MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by balamatom | 2025-08-28 13:43:26+00:00
Absolutely. It's part of a very elaborate society-wide system that went online during the 2nd half of the XX century, for the purpose of establishing a global ingroup. You can see it working today as the participation-ensuring building block of the contemporary "attention economy", which is based on the democratization of the same technology, namely the tools for creating convincing intermedia narratives.

What's new about it is that as the means of creating the requsite affective environment of hyperreality ("engagement") gradually became available not only to nation-states but to private parties (down to the individual amateur influencer starting with no political agenda), they managed to interpose themselves as the very means of our critique of themselves.

Which on the meta level is a genius, as it establishes whole new channels for inter-reality exchange (a.k.a. cultural osmosis) on a first-come-first-serve basis, knowledge arbitrators love those. Not everyone necessarily finds it too comfy to find themselves in the same ecosystem as said ingroup though. Hence also the equally elaborate evolution in faux-antisystemic reaction since the turn of the century (while they try to bury the potential of technology as means of critique and bottom-up social reengineering.)
AI Music Playlist Creator
by Chukwuebukaagm | 2025-08-28 13:43:35+00:00
Ever been in one of those moods where you just can't find the right playlist? Maybe you're "feeling nostalgic about summer road trips" or perhaps "need focus music with a hint of jazz"? Say no more! This API brings your musical moods to life by generating custom Spotify playlists based on your feelings.

The GitHub repo:

https://github.com/Chukwuebuka-2003/mood-playlist-ai
by Mallowram | 2025-08-28 13:43:41+00:00
As humans don't think in language, ie, there is no direct contact between what we think we think, and how we externalize what we think we think arbitrarily, empirically language is primarily about these biases and only secondarily about communication. This is, again, the Achilles hell of CS, NLP, generative linguistics. It's impossible for anyone to disagree with this function of language since 2016. The role for LLMs to operate language is zilch, as you admit LLMs can't uncover this, train, align this out of function.

“We refute (based on empirical evidence) claims that humans use linguistic representations to think.” Ev Fedorenko Language Lab MIT 2024
by gwbas1c | 2025-08-28 13:43:54+00:00
I had one of the giant Mac Pros from 2007, and I was able to change drives, RAM, and even replace the included graphics card when it fried. I even fixed my first Macbook pro from 2006. My more recent Macbooks haven't needed repair before the OS was end-of-life.

Personally, I don't miss it, as I'm 100% laptop. If I was into PC gaming, I'd probably have a desktop, but I prefer the simplicity of consoles.

FWIW: Most people who buy laptops are buying at a price point where it's "not worth it" to repair.
by createcustomai | 2025-08-28 13:43:59+00:00
I built a website that lets anyone create their own custom AI assistant or chatbot for free. You don’t need to code just type what you want, and the AI generates a personalized bot that can write, chat, or make creative outputs instantly.

I made it as a side project to explore AI accessibility and see how people use custom AI. Would love feedback and any creative use cases you try.
by 34nabxgyF | 2025-08-28 13:44:23+00:00
Regarding the Python Documentary, that is just the old boys boosting their personal brands and valuations again. If you aren't part of that club, you are nothing in the Python world.

It does not matter what you have done, whether you just maintained an email module throughout Python-3 or had your broken code fixed and completely rewritten by people who came later: The only thing that matters is that you have been there before around 2000-2005.
Show HN: Txtos for LLMs – 60 SEC setup, long memory, boundary guard, MIT
by tgrrr9111 | 2025-08-28 13:44:47+00:00
i built TXTOS because my models kept forgetting and bluffing. i wanted a portable fix that works across providers without code or setup. TXTOS is a single .txt you paste into any LLM chat. it boots a small reasoning OS that gives you two things by default: a semantic tree memory that survives long threads, and a knowledge boundary guard that pushes back when the model is out of scope.

what it is plain text. no scripts, no trackers, no api calls. MIT. the file encodes a protocol for reasoning, memory, and safety. you can diff it and fork it. it is not “a clever prompt”. it behaves like a tiny OS that the model follows.

why it exists after debugging a lot of RAG and agent stacks, the same failures kept coming back. memory broke across sessions. the model answered outside its knowledge without warning. i wanted a zero install layer that i can carry between models and keep the same behavior.

what you get

* semantic tree memory. it records ideas and relations, not just tokens. it can recall earlier branches, avoid repetition, and keep tone stable. * knowledge boundary test. ask something impossible, then run the built in check. it flags risk and proposes a safe path instead of hallucinating. * simple rules. cite then explain. stop when sources or offsets are missing. show a short audit trail. keep answers compact when you ask for compact.

try in 60 seconds

1. download TXTOS.txt, open a fresh chat with any model you like 2. paste the file content, then type: hello world 3. test memory: ask three related questions, ask it to recall the first one exactly, then switch topics and come back 4. test boundary: ask for something unknowable or very recent, then type kbtest. watch how it handles the boundary 5. optional: restart the chat and paste the same file. see how the tree helps you rebuild state fast

what to expect less overtalking. better recall of your own constraints and tone. refusal on missing citations. early warnings when your question is outside scope. the file is small by design, so even weaker models can use it. stronger models show bigger gains.

not just marketing TXTOS came out of real failures. it was built to stop two user facing problems that cost time and trust. forgetting, and unearned confidence. since it is plain text, the community can audit it and improve it.

looking for feedback

* what did the memory tree get right or wrong for your workflow * which boundary cases still slip through * what small operator would you add to the OS so it helps you daily

url is in the link field above. thanks for reading. if you break it, even better. tell me how you did it and i will ship the fix.
by ChrisMarshallNY | 2025-08-28 13:44:52+00:00
Not anymore, but that was not always the case. He just has an extremely strong will, and a force of personality, that was able to shepherd the project through its nascent challenges.

I have founded fairly important projects (nowhere near on the scale of his work, though), but I don't have the force of personality he does, so tossing the keys to a new team, and walking away, is what worked for me.
by spacemule | 2025-08-28 13:44:55+00:00
Almost the same situation here. The only thing I used was Kafka, and I only used that to allow horizontal scaling of Argo Events sensors. Moved over to jetstream, saved a bunch of compute and memory, and realized I didn't need to scale Argo's sensors horizontally. Really, Bitnami's decision made my life easier in the end.
by gitremote | 2025-08-28 13:44:55+00:00
These numbers are off.

> $20/month ChatGPT Pro user: Heavy daily usage but token-limited

ChatGPT Pro is $200/month and Sam Altman already admitted that OpenAI is losing money from Pro subscriptions in January 2025:

"insane thing: we are currently losing money on openai pro subscriptions!

people use it much more than we expected."

- Sam Altman, January 6, 2025

https://xcancel.com/sama/status/1876104315296968813
by andsoitis | 2025-08-28 13:45:25+00:00
I’ve tried Lazarus a few times (on macOS), but I’ve found Delphi to be significantly more polished and reliable (including the more complex workflow of developing on Windows and running the resulting binary on macOS or in the iOS simulator — it just works).

I did consider becoming a contributor to make Lazarus better, so maybe something I should revisit.

The first thing I’d do is make sure Lazarus works perfectly on Windows, macOS, and Linux. For the other platforms, fpc excellence is fine, but they’re not important enough, I think, for Lazarus. One counter argument might be certain embedded applications but I suspect that would not be the right prioritization…
by losvedir | 2025-08-28 13:45:34+00:00
I think this is missing the point that the very interesting article makes.

You're arguing that maybe the big companies won't recoup their investment in the models, or profitably train new ones.

But that's a separate question. Whether a model - which now exists! - can profitably be run is very good to know. The fact that people happily pay more than the inference costs means what we have now is sustainable. Maybe Anthropic of OpenAI will go out of business or something, but the weights have been calculated already, so someone will be able to offer that service going forward.
by mcdeltat | 2025-08-28 13:46:16+00:00
Right, yeah you can create more time in the day by sleeping less but like you say it's probably not good. For some reason I need a few more hours sleep than average, and it really negatively affects me to get less sleep than that on the regular. So I will make the argument that I have less time in the day :P

However you are also right that I don't particularly enjoy exercising. My point was more that life exerts various "pressures" which may reasonably reduce the likelihood of exercise (or any aspect of wellbeing). If we want to encourage higher wellbeing, we should probably reduce these pressures.
by phendrenad2 | 2025-08-28 13:46:21+00:00
> you're right in that distribution is a pain

Yeah that part is just bonkers. Take Discord, for example, probably the most popular "app" that people install on Linux these days. There is a Snap, a Flatpak, a DEB. I can't imagine how much work it is to maintain all of those. Screen sharing is broken in random versions. People say to install the DEB (if you're lucky enough to be on a Debian-based system), but oh, make sure you install via a terminal command with "--fix-broken" to install all dependencies (wouldn't the app store GUI do that? maybe not). Apparently the Flatpak is better, but don't forget to install something called "flatseal" so you can upload files (Flatpaks are sandboxed by default). I imagine Discord tech support gets a lot of angry emails from Linux users who didn't get the "flatseal" memo and think that Discord just sucks at developing software.
by lkjdsklf | 2025-08-28 13:46:35+00:00
It’s fun to work backwards, but i was listening to a podcast where the journalists were talking about a dinner that Sam Altman had.

This question came up and Sam said they were profitable if you exclude training and the COO corrected him

So at least for OpenAI, the answer is “no”

They did say it was close

And that’s if you exclude training costs which is kind of absurd because it’s not like you can stop training
by rsynnott | 2025-08-28 13:46:40+00:00
So, one difference between this and the dot-com bubble is that it is much, much harder to go public now, and much, much easier to raise funds as a private company. This has lead to loss-making private companies with valuations that would not have been remotely plausible a couple of decades ago. Arguably a more likely end to all of this is that the VCs turn off the tap, which will kill most companies in the space within a year or so, with fairly limited contagion to the broader markets; public companies who've gone heavily into it may be badly burned, but that would be about it.

Retail may never really get to participate at all, beyond trading Nvidia and similar.
by efilife | 2025-08-28 13:46:41+00:00
This dude tried to kill himself 4-5 times. Parents didn't notice. He tried to show his mom his bruised neck. She didn't notice. I haven't read the whole document[0] but you can't blame this on GPT

[0] https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QYyZnGjRgXZY6kR5FA3My1xB3a9...
by jerf | 2025-08-28 13:47:36+00:00
But it does leave room for "UserHasVerified = false, UserVerificationDate = 2025/08/25" and "UserHasVerified = true, UserVerificationDate = NULL".

The better databases can be given a key to force the two fields to match. Most programming languages can be written in such a way that there's no way to separate the two fields and represent the broken states I show above.

However the end result of doing that ends up isomorphic to simply having the UserVerificationDate also indicate verification. You just spent more effort to get there. You were probably better off with a comment indicating that "NULL" means not verified.

In a perfect world I would say it's obvious that NULL means not verified. In the real world I live in I encounter random NULLs that do not have a clear intentionality behind them in my databases all the time. Still, some comments about this (or other documentation) would do the trick, and the system should still tend to evolve towards this field being used correctly once it gets wired in to the first couple of uses.
by mrheosuper | 2025-08-28 13:47:50+00:00
I dont like this pattern.

The author example, checking if "Datetime is null" to check if user is authorized or not, is not clear.

What if there are other field associated with login session like login Location ? Now you dont know exactly what field to check.

Or if you receive Null in Datetime field, is it because the user has not login, or because there is problem when retriving Datetime ?

This is just micro-optimization for no good reason
by monocasa | 2025-08-28 13:47:51+00:00
Everywhere in Intel will be subject to layoffs.

My point was that the graphics division itself will still be around, as integrated mobile SoCs are basically the only revenue stream Intel still has a good handle on. That requires a graphics core, and all of the other usable options are either not for sale to Intel, have burned Intel in the past, or are owned by Arm.
by rayiner | 2025-08-28 13:47:53+00:00
> The more modern equivalent would be 24h (the tv series), which basically shoved to the public the notion that torturing and going extra-legal ways was something heroes had to do.

24 was developed before 9/11. The pilot was filmed in March 2001 and production started July. It was just a freak coincidence that it was released around the same time as 9/11.

Moreover, heroes going outside the rules is a longstanding trope in American film. Most American law enforcement movies in the 1970s-early 2000s portrayed “the system” as holding back the good guys with bureaucracy and rules. Dirty Harry was 1971. It’s just because we’re Americans, not Europeans.
by schmidtleonard | 2025-08-28 13:47:54+00:00
You say that, but is it true?

The science keeps walking away from the Searchinger 2008 result (100g GHG/MJ iLUC for corn ethanol) and towards the biofuels industry claims that this was absurdly high, yet green rhetoric still behaves like the argument was 100% settled in 2008 and anyone who thinks otherwise is a shill.
by schwartzworld | 2025-08-28 13:48:22+00:00
> Being wrong or lying is almost universally bad and unproductive

Sure, but there are cases where rightness isn’t a thing.

Don’t get me wrong I’m not an AI Stan, it has real problems, but it’s also not going anywhere. Eventually the bubble will pop and we’ll see which applications of AI turned out to be useful and which didn’t.
by JCM9 | 2025-08-28 13:48:44+00:00
VCs were literally pitching to startups to take their money during the pandemic (there were several articles about that at the time). That nonsense will now come home to roost as companies that took money at those hyper-inflated valuations will now need to face reality.

LPs that let their money get tied up in such nonsense are also about to head into a world of pain. I fear the present AI bubble will only exacerbate the pain as both sets of bad investment decisions come crashing down around the same time.
by runjake | 2025-08-28 13:48:54+00:00
The Python community didn’t exclude Kenneth because of his condition, at least directly. They excluded him because of his actions and history of shady, manipulative behaviors.

And while workplaces should be accommodating, there’s a point where it gets to be too much.

I worked at a place with a person with similar behaviors and it destroyed that company because they refused to acknowledge reality: this was a business, not a care facility.

One thing is clear: Kenneth is suffering. I hope that he is able to see his behavior from the outside and heal. He’s a great programmer who ships products.

For those who don’t know, Kenneth created the Requests library which is nearly ubiquitous in the Python world.
by 542354234235 | 2025-08-28 13:48:58+00:00
I wouldn’t put The Sopranos in that list. It was telling a story about a small subset of New Jersey people (Jerseites?) but it specifically deals with the complexities of cultural identity, stereotyping, and how the majority of Italian Americans view mafia. Tony attempts to deflect accusations by claiming stereotyping. Dr. Melfi’s ex husband is derisive of the mafia destroying Italian American’s image and is hypersensitive about perceptions. Many normal Italian Americans are collateral damage to the mafia’s parasitic activities.

I wouldn’t put that in the same category as reality tv shows selling hyper dramatized personalities to conform to, and make fun of, stereotypes. Its like saying The Wire and the Real Housewives of Atlanta are both caricatures of black people.
by alphazard | 2025-08-28 13:49:20+00:00
> Silence means constantly monitoring my behavior for signs that might reveal my condition, avoiding discussions of mental health that might trigger suspicion and living with the constant anxiety that discovery will lead to rejection.

This framing is at the very least maladaptive and possibly indicative of the mental illness they are writing about. Mentally healthy humans regulate their behavior around other humans depending on the context. Sometimes this produces anxiety. And the fact that the author can pull that off at all (even with some difficulty) is a positive sign.

There is no reason for an employer or professional colleagues to be aware of an employees medical issues. Maybe there are exceptions for in-office workers with conditions like epilepsy. There are plenty of companies with no questions asked PTO, and as long as they do good work (which the article indicates) no one will bother them for using it.
by haswell | 2025-08-28 13:49:39+00:00
The fact that something can happen is separate from how likely that thing is to happen, and that’s what matters here.

The comments here that point to this theoretical possibility seem to be missing the point, which is that using something like bubblewrap is an improvement over running arbitrary projects un-sandboxed, and the likelihood of such an attack is far less than the likelihood of any one of hundreds of rapidly evolving, lesser known, lesser scrutinized projects getting compromised.
by gus_massa | 2025-08-28 13:49:50+00:00
> In the meantime though, looks like I need to expense a used Pixel 8 Pro to add to the testing jungle for Anubis. If anyone has a deal out there, please let me know!

Isn't it possible to make a virtual machine with an odd number of cores? VirtualBox appear to support it, but I'm not sure what navigator.hardwareConcurrency reports.
by cybersecmele | 2025-08-28 13:50:03+00:00
In recent years many attacks not only on Azure but also GitHub, GitLab and Atlassian. Last year most popular malware trends were: BeaverTail, NjRat, JsOutProx, Remcos Remote and RAT, among others. You can find out more about this issue here: https://gitprotect.io/devops-threats-unwrapped.html
by TFortunato | 2025-08-28 13:50:04+00:00
OK, on reflection, there are a few things,

Kace's response is absolutely right that the summaries tend to be a place where there is a big giveaway.

There is also something about the way they use "you" and the article itself... E.g. the "you now have a comprehensive resource to understand and apply ML math. Point anyone asking about core ML math here..." bit. This isn't something you would really expect to read in a human written article. It's a ChatBot presenting it's work to "you", the single user it's conversing with, not an author addressing their readers. Even if you ask the bot to write you an article for a blog, a lot of times it's response tends to mix in these chatty bits that address the user or directly references to the users questions / prompts in some way, which can be really jarring when transferred to a different medium w/o some editing
by cthor | 2025-08-28 13:50:10+00:00
Yes, yes. And a person who's pick-pocketed may well do better to protect their pockets. This does not absolve the thief.

Reasonable people can disagree about the degree to which vendor lock-in is antisocial or the degree to which there even is vendor lock-in here. But telling victims of such behavior to just suck it up and price it in only serves to distract from and abet actors abusing positions of power to rent seek and create low trust environments. It's not a systemic solution and it's not a serious engagement with the criticism levied.
by omnimus | 2025-08-28 13:50:35+00:00
Calling Arial just a bad Helvetica copy misses the point. Arial stands on its own as a typeface and has its own feel and nice qualities. It was made by really great type designers who were tasked to create contemporary neo-grotesque sans-serif typeface for digital screens. The constrains of digital resolutions of the time dictate some important details. It might be nostalgia or something subconscious but for many people Arial is the bland "non" typeface that they don't notice. If you want to achieve this effect Arial is the main choice. There is another similar high quality type family called Untitled and article explaining the thinking https://klim.co.nz/blog/untitled-sans-serif-design-informati...

Where as Untitled is trying to make even Arial more "super normal" i think this Areal typeface is in turn trying to keep the quirks and the nostalgia. In the end it is very subtle and the real reason for creating Areal is for sure customization and licensing issues.

But you just won't get the same result by copying Helvetica. Also Helvetica itself is not one typeface. There are many slightly different versions of Helveticas, with different names and redesigns. Some people will tell you why copy Helvetica when its just a bad copy of Akzidenz-Grotesk or original Neue Haas Grotesk.

Type people are obsessive and recreating typeface takes real skill and enormous amount time of time (even if you want to just copy). I think the authors know why they are dedicating the time to do it.
by andrewmutz | 2025-08-28 13:51:04+00:00
Cline gives you the ability to jump back to any point in the task. The three options are "Restore task", "restore files" and "restore task and files"

A common experience with these tools is that if you realize you want to change the direction you're heading, it's better to jump back to that point in the work and redo it than it is to try to redirect the tool from where you are. Here's a great post about it on the Cline blog

https://cline.bot/blog/how-i-learned-to-stop-course-correcti...
by usernamed7 | 2025-08-28 13:51:22+00:00
replace "should" with "could".

I do think its wise to consider when a boolean could be inferred from some other mechanism, but i also use booleans a lot because they are the best solution for many problems. Sure, sometimes what is now a boolean may need to become something later like an enum, and that's fine too. But I would not suggest jumping to those out the gate.

Booleans are good toggles and representatives of 2 states like on/off, public/private. But sometimes an association, or datetime, or field presence can give you more data and said data is more useful to know than a separate attribute.