MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by user3939382 | 2025-09-24 17:05:17+00:00
I used matterbridge to bridge local ircd to Slack and a bot to do a 2 way sync. Now people are free to use slack but I don’t have to look at it, and I can freely integrate my tools etc without Slack’s bullshit and easily move/integrate/point it somewhere else down the line.

Figma is so slow on my 3-4 year old x64 mbp I couldn’t possibly use it.
by mef51 | 2025-09-24 17:05:37+00:00
I'm not sure I entirely agree with the framing, despite agreeing with many of the points raised. I think it's relevant to recognize that large organizations often become large by consuming smaller organizations. And that they consume smaller organizations precisely because they offer something like purpose and meaning, and other emotional/spiritual needs. When there are no more smaller organizations to consume, the larger organizations fracture out of an absence of these necessities. The division of 'small' and 'large' organizations is maybe relevant in today's economic structure but it does not feel absolute or permanent. Anyway, this well highlights the importance of genuine connections and activities at the individual level.
by ericdotlee | 2025-09-24 17:05:42+00:00
With the recent release of Qwen-3 Omni I've decided to put together my first local machine. As much as I just want to pick up a beelink and flash it with Omarchy I think I want a bit more horsepower.

However, the internet seems littered with "clever" loca ai monstrosities that gang together 4-6 ancient nVidia GPU's (priced today to seem like overpriced e-waste) to get lackluster performance from piles of nVidia m60's and P100's? In 2025 this kind of seems like a waste or just bad advice to use hardware this old?

Curious if this find seems like a good source of info regarding staying away from Intel and AMD GPU's for local inference? Might do some training but right now more interested in light RAG and maybe some local coding.

Hoping to build something before the holiday season to keep my office warm with GPU's :).

Thanks!
by sdesol | 2025-09-24 17:05:42+00:00
I'm guessing you are referring to https://github.com/gitsense/chat/tree/main/data/analyze or https://github.com/gitsense/chat/tree/main/packages/chat/wid...

The number is actually the order in the chat so 1.md would be the first message, 2.md would be the second and so forth.

If you goto https://chat.gitsense.com and click on the "Load Personal Help Guide" you can see how it is used. Since I want you to be able to chat with the document, I will create a new chat tree and use the directory structure and the 1,2,3... markdown files to determine message order.
by jdietrich | 2025-09-24 17:05:44+00:00
Rising house prices are routinely presented as a good news story by the Tory tabloids. To a generation of homeowners, their house is a store of vast amounts of unearned wealth and they bitterly oppose anything that might erode that wealth.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14735531/British-ho...
by 999900000999 | 2025-09-24 17:06:05+00:00
I actually want browsers to support other languages natively.

Brendan Eich ( the creator of JavaScript) was kind enough chime in that it would be impossible for variety of reasons.

Obviously he knows more about this than me, but I think Google could put Dart in there if they really wanted.

WebAssembly is pretty close though.
by FloorEgg | 2025-09-24 17:06:57+00:00
It seems to me that:

- on average, complexity is increasing.

- most patterns in how civilization is arranged oscilate over time

- what's happening right now is most likely an artifact of right now (economics, power structure, culture, politics, etc).

- it seems that a shift back to smaller groups is likely in the future

- what I'm not sure about is whether the larger groups need to dissolve or stabilize in order for smaller groups to rebound

- I can't help but think that if our whole economic system reconfigures after reaching sufficient abundance, more of people's time will be spent on satisfying the soft needs met by smaller social groups, and less time will be spent on what feels meaningless
by ghaff | 2025-09-24 17:07:14+00:00
>If I were to lose a bag on vacation there wouldn't be the same consequences.

Not that taking everything carryon was really an option in this case, but I had a bag misplaced after a connecting flight was canceled. This was a group hiking trip but I had at least an extra day scheduled. Still spent about $500 to minimally restock although my bag arrived at literally the last minute before one of the guides left the hotel for our one-way walk.
by fasbiner | 2025-09-24 17:07:31+00:00
I can’t think of a worse person to cite that principle; Snyder has lied and evaded historians with basic inquiries about his work.

As we speak, his official position is that Russia and China are both engaged in genocides and another state categorically is not and you should be punished for inquiring. I don’t think that position is going to age well, for him or for you.

The propaganda is so effective because the propagandists can rely on your lack of basic rigor and media bubble to present abstractions as a real moral position. And there’s no way to say this without hurting feelings and causing people to get defensive. Look up what any historian who isn’t on tv has say about Snyder’s work on libgen, it’s not sensationalist or context-free, it’s just someone going through and documenting mendacious claims and poor historiography: https://defendinghistory.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Omer...

What is telling is not that one reviewer can be authoritative, but more that the response is "Shut up and go away, I'm trying to have a media career." Pretending to be a controversial truth-teller speaking for principles is how Americans like to be propagandized to and how we like to become niche celebrities instead of doing work that requires accuracy and rigor.
by OhMeadhbh | 2025-09-24 17:07:32+00:00
You might be onto something here. What we've lost I notice mostly when working. When I search for "Bizarre undocumented compile error B7102343. Rebooting Universe." I really want to see ONLY those pages that have these keywords. But when I'm trying to find a list of DMV offices near me, I want the "search" engine to interpret my question "where are DMV offices near me?"

Maybe it is two different products: index search and fuzzy search?
by nemomarx | 2025-09-24 17:07:35+00:00
Harris made several grandstanding stunts at the border and talked about her record on crime and immigration enforcement, and backed off on trans questions where she could (saying she would leave it to the states)

This basically had no impact because the political ads just said she was going to open the border and use your taxes to pay for transing your kids anyway. The Dems can't reasonably change how they're viewed in the media environment and if they do manage to take out a moderate position on something they'll just be seen as the slightly less effective option - once everyone agrees the border needs to be tougher, why not vote for the party that's louder on immigration anyway?
by tikotus | 2025-09-24 17:07:46+00:00
I recently started it on Deck. At first I thought it was ok, perhaps a bit blurry and hard to read. Then I put it on the TV and oh my when those pixels came at me! I don't consider myself a hifi person, I really don't care much about such things. But that pixel mush was borderline unplayable! And I couldn't up the quality without making the game run unbearably slow. I don't understand why everyone is saying it works great or even fine on SD. Perhaps others don't really use an external screen for it? But now I can't get comfortable looking at it on the small screen either...
by AlotOfReading | 2025-09-24 17:07:53+00:00
An activist investor, Elliot, acquired a significant stake in the company and organized a shareholder revolt about Southwest's margins. Paraphrasing their presentation on the issue [0]:

Management Has Historically Ruled Out Industry-Standard Commercial Initiatives [like assigned seating, different seat classes, and checked bag fees]

The plan is to make SWA as similar as possible to other airlines to get their numbers to the same place, increasing the value of already owned shares. They don't care if it destroys SWA's customer base because they'll have sold off their stake by then.

[0] https://beatofhawaii.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Stronger...
by 1vuio0pswjnm7 | 2025-09-24 17:07:55+00:00
"Think of humans in factories fishing out faulty items, where formerly they would perhaps be the artisans that made the product in the first place."

But according to this Indian service provider's website, the workers (Indians?) are hired to "clean up" not "fish out" the "faulty items"

Imagine a factory where the majority of items produced are faulty and are easily "fished out". But instead of discarding them,^1 workers have to fix each one

1. The energy costs of production are substantial
by genshii | 2025-09-24 17:08:00+00:00
I'm personally looking forward to this change because I currently pay $20/month just to get edit prediction. I use Claude Code in my terminal for everything else. I do wish I could just pay for edit prediction at an even lower price, but I can understand why that's not an option.

I'm curious if they have plans to improve edit prediction though. It's honestly kind of garbage compared to Cursor, and I don't think I'm being hyperbolic by calling it garbage. Most of the time it's suggestions aren't helpful, but the 10-20% of the time it is helpful is worth the cost of the subscription for me.
by UncleMeat | 2025-09-24 17:08:01+00:00
This is currently #1 on HN. I suspect that a lot of people will read this and decide not to look into relevant scholarship because the text here is packaged nicely and it is presented by somebody that this community (rightly) respects very deeply.

In other contexts I've seen Tao cite scholarship outside of his field when engaging with it. I wish he'd done that here.
by rangestransform | 2025-09-24 17:08:11+00:00
- What if Google didn't have more money than god, and couldn't afford to bankroll Waymo ~10b?

- Would TSMC have gotten as far if Apple couldn't reliably buy out months of capacity on the next node, bankrolling TSMC's tech development?

- Would we even have >10B-param LLMs at all?

There is something to be said for the concentration of resources, such that they can be deployed on projects with payoffs years or decades later. The same could be said for all the tech that came out of Bell Labs or PARC. Advocating for smaller businesses is advocating for shorttermism to some degree; even startups today are funded based on the premise that they could potentially capture an entire market in a few years.
by aDyslecticCrow | 2025-09-24 17:08:34+00:00
> Perhaps there's some accounting for this, and I'm curious to learn what it is

The slip itself is a calibration reference, so a clean photo of it could serve to compensate for the lamp and camera and calculate how accurate the readings is for different parts of the spectrum. (But good wide spectrum light would be ideal for high precision readout)

You're also still limited to visible light because of the camera uv and ir filter, for which the sun is a decent reference.
by nradov | 2025-09-24 17:08:39+00:00
Yes. A plaintiff can file a civil lawsuit in a US court against a "John Doe" defendant and ask the court to order Facebook (or any online service) to turn over any data they have on the user's real identity. If the court agrees and issues the order then Facebook will comply: this is quite routine and happens all the time. The plaintiff can then amend the lawsuit to name specific defendants.

Section 230 is largely irrelevant to this process so I don't know why you'd bring it up. Have you ever even read the Communications Decency Act of 1996?
by w10-1 | 2025-09-24 17:08:44+00:00
(non-expert)

This is promising but needs publication and expert review.

Here's the actual company statement from today:

https://uniqure.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/uniqure-announces-positive-topline-results-pivotal-phase-iii

There's also a June 2024 article:

https://www.cgtlive.com/view/huntington-disease-gene-therapy-nets-rmat-designation

That explains a bit more: (1) neuro-surgery introduces gene-virus to putamen and caudate nucleus; (2) virus delivers gene that produces micro-RNA; (3) the micro-RNA blocks the messenger RNA of the bad gene, reducing bad protein production.

The 2023 study is said to have 39 patients (BBC and their recent statement reports 29). The reported findings may be significant but seem small (e.g., low dose: 0.39 of 14.1 points). Earlier they reported composites from the Unified HD Rating Scale, which has the usual caveats for the behavioral and functional sub-measures (vs. the more reliable motor and cognitive). Today's statement instead focuses on the more objective measures instead of the composite.

Earlier, high-dose responders reportedly didn't just stabilize but got better -- unclear how. The more recent findings report that the disability still progressed, but slowed relative to "propensity-matched" controls. (Note 4 of 10 controls opted to join the trial after 12 months.)

Both mention improvement in NfL (neurofilament light chains), which is an objective but nonspecific (and highly variable) measure of the degree of neuronal decomposition. The statement quantifies this at ~8% -- unclear if this level is convincing.

For such an invasive treatment for a slowly progressing, relatively rare disease, they're probably gathering and publishing data as fast as possible. The short-term results seem good, and it will be good to see long-term results over time.

It's possible some effect seen is due e.g., to immune adjuvants or something else during the therapy, and I would want experts to review the propensity matching.

I would be concerned that the micro-RNA produced either also binds with epitopes from other messenger RNA or induces some immune response. Remember, there's no reversal agent or half-life elimination for such genetic treatments.

So: room for hope but also for caution.
by scottfr | 2025-09-24 17:08:53+00:00
In the early 1800's Alexis de Tocqueville attributed a lot of American success to its small organizations/associations:

"There is nothing, according to me, that deserves more to attract our regard than the intellectual and moral associations of America....

In democratic countries the science of association is the mother science; the progress of all the others depends on the progress of that one."

[0] https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/805328.html
by TimorousBestie | 2025-09-24 17:09:05+00:00
It’s not “extremely high level analysis.” It’s a brief philosophical excursion, and he appropriately disclaims that his opinions aren’t rigorous or even all that informed.

The idea that Tao can’t be insightful while microblogging outside of his field of expertise is silly. We here at HN allow plenty of nonexperts a wide latitude to pretend like they know something of which they have no real knowledge. The result is, I’m sure you’ll agree, occasionally insightful.
by some-guy | 2025-09-24 17:09:06+00:00
Also a paying YT Premium subscriber. I live in a rural part of CA where there isn't much 5G reception. For extremely long drives in my minivan, I allow my toddler to watch Ms. Rachel on the screen via an HDMI port input from my iPhone. Youtube Premium videos have DRM that disallow downloads to play over HDMI, so I had to do what you did and add them as files locally to VLC and play them from there.
by bluGill | 2025-09-24 17:09:15+00:00
They still have to offer replacement flights, and if the replacement flight isn't reasonable they have to refund. They can't just keep your money.

Don't forget that a lot of flights are business flights. Fortune 500 companies will negotiate deals with the airlines, and they will ensure that getting there matters. Sure the CEO flys the company jet, but the next level down rarely does, but they talk to the CEO and will ensure that the chosen airline will get their people there by contract (wherever there is), if the airlines start failing to get people there on time these contracts will change since the large companies have enough money to matter. Those who fly a lot (again likely for business, even small businesses sometimes have someone flying several times a week) again are people the airlines need to make happy as they will go to different airline if there are problems.

Which is to say they can screw the "common man" who rarely flies, but most of the business is people who have enough power to to to airlines that treat them well and at that point it normally isn't worth screwing anyone.
by renewiltord | 2025-09-24 17:09:22+00:00
Realistically, everyone online is constantly complaining about the lack of friends, the lack of community, and so on. Meanwhile, I live in a high rise in SF and have no shortage of any of these.

People borrow spoons of yogurt, tools, devices; share parenting, food, and home advice; and there's a bunch who play board games and the like.

My friends are nearby. We go to the gym together, play basketball together, go to the same kids' birthday parties.

This is very obviously a "smell shit everywhere you go" situation.
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by fuzzfactor | 2025-09-24 17:09:46+00:00
Exactly, even at places like NASA.

Rocket science wouldn't be nearly enough by itself.

Computer science and associated software development is a science of its own, it just doesn't happen to be a natural science. Lots of math can help, and it's still largely unexplored with more discoveries to make like any other, and advances go hand-in-hand with the progress from the materials and electronics people.

I enjoyed working with some juniors until I "retired" in natural science, but I'm continuing as a training consultant. It's actually fun because there's so much to learn that people come real far real fast. And quickly realize how it's going to take years to really get good, but it's got to be kept inspiring to avoid discouragement, and the enthusiasm shows.

Organizationally, for people not that many years out of college, I think it's best to have a ratio of seniors who are cool-headed cats themselves not just to set an example, but willing, able, and technically superior enough to be able to herd cats and are in position to do so.

Who better to be carrying around the tunafish when you want a whole team to be moving in the same direction?
by GorkFangirl | 2025-09-24 17:10:15+00:00
Super interesting and semi-satirical article that just popped up in my feed, makes me wonder what happend to this entire 7 trillion ordeal and how big the AI bubble really is. I think its very very relevant to ask and understand how the people in charge interact with AI. The article touches on many current issues surrounding the psychological and by extension societal impact of AI, and I think it has multiple points that will spark an interesting discussion for investors in a market where index gains etc. are increasingly driven by a few AI related whales. The article brings a new angle to this topic and connects some very interesting dots about the AI bubble and how AI delusions might be affecting decisions.
by okanat | 2025-09-24 17:10:29+00:00
Well not in Germany. Some banks accept their branded authenticators, some of them don't.

ING in Germany forces you to either have a single Google approved smartphone or a single authenticator, not both.

DKB requires a paid Girocard to use the authenticator or a Google approved smartphone.

N26 requires a single phone but they are a bit lenient. However they have way too many incidents reported where they closed people's accounts without a reason.

The traditional banks have high fees. One pays upwards 10 - 15 Euros a month for Sparkasse or Commerzbank for a simple checking account. Using Sparkasse means you cannot deposit money outside county (yes county and country) borders. Many traditional banks have high fees for withdrawing outside the network.

So one is forced to choose between modern banks with better online experience that's tied to Google and Apple or a traditional bank with oftentimes awful online experience and high fees.
by giuliomagnifico | 2025-09-24 17:11:16+00:00
They say simply "5G", I don't think it matters whether it is SA or NSA, the end user doesn't know the difference, the important thing is to see if there is an improvement.

I mean, even if it were all 5G NSA, we all see the 5G label and then pay more but in reality it’s a "fake 5G", the study simply tries to understand if there is an improvement between the 5G and 4G label on the phone.
by godelski | 2025-09-24 17:11:18+00:00
I was talking to "my friend" about how I'm annoyed my calendar duplicates holidays because it imports from multiple calendars and he asked me "what value" would be provided if this was solved. Confused I said it pushes things off so I can't read events. He clarified he meant monetary value...

We're both programmers so we're both know we're talking about a one line regex...

I know quite a number of people like this and they're in high positions at big tech companies... doesn't take a genius to figure out why everything has such shitty user experiences and why all the software is so poorly written. No one even seems to care about the actual product they'll only correct you to tell you the product is the stock and the customer is the shareholder, not the user.

We fucked up...
by pama | 2025-09-24 17:11:18+00:00
Although I totally agree with this analysis, I also feel optimistic that this moment in time provides the first real opportunity in over 40 years for smaller organizations to start to affect societal change again. The existing efficiencies due to reduced (human-to-human) communication and fast decision-making processes in small organizations combine very nicely with the reduction in the barrier to entry with the help of AI and the accelerated pace of change in society due to AI. I hope that once a main driver of scalability and societal change becomes access to computation, rather than human headcount, we will see a reversal of the ongoing trend.
by f_devd | 2025-09-24 17:11:19+00:00
> United States to implement a reliable ZKP age verification system (my emphesis)

Realistically at least 3-4 years, assuming they want to keep the same goals as eIDAS. I think the (software) implementation will be the least costly part, time-wise; but it takes a long time before everyone adopts a new social system. Especially in the US where there has been no precedent for digital identification. Even with full control of your own ID & and solid implementation details, there will be push-back just for suggesting that people/companies should adopt it.
by tastyface | 2025-09-24 17:11:36+00:00
If senility was a dealbreaker, Trump would not have won. The things that come out of his mouth are literally insane.

And I don’t know what the center of the country looks like, either. If the center favored careful, conservative policies, Trump would not have won.

Politics no longer make sense to me. I say Democrats should just run the candidate with the most charisma and fuck everything else.