MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by msla | 2025-10-26 03:42:27+00:00
The King of Thailand is an asshole.

There. Now I can't go to Thailand.

Why do people act like breaking British law is a bigger deal than breaking Thai law?

At least nobody's acting like it's obvious British law applies everywhere, like they tend to do with the GDPR.

Turns out, laws end at the limits of the jurisdiction's ability to enforce them! What a concept!
by mananaysiempre | 2025-10-26 03:42:57+00:00
Part of it is the Glibc loader’s carnal knowledge of Glibc proper; there’s essentially no module boundary there. (That’s not completely unjustified, but Glibc is especially hostile there, like in its many other architectural choices.) Musl outright merges the two into a single binary. So if you want to do a loader then you’re also doing a libc.

Part of it for desktop Linux specifically is that a lot of the graphics stack is very unfriendly to alternative libcs or loaders. For example, Wayland is nominally a protocol admitting multiple implementations, but if you want to not be dumb[1] and do GPU-accelerated graphics, then the ABI ties you to libwayland.so specifically (event-loop opinions and all) in order to load vendor-specific userspace drivers, which entails your distro’s preferred libc (probably Glibc).

[1] There can of course be good engineering reasons to be dumb.
by tgtweak | 2025-10-26 03:43:12+00:00
300CPM above background is considered very low - likely why they classified this as non-emergency - the only reason it was reported was per NRC cfr that states any time there is transportation of a radioactively contained person offsite, it must be notified.

For reference, in Canada, that is considered trace contamination and not dose. You would experience 300-800 CPM on a commercial airliner during the entirety of your flight, for comparison.

edit: adding to this that the site in question, Palisades, is shut-down and is under decommissioning and was not operating at the time - so while the water would have had some radioactivity due to exposure to the formerly active core, it was not like falling into an operating reactor or into moderating heavy water... also something that cannot happen with a pressurized reactor such as this one.
by hackandthink | 2025-10-26 03:43:38+00:00
"UBIOS will be further discussed and revealed by the Global Computing Consortium at the 2025 Global Computing Conference in Shenzhen this November. For a country looking to both bolster its own domestic computing ecosystem and step away from American systems that constrict non-standard hardware implementations, the development of UBIOS may prove to be a major win for China. However, whether UBIOS becomes widely adopted and championed like the open standard RISC-V, or widely abandoned like LoongArch, remains to be seen."

https://news.mydrivers.com/1/1081/1081504.htm
by netsharc | 2025-10-26 03:48:34+00:00
I was wondering why I don't see what you see, but I realize I use Google Chat (which used to be XMPP, current status I don't know) and not Google Messages. What do you use this app for? RCS messaging?

Ah, the benefit of using the messaging app Google's neglected is the lack of this Gemini button...
by MichaelNolan | 2025-10-26 03:48:40+00:00
A lot of comments are casting doubt on why “athletes” would be interested in this product. In the bike world, electric pedal assist bikes have become very popular. I have some family members who are avid cyclists. They do 100+ miles a week. As they have gotten older (60+) they were losing the ability to engage in social rides with their bike friends, but e-bikes have solved that issue by giving them just a small boost needed to keep up.

I could see this doing the same for older runners if the tech gets good enough.

“Athlete” != “professional athlete” the word encompasses a wide range of people and abilities.
by lavela | 2025-10-26 03:49:54+00:00
I'd argue that most people like knowing that what they receive is what the original server sent(and vice versa) but maybe you enjoy ads enough to prefer having your ISP put more of it on the websites you use?

Jokes aside https is as much about privacy as is is about reducing the chance you receive data that has been tampered. You shouldn't only not use FTP because credentials but also because embedded malware you didn't put there yourself.
by arthurcolle | 2025-10-26 03:51:34+00:00
I thought 50-130 CPM above background was considered trace exposure. But yeah I didn't realize it was a decommissioned core... idk there are so many red flags in this story.

EDIT: 300-600 CPM above background radiation levels is for EXTERNAL environmental monitoring, not for POST-DECONTAMINATION readings on a contaminated person.
by roenxi | 2025-10-26 03:53:05+00:00
The report doesn't read like something involving 500 rem and potential death in 3 weeks. It says "Non Emergency". Can you link to this converter? It seems to be a rather key step that got handwaved. Wiki says [0] there isn't a standard on what a "count" counts.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counts_per_minute
by netsharc | 2025-10-26 03:54:53+00:00
I use Assistant to add reminders or stuff to my calendar (saying "Add appointment for 22nd of December at 2pm take sleigh out of garage" is a lot faster than clicking around the calendar UI), a few months ago Gemini couldn't do these things, yesterday it offers to do so after I connect it to the Workspace apps (I'm using civilian Google). But asking it to list my reminders gives me a textual listing in its UI instead of loading the Tasks UI...

Getting a response to "Set alarm for 8am" is still a lot quicker in Assistant than in Gemini.
by krackers | 2025-10-26 03:57:15+00:00
The stack does grow down though no matter what, in the sense that the pushing decrements the stack pointer. You can represent this as "up" in your diagram, but I don't think this makes it any easier conceptually because by analogy to a simple push/pop on an array, you'd naively expect higher addresses to contain more recent stack contents.

The core of the issue is that the direction stack growth differs from "usual" memory access patterns which usually allocate from lower to higher addresses (consider array access, or how strings are laid out in memory. And little-endian systems are the majority)

But if we're going with visualization options I prefer to visualize it horizontally, with lower addresses on left. This has a natural correspondence with how you access an array or lay out strings in memory.
by zeroCalories | 2025-10-26 03:57:56+00:00
I wonder what the point of these types of articles are? We can certainly agree that there's something icky about this activism, but... Who cares? I'm much less annoyed by Bloomberg's egotistical desire to help people than I am by Peter Thiel's attempt to undermine the founding principles of this country. Yet for some reason publications like Palladium like to give a smug critique of activists(that are all left wing for some reason), and give cover to reactionary idiocy.
by aetherspawn | 2025-10-26 03:58:32+00:00
I’m further convinced in recent times that there is a general rule that always holds true:

More distributed = less corruption = more utopia.

So for example, fiat currency = bad. Gold trade = good.

Blockchain = good. Single network = bad.

On device AI = good. Open source AI and datasets = good. OpenAI and closed datasets = bad.

Electric cars charged at home = good. Electricity generated at home = good. A monopoly on electricity = bad.

Small forums = good. Reddit = bad. Social media giants = bad.

A local sheriff = good. An army = bad.
by vunderba | 2025-10-26 04:00:13+00:00
As an aside, I really liked my Google Nexus 5x, but it felt like basic quality control fell off a cliff for the Pixel line.

Between Pixel 2/4/8 (yeah yeah what can I say I'm a masochist), I had problems with out-of-focus pictures, widely inaccurate GPS, and my absolute favorite making a call which would dial the number and then about a second later immediately hang up.

I had a brief fling with using an iPhone but the speech-to-text dictation was absolute GARBAGE DAY and I make pretty heavy use of that feature while walking my dog.
by jnaina | 2025-10-26 04:02:28+00:00
Brings back memories. As a teen working at a computer store in the early 80s, sold lots of Apple ][ machines with the customers buying it solely for use with VisiCalc (nobody bought the software due to rampant piracy in Asia).

And also surprisingly Osborne-1s with SuperCalc (mostly to Texan oilmen working in Indonesia who were in Singapore for R&R, and who needed number crunching out in the field)
by mycodendral | 2025-10-26 04:03:57+00:00
If you’re claiming the investigation is part of some political intimidation effort rather than a legitimate criminal inquiry, you’d need actual evidence to support that.

‘We’re investigating a protest’ doesn’t imply the protest is the target. The reasonable interpretation is that they’re investigating criminal activity connected to it, not the protest itself. As I already explained, the FBI rarely specifies the exact crime during interviews.

If they said ‘We’re investigating the football team,’ you would assume they’re looking into possible crimes related to the team, not that playing football itself is under investigation.

Your interpretation is pedantic and paranoid without justification.
by arthurcolle | 2025-10-26 04:05:19+00:00
I maintain the complete archive of every publication my father did from 1969 to 2019 and continue to update the archive based on new publications. I use the data to train Nuclear Radiochemistry AI Agents and while I do not have my father's credentials, I actively use this dataset to learn about his field, and from my limited knowledge here I felt the need to comment. After all, what is skepticism if we can't share and teach each other what we know, right?

https://github.com/arthurcolle/Ronald-Colle-Papers

I love how punchy you are! And the astronomy photos. Take care :)
by perplex3d | 2025-10-26 04:05:36+00:00
I generally agree with the sentiments of the author when it comes to AI being shoved down everyone’s throat. When I don’t directly seek out AI intervention on a problem, I generally find that some form of it is in my way, slowing me down, and giving me incorrect information. I am often able to avoid it on my own systems, but whenever I need to interact with a company in some way, I am almost guaranteed to have to deal with their clanker in some form and then, if I am lucky, I get to repeat the same information to a human. As it exists right now, it significantly slows down many simply tasks.
by netsharc | 2025-10-26 04:06:21+00:00
It's "AI" but really not a lot of I.. on the new Pixel phones there are overlays, if it sees a foreign language one appears "This text is in French (etc). Do you want to translate?". The Google geniuses made sure that when you ignore or dismiss the prompt, if you leave that screen and come back multiple times, even within a few seconds, it will ask every time "Do you want to translate this text?".
by wrs | 2025-10-26 04:06:30+00:00
I've been doing a cheap DIY version of Tag-Connect for some STM32 projects (6-pin debug). I just put the holes for a pin header near the edge of the board, and use a pogo clip to connect [0]. (These are readily available on AliExpress in various sizes.)

[0] https://www.adafruit.com/product/5433
by ottobordenlab | 2025-10-26 04:07:00+00:00
I just launched a blog and this is my first post. I'm arguing that hierarchical specialization (generalist models routing to specialists) is inevitable - not because it's elegant, but because economic, regulatory, and data access constraints all point the same direction.

I could be wrong. I spell out exactly what would prove me wrong by 2027. But when this many independent forces converge on the same answer, that's usually a sign you've found something real about the shape of the problem space.

Would love to hear where people think this breaks down.
by righthand | 2025-10-26 04:07:16+00:00
Right so Republicans get to name call and make sweeping generalizations to rile up the population and spread lies, but if I start doing it to hold all Republicans responsible for things they’re voting for with silence and inaction, then I’m making things worse…

How many more awful things do they get to do then pin it on Trump and shrug their shoulders before you realize that the “be cool and nice” attitude is weaponized against you? They’re never going meet you half-way and offer the same respect. Their leader is a violent sex offender they’re rubber stamping.

The “respect the Republicans who are rubber stamping all this bs” attitude just is disingenuous to what is going on. You’re painting Trump a monster rightly but then giving everyone else a free pass.

The fact they’re deploying National Guard to cities ignoring real crime statistics is PROOF they don’t use statistics or numbers or any valid information to make governing calls.
by skewbone | 2025-10-26 04:08:16+00:00
The PE6000 is closer to a GE LM6000 rather than an LM2500. https://www.gevernova.com/gas-power/products/gas-turbines/lm...

The LM6000 and its variants have been in operation since probably the 1980s. I can ask around at work. I used to develop the code for the LM6000.

You're spot on that people use them for peaking, but it's a big mix. Peaking, mid-merit, and sometimes base load. There are low emissions versions as well, that keep NOx to a handful of ppm without using extra water.
by louison11 | 2025-10-26 04:08:59+00:00
This article is like people in the early days of GUIs complaining that graphical interfaces make using a computer so much slower versus just typing the right command in console right away. That was true at first… until it wasn’t. AI is still in its infancy and a lot of the noise discussed in the article is real. But it will eventually create an Internet/OS interface we can barely fathom. Just project yourself 50 years from now: our current web pages will look archaic. Everything will be conversational, using language, vision, the whole spectrum.
by terrycody | 2025-10-26 04:09:57+00:00
One of my relative got blinded in a production process, a hard bolt crashed into his eyeball, unfortunately, another eye also can't see things due to drinking too much alcohol, I think the pro term is retinal detachment If I am right.

So now he is in pure blindness, I can feel the pain. He comes from China.

I hope there will be a process can help him to see things again!

If anyone knows sth, please tell me!
by synapsomorphy | 2025-10-26 04:11:58+00:00
As an extreme believer in AI (to the point of being a doomer and expecting+fearing ASI) I have to agree with this wholeheartedly.

We have to be careful to avoid blaming AI as a technology for the incredibly hamfisted way it’s being implemented in most products, and affecting online spaces.

Maybe there will be a bubble burst. That doesn’t mean AI won’t eventually transform the world.

It’s hard to believe in nuance but also very important.
by netsharc | 2025-10-26 04:12:28+00:00
I think it's the money-generating part of "tech".. they see this "glorified spellcheck", assume endless possibilities that everyone will want to buy, and are busy placing "buy AI now" buttons everywhere.. (well, more like "Try it, try it, you'll be amazed, and if you give us money for the premium version you'll be even more amazed!" buttons)
Show HN: Zoto – low-level audio playback in Zig
by braheezy | 2025-10-26 04:13:34+00:00
I wanted a simple library to handle audio playback. Coming from Go, I was used to the `oto` library but I couldn't find a similar library in Zig. So this is a loose port of `oto`. It runs on macOS, Linux, and Windows. Supports memory playback, file streaming, and leverages the new `std.Io.Reader` interface in Zig.
by zimpenfish | 2025-10-26 04:13:52+00:00
I'm reasonably sure I've seen at least one of the "restore old things" channels using a kind of vibrating bath with abrasive material for getting rust off and/or polishing old pieces of metal. Like a static sand blaster, I guess.

[0] isn't one of them but at least I'm not entirely mad - it does happen.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VyRGoq5EnQ "The Secret Shine: How Vibration Polishing Perfects Stainless Steel"
by idiotsecant | 2025-10-26 04:15:00+00:00
I am a bit biased, as an engineer who works exclusively in hydro powerplants, but i think they're awesome too. With that said, it's becoming more apparent that in addition to the biosphere issues they cause, they also cause a pretty significant amount of methane to be released. https://www.hydropower.org/blog/new-study-sheds-light-on-res...

It would put me out of a job but I'd still rather see a surge in nuke generation and solar with storage, at least until we get fusion figured out.
by motorest | 2025-10-26 04:16:43+00:00
> A 18 Tb NAS harddrive is about 320 USD. A 2 bay unifi unas2 199. It pays off in one year. Restoring data from it is free.

That single 18TB HD is hardly safe from a disaster or even plain old hardware death, and it's a single point of failure. You need at least 3 times as many HDs to start to have something you can actually rely on to keep your data for 3-5years.
by skewbone | 2025-10-26 04:18:04+00:00
The PE6000 and the LM6000 are two shaft machines, where there is a low speed shaft on which sits the low pressure compressor and low pressure turbine (the hot and cold ends), and a high speed shaft on which sits the high pressure compressor and high pressure turbine. The two shafts are concentrically located, with the high speed shaft being on the outside. The low speed shaft is where the generator is coupled, and can be done on either the hot or cold end.

You're right that the core doesn't spin at synchronous speed but the LP shaft does. It's optimized for 3600rpm, but could run at other speeds... the machine just isn't designed for it. The LM6000 only uses a gearbox for 50Hz units while 60Hz don't need it.
by rasz | 2025-10-26 04:18:55+00:00
"run" at the speed of brisk walk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oV3hvqRtTgM more of a fast sneaking. I dont think I saw real running non tethered robot before Boston Dynamics, and today running is indeed in reach of $20K toys https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIkdq7Zf4Zw
by LeoPanthera | 2025-10-26 04:19:56+00:00
A CPM value means nothing without additional context. Counts vary based on detector type and size, radiation type, energy, distance and geometry, all sorts of things. They're not comparable except in identical contexts.

This is why the Sievert exists as a unit.

As a general rule, falling into a reactor pool is probably fine, as long as you don't reach the bottom. (But please don't try it.)

There's even an XKCD "What if" about it. https://what-if.xkcd.com/29/
by tombert | 2025-10-26 04:22:31+00:00
I'm not going to lie to them, I think that would be wrong and try and tell them it's actually Windows, though if I were upfront and just made the icons look like Windows that would be ok. Even with the default Cinnamon icon styling, if I put Chrome on the desktop they'd figure it out, but even if I were to somehow objectively prove that OnlyOffice or LibreOffice or Calligra or <insert Linux office application here> are better than Microsoft Office, unless I can get the desktop version of Microsoft Office working on there I'm pretty confident that they won't go for it.

I recently tried to get my mom to use the PWA of Word online, and she said it was "worse" than the desktop version but refused to elaborate as to why.

I know I sound like I'm being harsh on my parents, but it's not like they're stupid or anything. They have spent the last 30+ years using Windows and Microsoft Office, I don't blame them for relying on the tools that they have spent the last three decades learning; I use command line tools that have existed longer than I have [1]. I do understand the stubbornness even if it does drive me a little crazy.

[1] Yes I know that GCC and Emacs and tar and grep have gotten updates since they've been released, but so has Windows.
by RohanAdwankar | 2025-10-26 04:24:44+00:00
Hi as of now I haven't added that feature so the current way would be to edit the .mmd text. However I think you are right that would be a good feature to add. For collapsing downstream nodes I think it would make sense with the request the someone else made in this thread for animations. From what I see it should certainly be possible to implement at some point!
by klardotsh | 2025-10-26 04:26:31+00:00
And yet some of us never asked for that. I didn't ask to come to a page and have a conversation about the data on it, I came to the page to read whatever that data was. I didn't ask to come to a page and have a conversation about filling in spreadsheet headers, I wanted to write out the dang headers and start populating my data. I never asked to downgrade to a lossy interpretation of human natural language, I already know how to get computers to do my bidding quite well, and quite quickly, if they stay out of my way.
by Demiurge | 2025-10-26 04:26:32+00:00
> If you really care about performance, probably best to avoid Python entirely

This has been true forever. Nothing more needs to be said. Please, avoid Python.

On the other hand, I’ve never had issues with Python performance, in 20 years of using it, for all the reasons that have been beaten to death.

It’s great that some people want to do some crazy stuff to CPython, but honestly, don’t hold your breath. Please don’t use Python if Python interpreter performance is your top concern.
by logTom | 2025-10-26 04:27:16+00:00
Highlights:

- nerfed CRIT DMG (equipment and level up stats)

- buffed passive HP and DEF gained per level up

- added a new passive which increases the aspd cap

- added a new passive which raises your crit chance earned by items

- buffed Aegis Thorns passive

*Full Changelog*: https://github.com/Werkstattl/quick-dungeon-crawler-rpg-od/c...
by antonvs | 2025-10-26 04:27:51+00:00
> Sea-drilling rigs (oil) have far more potential for environmental damage than modern nuclear plants

Key word: "modern". A key aspect of a modern nuclear plant, that supports its high level of safety, is the required incident reporting and followup.

The relevant issue is not really about a single worker being injured or dying. It's about detecting safety issues which could lead to a catastrophe far beyond what a sea oil drilling rig can, at least when it comes to human life and habitability of the surrounding area.

For example, after Chernobyl, much of Europe had to deal with contamination from cesium 137.

The entire planet's geological history shows when the nuclear age started, because humans are irresponsible in aggregate. (See also global warming.)

> Aaaand it’s this alarmist attitude ...

You're providing an object lesson in why humans can't really be trusted to operate systems like this over the long term.