MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by Dylan16807 | 2025-09-09 20:36:07+00:00
> In training, the model is trained to predict the exact sequence of words of a text. In other words, it is reproducing the text repeatedly for its own trainings.

That's called extreme overfitting. Proper training is supposed to give subtle nudges toward matching each source of text, and zillions of nudges slowly bring the whole thing into shape based on overall statistics and not any particular sources. (But that does require properly removing duplicate sources of very popular text which seems to be an unsolved problem.)

So your analogy is far enough off that I can't give it a good reply.

> It seems many people feel this is "fair use" when it happens on a computer, but would call it "stealing" if I pirated all the books of JK Rowling to train myself to be a better mimicker of her style.

I haven't seen anyone defend the piracy, and the piracy is what this settlement is about.

People are defending the training itself.

And I don't think anyone would seriously say the AI version is fair use but the human version isn't. You really think "many people" feel that way?
by smileybarry | 2025-09-09 20:36:15+00:00
Google Drive added delta sync this year, while OneDrive added it in 2020 apparently.

I also overstayed with Dropbox for that reason, and now I don't see a real reason for their higher $/GB. Though their client is more stable than Google Drive from my experience (which randomly stops working on Windows often enough), OneDrive has been rock solid for me on both Windows and macOS.
by okanat | 2025-09-09 20:36:30+00:00
Things that we called "feature" phones nowadays and iPhone 3 worked alright with all sorts of people. Maybe phone manufacturers shouldn't opt for putting so much bullshit into the screens. Reading news, video calling people, audio calling, recording voice, messaging. They all work alright with small screen estate and good UI design.

The only thing I see a possible issue is dealing with camera features. But, you know, tech companies should actually innovate stuff... I know radical.
by Arathorn | 2025-09-09 20:36:41+00:00
This feels very strange: the clients on that page span a huge range of maturity and capability. If you put every email client or every web browser on a single page you’d get a crazy mix too - does that mean that email & the web have failed? Just the opposite, surely.

If you want to narrow it down to one or two really great ones which are well polished, supported and marketed just pick Element X, Beeper or maybe Fluffychat?
by hebelehubele | 2025-09-09 20:36:45+00:00
I wonder if they will ever face a true reckoning and be forced to confront the evil they have become. Their murderous and dehumanizing conduct against Palestine has disillusioned the younger generations.

I wonder if they will finally bear the weight of a national guilt for re-enacting the very horrors they once endured, thereby ending their catch-all excuse of branding any and all criticism as antisemitism.
by CM30 | 2025-09-09 20:36:56+00:00
I'm still not a fan of how 'web3' has become a buzzword for crypto. The name seems like it should describe a much more interesting and general concept, not just "it's a service, except you can make money/sell NFTs/whatever".

But I'm not sure I'd write the decentralised web off yet. A lot of the issues it's faced are UX and design problems more than fundamental issues, and the way the world is going makes it seem like a comeback could be inevitable at some point.

After all, a good federated or decentralised system could be resistant to the age gating laws in places like the UK and Australia at the moment, and be a lot more tolerant of content that's critical of those in power than Twitter or Reddit would be (like with criticism of Israel and the goings on in Gaza, criticism of Trump and his administration, protests against authoritarian regimes worldwide, etc).

Large social media services are very willing to bend the knee to those with power (both political and corporate), while a more decentralised service may very well not be, especially if either the people using it are hard to identify or the infrastructure is spread across the world/in places with much more lax laws.
by wtbdbrrr | 2025-09-09 20:37:23+00:00
Ok, Addams, calm your undying tortured bdsm unicorns.

> That provides the best and most reliable feedback. Reality outside myself.

Guess you were lucky to find your awakening consciousness in a reality that is worth mentioning. I wasn't. My family is worth being kept a secret. But that epiphany came a little too late.

> I have ADHD. It’s not ever going to be corrected. ADHD permeates the brain.

There once was a guy who could only kick a ball with his right foot. It was never corrected. But he learned to kick the ball with his left foot anyway. He became one of the best. ( I might have switched right and left, but given the context, it barely matters. ) He became one of the best, ... not the least because a certain kind of growth hormones helped him a) fulfill certain conventionally established standards that were worked out by a community of 'economists' ( whatever the fuck that is ) and medical professional and b) outgrow developmental signals.

So, ... you are not "just" ADHD, ... you are above your genetic ADHD baseline. Meaning, despite the pure influence of your developmental signals, you have benefited from either your psycho-social environment alone or and or a chemical substance that entered your metabolisms just in time ...
by mothballed | 2025-09-09 20:37:26+00:00
>This assumes the value of the parent working is greater than the value generated by the alternative consumer spending.

I don't think the benefit is even contingent on the parent working, and it definitely isn't contingent on the value of their current and discounted future earnings appreciation being greater than the cost of sending the kids to daycare. From what I can tell you can put the kid in daycare then lay on a beach if there is anything of that sort in the New Mexican desert.

I'm open to the argument that by certain measures "free" childcare leads to increased economic output, but they've certainly not crafted the program in a way I would expect someone with that aim to do it.
by _wire_ | 2025-09-09 20:37:35+00:00
UFO should be a word of the century. It's meaning conveys absolute ideological certainty about something no one as any idea about.

(Congress stares at blurry grey pictures with no obvious point of view and no discernible objects)

- What is it?

- It's unidentified.

- Supplemental military appropriations approved! (Gavel bangs)
by pragma_x | 2025-09-09 20:37:44+00:00
> a frontend to SharePoint

No wonder they just tossed Skype in the trash. This explains so much.

> SPOL is even worse a tirefire than, say, even Lotus Notes.

To be fair, Lotus Notes is what we had back in the mid 90's. There really wasn't much else like it. But comparing that today... (checks notes) ...oh. It's still a thing?!

So, neither Lotus Notes (now "HCL Notes" apparently?) or SharePoint have any excuse being as bad as they are. There are a dozen other far more capable examples of this kind of technology. I'm routinely amazed at how bad MS' user experience continues to be, even with all the money and engineers at their disposal.
by cassianoleal | 2025-09-09 20:37:44+00:00
> The iPhone Minis did not sell well.

I’ve said this many times when this came up.

The Mini didn’t fail because it was too small. It failed because it wasn’t small enough.

I want a small phone that I can use single-handedly. A smaller screen is a tradeoff. The Mini had the disadvantage of a smaller screen plus the disadvantage of not being usable with a single hand. Because of that, I never bought one - if I’m going to be handicapped anyway, I’d rather have a larger screen.
by shuckles | 2025-09-09 20:38:19+00:00
What’s the evidence for which way causality works? Apple solving design problems they care about would inevitably involve solutions only viable at their scale. It’s hard to say whether that’s how they choose their design problems.

Their process seems pretty similar to their approach with unibody MacBooks or the original MacBook Air, both of which were introduced long before imitators were their primary competition.
by chlodwig | 2025-09-09 20:38:27+00:00
It all adds up. On average, daycare in USA costs $18k a year per child ( https://www.care.com/c/how-much-does-child-care-cost/ ), which is the best measure of the total resources that it takes up, all-in. Median income for a 30yo man is $55k and for a woman $45k. So even with just two kids, the lower earning parent with the non-greedy job is not clearing much if anything over the cost of the daycare.
Show HN: Project Chimera – Hybrid AI Agent Combining LLM, Symbolic, and Causal
by aytuakarlar | 2025-09-09 20:38:52+00:00
Over the past few months, I’ve been building Project Chimera — a prototype AI agent that integrates three reasoning paradigms into a single decision-making system:

- Neuro (LLM) for creative strategy generation

- Symbolic for enforcing business rules and safety constraints

- Causal for predicting the long-term impact of actions

I tested this hybrid agent in a 52-week realistic e-commerce simulation with dynamics such as price elasticity, brand trust, ad ROI, and competitor effects.

Key results:

- Outperformed LLM-only and LLM+Symbolic baselines

- Avoided catastrophic losses by simulating long-term causal impact

- Achieved nearly 2× profit improvement through periodic causal retraining

Resources:

- Live demo: https://project-chimera.streamlit.app/

- GitHub: https://github.com/akarlaraytu/Project-Chimera

I’d appreciate feedback from the HN community — especially on methodology, experiment design, and potential real-world applications beyond e-commerce.
by dboreham | 2025-09-09 20:38:55+00:00
I've had the past three generations of Samsung folding phone (4,5,6).

My use-case is for travel, where I want to read books, and the very occasional time when I want to do some design work outside the office -- draw a diagram that sort of thing. A third rare use case is where a web site is buggy or limited in functionality for mobile browsers. In all these cases the unfolded screen allows me to do the thing I need to do without carrying a second device (tablet, eReader). Another marginal use-case is to show another person a photograph. The fold out screen is much easier to see and I think has better color rendition too.

For these use-cases I find the folding phone very worthwhile.

But...the benefit that trumps all that is that the phone itself is smaller (narrower) than the typical flagship phones these days. It fits in my pocket and my hand reaches across it. I'd never go back to a non-folding phone for this reason alone, even if I never unfolded it. In fact I almost never do unfold it, except when traveling.

fwiw it wasn't until the Fold6 that the "cover screen" typing experience was ok. I understand that the Fold7 is a bit wider and so probably better, but I can't justify the expense to upgrade so will sit out until the Fold8.
by smileybarry | 2025-09-09 20:39:10+00:00
> They still have the best sync engine[...]

If you mean differential sync (or "delta sync"), Google Drive added it this year and OneDrive added it a few years ago. Google Drive's client is much worse than Dropbox's, though, with it just randomly breaking on Windows often. I've had good experiences with OneDrive on Windows & macOS, though.
by numpad0 | 2025-09-09 20:39:36+00:00
E Ink uses microscopic ink bubbles that gets attracted to positive and negative voltages. The ink stays around when attraction stops, holding image. But the ink also require much stronger force than regular LCDs to move around.

LCDs use articulation of liquid crystal chemicals that change shape thus polarization upon application of voltages. They tend to slowly deform back to "the other" state when voltages are removed, and also tend to chemically break down if not moved back to the neutral state. LCDs are driven in pseudo-alternating current for this reason, and never held at either extremes for long time, for this reason.

So you can drive E Ink at 75Hz or whatever, it'll just take more power than it takes LCD to do so, and the last pixel states will persist. Or you can leave LCDs at extremes and disconnect the power, but it will lead to degradation if intentionally used that way.

What you can't do is 1) "watt per frame" figures of LCD, with 2) persistence, and 3) long life. (1, 3) is LCD, (2, 3) is E Ink, (1, 2) is LCD abused as if it's E Ink at expense of rapid degradation, and (1, 2, 3) is the holy grail.
by Kirby64 | 2025-09-09 20:39:37+00:00
An “affordable” car that isn’t useful is worthless. In general, people do not want cars that can only drive 114mi in ideal conditions. It reduces overall battery lifespan (since you put more cycles on it), and also can’t be used for anything except around the town. I would say the same thing about the i3 unless you’re talking about the gas engine generator one.

Also, I looked up mini’s current offerings in the US. They don’t sell that car. The cheapest car they sell is the “Countryman SE ALL4” which starts at 47k and gets a meager 212mi of range.
by 47282847 | 2025-09-09 20:39:48+00:00
I am not using a car, I do not commute, I do not go to an office.

I usually spend my days outside, roaming the city, sitting in parks and cafes. I have a 13mini and started to carry a lightweight power bank in my backpack because it tends to run empty before I get back home, which is a problem with electronic ticket for public transport.

A lot of people will also simply prefer the convenience of not having to plug their phone in more often than necessary. They have it in their backpack or purse, which makes it extra inconvenient to think of taking it out just to charge plus needing a cable and charger in multiple places, compared to the evenings when you may remove multiple items from it.
by wongarsu | 2025-09-09 20:39:53+00:00
Nobody's stopping you from moving closer to the office, and incentivizing people to move further away is the last thing we should do

Yes, rent 5 minutes from the office is likely very high, and it's much cheaper two hours away, and that's why most people live far away. But that is already a factor in salaries. If the office is in a high-cost-of-living area they have to offer higher salaries to get an equal caliber of workers.
by neilv | 2025-09-09 20:40:07+00:00
Also, in combination with possible constructive dismissal, the company is possibly defaming the employees in a way that predictably adversely affects their ability to gain new employment. And there may be other potential problems that aren't apparent to me, since I'm not a lawyer.

Talking to a lawyer about this is low-effort, low-risk. You get a lawyer's name from friend/family or another kind of lawyer you know, or you call the local bar association referral service (or, if poor, maybe go first to a law school free clinic near you, to see what resources they can point you at). Then you get a free initial consultation with an actual lawyer, who can tell you whether they think you might have a case.

That's all I have to say on this topic.

(Side Note: You might have been discussing this from a standpoint of Someone Is Wrong On The Internet, and you want to help more people understand At-Will, for example. I can understand that. But I was discussing this from a standpoint of Don't Screw Over Vulnerable People By Discouraging Them From Talking To A Lawyer When I Think They Should.)
by staticman2 | 2025-09-09 20:40:24+00:00
You acknowledge inflation isn't high by historical standards yet went on to argue he's wrong because stocks went up when inflation wasn't high by historical standards?

The last time we had sudden unexpected high inflation was 2022 and stocks crashed did they not?

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/FPCPITOTLZGUSA

I have no opinion on whether the article is relevant I was only responding to the sentence you quoted which didn't seem obviously incorrect.
by ManBeardPc | 2025-09-09 20:40:28+00:00
I want an extra thick model instead, let’s call it iPhone Travel (or Ultra?). Just thick enough so the cameras are no longer sticking out. Give me an all-week battery instead of an all-day one. Slim down the power usage and give a power saver mode that actually does make a difference. Let me go on a weekend trip in nature or festival without having to carry extra hardware or having to look for public charging stations.
by panick21_ | 2025-09-09 20:40:48+00:00
I think one of the things not mention, is to simply have less driving. That helps a lot. Move more people onto buses, trains, bikes and walking.

In shared spaces, the more alternatives you have the more the car has to adjust to that reality and that tends to slow down cars.

And even more importantly, politically measures like 'slowing down cars' is much easier to pass if people have alternatives.

Here in Switzerland we are just fighting against the Right Wing Transport Minister who wants to make 50km mandatory in every city (but they are anti-regulation of course).

Secondly, I think these numbers only really look good, in light of them having been so horrible bad before. So much more could be done. There are 100s of streets that should simply be pedestrianized, both for economic reason and for safety reasons.

There is lots of good research going on in Netherlands, Finland, Norway and so on. In Oslo for example, they have reduced the cars in the city to a point where I was often simply walking on the street (sadly partly by moving cars underground). Sweden in Stockholm implemented congestion pricing.

Another thing not addressed here, is to keep cars light. The chance of death is much less with a smaller lower profile car. Charge higher registration and road fees to larger cars. Create maximum sizes for all public parking spots and harsh fines is somebody parks their dumb F-150 there. More can be done along those lines as well.

Narrow roads and use safer configuration. For example, never have a 4-lane road. A 3 lane where the middle is a turning lane, has the same threw-put and is safer. In general, preventing any kind of overtaking improves flow and safety.

There are so many more things that can be done. The goal has to be not just less people killed, but also less property damage and other kinds of negative effect. Zero is the acceptable number.
by ar_lan | 2025-09-09 20:41:00+00:00
I have my iPhone 13 Pro Max for 4 years now and the only problem I really have is storage and the battery.

I'm debating if I just replace the battery and let this run another year... since the iPhone X I haven't seen any major upgrades still that feel like they'll matter in my day-to-day life.

A flip would be different...
by lvogel | 2025-09-09 20:41:01+00:00
Yea, I actually thought of the viability of SQL for games while working on DOOMQL. It's just so easy to express a lot of game logic in SQL queries. As an avid OSRS player I was thinking about doing a simple MUD/MMO next.

Thanks for the pointer to SpacetimeDB - haven't heard of it before!
by Roguelazer | 2025-09-09 20:41:22+00:00
For most users, that'll just result in them going to Google, searching for the name of your business, and then clicking the first link blindly. At that point you're trusting that there's no malicious actors squatting on your business name's keyword -- and if you're at all an interesting target, there's definitely malvertising targeting you.

The only real solution is to have domain-bound identities like passkeys.
by hbn | 2025-09-09 20:41:35+00:00
I'm pretty sure at least in the last 2 years they were kinda limited in colors they could do because titanium is difficult to inject with color.

Before that they used stainless steel, I think they wanted to differentiate the frame from the non-Pro lineup to seem more "premium"

But this year I guess they finally gave in and just use aluminum on the Pros and now they're free to color however they want.
by ThrowawayR2 | 2025-09-09 20:41:47+00:00
E-Ink's other advantage is being a non-emissive display. Transflective LCD displays have low contrast. I'm literally holding an e-ink tablet over the transflective monitor I'm typing this on and the difference in contrast at the same ambient illumination is considerable. If the price were right, I'd definitely consider a 75 Hz e-ink monitor even if the power draw was more than a normal LCD monitor.
by 0xcafefood | 2025-09-09 20:42:06+00:00
It's not mentioned in this article, but Geoffrey West's book "Scale: The Universal Laws of Life, Growth, and Death in Organisms, Cities, and Companies" give a fascinating and approachable overview of similar ideas.

One of the ideas presented is the "quantization" of the exponents observed in power laws relating various biometrics. E.g. it's known that the larger a species' average mass, the longer it lives, and that this relationship is expressed as a power law. What West found is that the exponents in many of these relationships are integer multiples of 1/4! This book, and West's research, uncover the origin of that phenomenon, relating it back to the efficient distribution of material throughout the organism (certain branching laws of cardiovascular networks, or phloem in plants, etc.)

It's not hard to see how that could apply to things like cities and companies as well.
by autoexec | 2025-09-09 20:42:21+00:00
If a country can't afford to maintain it's infrastructure it's a failed country.

Very little in our world was designed to do what we need it do 50 years later. It's unlikely that anyone will even know what our needs 50 years from today will be. This is why the expectation is that systems we build will be constantly maintained, upgraded, modified, expanded, and redesigned as needed and with the next several decades in mind (to the best of our ability).

It's what we've always done with all infrastructure and even our cities themselves. Neglecting things like sewer systems until they are overwhelmed, failing, and prohibitively expensive to fix isn't inevitable. It's just bad governance. It doesn't matter if it's private companies or governments, neglecting infrastructure so that a few people can line their own pockets until the situation becomes critical should be criminal, but at the very least nobody should accept them throwing their hands up and saying it's just too expensive to fix now.
by pragma_x | 2025-09-09 20:42:44+00:00
Honestly, it sounds like the drop-in-drop-out allowance is what makes this tick. Well, that and the short commute thing. You get the best of face-time collaboration without the "grind" of needing to punch a timecard. Just the best possible parts of in-person work, and nothing else. Plus, you get to time-shift so that commute stays nice and short.
by amilios | 2025-09-09 20:42:56+00:00
I believe the counterargument here is that we've gotten used to phones being relatively thin, and people have learned to charge their phones every night anyway. Something about stated vs. true desires, just like with the Minis where people said they wanted smaller phones but then nobody bought them. I believe it might be a similar thing where people say they want thicker phones with big batteries but they won't actually buy them when they realize they will be noticeably thicker and heavier.
by frereubu | 2025-09-09 20:43:02+00:00
My eyes aren't great - I need three different sets of glasses: reading, office, long distance - and I'm clinging on to my 13 mini, desperately hoping that they in fact end up making something smaller. Granted, I bet I'm not the median buyer, but I would instantly upgrade to an iPhone that's around the size of the 4.
by jjice | 2025-09-09 20:43:13+00:00
I'm personally totally fine with incremental upgrades. It already does everything I want and it lasts for like 5+ years. I'll get a new one when this one dies and then I had 5 iterations worth of new stuff.

Most of the people in my family and friends have iPhone X, 11, 12, or 13s and run at varying degrees of "dead any day now" and "completely fine" (from old to new, generally).