MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by tanseydavid | 2025-09-17 23:44:14+00:00
Do not fall into the trap of anthropomorphizing Larry Ellison. You need to think of Larry Ellison the way you think of a lawnmower. You don’t anthropomorphize your lawnmower, the lawnmower just mows the lawn - you stick your hand in there and it’ll chop it off, the end. You don’t think "oh, the lawnmower hates me" – lawnmower doesn’t give a shit about you, lawnmower can’t hate you. Don’t anthropomorphize the lawnmower. Don’t fall into that trap about Oracle. — Bryan Cantrill
by sunshowers | 2025-09-17 23:44:20+00:00
The person who introduced the bug was highly competent and had at least 10 years of C++ experience. He was sure he'd gotten it right and himself didn't believe how subtle the bug turned out to be.

The people coming from GC languages have the right expectations about the language taking care of lifetimes for them. I expect nothing less than technical excellence from my tooling.
by rkagerer | 2025-09-17 23:44:25+00:00
More concise? Yes.

More readable? I'm less convinced on that one.

Some of those edge cases and their effects can get pretty nuanced. I fear this will get overused exactly as the article warns, and I'm going to see bloody questions marks all over codebases. I hope in time the mental overhead to interpret exactly what they're doing will become muscle memory...
by westurner | 2025-09-17 23:44:43+00:00
> Abstract: [...] This study presents a membraneless EMAR system by fundamentally redesigning the process configuration and using gas diffusion electrodes (GDEs) as both the anode and cathode. [...] A techno-economic analysis estimates a levelized cost of capture of ~$70/tonneCO2, compared to $137/tonneCO2 for conventional EMAR

FWIU the cost is under $50 per ton for capturing concentrated CO2 from industrial sources like power plants or natural gas plants?
by Strat296 | 2025-09-17 23:44:47+00:00
Am a lawyer - You're correct. Intent is key and almost all laws are based around intent or, in legal parlance, "Mens rea" or the guilty mind. That is what separates a legal act from an illegal act: the intention behind it.

Suppose you are leaving a store and heading to your car. For whatever reason, the button on your keys unlocks someone else's car that is the exact same make and model as yours. You hop into the car, your key starts the ignition, and you drive off (Yes, this has really happened). That isn't legally theft because you legitimately believed that was your car - aka you didn't intend to take something that wasn't yours.

For 98% of laws, in order to be convicted, the government needs to prove you intended to commit the crime. Obviously, I'm oversimplifying what is a very complicated topic you spent two years learning, but that's the gist
by Sohcahtoa82 | 2025-09-17 23:45:17+00:00
Betteridge's law of headlines applies [0].

"Duty free" is a huge trap. I haven't looked at watches (I will never understand the desire for a Rolex or other 4-figure watch), but I once checked out a duty free liquor store. I spot-checked a few bottles I could get at home and found that the "duty free" store was easily 25-50% more than what I'd pay at home.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headline...
by anigbrowl | 2025-09-17 23:45:25+00:00
This is not a serious question. Nobody, including the Koreans, has been been arguing that ICE should have just ignored it. The objections are twofold: that instead of raising the issue administratively with the company they just rolled in and arrested everyone in sight (including people with valid visas), and that they engaged in egregious human rights violations.
by amatecha | 2025-09-17 23:45:43+00:00
Ah totally, I exclaim frequently that there should be government-backed open source and decentralized software[0], putting power of technology into the hands of everyone (rather than letting this power get consolidated into monopolistic corporations) ... but then, what we seem to have currently is a huge correlation of motives between state and industry, and neither seem to have the incentive to put power in the hands of individuals. And individuals often don't even want it either. Either way though, yeah, regulation is long overdue for SO MUCH of this stuff.

[0] luckily EU seems to be doing a lot more in that direction, e.g. https://commission.europa.eu/about/departments-and-executive...
by pessimizer | 2025-09-17 23:46:16+00:00
https://doi.org/10.1093/socpro/spv028

"Are Smart People Less Racist? Verbal Ability, Anti-Black Prejudice, and the Principle-Policy Paradox"

Simple study that implies that you should expect white people who think black people are less intelligent than white people to have about 8-11 fewer IQ points than other white people. Just a survey about racial attitudes, and a test of verbal ability that correlates well with IQ tests.
by GuinansEyebrows | 2025-09-17 23:46:33+00:00
i get what you're saying but "the left" has basically zero political power in the united states. it never has. the closest we ever were was with FDR but i wouldn't consider a leader who operated concentration camps to be leftist by any stretch.

we have a right wing and then a righter wing. bernie sanders is an anomaly, elizabeth warren is just left of center, and i can't think of too many other current politicians at the national level who actually lean left. i guess nominally "the squad" but they mostly present fairly centrist platforms by worldwide standards. no current politicians at the national stage are talking about meaningful economic reform (as in, away from capitalism), police abolition, nationalized health care, or any other typical leftist ideas - not that i'm trying to argue any of these points in this thread - just providing examples of what i mean by "leftist".

whether or not "the left" weaponizes commitment to free expression, "the right" is the only side of that binary who has ever wielded serious political power, and they use it to extremely destructive ends at all times.

maybe someday if we ever have a political party that actually represents leftwing politics we can judge them as harshly. i'll wait.
by Riverheart | 2025-09-17 23:48:17+00:00
Well, from recent experience they could make “npm audit” usable without having to use a third party library like “better npm audit”. There’s no filtering or configuration at all. There are so many unimportant or irrelevant vulnerabilities reported that I have no doubt that people just ignore auditing because they don’t consider the 1000 high severity DoS vulnerabilities they can’t ignore relevant for their CLI app. =/

The tradeoff for security is usability and the worse the usability gets the more people fight back against it.

https://www.npmjs.com/package/better-npm-audit
by leoc | 2025-09-17 23:48:21+00:00
Do we know that the remote operators (all? mostly?) show up in that data as employees, though? Waymo's development has presumably reached the point where it would want to start filling remote-assistance seats with contractors. (There's also offline but relatively labour-intensive work like updating maps, adjusting routes and the like.)

One remote assistant per 50 or 100 vehicles would also seem to put Waymo now far ahead of where Cruise was in 2023, when according to the NYT's sources Cruise's remote assistance staff "intervened to assist the vehicles every two and a half to five miles", though I suppose it's not especially hard to believe that 2025 Waymo is beating 2023 Cruise handily.
by m463 | 2025-09-17 23:48:30+00:00
reminds me of jslint

author added "must be used for good, not evil" to the license

...and IBM asked for an exception.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSLint#License

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5138866

note that restricting use of software makes it non-free gpl-wise.

RMS said the GPL does not restrict rights of the USER of software, just that when the software is redistributed, the rights are passed along.
by willsmith72 | 2025-09-17 23:48:34+00:00
> Despite this I'm still a paying customer because Claude is a fantastic product and I get a lot of value from it.

Doesn't that say it all? At this point the quality of the AI trumps reliability for the customer (you and me), so even though of course they should (and I'm sure will) focus on it, why would they prioritise reliability over model quality right now?
by xp84 | 2025-09-17 23:48:38+00:00
Indeed, it was just a smart move by Viacom/whatever to curry some favor with Trump by doing it now instead of waiting for another time, figuring that favor would be more valuable than the bad PR they earned. Probably a good bet since with the mergers (including the one they themselves were supposedly trying to push across the finish line) it's impractical to hold grudges for long. With only a few oligarchic firms in each industry you can't practically boycott more than maybe one at a time, and they all do shady stuff.
by sandcat_ | 2025-09-17 23:48:40+00:00
That’s fair. I’ve read a bit more and some of the replies are clearly generated, you’re right. I don’t see any signs the original post is however and can’t comment on the app itself.

I still maintain that reporting this to dang and moving on is the best strategy. It’s hurtful to have your comments pored through and every flaw or inconsistency pointed out in the hope of identifying whether they were written with AI or not.
by bix6 | 2025-09-17 23:48:50+00:00
I don’t see it happening. What is truth? A source I find unbiased is incredibly biased to someone who disagrees with me. I believe my truth and they believe theirs. How can we find middle ground in this situation? I just don’t see a way especially when the spin is so much more captivating for people; we crave the craziness.
by magicalist | 2025-09-17 23:48:56+00:00
> Nexstar, who initially threaten to pull Kimmel's show from all (200) of its stations

They also have a $6.2 billion bid for even more local stations by acquiring Tegna, a deal which will have to be approved by the guy at the FCC who yesterday was telling local affiliates to threaten to pull Kimmel's show!

https://apnews.com/article/nexstar-tegna-newsnation-cw-trump...
by BizarroLand | 2025-09-17 23:49:40+00:00
I think the GIMP hate is almost entirely down to the difference in its UI from Photoshop.

I use GIMP almost exclusively in my job. I have photoshop, but I know GIMP and I'm better with it. I make presentation pieces and fix images, do image data rescue and make fun pieces with it on the side, like posters for my bands and accidental art made by playing with sliders in the FX.

Its very versatile and capable, but it is almost entirely unlike photoshop, and since I grew up with it I vastly prefer GIMP over photoshop.
by ghurtado | 2025-09-17 23:49:41+00:00
> I'll add that Blender is my favorite FOSS project.

It couldn't be any other way. Even when you ignore the fact that it is free, Blender is literally a better modeling platform than 90% of the commercial alternatives that charge in the hundreds to thousands of dollars for their products.

My favorite thing about the project is the amazing turn about that they did with the UI about 10 years ago (or whenever that was, probably longer). They turned a complete disaster of an interface into a shining example to follow, and that's about when they won everyone's hearts and minds and basically took off in popularity.

For a program that does basically everything, the entire thing is one consistent, intuitive, user experience from beginning to end. I can't think of any other FOSS projects with this level of polish, and very few commercial ones.
by shagie | 2025-09-17 23:49:48+00:00
Prior to getting Premium, YouTube was able to detect that I was watching a video (and nag me about premium as a way to get rid of ads). Since getting Premium, I haven't gotten the nag message.

I run AdGuard (on a Mac). It has a filter log feature.

Poking at the log while playing a video, I do see calls to ttps://{{clusterid?}}.googlevideo.com/videoplayback?expire=1758173247&...

However, this call is not being blocked.

I suspect that this is the "keep watching" feature that tracks where I am in various videos (switching from one logged in device to another keeps the same position). Watching the video all the way through, I don't see any requests relating to this getting blocked while on Premium. This feature is also likely more than sufficient data to attribute a view (and monetization of the view).

There was also a call to ttps://www.youtube.com/youtubei/v1/log_event?alt=json that was not blocked.

I do see some doubleclick.net links being blocked, thought that could be from any number of other pages I've got open.

Going to an incognito session and pulling up the same video (Once Around Trappist 1)...

There's now a call (that has gotten blocked) to ttps://www.youtube.com/api/stats/watchtime...

That call was not something that I saw when logged into premium. This rule is described as "@@||www.youtube.com^$generichide (AdGuard Base filter)"
by codethief | 2025-09-17 23:50:14+00:00
Uhh no? One of the biggest differences probably is that Android applications are heavily sandboxed:

> Applications are security principals. The main difference to traditional operating systems that run apps in the context of the logged-in user account is that Android apps are not considered to be fully authorized agents for user actions. In the traditional model typically implemented by server and desktop OS, there is often no need to even exploit the security boundary, because running malicious code with the full permissions of the main user is sufficient for abuse.

https://dl.acm.org/doi/fullHtml/10.1145/3448609

And then there's also:

- No root access (by default)

- Verified Boot

- Hardware-backed key store and hardware attestation

- User profiles are encrypted independently of each other

- …
by FuriouslyAdrift | 2025-09-17 23:50:17+00:00
Meta, in particular, is heavily using AMDs for inference training.

Also, anyone doing very large models tend to prefer AMDs because they have 288GB per chip and outperform for very large models.

Outside of these use cases, it’s a toss up.

AMD is also much more aligned with the supercomputing (HPC) world were they are dominant (AMD cpus and GPUs power around 140 of the top 500 HPC systems and 8 of the top 10 most energy efficient)
by com2kid | 2025-09-17 23:50:17+00:00
Many reasons, soundbites don't work to explain it.

> Some rich countries have done great to subsidize childcare and all that.

In rich counties, people have more desirable alternatives to having kids. Airfare is cheap. In high income countries, working professionals can fly around the world and enjoy a lifetime of partying their asses off. The DINK lifestyle is nice if you have money.

Like, why give that up?

Same reason my middle-upper class friends don't have dogs - dogs would mean less traveling.

Growing up poor, we had dogs, and vacations were camping, which the dogs could enjoy to. Kids + dogs + tent, it all works out if you have some money but not a lot of money.

> Poor countries and poorer people within rich countries are having more kids.

But even there the rate is dropping. Birth rates are plummeting all around the world.

> As noted, so many people are single as well. Why is that?

A variety of reasons!

1. Women don't need a man to provide basics like food and shelter anymore.

2. Social skills are at an all time low because people spend time on their phones rather than being outside. It used to be if it was a summer Saturday your choices for entertainment were reruns on TV, a book, or doing something outside, likely with other people. Socialization was forced because there was no alternative. Lack of social skills directly translates to people not forming relationships. Also just less time spent with other people means less chance to form long term relationships.

3. The instant release dopamine machines in our pockets have gotten people used to the idea that gratification should be instant. Relationships take time and work.

4. All the traditional ways people met are pretty much dead. 3rd places are dead, people don't meet through church anymore, it is generally not recommended to date co-workers anymore (though it obv. still happens), and the various types of semi-arranged marriages that used to happen don't anymore (even in western countries, for a long time young couples were nudged together by parents.) Another thing is, going back pre-1920s and our entire idea of how dating should work doesn't even represent the dominant world view then, so we have really less than 100 years of "stable" Western society to look back on to try and judge if the current match making system even works.

Given the multitude of factors, why would anyone expect people to be having kids? Young men don't know how to talk to women, young women don't know what healthy relationships look like, and married couples may very well not know a single other couple with kids to set a positive example of "a healthy family is possible!"

Of course things are broken. The real question is why people are confused about it!
by SergeyKa | 2025-09-17 23:50:23+00:00
Elon: buys some TSLA TSLA: wheeeee!!!! Shorts: oh sh!t, damage control now! Opinion piece writer: here, thx for the dough! NBCs and Reuters: posted, thx for the dough! HNs and Reddits: thx for engagement!

Nothing newsworthy has actually happened, we're just feeding the trolls in shorts, and sending the clicks to justify the dough.
by ajross | 2025-09-17 23:50:37+00:00
> Who actually benefits from such limits?

People who work. It's just an economic argument. The US (and any other targets of net immigration, really) has a higher wage level than the regions from which the labor is arriving, more or less by definition. That's why the labor force is moving.

So if you allow completely unlimited population motion at zero cost, the system will seek to a state where all wages for a given job are the same, everywhere. And that means that we highly-paid Americans end up poorer.

Now, is such a world more just? More fair? Maybe! But it's worse for us, and that makes it a politically infeasible solution to argue for. You'll never convince people to live poorer for the benefit of others.

A feasible/reasonable/moderate/boring immigration policy would simply ask the question "How much immigration is needed to fill existing jobs (good for growth) without depressing wages (bad for workers)?", and allow that much.
by rolph | 2025-09-17 23:51:32+00:00
"Noem is bragging that she shot the family hunting dog because he was "worthless"; all he would do is "massacre chickens" at her hunting lodge, and tried to bite her. She also put down a "disgusting, musky billy goat" that lived around her compound. She said wanted to come clean and show how she can "responsibility". She bragged that the story of shooting her dog got her the top slot at ICE."

this is so chillingly reminiscent of a serial killers autobiography.
by bangaladore | 2025-09-17 23:52:37+00:00
That's assuming top-tier engineers are a fixed percent of graduates. That's not true and has never been.

Does 5x the number of math graduates increase the number of people with ability like Terrance Tao? Or even meaningfully increase the number of top tier mathematicians? It really doesn't. Same with any other science or art. There is a human factor involved.
by YZF | 2025-09-17 23:52:52+00:00
No all Jews do a Seder. I am a diaspora Jew. We do two Seders - not one. The right way meaning what?

I am making an assumption that a Jewish person who claims Jews have no connection to Israel doesn't practice those aspects of Judaism that emphasize this connection, of which there are many. I am also making this point for the benefit of the non-Jews who are not familiar with Jewish traditions who claim Jews have no connection to Israel and Zionism is some sort of modern invention of that connection.

But if I insulted anyone, given that Yom Kippur is upon us, I apologize and hope you forgive me.
by OtherShrezzing | 2025-09-17 23:53:50+00:00
The human teams also get limited to one computer shared between 3 people. The models have access to an effectively unbounded number of computers.

My argument does feel a bit like the “Watson doesn’t need to physically push the button” equivalents from when that system beat Jeopardy for the first time. I assume 5 hours on a single high-end Mac would probably still be enough compute in the near future.
by seltzered_ | 2025-09-17 23:54:08+00:00
> Need to be able to print with more durable, temperature/chemical resistant materials such as PC/Nylon/ABS or infused materials.

I would double check what kind of air filtration setup you want. In the voron/sovol space there's the StealthMax filter system kit which is going to add on a couple hundred bucks at least.

As others said, you could consider a sovol sv08.

Another option is a used voron 2.4 or trident to meet your budget. My regret in going down the new printer rabbit hole was not waiting a couple months and checking used listing because theres usually a used printer that comes up, sometimes saving you quite a bit of money and assembly time.

The other factor to consider is you ever plan on having any expansions requiring a better MCU or additional motors. The sovol is a more 'integrated' electronics design so you'd need to possibly replace it if wanting to do certain mods later.
by JumpinJack_Cash | 2025-09-17 23:54:39+00:00
Given the fact that these are mostly show grilling for publicity (and it negatively affects the company) wouldn't just make sense for the board to reccomend the CEO not to show up?

Contempt of congress is like a 3 month sentence some 2-3 years into the future. Who knows who the CEO is gonna be by then and if it's still the same person it could be seen as an opportuinity to pass the baton or put a temporary CEO in place instead.

Even the CEOs themselves could think about it, 3 months sentence in 2027 maybe better than 3 hours grilling sitting there having to take it without any chance to answer back when attacked
by davesque | 2025-09-17 23:55:07+00:00
I believe this is the clip in question? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j3YdxNSzTk

As much as I can tell, they're mad because Kimmel pointed out a couple of instances where Trump seemed to care more about his new ballroom at the WH than about the recent murder of Kirk.

I've been reluctant to toss around the f-word, but it doesn't feel like an exaggeration to call this fascism. Kimmel said nothing that should have warranted a suspension.
by BryantD | 2025-09-17 23:55:08+00:00
It said it could be delayed with some pretty specific parameters. Quoting the Congressional Research Service report on the bill:

"The President can grant a one-time extension of up to 90 additional days when a path to a qualified divestiture has been identified, there is evidence of 'significant' progress toward executing the divestiture, and there are legally binding agreements in place to enable the divestiture."

One could argue all day about whether or not there was an identified path or evidence of significant progress, but certainly there weren't legally binding agreements in place at any point, and the deadline has been extended far more than once.

Trump is ignoring the law. The DoJ has asserted that Trump can ignore the law because it would interfere with his duty to "take care of the national security and foreign affairs of the United States." It is unclear what, if any law, could not be ignored under this doctrine.
by mikestew | 2025-09-17 23:55:32+00:00
See? This is why I'm not ridiculously rich. I never ask, "how can I make lemonade (or limeade, as the case may be) out of this lemon?"

"Missed out on the misery of the OG Fyre Fest? C'mon out for Fyre 2.0! Blazing sun! You'll forage for your own food! Learn to make a shelter for yourself! And don't forget the great lineup of artists who didn't even know they were supposed to play here!"