MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by TesterVetter | 2025-09-08 18:24:20+00:00
We are already in a recession. The S&P500 is propped up by a few companies, Gold is crushing stocks, job numbers are horrendous, and the private rate markets are telling us rates are going lower, fast.

Gold, a static commodity, outperforming stock indices is practically a shout from the top of a mountain that companies are doing terribly because they cannot produce returns greater than the inflation of commodity prices.

Look at how many treasuries the large banks are buying in anticipation of lower rates.

The corporate media and the Federal Reserve (of Public Relation) just want to paper over it long enough for the large players to get positioned before the rest of the market realizes it.
by 3np | 2025-09-08 18:24:29+00:00
Food: In order to survive and thrive, we need to balance our nutritional intake (lest we die of malnutrition). We all do this. Yet for most of us, calories is not what life is about. For many of the privileged of us, it's barely what eating is about. Over-obsession with calorie-counting can become a sickness as much as neglect and overeating.

Same with your money as participant in the economy. Maintaining a healthy flow and preparing for the future is a good idea. But remember that fundamentally money is supposed to be a measure of value, not value itself (the tragedy of our society is confusing the map with the territory).

Continue focusing on impact and the money will follow. At the same time you still want to have a healthy balance and stable trajectory on the day-to-day and month-to-month without that turning into minmaxing or letting it direct your life-choices to an unhealthy degree. You'll probably want some form of income - not necessarily in the 1%.
by IshKebab | 2025-09-08 18:24:38+00:00
> Losing it means losing access to your backup permanently, and Signal cannot help you recover it.

Oof... That's going to be tough to explain to normal users. "Sorry you've been paying for backups all this time, but you should have written down this code that you will only ever use once somewhere safe and remembered where it is. All your data is gone."

Not the right security trade-off for most people.
by jbritton | 2025-09-08 18:25:04+00:00
I recently saw an article about LLMs and Towers of Hanoi. An LLM can write code to solve it. It can also output steps to solve it when the disk count is low like 3. It can’t give the steps when the disk count is higher. This indicates LLMs inability to reason and understand. Also see Gotham Chess and the Chatbot Championship. The Chatbots start off making good moves, but then quickly transition to making illegal moves and generally playing unbelievably poorly. They don’t understand the rules or strategy or anything.
by jjani | 2025-09-08 18:25:32+00:00
> It's just also facially incorrect - Amazon does hire warehouse workers. Facebook does not hire enough content monitors.

This is the whole point. Amazon had to hire hundreds of thousands of warehouse workers to scale. They have 1.5 million employees. Facebook is capable of doing the same. The idea that they "can't scale" if they have to stop unloading their negative externalities is absurd. Amazon scaled, while hiring 1.5 million employees. Meta can scale and do the same.
by osa1 | 2025-09-08 18:25:45+00:00
I don't understand. The link could've come from anywhere (for example from a HN comment). How does just clicking on it give your package credentials to someone else? Is NPM also at fault here? I'd naively think that this shouldn't be possible.

For example, GitHub asks for 2FA when I change certain repo settings (or when deleting a repo etc.) even when I'm logged in. Maybe NPM needs to do the same?
by OkayPhysicist | 2025-09-08 18:25:47+00:00
Eh, I'd be fairly comfortable delineating between AI and other CS subfields based on the idea of higher-order algorithms. For most things, you have a problem with fixed set of fixed parameters, and you need a solution in the form of fixed solution. (e.g., 1+1=2) In software, we mostly deal with one step up from that: we solve general case problems, for a fixed set of variable parameters, and we produce algorithms that take the parameters as input and produce the desired solution (e.g., f(x,y) = x + y). The field of AI largely concerns itself with algorithms that produce models to solve entire classes of problem, that take the specific problem description itself as input (e.g., SAT solvers, artificial neural networks, etc where g("x+y") => f(x,y) = x + y ). This isn't a perfect definition of the field (it ends up catching some things like parser generators and compilers that aren't typically considered "AI"), but it does pretty fairly, IMO, represent a distinct field in CS.
by willio58 | 2025-09-08 18:26:18+00:00
Interesting! I wish Apple would expand on "Assistive Access" mode. - https://support.apple.com/guide/assistive-access-iphone/set-...

They made this for people with cognitive disabilities, but it also works great for older people. It just wouldn't work for me. I need Jira, Slack, and GitHub during work hours for example. But I don't want them during non-work hours. I realize I'm describing something actually doable in the interface now with focus modes and just holding myself accountable by deleting apps like Tiktok, but I do like the idea of having a way to enforce it.
by raw_anon_1111 | 2025-09-08 18:26:36+00:00
If you buy an iPhone in 2025 , by default you are not going to have the YouTube App, you’re not going to be setting up a Gmail account by default and you aren’t going to be using Google maps. You will be using Google search unless you go into settings.

Tell me exactly what website ads are not being blocked by my 1Blocker extension? BTW, Safari for iOS has supported more permissive browser extensions for a few years now.

Also, what does ads in apps have to do with Google? 90% of apps that are downloaded and revenue generating directly via in app purchases and I assume ads are games (came out in the Epic v Apple trial). Google isn’t even a player in that category of ads for the most part. They definitely aren’t the dominant player.
by cardiffspaceman | 2025-09-08 18:26:36+00:00
Starbucks allows you to order from home, and drive to the store. The ones I go to usually have my Americano waiting for me when I get there.

Starbucks also seems to allow store managers to shut down app orders if the store is too busy.

McDonald’s—-I’m a connoisseur—-allows you to order through their app, but they clearly don’t start orders until the customer speaks their order code to one of the outdoor kiosks. The only parallelism is between the customer waiting for the order and them making the order.

I like McDonald’s vanilla lattes but I hate McDonald’s Americanos.
by vlovich123 | 2025-09-08 18:26:47+00:00
It has felt much much better in recent months. Did a drive from SF to Yosemite that was basically fully autonomous - can’t do that on Waymo. That being said, I still had two issues in the city where it completely screwed up by being in the wrong lane. Humans make the same error but my one concern was that it doesn’t realize it’s in the wrong lane and try to safely just go the wrong direction and recover and instead just tries to take the “correct” route at all costs which can be a safety issue.

I agree that Waymo is generally safer for in city driving. It’s still not technically fully autonomous even though it appears that way; it has a lot of support people on the backend to resolve when the cars get stuck and whatnot. Waymo still can’t go on the highway or leave well-defined city limits whereas I can use my Tesla on every trip I’ve taken. I think comma.ai is a closer comparison point at this time as I can’t have a Waymo for my own personal use that I can take anywhere whenever.
by goku12 | 2025-09-08 18:27:22+00:00
> the UI for client side certificates was shit for years. no one particularly cared.

That's exactly what I mean! Who would use it if the UI/UX is terrible? Many Gemini (protocol) browsers like Lagrange have such pleasant UIs for it, though somewhat minimal. With sufficient push, you could have used mutual TLS from even hardware tokens.
by Modified3019 | 2025-09-08 18:27:25+00:00
Completely off topic, but related to your post, I came across this recently, which does a good job describing how ineffective criticism/satire is at stopping people who don’t care.

“During the Vietnam War, which lasted longer than any war we've ever been in -- and which we lost -- every respectable artist in this country was against the war. It was like a laser beam. We were all aimed in the same direction. The power of this weapon turns out to be that of a custard pie dropped from a stepladder six feet high. (laughs)”

-Kurt Vonnegut (https://www.alternet.org/2003/01/vonnegut_at_80)

The whole article is unfortunately very topical.
by nradov | 2025-09-08 18:27:40+00:00
You seem to be assuming that government action is the best way to solve social problems. Is that really true or are there better approaches? I think government has a role to play but often it overreaches, causing negative second-order effects and wasting tax money. For example, in the USA government subsidized student loans were intended to make higher education more accessible to deserving low-income students. But in practice we now see a lot of students going to college who don't really belong there just because they can finance it, and much of the money goes into the pockets of useless administrators who contribute nothing to actual education. So naturally taxpayers are skeptical about turning over even more money to the government.
by mkipper | 2025-09-08 18:27:45+00:00
I applied for a management-consulting-ish job a decade ago (I was desperate!) at a big firm and had to take what was basically an IQ test. I have no idea if the test literally calculated my IQ, but the questions were exactly the questions you'd see in an IQ test (e.g. next item in some geometric sequence) so it may as well have.

This was in a group interview for recent university graduates at a very big company. I assume their hiring process was pretty standardized, so there were probably thousands of people taking this test every year in North America.
by tracker1 | 2025-09-08 18:28:00+00:00
I keep a few USB based DACs around, mostly when I want better than the front panel audio jacks offer. The FP audio is always noisy, and I don't want to run headphones around to the back... I mostly use my Bose QC3's these days over BT.

I kind of wish the FP audio was replaced with a USB DAC header into the MB... the tiny cable that connects them just tends to suck imo. Aside from that, a minimal amount of gyro tech in headphones with a centering option could also go a long way toward positional audio support.
by jasode | 2025-09-08 18:28:22+00:00
>do you typically feel better or worse after browsing the internet?

I know it's common to say the "internet sucks" but I'll go against the grain and honestly say it's the best resource in my life. I like learning new things and the internet has been #1 tool for that for many decades. I'm speaking as someone who grew up with public libraries with paper card catalogs and looking at archives of microfiche for old newspapers.

Learning anything like coding, how to repair cars and random things around the house. Learning about places to travel to. Basically learning about any topic. The vastness of the internet is superior to the physical books I used to buy from Barnes & Noble and Amazon.

I think one of the reasons I don't have a negative opinion overall about the internet is that I've never sought friendships or "connection" on the web. Therefore, it's not an aspect that let me down. Maybe an analogy would be the perspective traders would have about the Bloomberg Terminal. It's just an information tool. They don't seek any "social connection" on the Bloomberg Terminal so there's no disappointment that makes the users conclude "Bloomberg Terminals suck". That's what The Internet is to me -- a general all-purpose "Bloomberg Terminal".

It may surprise some to hear that the biggest source of negativity I'm exposed to on the internet is actually here on HN. I'm not joking. I don't read news websites so my daily dose of internet negativity comes from HN comments.
by codyb | 2025-09-08 18:28:24+00:00
I call it Phonevorce and I've done pretty well by

- Using AdGuard's pattern matching to block URLs I found distracting (news sites, youtuble)

- Deleted all apps I spend too much time on (basically down to Discord where I have two or three communities I check in on)

- Leaving my phones in the other room all day

- Turning all notifications off except for a very small select few whose (calls only) go through

- Deleting all social media (still have HackerNews (computer only), Discord)

It's great! Love it. Fuck your phone. I use mine to check bank accounts, do Spanish flash cards, and occasionally to look at housing and life is calmer and nicer and I get more done.
by kube-system | 2025-09-08 18:28:31+00:00
I'm not trying to say that big tech doesn't have any sort of power at all that significant, of course they do. They certainly have a lot of control over information and how it shared. But I think that is unequivocally a lesser power than being able to imprison someone or put them to death. The fact that some small number of government officials are elected might be a rationale for that power, but it doesn't decrease it in any way.
by freejazz | 2025-09-08 18:28:34+00:00
Amazon actually delivers things. Facebook still has a pedo problem, so no, I don't think you're right and it's certainly not even a good example to make your point with anyway as there is no similarity at all. It's pretty clear facebook's business model doesn't work when you have to actually sift through everything they spread. Amazon has nothing to do with it.
by ivape | 2025-09-08 18:28:39+00:00
I'm talking very macro. Look, you can sit with an LLM today and go through a topic you once were educated on and see just how many gaps it fills in. So you yourself can see just how many holes there were in your own education. What do you think the case is for the average person living in the world? Do you really think they got a chance to clarify and explore their education? It's blatantly obvious that we've been giving people inadequate education for quite some time.
by Barrin92 | 2025-09-08 18:28:40+00:00
>my first child is due in a couple months and it’s difficult to imagine tweeting as a parent. why would i argue with a childless blue haired atheist about Islam’s (in)compatibility with Western values? why would i tolerate The Algorithm showing me prostitutes on my social media feed? have we lost our mind? [...] i’m bringing back the 90s.

Bringing up this example of all cases made me a bit curious so I found this piece from a month ago[1] and it gives some context. Ryan, you will never guess who hung out with prostitutes!

There's certainly a lot of malicious stuff on the internet but the desire for an internet full of like-minded people out of a gated community strikes me a bit odd. If you hate weird argumentative people the 90s internet wouldn't have been for you. One of my more curious memories from the earlier internet is being involved in the Unreal Tournament modding scene and finding out that one person I was talking to was Asia Carrera, who was a pornstar, Mensa member and apparently self taught programmer and modder.

If all you want is be around people who think the same thoughts, with an oddly elitist and judgemental touch to boot, I think leaving the internet is the only option.

[1] https://www.ryanckulp.com/are-you-my-people/
by procaryote | 2025-09-08 18:28:46+00:00
It might be great for the person, but it's sure a drag to clean up after people learning to use a hammer by smashing anything they can find.

Actually, a better way to learn these patterns might be to clean up existing code. If the pattern is applicable it should then simplify and clarify the code. You'll also likely to run into crud left by other people, and will learn the appropriate level of disgust
by tremon | 2025-09-08 18:28:48+00:00
Even aerospace has more competition than smartphones: Embraer, Bombardier, Sukhoi, Antonov, Comac, and HAL -- to name just a few alternatives in passenger aviation. And there used to be a lot more manufacturers in Europe and the US as well, before the biggest capital went on a buying spree.

But you seem to be agreeing with me. I was responding to this comment:

> user agency is still a thing - and there are alternatives

Would you say that was an accurate and realistic comment?
by derefr | 2025-09-08 18:28:59+00:00
I'm still waiting for one of Nvidia/AMD/Intel to realize that if they make an inference-focused Thunderbolt eGPU "appliance" (not just a PCIe card in an eGPU chassis, but a sealed, vertically-integrated board-in-box design), then that would completely free them from design constraints around size/shape/airflow in an ATX chassis.

Such an appliance could plug into literally any modern computer — even a laptop or NUC. (And for inference, "running on an eGPU connected via Thunderbolt to a laptop" would actually work quite well; inference doesn't require much CPU, nor have tight latency constraints on the CPU<->GPU path; you mostly just need enough arbitrary-latency RAM<->VRAM DMA bandwidth to stream the model weights.)

(And yeah, maybe your workstation doesn't have Thunderbolt, because motherboard vendors are lame — but then you just need a Thunderbolt PCIe card, which is guaranteed to fit more easily into your workstation chassis than a GPU would!)
by fortran77 | 2025-09-08 18:29:01+00:00
I hate to sound like one of those "Do Your Own Research" types, but as far as I can tell, there are only a few supplements that have repeatedly shown _some_ benefits in peer-reviewed replicated studies for general health:

Vitamin D, Omega 3, and possibly Magnesium and Creatine.

So I stopped taking a daily multivitamin and I just take modest doeses of these 4 supplemements every day.
by Night_Thastus | 2025-09-08 18:29:04+00:00
Practice, context and domain-specific knowledge.

#1 is easy, #2 requires some investigation, #3 requires studying.

If you're looking at say, banking code - but you know nothing about finance - you may struggle to understand what it's doing. You may want to gain some domain expertise. Being an SME makes reading the related code a heck of a lot easier.

Context comes down to learning the code base. What code calls the part you're looking at? What user actions trigger it? Look at the comments and commit messages - what was the intention? This just takes time and a lot of trawling around, looking for patterns and common elements. User manuals and documentation can also help. This part can't be rushed - it just comes to passing over it again and again and again. If you have access to people very familiar with the code - ask them! They may be able to kick start your intro.

#1 will come naturally with time.
by alanwli | 2025-09-08 18:30:29+00:00
The alternative is to find solutions that can reasonably support different requirements because business needs change all the time especially in the current state of our industry. From what I’ve seen, OSS Postgres/pgvector can adequately support a wide variety of requirements for millions to low tens of millions of vectors - low latencies, hybrid search, filtered search, ability to serve out of memory and disk, strong-consistency/transactional semantics with operational data. For further scaling/performance (1B+ vectors and even lower latencies), consider SOTA Postgres system like AlloyDB with AlloyDB ScaNN.

Full disclosure: I founded ScaNN in GCP databases and am the lead for AlloyDB Semantic Search. And all these opinions are my own.
Show HN: Rou – Because You Always Forget That One Thing
by haykerman | 2025-09-08 18:30:41+00:00
I made a tool for myself. Sharing in case it's helpful for you too. It's totally free (beta) for now.

The idea came from one too many gym trips without my towel or sport shoes.

Only Android for now. IOS version coming soon.

I hope it scratches an itch.
by jdsully | 2025-09-08 18:30:52+00:00
I don't really understand why the OS can't just trap the invalid instruction exception and migrate it to the P-core. E.g. AVX-512 and similar. For very old and rare instructions they can emulate them. We used to do that with FPU instructions on non-FPU enabled CPUs way back in the 80s and 90s.
by throwawayqqq11 | 2025-09-08 18:31:05+00:00
Advertisers try to reidentify and match you against their database, the less information you give them and the more randomized it is, the less certain they can be, its you again.

If i use my locked down firefox with a VPN where potentially a hand full other brills like me come out on the other end, i am not concerned about them building a profile of me.
by UncleOxidant | 2025-09-08 18:31:17+00:00
I read the article and it certainly doesn't address this well.

> The .com bubble was the belief that if you took your mid-ass business to the internet, you would instantly become rich. That is what popped.

And currently there's a belief in the market that if you just add AI to it it's going to the moon. I don't see how there's a difference here.
by hashbig | 2025-09-08 18:32:14+00:00
Like everything else, practice. I like to clone repositories of open source tools I use and try to understand how a particular feature is built end to end. I find that reading code aimlessly is not that helpful. Try to read it with a goal in mind. When starting out, pick a tool/application that is very simple and lean on LLMs to explain only the bits you don't understand.
by ghc | 2025-09-08 18:32:16+00:00
> I think what pops is the false belief.

Then you're inventing your own term. Bubble is shorthand for the Economics term "speculative bubble" or "economic bubble" and has described the behavior of many markets over the centuries. What collapses is asset prices, not ideas. It's definitional...just ask your friendly neighborhood economist.

Edit: Here, I went and found the origin for you (via wikipedia). The South Seas bubble spawned the term:

"The metaphor indicated that the prices of the stock were inflated and fragile – expanded based on nothing but air, and vulnerable to a sudden burst, as in fact occurred."
by don_esteban | 2025-09-08 18:32:34+00:00
The Chinese government did a lot of smart policies, empowering their people to unleash their entrepreneurial drive, helping them with targeted investment where that was deemed to get good long term/strategic payoff. This was not passive 'let them do what they want', it was (and still is) an actively guided process - there is enough information about that in the net.

It also failed in many ways, but overall influence is highly positive, the results speak for themselves.

Failing to see that is a sign of ideological blindness.
by josefbud | 2025-09-08 18:32:54+00:00
I'm a little confused on one of the excerpts from your article.

> Our package-lock.json specified the stable version 1.3.2 or newer, so it installed the latest version 1.3.3

As far as I've always understood, the lockfile always specifies one single, locked version for each dependency, and even provides the URL to the tarball of that version. You can define "x version or newer" in the package.json file, but if it updates to a new patch version it's updating the lockfile with it. The npm docs suggest this is the case as well: https://arc.net/l/quote/cdigautx

And with that, packages usually shouldn't be getting updated in your CI pipeline.

Am I mistaken on how npm(/yarn/pnpm) lockfiles work?
by pbasista | 2025-09-08 18:33:17+00:00
Ok, but this should not be a major limiting factor.

From my experience, there is sufficient amount of routers based on well-supported chips which work okay with OpenWRT.

When I consider to buy a new router, I go to the OpenWRT device support page, filter for features I would like to get and choose one of the supported routers listed there.