MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by jadowdl | 2025-07-02 05:18:56+00:00
Prophet Town LLC | Full-Stack Software Engineer; also, Sales and Marketing | REMOTE (US) and Hybrid | English fluency required | Full-time | $150K-$250K annual total comp (multiple)

I’m the founder, trying to do “enlightened business.” We are a small, worker-first, fully-remote, SF-based, boutique indie tech agency. Our leadership staff are ex-Fortune 100; everybody codes. Notable recent projects: internal tools for Anduril, and voltagepark.com.

Applicants must meet a high bar; in return, I pledge my personal commitment to finding you interesting work and getting you good pay. You are free to submit again even if you have already done so in the past.

Engineers:

We are looking for Full-Stack Software Engineers with proficiency in React development, database design, devops, and third-party API integration. Tier3 roles are typically 5-10 y/o/e with $150-$175k annual total comp. Tier4 roles are 7-20 y/o/e, $210-$250k annual total comp. Higher tiers exist, and we welcome exceptional applications. Fully remote positions available.

Please apply using this Google Form: https://forms.gle/VQ7zEkNkzBZ4Wbas8. Applicants who submit before July 11 will receive a reply by July 18.

Sales and Marketing:

(seriously, engineers, please stop submitting here. you want the google form up above. If you email for the sales role, you'll get misprocessed and denied.)

Prophet Town is mostly engineers and TPMs; we’re lightweight on business majors :). I’ve done most of the sales for the company personally as the Founder. I am trying something new, and issuing a general RFP for folks interested in joining a nascent sales and marketing arm within Prophet Town. Learn our ~50 hire-out staff, and our recent projects, and help land the next million dollar build-an-app or staffing-gig contract, that provides slam dunk matches between Work and Workers. I do not believe in cold-calling or spamming. Also, please note that I am personally ex-Google, and helped run Adwords: I believe in science and data-driven sales and marketing, and want humble and academic bizdevs who postulate falsifiable hypotheses and minimize time and spend to prove hunches wrong (and expect to be wrong a lot!). Please send me a pitch, resume (pdf, attachment), and your preferred pay band and/or comp strategy, to hn-sales-rfp@ptown.tech. For emails sent by July 15, I will personally review emails, and respond before July 25.
by kveykva | 2025-07-02 05:19:31+00:00
Max AI | SWE Fullstack, Backend, AI/ML Engineer | Hybrid In-Person (SF) | Full-time | $145k — $230k | https://www.maxcare.ai

Max AI is building the financial operating system for healthcare—turning the broken, error-prone billing process into a lightning-fast, autonomous experience, much like swiping a credit card. Our ambient AI agents handle medical coding, claim submission, and fund collection the moment a doctor finishes charting—no humans in the loop.

We’re addressing a $350 billion market where billing errors cause delayed treatments, higher healthcare costs, and massive medical debt. By eliminating billing mistakes, we enable faster access to care, reduce administrative burden on doctors, and protect patients from surprise bills.

Team:

- PhD/Postdoc AI scientists from MIT and Caltech

- Ex-VP of Engineering at Curative (led engineering for over 25M medical claims billed)

- Founders who’ve scaled products to 40M+ downloads and 150M+ monthly users

- A team of experienced engineers from Discord, Google, Facebook, Airbnb, Brex, and Figma

If you want to help build the AI infrastructure that will transform healthcare finance apply at: https://app.dover.com/apply/Maxcare/3684f186-f343-439a-9500-...
Show HN: MemeGen.ai – Turn Any Photo into an AI Meme Video (No Prompts Needed)
by bread25 | 2025-07-02 05:19:59+00:00
Hi HN,

I’ve spent the past few months building https://meme-gen.ai – a tool that transforms any photo into an AI-generated meme video.

It’s built for simplicity: no need to write prompts, tweak settings, or have any experience with AI or video editing.

Just upload a photo, and our system instantly animates it into a short, funny video meme. It’s designed to be zero-friction and fun – something you can use in seconds and share in a click.

I built this because I wanted to make AI video creation truly accessible to everyday users – not just developers or creators with editing experience.

Would love your feedback, especially on:

- The UX – is it really as easy as I think it is?

- Any ideas for new meme formats or interaction features

Try it out here: https://meme-gen.ai Thanks for checking it out!
by Fintegrationfs | 2025-07-02 05:20:08+00:00
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by dvrp | 2025-07-02 05:20:55+00:00
From their repo:

tl;dr When we put lots of text (e.g. a whole code repo) into a language model's context, generation cost soars because of the KV cache's size. What if we trained a smaller KV cache for our documents offline? Using a test-time training recipe called self-study, we show that this simple idea can improve throughput by 26× while maintaining quality.

Link to their blog post: https://hazyresearch.stanford.edu/blog/2025-06-08-cartridges
by visarga | 2025-07-02 05:21:24+00:00
I built a graph memory MCP tool as well. I don't use triplets, instead I generate nodes. The node is composed of (id, title, text) and text can contain links inlined, like @45, referencing past nodes. So it can create both a node and its relations in one tool call.

My MCP has two tools - a search tool and a node adding tool. The search tool uses embedding similarity to retrieve K nodes, then expands on links and fetches another P nodes. By controlling K and P the LLM can choose to use the graph as a simple RAG or as a pure linked graph, or anywhere in-between. In practice I use Claude which is able to do deep searches. What it does not find in one call it locates in 4-5 calls.

The LLM will only add new ideas not already in the KB. It does the searching, filtering and writing. I am just directing this process. The KB can grow unbounded because when I need to add new nodes I first search the KB and find relevant nodes to link to without loading every node.

But one problem I see with these memory systems is that they can reduce interest on a topic once we put it in the KB.
by riffraff | 2025-07-02 05:22:53+00:00
I think lawmakers gravitate towards "required identification" because 1) it's easier to put blame on a single website than on whatever browser + the websites 2) it matches th experience of age restriction for movies and magazines, where age is enforced by whoever sells you the thing or allows access 3) client side restrictions seem easier to circumvent 4) some lawmakers probably think grown ups shouldn't watch porn either.

IMO an "ok" solution to the parents' requirements of "I want my kids to not watch disturbing things" might be to enforce domain tags (violence, sex, guns, religion, social media, drugs, gambling, whatever) and allow ISPs to set filters per paying client, so people don't have to setup filters on their own (but they can).

But it's a complex topic, and IMO a simpler solution is to just not let kids alone in the internet until you trust them enough.
by dasickis | 2025-07-02 05:24:16+00:00
Sarama | On-site (San Francisco, CA) | Full Time | Must have a dog | hello@sarama.ai

Fullstack Hardware Engineer: Build smart collar hardware stack - PCBs, 3D printing, battery-efficient firmware. We have prototypes; need you to own hardware so we focus on distribution. Need: consumer product experience, 3D printing, firmware skills. Mostly C.

Canine Language Specialist: Ground AI models in real dog behavior. Design training protocols, collect data, teach dogs structured communication (buttons/vocals). Need: dog cognition experience, AAC systems, scientific mindset. Company: Decoding dog communication via smart collars using audio/motion/behavior data to understand what dogs are saying.

Apply: Email work samples, subject "{Dog's name} says {something}," explain what interspecies communication means to you.
by sysmax | 2025-07-02 05:25:26+00:00
It's just faster and less distracting. What is a total game-changer for me, is small refactoring. Let's say, you have a method that takes a boolean argument. At some point you realize you need a third value. You could replace it with an enum, but updating a handful of call sites is boring and terribly distracting.

With LLMs I can literally type "unsavedOnly => enum Scope{Unsaved, Saved, RecentlySaved (ignore for now)}" and that's it. It will replace the "bool unsavedOnly" argument with "scope Scope", update the check inside the method, and update the callers. If had to do it by hand each time, I would have lazied out and added another bool argument, or some other kind of a sloppy fix, snowballing the technical debt. But if LLMs can do all the legwork, you don't need sloppy fixes anymore. Keeping the code nice and clean doesn't mean a huge distraction and doesn't kick you out of the zone.
by mmarian | 2025-07-02 05:26:04+00:00
Hmm not sure I understand the question/point. You'd have spent more time trying a new technology than if you read blog posts / listened to podcasts created by people who've used it extensively. You also wouldn't learn much about the legitimate tradeoffs either, because you just won't observe them in pet projects - eg how managed DBs are worth it despite the costs, how multiple standalone Lambdas are a pain to handle when it comes to CI/CD, testing, security updates, etc.
by KiwiJohnno | 2025-07-02 05:26:33+00:00
I agree. I've played a LOT of kerbal space program, and yes, this is just a game, with simplified physics, and a MUCH lower orbital velocity required. But the fundamental problems with an air-breating spaceplane are still demonstrated:

1) Orbital velocity is FAST. VERY fast. In KSP orbital velocity for a low orbit is about 2,200 m/s. For earth its about 7,600 m/s 2) An air-breathing engine, by definition can only be used inside the atmosphere. 3) You will struggle to get anywhere close to orbital velocity while still in the atmosphere, due to drag, and heating.

At best, your air-breathing engine will only get you to a small fraction (less than 1/4th) of orbital velocity. Then you will have to a) climb higher, and b) use a different engine to accelerate to the required orbital velocity.

Yes, you will potentially save some weight by not having to carry oxidizer for while you gain that first 1/4 or so of your final velocity. But once your air-breathing engines, and wings and everything else are useless, you still have to carry their weight
by logifail | 2025-07-02 05:28:44+00:00
> Reading reviews for the thing you are buying on the platform that you are buying it sounds a bit sketchy anyway

Although at least the platform can know if the reviewer actually purchased the product(?)

> Searching the product and reading about it from different review sites seems more reliable

Unless they use affiliate links, which is a great big red flag that the incentives are already stacked against you.
by Larrikin | 2025-07-02 05:28:45+00:00
Their request could be handled by a slightly complex ML model, usage over time by dumb if else statements in an on device program, or trivially by Ollama on a mid computer hosted on a home server.

The default doesn't have to be that all the data must be fed up to a company, computers can actually do a lot without it coming from someone else's server.
by petesergeant | 2025-07-02 05:29:17+00:00
> The price tag on this stuff, in human capital, data, and hardware, is high enough to preclude that sort of “perfect competition” environment.

I feel like we right now live in that perfect competition environment though. Inference is mostly commoditized, and it’s a race to the bottom for price and latency. I don’t think any of the big providers are making super-normal profit, and are probably discounting inference for access to data/users.
by SchemaLoad | 2025-07-02 05:30:02+00:00
Yeah that seems pretty reasonable. Apple and Google could extend their parental controls to send a header or something flagging an under age user, for sites to then either block, or remove social elements from the page.

Seems like right now the Aus Government isn't sure how they want it to work and is currently trialing some things. But it does seem like they at least don't want social media sites collecting ID.
by bruce511 | 2025-07-02 05:30:05+00:00
In the article I read the passion of a user.

Unfortunately users don't pay the bills - customers do.

For VC funded startups, the VC is the customer. Thus the company optimizes for customer satisfaction, not user satisfaction.

The cognitive dissonance necessary for users to believe they are customers, while at the same time believing the product should be free (or free adjacent) is impressive.

Clearly once customers no longer fund the company, the company closes. And the free users will complain.

Paying for a product does not guarantee it will survive. But not paying pretty much guarantees that the good times can't last forever. (Rejoice if you see ads, then at least you're being monetized.)
Show HN: I built loremAPIs-generate mockAPIs directly from your database schema
by Fayaz_K | 2025-07-02 05:30:08+00:00
Hey HN I built loremAPIs to solve a personal pain: spinning up backend APIs and seed data just to prototype or test UI.

With loremAPIs, you:

Visually design your schema (no code)

Auto-generate realistic mock data with AI

Instantly get hosted CRUD APIs + a playground

It’s like Mockoon + Prisma Studio, merged and automated.

It’s part of my “12 startups in 12 months” challenge.

Would love feedback on the product, UX, usefulness — and if you build something with it, even better.

https://loremapis.com/
by prabhatkr_33 | 2025-07-02 05:30:24+00:00
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by AnthonyMouse | 2025-07-02 05:32:29+00:00
The trouble with that theory is that tech megacorps are a relatively recent development, whereas e.g. the court cases involving Larry Flynt were events from the 1970s and 80s and the likes of Hustler Magazine hardly had an outsized influence over the general media.

Meanwhile morals panics are at least as old as the Salem Witch Trials.
by ggm | 2025-07-02 05:32:40+00:00
Migratory birds seek food and breeding. Nostalgic Koreans seek spirit of place and the road not taken.

It's pleasing how many militarised zones are also oasis for wildlife. British SSI abound on tank practice areas, the fortified border with the FSU and neighbouring states has become a wildlife superhighway, the DMZ (such an odd name when the sole occupants are .. military) likewise.

Wildlife as metaphor. Hope springs eternal.
by lurkshark | 2025-07-02 05:34:16+00:00
The congressional decision was to scrap the continued development of the DMSP satellites, not to decommission the existing ones or stop the data sharing arrangement. The DoD confirmed the DMSP is still operating and will continue to do so but the data sharing is what they have now decided to cut off.

It also looks like one of the “next-generation” systems, the JPSS, has been ordered to operate in maintenance mode.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/amid-trump-cuts-n...
by Nursie | 2025-07-02 05:34:29+00:00
> your browser history may be used as evidence in a criminal case

As others have said, that's the case already and not just in Australia. Same in lots of other places like the UK and the whole EU. Less so in the US (though they can demand any data the ISP has, and require ISPs to collect data on individuals)

> Australia is quietly extremely authoritarian.

It is weird, as a recent-ish migrant I do agree, there are rules for absolutely bloody everything here and the population seems in general to be very keen on "Ban it!" as a solution to everything.

It's also rife with regulatory capture - Ah, no mate, you can't change that light fitting yourself, gotta get a registered sparky in for that or you can cop a huge fine. New tap? You have to be kidding me, no, you need a registered plumber to do anything more than plunger your toilet, and we only just legalised that in Western Australia last year.

It's been said before, but at some point the great Aussie Larrikin just died. The Wowsers won and most of them don't even know they're wowsers.
by pmw | 2025-07-02 05:34:30+00:00
Everyone now has fondness for these and for thin clients in general, but I don’t see this concept used in modern times. Is there any modern equivalent, in particular with the power of a workstation rather than a kiosk? Amazon’s WorkSpaces is anemic— low memory and high price, with their own marketing proposing it for contact centers and front desks. What modern thin client solution can truly replace full computers, especially with local / on-prem processing?
by somenameforme | 2025-07-02 05:35:22+00:00
The reason Machiavellianism is stupid is that the grand ends the means aim to obtain often never come to pass, but the awful things done in pursuit of them certainly do. So the motivation behind those means doesn't excuse them. And I see no reason the inverse of this doesn't hold true. I couldn't care less if Zuckerburg thinks open sourcing Llama is some grand scheme to let him to take over the world to become its god-king emperor. In reality, that almost certainly won't happen. But what certainly will happen is the world getting free and open source access to LLM systems.

When any scheme involves some grand long-term goal, I think a far more naive approach to behaviors is much more appropriate in basically all cases. There's a million twists on that old quote that 'no plan survives first contact with the enemy', and with these sort of grand schemes - we're all that enemy. Bring on the malevolent schemers with their benevolent means - the world would be a much nicer place than one filled with benevolent schemers with their malevolent means.
by ThorAndZeus | 2025-07-02 05:37:16+00:00
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by bradly | 2025-07-02 05:38:31+00:00
I've started creating algo-generated music based on realtime bird detections. This is my first time putting music out and it was a pretty easy process to go through. About $24 and a WAV file will pretty much do it through the major distribution channels. Do not expect to see any money, but still fun to experience the process and to be able to ask Siri to play my music.

- https://music.apple.com/us/artist/birdymusic-com/1819583178 - https://open.spotify.com/artist/28Jh4B0lVKVVWbVUvgpGTk
by bobbyraduloff | 2025-07-02 05:41:01+00:00
Taken straight from the new regulation: “Providers of internet search engine services are not required to implement age assurance measures for end-users who are not account holders.”

How can you argue any of this is NOT in the interest of centralised surveillance and advertising identities for ADULTS when there’s such an easy way to bypass the regulation if you’re a child?
by derbOac | 2025-07-02 05:41:04+00:00
This is the most problematic part to me:

"He went on to say that "unless these journals change dramatically," the federal government would "stop NIH scientists from publishing there" and create "in-house" journals instead."

This isn't about Nature. It's about the idea of subjecting your research to outside peer review of any kind. They're objecting to the idea of submitting their research to any outside standards.
by kkfx | 2025-07-02 05:41:34+00:00
Trees acts for their little thermal mass and large surface exposed to air, essentially IR radiation from the Sun can't much reach the ground or humans under trees (if they are large and dense enough) and the part of the radiation touching trees get quickly dispersed in the air (climbing the atmosphere).

The limited effect is that cities are dense and can't be made as forest so trees can't do nothing for buildings taller them them.