MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by pythonaut_16 | 2025-09-09 18:13:58+00:00
Basic survival advice is to stay put and wait for rescue unless you're in imminent danger. So maybe if your watch is your only lifeline stop running around the mountains once it dies.

Or use something intended for the purpose like a Garmin inReach. The satellite SOS features on phones and watches are nice to haves that could absolutely save your life but they're no replacement for being prepared. Really no device is a replacement for being properly prepared in the wilderness, even with your location you still need a way for rescue teams to spot you, for example.
by quotemstr | 2025-09-09 18:14:06+00:00
Are you suggesting that a document format should be a monolithic controlled by one organization and is actually more open than one that allows multiple entities to contribute to an artifact without permission or coordination? You can think that if you want, but you have to actually argue for it, not just assert it, because to me, that's closed, not open.

Or is it that you just really hate UUIDs? Me too, man. Should have gone with reverse DNS. It's a technical and aesthetic quibble though.
by Jackpillar | 2025-09-09 18:14:13+00:00
Pointlessly pedantic. Everyone knows EU is not a country. Also, ASML and Mistral are from two different countries.

That aside, since the Draghi report last year (which was primarily about the innovation gap between the EU/US specifically in tech) and the overall lackluster economic projections, EU officials have been very vocal about losing out to the US (and this time China) in yet another race in a fledgling innovation.

There is without a doubt some level of influence & assurances from the EU behind this deal.
by jpadkins | 2025-09-09 18:14:14+00:00
Ad networks apply editorial oversight with respect to their own published policies* I am not aware of any ad network policies that approach the subject of "what is true" or "what is propaganda". They also apply restrictions to what they are legally liable for which is fairly narrow today (I.e. child porn or harmful substances to minors, etc)

Forcing ad networks to be the main arbiters of what is true vs. propaganda is a huge step towards an Orwellian society.

* some policies related to the concept of truth are one dealing with scams or fraudsters. Even then, it's only the scope of "does this advertiser actually provide the service they claim to be" or not, which is way more objective than anything related to war, religion, or the middle east.
by junon | 2025-09-09 18:14:25+00:00
Even if I sunset those packages, they'd still be downloaded and used in perpetuity, and certainly for many years afterward, even by popular packages, and even by such packages that have removed them in newer versions. Even if I had done this five years ago, I'd wager the scope of this attack would have been similar in size - maybe a billion less, but that's still a billion with a B, at which point I really wonder if it would have mattered as much.

I agree that `is-arrayish` is silly, but that's not really the problem that needs fixing, in my opinion. There's a general, cross-language package management culture that has permeated over the last 10-15 years that is susceptible to this exact problem. It's TOTP today (in my case), something else tomorrow, and it can come to a Package Manager Near You at any time - npm is just a ripe target because of how much it's used, and how concentrated the download counts are for some of its larger packages, especially given how CI has started to operate (re-downloading everything etc).

That's just my $0.02 on it though.
by hereme888 | 2025-09-09 18:14:51+00:00
Absolutely.

Nothing is free. This means less resources for something else, marketed as "compassion".

Mothers generally take much better care of their own children than childcare. Childcare was already previously available for low-income families. To incentivize women to work when they can afford to care for their children is very bad for a country in the long term.
by jajuuka | 2025-09-09 18:15:15+00:00
Saying "that parents in most cases will provide higher quality care and more attention to their child" and that it's not possible to watch 3 kids simultaneously is reinforcement of "all a child needs is their parents". It's laughably false and shows your ignorance on this subject. Putting parents on a pedestal is not good for children or parents. Please take a look at research on this subject.
by rkodialam | 2025-09-09 18:15:22+00:00
Hi everyone, I'm Rohan, one of the founders of Sphinx.

I've worked in data for the better part of 8 years (mostly as a quant), and found it quite frustrating that software copilots didn't really help speed me up. Both from a product perspective and from a core AI standpoint, we are building tooling that meaningfully make working with data much faster.

We hope that Sphinx will be a needle-moving partner for you as you work with data, and would love to hear any feedback or feature requests: rohan@sphinx.ai
by neilv | 2025-09-09 18:15:25+00:00
> Microsoft's new approach is the latest sign of the company increasing performance pressure on employees. It has fired thousands of employees deemed low performers this year and introduced a new performance improvement plan meant to exit low performers more quickly.

Claims who? These also sound like typical sketchy headcount reduction tactics.

Also, it's throwing employees under the bus, because the company is tarring them as low performers, at the same time as the company dumps them onto a hostile job market. Those employees should talk to lawyers.

> > Importantly, this update is not about reducing headcount.

MS had to mention that in the memo, because that's what everyone reading it was thinking?
by mrtksn | 2025-09-09 18:15:33+00:00
Weight is very noticeable at this range, maybe not in the pocket but at hand. You don't always hold the phone in perfectly ergonomic position.

BTW iPhone Air is 165g. It's 22g more than my iPhone 6s but since its much taller and wider I expect it to feel lighter.

It's 51g lighter than 14pro, which is very significant.
by yogorenapan | 2025-09-09 18:15:44+00:00
I legitimately can't tell if this is satire.

> First, political commentary should be regulated

Who does the regulating? The current Trump regime? Huge first amendment violation

> come from SA/Zimbabwe and comment on posts of US political candidates.

Because those posts are being made on a private platform. Are you sure you want something worse than UK's Ofcom proving your American identity just to speak?

> It should be compulsory for voters to vote

Maybe, but definitely not in a 2 party system.

> make them understand how the economy, the Fed, world trade, US intelligence, foreign policy, interest rates, and bonds work

Not specifically those. Please just have universal free education. There's no need to specifically teach kids how to think politically. That's definitely going to get abused for propaganda
by albulab | 2025-09-09 18:16:00+00:00
This article brings up important questions about digital influence in wartime, but it's hard to ignore how one-sided the framing is when it comes to Israel.

There's barely a mention of the October 7 massacre, where over 1,200 Israelis were murdered and hundreds taken hostage some of them are children. That’s the context behind Israel’s messaging. Leaving that out gives a very distorted picture of why these campaigns exist in the first place.

The article criticizes Israel for running ads that target UNRWA, but completely skips the fact that more than a dozen UNRWA staff were accused of actively participating in the massacre and holding hostages, That allegation was serious enough for countries like the US, Germany, the UK, and Australia to suspend their funding. That’s not “disinformation,” that’s a real international response.

There’s also zero mention of Hamas’s own propaganda operations. No discussion of how they use Telegram, TikTok, or social platforms to push graphic and often fake content to manipulate global opinion. If we're talking about the weaponization of information, how is that not relevant?

Instead, the article spends thousands of words dissecting Israel’s side while ignoring everything else. It presents only one narrative and wraps it in a moral argument that conveniently excludes key facts and context.

A fair critique would examine how all sides are using digital tools in modern conflicts, not just the one the author disagrees with politically. Otherwise, it’s not an analysis. It’s just a well-written piece of propaganda in itself.
by mothballed | 2025-09-09 18:16:09+00:00
But you are missing the inputs.

Social security requires two inputs

1) "Paying in"

2) Raising up the next generation to pay it back out.

Without both, the entire system collapses and goes insolvent.

If I do (1) but barely do (2) I am subsidized by the people that do both (1) and (2), if my payout isn't linked to (2).

The genius of social security argument about the childless "paying in" is they rightly identify their pay out is fairly proportional to (1) but nearly completely decoupled to (2). Thus it poses an argument on the surface that makes sense but is actually incredibly false.
by andrewstuart2 | 2025-09-09 18:16:17+00:00
I'm assuming they meant the account takeover was likely to be found out right away. You change your password on a major site like that and you're going to get an email about it. Login from a new location also triggers these emails, though I admit I haven't logged onto NPM in quite a long time so I don't know that they do this.

It might get missed, but I sure notice any time account emails come through even if it's not saying "your password was reset."
by r0fl | 2025-09-09 18:16:26+00:00
I’m asking for thinner

What do you need battery life for?

Aren’t you in your house or office or car near a charger most of the day?

Do you spend 90% of your waking day in the middle of an open field far from any sort of charging capabilities?

Why would I add more weight to a phone so I don’t have to put it on the charging MagSafe puck that is inches away from me at all times
by theologic | 2025-09-09 18:16:36+00:00
Although I refer to this above, I do like your comment, and I would like to add the historical context for scientism. It was originally proposed by Hayek, who is one of the fundamental pillars of Austrian economics economics. A school which I am a massive fan, and has heavily influenced my thoughts.

He was basically concerned that a group of rulers were trying to use science to dominate everybody else. I agree with Hayek and his concerns.

The problem is that it has now morphed into a term that can basically mean many things. While a bit of a rat hole, wikipedia does have a great treatment of the term and its journey.

When you use a term like this, which by it's very nature is pejorative, and you use it without regard for its definition, it is not only anti-intellectualism, but also poor communication. It turns into communication that is set up to foster divisions rather than learning.
by onlyrealcuzzo | 2025-09-09 18:16:39+00:00
> It was a privilege, people abused it, and now it's over. And managers were the worst offenders.

IME, managers do this in the office just as much as remote.

Look at the typical manager's schedule. It's completely full of meetings - most of which are bullshit "busy" meetings, and they never respond to anything timely.
by hombre_fatal | 2025-09-09 18:16:43+00:00
No, the Apple Watch is basically best of breed in terms of sleep and heart rate accuracy.

The Whoop is like 90% accurate compared to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SzUDTBK-i0

It's just trade-offs: if you're using the Whoop, you don't want a screen and you like two weeks battery life.
by coldtea | 2025-09-09 18:16:49+00:00
Apple wouldn't put in a medical sensor if it wasn't accurate, that's not their style and they know they'll get the most scrutiny (whereas nobody specifically has it in for Sennheiser, they're just one more brand among 100s).

If it wasn't yet up to par it would make it just give "warnings" instead of numbers (like the apnea and blood pressure measurements).
by nunez | 2025-09-09 18:16:51+00:00
i hardly use my phone. it mostly sits in my hip pack. i'm extremely interested in the Air. the thinness means it takes up less space in there, which is very much appreciated. since they won't make another mini, this is the next best alternative. i'm also thrilled about having all-Apple silicon down to the cellular radios. more power-efficient and faster updates when improvements to cellular capabilities come out. very exciting.

the small battery won't affect me much. web browsing is the most demanding workload on my phone, which is not a problem on this a19 soc unlike the 13 mini whose soc struggles to keep up. i also charge my phone every night before i go to sleep and these phones do a great job at not draining overnight.
by hananova | 2025-09-09 18:17:34+00:00
The websites are in their right to try to detect adblockers, and the adblockers are equally in their right to avoid detection. If a website really cares, they can try harder.

The goal of an adblocker is not just to block ads, but to block anything that isn't the content the user wishes to see. This includes calls to action, consent banners (despite websites wishing otherwise, the default answer is still "no"), and of course "please disable your adblocker."
by Lammy | 2025-09-09 18:17:52+00:00
https://www.denverwater.org/tap/tunnel-next-tunnel-no-one-kn...

Here's my pic of the east and west portals (respectively) from the last time I visited in 2022: https://i.imgur.com/sH0RNyg.jpeg https://i.imgur.com/fGdzV4G.jpeg

The big black fence around the east portal didn't used to be there, and you can see the DHS surveillance gantry right over the tracks. You can't get anywhere close enough to even read the plaque/dedication embedded on the right side of the portal. Hope you have a good telephoto lens!

On the west side, the DHS cameras are back to the left out of frame of the shot, at the very eastern edge of the Winter Park station platform. The water system is also much more visible on the west side than on the east side: https://earth.google.com/web/search/Winter+Park,+CO/@39.8871...

The east side is much less important-looking because it just becomes South Boulder Creek: https://earth.google.com/web/search/Winter+Park,+CO/@39.9022...

And here's one of my favorite hobo channels taking a ride through it westbound :) https://youtu.be/xNvnHAkm5dk?t=2715 and west portal emergence with the water pipe clearly in view: https://youtu.be/xNvnHAkm5dk?t=2787
by bitpush | 2025-09-09 18:17:52+00:00
> Is this legal?

>> Absolutely. You're processing publicly available RSS feeds for personal use, which is protected under fair use. We also share revenue with creators based on your listening, so they're fairly compensated.

I dont think you can hide behind "it is publicly available, so I can take it and sell it". That's not fair use. You're redistributing it, and specific licenses come into play.

This is an interesting idea indeed, but not sure whether you'd be able to make a sustainable business out of this.
by j45 | 2025-09-09 18:18:14+00:00
Last 4 weeks have been awful, I have barely used my max in comparison to the month before and it's an active deterrent to use it because you don't know if it's going to work or hit an unpredictable limit before getting to the bottom of getting something working.

I don't feel Claude would do this intentionally, and am reminded how I kept Claude for use for some things but not generally.
by kccqzy | 2025-09-09 18:18:41+00:00
Do you remember a few years ago that browsers used to put a lock icon for all HTTPS connections? That lock icon signified that the connection is encrypted alright. To a tech geek that's a valid use of a lock icon. But browsers still removed it because it's a massive UX fail. You have to consider what the lock icon means to people who are minimally tech literate. I understand and have set up DKIM and SPF, but you cannot condense the intended security feature of DKIM/SPF/DMARC into a single icon and expect that to be good UX.
by ChuckMcM | 2025-09-09 18:18:43+00:00
I understand this set of comments is a digression but there is an interesting subtlety here. There is a structural connection between economic activity (in particular 'innovation') and wealth inequality. Economies that are 'stable' and 'unchanging' become stratified and people living in those economies find themselves getting slotted into 'classes' from which they cannot change.

Since I tend to be interested in systems, especially emergent ones, this is something I find interesting but recognize that the world generally considers economists more boring than accountants :-). When one discusses the 'graph going up' or 'growth' is that prices? GDP? Employment? Opportunity? I've been in conversations where several different definitions of 'growth' were being used that got confusing because there wasn't an agreement on what the y axis was measuring.
by losvedir | 2025-09-09 18:18:43+00:00
I'm still on an iPhone 11 and this might finally be the one to get me to upgrade. I don't need the "Pro" stuff, but the ProMotion was always frustratingly only associated with the Pro phones.

That said, I'm sort of frustrated with iOS overall, and sorely tempted to go back to Pixels, so I can't decide.
by 9rx | 2025-09-09 18:18:45+00:00
> Changing the definition of full-time hours to 30/week would do far more for families and children than giving free childcare so mothers can work more.

You want to change what now? The dictionary definition does not specify any particular time. There is no legal definition for full-time. The IRS uses the term full-time, but they actually use it exactly like you wish: 30 hours per week.

People out on the street often casually use full-time to refer to 40 hours per week. I anticipate that is what you are referring to. But that usage is simply used to refer to how many hours they are working. 40 hours under that usage is an observation, not a commandment.
by chlodwig | 2025-09-09 18:18:53+00:00
because it will show how much an economy can grow when women are allowed to work to their full potential.

Disagree. Everyone needs to realize that having two parents who both have "greedy jobs" is a path to misery. Giving out childcare does not change the situation. One parent will always need to step back from their career or there will be misery, I've seen too many cases. Even if both parents are comfortable putting their kid in daycare 9 to 11 hours a day (to cover both the workday and the commute), which they should not be, they still have to deal with many sick days, needing to be out of work by 6pm every day, not going on business trips, teacher's conferences, school plays, PTA meetings, not getting a good night sleep because baby or toddler is having a sleep regression, etc. etc. There is no world where you provide everyone universal childcare and now both parents can "work to their full potential" and "give the economy their best."

The reality furthermore is that there are few non-greedy jobs that are non-subsidized/non-fake and that contribute to the economy enough to be of more value than childcare. Subsidizing childcare, so the second parent can get a non-greedy job as a neighborbood coffeeshop owner, or working as a strict 9-5 government lawyer, isn't really a win for the economy.
by toomuchtodo | 2025-09-09 18:19:02+00:00
Related:

Plex suffers security breach - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45183800 - September 2025

Plex Security Incident - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45174707 - September 2025

Plex Update: Notice of a potential security incident - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45174684 - September 2025
by AnthonyMouse | 2025-09-09 18:19:16+00:00
Don't fall into the trap of "everything not mandatory is prohibited".

Google doesn't really want scam ads. It doesn't make a lot of sense to penalize them for removing some of them just because their process isn't perfect; removing them doesn't have to be banned.

But if you make not removing them mandatory, you're replacing the justice system with a private corporation, which is pretty crazy. If the police accuse you of a crime, they have to prove it to a judge and jury. You can appeal to a higher court. Google doesn't have that. And if you add liability for not removing something, they're going to err on the side of removing things they ought not to, with no recourse for the victims. Competitor wants you out of the search results? Report it to Google and you're out, because they get a billion complaints and removing them by default is safer than getting prosecuted for missing a real one.

The correct solution is to let Google remove things that are bad without punishing them for not being perfect -- maybe even err on the side of imposing (civil) liability for removing things they shouldn't instead of not removing things they should -- and rely on the criminal justice system for going after the criminals.
by thinkharderdev | 2025-09-09 18:19:18+00:00
I'm not hypochondriac and don't use any of the health monitoring features. What I use it for:

* Notifications (imessages mainly, but anything that sends a push notification to your phone can also notify you on your watch)

* Quickly responding (thumbs up/down) to messages

* Apple Pay

* HomeKey (I can unlock all the doors in my house with my watch)

* Some apps (like AllTrails) have nice watchOS apps which give you the important info by glancing at your wrist.
by xur17 | 2025-09-09 18:19:22+00:00
In normal cases I mostly agree - you can just charge it while taking a shower or something that you do every day. That said, Garmin's battery life shines when you are using it on a non-normal day.

Overnight camping, and sleeping in a tent for a few nights is a good example. I'm not "taking a shower" and hence don't really have a great time to charge it. With my garmin I just leave it on, and it keeps working for the entire trip.

Same thing with other "adventure" travel, flying overnight, etc.
by minimaxir | 2025-09-09 18:19:38+00:00
With the iPhone 17 Air, which has many of the Pro features that typically accompany the Pro model to differentiate it from the base model, in addition to the base model getting the marquee features of the Pro models such as the 120Hz/Always On Display, the Pro is very poorly differentiated unless you really make use of the three cameras.

And there's no black color.
by dirkc | 2025-09-09 18:19:45+00:00
I had a minor scare some time ago with npm. Can't remember the exact details, something like I had a broken symlink in my homedir and nodemon printed an error about the symlink! My first thought was it's a supply chain attack looking for credentials!

Since then I've done all my dev in an isolated environment like a docker container. I know it's possible to escape the container, but at least that raises the bar to a level I'm comfortable with.
by spogbiper | 2025-09-09 18:19:48+00:00
This would generally be covered in your corporate acceptable use policy or employee handbook, where ever your employer describes what is allowable on corporate devices and what is monitored when you use them. Some companies also display a notification when you log in along the lines of "This is an XYZ Corp system, all activity is logged and monitored for malicious behavior"

in general, if you're using a company owned device (the target for this product and many others like it) you should always assume everything is logged
by j45 | 2025-09-09 18:19:49+00:00
Yes, this has been happening a lot more the past 8 weeks.

From troubleshooting Claude by reviewing it's performance and digging in multiple times why it did what it did, it seems useful to make sure the first sentence is a clearer and completer instruction instead of breaking it up.

As models optimize resources, prompt engineering seems to become relevant again.
by onlyrealcuzzo | 2025-09-09 18:19:52+00:00
I suspect you're the exception not the norm.

I don't think the average person sits at home for 90% of the day doing nothing but using their phone and resting it on a magsafe.

But I could be wrong!

Either way, I'm pretty sure that's not the lifestyle Apple wants to market their phone to.

But I could be wrong there, too!