MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by steveklabnik | 2025-10-04 22:32:07+00:00
> Usually the standard comes first, compiler vendors implement it, and between releases of the spec the language is fixed.

This is not how C or C++ were standardized, nor most computer standards in the first place. Usually, vendors implement something, and then they come together to agree upon a standard second.

When updating standards, sometimes things are put in the standard before any implementations, but that's generally considered an antipattern for larger designs. You want real-world evaluation of the usefulness of something before it's been standardized.
by piskov | 2025-10-04 22:32:28+00:00
> We are shifting, rapidly and irreversibly, from a world defined by pixels and layouts to a world defined by weights, prompts, context, and policies.

Such confidence. Just like web 3.0 bros.

a) nothing is irreversible; b) nothing is rapid — just get outside your bubble into the real world.

https://budgetlab.yale.edu/research/evaluating-impact-ai-lab...
by noAnswer | 2025-10-04 22:32:41+00:00
The majority if this vandalism is most likely done by teens.

I still remember my last years in school. Around the turn of the millennium, when the country had an economic down turn. The school building was a bunch of containers. Freezing in the winter, sweating in the sommer. Society saw nothing but a burden in us. The teachers constantly said "no one is waiting for you out there!"

Nothing has changed since then. There is no respect for child care. There is no respect for school children. (Walk into a school and try not to drip over "temporary" support beams.) There will be no "Sondervermögen" for Schools.

You can't fix a social problem - that some recent the society they have to live in and lash out via doing dumb thinks - via technology.
by linguae | 2025-10-04 22:33:04+00:00
I have a 350MHz Power Mac G4 from 1999, and it’s one of the most thoughtfully designed desktops I’ve used. Not only is it visually appealing, but it is very easy to access its components using its door.

Ive was also behind many other innovative desktops, such as the iMac G4 and the Power Mac G4 Cube. I enjoy my “trash can” Mac Pro; it’s just too bad the dual-GPU approach was a dead end.

While I believe Ive took his desires for thinness and simplicity too far with the 2016 MacBook Pro, I appreciate the work done on the PowerBook G4 (titanium and aluminum), the original MacBook Pro, the unibody MacBook Pro, and the Retina MacBook Pro. These successive laptops set the standard for laptop design, and they helped make laptops easy to place in a backpack. Laptops used to be quite bulky in the 1990s; I have a PowerBook 5300 I acquired nearly a decade ago that is quite thick and heavy.

I don’t agree with all of Ive’s design decisions, but overall I like his designs.
by kstrauser | 2025-10-04 22:34:03+00:00
Sounds like this is going to be great for you for #1. Now you can get belligerant owners off your back: "look, the state says we can't do anything more to enforce these stupid rules, so take it up with the government."

For #2, you can still fine them $100 per incident, which I'd imagine would include every new time a homeowner takes up all the parking, or dares to store their property on their property.

For #3, see #1. Now you're off the hook because the state said this is nonsense and you can't be responsibile for meeting their power-tripping demands anymore.

For #4, see? Perfect! You can tell them to get bent, because elected representatives said those complainers should mind their own freaking business on how people enjoy their own homes.
by kazinator | 2025-10-04 22:34:07+00:00
I'm not one to promote AI, but when you suck at summarizing this bad, maybe give that a shot.

You have lots of privacy in public.

You don't get to legally conceal the identifying marker attached to a two-ton murder weapon on wheels that you either own, rented, borrowed or stole.

That's it.

My comment even mentions that you have options if you want an unmarked wheeled vehicle for staying as private as possible while yet locomoting at a decent pace.
by trollbridge | 2025-10-04 22:34:17+00:00
On the one hand I like this... on the other hand, the electrician's assistant in me that tries to be as NEC-compliant as possible is absolutely cringing at a few of the pictures on there.

With that said... a few hundred more dollars, and this could be a proper setup with a proper load centre, breakers, and so on. Simply replace a lot of your home's existing wiring.
by MountDoom | 2025-10-04 22:34:17+00:00
> * Fire insurance or well, potential no-payout if your installation creates a fire.

This is pretty much a myth. Insurance pays out even if you cause a hazard, as long as it's not intentional (i.e., not insurance fraud). Talk to any insurance adjuster: undisclosed DIY is not enough to deny a claim.

What happens instead is that if you make a claim and the damage is due to stuff you didn't tell the insurer about, they will drop you right after they pay. Another possibility is that if they do any proactive inspections (e.g., drone fly-bys), they can decline to insure you or drop your policy.

A more substantial problem is that this page sort of oversells what they're pitching. 1.2 kW of solar power is a fraction of typical household usage. 2.4 kWh battery storage also isn't a whole lot. And yeah, it's cheaper than paying someone, but if your roof starts leaking, it's gonna cost you and you have no one to sue.
by danabramov | 2025-10-04 22:34:40+00:00
I'm not quite sure I'm following what you're saying.

Basically, there's two main roles in the system:

- A user's personal repository -- that's sort of like Git hosting, with a server that can serve a JSON record or a stream of commits. That's PDS. It's application-agnostic. Bluesky's open source implementation of PDS does in fact use sqlite (per each user :). Each user has exactly one repo that stores data of all apps.

- An app -- that's any arbitrary app backend. Could be literally anything. These write data to user's personal repo (for the stuff user creates). They can directly ask a particular user's repo for data (like explained in the article) or they can subscribe to the commit stream and mirror the data they care about in a local database. Then it can be queried and retrieved with no delays, and also can be aggregated (e.g. calculate count of likes for a given post, even though they "live" in different users' repos).

Does this make sense?
by toshinoriyagi | 2025-10-04 22:34:41+00:00
Yes, but one of the conflicting interests is illegal. We all know these companies pirate a huge amount of copyrighted data to train their LLMs and VLMs. Clear copyright infringement, Anthropic just lost a few billion dollars for this.

In addition, the training process attempts to reproduce the copyrighted training data as perfectly as possible, with the intent to rent the resulting model out for commercial gain afterwards. Many argue that this is not fair use, but another instance of copyright infringement.

And if the previous infractions weren't enough, OpenAI's customers are now generating mass videos of copyrighted characters.

So, while it may be common corporate speak, it is still snake-tongued weasel-blather that downplays the illegality of their actions.
by axx83 | 2025-10-04 22:35:59+00:00
Hi all, my apologies for the very late reply. I honestly didn't expect this post to get any attention and haven't checked back until now.

I want to clarify that the ideas in this manifesto are entirely my own. As I mentioned in the preface, English is not my native language, so I used AI tools to translate my original text. This is likely why some parts have an "AI-like" feel.

Thank you for the feedback; it's genuinely helpful. The substance of the work is what I truly wanted to share.
by wildrice | 2025-10-04 22:36:38+00:00
You make some fair points, but it’s also worth some self-reflection as an HOA president to understand why so many people resent these institutions. I’ve given two HOAs an honest try, and both ended up reinforcing the same patterns of pettiness and overreach that give them their reputation. The structure itself seems to attract a small group exerting outsized control over others’ property. Hopefully, over time, communities can move toward simpler, more democratic systems that preserve shared spaces without breeding unnecessary conflict.
by netsharc | 2025-10-04 22:36:46+00:00
Holds don't really show up in the monthly statement. At least not in the cards I've had. It's a functionality for merchants to say "I'd like to charge this customer up to $500, would she be good for it?". If the CC company says yes, then the merchant knows they can do so. E.g. car rental companies do this for potential damages. Up to a week the merchant can charge the actual amount (usually less) or just release the hold.
by themafia | 2025-10-04 22:36:46+00:00
> building scaffolding on top of balconies

As a permanent structure or for temporary renovations?

> ripping up common area plants

Just for fun? Were they drunk? Or is the border between the "common area" and "their property" somewhat hazy? Are you not able to simply forward the invoice for repairs to the resident? That's not a fine and doesn't seem like it would be covered?

> parking issues (we all have garages, street parking is guest only)

This impacts property values? What about tow to impound?

> drying food on the pool deck (really)

> dumping garbage bags outside in the common area

A $100 fine is not adequate for these relatively petty issues?

It might just be me. I don't have kids and I don't spend a lot of time around home. I don't understand HOAs at all.
by takluyver | 2025-10-04 22:37:01+00:00
They could add a developer option to bypass the new restriction, but as far as I know they haven't said they'll do that, and I don't see any reason why they would. The adb bypass is probably good enough for actual developers.

Apps can certainly detect if a phone is rooted and refuse to work, like with a custom ROM. It's up to the developer what they care about, but this is not unusual. There are ways to try to trick the check into passing, but it sounds like the kind of thing that might break on any update.
by trollbridge | 2025-10-04 22:37:09+00:00
It's 120V. Pushing 20A continuous through that kind of wiring is less than ideal.

First of all, let's assume less than ideal conditions so base our calculations on 115V. 2,500 watts is going to be 21.7 amps; assuming a continuous load (which is pretty reasonable for a whole house) is going to need a breaker and wiring that's rated for 125% of that, or 27.2A.

That means the supply needs to be #10 wiring and should be fitted with a 30A breaker at the disconnect. A temporary power tap is not a suitable disconnect. And I highly doubt it's got 10 gauge wiring.
by danabramov | 2025-10-04 22:37:54+00:00
No, I mean that ` https://did:plc:fpruhuo22xkm5o7ttr2ktxdo@/sh.tangled.feed.star/3m23ddgjpgn22 ` (that's your proposal?) isn't a valid URI for https:// scheme. The need for the new scheme comes from being unable to express an identity-rooted URI in other schemes.
by jagrsw | 2025-10-04 22:39:19+00:00
As someone with an electrician's ticket (non-practicing, but the exam was no joke), this is a "not-so-good" idea.

A 3kW inverter powering a fridge through extension cords (fridges/compressors can have serious inrush current). You can't just snake "yolo" cables through a house for anything drawing serious amps (say, more than 5).

I'm willing to bet zero impedance or insulation/continuity tests were done. I hope the inverter has the RCD protection included.

This "works" 99.9% of the time. Now multiply 0.1% by every person who sees this and thinks it's a clever hack.

Update: He's plugging an extension cord directly into the inverter's output terminals? A 3kW inverter at 120V can push 25A continuously (and likely no RCD in the path). That can melt a 10/15A cord. The inverter's own breaker (say, 30/40A) is there to protect the inverter, not the cord. The cord may "become" the fuse long before the breaker trips on an overload (it doesn't trip at 30A instantly, more like at 100-200A if it's equivalent to EU class B/C).

Update2: I'm against overregulation and panicing at every perceived threat, but I must say, I wouldn't mind an inspection taking a look for the sake of neighbors.

Update3: The PDF (https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0746/0415/1079/files/POW-L...) says that the AC input "maximum bypass overload current" is 40A. If he plugs the inverter into a wall outlet for charging/bypass, it will let his appliances pull 40A through a standard 15A socket. The main apartment panel will eventually trip, hopefully.
by pavel_lishin | 2025-10-04 22:39:22+00:00
> What happens instead is that if you make a claim and the damage is by some stuff you didn't tell the insurer about, they will drop you right after they pay. Another possibility is that if they do any proactive inspections (e.g., drone fly-bys), they can decline to insure you or drop your policy.

This is also a pretty bad outcome.
by hollerith | 2025-10-04 22:39:34+00:00
Are there any effective ways to add extra knowledge to an LLM, ways that are more than just demos or proofs of concept?

For example, could there be a site like HN with ten thousand contributors where the contributions are changes to an LLM rather than posts and comments?

One issue is that if contribution A contradicts contribution B, then on HN the contradiction presents no problem (i.e., two HN comments can and often do contradict each other just fine) whereas AFAICT the LLM will need to resolve the contradiction somehow to give coherent answers on the subject matter of the contributions A and B. Then again I suppose the LLM's answer could take the form, "opinions on [subject] vary, with some maintaining that . . . whereas others claim that . . ."
by foundry27 | 2025-10-04 22:39:40+00:00
I get it, really I do. But do the HOAs really need financial enforcement mechanisms intended to seriously harm people, and to punish them as judge, jury and executioner? A HOA’s legal job is to maintain the common-interest property and enforce the CC&Rs. It is not a HOA’s job to extract enormous sums of money out of its members, even annoying ones. The right lever to pull to get some rich person partying at 4am and trashing the place (for example) to stop is for the HOA to file for a court injunction after repeated violations; once a judge orders “no loud music 10 pm - 7 am”, the next 4 am party will become contempt of court, which is a problem for the cops, not the HOA. Hell, 4 a.m. noise is a municipal nuisance and probably a crime; people should be calling the cops every time it happens. Individual members could even sue the owner in small-claims court for private nuisance, where judges can issue even more injunctions or award damages. All this to say, you don’t need to take people’s money to get them to stop doing bad stuff. But you do need to take people’s money to get rich, and to hurt people. This new legislation should be deeply concerning to people interested in the latter, and IMO shouldn’t really be a concern to people interested in the former.
by varispeed | 2025-10-04 22:39:48+00:00
Section 49 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA).

This section grants police and other public authorities the power to issue a formal written notice (a "Section 49 notice") demanding that a person disclose the password, PIN, or encryption key to a protected device or data.

A notice cannot be issued lightly. It requires approval from a judge and can only be used when it is deemed necessary and proportionate for purposes such as:

In the interests of national security.

For the purpose of preventing or detecting crime.

In the interests of the economic well-being of the UK.

Refusing to comply with a lawfully issued Section 49 notice is a criminal offence under Section 53 of RIPA

Standard cases: Up to two years' imprisonment.

Cases involving national security or child indecency: The maximum penalty is increased to five years' imprisonment.
by mtokarski | 2025-10-04 22:40:28+00:00
Interesting work, but I think the interpretation may be a bit overstated. The authors claim that injecting too much factual "knowledge" during pretraining causes models to collapse — performance drops below the baseline once knowledge frequency crosses a threshold.

The problem is how they inject it. Their “knowledge” isn’t natural language; it’s templated Wikidata triples like "X is the capital of Y." That’s a super low-entropy, highly repetitive distribution. When you cram enough of that into a fixed token budget, you’re not really teaching the model more facts — you’re just destroying linguistic diversity and skewing the token statistics.

In real pretraining or domain adaptation scenarios, “knowledge” tends to appear in richer, more varied contexts. The practical takeaway isn’t "don’t add too much domain data," but rather "don’t overrepresent any single format or narrow syntactic pattern" The issue seems more about representation homogeneity than about factual density itself.
by gregable | 2025-10-04 22:41:43+00:00
What would change if you wanted to do something like this but for an EV? You already have a large battery, you can make decisions like "I need to be full for my road trip tomorrow, so fill from the grid", but you can just trickle charge from some fixed solar panels throughout the day most of the time. I think amperage can even be negotiated via the standard EV charge cable.
by lxgr | 2025-10-04 22:41:50+00:00
Ah, so you're talking about the edge case where the terminal claims to have, but did not actually, perform ODA? Yes, that's somewhat of a gap in the EMV protocol. As I've mentioned in my other comment, I could see CDA eventually becoming mandatory, as well as keeping the entire CDA output terminal-side. That trace does provide non-repudiation.

There are other ways too to stop "sloppy terminal processing", but as far as I understand they're not cryptographically secure in a way that would provide an unambiguous and third-party verifiable protocol trace.

I suspect that all of that is a big reason why the networks don't love offline processing if it can be avoided.

And I couldn't agree more to your last paragraph – the industry does have an unfortunate history of propping up questionable security engineering with legal threats. But I'm slightly more optimistic on EMV, at least some implementations: Decades later, we can actually have some nice things :)

Also, thanks for the anecdote! Helped me confirm a theory I had on the motivation for a particular obscure protocol feature that I have so far not found solidly explained anywhere in the literature.
by potato3732842 | 2025-10-04 22:42:08+00:00
>Just about any neighborhood built since the 1970s in the USA has an HOA

This is a knock on effect of the wetlands protection act (or maybe it's the clean water act, I forget which). Someone developing >1ac of houses (or duplexes or apartments or whatever) has to do stormwater management permitting BS. This probably means they leave one lot at the end and do like a stormwater catch pond in it or something (there's technical terms for this stuff I'm not using. The owner(s) is obligated per federal law to maintain whatever this solution is in perpetuity. This likely means some sort of HOA to handle that. And if you're gonna do that then why not have the HOA do more.
by pron | 2025-10-04 22:42:22+00:00
First, I would avoid using any low-level language if at all possible, because no matter what you pick, the maintenance and evolution costs are going to be significantly higher than for a high-level language. It's a very costly commitment, so I'd want to be sure it's worth it. But let's suppose I decided that I must use a low-level language (perhaps because worst-case behaviour is really important or I may want to run in a low-memory device or the DB was a "pure overhead" software that aims to minimise memory consumption that's needed for a co-located resource heavy application).

Then, if this were an actual product that people would depend on for a long time, the obvious choice would be C++, because of its maturity and good prospects. But say this is hypothetical or something more adventurous that allows for more risk, then I would say it entirely depends on the aesthetic preferences of the team, as neither language has some clear intrinsic advantage over the other. Personally, I would prefer Zig, because it more closely aligns with my subjective aesthetic preferences, but others may like different things and prefer Rust. It's just a matter of taste.
by Onavo | 2025-10-04 22:43:20+00:00
There's an easy way out of it but most HN users here would hate it. Apple can just donate to Trump and the problem with the British would go away overnight. Downing Street and GCHQ combined cannot match the coffers of Apple and the greenback is the only currency of power that the whitehouse acknowledges.

At the end of the day, the emperor is happy to yank on the leash of the special relationship so long you pay him off.
by hluska | 2025-10-04 22:43:57+00:00
The game has changed dramatically since the 1970s. My favourite example is from 1979.

In 1979, Phil Niekro lead the major leagues with 342 innings pitched. In 2025, Logan Webb lead the majors with 207 innings pitched.

Modern pitchers throw about 2/3 the pitches that pre-80s pitchers threw. Part of this is player safety - baseball destroyed some amazing arms. And part of it is the fact that relievers today tend to throw 98+.
by axx83 | 2025-10-04 22:45:22+00:00
Thank you for your feedback. I apologize if my original article was misleading. I can see how its focus on performance aspects made it seem like just another language feature proposal, which was not my primary intention.

My main goal is to address the architectural complexity of microservices. Based on the feedback, I've written a much more detailed and focused follow-up that concentrates solely on that vision.

The new post and discussion are here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45477324

If you're willing to give the idea a second chance, I would be grateful for your thoughts on the new version.
by rudedogg | 2025-10-04 22:45:26+00:00
A setup like this seems perfect for a little shed to code in that has solar power.

I've wanted to build something like Roald Dahl's writing shed: https://youtu.be/AsxTR09_iWE?t=294 for a while.

I live in a climate with cold winters though, so I hate to invest in something like this and not be able to use it for a significant part of the year. I guess I could put a small pellet or wood stove in it..
by talkingtab | 2025-10-04 22:45:43+00:00
I personally believe it is worth exploring the idea of a different email realm for communities. The concept is pretty simple. Don't accept email from gmail, microsoft, hotmail or any other non-community member. Community members don't spam, don't send email in bulk and have reputation.

It is funded by pay-per-transgression. If you are a community member and someone receives unwanted email your reputation suffers. If you are gmail, et al you have to pay for each email sent & received.

Someone once wrote (let me know if you know the source) that users are not the customer, because they don't pay. It is advertisers who are the real email customers. This has resulted in a business model where users are prey animals. This is upside down and probably cannot be fixed without a hard fork.

I don't mean this is a good idea, or implementation. But I think it is a good direction.