17 06:36:26+00:00
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by cferry | 2025-06-17 06:36:49+00:00
> People complain about lack of space, misc fees etc. But when it comes down to it, people for the most part, still pick the cheapest flight.

This is true. One thing I note is that with the same dollar amount, you get even less legroom, luggage, etc. today than you used to back 10-15 years ago on traditional airlines. Granted the airline costs rose over time, but it's hard to imagine they went up to the scale traditional airfare has increased at equivalent service levels... Also the fact that things that used to be included are now considered "extra" looks like a good excuse for folks to complain about.
by Lily_666 | 2025-06-17 06:37:11+00:00
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by charcircuit | 2025-06-17 06:37:21+00:00
>No uBlock is a deal breaker.

Why? If a browser is able to performantly and accurately block ads, why should the exact extention matter.

>and it's also funded by VC money

Which allowed them to properly invest into building out the browser and search engine.

>return on their investiment?

Controlling the home page / search of a web browser is extremely valuable.
by dr_dshiv | 2025-06-17 06:38:13+00:00
Thanks for putting this together!

I’ve been thinking a lot about demoscene in a Vibecoding era. Demoscene was often very close to the metal; Vibecoding is often completely abstracted from it.

To explore this tension, I’m cohosting an 8bit game design workshop (pico8) in Amsterdam this summer. Just for fun.

Working with intense constraints can bring a lot of creativity. I really want to see how AI affects the workshop vibe.
by JumpCrisscross | 2025-06-17 06:38:29+00:00
> If the physical disconnect between killing a person (e.g. UAVs) wasn't enough to make that task easier then further offloading the decision of who to target might help

The physical disconnect hypothesis isn't really borne out by the lack of concern for collateral damage in pre-firearm warfare, when killing was mostly done face to face, compared to today.
by NitpickLawyer | 2025-06-17 06:39:09+00:00
Hate to be that guy, but this screams LLM-generated to me. Between the titles, the vague explanations, the vague concepts, and the overall amount of fluff to data, I'd bet good money that this was generated with an LLM.

It's not inherently bad to use an LLM for consistency, language and overall sprucing up, but this is taking it a bit too far. It seems like they've prompted it to explain some notes, but it's unsure how well it did, since the notes themselves (i.e. data, experiments, etc) are missing. And it seems poorly prompted in that it consists of lots of fluff paragraphs, devoid of core knowledge, going round and round explaining the same concepts with different words.

In the end the responsibility for the end product is alsways on the submitter. This whole paper could have been a prompt, and it's worrying that this is accepted at such a prestigious school.
Show HN: Taiyaki – AI-generated 3D jewelry from photos and sketches
by eleelenawa | 2025-06-17 06:39:39+00:00
Hey HN! I’m Elena, one of the co-founders of Taiyaki. My co-founder and I are both ex-Stanford mechanical engineers who worked on consumer electronics (iPads) and materials at Apple.

We built Taiyaki because most “custom” product platforms stall at 2D (like Etsy) or require complex CAD software. So we created a new pipeline: upload a photo, sketch, or idea, and we turn it into a 3D jewelry design in seconds, then make it in sterling silver, gold vermeil, or 14k gold.

We design with manufacturing in mind: things like minimum wall thickness, castability, and engraving depth are all baked into the output so the pieces can actually be made.

Would love feedback. Happy to answer questions!
by const_cast | 2025-06-17 06:39:46+00:00
That cost should be taken by our government and the tax payer, as a disincentive to locking people up.

If you can lock someone up and get close to free labor for it, then we're going to start locking a lot of people up. I mean, it's free labor. Which is why we used to give people 20 years for possession of marijuana. What, you think it's just a coincidence we were throwing primarily black Americans away in prison for ludicrous amounts of time where they'll spend their days picking cotton?

That's what happens when imprisoning people is cheap.
by MoonGhost | 2025-06-17 06:42:05+00:00
> I’m not sure the point you’re trying to make

I was trying to say that dropping old technologies isn't always bad.

> It’s like if I was hiring a mathematician.

Do you expect candidate to memorize all theorems up to date. Usually people forgetting things they don't actively use. But they are able to refresh their knowledge if needed. I've learned quite a lot, but no, I don't remember even key theorems from partial differential equations (used them in my diploma). I can refresh and relearn quickly, I'm sure.

Using LLM without understanding disqualifies the candidate, even monkey can do it. But if he deeply understands the subject and uses LLM for like handbook for minor details.. that's different.
by nottorp | 2025-06-17 06:42:23+00:00
Nothing is completely irrelevant. It's just very hard to point out when and where some post on HN about properly frobnicating a wickie [1] server in a data center in South Baluchistan will subtly help your development decisions at your current or future job.

[1] What is a wickie server? Damned if i know. But I'm sure there is someone on HN who has done one.
by rrgok | 2025-06-17 06:42:46+00:00
While I mostly agree with the article... Isn't this phrase regarding the table as divs a little bit over-dramatic

If I’m trying to debug this in the DevTools, I’m completely lost. Where are the rows? Where are the columns?

I mean, if you can't decipher the rows and the columns from that divs...maybe this is job is not for you? I understand, there could be some divs soup that are really hard to decipher, but this it not the case. Poor example, please bring more complex example with test associated.
by const_cast | 2025-06-17 06:43:08+00:00
You're essentially designated a human of lesser value, which means nobody really cares about you. If guards harm or sexually assault you, nobody cares. If other prisoners harm or sexually assault you, nobody cares. If you get sick, nobody cares. You will not receive good care in any sense of the word. If you have mental health issues, may God have mercy on your soul.
by enjo | 2025-06-17 06:43:13+00:00
My experiences have been universally negative often very much so. I have given LSD a good go. It has led to intense hallucinations with very long lasting PTSD like consequences for me. I have done it under the guidance of "professionals" (as close as you can get in a world where these substances are completely unregulated). Even in very small doses I have experienced intense anxiety and general feelings of dread.

This isn't to discount your experience but rather a general warning: all drugs aren't for everyone. It's easy to take away from these threads that psychedelics are universally positive and that negative trips are generally the result of misuse.

Which isn't true. Before going into this doing some deep introspection about yourself and your abilities is really important. Use these drugs with extreme caution.
by TeMPOraL | 2025-06-17 06:43:48+00:00
If this was meant to be read, I might've agreed, but:

1) This was supposed to be piped through TTS and listened to in the background, and...

2) People like podcasts.

Your typical podcast is much worse than this. It's "blah blah" and "hahaha <interaction>" and "ooh <emoting>" and "<irrelevant anecdote>" and "<turning facts upside down and injecting a lie for humorous effect>", and maybe some of the actual topic mixed in between, and yet for some reason, people love it.

I honestly doubt this specific thing would be useful for me, but I'm not going to assume it's plain dumb, because again, podcasts are worse, and people love it.
by NitpickLawyer | 2025-06-17 06:44:45+00:00
> There are some pretty powerful models that will run on a Nvidia 4090 w/ 24gb of RAM. Devstral and Queen 3.

I'd caution against using devstral on a 24 gb vram budget. Heavy quantisation (the only way to make it fit into 24gb) will affect it a lot. Lots of reports on locallama about subpar results, especially from kv cache quant.

We've had good experiences with running it fp8 and full cache, but going lower than that will impact the quality a lot.
by Calwestjobs | 2025-06-17 06:45:04+00:00
yeah, but point is more like that we do not need hard to refine ( that is why are they called rare earths ) materials from china, if those magnets were strong as neodymium ones. which they are not in video.

--

problem with chemistry is most of these things are easily made in garage.

For example Slovak military is training disposal of homemade explosives / chemicals by watching NurdRage videos ;)

https://youtu.be/Zybj-mi1FP0?si=KGMUJj5l5NUt2egh&t=68

or this simple technology from 1890 used in different way is helping helping Europe to be self sufficient with energy:

https://www.tue.nl/en/research/institutes/eindhoven-institut...
by dehrmann | 2025-06-17 06:45:30+00:00
> Makes you wonder how easy or difficult it will be in 30 years to 'recover' data from today.

The challenges will be different. Flash loses its charge in 30 years, most disks are encrypted, and on-site physical backups are mostly a thing of the past. The source might survive in a cloud repo, but it'll either be tied up for legal reasons or deleted when the customer stops paying the bill. But storage is cheap and getting cheaper!
by ruevs | 2025-06-17 06:47:38+00:00
The other "decent" commercial one that can be licensed is C3D (ASCON/АСКОН uses a CAD kernel based on it in КОМПАС 3D) but it is Russian and thus currently "behind sanctions".

Here is a bit on it from the author of Plasticity: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvwiH1DOK1M it initially was based on C3D.
by Zaylan | 2025-06-17 06:47:58+00:00
I've had a similar experience. These tools are pretty helpful for small scripts or quick utility code, but once you're working on something with a more complex structure and lots of dependencies, they tend to slow down. Sometimes it takes more effort to fix what they generate than to just write it myself.

I still use them, but more as a support tool than a real assistant.
by lukan | 2025-06-17 06:48:34+00:00
"would go as far as to say I find mysticism offensive to good sense."

How come?

The mystics of all the religions are the most approachable to agnostic me. Mysticism to me means mainly, the universe as its whole is a great mysterium and those who claim "it is exactly like this and this, because this holy book says so!" are rather the aggressive fools to me. So genuinly curious, what do you perceive as aggressive from mysticim?