MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by taeric | 2025-09-18 14:37:33+00:00
I'm curious why you don't think the look should be dependent on the structure? I can agree that some structure dependence would be a bit restrictive, but most structural items in the browser are specifically for how things should look?

I think the confession at the end of the article is correct, that this asks a ton of the authors of sites. But the article is also correct that accessibility is much better for this style than it is for competing ideas. Just compare to the div heavy style that is common in places like substack.
by fluoridation | 2025-09-18 14:37:43+00:00
By the spirit of the law, yes, it likely is fraud. I doubt you could argue it is by the letter of it, though. Normally fraud involves lying to someone to get them to enter into a business relationship with you, not to keep one. Besides, regardless of how many people were using specific features of it, the service is what it is. This wouldn't be unlike you calling your ISP to cancel your subscription and they asking you if you're sure you want to cancel such a great service. If the service factually sucks ass compared to other providers wouldn't make it fraud. All that matters is that it meets the specifications that were sold to you.
by angusturner | 2025-09-18 14:38:38+00:00
I feel this. I've had a few tasks now where in honest retrospect I find myself asking "did that really speed me up". Its a bit demoralising cause not only do you waste time, you have a worse mental model of the resulting code and feel less sense of ownership over the result.

Brainstorming, ideation and small, well defined tasks where I can quickly vet the solution : these feel like the sweet spot for current frontier model capabilities.

(Unless you are pumping out some sloppy React SPA that you don't care about anything except get it working as fast as possible - fine, get Claude code to one shot it)
by Theodores | 2025-09-18 14:38:55+00:00
They certainly do, however, there is just a menacing progression of these chains taking over. My parents home town in the UK used to be devoid of chains but now there is KFC, Subway, McDonalds, Dominos, Starbucks and some UK specific chains such as Greggs (sticky buns, sandwiches) and Costa (coffee).

Due to the decline of the High Street, there are always independent cafes, sandwich shops and coffee shops that come and go. These take advantage of the spots that used to be where decent shops that used to be. However, few of them have enough customers to last more than a year or two.

On the surface there is more choice than ever. However, the best bakery in town closed down as they couldn't balance the books any more. There also used to be several fish and chips shops and they went too, although it has to be said that there are no longer any fish in British waters, so that is no surprise.

Retail is always in flux, however, the place is turning into a veritable 'food desert' with a choice between junk food slop and pretentious gentrified expense, with no middle ground.

America is different because you do get places in the sparsely populated West where passing trade will support a diner, gas station and general store but not a gaggle of franchised chains. If the interstate comes to town though, you know that will change.
by Filligree | 2025-09-18 14:39:04+00:00
There’s been a lot of noise about Claude performance degradation, and the current best option is probably Codex, but this still surprises me. It sounds like it succeeded on the hard part, then stumbled on the easy bit.

Just two questions, if you don’t mind satisfying my curiosity.

- Did you tell it to write C? Or better yet, what was the prompt? You can use Claude --resume to easily find that.

- Which model? (Sooner or Opus)? Though I’d have expected either one to work.
by ndiddy | 2025-09-18 14:39:33+00:00
BTW, not sure if you were involved with this at all but I really appreciate all the work that's gone into making the Kirigami/Qt Quick KDE programs feel less janky. It's still not perfect (don't know if it ever will be unless Qt releases their AoT QML compiler as open source) but it's gotten MUCH better since the early KDE 6 releases.
by aidenn0 | 2025-09-18 14:40:05+00:00
> Worse, distro maintainers either don't read them or in their "we are on the latest" push will ignore them

Oh, this is so true. Ubuntu adopted Pulse Audio long before anyone (including Poettering) considered it stable. IIRC the readme even said something like "The sound system that breaks your audio"

I probably shouldn't complain though, since as a non-Ubuntu user, I get the benefits of all the Ubuntu users beta testing software for me.
by maltalex | 2025-09-18 14:40:19+00:00
Thanks for the reply and for your work on C#.

I should have been clearer in my message. This specific feature is nice, and the semantics are straightforward. My message is more about some the myriad of other language features with questionable benefits. There's simply more and more "stuff" in the language and a growing number of ways to write the same logic but often with subtle semantic differences between each variant. There are just too many different, often overlapping, concepts. The number of keywords is a symptom of that.
by distances | 2025-09-18 14:40:33+00:00
KDE usability really started improving when the Visual Design Group was launched during the KDE 5 cycle, spearheaded by Jens Reuterberg. There was a real cool atmosphere of designer-developer cooperation which quickly led to very sleek results that persist to this day.

VDG tackled (and tackles) not only design for the desktop itself, but also for KDE applications that had never seen a designer's touch before.

I've been long a KDE user, even through the 4.0 troubles, but also the first to admit that it used to look clunky. Looking at old screenshots is a quick reminder of how far this initiative has taken it.
by raxxorraxor | 2025-09-18 14:41:45+00:00
> No. The issue is who is doing that action.

I wholeheartedly disagree. If you are excluded in research for your opinion, we could just as well install the church again. The vanity is the same.

This time it is Trump directly. Sure, that is also a problem. Previously it was the handlers of government, so it didn't need to intervene directly. NGOs or just companies getting government grants, didn't matter.

> I can throw a tantrum, publicly decry you as an asshole and go no-contact with you. That’s legal, and part of my freedom of expression and association.

Of course and I welcome you to do so.

We are not talking about instances where people were rude to their bosses. We are talking about instances where people had the wrong political opinion and some faculties are in dire need of reform because of the structures they formed by excluding everyone not in line. That is a problem, obviously. A problem best described as a violation of freedom of expression. You can look up the definition on wikipedia. In the first sentence there is something about repercussions. Easy concept, you would think...

> Wiki: Freedom of speech is a principle that supports the freedom of an individual or a community to articulate their opinions and ideas without fear of retaliation, censorship, or legal sanction

What do think retaliation would mean, hm?
by MrBrobot | 2025-09-18 14:41:50+00:00
Is the method by which it’s communicated what gives you negative feelings? Because this is an approach to handling the labor dumping that’s been allowed in nearly every industry since the 1980s, and it’s been used numerous times in the US and abroad. They typically only offer temporary relief, while domestic industries should be adjusting and better trade deals get negotiated. The last I checked, that’s been happening to some degree… but it also probably needs to be supported by the ability for companies to borrow money, which the Fed (until recently) seemed hell bent on preventing, while we continued to watch the job market burn to the ground. So cash flush businesses investing in each other to keep competition alive seems like a positive here. Maybe that’s just me?
by wraptile | 2025-09-18 14:42:05+00:00
KDE is truly incredible these days. I'm running Plasma 6 + Karousel[1] for scrolling window management and some custom kwin scripts for incredible maximalist experience. It does everything and does it beautifully https://i.postimg.cc/nznZwg44/Screenshot-20250918-213910.png

1 - https://github.com/peterfajdiga/karousel
by kingkongjaffa | 2025-09-18 14:42:31+00:00
Not without irony that the author finishes with:

> The people succeeding with AI aren’t the ones who suddenly discovered taste. They’re the ones who already had it and simply adapted their standards to a new tool.

Which is just about the most blatant “it’s not about x it’s about y” tropes that AI writing is drowning in.

I do appreciate that they gave some concrete advice on how to curate taste…
by everdrive | 2025-09-18 14:43:02+00:00
Major changes aren't even _desirable_ in UI. People kind of emotionally enjoy novelty, however when it actually comes to using a computer consistency is superior to absolute excellence. Figuring out where settings and buttons are just because you ran software updates is a total waste of time on both ends; it wastes the user's time, and was a waste of time to develop. Maybe I'll switch from gnome to KDE this weekend, this looks promising.
by tdhz77 | 2025-09-18 14:43:23+00:00
It’s hard to believe that 10k is worth whatever they need from Perl in 2025.

I wrote Perl for many years while I worked on the godforsaken cmecf system.

Cmecf this year announced it had been hacked by Russian hackers.

This means that cmecf written in Perl allowed a country access to Federal Court evidence including intelligence gathering methods, corporate secrets, and inside sources.

Perl is not memory safe, loaded with security issues for over a decade. It’s only saving grace is string manipulation, which is exactly why the best hackers in the world all know it.
by claudiulodro | 2025-09-18 14:43:25+00:00
I'd also add that the industry is not the same as when the iphone came out. When I was younger I wanted to do shareware games like iD and Apogee, and I'd still be down to do that if it was a thing any more. But you have to meet the market where it's at if you want an actual viable business. I don't have a ton of hunger for starting an b2b SaaS, and I'd bet the OP doesn't either.
by jmclnx | 2025-09-18 14:43:32+00:00
I thought the death penalty was just for Murder 1, maybe 2 (or whatever it is called in Texas).

If all the other things are true, none relate to murder, but shows the guy does belong in prison or a mental ward.

So, the argument should be "did he shake is daughter and did that kill the child". I cannot answer that question, but without a 100% true answer I think they should at least delay it or change it to life. You know, the whole "reasonable doubt thing". Seems many experts do have doubt, so...
by crossroadsguy | 2025-09-18 14:44:01+00:00
To folks using Asahi Linux:

I looked at some Asahi Linux videos and it always shows KDE and the interface is Windows like (or what I call Windows like). I never liked that and that is single biggest reason I never tried KDE. I know it's Linux and KDE and GNOME can pretty much made to look like each other (i.e their default look and feel). Is it trivial on Asahi Linux or needs a lot of tweaking?

Something like what ElementaryOS would look like - look/feel/UX wise ElementaryOS has been my gold standard sine it released and the last I checked it still felt that way. But since anything other than what Asahi Linux installs and support by default, i.e. Fedora Remix, is neither recommended nor fares well on Mac so I don't think I can use ElementaryOS (which is essentially Ubuntu LTS) really. Even Asahi Linux team recommends KDE.

Also - can one access certain Mac folders in Asahi (e.g. ~/Pictures)? And is it even recommended, if it's possible (Security wise)?

(I have been exploring/searching on Asahi and I am gearing up to use it on my M1 MacBook Pro - will be using/trying Linux desktop after more than a decade)
by rco8786 | 2025-09-18 14:44:07+00:00
I still use Claude Code and Cursor and tbh still run into a lot of the same issues. Hallucinating code, hallucinating requirements, even when scoped to a very simple "make this small change".

It's good enough that it helps, particularly in areas or languages that I'm unfamiliar with. But I'm constantly fighting with it.
by kokada | 2025-09-18 14:44:14+00:00
Author here. The last time I used KDE was during the 4.x days. I remember trying multiple versions, from the earlier 4.0/4.2 days until something like 4.14. Even so, I kept getting crashes and instability.

I remember the one that finally made me stop using KDE altogether and migrate to Gnome 3 at the time was one crash that I would get frequently with Dolphin while randomly browsing fils (that would stop once I removed all Dolphin configuration files but go back after a few weeks).
by AnimalMuppet | 2025-09-18 14:44:15+00:00
J6ers didn't just ransack the building and kill a cop. Some of them were shouting "hang Mike Pence".

Why were they shouting that? Because Pence wouldn't recognize the "alternate electors" as legitimate. That is, they (at least some of them) were literally protesting that Pence wouldn't cooperate with a scheme to steal the election. And they were breaking into the building where Mike Pence was, and where the Electoral College vote was. That - and not merely breaking into the building and doing vandalism - is the fundamental issue with J6.
by teepo | 2025-09-18 14:44:17+00:00
Thanks for the tip. I added this to my audio book queue.

It's pretty interesting how today's cars come with features like remote braking and monitoring cameras, all designed to make driving less demanding for us. So as these researchers work to make vehicles less distracting, these cool features somehow end up making us even more distracted. It's an ironic cycle that leaves you more distracted, and maybe more unsafe.
by scotty79 | 2025-09-18 14:44:19+00:00
Basically OS developer dropped the ball. Internet caught them by surprise and few decades is apparently too short for them to come up with new appealing abstractions to fit the new environment. So browser developers took over and did just that.

Same way webdevs ate desktop app dev's lunch because they had no idea how to innovate on decade old ideas.

To sum up, no matter how well you are positioned for something on paper, if you won't do it, someone else will.
by vegadw | 2025-09-18 14:44:26+00:00
This project is neat and OP did a good job, but I think the interest in Geiger counters among hackers needs an update. The Geiger kit on Adafruit (Yes, I know that makes the cost a lot higher to be from them instead of Ali, but I think is a good baseline for "finished good" price) is $99.

Meanwhile, Raysid or Radiacode let you do full on gamma spectrometry, for about 2.5x the price.

And, like, yeah, 2.5x the price. I'm not oblivious to that being significant, but to me it's sorta like an GT1030 with DDR4 - it's about $100 or you could get an RTX 3060 for a bit over $300. Like, you might have a use where you ONLY need a cheap display card, but there's a reason LTT calls the 1030 eWaste from the factory. Similarly, you might get enough out of the Geiger or it might do something the Radiacode doesn't for you but for most hobbyist, I doubt it.
by wiether | 2025-09-18 14:44:44+00:00
The main reason it took me so long to use Linux as my main OS on desktop was because Gnome is the default DE on the Debian based distros I tried.

The day I discovered KDE is the day I switched to Linux as my main OS on desktop.

It works, it's functional, it's a bit _nerdy_... Exactly what I want in a DE.

Meanwhile, Gnome always felt like a low-cost version of MacOS.

I'm glad we have options so everyone can find what they are looking for!

I'm just mad at myself for not finding out about KDE before. It's 100% on me.
by Tade0 | 2025-09-18 14:44:52+00:00
I returned to Linux when Microsoft started aggressively pushing Windows 11 and phasing out 10.

I admit I previously had only a vague idea about KDE's existence - mostly through my know-it-all friend claiming that the Windows Vista/7 look was inspired by it.

Anyway, I installed it as GNOME is not to my taste and indeed it was the Windows experience without the Windows issues, save for some weirdness like e.g. Open In Terminal taking its sweet time to actually open.

Initially I was missing HDR, but Plasma 6 supports it and both Chromium and Firefox (though the latter in developer edition only and behind a flag at that) appear to have shipped their implementations, though I haven't managed to get it to work yet - the important part is that there's no indefinite delivery timeline any more.
by Razengan | 2025-09-18 14:45:02+00:00
Anthropic seems to have a "We're special" syndrome:

* No Sign in with Apple on the website, so tough luck if you signed up on iOS via that

* Can't buy via in-app purchase so have to give them your card

* Can't remove your payment method from your account

* Hard to get support after buying a subscription

* Asking Claude questions about Claude itself such as privacy just gives you links to their website

What even is the benefit of paying for Claude over ChatGPT or Grok that are better in overall UX?
by webstrand | 2025-09-18 14:45:17+00:00
The problem is that, in the current state of CSS, it's a two way binding: The styles are dependent on structure to make the look, and the structure is dependent on styles to make the look. Often times you wind up needing to add a wrapper div, either to give a root for selectors or to provide some CSS context like stacking, containers, perspective, etc. And when you add that container class, your classes that are structural often all break in difficult to debug ways.

I used to follow CSS Zen, now I'm more of a "put a class on every element describing its purpose semantically". Then, when I need to change the structure of some component, adding a wrapper, changing an element type a -> button, etc, most of my styles keep working just fine. I'm not a fan of Tailwind, my method is more like BEM or Atomic CSS but with less naming-convention-rigour.

I should mention that most of my work is in building interactive components. You might be able to make the case for structural css for more flow-like content. But even then, when designers start asking for full-bleed elements in flow, you have to start breaking structural semantics and tying the two together.
by ekidd | 2025-09-18 14:45:36+00:00
Some of the people who have caused the most pain, suffering and death in the world were still kind to their dogs. They are often pleasant socially. Stalin, by was apparently delightful over a glass of whiskey and some cigars.

The older I get, the more I judge people by what they work for in the world, and what changes they try to bring about. I am less interested in the face that they present socially.
by ninetyninenine | 2025-09-18 14:45:44+00:00
nvidia does build SOCs already. The AGXs and other offerings. I'm curious why they want intel despite having that technical capability of building SOCs.

I realize the AGX is more of a low power solution and it's possible that nvidia is still technically limited when building SOCs but this is just speculation.

Does anybody know actual ground truth reasoning why Nvidia is buying Intel despite the fact that nvidia can make their own SOCs?
by hn_throw_250915 | 2025-09-18 14:45:45+00:00
There was an article not too long ago about someone taking the old thumb wheel Logitech mouse and upgrading its electronics by adding a usb charging port and changing the switches used to make it easier to press. My perspective is heavily skewed in saying this but moving forward I foresee the ranks of people like that, as an entity unto themselves whether a minority or not irrelevant, upgrading and improving stock products for sake of durability, usability and serviceability. That last one in particular I’m reminded of things like relays and door locks in washing machines which are designed to last for approx. the duration of warranty, but it can extend to many other things also. While this hacker spirit has always been a thing, I suspect it’s been predominantly concentrated in developing countries where incomes are too thin to afford throwing things out, and so a repair may in fact fix a blemish of the stock product and extend life as if it is an upgrade unto itself. I think it will become more mainstream.
by everforward | 2025-09-18 14:45:59+00:00
> You can make content without monetization in mind. But it's like giving your time away.

Sure, but then how is this any different from TV? Eg I’ve seen a few videos dramatically overblowing the certainty of life on Mars lately, presumably for views. If I wanted half truths based on lack of context, I could just flip on the news.

> Content which doesn't get made without sponsorship wouldn't get made even if sponsorships didn't exist.

Sponsorships raise the money invested into videos, which raises viewer expectations, suppressing the likelihood these videos would ever be seen. You basically need sponsors for your videos to go anywhere these days because people expect professional editing/lighting/etc. The “I watched a Premier tutorial and filmed on a cellphone” approach won’t cut it anymore.

> People want to get rewarded for they work, you know. Do you also want your plumber to work for free?

I don’t want it to be work, I would prefer it was done by hobbyists. There are tons of thriving hobby communities full of people only getting personal satisfaction.
by lsaferite | 2025-09-18 14:47:07+00:00
If you try to use the Slack APIs to scrape the data you will *quickly* run face-first into the insanely restrictive rate limiting they recently enacted to combat their customers using AI tools they aren't providing and able to monetize.

That being said, we were able to get full data exports in the past when we were merging two companies into a single slack instance. YMMV
What did your pre-launch site look like?
by not_your_mentat | 2025-09-18 14:47:23+00:00
I'm scrubbing around the Internet and can find all sorts of agencies that are happy to build pre-launch sites of dubious provenance, as well as a few write-ups. What's missing is a gallery of startup pre-launch sites. Do you still have screen grabs of your pre-launch site? I'd love to see them and hear your pre-launch war stories.
by amradio1989 | 2025-09-18 14:48:42+00:00
Ah but you see theres the rub. It’s not factual. It’s almost all supposition. I don’t think he should be pulled from the air by the way. Let’s go line by line.

> We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately -snip-

Pretty loaded statement. Desperately? On what basis?

The “fact” is that MAGA didn’t have the slightest fear the shooter was one of them. They all assumed he wasn’t bc it made the most sense given context and available evidence.

Anger? Sure. Desperation? No lol.

> trying to characterize this kid

That shooter is 22. That’s a full blown adult. Calling him a kid is not only false but also gross in this context. It’s an attempt to evoke sympathy for a murderer.

> as anything other than one of them

Another false supposition. They are actually trying to characterize him as a far left nutjob. Not just “anything”, but “Liberal”. The thing about propaganda is certain words aren’t allowed in certain contexts.

Second, it implies the shooter was likely one of them which was highly improbable to all concerned — most especially to MAGA.

> and doing everything they can to score political points for it

What political points Jimmy? It’s more likely they are just upset that a good friend got shot and killed in broad daylight for speaking his views. Charlie Kirk was a huge ally of MAGA and a friend to many of them. So they want justice.

Of course Jimmy can’t say that (propaganda has rules), so here he is acting saying it’s about vague political points (sounds convincing) and not genuine grief/outrage.