MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by cosmic_cheese | 2025-09-05 18:03:48+00:00
In general I think toasts are a borderline antipattern, particularly those presented as a chance for the user to undo some action that they accidentally triggered (doubling the panic since now the undo has become a time bomb). Just don’t make the consequencial action so easy to trigger in the first place and where relevant (on iOS or desktop) support the standard undo stack.
by ImPostingOnHN | 2025-09-05 18:04:14+00:00
> Why are you quoting something I didn't say?

I'm not. Double-quotes means quoting. Single-quotes means paraphrasing.

> At this point, a solution that doesn't involve "final solutions"

Yes, that is what many are looking for here -- that is why, when we see israel executing their 'final solution', we say that it is bad.

The rest of your post, with respect, is off-topic, and is more dehumanization which does not address the issue of israel perpetrating a genocide, because there is no justification for that. It does not matter what anybody did at any time: israel's genocide of Palestinians is bad and must be stopped, no matter what. It does not matter that israel is incapable of coming up with or implementing any alternatives: israel's genocide of Palestinians is bad and must be immediately stopped, no matter what.

It is up to israel to find a solution that makes them happy and does not involve genocide or other war crimes or crimes against humanity. Pretty much everybody else manages to do it, and israel is pretty smart and capable, so they can to, but only if the genocide isn't their goal. As many here have pointed out, though: genocide is their goal. They openly announce it, they just don't explicitly say "the g word" when doing so.

If you seriously want to discuss real solutions (I'm going to take you at your word here on HN, that you'll participate in good faith), it would have to start with you recognizing and stopping your dehumanizing and genocidal rhetoric. Then, maybe we can use the following as a foundation of shared values to build upon:

All innocent civilian lives are equal to each other, they all have equal human rights that deserve to be respected, and the death of 2 innocent civilian lives is worse than the death of 1 innocent civilian life, no matter their race, nationality, or national origin. Hopefully you can agree with this.

Once we're on the same page there, you can present some serious* solutions for evaluation.

* - serious here precludes genocide, however much one may want it, and as we see here, the scholarly and global consensus is that israel is currently perpetrating a genocide upon palestinians
by ceejayoz | 2025-09-05 18:04:26+00:00
> Can you explain how the Fed is keeping the cost of labor low...

The Fed calls workers being able to push for significantly increased salaries an "overheated labor market".

https://www.kansascityfed.org/research/economic-bulletin/ris...

"The same influx of immigrant workers that helped fill job openings also dampened wage pressures across the affected industries and states. At the industry level, sectors with some of the highest immigrant workforce growth, such as construction and manufacturing, saw the sharpest deceleration in wage growth (specifically, average hourly earnings) from 2021 to 2023."
by Jimmc414 | 2025-09-05 18:04:36+00:00
Cursor burning cash to subsidize Anthropic's losses to subsidize Amazon's compute investments is their problem, not mine.

The people writing all of these "AI is unprofitable" pieces are doing financial journalism similar to analyzing the dot-com bubble by looking at pets.com's burn rate. The infra overspend was real as well as the bankruptcies, but it existentially foolish for a business to ignore the behavioral shift that was taking place.

I have to constant remind myself to stop arguing and evangelizing about AI. There is a growing crowd who insists that AI is a waste of money and that AI cannot do things I'm already doing on a daily basis.

Every minute spent explaining to AI skeptics is a minute not spent actually capitalizing on the asymmetry. They don't want to hear it anyway and I have little incentive to convince anyone otherwise.

The companies bleeding money to serve AI below cost prices won't last, but thats all more the reason use them now while they're cheap.
by dragonwriter | 2025-09-05 18:04:48+00:00
This is routine; businesses don’t follow laws because they are laws, they follow laws to the extent that the perceived cost of violations exceed the perceived benefits. The whole reason the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act exist is to impose a domestic cost on foreign bribery by US entities to dissuade them from engaging in corruption abroad where enforcement is weak. But this President, who is explicit against that, is also very obviously, if less explicitly, also against enforcement of the laws against domestic corruption when it is him or his friends benefiting. So, there is literally no cost to weigh against the benefits.
by danans | 2025-09-05 18:04:50+00:00
> The practical alternative is to use JSON everywhere, possibly with some additional tooling to generate code from a JSON schema.

Protobuf has a bidirectional JSON mapping that works reasonably well for a lot of use cases.

I have used it to skip the protobuf wire format all together and just use protobuf for the IDL and multi-language binding, both of which IMO are far better than JSON-Schema.

JSON-Schema is definitely more powerful though, letting you do things like field level constraints. I'd love to see you tomorrow that paired the best of both.
by coldest_summer | 2025-09-05 18:04:56+00:00
sorry using throwaway for this.

When GitHub was constantly failing, I finally got fed up and now I use my own private Gitea. It’s near-zero maintenance and has never had any unexpected downtime. Never looked back.

Stories like these make me feel the same way about California, which I called home for almost 20 years. So much to love, so many reasons never to live there again. Great place to visit when there’s not an active disaster unfolding.
by abustamam | 2025-09-05 18:04:58+00:00
Hey me too! I was actually surprised to learn that most developers aren't the type to just plow through a list of Jira tickets. Like, I thought that was the name of the job for engineers. Apparently not!

I don't think either type of engineer is better or worse than the other, but I do believe, as someone else mentioned, that both types are absolutely necessary to a team.
by yongjik | 2025-09-05 18:05:51+00:00
First mover disadvantage. The US was among the pioneers of modern democratic system, and arguably the most successful one, which paradoxically trapped its descendants into thinking there must have been something magical about how it was initially set up and it should never get updated.

Many other latecomer nations didn't enjoy that kind of success - in fact many of them started with their first few presidents being brutal dictators, so they're under no illusion that their own "founding fathers" were infallible angels.
by jidar | 2025-09-05 18:06:01+00:00
To counter the counterpoint. Even if you are better at pushing to production than 90% of the rest of your industry it is still elevated risk and stress so you should avoid it for the sake of your employees. Productivity vs life. If your counterpoint is to claim that you are just as stable pushing to production as you are when you don't, then I would just suggest you're delusional or lying.
by isodev | 2025-09-05 18:06:29+00:00
The issue is that Google is both the browser, the web standards, the ads, the mail, the search, the phone, the AI, the maps… not a chance to compete with any of that as long as it’s all in one. The only other barely approaching this level is Apple, and we know they have their own anticompetitive aspects. Allowing corps to grow so much should never have been a thing.
by numpad0 | 2025-09-05 18:06:44+00:00
The problem is, US Visa Waiver Program do explicitly allow business trips using "tourist" "visa"(it's not a visa, it's a waiver. So you won't even have a visa. You also won't be a "tourist", you're a "visitor" under VWP). So it's completely normal for them to be totally unable to demonstrate anything issued or approved by the US government whatsoever other than the oval stamp. They wouldn't even have a visa, and it's legal, as far as how the laws and regulations and official guidance read. I haven't heard that's changed, at least yet.
by glitchc | 2025-09-05 18:07:59+00:00
Your objection to the first question is already captured in the ones that follow. Try to put some more thought into it, yeah?

Okay, I'll tone down the snark (it's only there because you got my back up). Ultimately as you think about these questions, you will realize that the answers are not absolute, but based on degrees. You might think "hmm, I can't solve world hunger, but maybe I can help all the kids in my neighbourhood/city/state." Essentially what you will settle on a quantity and duration that seems reasonable to you. The thing with reasonable is that if you scratch the surface, it's little more than a line in the sand. Your own personal line based on your personal beliefs and values. Turns out everyone else has a personal line too, just in a slightly different spot, based on their different beliefs and values. That's why there's no one right answer. In civil society, everyone compares their lines and through debate, settle on one. Since it's a compromise, no one is actually happy with the outcome, but it's the best outcome we can arrive at given the problem.

Your current position is one of intolerance: It seems impossible for you to understand why the line could be in any spot other than the one you picked. If that's the starting point, then you can never come to an agreement.
by ethagknight | 2025-09-05 18:08:25+00:00
You assume ATF is lying at face value, thats fine. Remember that they also have access to paystub info, tax filings, etc, for workers at this plant. They already know who they are looking for. It's plain foolishness to think this was just a random checkpoint.

An appropriate response from the employer is, "We have thorough records on all our employment, we take employment laws very seriously, and we believe to the best of our knowledge that our employees are in proper legal standing in compliance with the laws of the state of Georgia." (update: from the article, they say are committed and cooperating)

Also, Biden-era Dept of Labor accused Hyundai of using child labor throughout its supply chain. UNDER THE AGE OF 14 in an auto factory. But sure, let's presume innocence and assume the feds are the illegal ones on this next turn.

>>“Our investigation found SL Alabama engaged in oppressive child labor by employing young workers under the minimum age of 14, and by employing minors under 16 in a manufacturing occupation,” said Wage and Hour Division District Director Kenneth Stripling in Birmingham, Alabama. “Employers are responsible for knowing who is working in their facilities, ensuring that those individuals are of legal working age, and that their employment complies with all federal, state and local labor laws.”

https://www.dol.gov/newsroom/releases/WHD/WHD20221011
by inanutshellus | 2025-09-05 18:09:07+00:00
Just let go bud. Type with your eyes closed, if that helps.

Get the idea written down before it gets lost in the "oops, i misspelled that wait... what was I going to say?" trap.

I find it to be a clever tool for those of us fastidious types that fixate on accuracy and end up failing to complete the larger goal.
by barbazoo | 2025-09-05 18:09:13+00:00
Here's a real world example with Dia: I open https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/wildfires-track... and ask Dia

> how were wildfires this year compared to last?

Looking at the page, it's immediately obvious that 2025 was worse than 2024 but much better than 2023. What did Dia come up with:

> Wildfires in Canada this year have been severe, but last year saw even more land burned.

> According to the CBC wildfire tracker, Canada experienced two of its worst wildfire seasons on record in recent years. In 2024, more than five million hectares burned, making it an extremely destructive year. However, 2023 was even worse, with wildfires scorching 16 million hectares—over three times as much land as in 2024.

> Alberta, including the tourist town of Jasper, was hit especially hard in 2024, with a third of the community burning in July. Early signs suggest that 2025 could also be an active wildfire season, particularly in Western Canada.

> So, while 2024 was devastating, 2023 remains the most destructive recent wildfire season in terms of area burned.

It didn't even know what year it was, it's just a gimmick. I get that you want to be part of the gold rush trying to capture market share by slapping AI on something people use every day. It's just not useful enough yet and hallucinations make it even worse.

What I personally like most about Arc is

- the bookmark system, i.e. persistent tabs

- vertical tabs

- spaces, it's nice to have work separated from other stuff

- nice to look at, it's all very pretty in my opinion

- the fact that it was a fresh new look at what a browser should be without adding much of the AI hype
by owenversteeg | 2025-09-05 18:09:13+00:00
I don't think it's that simple. Sure, it's true that the lesbian divorce rate is far higher than the gay male divorce rate, and sure, it could be from personality differences between men and women. Women do indeed score consistently much higher on neuroticism (+half a SD from a 26-country review [0]!), but they also score substantially higher on two of the other FFM traits (agreeableness and conscientiousness) which you would expect to reduce divorce. Like a sibling comment mentioned, gay men earn more money, which reduces divorce rates. Then there are all the factors that are hard to put a number on, like the stereotype of "u-haul lesbians" - which the lesbians I know consider to be an accurate stereotype. That would obviously play a large role here. Married gay men also have a far higher rate of open marriages.

Also, if anyone has some quality data on this subject, I would love to hear it. A lot of the data out there is from tiny and poorly-designed "studies" or public datasets rehashed by ideologically motivated organizations, which makes sense; it's a very emotionally charged and political subject. The UK Office of National Statistics has some good data: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsde...

Other interesting hot button gender war topics: gay men vs gay women vs straight couples collaborating and communicating, rates of adultery and abuse, and adoption outcomes.

n.b. anytime you read something on the subject, you need to take note if you are reading statistics normalized to the sex ratio of same-sex marriages; for example 78% of same-sex marriage in Taiwan is between women vs. 45% in Costa Rica and 53% in the US. https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/06/13/in-places...

[0] https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-3514.81.2.322
by westurner | 2025-09-05 18:09:29+00:00
Osteopromotive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osteopromotive :

> Osteopromotive describes a material that promotes the de novo formation of bone.

> Osteoconductivity describes the property of graft material in which it serves as a scaffold for new bone growth but does not induce bone growth de novo. This means that osteoconductive materials will only contribute to new bone growth in an area where there is already vital bone.

> Osteoinductivity describes the property of graft material in which it induces de novo bone growth with biomimetic substances, such as bone morphogenetic proteins. Such materials will contribute to new bone growth in an area where there is no vital bone, such as when implanted into muscle tissue.

The OT study glues on osteoconductive but not yet osteoinductive material?
by orwin | 2025-09-05 18:09:33+00:00
Honestly, on this particular case that's on the judge and your current culture, not Khan. Before the 80s, Google would have been forced to separate its two ads divisions, to make some space for new companies and actors.

If Lina Khan only victory is that people are now aware that having a government this friendly with monopolies isn't normal, that's probably better than most politicians since Clinton.
by jfengel | 2025-09-05 18:10:05+00:00
The Fed's job is to act counter to the trends. As the saying goes, their job is to take away the punch bowl just as the party gets going.

Their goal is to keep the economy steady, rather than maximally responsive. Their mandate is for a stable business environment, and incidentally stable employment. They were established to counter the boom-and-bust cycle we saw throughout the 19th century, with bank panics every few years.
by ACCount37 | 2025-09-05 18:10:06+00:00
Always check if that suspiciously cheap second hand EV you're buying had active battery cooling.

A lot of the crap like the early Nissan Leafs didn't. And between that and the first gen EV battery pack design being shit in general, the battery pack just cooks itself. Its capacity falls off a cliff over time. This is where a lot of those early concerns about EV battery packs being hideously expensive consumables was coming from.

If the battery pack is actively cooled, then, as a rule, it ages gracefully. If not? Oh boy.
by osigurdson | 2025-09-05 18:10:14+00:00
On Windows, the easiest thing is to just use podman without podman desktop. It installs easily as a winget package and works in your current shell without having to first start WSL (it does that behind the scenes).

On Linux, for development, podman and docker are pretty similar but I prefer the k8s yaml approach vs compose so tend to use podman.

I don't think Apple really cares about dev use cases anymore so I haven't used a Mac for development in a while (I would for iOS development of course if that ever came up).
by maldonad0 | 2025-09-05 18:10:39+00:00
Good! Every country should ban social media. Enought of this psychological poison. Messaging apps are enough for long distance contact. For small scale, specialized discussion, there are forums. Mass many-to-many platforms have to go. But overall, it is imperative that people go back to "living" in the real world, instead of the fake reality created by social media.
by udev4096 | 2025-09-05 18:10:46+00:00
> just convert it to Kubernetes YAML

Either you haven't worked on k8s at scale or you're seriously suggesting an overly complex solution to elegant docker-compose. Docker compose exists because of it's simplicity and stability. I have also started using swarm and it doesn't get the recognition it deserves for the most easy-to-manage orchestration. Podman doesn't have such a thing. And yes, podman-compose is absolute garbage
by rdm_blackhole | 2025-09-05 18:10:51+00:00
Yes, let's give more power to the EU, the entity that's been trying to ban encryption within the EU for the last 3 years and wants to read all your messages, scan all your pictures, but pinky promise, it won't use the data to hunt down political dissidents or silence opposing views.

I am sure it's going to be swell.

Let's also require tech companies to only allow content that has been approved by the central committee for peace and tolerance (TM) while we are it!

No risk of censorship there.
by nostrademons | 2025-09-05 18:11:31+00:00
It's interesting, people have been trying to solve the "two language problem" since before I started professionally programming 25 years ago, and in that time period two-language solutions have just gotten even more common. Back in the 90s they were usually spoken about only in reference to games and shell programming; now the pattern of "scripting language calls out to highly-optimized C or CUDA for compute-intensive tasks" is common for webapps, ML, cryptocurrency, drones, embedded, robotics, etc.

I think this is because many, many problem domains have a structure that lends themselves well to two-language solutions. They have a small homogenous computation structure on lots of data that needs to run extremely fast. And they also have a lot of configuration and data-munging that is basically quick one-time setup but has to be specified somewhere, and the more concisely you can specify it, the less human time development takes. The requirements on a language designed to run extremely fast are going to be very different from one that is designed to be as flexible and easy to write as possible. You usually achieve quick execution by eschewing flexibility and picking a programming model that is fairly close to the machine model, but you achieve flexibility by having lots of convenience features built into the language, most of which will have some cost in memory or indirections.

There've been a number of attempts at "one language to rule them all", notably PL/1, C++, Julia (in the mathematical programming subdomain), and Common Lisp, but it often feels like the "flexible" subset is shoehorned in to fit the need for zero-cost abstractions, and/or the "compute-optimized" subset is almost a whole separate language that is bolted on with similar but more verbose syntax.
by dragonwriter | 2025-09-05 18:11:36+00:00
> I'm not. Double-quotes means quoting. Single-quotes means paraphrasing.

If you abuse punctuation to mean different things than it conventionally means, then you are not going to communicate effectively. Paraphrasing is when you describe someone’s position without using quotation marks (in English generally, single and double quotes have the same meaning, and are used to distinguish nested quotations, with regional variation in which is usually preferred for primary, unnested quotations; both are also used for use/mention distinctions for literal words of phrases, and some styles distinguish which style of quotes are used for use/mention vs. primary direct quotation, but paraphrase is neither of these.)
by kyrra | 2025-09-05 18:11:54+00:00
This is a pipe dream. Advertising always has existed and always will. It comes and goes in different forms, but people like selling things they make or services they provide. Without a way of getting those things in front of people, nothing new could come to light.

I agree that some sites make advertisements a massive eyesore, but that's a problem that can be solved in other ways.
by notherhack | 2025-09-05 18:13:03+00:00
Long ago at a startup, In-System Design, I was on a team that made one of the first USB-to-ATA mass storage adapter chips. Small company, having fun, one of us put in an easter egg so that when the drive was plugged in and before the OS enumerated it the drive activity light would blink our team cheer, "ISD rocks!", in morse. He even added a test to make sure it worked in verilog simulation.

The chip was fairly successful and years later someone out in the world noticed the funny blinking on their retail USB drive that used it and they figured it out. They wrote a letter to the editor of Byte or Dr. Dobbs or something, wondering what the message "Sis you rock!" meant. Twisted sister fan, maybe?

We saw the letter in the magazine and were chuffed that our easter egg had hatched but... It turns out the designer had typoed the table of ASCII-to-morse values and dot/dash timing he used to build the messaging circuit, so it really was saying "Sis you rock!". And because he also wrote the test it didn't catch the error. Doh!
by andrewla | 2025-09-05 18:13:07+00:00
Is anybody making smart glasses that are just a display? For me, the rest of the feature set verges on being anti-features. I'd much rather a very rudimentary display that my phone or another device could send relatively low bandwidth data to over bluetooth or some other protocol and build from there.

Having a camera or a mic on the glasses themselves seems like something I'd mostly want to avoid for privacy, and having a speaker just seems like gilding the lily when we already have a variety of headphones to choose from.