MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by Barrin92 | 2025-08-16 20:58:28+00:00
>Only tangentially related, but during the height of the Covid crisis I remember Taiwan's response was particularly efficient

I think it's pretty related on the cultural side. If you look at how Taiwan succeeded, it's basically two fold. On the population's side it was willingness to follow orders, wear masks, get tracked using a smartphone app if you were sick and they were pretty damn strict about this. In particular mask wearing is a common courtesy in much of East Asia long before covid.

On the tech/politics side they were lucky to have people like Audrey Tang. But let's put it that way the chances that the US put a trans hacker who writes Perl implementations in Haskell for fun in a top cabinet position and for Americans to accept East Asian levels of collective discipline is well, not looking to good to put it mildly
by mrlongroots | 2025-08-16 20:58:59+00:00
Yep! A short summary of my n=1 findings (currently very speculative, but also sound I think, am meeting with my cardiologist next week to see what he thinks).

The type of ADHD I have seems to have an "autonomic nervous system impairment" component and a symptom profile overlapping with hyperadrenergic POTS.

1. I respond much better to Guanfacine ER (GFC) than stimulants alone (currently complementing with Vyvanse (LDX) 40mg, but I'd rate the Guanfacine as critical)

2. My blood pressure is very volatile, and GFC is supposed to have an impact but did not in my case, at least initially. I'd take GFC at bedtime and LDX in the morning, and on ChatGPT's suggestion, I asked my psych if I could take them together in the morning. Gamechanger for my blood pressure: the explanation seems to be that LDX makes my sympathetic nervous system extra simulated (on top of a poor baseline), and co-timed GFC balances it out.

3. I have poor cardiac endurance, and I find running nearly impossible. I'm a healthy young male who does weights and all. At ChatGPT's suggestion, I wore a Polar H10 and measured my resting heart rate while sitting, and then while standing still. I get a jump from 80bpm to 115bpm-ish, a strong indicator for something orthostatic.

I'm currently exploring rowing (with a concept2). I don't know why but it has a strong impact on my mental state that goes beyond general exercising: something about the rhythmic entrainment it produces, while being recumbent (good for POTS).
by cyberpunk | 2025-08-16 20:59:25+00:00
I really would love to help out, but I don't have 650TB of storage laying around :(

The logistics of this archive are quite crazy; most 2-4U JBODs I worked with hold like 24 or 45 SFF SAS disks.

Standard size (unless things have changed) for 10k sff sas disks seems to be about 1.2TB, so you'd need 544 of these to build a raidz big enough. So we're talking 12 4U jbods, well over a full rack.

I guess I can just hope some rich techie with a volcano lair / private datacenter somewhere is keeping a copy..
by voidhorse | 2025-08-16 21:01:08+00:00
I don't have gripes with Rust per se, but I do take issue with the contingent of commenters that seem to not understand the value of a formal specification in the construction of formal computational systems in the first place. Basically every computational system lives and dies on its degree of formal specifiability, and having more formal specification is always better unless you are cool with being beholden to the fact that some particular implementation of some program happened to work at some point in time for some input once. That insecure ground is what you're standing on if you don't think formal specifications have any value. In the world of computation, the specification is the system, modulo incidental properties of implementation like performance.
by SoftTalker | 2025-08-16 21:01:33+00:00
I bookmark stuff I refer to frequently, but not really stuff that I want to "read later." I figure if I want to read it later I'll search for it then.

But I don't use browser bookmarks. I have a `~/home.html' that is my default home page and I organize it in a way that works for me. Any links I use regularly go in there, and I pretty quickly develop a memory for where they are on that page.
by kaka121212 | 2025-08-16 21:01:45+00:00
I got tired of technical interviews that test whether you've memorized obscure algorithms rather than whether you can actually solve real problems. So I built Actual Code. It connects to GitHub repositories, analyzes the codebase for patterns and issues, and uses AI to generate relevant coding challenges with test cases. Instead of "implement a red-black tree," you get problems based on actual code the team maintains. For example, if a repo has performance issues with database queries, it might generate a challenge about optimizing similar query patterns. If there are recurring API integration problems, you get questions about handling those specific failure modes. The goal is to make technical interviews actually predictive of job performance rather than just testing CS trivia.
by panny | 2025-08-16 21:01:56+00:00
>but your teeth did not “heal” as in “replace the lost portion”.

I can assure you that is exactly what happened, because one was a vertical chip out of the front of my tooth, like a small rice grain. For my tooth to "wear down" to hide it, I would have had to lose all the enamel on the front of that tooth, which did not happen.

As for the other, where I lost the corner of a front tooth, I suspect my old dentist in my hometown still has an xray, because my parents took me in. He offered to crown it and I declined, choosing to live with the chip. Good thing I did that, since it healed up.
by setr | 2025-08-16 21:02:03+00:00
The original premise, from TFA, is

Another is the Twitter-optimized “you’re a terrible engineer if you ever store booleans in a database” clever trick

That is, universal application. My point is: doing that, for the most part, will not the track the things you actually want, because bools are not the driving decision maker on value of tracking (and many things that need to be tracked will not be bools). It may accidentally capture useful tracking, but it’s more by accident than anything else. Thus, universal application is clearly wrong, and TFA is right to apply it conditionally.

You appear to agree on all of these points. I’m not arguing that, should you need to timetrack a bool, bool—>timestamp is a bad way to do it. As I’ve said, the universal application of it is only stated because it’s free to do. But being free doesn’t make it useful, and since you agree on that as well, I don’t know if there’s any argument actually occurring here.
by godelski | 2025-08-16 21:03:06+00:00
I don't think Xena is going to promote themselves but I looked at their GitHub sponsor's page. They have a monthly goal of $5k but haven't even hit $1.5k. Combined with their Pateron they get a whopping $2k/mo.

There's a lot of love for Anubis alone, but this doesn't translate to a third of what a junior dev makes. How do we expect to turn these highly beneficial open source products when people cannot pass off a small portion of their savings to those that make the tools.

I hope you figure it out Xena. Even though I'm only on the user side of things I've liked Anubis more than other solutions like cloudflare.

https://github.com/sponsors/Xe#sponsors

https://www.patreon.com/cadey
by anonzzzies | 2025-08-16 21:03:41+00:00
Here in the EU I never had to worry about any of those things by design even though my parents had nothing. I made a fortune without ever having to worry; sure I will never make billions but why would I be interested in that? Happiness does not require that and you can still make 10m in the EU without worrying about the things you summed up. The US is more risk for more reward but is that worth it? Never for me.
by saghm | 2025-08-16 21:04:17+00:00
That's a really good point that I haven't seen made before. Even with apps/networks that are ostensibly pretty similar, like Slack and Discord both offering channel-based text chat, real-time audio calls with screen sharing, and the ability to join multiple servers/organizations, the people I hang out with and the type of things I talk about with them on Slack versus Discord are very different. I've never worked at a place that used Discord for their work communications, and I've never had a group of people I gamed with who use Slack to coordinate and talk while playing. While there's potentially a bit of friction if I happen to want to start gaming with a friend from work or something like that, I'd honestly still want to use separate accounts for my personal life and work stuff even if the same app was used everywhere, so having everything in a single place just doesn't feel like it matters.
by olyjohn | 2025-08-16 21:04:51+00:00
Extended release. Those fucking things would keep me up for 3 days. If I take a the same dose of instant release, it'll be worn off at the end of the day and I'll sleep like a log. They say it wears off in 4 hours, but a single dose keeps working all day for me. Depends on how you metabolize it.
by iLoveOncall | 2025-08-16 21:05:55+00:00
I have acid reflux every time I see the term "step change" used to talk about a model change. There hasn't been any model that has been a "step change" over its predecessor.

It's much more like each new model climbs another step of the ladder that goes up the step, and so far we can't even see the top of the ladder.

My suspicion is also that the ladder actually ends way before it reaches the next step, and LLMs are a dead end. Everything indicates it so far.

Let's not even talk about "reasoning models", aka spend twice the tokens and twice the time on the same answer.
by IanCal | 2025-08-16 21:06:18+00:00
The problem here is there is a big bit of legislation and people are focussed on one outcome of it, which is what you will have heard.

It’s a bill about safety online. The onus is moved to the provider to mitigate harms or decide they don’t apply/are low risk.

For porn providers the outcome is fairly clear, to check your users are of age. This was kind of always the case but “are you over 18 yes or no” is not enough.

For other sites it’s making sure there are reporting mechanisms for child abuse content. It’s making sure there’s moderation to manage grooming, self harm stuff etc.

People can fairly argue about the bill but it’s not about age or user verification. That’s one outcome for one set of sites.
by tamimio | 2025-08-16 21:06:38+00:00
Pretty much, I don’t even know why they mentioned Monero in the first place in that article, it’s irrelevant to the story, then followed by:

> "The arrest of IntelBroker shows just how far law enforcement has come in the crypto space,"

Woww, guys, there’s no private crypto anymore, big brother is watching you closely!!!

Stupid article.
Show HN: X11.social – Call, talk, publish: voice-first AI for X with live demo
by siim | 2025-08-16 21:06:40+00:00
I built a tool to turn your ideas into X posts directly by taking a phone call to a conversational AI.

x11.social started voice-first. Now, it features an AI chat interface as well with smart UI elements like "give me 10 tweet options" that offer clickable CTA options.

This isn't a complete shift. It's the voice core, enhanced with chat for a smoother workflow and easier content creation.

Call a number or use your browser mic for voice dumps. It's hands-free, perfect for walking, driving, or just thinking out loud. With UI chat, you can craft deeper thoughts or continue from the voice convo where you left off.

This is my first SaaS after years in dev. Building the AI and editor is the fun part. Distribution? That's the real challenge.

Tested some ads, but data showed the funnel was broken. First fix: added free demo button on the landing page that lets users try browser voice to a demo account in real-time. No signup needed. Registered users unlock real calls.

I'm building in public, including video logs. A year ago? Never thought I'd do that. I'm open to ideas.
by zeroq | 2025-08-16 21:11:54+00:00
SD download option is the answer.

I think this whole issue shouldn't exist in the first place.

I do understand that full voice over and 4k ready textures comes at a price but some devs are getting lazy and some games are just ridiculous.

We're talking about handhelds like Steam Deck. Even if I plug it in as a console it won't have the juice to run at full resolution.

When I want to quickly grab an episode of a tv series to watch on my mobile I'll be super happy with 300mb 720p version. I don't need a 50gb rip in 4k in HDR with Atmos sound. Same option should be available for games.
by sema4hacker | 2025-08-16 21:12:11+00:00
I can understand how molecule-coated gold nanoparticles suspended or sinking in a blood sample can be detected by light at a cost of only $2 per test, but I would think that the process of coating the nanoparticles with the appropriate antibodies, antigens, etc. would be quite a bit more costly. Perhaps those ingredients are prepared in volume keeping them cheap?
by asolove | 2025-08-16 21:12:23+00:00
You can know almost all you need to know about this article from this sentence:

> This is even more true today, when the intersectional grid draws rigid lines between “oppressor” and “oppressed” that Baldwin, despite the animus against white America that ballooned as he aged, was far too subtle a thinker to accept.

If you think that the inline definition of "intersectional" is an accurate one, the rest of the essay follows. You may or may not learn anything, though if this prompts you to read "Go Tell It on the Mountain", that would be a great outcome.

If you actually know anything about theory, then you'll see the rest of the essay as rhetorical shadow-boxing with something no one is actually saying.
by rasengan | 2025-08-16 21:13:56+00:00
Thanks for this as it was a bit more thoughtful and an almost accurate depiction.

However, there are some discrepancies:

1. The ex staffers were already preparing their takeover event long before my name came in the picture. Domain registration dates and meeting minutes notes proves this. I was likely an easier target than Christel - or maybe that’s why she asked me to buy it from her.

2. The ex staffers had already begun emailing false narratives to open source projects before any of these actions began.

The channel topic changes did occur as a result of #2, but timing and reasoning is important. I do, however, think that these actions were a mistake.

Today, it’s pointless to fund FOSS projects since many of these funds end up going to non developers who are good at socializing but not meaningful development. Instead it’s better to support individual developers.
by andy99 | 2025-08-16 21:14:02+00:00
If people like rust for foundational software, cool, I wish they would write something in it and let it compete on its merits, and not try forcing it on people.

Foundational software needs performance, reliability—and productivity

This is not how good software is written, it's dogma. Do something people want, don't force it on them. All I see is another dependency. Don't tell me you're funny, tell me a joke.
by quuxplusone | 2025-08-16 21:14:32+00:00
I agree it would be nice to put the source of the quote in your own post. It's so easy to Google before quoting.

On another note: did you just tell a bunch of strangers on the internet how to snail-mail arbitrary photos to your mom? Or does that email thing only activate if the email comes from your own address? (Guess you'll find out! :))
by loandbehold | 2025-08-16 21:14:44+00:00
I was able to realize huge productivity gains working on a 20 years old codebase with 2+ million loc, as I mentioned in the sister post. So I disagree that big productivity gains are only on greenfield projects. Realizing productivity gains on mature code based requires more skill and upfront setup. You need to put some work in your claude.md and give Claude tools for accessing necessary data, logs, build process. It should be able to test your code autonomously as much as possible. In my experience, people who say they are not able to realize productivity gains don't put enough effort to understand these new tools and setup them properly for their project.
by borroka | 2025-08-16 21:15:03+00:00
I am all for interpreting other people's behavior charitably, but I would consider the terminally ill passenger to be the exception rather than the rule.

A few months ago, I was in a bar with a date and heard a noise, as if someone had farted loudly. I thought, “How is that possible?”, and looked at the woman next to us who was leaning on a nearby table. While I was mentally filing the noise away as the loud movement of a chair, the nauseating smell that reached my nostrils made me realize that my benevolent interpretation was wrong and that the woman had indeed farted loudly in a bar during happy--but not for us--hour.

There are many people who lack good manners. And the advice to “protect yourself at all times” should be limited to the boxing ring, where people are willingly punching each other, and not to airplanes.
by eptcyka | 2025-08-16 21:15:35+00:00
Would you want to define that boundary in a way that still maintains compatibility with C? Or would all other languages be expected to link in a Rust library to then do the "extern C" conversion from a rust native type to something that is FFI stable? Swift can do this because Apple will tell you to use Swift or GTFO. Windows has COM. Rust is an orphan without a Primary Platform™ pushing for it, even if the rust language team came up with a technical solution, be it an IDL or a stable ABI with bend-over-backwards run-time linking magic, it would only be useful for other Rust binaries or it would be just as limited as the lingua franca of ABIs - C.
by rapnie | 2025-08-16 21:16:09+00:00
In the Dutch public TV program "Keuringsdienst van Waarde" they had an episode about bread improvement ingredient (keratine) and traced it down to being sourced from human hair collected at hairdressers in China. Sounds disgusting of course, but many raw materials are, and after processing industrial grade pure keratine is the output.

https://www.bnnvara.nl/joop/artikelen/chinees-mensenhaar-ver...
by ranger_danger | 2025-08-16 21:17:15+00:00
> clearly not true because it never happened to me personally

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

Here's one of several emails they've sent me over the years, each one happening right after running "ipfs daemon": https://0x0.st/Kryd.png

There's lots of other easily-searchable accounts of people having the exact same experience:

https://github.com/ipfs/kubo/issues/4343

https://discuss.ipfs.tech/t/moved-ipfs-node-result-netscan-d...

https://github.com/ipfs/js-ipfs/issues/3982

https://github.com/filecoin-project/lassie/issues/121

https://github.com/covalenthq/refiner/issues/140
by kelnos | 2025-08-16 21:18:34+00:00
> Why should I need to use some third party tool to find your thing?

How else would you find it? By typing domain name guesses into your address bar until you hit the right one? How would you be sure you've hit the right one and not a scammer/squatter?

This is not a particularly easy problem to solve, and I agree that relying on Google to accurately and safely deliver you to the correct web site isn't great either, but I think we'd be much worse off without search engines.
by godelski | 2025-08-16 21:19:39+00:00
> but the goal posts have shifted

Is this shocking? We don't have a rigorous definition of intelligence so doesn't it make sense? The question isn't about such a goal post moving so much about how it is moving. It is perfectly acceptable for it to be refined while it wouldn't be to rewrite the definition in a way that isn't similar to the previous one.

So I think there are a lot more than your two possibilities. I mean psychologists and neuroscientists have been saying for decades that tests aren't a precise way to measure knowledge or intelligence, but that it is still a useful proxy.

> "quacks like a duck" behavioral

I see this phrase used weirdly frequently. The duck test is

| If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it ***probably*** is a duck.

I emphasize probably because the duck test doesn't allow you to distinguish a duck from a highly sophisticated animatronic. It's a good test, don't get me wrong, but that "probably" is a pretty important distinction.

I think if we all want to be honest, the reality is "we don't know". There's arguments to be made in both directions and with varying definitions of intelligence with different nuances involved. I think these arguments are fine as they make us refine our definitions but I think they can also turn to be entirely dismissive and that doesn't help us refine and get closer to the truth. We all are going to have opinions on this stuff but frankly, the confidence of our opinions needs to be proportional to the amount of time and effort spent studying the topic. I mean the lack of a formal definition means nuances dominate the topic. Even if things are simple once you understand them that doesn't mean they aren't wildly complex before that. I mean I used to think Calculus was confusing and now I don't. Same process but not on an individual scale.
by quantummagic | 2025-08-16 21:20:12+00:00
It's a horrible situation. No evidence was ever produced against the woman in the article. She was just verbally accused by interrogators; which unfortunately is a tactic that is often used by law enforcement. They are permitted to lie to suspects in the course of an investigation. Having found no credible way to charge her with any crimes, they revoked her work visa (which apparently they can legally do without any cause or justification needed) and she was deported.

It seems that everyone on that ship was having their work visas revoked regardless, and on the way out, the authorities were trying to find out how many they could charge with a crime as well.
by kelseyfrog | 2025-08-16 21:21:01+00:00
What are you talking about? This is common knowledge.

Median forecasts indicated a 50% probability of AI systems being capable of automating 90% of current human tasks in 25 years and 99% of current human tasks in 50 years[1]

The scope of work replaceable by embodied AGI and the speed of AGI saturation of vastly under estimated. The bottle necks are production of a replacement workforce, not retraining human laborers.

1. https://arxiv.org/pdf/1901.08579
by tjwebbnorfolk | 2025-08-16 21:22:18+00:00
Let me know when you find one of these "rational agents". I'd love to meet an extraterrestrial alien made of silicon.

Again, livability "for whom?" Do you propose making cheap, accessible beachfront property a basic human right? Should we all live in equally-sized apartments given to us for free by the government? People do not all want the same thing.
by superstarryeyes | 2025-08-16 21:22:29+00:00
thank you! yes footnotes, page numbers, weird characters and other extra bits that interrupt the tts is one of my biggest gripes about ebook readers with audio. this was my biggest motivation to build this.

those elements are basically removed from the text, because i wanted to keep the reading experience very simple in a sense, but i should maybe add an option to only skip them with the tts.

though, i have to say lue is still not absolutely 100% perfect with this. epubs were easier because many of them are full of standardized xhtml/html tags. but there is still a lot of manual regexing in my code which i took a lot of time with, testing filters with 100 or so books to find the best and most general ones that are able to clean up most books.

pdfs are whole another beast because they are basically blocks of text without any tags so it's much harder to format and clean them up. the way i solved this was to use positional filters which are of course not bullet proof because people scan pdf's in different ways and pages are laid out differently. so i tried to find the best average placements of these elements (top 10% and bottom 10%) and there's always the option not enable this filtering or change the values. i'm still trying to look maybe a better way to solve this.