MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by BlueTemplar | 2025-07-02 20:14:31+00:00
Heh, Lobsters (2001) is looking more realistic by the day...

> "Nyet – no, sorry. Am apologize for we not use commercial translation software. Interpreters are ideologically suspect, mostly have capitalist semiotics and pay-per-use APIs. Must implement English more better, yes?"

> [...]

> "Are you saying you taught yourself the language just so you could talk to me?"

> "Da, was easy: Spawn billion-node neural network, and download Teletubbies and Sesame Street at maximum speed. Pardon excuse entropy overlay of bad grammar: Am afraid of digital fingerprints steganographically masked into my-our tutorials."

[...]

> "Am have been badly burned by viral end-user license agreements. Have no desire to experiment with patent shell companies held by Chechen infoterrorists. You are human, you must not worry cereal company repossess your small intestine because digest unlicensed food with it, right?"

https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/fiction/acceler...
by dotancohen | 2025-07-02 20:15:29+00:00
I recently saw a large gold (plated) surface - larger than a hand. The effect the light played off of that metal was amazing, I've never seen the effect in small gold jewelry. Photographs and video just don't capture it. If Apple ever turns their attention to gold and manages to nail that effect, I would consider one of their devices just for that aspect.
Show HN: Kosign – Cold storage vaults with social recovery
by morriskosign | 2025-07-02 20:15:31+00:00
I built Kosign because I wanted peace of mind knowing that my family can recover my seed phrase in the event that something ever happened to me.

Using threshold cryptography (e.g. 2-of-5), Kosign creates an encrypted vault and splits the decryption key into shares that can be printed on paper or loaded to USB drives and distributed across people or locations (e.g your spouse, lawyer, etc).

Open source unlock tool: github.com/xxbtc/kosign-unlock Live app (no signup, works offline): kosign.xyz

Would appreciate any feedback.
by lurk2 | 2025-07-02 20:15:37+00:00
The line of reasoning really only works if you are talking about yourself. If we assume all lives are of equal value (which is a big assumption but not without precedent), then killing your would-be murderer is a wash, but it does raise the question; why should you be the one to live? And the justification seems like it must be based on either 1) a belief that the transgression of attempted murder justifies self-defence, or 2) that the Self is simply more important than the Other.

When a third party becomes involved you only need to rely on option 1. You are still probably acting out of “selfish” reasons in this case, however; I’d rather save my child than preserve the life of a murderer, but that is simply because my child’s life is more important to me than that of a murderer, regardless of moral justification.

The questions about self-centeredness get more interesting in life boat scenarios, where you have to choose between equally innocent parties.
by crote | 2025-07-02 20:15:49+00:00
No, why would it?

I live in a country with the equivalent of a Real ID and a law requiring you to present it when asked. Officially they are supposed to have a good reason for it, but in practice they'll happily do it just because they can. And they'll continue "just asking questions" if they feel like it. You're not under arrest of course, but they are happy to waste a few hours of your time when you "refuse to cooperate".

After all, as a law-abiding citizen you don't have anything to hide, do you?
by tasuki | 2025-07-02 20:15:56+00:00
8.1 GB is a lot!

It is 64,800,000,000 bits.

I can imagine 100 bits sure. And 1,000 bits why not. 10,000 you lose me. A million? That sounds like a lot. Now 64 million would be a number I can't well imagine. And this is a thousand times 64 million!
by RajT88 | 2025-07-02 20:16:00+00:00
I definitely know people who do almost nothing (they mostly show up to meetings and don't talk), and get paid really well because they can tell stories decently about their impact, and nobody seemingly has the stomach to throw them under the bus. I get paid better than them for sure, but I'm also at risk of getting laid off because of the practical upshot of being a top contributor. I am sure I will eventually get laid off, and they will outlast me at this company.

The tech industry is insane. While my "Nothing from my end" joke was tongue-in-cheek, it's parodying a very real dynamic.
by mattl | 2025-07-02 20:16:16+00:00
We need a reasonable alternative to some of what Cloudflare does that can be easily installed as a package on Linux distributions without any of the following to install it.

* curl | bash

* Docker

* Anything that smacks of cryptocurrency or other scams

Just a standard repo for Debian and RHEL derived distros. Fully open source so everyone can use it. (apt/dnf install no-bad-actors)

Until that exists, using Cloudflare is inevitable.

It needs to be able to at least:

* provide some basic security (something to check for sql injection, etc)

* rate limiting

* User agent blocking

* IP address and ASN blocking

Make it easy to set up with sensible defaults and a way to subscribe to blocklists.
by polygot | 2025-07-02 20:16:26+00:00
Thanks for the feedback! I can definitely rename the post soon as a first step, although this may require rewriting a chunk of the article to more accurately reflect the fact that List is a monad, and not "a" list.

I could make this distinction in part 3 (not written yet) although I want to balance not misleading readers, but not overcomplicating it too early on.
by BrenBarn | 2025-07-02 20:16:31+00:00
I think, if not the Good Old Days, some Good New Days are possible. The tough part is it's going to require some sort of "hitting bottom" and a concomitant reevaluation of some of our baseline societal values. Like with regard to this bleach stuff, you would wind up with thousands of people jailed for child abuse and permanently barred from further contact with their children. On a larger scale, we need to recognize that if the first amendment says that saying "drinking bleach is a good idea" and "drinking bleach is a bad idea" have equal legal status, then we have a problem and need to rethink the first amendment. There needs to be sufficient willpower and fortitude to regard such things as live options.
by nine_k | 2025-07-02 20:16:37+00:00
It' really worth understanding. I studies Haskell and Scala to write better Python, Typescript, and Java, and it did help.

The whole thing about JS's Promises becomes way clearer when you see that they are a monad, except for one discrepancy (they auto-flatten themselves). It leads to much shorter and clearer code when doing pedestrian frontend stuff.
by potato3732842 | 2025-07-02 20:16:56+00:00
>and when they see someone cutting line and seeing no repercussions, you will lose broad support for public works

You mean like how a bunch of states imported every tom dick and harry from the 3rd world, immigration papers be damned, handed out licenses/residency like candy, then signed them all up for bennies and consequently support for those social programs is waning among the voting public?

It's maddening that you can't seem to grasp that your thinking can trivially be used to justify the kind of behavior w're currently seeing from ICE
by guerrilla | 2025-07-02 20:16:57+00:00
> Meanwhile, having a genetic condition like haemophilia doesn’t give you any conceivable advantage.

Sickle-cell anemia does though. I wonder if some day there could be a survival advantage for haemophilia. What if we erase the genetic code that ends up saving us from some alien virus, you know?

I'm not saying this is a good argument, just something interesting to think about.
by PaulHoule | 2025-07-02 20:17:18+00:00
I used to print cards that had an image (say photo or art reproduction on the front) and had a QR code and documentation in the back.

I like to stick the cards to the wall in which case you can't scan the QR code without removing it, so lately I've transitioned to alpha blending the QR code into the image on the front and get results like

https://mastodon.social/@UP8/114439589867642821

I've thought about how to optimize the process in terms of scan reliability vs the image looking good but I also have thought about communicating to people that the QR code is an affordance that is there for them. I think people have a lot of understanding that you can scan a QR code and the alpha blended QR codes are recognizable to most people.

Those diffusion ones though I think might get a reaction from most people that "this is fucked up". People who are enthusiastic about AI images don't recognize that a lot of people have a visceral negative reaction to them or feel they are under assault from trash images. AI image enthusiasts oddly don't seem to be bothered that they'll draw, say, a picture of a pretty girl with three belly buttons, but a lot of people find the errors in those images offputting -- so if a QR code looks melted like a Dali painting people might think "the lights are on and nobody is home" and not think "my phone will scan it just fine".

Also I think it's a mistake to be expecting users to be using an iPhone, there are plenty of people out there with an Android with a crummy camera and off-brand QR reader software so I think it's best to be conservative about images you make.
by LorenPechtel | 2025-07-02 20:17:55+00:00
But sometimes you know it's counterfeit.

I've had one taken down. I pointed out the deception in the naming and that the product looked nothing like the real thing, nor did it fit. Only later did I realize they were selling it as "Genuine Beam", not that it was genuine "Beam"--I thought they were just making clear that it wasn't a knockoff. (Beam is the actual company name.)
by footlose_3815 | 2025-07-02 20:17:58+00:00
These apps are cancer. Otter.ai for example, by default, will scrape the call's contacts, and email every single one, saying they can access the notes if they sign-up. A 300 person meeting, their spam bot sends out 300 emails. Totally captive audience, and the person who installed the notetaker is often none the wiser that it happened.

Even if just one person installs it, it resets the iteration and can begin again.

Just like malware.
by photonthug | 2025-07-02 20:18:46+00:00
> A talking head rambling on for 60 minutes.

And probably a few minutes of commercials too. I get the impression this is an emerging generational thing, but unless it's a recorded university course or a very interesting and reputable person.. no thanks. What is weird is that the instinct to prefer video seems motivated by laziness, and laziness is actually an adaptive thing to deal with information overload.. yet this noble impulse is clearly self-defeating in this circumstance. Why wait and/or click-through ads for something that's low-density in the first place, you can't search, etc.

Especially now that you can transcript the video and quickly get AI to clean it up into a post, creating/linking a video potentially telegraphs stuff like: nothing much to say but a strong desire to be in the spotlight / narcissism / an acquisitiveness for clicks / engagement. Patiently enduring infinite ads while you're pursuing educational goals and assuming others are willing to, or assuming other people are paying for ad-free just because you do, all telegraphs a lack of respect for the audience, maybe also a lack of self-respect. Nothing against OP or this video in particular. More like a PSA about how this might come across to other people, because I can't be the only person that feels this way.
by esbranson | 2025-07-02 20:20:08+00:00
Healthcare is a state responsibility. If an when eg the California Medi-Cal program reduces coverage, it will be because the California Democratic Party decided they don't want to pay for it.[1] When California causes anyone to lose coverage, you will have no idea (because it won't be published until LII gets hold of them years later). The fact that no one else will mention this outside of HN comments should be a wake up call about what you think you know.

[1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/california/title-22/...
by DaveZale | 2025-07-02 20:20:26+00:00
I designed and marketed "stacks" combined in a simple, small capsule for several years.

The best was galantamine, noopept, acetyltyrosine, and cdp-choline. It was beloved by many.

However, my magnum opus could have been stacks that changed daily, to prevent any neurochemical adaptation or tolerance.

But, at some point the almighty paycheck hijacked my brain. Why not include money as an anti-nootropic in your study?

Judging by the boundless stupidity we are seeing in the world of oligarchs now, maybe too much money is tge ultimate anti-nootropic /s
by smaudet | 2025-07-02 20:20:28+00:00
Perhaps one advantage that even deaf people might not appreciate - being at "peace".

There are many who can hear who crave little or no sound. Being unable to hear is a (semi?) permanent mute button. No noise, just your thoughts and whatever you can see.

The biggest downside to being deaf? Missing out on omnidirectional communication. Whether that be hearing the telltale sounds of a critter in the bush, or conversing with someone without sight, that would be the major disadvantage.

That being said, it isn't perhaps as big an issue as one might imagine - bear attacks don't happen only to deaf people, plenty of people get hit by buses they could have heard, and often nobody listens to the intercom anyways (sometimes it is inaudible over general noise).

The next biggest, probably music. But again, a lot of music is objectively bad (stressed loud notes that are designed to attract attention versus complex or thoughtful melodies), when you reduce many vapid pop songs to their linguistic components, you might suddenly find you aren't missing out on much...

I can hear, and I appreciate the convenience. However I also struggle to find auditory peace without jamming my ears with plugs, and I appreciate the calm and quiet... I'm not sure my quality of life is that much better as a result of being able to hear.
by JumpCrisscross | 2025-07-02 20:20:36+00:00
> Their interests are implicitly considered and they're transmitted on channels you and I don't have access to. I'm talking about the general issue of asymmetric representation

I’ve worked on other issues that got passed into legislation. In the privacy cases, I was speaking directly to the electeds.

Nobody showed up. They were dead ends unless they could be linked to an issue people care about, e.g. abortion in blue states and Chinese espionage in red ones.

> Most people are assaulted with many, many more attacks on their rights and wellbeing. Those are more immediate concerns

People with strong views on digital privacy tend to be wealthier and better-educated than the average American. Also, the single mother of three working two jobs will show up to town halls and electeds’ field offices when it comes to issues they care about. And it’s impactful.

People do show up and civically engage. Just not on digital privacy.
by jiggawatts | 2025-07-02 20:20:42+00:00
One thing I noticed about all of the public clouds is an insistence by small-scale users to avoid the user-friendly interface and go straight to the high scale templating or provisioning APIs because of a perception that that’s “more proper”.

You won’t get any benefits until you have dozens of instances of the same(ish) thing, and maybe not even then!

Especially in the dev stage it is perfectly fine to use the wizards in VS or VS Code.

The newer tooling around Aspire.NET and “azd up” makes this into true IaC with little effort.

Don’t overthink things!

PS: As a case in point I saw an entire team get bogged down for months trying to provision something through raw API calls that had ready-to-run script snippets in the docs and a Portal wizard that would have taken that team all of five minutes to click through… If they’re very slow with a mouse.
by schmidtleonard | 2025-07-02 20:20:54+00:00
It's a rare issue that you can't swing both ways by selecting the subset of facts to focus on. Attention doesn't just matter, it's all that matters. This is why adversarial forums are so important even if they so often degenerate into shouting past one another: each side has the ability and motivation to bring its strongest facts, so they are at least present in the discussion, even if debate tactics add tons of noise and confirmation bias dampens the effects.
by hellotomyrars | 2025-07-02 20:21:51+00:00
These aren't unique to Tesla, though a lot of manufacturers want you to pay to have a lot of that stuff in their app, which is fucked. I also want less touch controls and less entirely featureless controls. My car is a 2012 Mini Countryman (no screens other than dot matrix displays) and I was on a roof at a work site and threw my keys down to another guy to move it, He described it as being like `in a spaceship`. Which really tickled me because he had a 2024 mustang with big touch screens in it. I guess mine was like a spaceship to him because of all the physical controls and toggle switches.

My parents have a 2021 Hyundai Santa Cruz (First model year!) and the design is baffling to me. The AC controls are on a capacitive touch display below the main one so you have no idea what you're doing unless you're looking at it. There are also multiple controls with almost no tactile feel at the base of the drive select lever and seat climate controls mounted to the front of the center divider that just a few raised bumps on would go a long way to helping quickly identify them while pawing around there to turn the seat heat/cool. The infotainment does OTA but the maps updates require using a USB drive. You can do it at home though it is an incredibly clunky and antiquated process.

To be perfectly honest the only things about the Santa Cruz that I wish my car had as far as the electronics go is blind spot/camera feeds and modern media support (carplay). Other than that I strongly prefer my incredibly aged dash. My front and center is just a tachometer with a small dot matrix display that shows the current speed digitally with one more below that for a couple other things (I leave it on real-time fuel consumption.) That is it. I'd rather use my phone for maps (Standalone or via carplay) over anything built in to any vehicle I've ever driven.
by jraph | 2025-07-02 20:22:30+00:00
I did, I quoted stuff from it, but you are not helping. You should quote the things relevant to the point your are making. Especially when you notice people are not picking up. You also keep saying that gdpr is not EPD, but your link is short on details about this and with this point, you lead me to seek information in sections that are irrelevant.

But I see what you are saying now. That page lists the different purposes, including preference cookies (which include language preferences) and strictly necessary cookies, and I know asking consent is not necessary only for strictly necessary cookies (this page says it, I quoted that part earlier).

If that page is right, you are right and I was wrong. Thanks for persisting.

Well, that would be a shame, and that probably would explain why cd.cz makes me pick English each time I visit. I was assuming they could just save this preference in a cookie, but they obviously wouldn't be able to since I didn't provide consent, since I hide the cookie banners and they don't ask for consent later when needed.

Now, that page is not authoritative and I see it criticized here: https://www.reddit.com/r/gdpr/comments/vniefz/strictly_neces...

I guess it it safe to ask consent in doubt, but I'm not yet convinced the language cookie cannot be considered strictly necessary. How can you correctly provide a requested service to a user if you don't use a language they understand, and how storing the language is not for fulfilling an explicit request from them?
by mvdtnz | 2025-07-02 20:22:40+00:00
The amount of people who tie themselves into knots to understand this pointless concept is very funny to me. I am 16 years into a successful software engineering career without learning what a monad is an it never held me back. Turns out I can use lists and optional types and all that jazz without it.

I mean really. Look at posts like this[0]. What does this give you? Nothing, in practical reality. Nothing.

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44446472
by roguecoder | 2025-07-02 20:22:43+00:00
Regulatory capture, which all corporate lobbyists represent, is profoundly anti-capitalistic. If the CEO wants to spend their time talking to the government, that is very different than spending money to have other people advocate on their behalf: that isn't an option the rest of us have.

And that's before we get to the way wealth inequality inherently distorts markets, by overstating the preferences of the wealthy and underserving the needs of the poor.

The point of an economy is to distribute scarce goods and resources. Money represents information about what people want or expect to want in the future.

Everything wealthy people do that make it less efficient at its job is an attack on capitalism.
by toomuchtodo | 2025-07-02 20:22:44+00:00
> And an electric car is not an alternative for gas cars. A zero km electric car has already tons and tons of CO2 on it's back because mostly of the battery.

This is factually inaccurate.

https://about.bnef.com/insights/clean-transport/no-doubt-abo...

> As electric vehicles become a bigger part of the global car fleet, a contrarian take seems to surface every few months: are electric vehicles really that clean?

> When it comes to lifecycle emissions, the answer is a resounding yes. According to a new report by BloombergNEF, in all analyzed cases, EVs have lower lifecycle emissions than gas cars. Just how much lower depends on how far they are driven, and the cleanliness of the grid where they charge.
by crote | 2025-07-02 20:23:07+00:00
> officers who put their lives on the line every day

This sounds a lot less impressive when you realize that cops have the same fatal injury rate as landscaping supervisors or crane operators, less than half the rate of garbage collectors, and one-sixth the rate of logging workers.

There's definitely a decent bit of risk involved in being a cop, but we're not exactly seeing Thin Green Line flags for landscapers either, are we?
by PaulHoule | 2025-07-02 20:23:13+00:00
Back in the 1980s Quantum Gravity looked like a holy grail, post-2000 it has become a highly competitive field with many theories and the problem is not that we need a conceptual breakthrough but rather we can't tell these theories apart experimentally.

I feel like a dolt for ever believing the classical theory of a black hole interior, I'm pretty sure a real black hole looks pretty different. I guess I could go in and take a look but the problem is I could not get out to tell y'all what I saw!
by wonderwonder | 2025-07-02 20:23:49+00:00
friend I did not invent the antisemitism angle. Ivy league schools have been rife with antisemitic behavior aided and abetted by the faculty. If you missed this news the last couple of years then I suggest you take a look. Jewish students have been assaulted, spit on, prevented from going to class etc. all while the admin of these schools looked on in admiration or actively participated.

These scientists didn't flee their schools while this was going on but as soon as an Admin comes into power that doesn't coddle them, they have to flee America due to "anti-science" and "anti-woke" rhetoric.

So I have no sympathy for researchers or scientists that are able to somehow gleefully endure being part of a school that supports the beating of students but somehow can't be part of a nation that suddenly wont tolerate it.