MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by komali2 | 2025-07-19 02:47:22+00:00
This is interesting to me because usually the attitude on this forum is that emotions get in the way of rational behavior and thought. Of course we're all different people but I've noticed that trend. The more Spock, the better, at least in technical fields and debate.

Yet that goes away as soon as it becomes time to defend Linus Torvalds. Then it's "actually his emotional outbursts are rational and necessary."

I hate to say it but I've always wondered how different the attitude towards Linus would be if everything about him and his history was the same, except, he was a woman.

If your gut reaction is to defend him because he's so clearly a once in a generation engineer and very smart, remember, the even more experienced and wise version of him has disavowed this earlier, emotional outburst version of him: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/9/16/167 Why defend behavior that he himself has agreed is indefensible?
by nullc | 2025-07-19 02:47:52+00:00
Well your comment tells us why-- as is the law in the US is that credit card companies are almost entirely responsible for fraud. It's part of why they and their dubiously usurious practices are allowed to exist in the US at all.

If it were the case that the payment rail censorship were limited just to cases where there was an obvious elevated fraud risk-- then that would be the whole of the story. -- and there would be an obvious answer: use a payment mechanism where the fraud responsibility is entirely on the user, such as Bitcoin.

But their censorship exists where no such elevated fraud risk exists too, due to abusive conduct by the government to indirectly suppress activity that would be plainly unlawful for them to directly suppress. And the governments out of control abuse of its regulatory power is not limited to fraud-responsible payment rails, and get applied just as or even more extensively on Bitcoin payment processors.
by brailsafe | 2025-07-19 02:48:21+00:00
> "Asynchrony" is a very bad word for this and we already have a very well-defined mathematical one: commutativity.

I don't think it's sufficient to say that just because another term defines this concept means it's a better or worse word. "commutativity" feels, sounds, and reads like a mess imo. Asynchrony is way easier on the palette
by cogman10 | 2025-07-19 02:49:24+00:00
> would likely result in its bankruptcy.

Maybe? Depends on how customers are sold on the mission. If it's sold as protecting children I could see a number of people ditching their cards.

> Starting a holy card that doesn’t work at gas stations etc is an extremely uphill battle.

True. It'd take a large amount of initial capital and would likely need a targeted and regional rollout with some nice incentives to the merchants.
by saithound | 2025-07-19 02:50:23+00:00
You're probably looking for something more detailed and implementation-focused, but Ars Technica had a series of 10 minute videos where they interviewed developers about technical challenges. E.g. they had one on pathfinding and CD video in second generation Westwood RTS games [1]

[1] https://youtube.com/watch?v=S-VAL7Epn3o
by komali2 | 2025-07-19 02:50:35+00:00
Do you believe conflict resolution requires telling someone to "shut the fuck up" in all caps and then insult their abilities as an engineer? Do you believe this is the most effective method of conflict resolution that doesn't involve "rolling over?"

Personally I think Dale Carnegie cracked that nut nearly a century ago and had the research of many great figures in history to back it up. If you haven't read "How to Win Friends," spoilers: he never suggests screaming someone out of a room.
by lisbbb | 2025-07-19 02:52:16+00:00
I never asked about visa status during interviews as that was purely an HR issue or something the hiring manager needed to deal with. My job was to assess people purely on technical ability and to a lesser degree, ability to communicate effectively (in English). We never really even bothered with cultural fit--if the person seemed decent, we gave good feedback on them. There was so much fraud to wade through, however. I got so that I could spot those "templated" resumes very quickly. It's kind of a tell when someone has worked say, five different 6-month contracts in five geographically dispersed US cities! That would be ridiculously expensive to keep bopping around the US like that! If their skillset and work was any good, they would either get renewed or find another gig in the same locale.
by jlpk | 2025-07-19 02:52:33+00:00
I also use the My Library Android application. I have about 1,200 books scanned through the ISBN tool in that app, which took a few hours across a few weekends. Common issues were old books not being found, or information formatting issues. Overall though - all I cared about was a comprehensive view to track across when we move homes in case any boxes get lost. That app has very limited statistics, but I haven't found myself interested in exploring anything further, nor care about tracking my own reading progress, tbh. Like others mentioned - the scanning is slow and error prone and frustrating. A bulk import from a photograph of a book shelf sounds fantastic, but with re-releases of books, I'd be curious about it's accuracy (reviewing and editing incorrect information is the worst after you scanned the ISBN, so a nice UI like in this app that could make the correction process easier would be great!). The single photo with multiple books and bulk import I would have paid for, definitely. UI of the MyLibrary app is not great, but it is free, and I can export the data, so happy with it. Someone else mentioned multi-user support, which would be nice, but not confident I could convince my family to scan books either. Once you get everything in, scanning additional books as they come is easy.
by Fade_Dance | 2025-07-19 02:52:56+00:00
The US issues have some key driving factors:

One is, of course, the size of the country, but that's hardly an "excuse." It does contribute though.

The other big reason is lack of competition in the ISP space, and this is compounded by a distinctly American captured system where the owners/operators of the "public" utility poles shut out new entrants and have no incentive to improve the situation.

Meanwhile the nationwide regulatory agencies have been stripped down and courts have de-toothed them, reducing likelihood of top-down reform, and often these sorts of problems inevitably end up running into the local and state government vs national government split that is far more severe in the US.

So it's one of those problems that is surprising to some degree, but when you read about things like public utility telephone poles captured by corporate interests, it's also distinctly ridiculous and American, and not surprising at all.
by arscan | 2025-07-19 02:53:21+00:00
Say what you will about the language, but I’ve come to appreciate how important it is to stick up for your users/customers, which is what Linus is doing here. It’s not ok to inconvenience them without an extraordinarily good reason to do so, and it absolutely is not ok to blame them.

I’m sure my reaction to this was different when I first read it many years ago. But now, I can strongly relate to the feeling behind these words.
by lisbbb | 2025-07-19 02:54:10+00:00
I feel for all human beings, but US education should be first and foremost directed towards helping US citizens. That's not racist, that's just common sense. We haven't even been doing that here! We're failing as a nation because shitty short-term profits always supersede the creation of long-term prosperity.

At one of my grad school classes, the prof could have taught the class in Chinese had it not been for me in there. And that was in the late 1990s.
by mirdaki | 2025-07-19 02:56:02+00:00
Hey y'all, I know getting a setup that feels "right" can be a process. We all have different goals, tech preferences, etc.

I wanted to a share my blog post walking through how I finally built a setup that I can just be happy with and use. It goes over my goals, requirements, tech choices, layout, and some specific problems I've resolved.

Where I've landed of course isn't where everyone else will, but I hope it can serve as a good reference. I’ve really benefited from the content and software folks have freely shared, and hope I can continue that and help others.
by shagie | 2025-07-19 02:56:19+00:00
> The solution to get rid of cookie banners, as it was intended, is super simple: only use cookies if absolutely necessary.

You are absolutely right... Here is the site on europa.eu (the EU version of .gov) that goes into how the GDPR works. https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-topic/data-protection/r...

Right there... "This site uses cookies." Yes, it's a footer rather than a banner. There is no option to reject all cookies (you can accept all cookies or only "necessary" cookies).

Do you have a suggestion for how the GDPR site could implement this differently so that they wouldn't need a cookie footer?
by thaumasiotes | 2025-07-19 02:57:00+00:00
> Didn't onlyfans severely limit the type of content creators could make and distribute through the platform, just like valve here?

Well, this coverage identifies two restrictions that Valve is enforcing:

(1) No video footage of humans. Animation only.

(2) No incest.

Onlyfans clearly hasn't implemented restriction (1).

If they've implemented (2), that seems like much less of a problem as applied to onlyfans than to animated content on Steam. But even in the case of Steam, there just isn't a constituency for being pro-incest. This is the last political fight you'd want to get into.
by xpressvideoz | 2025-07-19 02:57:41+00:00
> Btw, why pulseaudio is even trying to access a V4L2 control? I would expect an audio application to take care of its own audio business, and to not try to access other random Kernel APIs.

> In other words, only an application that handles video should be using those controls, and as far as I know, pulseaudio is not a such application. Or are it trying to do world domination?

Mauro's first response does seem a bit defensive, and reads like an attempt to justify his actions. It even feels a bit like an accusation against PulseAudio. I didn't know the exact context at the time, but now that I read the entire email, I think I'm getting why Linus was triggered.
by terminalshort | 2025-07-19 02:57:43+00:00
The leverage is that the activists will potentially be able to draw the ire of the government. Visa and MC get away with absolute murder in terms of the size of the fees that they charge in the US. Most developed countries don't allow that. The US government could easily regulate them (as they already do with debit card fees) or use anti-trust law against the obvious duopoly charging exorbitant prices. Because of this situation, Visa and MC have a very strong incentive to crack down on things the government doesn't like.

The unspoken arrangement is that the government allows them to keep charging a de facto sales tax on a massive portion of the economy as long as they cooperate and de facto ban things that the government wants banned but can't ban themselves due to that pesky constitution.
by brailsafe | 2025-07-19 02:58:41+00:00
I've seen this take a few times, and I'm glad it works for you, but when I originally tried it (long before the super aggressive social media algos) I ended up chronically checking to see if new rss stuff was available just as frequently; it was the possibility of missing or discovering some news or interesting article that did it.

Now it's at most just websites, out of sight out of mind unless I'm really bored. Actually relevant or important information doesn't change that frequently, and I'd rather my favorite websites make a deliberate editorial effort to surface worthwhile stories I can check in on maybe once a week. The content drip, self selecting or not, is just too habit forming and not necessary at all.
by cornfieldlabs | 2025-07-19 02:58:57+00:00
There will be a chronological feed comprised of one's friends' posts. It doesn't have to be curated.

Edit: Raising VC funding is the main cause of enshittification. We don't plan on doing that. It is not gonna cost us that much to run - there are not many non-techies who are ready to quit dooms-scrolling. Techies go for sites like Mastodon. So it will be a small group of people who would find this useful and that's enough. It is something we have always wanted to build and building and maintaining is fun.
by Brajeshwar | 2025-07-19 02:59:11+00:00
I’ve been doing this for a while, and I love it. On my regular walks, I don’t even carry the phone; the watch[1] is enough for the list of whitelisted people to call me if needed (all else are DND by default).

Another thing I’ve noticed about people, even when we’re talking in person. Whenever a topic arises that requires confirmation or something similar, they pull out their phone and start “googling.”

I’m OK with saying, “I don’t know.” I’ve stopped defending my opinions and let the conversation flow, and I listen. This is very liberating.

Of course, stopped non-critical notifications[2] a decade ago, and there are no social Apps on my phone.[3] I’m lucky to be able to stop a habit cold turkey. Of course, a little help from a blocker is beneficial at the beginning, but I can quickly get used to not using/visiting apps and websites.

I’ve forgotten who said it but here is how it goes, “Build up a network of people, tools, utilities, system to stay away from Algorithm.”

1. https://brajeshwar.com/2024/watch-tiny-handy-computer/

2. https://brajeshwar.com/2014/missing-step-productivity-activi...

3. https://brajeshwar.com/2024/phone/
by throw1235435 | 2025-07-19 02:59:19+00:00
That's only possible if you as the worker are capturing the efficiencies that the automation provides (i.e. you get RSU's, you have an equity stake in the business as well).

Believe it or not most SWE's and white collar workers in general don't get these perks especially outside the US where most firms have made sure tech workers in general are paid "standard wages" even if they are "good".
by _101 | 2025-07-19 02:59:35+00:00
You’re generalizing expectations for an average human and trying to apply it to an human with extraordinary responsibilities.

It takes an incredibly strong hand to lead a team whose product is the operating system of most of the Internet.

Do you think Jobs, Bezos, or Gates would say, “Hey guy. I respect you, man, and you write great code. I think we should work together to solve this. Are you cool with that? Maybe we can grab a latte.”

No, they didn’t do that shit.

Pretending you’re their HR manager and get to tell them what’s acceptable doesn’t make you equal or better than them. People have faults, but you can’t get on your high horse picking on them when you’re using their shit everyday.
by seabrookmx | 2025-07-19 02:59:37+00:00
"Still going" by some definition I suppose. I'm sure there's a few Itanium servers still in production too!

You're not wrong about the CPU's though. Mozilla recently had to disable crash reports for 13th and 14th gen because they're being swamped.. the EU heat wave seems to be tipping a ton of these chips over the edge.
by supertrope | 2025-07-19 03:00:02+00:00
Yes. Steam used to have card declines if your address did not match exactly.

Card not present was and still is higher risk than in person shopping. Now that most US customers have chip cards in their wallets fraud has shifted from in person to CNP. Digital goods are high risk because a customer could theoretically download and enjoy the digital good or save a copy and then chargeback. There's no shipping tracking number to prove delivery. Or a fraudster could go on a spending spree from the comfort of their home in another country. Adult-only games are even higher risk because a customer might have to explain to a spouse what the Steam charges were for.

Of course copy protection and the prospect of a ban of their whole Steam account blunts the most obvious customer cheating of keeping a copy and charging back. Steam games cannot be resold. Digital goods that can be easily resold are magnets for fraud. Such as cloud GPUs or international long distance calls.
by im3w1l | 2025-07-19 03:00:25+00:00
I think it's a very interesting approach and I highly support such an initiative. The easiest way to get a lot of data out of the body is probably to tap the body's own monitoring system - the sensory nerves.

A chemosensor also sounds like a useful thing it should give concentration by time. Minimally invasive option would be to monitor breath, better signal in blood.
by lisbbb | 2025-07-19 03:01:00+00:00
All USAID showed was now the grift machine works--most of that aid money was getting kicked back to corrupt politicians to pay for campaigns. Other monies were being siphoned off in the corrupt nations that accepted the funds. Those NGOs advertising for more "migration" were doing on the US taxpayer's own dime! So I don't know if we can draw many conclusions from it other than it created some money velocity in various forms.

America's cost of living crisis is in large part due to the huge carrying cost of all that graft--it wasn't illegal, mind you, just unethical.
by Joel_Mckay | 2025-07-19 03:02:14+00:00
When you do a small study of 17000 users, it is a humbling experience to discover peoples behaviors are not as unique as most assume.

I wouldn't say they were nudged, but rather just addicted to engagement.

There are a lot more fun people out there, but ones shoveling misery are just really memorable. Have a wonderful day =3
by gsf_emergency_2 | 2025-07-19 03:02:50+00:00
Thanks!

Religious orgs have had a long time to strike a sweet balance between whys whats and hows.

Finance-- too much what. Philo, academia by extension- overdeveloped in the why and how. It's even better these days: only extreme psychopaths will try to be influential at religious orgs..

PC is big in UK and commonwealth school systems. Shows that religious orgs are also great at spreading Good Ideas
by lxgr | 2025-07-19 03:03:27+00:00
The Durbin amendment (regulating debit interchange in the US) and its EU equivalent aren't regulating Visa and Mastercard scheme fees, but rather interchange fees, which Visa and Mastercard set, but issuing banks earn.

Of course scheme fees are ultimately at least partially paid from interchange, but lower interchange is primarily a problem for issuing banks, not the networks.

The Durbin amendment in particular was also supposed to foster competition between networks (by mandating each debit issuer to support at least two unaffiliated networks per card), but given that only very few places accept only debit cards, that didn't work out quite as well as intended in terms of bringing down both interchange and scheme fees via market forces.
by deadbabe | 2025-07-19 03:03:29+00:00
I think this is a bit of a strawman. The market for people who get addicted to gruesome gore and are willing to pay money to see it is several orders of magnitude smaller than people willing to pay to see porn or OnlyFans. There is simply far more risk with adult content as a result and a lot more chargebacks from disatisfied customers with a post nut clarity.
by krackers | 2025-07-19 03:04:04+00:00
At least for LLMs, the platonic representation hypothesis doesn't seem that surprising. The training data for models that are large enough to faithfully capture reality will necessarily have a lot of overlap. So in this weak form the platonic representation hypothesis just says that if you provide the roughly same data to models with roughly the same architecture, they learn roughly the same embeddings. This doesn't seem that surprising. I'd even expect a slightly stronger version where you feed the same data to different models to still hold. After all the modes capture the same reality, so there's probably some way to transform from the "latent space" of one model to the other.
by alisonatwork | 2025-07-19 03:05:29+00:00
FreeTube and PipePipe largely solve this problem for me. I just subscribe to people I am interested in and watch their videos. If they link or recommend another creator I have a quick browse and subscribe there too, or not. When I get bored, I unsubscribe. Everything is chronological. It's like the good old days of mailing lists/usenet/blogs/RSS except with video.

The only downside is that it's still centralized behind the scenes so you still get the weird algorithm gimmickry inside the content like people superstitiously saying or not saying certain words in the first few minutes, nonsense like "nothing to add, just commenting for the algorithm", that weird tendency to dopily repeat the same sentences around what I guess would be an ad break if I ever saw ads etc. I try to mitigate this by sending money to specific creators, showing that an alternative income source to YouTube could be possible, but of course that's still funneled through Patreon which is another centralized for-profit service that has a vested interest in getting creators to provide membership tiers and value-adds that chip away at their motivation to put out meaningful content that enriches broader society.

I've come to think that centralization is a bigger problem than "the algorithm". I don't remember having these issues anywhere near as much when people shared their stuff independently. To be fair, though, back then most people were doing it as a hobby outside of their day job.
by ta8645 | 2025-07-19 03:05:55+00:00
> It will IMO also be quite difficult to combine stackless coroutines with this approach

Maybe there will be unforeseen problems, but they have promised to provide stackless coroutines; since it's needed for the WASM target, which they're committed to supporting.

> Combined with the dynamic dispatch

Dynamic dispatch will only be used if your program employs more than one IO implementation. For the common case where you're only using a single implementation for your IO, dynamic dispatch will be replaced with direct calls.

> It's quite courageous calling this approach "without any compromise" when it has not been tried in the wild yet.

You're right. Although it seems quite close to what "Jai" is purportedly having success with (granted with an implicit IO context, rather than an explicitly passed one). But it's arguable if you can count that as being in the wild either...
by jauntywundrkind | 2025-07-19 03:06:09+00:00
Ooof. What a stellar project. Alas.

I wonder how much this will affect Kata Containers, which is AFAIK like the best/only good way to run containers in k8s with the security of VMs? https://katacontainers.io/

Man. There's so much amazing work Intel has done for the ecosystem. It's so hard so scary to imagine this world where no one else fills in so so much, so unclear who else does. Intel has done so so much for the ecosystem. It feels like open source has been an Immortal phalanx, always people to fill in: I hope so much I'm wrong but this shift in Intel feels like the death of the Immortal. What a pity that CHIPS act turned to dust, left such an amazing crucial industry hang out to dry.
by komali2 | 2025-07-19 03:06:17+00:00
I agree that the book's title is a bit old fashioned. The other half of the title is "...and Influence People," though. Surely Linus is interested in influencing people, effectively? Surely he's interested in being an effective leader?

I'll answer for you: yes, he is, and also yes he believes this screaming version of him was wrong to be so cruel and abrasive: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/9/16/167

If Linus is trying to grow out of the emotional outburst version of himself I don't understand why people continue to try to defend it. The man himself now believes it's the wrong way to be.
by thaumasiotes | 2025-07-19 03:06:46+00:00
> Good Old Games has produced a fixed version, so I could pay for it a fourth time

It probably wouldn't cost more than $1, given that you're clearly willing to wait for a sale.

Advertised price right now is $5 with "lowest price in the last 30 days" of $2.50. The bundle of all 8 expansion campaigns shows the same current and recent pricing.