MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by bigstrat2003 | 2025-07-18 23:42:30+00:00
I wouldn't say you're missing out. If kustomize works for you, keep using it. I personally use helm because I cannot for the life of me wrap my head around kustomize. I've looked at tutorials, read the docs, and it just doesn't make sense to me. Helm, on the other hand, immediately clicked and I was able to pretty effortlessly write charts for our use. It's just a case of different preference in tools, imo.
by j_timberlake | 2025-07-18 23:43:04+00:00
Can you name a single job like this? It's much easier to name jobs where the accuracy doesn't compound, like daily customer service chatbots, or personal-tutor bots, or news-aggregator bots, or the inevitable (and somewhat dubious) do-my-tax-returns bot.

All I can think of is vibe-coding, and vibe-coding jobs aren't a thing.
by syl20bnr | 2025-07-18 23:44:07+00:00
It will make more sense once you start using CubeCL. There's now a CubeCL book available: https://burn.dev/books/cubecl/.

It does come with some mental overhead, but let’s be honest, there’s no objectively “good” choice here without introducing bias toward a specific vendor API.

Learning the core concepts takes effort, but if CubeCL is useful for your work, it’s definitely worth it.
by extr | 2025-07-18 23:44:37+00:00
Have been using this for awhile, I'm on the $100/mo Max plan and have been running $600-800/mo in terms of usage, and I'm hardly pushing it to the limits (missing lots of billing windows).

It makes me wonder what Anthropic's true margins are. I could believe they are overcharging via the API, Sonnet is $3/$15/Mtok and Opus at an ABSURD $15/$75/Mtok. But to break even for me, that would mean that they're overcharging by a factor 5x-10x, which doesn't seem possible. Is the music going to stop for Claude Code the same way it did for Cursor? I have to imagine every incentive in the world is pushing them to lower inference cost rather than introduce stricter limits, and unlike Cursor they can actually can reach into their stack and do this. But I'm not sure they're capable of miracles.

Regardless, I'm bullish Anthropic. Sonnet and Opus don't benchmark as well as O3/Grok4 at pure coding, and aren't as cheap as Kimi K2 for theoretically similar perf, but as any user knows they are top tier at instruction following, highly reliable and predictable, and have a certain intangible theory of mind that is unique to Anthropic.
by Ancapistani | 2025-07-18 23:46:42+00:00
In the US, it’s a “Currency Transaction Report”: https://www.fdic.gov/news/financial-institution-letters/2021...

The bank collects the information necessary to submit that form at the time of transaction.

You’re also required as an individual to file IRS Form 8300 if you accept >$10k in payment: https://www.irs.gov/businesses/small-businesses-self-employe...
by Spivak | 2025-07-18 23:47:21+00:00
See this is what the OP is getting at, this is only true for async implementations that don't have any parallelism. That doesn't have to be the case, there's no reason that your javascript runtime couldn't take

await foo() await bar()

and execute them in two threads transparently for you. It just happens, like the Python GIL, that it doesn't. Your JS implementation actually already has mutexes because web workers with shared memory bring true parallelization along with the challenges that come with.
by crystal_revenge | 2025-07-18 23:48:17+00:00
CEOs run every major media outlet and public platform for communication, people that hype AI will get their content promoted and will see more success which creates and incentive to create content.

This doesn't even require any "conspiracy" among CEOs, just people with a vested interest in AI hype who act in that interest, shaping the type of content their organizations will produce. We saw something lessor with the "return to office" frenzy just because many CEOs realized a large chunk of their investment portfolio was in commercial real estate. That was only less hyped because I suspect there were larger numbers of CEOs with an interest in remaining remote.

Outside of the tech scene, AI is far less hyped and in places where CEOs tend to have little impact on the media it tends to be resisted rather than hyped.
by r14c | 2025-07-18 23:48:35+00:00
we know genetic diversity is beneficial from observing nature (sexual reproduction has clear evolutionary advantages that you can look into yourself if you like). yours is an interesting hypothesis, but "developing a defense" is something that we get for free from genetic diversity. we can improve our odds of survival using technology, but culling genetic diversity in favor of gene hacking compatibility comes with some tough trade-offs since you're choosing to ~always adapt manually. not to mention the ethical concerns depending on how this condition arises.
by kristianp | 2025-07-18 23:48:57+00:00
This is such a fun topic to think about, it's nearly science-fiction. The problem with fusion plants is that they don't exist except as small experimental reactors. I think this could be retrofitted to existing fission plants, pumping mercury 198 gas around the outside of the core (in heat-resistant pipes of course). Still an expensive proposition as you'd want to certify that it's not going to affect the safety and reaction rates of the reactor.

Another thought is that gold is a useful product, so anything that reduces the price of gold is good for the industries that use it. Are there other rare elements that are more useful, though?
by mjg59 | 2025-07-18 23:49:26+00:00
Having spent a while working in embedded and learning that this is not a lesson that's been internalised: this is why you never sign any executable that can boot on shipped hardware unless you'd be ok with everyone running it on shipped hardware. You can not promise it will not leak. You can not promise all copies will be destroyed. If it needs to run on production hardware then you should have some per-device mechanism for one-off signatures, and if it doesn't then it should either be unsigned (if fusing secure boot happens late) or have the signature invalidated as the last thing that happens before the device is put in the box.

A lot of companies do not appear to understand this. A lot of devices with silicon-level secure boot can be circumvented with signed images that have just never (officially) been distributed to the public, and anyone relying on their security is actually relying on vendors never accidentally trashing a drive containing one. In this case Nintendo (or a contractor) utterly failed to destroy media in the way they were presumably supposed to, but it would have been better to have never existed in this form in the first place.
by jimt1234 | 2025-07-18 23:49:40+00:00
Reminds me of reading about Karl Marx in college. As I recall he basically made a name for himself talking shit about capitalism. Then, people said, "Bro, if capitalism sucks so much, why don't you come up with something better?" And that's how The Communist Manifesto was born, which was a total disaster, and set humanity back generations.

Talking shit and tearing stuff down is easy. Building something is hard.
by JumpCrisscross | 2025-07-18 23:49:47+00:00
Nope, I was wrong [1].

(I got thrown off by this memo [2].)

[1] https://imlive.s3.amazonaws.com/Federal%20Government/ID25542...

[2] https://www.ice.gov/doclib/dro/family-residential/pdf/rs_sta...
by skissane | 2025-07-18 23:49:59+00:00
You don’t need to mandate it, heaps of people who are obese or overweight are eager to take it, because they are sick of being this way, worried about the long-term health risks, feel the societal sigma, etc. For many such people who currently don’t, the big reason is not that they don’t want to, it is that their insurance doesn’t cover it and they can’t afford the $$$ of paying for it uninsured-but as patents expire the price is going to come down. Other people don’t like injecting themselves, but oral formulations are becoming available

COVID was different because being a transmissible disease, there was a strong motivation to try to maximise the percent of the population immunised. With GLP-1 agonists, if you made them freely available, likely over >50% of eligible patients would take them voluntarily, which would result in massive long-term cost savings from lifestyle diseases, even considering the continued costs from the other 50% who will refuse. And insurers may even give discounts to those who take GLP-1s (if permitted by regulators)

GLP-1s are probably going to have the unintended side effect of increasing weight stigma - already obesity skews poor, once most of the well-off obese people cure their obesity with GLP-1s it is going to skew even more poor. I can foresee a cycle in which GLP-1s increase weight stigma which pushes more people into taking them which then increases weight stigma even more, which could drive up their adoption even further
by ivraatiems | 2025-07-18 23:50:17+00:00
The difference is that with Windows, once you have the machine working, it tends to stay working. With Linux, these are problems that occur after installation and often after sale to the customer. Linux simply takes up a disproportionate amount of my time compared to Windows.

But your original skepticism was that these problems happen at all, and it sounds like now we agree they do, so I guess that's that.
by jpc0 | 2025-07-18 23:50:46+00:00
I’m going to reply here.

These are effects of a connected society, I’m unsure on whether they are a net good socially but technologically and economically they have been a game changer.

This has nothing to do with a surveillance state, it might enable it but it enables it in the same way any technology enables the ability to abuse said technology.

The “state” didn’t publish or share the photos.

The things you should be complaining about is the state passing laws to get arbitrary access to the cellphone location data of every single person at this event, and being able to link that data to an individual. That is a loss of anonymity that can be a vector to prosecution and you should fight about, and has nothing to do with the information.

And yes and 5/13 eyes country can and will get that information if they so desire and will likely even share it amongst each other and the public would not need to be any wiser.

If you are on the “state”’s radar they can absolutely track you to within a few meters across international borders. Technology enabled this, “the people” allowed it. A coldplay concert exposing an affair is unrelated.
by RandyOrion | 2025-07-18 23:51:24+00:00
Comments below is from the perspective of an arch Linux user, not maintainer or authors of some software.

When installing softwares on arch Linux, first searching for official packages provided by Arch Linux maintainers, then official installation methods approved by authors of the software, or AURs which do the installation in the exact way as the authors of the software describe.

A search on the default installation method of Firefox and librewolf package on arch Linux is listed below.

If AUR is required to install a package, note that AURs are not trusted by default because not all AURs are not maintained by trusted users. Always check the source file and the installation method documented in PKGBUILD. Don't do the installation until EVERY line in the PKGBUILD is reasonable.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Firefox

https://librewolf.net/installation/arch/
by buggyinout | 2025-07-18 23:51:25+00:00
They’re demanding collective conversation. You don’t have to be involved if you prefer to be asocial except to post impotent rage online.

Same way the pols aren’t futurists and perfect neither is anyone else. Everyone should sit at the table and discuss this like adults.

You want to go live in the hills alone, go for it, Dick Proenneke. Society is people working collectively.
by wakawaka28 | 2025-07-18 23:52:24+00:00
>In those roles I lead development teams that were producing software products used both for internal and external customers. In my current role which sits product-side, I work directly with SWEs to produce a successful complex software product.

So, there is a difference between "leading" teams and having actual deep competency in the thing. I could hire a civil engineer or architect and "lead" them by giving them requirements and feedback, and I might even know the rudiments of what they do. That does not make me a civil engineer or architect.

>I am pretty sure I understand the complexities of software engineering and can speak to my experience with different developers from different educational paths considering it’s been a big part of my vocational journey for the last 27 years.

With all due respect I've met people with decades of experience on their resumes who could not write a lick of code. These people were overconfident in their abilities to figure things out by searching Google. I'm not saying you are in that category. But appealing to experience is hardly better than appealing to educational background. At least there is an actual accreditation process for CS degrees.

>You may not have chosen a self-taught path and that’s ok for you. You may not be bound by a pattern bias because of educational rigidity like some others, but watch out that you don’t fall into elitism.

I am reasonably open-minded. But certifications such as college degrees are labor saving devices. If two people are similar in almost every way but one has a relevant degree, the degree wins obviously. It takes some of the guesswork out of hiring. Of course, even people with degrees also have to contend with elitism against them, whether it is the type of crap in this article ("no degree is better actually!") or someone nit picking about the rank of your university or even your GPA, or how many degrees you got, or the title of your program... My point remains, this article is wrong. Most training undertaken at reasonable expense is worth it, especially the standard bachelor's in CS degree.
by fsckboy | 2025-07-18 23:53:10+00:00
normal c string functions don't know about any of this package's improvements, I'm not sure you understand what the package does.

+--------+-------------------------------+-----------+ | Header | Binary safe C alike string... | Null term | +--------+-------------------------------+-----------+ | `-> Pointer returned to the user.

his trick is to create a struct with fields in the header for extra information about the string, and then a string buffer also in the struct. but on instantiation, instead of returning the address of the struct/header, he returns the address of the string, so it could be passed to strlen and return the right answer, or open and open the right file, all compatible-like.

but if you call "methods" on the package, they know that there is a header with struct fields below the string buffer and it can obtain those, and update them if need be.

He doesn't document that in more detail in the initial part of the spec/readme, but an obvious thing to add in the header would be a strlen, so you'd know where to append without counting through the string. But without doing something like that, there is no reason to have a header. Normal string functions can "handle" these strings, but they can't update the header information. I'm just extending that concept to the byte at the end also.

this type of thing falls into what the soulless ginger freaks call UB and want to eliminate.

(soulless ginger freaks? a combination of "rust colored" and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY39fkmqKBM )
by canucker2016 | 2025-07-18 23:53:21+00:00
The CP/M-86 wikipedia page ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP/M-86 )lists the IBM PC version release date as 1982-04-05, several months after the Aug 12 1981 IBM PC introduction.

According to this wired.com page, https://www.wired.com/2011/08/0812ibm-5150-personal-computer..., IBM had sold 65K PCs in 4 months.
by Herring | 2025-07-18 23:53:21+00:00
Step 1: Point at immigrants/trans/blacks/etc

Step 2: Cut taxes on the rich. <---------- You are here

It works every time. Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson said: “If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”
by d66 | 2025-07-18 23:53:26+00:00
I'm not sure that's true. I have an eZ80-based emulator for the AgonLight2 that is already running well enough to run some real (console-based) ROMs: https://git.phial.org/d6/uxn-ez80/

(I'm new to eZ80 assembly so the project is going slower than it otherwise might.)

The AgonLight2 has 512K of RAM and a 20 MHz CPU which is more than enough for Varvara.

I agree that 8-bit computers of the era (e.g. Pet, Apple 2, C64, TI/99a, etc.) don't have enough RAM to give Varvara its own 64k of memory (though it wouldn't be hard to design a Varvara variant with a smaller memory space) but otherwise there really aren't major barriers. As far as permacomputing goes though, there are plenty of hosts out there with enough memory to comfortably run Varvara (anything 32-bit will be fine, most 16-bit computers would also be fine).

Based on my eZ80-based implementation I think any of the eZ80-based TI calculators with 128k or more of user-accessible memory could implement Varvara without major problems.
by krapp | 2025-07-18 23:54:42+00:00
>if a sane person could find anything in favor of one of the most Evil corporations in the history of mankind.

You need some perspective - Meta wouldn't even crack the top 100 in terms of evil:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abir_Congo_Company

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_companies_involved_in_...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuPont#Controversies_and_crime...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiquita
by ivraatiems | 2025-07-18 23:55:11+00:00
This is correct. Many (not all) machines with Windows 7 or greater OEM licenses will install Windows 11 without asking for a key. And when they do need a key, I use refurbisher/reseller keys that are pretty cheap to get and while they might be gray market, they are much more legal than using an LTSC key on a non-LTSC device.
by wyldfire | 2025-07-18 23:55:44+00:00
> Sonnet and Opus don't benchmark as well as O3/Grok4 at pure coding

Do any of the others have a "claude code" local agent? Seems like a big gap IMO. Though, it should be pretty easy for them to close that gap.

I don't usually take too many moral stances but I feel like I can't use Grok. It's bad enough Musk did his Nazi salute but his AI product itself is a Nazi too? It might be good at coding but I really can't stomach using it.
by teitoklien | 2025-07-18 23:56:02+00:00
No, still doesn’t change what’s true and is reality.

its unfortunate left wing bias in mainstream media has atrophied the ability for any reliable news media to exist with extensive coverage and neutral reporting. (not unique to the left, right wing actors can do just the same it’s just right now left leaning political actors control most of legacy mainstream media)

Foreign actors are definitely taking advantage of that to fuel tensions as much as they can. Doesnt change reality tho.

That UK has a severe free speech issue and two tier policing, one for native brits(the lower tier) and one for politicians and favoured religious vote banks.
by jonpurdy | 2025-07-18 23:56:34+00:00
To clarify, we applied while in USA (you MUST be there when submitting application and can only leave after biometrics are done (or you get a receipt notice saying you don't need them if they were done recently enough). So definitely don't go anywhere until you apply! (Otherwise you'll need to come back). And I recommend having an immigration attorney fill out the paperwork since the risk of a mistake could cause problems later on.

More info: The 6-month thing is only used for naturalization; if she's out of USA for longer than that it can reset the 5-year clock. And 1 year thing (without reentry permit) means she'd need to come in on a returning resident visa (which technically can be granted upon arrival). If you don't have one already, any immigration attorney would be able to clarify these details. Much easier for your situation as you're a US citizen!
by abhixec | 2025-07-18 23:57:41+00:00
Macbook Air is 999$ 16G RAM and 256Gb. I think if you look at the competition you would be right about the same territory but with better battery, perf of M silicon chip. For that price I think it is really hard to beat Apple. But once you go on the upgrade from base config that is when it begins to stop making sense and look elsewhere.
by yakz | 2025-07-19 00:00:09+00:00
Let’s see how the rural poor feel when their hospital closes, they can’t get medicaid, health insurance is wildly out of reach, they have no ability to borrow money thanks to insane medical debt that they can never repay, and their wages are garnished for student debt from a degree they never finished. How long until debt becomes a crime?

We’re gonna recreate serfdom in the USA.
by ivraatiems | 2025-07-19 00:00:36+00:00
I think one thing you might want to consider - and another commenter described a similar thing - is that I am not "the computer guy" for my customers. I am selling them a product. That product is a cheap computer. I will provide help when I can, but I don't offer long-term tech support.

But I also am not sure how to respond to things like:

> What are you comparing? "A machine designed for windows" vs what? I believe you meant "windows". New hardware on Linux is way easier than Windows. New printer? You connect it and it just works. Wifi dongle? Same. The way you talk about it sounds like 1999 Linux to me.

Except to say that almost always, I am selling machines that came with some version of Windows on them originally, so yes, they're designed for Windows.

> My main reason is this: GNU/Linux is built for the user. You as the user are the master. Windows is built to extract value from people using computers. Sometimes they (Microsoft) decide you're not in charge; for instance when you tell the computer to shut down, and the computer replies with "I'm installing updates, don't shut me down". And maybe it's a laptop. And maybe I'm off to take a train, and I'm about to be late.

> I even read that windows embeds ads. In the OS. How is this remotely acceptable?

You're completely right about all of this. And as an expert user, I have a Linux Mint desktop I use fairly often. I also have worked on my personal Windows machines to lock them down so they can't do most of this.

But as a business owner trying to sell machines to customers, I have to sell them what they want and will be comfortable using. Linux machines do not sell for as high a price, have a higher rate of returns and negative reviews, and are more overhead for me in terms of helping people with them - even after delivering a machine I have rigorously tested.

I can't solve for every problem at once. I am trying to save computers from the wastebin, and get my customers a reliable, inexpensive machine. Also trying to teach them to use Linux is just one too many steps in the end.
by Izikiel43 | 2025-07-19 00:00:50+00:00
Disclaimer, not an economist.

A coincidental combination of economical conditions happened before the layoffs, and I know correlation doesn't imply causation, but these conditions look like a big cause:

* Companies hired like crazy in Covid * Section 174 got disabled * Interest rates rose

This made money much more expensive, and employees became a much higher cost due to the fact you hired like crazy, so you have a ton more, and you can't amortize them, also combined with fears of recession in 2023.

In a very short term, this cocktail of conditions made operating a company much more expensive, thus the layoffs and reorgs as an attempt to cut costs.

What you are saying is also true, but I see that taking effect over a longer period of time.