MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by Sloowms | 2025-08-01 10:49:40+00:00
Throw out a made up percentage and proceed to start talking about rational markets as if they exist in the real world. I immediately know this analysis is going to be great. Older houses are obviously cheaper for some reason even though housing prices in city centers keep increasing. Poor people are the real problem for needing a place to live. With the conclusion that there is nothing that can be done and people just have to take it. That's abundance (jazz hands)
by hyperpape | 2025-08-01 10:49:40+00:00
You're right to distinguish imitation from simulation. That's a good distinction and I think the paper is discussing imitation--using similar learning algorithms to what the brain uses, fed with realistic data from input devices. But my point still stands with imitation.

> This paper outlines the case for believing that we will have superhuman artificial intelligence within the first third of the next century. It looks at different estimates of the processing power of the human brain; how long it will take until computer hardware achieve a similar performance; ways of creating the software through bottom-up approaches like the one used by biological brains; how difficult it will be for neuroscience figure out enough about how brains work to make this approach work; and how fast we can expect superintelligence to be developed once there is human-level artificial intelligence.

The paper very clearly suggests an estimate of the required hardware power for a particular strategy of imitating the brain. And it very clearly predicts we will achieve superintelligence by 2033.

If that strategy is a non-starter, which it is for the foreseeable future, then the hardware estimate is irrelevant, because the strategies we have available to us may require orders of magnitude more computing power (or even may simply fail to work with any amount of computing power).
by technothrasher | 2025-08-01 10:49:42+00:00
Why would they prioritize you when you've already paid? Wouldn't they first go after the possibility of more tip money on jobs that haven't yet paid it? I mean, if I was a driver, unless there are more high tip jobs than I could handle, I'd take those and fill in with low tip jobs, and I'd deliver the low tip jobs first in a hope of getting an after the fact tip.
by wkat4242 | 2025-08-01 10:50:30+00:00
> In summary: multiplexers add unnecessary overhead, suffer from a complexity cascade, because they actually have to translate escape codes, modifying them in hackish ways to get them to work with their concepts of windows/sessions.

This is a feature for me. Because less and less applications bother supporting termcap, this way some applications can still work on my VT520.

I don't really care what the kitty dev thinks anyway. He's entitled to his opinion but for me tmux is way more important. Also I think alacritty is better (though I generally just use Konsole).

As a user I only care about what works well for me, not what's architecturally the most elegant solution.
by asaddhamani | 2025-08-01 10:51:13+00:00
I can't trust MTEB as there's been a huge difference between benchmark scores and actual performance.

I made a small tool to help me compare various embedding models: https://www.vectorsimilaritytest.com/

Qwen embedding models score very highly but are highly sensitive to word order (they use last token pooling which simplified means they only look at the last word of the input). Change the word order and the scores change completely. Voyage models score highly too, but changing a word from singular to plural can again completely change the scores.

I find myself doing a hybrid search, rerank and shortlist the results, then feed them to an LLM to judge what is and isn't relevant.
by unsupp0rted | 2025-08-01 10:51:17+00:00
Love it. It gets me clients that others miss out on.

I'd rather do a technical test for a couple hours and not get it than do weeks of fruitless job hunting.

If you're doing 3 or 4 technical tests and still not getting it, then that's another matter. You need to pick your prospects better and talk to them well enough to understand whether they're actually going to hire you if you pass.

Or perhaps they're just messing around with applicants for whatever reason (going through the motions to keep their boss happy, trying to look good to their investors/board, trying to fill an interview quota, trying to get free work out of applicants, etc).

Capitalism baby!
by simonw | 2025-08-01 10:51:48+00:00
It was, but annoyingly a lot of people now use "vibe coding" to mean any form of AI-assisted development.

It's got to the point where if someone talks about "vibe coding" you have to confirm with them which definition they are using, because otherwise you risk people talking right past each other because they're not actually talking about the same thing.
by glitchc | 2025-08-01 10:51:58+00:00
I've been buying from Goulet for years, but lately their service has taken a major nosedive. I recommend people stay away from them now.

The last pen I received from them was broken. They would not take it back, asked me to deal with the manufacturer directly. Horrible customer service. After so many expensive pens (Pelikan, Pilot and Visconti), I won't be buying from them again.
by softveda | 2025-08-01 10:52:02+00:00
Company tax could be slashed to 20 per cent for firms with revenue below $1 billion, but businesses would be hit with a world-first “cashflow tax” to encourage them to invest in Australia and capture a share of the enormous earnings of tech giants such as Netflix and Apple.

The commission estimates its plan would deliver an estimated $15 billion boost to the economy.

While cashflow taxes have won support among academics, no country has introduced one to replace traditional company tax.

Proponents argue they are more difficult for large companies to avoid, particularly multinationals that may sell intellectual property or move debt between their international subsidiaries to reduce their overall tax burden.

Tech giants such as Apple, which in 2022-23 paid $141 million in tax on $481 million of taxable income despite reporting $12.6 billion of total income, and Amazon which reported $6.5 billion in income across four entities and paid $125 million in tax, meet their legal tax requirements in Australia.
by gwd | 2025-08-01 10:52:35+00:00
> Because the underlying beliefs of a 'left' anti-monopolist and a 'right' anti-monopolist are likely very different, and similarly their proposed solutions...?

Just curious, how "left" and "right" anti-monopolist solutions might be different? I mean, naturally some "left anti-monopolist" people might be in favor of governments taking over industries, but presumably that's not what most of the people in question are advocating at the moment.

> But when the term [populist] is applied to people as diverse as Corbyn, Sanders, and AOC on the one side, and Orban, Farage, and Trump on the other, it's nonsensical without much more explanation.

I don't think so. It's essentially an accusation that they haven't thought through the hard issues: they're saying "We're going to achieve X", when in fact X is simply not possible given the current state of play (or perhaps, not possible without significant negative consequences, like erosion of human rights or setting up an economic or ecological disaster further down the road).

Boris Johnson's promise to conservatives that they'd be able to "make a deal" which allowed them to trade freely with Europe while not accepting immigrants from Europe was just a fantasy. A lot of populist "progressive" politicians make similar kinds of promises.
by forgotoldacc | 2025-08-01 10:52:47+00:00
It didn't. But it's entering one now.

New apartment prices in Tokyo are double what they were a few years ago. [1] The reason is foreign investors buying up loads of properties and sitting on them or turning them into AirBNBs. Locals can't afford them because wages aren't increasing. The concept of buying a property to resell it also isn't a thing amongst locals, so it's clueless rich people and corporations buying up properties and thinking they can flip them, which won't be happening any time soon.

But after a few years of squeezing, locals may have no choice but to pay their entire paycheck to foreign investors. Though thankfully the government is planning to take steps to potentially outlaw foreign buyers. If we're lucky, and some parties get their way, they might just strip the properties from them. If you're not living here, you have no business owning dozens of homes.

[1] https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUC183D80Y4A110C2000000/
by rob_c | 2025-08-01 10:52:55+00:00
Yes of course because we should all be focused on what trump said 30s ago. Anyone with half of the common sense they were born with should know this guy is 90+% bluff but takes the old school American approach of shock and awe to bring people to the table. Right or wrong, it unfortunately works.

If you're so caught up about what he says how about the numerous Biden quotes, on record mind, about him being happy to receive "the negro vote"? Obviously words matter but frankly can we get past _false_ outrage and get back to doing stuff. Being called names in the school ground is different than getting your teeth knocked out. And the fact I'm using schoolyard analogies shows how adolescent the level of discourse is when we resort to false outrage.
by AnthonyMouse | 2025-08-01 10:53:39+00:00
The crazy part about this is that it is fundamentally a competition problem, but they misidentified the perpetrators. It's not predominantly construction companies colluding with each other in the market, it's land owners colluding through regulatory capture of zoning boards to constrain construction.

Or, to the extent that it is construction companies, it's still regulatory capture rather than market collusion, but in their case it's capture of occupational licensing to artificially restrict people from entering into the trade labor market.
by bayindirh | 2025-08-01 10:53:40+00:00
Sometimes fountain pens "spit". This happens more frequently if the ink is low, the pressure changes or the pen get rocked a bit more than their liking.

Carrying pens nib up, in a pocket or bag helps. Also some pens are more resistant to this. From my experience Lamy, Faber Castell and Kaweco makes most spit-resistant and accessible pens. I can recommend Lamy Safari, Kaweco Perkeo or Faber Castell Grip 2011 (basically a Perkeo in a different shell), if you want to explore further.

If you have any questions, I'd be happy to help.
by belter | 2025-08-01 10:53:54+00:00
[1] - "...The USMCA is the largest, fairest, most balanced, and modern trade agreement ever achieved. There’s never been anything like it. Other countries are now looking at it, but there can’t be a border like that because, believe it or not, that is by far the biggest border anywhere in the world, in terms of economy, in terms of people. There’s nothing even close..."

- Trump commenting on USMCA deal - January 29, 2020

[1] - https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefings-statements/re...

"...Why would our Country allow another Country to supply us with electricity, even for a small area? Who made these decisions, and why?..."

- Trump commenting on USMCA deal - March 11, 2025
by rglynn | 2025-08-01 10:53:59+00:00
I actually think to some extent the ideas you shared are exactly what this article is questioning

In particular some things that stood out to me:

> No cafe owner will enjoy ...

I don't know about this specific case, but I'll bet you that, contrary to what the majority of people think, there are people who relish this challenge and don't see it as a downside.

> ... they care about the result.

I'm not sure if this is what you meant, but "result" to me here is precisely what was meant with the professor example. The point was you should enjoy the process, not the result.

> Ask an aspiring software engineer if they would like to do daily 9am standups, spend hours in Jira ...

I think that this statement is guilty of a rather typical sin on software forums which is assuming we all work similar jobs. I suspect you are right that a large portion of devs would agree with this.

However, I certainly have worked with, heck I have even been the dev who enjoys doing this. This is more true if you frame it as "lots of regular meetings with great process obsession, working with a product manager with a technical background".

A thought that occurred to me when reading your post was that TFA is somewhat guilty of being on the extreme side. Your framing to me, is actually quite helpful in providing balance, in the sense that it may not always be wise to chase for the white rabbit profession with no downsides. Rather accepting some downsides while still enjoying the process (unlike the dour university admins).
Show HN: WTMF: An AI Companion for Late-Night Thoughts – Launching Next Week
by ishqdehlvi | 2025-08-01 10:54:18+00:00
We're launching the beta of WTMF (working title) next week. It's designed to be an AI companion for those moments when your mind won't shut off late at night.

The idea came from those frustrating 2 AM situations where you feel the need to express what's on your mind but don't necessarily have someone available or want to reach out in a traditional way. WTMF offers a space to voice note your thoughts and receive a supportive response from an AI designed to simply listen and understand, without judgment. It's not intended as therapy, but more as a digital "bestie" for those isolated moments.

We've focused on creating a natural interaction, especially through voice, to try and capture the nuances of those late-night anxieties (the "uff yaar" feeling, as we've been calling it internally).

The beta will be rolling out to those on our waitlist initially. We're a small team based in Hyderabad, India, and are eager to get feedback and iterate.

More details on the launch date and how to potentially get access will be shared soon. We're hoping WTMF can provide a little bit of solace during those otherwise lonely hours.

Looking forward to your thoughts and feedback. https://wtmf.ai https://beta.wtmf.ai
by squigz | 2025-08-01 10:54:22+00:00
> Also consider that customers will get sticker shock: even though they are ultimately paying the same price, seeing 20% higher prices on the menu will make them spend less. Yes, it's dumb, but human psychology is dumb, so there we are.

It's not dumb; it's just that paying that 20% to the waiter is a lot easier to stomach than a 20% increase to the restaurant owner.
by ndriscoll | 2025-08-01 10:54:43+00:00
They definitely will. JP Morgan for example charges SOFR+1.85% for 10M+ accounts[0], which is better than the mortgage rate they offered me. Or depending on what you mean by wealthy, you might be able to afford having someone get you a better deal by trading on the markets (e.g. selling SPX box spreads) assuming you don't have the expertise to do that kind of thing yourself/aren't interested in doing your own wealth management.

[0] https://www.jpmorgan.com/wealth-management/wealth-partners/l...
by tombert | 2025-08-01 10:56:02+00:00
Anecdata, but I go to Taco Bell way more often than I should. There’s no tipping culture at Taco Bell, but the staff, at least at the one near my house, are always very nice to me and as far as I can tell my food is made with a sufficient amount of care.

When I do go to a restaurant that has tipping, people are usually nice to me as well, but I don’t feel like they’re really any nicer or better at their job than my local Taco Bell workers.
by sillyfluke | 2025-08-01 10:56:36+00:00
>Since the authors are arguing for removing a lot of current housing regulation

Human beings like to know if the person they're reading is on their side before they take the time to read a long ass article to make sure they are in fact on their side, especially if they're billionaires and think they don't have the time to read long ass articles about housing policy unless they think it's going to an extremely useful to them beforehand. That's the whole point of giving that signal literally in the intro paragraph.
by gianpaj | 2025-08-01 10:57:01+00:00
It would be great if it could connect to GitHub directly and work on both public and private repos. Otherwise, I need to add an SSH key, etc.

Also, if I log in with Anthropic, does it keep the credentials saved somewhere in the browser? What happens if I close the browser tab or the entire browser app on my phone? Ideally, this would replace OpenAI Codex: make changes, open a PR, run tests, etc.
by potato3732842 | 2025-08-01 10:57:08+00:00
I'm honestly unsure if you're genuinely that dumb or you're just doing a really, really good job satirizing the people who got us here.

Every step of the way so far useful idiots have come out of the woodwork to defend each and every incremental encroachment on our rights using some sort of tortured logic that uses some mumbo jumbo about common good to justify it while downplaying the danger and over-selling the benefit.

The weapons grade irony here is that, either by satire and sarcasm or by genuinely being that stupid you have gone too far, to the point of absurdity, you have (perhaps intentionally, perhaps unwittingly) distilled these stupid people's stupid belief down to basically one sentence "the slippery slope isn't real and everything is fine because we have a piece of paper" and when you lay it out like that it's obvious that that is a belief nobody who's got a couple brain cells to rub together would hold.

A piece of paper means nothing if people don't want it to and we will slide down the slippery slope unless there's a force stopping us.
by figmert | 2025-08-01 10:57:11+00:00
To be clear, I do use Firefox and haven't even installed Chrome/Chromium for a long time. But given that Mozilla is inching closer and closer towards ad agency, it's only a matter of time that Firefox will open up the same issues that Chrome has.

The argument of Firefox vs Chrome is not siloed and inherently includes the argument of what their respective developers do and don't do. If we didn't need to include them in the face of such an argument, there would be little reason to switch away Chrome.
by einpoklum | 2025-08-01 10:59:19+00:00
> and have the restaurant pay their people for their work.

For that, you need the restaurant employees to be organized in a strong, independent, non-corrupt union; or a highly-upstanding restaurant owner/manager.

The latter is sometimes the case, but often/usually - not.

So, former is rarely the case, I'm afraid, because working-class consciousness in many countries is lacking; and forming a union is hard; and restaurant staff have a lot of churn, so by the time you get the idea to do this, or have started work on it, you might be going elsewhere.

But regular restaurant clients taking owners to task about wages is definitely a thing to consider...
by chrismatheson | 2025-08-01 10:59:32+00:00
I wonder how allergens will be handled.

I have a dairy allergy, and so vegan cheese to me means safe to eat. When there is vegan cheese but its got "engineered" animal protean which sets of my allergies just as well as the naturally occurring stuff, its going to get even more complex to figure out what I can and cant eat.
by closewith | 2025-08-01 11:00:50+00:00
I disagree. Irish are _much more_ receptive to criticism of the country from immigrants than most countries.

In my experience, the United States and England (not the entire UK) have the thinnest skin and some people will straight-up tell you to f-off home on the slightest criticism, especially on the subject of human rights or the expeditionary wars.

There are of course the usual suspects, the racists and "Pro-Irish" crowd, who will blame everything on immigrants and accept no criticism of their imagined Ireland, but this isn't true in general.

However, if you make grand pronouncements from a position of profound ignorance and overtly judge the life choices of your new compatriots - a speciality of the GP - you will find yourself alienated at best. This is true everywhere, not just Ireland.
by jelder | 2025-08-01 11:01:12+00:00
This is written for the Linux-on-the-Desktop crowd, and good for them. But tmux really shines for folks using MacBooks with iTerm2. Its tmux integration is so good that it simply disappears into my workflow.

With this in my `~/.ssh/config`, I can just type `ssh tmux` to get back to my remote dev box whenever I wake my computer or change connections.

Host tmux HostName 1.2.3.4 IdentityFile ~/.ssh/etc.etc.etc RequestTTY force RemoteCommand tmux -CC new -A -s 0

With iTerm2's tmux integration enabled, this will pop open a new window where the remote tmux tabs and scroll buffer look and act just like native, local iTerm2 tabs and scroll buffer. I don't even know any tmux commands.
by bootsmann | 2025-08-01 11:01:19+00:00
> If I want to sell something and the only way is to succumb to the rules of the largest trading block in the world, do I have a choice?

Gee, I wonder how they became that largest trading bloc in the first place without being large enough to be the largest trading bloc.

> OK, I'll stop it here and never answer you again since you're being needlessly petty and not wailing to argue in good faith.

I cannot argue with someone living in a parallel fantasy world. You bring in claims about how EU support is not anchored in the populace which is just entirely fabricated. I cannot argue with this because I cannot argue within the hypothetical world of your lies where your arguments make sense because the reality on the ground is just entirely different. Visit the EU, talk to real people, you might be surprised on how they view the world and there place in it.
by littlestymaar | 2025-08-01 11:01:28+00:00
Interest rates is the biggest one, but also most fiscal policies related to housing (fiscal exemptions on the revenues coming from rents, the possibility for an individual to deduce the interests of their mortgage from their income taxes, or the absence of taxes on the benefits you make from selling a house).

There are as many such policies as there are countries so not all the above examples necessarily exist in your country (my country — France — having the first and the last one above but not the one about mortgage interests for instance) but they all share the same underlying world model of housing being an “asset you invest on” instead of the “commodity that slowly but surely loses value over time” it really is.
by ACCount36 | 2025-08-01 11:01:38+00:00
It's much, much, much easier.

I've been coding for decades already, but if I need to put something together in an unfamiliar language? I can just ask AI about any stupid noob mistake I make.

It knows every single stupid noob mistake, it knows every "how do I sort an array", and it explains well, with examples. Like StackOverflow on steroids.

The caveat is that you need to WANT to learn. If you don't, then not learning is easier than ever too.
by logifail | 2025-08-01 11:01:49+00:00
> when you are given the option to give a tip before any service has been given [...] why would I give a reward for good service

Are there still customers giving tips as "a reward for good service"?

I'm trying to imagine a curve representing the distribution of "quality of service".

What shape is the curve, and where on it would a 20% tip and a 0% tip be?
by closewith | 2025-08-01 11:01:58+00:00
> To be clear - This was a "bank robbery" (inside job, given usage of credentials?) and in absolutely zero ways affects trust in Pix as a user

Well, that doesn't appear to have been the case. Instead it seems to have been an attack that leverage a as-yet-unknown weakness in the Pix protocol that seems to have allowed something similar to impersonation. Whether it has affected your trust in Pix is almost immaterial, as it has rocked institutional trust in the protocol and platform.

As for user trust, with endless malware attacks like PixPirate, PixBankBot, GoPix, etc,

> As for your other point - thanks, our values and concerns are not aligned; it would be hard for us to agree on this

That's an interesting claim - how do you know my values and concerns?