MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by _verandaguy | 2025-07-08 17:05:12+00:00
Not every state(, country, province, region, whatever) has laws that restrict or prohibit this kind of activity. A complaint to a public prosecutor may not be a good option for many people, especially in the US which historically has had very permissive laws about how corporations can handle user data (with some exceptions like the CCPA, though TBD if that legislation would do much here).
by westurner | 2025-07-08 17:06:29+00:00
Tools for making animated SVGs from terminal recordings:

asciinema2svg: https://github.com/thenets/asciinema2svg

termsvg: https://github.com/MrMarble/termsvg

/? terminal svg: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=terminal+svg

/? svg animation: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=false&qu...
by cornel_io | 2025-07-08 17:06:33+00:00
I'm all for benchmarks that push the field forward, but ARC problems seem to be difficult for reasons having less to do with intelligence and more about having a text system that works reliably with rasterized pixel data presented line by line. Most people would score 0 on it if they were shown the data the way an LLM sees it, these problems only seem easy to us because there are visualizers slapped on top.
by jaredarodriguez | 2025-07-08 17:06:40+00:00
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by yoavm | 2025-07-08 17:06:56+00:00
I was trying to make a point about how funny the parent post was, saying it isn't misleading while misunderstanding it and thinking that it means "paid-for software that would have cost $5,000". But perhapes I didn't understand the comment itself.

I personally think the messaging is fine, but the above comment was a clear example that some people could get it wrong.
by the__alchemist | 2025-07-08 17:06:57+00:00
Oh gotcha! So, A Cortex-A would be an ex of a microprocessor. Sounds like you're right that this may not be for bare metal or RTOS. Although the amount of flash and ram req will work on many MCUs. (But kind of a big overhead; e.g. the one I'm using now is 128k / 32K F/R, but I cheaped out)
by mlsu | 2025-07-08 17:09:09+00:00
Imho the first Terminator movie is way more than simple scifi action. It's a a reflection on Vietnam. Structurally, it's closer to a slasher/horror flick -- the action sequences are tense, tight, gritty, sparse. The main characters are completely helpless and totally undermatched by the monster. Reese is torn apart by PTSD and Sarah Connor goes through this immense psychological trauma during the film and is completely transformed by it.

The character of Reese in particular is very well crafted. A homeless Vietnam vet that you might find in LA in the early eighties. Totally paranoid, totally disconnected/alienated from "modern" society, equipped for a time and place that is totally disconnected from the world he is dumped into. There is a dialogue about institutional failure woven throughout the film: the cops (I'll point out: Arnold executes an entire police station full of cops in this film! Can you imagine that on screen today?) and especially the psychiatrist. Totally incapable of dealing with the demon that haunts the main characters.

There is a dialogue about heroism -- John Connor is apparently a hero, but none of the characters actually feel heroic, they're all just terrified, haunted, and helpless. There is this incredibly "important" thing (the war) but none of the characters actually feel it that way, nor does society. The portrayal of LA -- the cops, the gritty alleyways, the nightclub, the crappy motels... it's LA as experienced by a Vietnam vet.

The first Terminator movie stands head and shoulders above all others in the franchise. It's a truly incredible film and far underrated critically, I really recommend re-watching it with this in mind.
by gowld | 2025-07-08 17:09:38+00:00
If you connect Gemini to Assistant, and connect Assistant to Whatsapp, then you have connected Gemini to Whatsapp.

https://support.google.com/assistant/answer/9984245?hl=en

Documentation is unclear, but it appears Gemini is always connected to Utilities, and Utilities is always connected to Whatsapp, and the data flow between these apps is not documented.
by xyst | 2025-07-08 17:11:12+00:00
This is nice until you realize `svg-term-cli` appears to be abandoned

https://github.com/marionebl/svg-term-cli/commits/master/

Last commit ~6 years ago. Does not appear to be any viable forks either.

Fortunately, I use nix to manage my system which sort of forces me to inspect the maintenance history of projects. Better than blindly installing `npm` packages in global namespace.

asciinema on the other hand is very interesting. Seems I can do without the svg aspect here, but something to keep in mind (svg animations).
by SleepyMyroslav | 2025-07-08 17:11:16+00:00
I am talking about gaming workloads being less efficient on particular E-core enabled CPUs. My point is that Day 1 has been generations ago and gaming workloads suffer the same as of that Day 1. Linked article does not mention running anything on Linux so not sure why to bring it up. Note that linked article sidestepped those issues by disabling E-cores.

Afaik Windows is delegating most of scheduling work to "Intel Thread Director".

What makes you sound optimistic about part "how to schedule" ? Do you have any links I can follow?
by jpalawaga | 2025-07-08 17:11:25+00:00
Google also has AI models optimized to run on phones, they're just in a lot better of a position to actually build purpose-built LLMs for phones.

It's not clear to me why certain classes of things still end up farmed out to the cloud (such as this, or is it?). Maybe their LLM hasn't been built in a very pluggable fashion.
by maxsilver | 2025-07-08 17:11:47+00:00
> In fact, I don't think I ever understood how Neo could control the machines in the real world.

In fairness to the Wachowskis, they do literally explain this in the movie, in literal dialog, in the third Matrix film.

---

Neo: "Tell me how I stopped four Sentinels by thinking it"

Oracle: "The power of the One extends beyond this world. It reaches from here (i.e., the digital matrix) all the way back to where it came from (i.e., in the real world).

Neo: "Where?"

Oracle: "The Source. That's what you felt when you touched those Sentinels"

The sentinels are networked (in the real world) and Neo has god-like access (superuser). Superuser works inside the matrix, but it also works on anything connected to the Matrix or networked to the matrix (like the Sentinels are, like most of the machines are).

---

Most people just tune out the dialogue about philosophy in these films, and then complain that nothing was explained. (when like, most of it was explained, folks just got bored and stopped listening)

That's fine in Matrix 1, because Matrix 1 works as a film even if you ignore the philosophy dialogue. Matrix 2, 3, and 4 are pretty good too, but they only work if you are also paying attention to all the philosophy dialog.
by johncole | 2025-07-08 17:11:47+00:00
If you have all cogs, the scope of your business is almost always local. You’re running a lawn mowing business or a subway. And I’m not denigrating those businesses just making the point that they’re not the bulk of the economy. If you’re running a serious business part of your business may be cogs but there’s a very important layer of non cogs that you spend most of your time recruiting, keeping, and guiding. These folks are irreplaceable.
by sumtechguy | 2025-07-08 17:12:08+00:00
When I worked at qcom it took 2 devs 3 managers and 2 directors to get another group to let us fix a single race condition in their code. Once I got a copy of the code I started handing off tons of memory overwrites and underruns back for them to fix and another 10 or so race conditions. Their initial stance was 'there is nothing wrong with the code it is your code that is broken'. That was internal in the same vertical. It would be awful to work as an external group with that lib. Other stacks I got to look into were in similar shape. Some groups if you got their code you knew it was going to be solid and you would learn a thing or two. Others groups you were kind of surprised it compiled.
by shortn | 2025-07-08 17:12:13+00:00
RTFA.

Don't act like your opinion is the only one that matters. You may not, but other people do care about their privacy.

"Here's the thing: Google promises that under normal circumstances, Gemini cannot read or summarize your WhatsApp messages. But, and this is a big but, with the "help" of the Google Assistant or the Utilities app, it may view your messages (including images), read and respond to your WhatsApp notifications, and more."

Doesn't matter what your opinion is on privacy, google doesn't give you the option to opt out. - "regardless of whether your Gemini Apps Activity is on or off."
by jerf | 2025-07-08 17:12:14+00:00
I'm sort of surprised I'm not seeing any modernized dynamic scripting languages coming out lately, despite the general trend towards static languages. A fast dynamic language, with a day-one concurrency story, and some other key feature that pushes it ahead seems possible to me. (I dunno, maybe a nice story for binding to Rust instead of binding to C at this point could be enough to lift a language off?) I don't see any reason why dynamic scripting languages as a category couldn't do that. The ones we have now don't, not because the category makes it impossible, but because by the time that was desirable they just had too much baggage, and are all still struggling with it even a decade after they started.
by Const-me | 2025-07-08 17:12:27+00:00
The ISA extension tags are mostly incorrect. According to that web site, all SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, and SSE4.1 intrinsics are part of SSE 4.2, and all FMA3 intrinsics are part of AVX2. BTW there’s one processor which supports AVX2 but lacks FMA3: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_VIA_Eden_microprocesso...

The search is less than ideal. Search for FMA, it will find multiple pages of NEON intrinsics, but no AMD64 like _mm256_fmadd_pd
by freejazz | 2025-07-08 17:12:53+00:00
Sure, except that sample packs are original materials by their author (as opposed to whatever Suno contains, which is other people's work). And yes, I imagine that sample packs come with a license to use the samples commercially. Otherwise there would be no market for them. I just did some brief searching and it looks like some sample packs even require royalty kick-backs. So, yeah.
by parliament32 | 2025-07-08 17:13:27+00:00
> it's a good thing that creative professionals have some security in knowing that they have legal protections

This argument would make sense if it was across the board, but it's impossible (and pretty ridiculous) to enforce in basically anything except very narrow types of media.

Let's say I come up with a groundbreaking workout routine. Some guy in the gym watches me for a while, adopts it, then goes on to become some sort of bodybuilding champion. I wouldn't be entitled to a portion of his winnings, that would be ridiculous.

Let's say I come up with a cool new fashion style. Someone sees my posts on insta and starts dressing similarly, then ends up with a massive following and starts making money in a modelling career. I wouldn't be entitled to a portion of their income, that would be ridiculous.

And yet, for some reason, media is special.
by shkkmo | 2025-07-08 17:13:29+00:00
I mean, it says it directly in the article:

> His result has also revived a debate in the field about the nature of the optimal packing in arbitrarily high dimensions. For a while, mathematicians considered highly symmetric, lattice-based packings to be the best way to arrange spheres as densely as possible. But in 2023, a team found a packing that didn’t rely neatly on a repeating lattice; before Klartag’s result, it was the record to beat. Some mathematicians saw it as evidence that more disorder was needed in the search for an optimal sphere packing.

Clearly, this improvement doesn't apply to the few dimensions for which we already proven optimal packing, but the proof was general.
by anton-c | 2025-07-08 17:13:44+00:00
I wonder if the feeling is excitement or horror when you encounter one of these weird problems that seems like it has to be the user.

Not computer related really, but I'm reminded of when my Mom was helping set up macs in the lab at my middle school. I, a 4th grader, tagged along and hung out in the other lab across the hall. I got very incredulous looks when i claimed that there was a lizard in there. It was the Midwest over summer break! I was obviously a kid seeing things. There's no lizards here.

Then I produced it, caught under a bin. It was a brown anole that had come back in a plant sent from Florida. I wasn't crazy that day.
by sherdil2022 | 2025-07-08 17:13:57+00:00
Related / linked article - https://archive.ph/WIqEr

As someone who has been down rabbit holes, I find this not only concerning but also relatable. I always call BS on what ChatGPT or other LLMs say, and it is sobering to see them backtrack.

It snaps me back to reality - but I can see the effect it will have on others who don’t have that ‘rubber band on their wrist’ to literally snap them back to reality.

For those who think they will never fall for these chatbots, that’s good. But lookout for someone you care about who is teetering with these newage tools - and caution them to take what they say with a pound of salt, if not more.
by relevant_stats | 2025-07-08 17:14:03+00:00
I wouldn't pay too much attention to answers from this respectable subreddit when they express more what is a historiographic opinion than a fact. And when at the same time they are fighting strawmen.

The European Dark Ages narrative was indeed overblown and needed correction. But this correction went too far. It seems to be now at the stage of explicit and vigorous denial of any downfall of fortune in the Western ex-Roman provinces. I'd posit that such a denial is even more overblown than the initial myth it aimed to correct.

I can offer you a link to an author arguing for this position: https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/10/15/were-there-dark-ages/
by Oras | 2025-07-08 17:14:19+00:00
I wonder what meta will do, they recently introduced meta ai inside WhatsApp (even though I didn’t enable it, or asked for it), it’s just floating there.

With Gemini having access, those who are happy to give AI access to their apps would surely prefer Gemini as it will be phone wide instead of meta ai which only runs inside WhatsApp.
by bahyfilms | 2025-07-08 17:14:43+00:00
Highlights Simple, clean UI — Lightweight, responsive, and mobile-friendly. Pages load fast.

Multi-source quality — Users can select from 720p to 1080p, with mirrors for streaming or download.

Arabic-first experience — All navigation and meta info are in Arabic, including translated titles and descriptions.

Fresh uploads — From new releases like The Old Guard 2 and Spermageddon (2025) to classic anime and Egyptian dramas.

Categories — Organized by genre: action, romance, horror, sci-fi, anime, Arabic series, foreign dubbed, etc.

Tech observations Uses standard player wrappers (similar to UpCloud, MyCima, Fushaar-style sites).

Likely powered by basic PHP/JS frontend with file-host integration.

SEO-friendly structure with slugified URLs and shareable links.

No user login required — just pick and watch/download.

Cultural angle Arabic-speaking users rarely get a seamless, region-optimized UI for media. Bahy Films shows there's demand for:

Simple UX tailored to local browsing habits

Arabic-translated metadata

Access to global content through a regional lens

TL;DR eg.bahyfilms.com feels like a passion project done right — not bloated, no paywall, just easy access to high-quality media in Arabic. Worth checking out if you're interested in localized content platforms or UI/UX for underserved markets.
by VohuMana | 2025-07-08 17:15:24+00:00
I think if I understand the article correctly it sounds like Google might also be reading the messages so it can respond for you. Regardless I think the other thing people might not be happy about is Gemini can still interact with apps regardless of if you have app activity turned on or off, as quoted from the linked email in the article: What's changing Gemini will soon be able to help you use Phone, Messages, WhatsApp, and Utilities on your phone, whether your Gemini Apps Activity is on or off
by unleaded | 2025-07-08 17:15:30+00:00
absolutely. really is strange that you used to be able to download a music video in less than 2-3mb with lossless video quality, but now that's not really a thing anymore. I feel like if Adobe didn't get greedy and encourage its use for absolutely everything (and/or web standards got up to speed faster) people wouldn't wouldn't approach talking about Flash with the 10-foot pole they often do today (as a platform—not how everyone talks about how much they loved flash games)
by kragen | 2025-07-08 17:15:37+00:00
Oh, I should have mentioned that (according to, IIRC, the children's book cited in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44495658) some glucose oxidase remains in the honey, and when enough water gets into the honey for it to become active, it produces more hydrogen peroxide at that point. So the peroxide itself doesn't have to remain stable for centuries.
by mijoharas | 2025-07-08 17:16:28+00:00
Nice app (bought the in app purchase).

I went to find the setting (independently of this message, I'd prefer it off by default, but seems fine either way) and I actually can't open the menu, which I assume is the three dots I can see in the top of my phone. It appears to be behind my notification bar?

The Offchess text in the top left is behind my phone's clock as well. Maybe just some padding is needed?

Android 15, Nothing phone 2 if it matters. Message me if you'd like more details.
by ozgrakkurt | 2025-07-08 17:17:47+00:00
Ad-blocking is turned off by default in most browsers.

Also basically no one wants to see ads, it is functionally useless, you can just go search for the thing you want to buy.

Censoring someone because you think they are harmful isn’t similar to this. You can develop a trump-blocker extension but having this enabled on default in a browser like chrome would be obvious censorship
by iamleppert | 2025-07-08 17:17:54+00:00
I don't see what the problem is. If the User doesn't want Gemini to read his or her messages, the User doesn't have to partake in the sending of the messages. Simple! A User agrees to be bound by the ToS (Terms of Service) in having they do take to receive the user agreement as bound in law by Google. The User doesn't need to understand or have the right to contest the agreement or the use of any data created by a User, as the User can simply not use the product or service as governed by the same Google ToS. Simple!
by pkilgore | 2025-07-08 17:18:34+00:00
As the article states, "After turning it off, Google will still retain your data for up to 72 hours to "maintain safety and security of Gemini Apps" and allow Gemini to respond contextually.""

Which means, AFAICT, it doesn't matter if you turn it off or not, Google still collects information and stores it for 72 hours as part of the core functionality of the operating system.
by ryanrasti | 2025-07-08 17:19:24+00:00
Agreed the privacy that keeping AI "in a corner" appeals to me too.

The fundamental catch here is that 80%+ of the future benefit will likely come from the very thing that erodes privacy: deep integration and context. Imagine if a Gemini had your entire life in its context (haha scary I know!), prompting would be so much more powerful.

That's the core, uncomfortable trade-off we're all facing now.
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by BADCAFE | 2025-07-08 17:19:52+00:00
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We've been using it internally for API monitoring and integration tests, significantly reducing noise and helping us catch critical problems quickly.
by jeroenhd | 2025-07-08 17:20:05+00:00
Google has been working on this since November last year going by the wayback archive of the support page for this feature.

I'm not seeing any indication that Gemini can read your messages, though. You can compose messages and start calls, but I can't get it to read me any of my messages. In fact, I can't even get it to send messages to group chats, only to individual contacts.

The feature makes a lot of sense, of course. WhatsApp is to many countries across the globe what texting and calling is to Americans. If your smart assistant can't even interact with WhatsApp, it's basically useless for many people.

Edit: ah, that explains why I can't make Gemini read my messages to me, Google's own documentation (https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/15574928) says it can't:

What Gemini can’t do with WhatsApp Read or summarize your messages Add or read images, gifs, or memes in your messages Add or play audio or videos in your messages Read or respond to WhatsApp notifications

If you connected Google Assistant to WhatsApp, it seems like data may flow that direction, but then you've already hooked WhatsApp into Google before so I don't think anyone will be surprised there.

Does anyone know how I can make Gemini read messages? I can't even find the assistant settings necessary for that stuff to function.
by NewUser76312 | 2025-07-08 17:20:06+00:00
I don't agree with this word trickery of 'everything is just a wrapper'. The internet, browsers, and rest APIs are much more like scaffolding or 'infrastructure'.

Internet (and/or browser) :: website or webapp

is not the same as

OpenAI/Antropic/model company :: GPT wrapper

There is a substantial qualitative difference, at least at this point.
by jazzyjackson | 2025-07-08 17:20:47+00:00
yes WhatsApp messages are stored in an encrypted sqlite database.

I'm not an android dev so I'm not positive about this but I expect whatsapp is shipping their app with "App Actions" interface giving the assisstant certain actions it can perform, so this is not wholesale database access. See [0]

App Actions extend your in-app functionality to Assistant, enabling users to access your app's features by voice. When a user invokes an App Action, Assistant matches the query to a BII declared in your shortcuts.xml resource, launching your app at the requested screen or displaying an Android widget.

You declare BIIs in your app using Android capability elements. When you upload your app using the Google Play console, Google registers the capabilities declared in your app and makes them available for users to access from Assistant.

https://developer.android.com/develop/devices/assistant/over...