MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by godelski | 2025-09-09 22:29:15+00:00
I think you are using a naïve model. You're making the comparison based on "price of book" vs "compensation". Do you think thats all the costs here? Who knows about OP, but I'm willing to bet many of those authors taught legal council, which costs money. Opportunity costs are also difficult to measure. Same with lost future incomes.

I don't think $3k is likely a bad deal, but I still think you're over simplifying things.
by echelon | 2025-09-09 22:29:22+00:00
> that doesn't necessarily mean that those models are a lasting asset.

It remains to be seen, but typically this forms a moat. Other companies can't bring together the investment resources to duplicate the effort and they die.

The only reasons why this wouldn't be a moat:

1. Too many investment dollars and companies chasing the same goal, and none of them consolidate. (Non-consolidation feels impractical.)

2. Open source / commoditize-my-complement offerings that devalue foundation models. We have a few of these, but the best still require H100s and they're not building product.

I think there's a moat. I think Anthropic is well positioned to capitalize from this.
by watwut | 2025-09-09 22:30:24+00:00
Of course kids are reading less. When I was growing, there was frequently not much else to do. Reading was replaced by movies and shows on demand and wont come back no matter what educators or parents do.

It is cheaper, easily available and more fun.

Sure kids also use social networks. But the role reading had was mostly taken over by Netflix, youtube, disney and such.
by kelnos | 2025-09-09 22:30:33+00:00
> I think women especially do not want a small phone because they carry it in a purse anyway

Yeah, I've noticed this. Many women also wear clothing where they either have no pockets at all, or the pockets are more decorative than functional, small enough that a truly small phone would have trouble fitting (certainly not the 5.5" iPhone "mini", which is hardly mini at all).
by 0xDEAFBEAD | 2025-09-09 22:30:39+00:00
True, but on the other hand, it's not exactly surprising if they're redacting details related to spam detection, algorithmic manipulation, foreign interference, and other such adversarial phenomena.

(I'm not necessarily saying that's what's going on. But I do seem to recall that when reddit open-sourced, they deliberately chose to redact info related to vote manipulation/spam detection/etc.)
by yoyohello13 | 2025-09-09 22:31:04+00:00
I wish this narrative that memorization is bad would die. Yes, understanding concepts is also important, but memorization is incredibly useful for learning and applying knowledge. The faster you can recall "trivia" the better you are able to make connections.

I say this as someone you drank the "no memorization" koolaid. Now I always start new things with memorization first and I learn so much faster.
by jffry | 2025-09-09 22:31:34+00:00
First: No need to be rude, "in situ" is a very commonly used phrase among English speakers, as should be evident from the Wikipedia article [1] you yourself cited

Second: The normal Firefox translate feature replaces the text in the page with the translated text - retaining its styling, position, context w/ images, etc. The right click menu, does not. I described the right click menu as "not in situ" which is correct.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_situ
by prmoustache | 2025-09-09 22:31:42+00:00
Even when I was working in an office I would sometimes take 2 to 3hours bicycle rides at lunch time because it was the best moment to be doing sport outdoors in winter.

I would just make sure I had no scheduled meeting and had people in my team available. Sometimes I would do it to make up for extra time outside of office hours. This also allowed some of my coworkers to leave earlier because they knew I would stay longer to do my regular shift.
by wongarsu | 2025-09-09 22:31:54+00:00
Companies that underpay compared to cost of living exist everywhere, even in the cheap places. They usually end up with the people who can't get or don't want a better paying job.

And yes, companies should be paying salary increases for RTO if they hired on the promise of remote work. Not doing that will just means you now offer worse compensation compared to job conditions and are going to lose some people to greener pastures. Which might be a factor in Microsoft's timing: less job mobility right now
by orochimaaru | 2025-09-09 22:31:54+00:00
Parents need to take responsibility for outcomes. Education happens as much at home as it does in school. You need engaged teachers AND parents.

Teacher salaries need to keep up. The problem is teacher salaries aren’t a state or a national setup. They depend on the school district you’re in. If you’re in a high income district where higher taxes are afforded. Teacher salaries are good. But then these places also have VERY engaged parents - which makes the scores much better.

If you want rural and inner city scores to improve it will need real funding - 1. For teachers to want to move to small town USA and teach there, 2. Or for them to risk life and limb going to inner cities and 3. Having an extremely high teacher to student ratio - probably 5-10 per teacher to compensate for lack of engagement at home.
by xtracto | 2025-09-09 22:32:03+00:00
Just out of curiosity, how much compensation would people be willing to leave on the table in lieu of "Remote" work? (this is different to, how much would you ASK to go from remote to a new in-office job). 10%, 25%, 50%?

I've worked remotely for 5 years now, and there is NO way I would return to an office based job. I even have moved to a small town where there are practically 0 tech jobs; and at this point there's NO way I would relocate for a new job. Maybe it is my age (44), or maybe I am even in a privileged position financially; but at this moment in my life I would rather quit my job if they made me return to office (even for one day a week, as it would mean having to move to wherever the office is). Fortunately I am in a position where I can go several months without a paycheck, and I have some passive income.
by joquarky | 2025-09-09 22:32:08+00:00
Let me use AI to translate this into plain English:

> AI was a huge mistake. It shows a lack of imagination and confuses ideas from different sciences. Instead of helping us improve how we communicate, it reinforces our weakest habits. Computer science pretends to make things more efficient, but really it just extracts value in shallow ways. This is poor, second-rate thinking.
by sfink | 2025-09-09 22:32:23+00:00
To be fair, they didn't claim it to be a meaningful attack deterrent. They said "success...in increasing exploitation complexity".

Sure, the whole sentence is a bit of a weird mess. Paraphrased: it made exploits more complex, so we concluded that we needed a combined SW/HW approach. What I read into that is that they're admitting PAC didn't work, so they needed to come up with a new approach and part of that approach was to accept that they couldn't do it using either SW or HW alone.

Then again... I don't know much about PAC, but to me it seems like it's a HW feature that requires SW changes to make use of it, so it's kind of HW+SW already. But that's a pointless quibble; EMTE employs a lot more coordination and covers a lot more surface, iiuc.
by zdw | 2025-09-09 22:32:28+00:00
Most of this is because of the always-on screen. If you can live without it and switch back to the motion or button to wake mode, you get 30-50% more usage before the battery runs out, which is not a huge improvement but is a legitimate option.

A side effect is that this makes your watch look less new, and therefore less of a theft target.
by Imustaskforhelp | 2025-09-09 22:33:17+00:00
I don't know about the [1] but I think that [2] actually embed's crun https://github.com/containers/crun in the executable itself.

Crun can be/is used by podman/docker too so you could think that its essentially stripping docker down to its core of running oci containers and just taking the most lightweight and (fastest?) approach and embedding it directly into the executable.

I am sure that I might get somethings wrong, I usually do, so if I have an error, please do let me know as I don't wish to spread misinformation

This project on the other hand seems to be using bake https://github.com/losfair/bake which seems to take something like a docker container and I think essentially push it into something like .iso using squashfs The idea here is that they seem to embed firecracker itself into a single binary to actually just make it an executable that can run that microvm as it is.

And I think that bottlefire just seems to do something similar but they do it on their server side and seem to just provide you a binary to make things easy for you...

I am not sure with microvm's architecture but it seems that there are some additional features that you can get since they are VM, maybe you can get the ability of https://criu.org/Main_Page out of the box but this doesn't seem to be done right now but In my opinion is really very doable.

Another idea might be more security. I am going to refer to an article [1] which talks about flatpak but it has this line and I quote `containers are not sandboxed`, so I suppose that this can help blur the lines b/w containers by converting containers into microvm's and then leveraging vm's technology for sandboxing or some other mechanism rather easily as compared to docker (I see it use landlock which was new to me!)

article [1]: https://hanako.codeberg.page/
by lxe | 2025-09-09 22:33:23+00:00
Good. Approving this would have set a concerning precedent.

Edit: My stance on information freedom and copyright hasn't changed since Aaron Swartz's death in 2013. Intellectual property laws, patents, copyright, and similar protections feel outdated and serve mainly to protect established interests. Despite widespread piracy making virtually all media available immediately upon release, content creators and media companies continue to grow and profit. Why should publishers rely on century-old laws to restrict access?
by notherhack | 2025-09-09 22:33:28+00:00
SAN doesn't say where the unusual tower traffic originated. Does the Marlin system attempt to geolocate and identify the suspicious transmitters?

Could the regular mobile tower operators collect subscriber identities at will via their regular gear, with no stingray vans or warrants required, and save the information for later? That seems to be how it's done with the other subscriber location and communication contents that they collect.
by karmakaze | 2025-09-09 22:33:47+00:00
First thing I do is check any domain that I don't recognize as official.

Domain: NPMJS.HELP (85 similar domains) Registrar: Porkbun, LLC (4.84 million domains) Query Time: 8 Sep 2025 - 4:14 PM UTC [1 DAY BACK] [REFRESH] Registered: 5th September 2025 [4 days back] Expiry: 5th September 2026 [11 months, 25 days left]

I'd be suspicious of anything registered with Porkbun discount registrar. 4 days ago, means it's fake.

> It sets a deadline a few days in the future. This creates a sense of urgency, and when you combine urgency with being rushed by life, you are much more likely to fall for the phishing link.

Any time I feel like I'm being rushed, I check deeper. It would help if everyone's official communications only came from the most well known domain (or subdomain).
by kennywinker | 2025-09-09 22:33:51+00:00
Pebble had like a week long battery life. Apple’s pitch wasn’t better battery life, it was just “that thing for nerds? This is the same, but for everyone else.” I.e. it came with seamless integration with your phone, rings to close, a more expensive look, and more polished fitness tracking.

The breakthru that made touchscreen phones works wasn’t an app ecosystem. That came after people were already crazy about iPhones. It was capacitive touch screens. Basically everything before was resistive touch, which is why they usually had styluses. Getting touch, and really multi-touch, working well was the game changer that redefined cell phones.
by abstractbeliefs | 2025-09-09 22:34:07+00:00
ArchiveTeam is working on backing up selected channels/videos to the Internet Archive, where they can also be watched via their Wayback Machine. You can help them decide what is culturally or historically important enough to save.

ArchiveTeam generally is an interesting project I highly recommend people read about.

Their YouTube project can be seen here: https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/YouTube

And you can learn how to get involved (by running a virtual machine appliance) here: https://wiki.archiveteam.org/index.php/ArchiveTeam_Warrior
by orwin | 2025-09-09 22:34:11+00:00
My father used to work in construction in Western europe, so protectionist/Nationalist union workers, i know about them. No one would cheer if that happened to foreign workers, unless company owners were part of the detained, and even then, push would be made so that the workers were respected while accompanied back to Eastern europe, because our union workers actually have something called compassion for fellow workers.

Although maybe they would cheer if it were plasterers, but that's because they all belong to jail (according to construction painters at least).
by HDThoreaun | 2025-09-09 22:34:20+00:00
so Israel just has to live with terrorist attacks until the end of time? I dont see how else they can ensure their own safety from rockets.

At the end of the day everything is up for debate. I tend to agree with you that the answer is "yes, israel has to live terrorist attacks until the end of time", but to say that it isnt even up for debate is crazy.
by ndriscoll | 2025-09-09 22:34:37+00:00
Amateurs regularly outperform professionals in schooling (they seem to perform somewhere between "at least as good" to "decently better" on average), and studies in the 80s found that 1:1 tutoring with mastery learning is wildly more effective than normal classes (with the average tutored student performing at the 98th percentile of control students).
by kg | 2025-09-09 22:35:01+00:00
> Penalties to be applied in cases of criminal copyright infringement (i.e., violations of 17 U.S.C. § 506(a)), are set forth at 18 U.S.C. § 2319. Congress has increased these penalties substantially in recent years, and has broadened the scope of behaviors to which they can apply. See this Manual at 1847.

> Statutory penalties are found at 18 U.S.C. § 2319. A defendant, convicted for the first time of violating 17 U.S.C. § 506(a) by the unauthorized reproduction or distribution, during any 180-day period, of at least 10 copies or phonorecords, or 1 or more copyrighted works, with a retail value of more than $2,500 can be imprisoned for up to 5 years and fined up to $250,000, or both. 18 U.S.C. §§ 2319(b), 3571(b)(3).

If you broaden it to include DMCA violations you could spend a lot of time in jail. It's even worse in some other countries.
by OkayPhysicist | 2025-09-09 22:35:55+00:00
I can answer why this is at the company I work at right now:

It's a PITA to coordinate between teams, and my team doesn't control the main domain. If I wanted my team's application to run on the parent domain, I would have to negotiate with the crayon eaters in IT to make a subdomain, point it at whatever server, and then if I want any other changes to be made, I'd have to schedule a followup meeting, which will generate more meetings, etc.

If I want to make any changes to the mycompany.othertld domain, I can just do it, with no approval from anyone.
by ashdksnndck | 2025-09-09 22:36:15+00:00
Not sure. I rarely fall when climbing rocks, so I’m not a total butterfingers. I often take out my phone to use as a flashlight, angle mirror etc and leave it balanced precarious places. Never had a phone break in probably hundreds of ground falls (always using a case). Since it’s never broken, I don’t expend effort to prevent it from falling.

Edit: sibling comment is correct, sketchy pockets of athletic shorts are a major offender. Actually it bothers me way more when my car keys fall out of those.
by criley2 | 2025-09-09 22:36:16+00:00
Is this a thing? I've been using a Pixel 9 Pro Fold for one full year now and my inner screen looks pretty flawless. I don't see a single scratch, and I've never used any kind of protector on the inside. This kind of sounds like a "sour grapes" excuse where a really good thing is presumed to suck only because you can't have it. Personally, as someone who isn't really interested in a full tablet, the foldable is really really nice.
by jimbob45 | 2025-09-09 22:36:16+00:00
Well every company just happens to be undertaking RTO at the same time so it seems to be above the exec level. I’ve seen hypotheses on here that city councils are putting on pressure to boost their local economies and another that boards of directors are pushing this as the last chance to layoff->outsource before H-1Bs are banned. Whatever it is, it certainly doesn’t appear to stem from innovative or independent executive thought.
by Esophagus4 | 2025-09-09 22:36:22+00:00
I’m nervous Trump seems to be pushing so hard for rate cuts given this reality of what seems like uneasy inflation.

That will likely benefit hard assets like real estate and those with big stock portfolios, as top blue chips generally have some pricing power to offset increased cost, but I think real income will drop and you’ll get all sorts of weird second order consequences.

If I had enough confidence in it, an interesting bet might be borrowing to invest in big tech blue chips. You’re betting that Trump gets his way with the Fed politically, tech benefits from low rates, tech has power to raise prices, and that Trump will inflate away your debt.

Won’t be good for most Americans, but if you can’t beat em, join em?

{not financial advice}
by punkst | 2025-09-09 22:36:43+00:00
We’re looking for a contract/part-time Swift developer. The application is already built and fully functional, but we need improvements and additional features added.

Key points:

Work must be completed in a timely manner. It’s fine if you have another job, as long as deadlines are met. There may be a future need to convert the app from Swift to Flutter/Dart, so experience with multiple languages/frameworks is a plus. Remote is the only way to go.

We’re not looking for someone who is not overcompensation for insecurities. (d-bag),just a reliable developer who can deliver quality work. This is an established business, not a silly start up.

Apply Here: https://forms.gle/Y4zAGRTKLsUqy8Zf7
by Modified3019 | 2025-09-09 22:36:44+00:00
In the DIY electronics scene, I’ve occasionally come across posts about small cheap e-ink displays essentially burning in and how to try and avoid it (shifting things around like on OLED)

https://github.com/esphome/feature-requests/issues/1109#issu...

This could be actual burn in, or it could be a failure in how they are refreshing (with some potential fix if refreshed properly). I’m not familiar enough to be certain myself, but I personally suspect they are likely being driven too hard and are truly damaged.

In normal e-reader use I’ve never seen this as a practical issue.
by heavyset_go | 2025-09-09 22:36:47+00:00
> 1. Printed ads, newspapers, billboards, magazines -- You can explain your product and show a picture of what it looks like to demonstrate the value to customers

I implore you to look at the advertisements and propaganda from ~100+ years ago. This was not the case, manipulation happened in the same ways it does today. Hell, go back ~250+ years and you'll see the same thing. Propaganda played a huge part in the founding of the US, for example.

Similarly, look up early Nazi and Third Reich propaganda. There are internet memes today that look like they were copied directly from some pamphlets printed in the 1930s.
by basisword | 2025-09-09 22:36:47+00:00
>> It's not like there's a shortage of things to do

I'm curious what your list of things is. We're way past the point of 'flashy' but quick to implement changes in my opinion. The things people want take much longer to develop and with their annual release cadence each release is going to feel less dramatic. You just need to look back at some of the Apple keynotes from 10-15 years ago. An iPod with a COLOR screen! Bigger screens! Camera that does VIDEO! Camera that isn't a potato! The bar is much higher now.
by google_sucks | 2025-09-09 22:36:50+00:00
I see the investigation separates anti-zionism from anti-semitism. Perhaps one could have separated anti-judaism (critique against the religion) from anti-semitism too?

For example criticizing metzitzah b’peh (direct oral suctioning) or mentioning that Jesus according to Talmud is boiling in feces in hell could be considered anti-judaism but not anti-semitism.
by paulryanrogers | 2025-09-09 22:37:29+00:00
Even if that worked, is it such a loss that we now have some personalization in our emojis? They aren't for super formal or technical needs. It's just something fun to express ourselves over text mediums.

Computers are powerful. We have no shortage of computer programmers. Given all the complexity in systems just to stay current and functional, a bit of extra work for emojis is a small price to pay.
by runxel | 2025-09-09 22:37:49+00:00
Very interesting. I did the treasure chest emoji proposal back in 2018.

Back then the committee was very determined not to let in more emojis – for the treasure the official response was that Unicode already had money symbols and that this should be more than enough for all use cases.

Looks like they caved in now and just adding more clobbers left and right. Half of me is happy to finally have the treasure chest, but the other half is sad, that somehow now they added it, when we could have had it 8 years ago!
by scarface_74 | 2025-09-09 22:37:59+00:00
Were you really confused by “your contract” at any job? I’ve signed 10 over the years and they basically all spell out - how much you are going to get paid, when your start date is and you are an at will employee.

I was also hired by BigTech in 2020 and assigned to a “virtual office” and my position was designated as “field by design” meaning that it was suppose to be permanently remote.

There was nowhere in my contract that I would never be expected to return to office and in fact AWS did tell all of their “field by design” roles that they would have to come into the office by the beginning of the year.

I was already gone by then. Don’t you think you would have heard at least one case of a successful lawsuit by employees of at least one of these companies? Especially the US’s second largest employer?

You think a local lawyer “recommended by a family friend” is going to successfully take on a trillion dollar+ market cap company?
by Levitz | 2025-09-09 22:38:06+00:00
>This is someone with a pedigree, able to land an apple job, pass the interviews, work with a team, has mortgage/family/whatever, etc but he upset a sultan sitting on his silk pillow and now must be thrown out on the streets?

Rather, it would be about their values and vision not aligning with those of the company. The job shouldn't have happened to begin with.

Not that I like this kind of company mind you, but I do understand and see the appeal. The comparisons with a cult that are often drawn have a logic to them. But this whole scenario is also an exaggeration. Somewhat.