MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by rvz | 2025-11-13 00:59:54+00:00
Because that worked well with the last Steam Machine in 2015 didn't it? Even though it was much cheaper. /s

Even with specs from 2019 - 2020, it already lost to the consoles on arrival and still can't even play the DRM'ed games on Day 1 as long as it is on SteamOS.

You might as well get a Macbook M4 Max or an equivalent Windows gaming laptop as the Steam Machine is too underpowered for PC gamers and as long as it runs SteamOS (Linux) is unable to play the same games as those on Windows on day 1.
by neom | 2025-11-13 01:00:01+00:00
I read that Waymo has cost somewhere between 30 billion and 40 billion to bring to this point. Seems like an incredibly small amount of money considering what it will become.

https://www.electronicsweekly.com/news/business/waymo-gets-a...

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/how-te...
by rstuart4133 | 2025-11-13 01:00:38+00:00
It holds 350MWh and is expected to have a lifetime of 150 years.

Lets do a little arithmetic with conservative values rather than those figures. Assume supplies 200MHw per day, and eventually costs $15B and only lasts 50 years:

15e9 [$] / (200e3 [kWh/day] * 365 [day/yr] * 50 [yr]) = 0.004 [$ / kWh]

Yep, you right, that added 0.4¢ per kWh for overnight storage is gonna ruin us all for sure. /s
by Dylan16807 | 2025-11-13 01:00:42+00:00
There's an important number that's missing here, which is how many of the 128 bytes were consumed in that test.

With 40 million "success" and 570 "end of stream", I think that implies that out of a billion tests it read all 128 bytes less than a thousand times.

As a rough estimate off the static huffman tables, each symbol gives you about an 80% chance of outputting a byte, 18% chance of crashing, 1% chance of repeating some bytes, and 1% chance of ending decompression. As it gets longer the odds tilt a few percent more toward repeating instead of crashing. But on average it's going to use quite few of the 128 bytes of input, outputting them in a slightly shuffled way plus some repetitions.
by mrguyorama | 2025-11-13 01:00:47+00:00
Or, in reality, most commodity POS systems are actually able to support various countries and tax regimes, and is plenty ready to be configured a variety of ways and work perfectly fine in changing systems.

For example, the exact same physical hardware in American supermarkets for self checkout is also used in countries like Australia that have more coins than the US, and the machines literally do not have enough coin slots for every coin, so they just don't dispense certain coins in that place.

The POS market is rather robust and has been around the block for quite a while and has no problem managing quite literally arbitrary fees. Businesses in our city added a "cost of living" fee to all bills (just raise prices FFS, so dumb) and they didn't have to go out and buy new POS systems, because POS systems are very configurable.

Like, other industries that have been selling software products for decades are actually kind of good at their jobs and it's really just software as a service that reliably makes garbage. POS software can handle all sorts of things you probably don't even realize.

Go lookup all the functionality that Square advertises their POS systems have, and understand that they are new entrants to the market and do not have all the features that legacy vendors have built up over decades. The functionality has been so thoroughly figured out for so long and so straightforward, that a POS you bought in the 90s is likely still fit for service today.

Meanwhile, retailers are actually open to improving and modernizing their POS infrastructure regularly. They added those coupon printers to existing stacks and didn't have to do anything special because POS systems are absolute legends of interoperability. They use extremely standardized ports, including a special supplementary power version of USB, and are very tolerant to mix and match hardware. POS vendors even sell their hardware without forcing you to buy their software. The system is very open.
Show HN: I Turned My iPhone into a Night-Vision Device
by darkce | 2025-11-13 01:01:37+00:00
The idea for the Night Vision App began with a simple moment of curiosity. When I first got my iPhone 14 Pro Max, I noticed a small, unfamiliar dot beneath the rear camera — the LiDAR sensor. It made me wonder: could this be used to see in the dark? If LiDAR can map a scene, why not try turning that data into real night-vision imaging?

That question sparked the creation of the Night Vision App. By combining the iPhone’s LiDAR scanner with the TrueDepth camera, it delivers detailed low-light imaging and transforms your phone into a capable night-vision tool.

If you own an iPhone Pro model, it’s definitely worth trying.
by tzs | 2025-11-13 01:02:28+00:00
Unless your state issues wimpy driver's licenses that fall apart if not kept in a wallet why bother with the wallet?

I just carry my driver's license, a credit card, a health insurance card, and an Orca card [1] loose in a pants pocket.

[1] Stored value card for several transit agencies in the Puget Sound region of Washington.
by georgemcbay | 2025-11-13 01:02:33+00:00
> If they pay the same rates as everyone else then that's not corporate welfare.

It is, because the electricity companies don't have magic electricity generating machines that can scale infinitely.

To satisfy the new demand which only exists because the data center was built, they spend a lot of money on new infrastructure. They then raise everyone's prices by an equal percentage to support this new infrastructure even though the infrastructure was not needed until the data center was built.

Not charging the data center developers for that extra build out and expecting everyone to absorb the costs for new infrastructure that never would have been built if the data center wasn't built is absolutely corporate welfare.
by Brian_K_White | 2025-11-13 01:03:28+00:00
I don't know either but it would be funny for me as a FreeNAS then TrueNAS user who resents that after being a famously FreeBSD distro for 20 years iXsystems just switched over to Linux and I had to switch to a community fork to keep on freebsd.

Then somehow freebsd becomes a new darling and they just got done spending a couple years going out of their way to make sure they miss out on that wave. Or worse try dust off their last version of Core and act like "our proud tradition ..." Ugh I'm so not happy with that company...I paid way too much for one of their official own-brand servers instead of just running it on whatever random way better hardware I want.

But I'll say that even I only use freebsd for zvault and opnsense. I try every now and then to make it my laptop daily driver but there are just too many annoyances and things that don't work or aren't supported well enough or that break with updates or that aren't automated or preconfigured well enough etc. I cannot give examples without writing way too much. This is the short version. And I've been a linux daily driver forever without really minding those same sorts of extra efforts needed for linux vs windows or mac, so this does not come from someone who just can't tolerate rough edges or can't figure things out.

But I have also avoided "cheating" by using one of the purpose built desktop distros like ghostbsd or dragonfly etc, so I might be shooting myself in the foot. I do have an old laptop with freebsd 14.something on it currently which is more or less working but not all the hardware works and it kills the battery in 20 minutes. But it runs, even the weird proprietary Sony 2-in-1 ssd and the wifi. Probably not the bluetooth and I never even dared to hope or try the webcam or the fingreprint. I don't remember about backlight or keyboard backlight control.
by pembrook | 2025-11-13 01:04:24+00:00
The problem isn't that a news site is monetizing with a paywall. Totally fine, monetize how you want!

The problem is that prominent news orgs have lobbied governments all over the world to threaten google, apple, etc. for preferential treatment so these paywalled articles get prominent placement in various feeds and carousels and recommendation algos.

As a small publisher you'll never get this same preferential treatment if you throw up a paywall.

Creating the bizarre situation where big tech platforms feel they have to recommend paywalled articles from NYT/Bloomberg/etc, catfishing users right into a paywall when they click on headlines. This is essentially spam.
by YeGoblynQueenne | 2025-11-13 01:04:55+00:00
>> You hard code some options, write a logical condition with placeholders, and Prolog brute-forces every option in every placeholder. It doesn't do reasoning.

SLD-Resolution with unification (Prolog's automated theorem proving algorithm) is the polar opposite of brute force: as the proof proceeds, the cardinality of the set of possible answers [1] decreases monotonically. Unification itself is nothing but a dirty hack to avoid having to ground the Herbrand base of a predicate before completing a proof; which is basically going from an NP-complete problem to a linear-time one (on average).

Besides which I find it very difficult to see how a language with an automated theorem prover for an interpreter "doesn't do reasoning". If automated theorem proving is not reasoning, what is?

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[1] More precisely, the resolution closure.
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by axiolite | 2025-11-13 01:05:11+00:00
Intel infringed on one of its patents when it inserted a technology called "enhanced SpeedStep" into its models starting in 1991 (which predates the Pentium Pro) [...] Transmeta was the first company to emphasize that power consumption was going to be a major headache for chip and computer makers. Transmeta's ideas did spark Intel to look more closely at power consumption.

https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/transmeta-sues-intel...
by acdha | 2025-11-13 01:06:01+00:00
40% of Americans never do, and many of the people who do don’t buy it themselves. For example, elderly people are one of the groups which disproportionately lack current photo ID but would also be more likely to have relatives helping with their shopping or simply not being carded either because they’re visibly far past the limit or have been buying at the same place for ages.
by robocat | 2025-11-13 01:06:10+00:00
I am surprised that research backs you up... my guess had been that the majority of tailgaters are just arseholes (technical term) so I checked:

There is substantial research that frustration with a slow driver in a fast lane is a significant factor in aggressive tailgating (as a way to express anger, control, or impatience) to get others to change lanes.

There's a balance between selfish lane-hoggers and selfishly impolite/dangerous tailgaters.

But perhaps research doesn't measure arseholeness?!

For selfish reasons I usually let dangerous tailgaters pass me: I want to avoid the bad outcomes from pissed off aggressive drivers.

If I'm stuck behind someone slow, I usually politely wait or politely flash lights or politely tap horn. I think Tailgating is personally dangerous as a way to signal my displeasure and I value my life highly. Polite drivers generally let one pass, and impolite drivers do whatever the fuck they want.

Regardless, it would be interesting to see stats on how risky tailgating actually is (unfortunately stats are sure to be biased by correlation versus causation).
by Insanity | 2025-11-13 01:07:06+00:00
I will just go on a tangential rant. I have the HHKB pro 2 as my daily driver, and my one gripe is the low polling rate. So when I press shift to make a character upper case, it sometimes uppercases two. Never had that on other keyboards yet both HHKB I own have this behaviour, making me think it is a combination of low polling rate of 125hz and Bluetooth.

Besides that, it is my favourite of many keyboards for any non-gaming thing. the Poker II is my go-to for gaming and I highly recommend that one as well, if 60% is your thing.
by woodruffw | 2025-11-13 01:07:21+00:00
This is true, but also misleading: Homebrew did what every major "distro-level" package manager did, which was conform to PEP 668[1].

(This, as it turns out, was a great idea. A single global shared environment that pip used by default was one of the single greatest sources of user frustration in Python.)

[1]: https://peps.python.org/pep-0668/
by Scubabear68 | 2025-11-13 01:07:30+00:00
From what I recall, one of the hazards of long term space travel is that nearly any material will start sublimating atoms in the hard vacuum of space, with things like cosmic rays adding to the woes. Some over time it will start deteriorating.

Not sure about “melting” into an amorphous mass, I guess in theory the probes gravity could do that, but I would imagine even the tiniest force would disturb that and dissipate it.
by rtkwe | 2025-11-13 01:08:39+00:00
To get the same pixel per degree as my work laptop I'd have to put it's virtual replacement screen 11 (virtual) inches from my face and that's probably the lowest PPD screen in my normal life unless I get a bad desk at work that day. Just pasting them inches from your nose is not a great solution, you can already do that with a good set of monitor arms and there's a reason almost no one does it.
by hedgehog | 2025-11-13 01:08:53+00:00
Intel missed mobile, graphics, and AI, while failing to deliver 10nm, and it was all self-inflicted. They didn't understand what was coming. Transmeta was an easily identified threat to Intel's core CPU products so Intel was more likely to pull out all the stops with above-board competing on product as well as IP infringement and tortious interference. Intel had good risk management in having a team working on evolutions of P6, if that hadn't already been a going concern (see also Timna) coming up with a competitive product in the early 2000s would have been much harder.
by urlgrey | 2025-11-13 01:09:26+00:00
in 1997 I saw Linus Torvalds speak at UC Berkeley following his move to California to work at Transmeta. I was a computer science undergrad at UC Davis, and took Amtrak to Berkeley along with some friends to see Linus in person. Linux was building momentum, and Linus was a real celebrity to those in the space.

Supporting Linus and the Linux community is a great legacy for Transmeta, even if their products didn't find commercial success.
by vel_cirapt_r | 2025-11-13 01:10:21+00:00
I've built 4 games so far:

Narcobust: Click to shoot hostile boats! (Spoiler: a high score is near impossible here)

Bowling Mitch: Can you knock down Mitch? A bowling game with Mitch McConnell pins.

Rocket Man: Launch billionaires into the void! An orbital mechanics game where the further you travel, the higher the score.

District Draw: Choose your voters to win the election. A gerrymandering puzzle game.

What else should I build?
by aprentic | 2025-11-13 01:10:36+00:00
I'm listening to ATC for education. I'm not confident in my ability to understand it correctly. That's why I qualified my level of certainty.

FWIW, the KBOS incident I saw didn't seem to be ATC either, if it was actually what I thought it was. It does seem like either of them may have been caught earlier if there had been more ATCs on staff or if they weren't as stressed or sleep deprived.
by dktalks | 2025-11-13 01:10:45+00:00
Not exactly, I have automated stuff which uses python and does rar and unrar and it's installed through brew, it is not a cask, but every time I do brew update, my code will fail to run because it was updated.

This is like buying a machine and not having the ability to do whatever you want with it.

Oh who are we kidding, that's what is happening anyways.
by Lammy | 2025-11-13 01:11:22+00:00
And it won't even be necessary for many people since a lot of work has gone into FreeBSD's Wi-Fi support recently: https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/improving-and-debugging-f...

Personally even as a FreeBSD fanperson I wouldn't want to rely on wifibox no matter how elegant it is to use. It would forever irritate the “omg ugly hack” part of my brain lol

I installed FreeBSD 14.3 on my Framework Laptop 12 and the stock Intel AX211 Wi-Fi card Just Worked™ out of the box in FreeBSD 14.3 after a `fwget` to download the proprietary firmware blobs (removed from base between 14.2 and 14.3, FYI) while USB-tethered to my Android with a simple `dhclient ue0`:

- https://i.imgur.com/vulqdvc.jpeg

- https://i.imgur.com/S6OcWMA.jpeg
by abixb | 2025-11-13 01:11:37+00:00
As someone with barebones understanding of "world models," how does this differ from sophisticated game engines that generate three-dimensional worlds? Is it simply the adaptation of transformer architecture in generating the 3-D world v/s using a static/predictable script as in game engines (learned dynamics vs deterministic simulation mimicking 'generation')? Would love an explanation from SMEs.
by mrguyorama | 2025-11-13 01:13:03+00:00
Well sugary beverages are a treat, not exactly something you should be encouraging a child to drink a lot of or drink often. That's why that dumb logan paul lunchables ripoff is awful for coming with that large drink.

But not everybody agrees with that kind of statement so here's a better one: Small soft drink cans are really good for single serve cocktails.

A single "cup" of coffee is also 6oz, so it's not exactly an abnormal drink size.

As a glass bottle is strange though. But it tends to feel more "Premium" to people

Soft drink companies cater to literally everyone. They eagerly want to sell to both my friend who drinks several liters a day and my grandma who treats half a can of coke as a nice treat and people like me who used to like soda but now mostly use it for mixing drinks and the occasional treat. That's why they sell multiple different formulas of "Coke without sugar" and why there's so much diversity in just the "Citrus flavored" sub category. I miss Vault and Sierra Mist.
by protocolture | 2025-11-13 01:13:25+00:00
>I don't want to discourage this idea, but I have to admit that I've lost interest in debates. It seems like a debate is not a search for the truth, but a form of public entertainment to see who wins. I wouldn't change my views based on the outcome of a debate.

The last debate that changed my mind on anything was about 20 years ago. It was a structured debate regarding marriage equality. The negative team, included a wildcard, a poly bisexual woman, whose relationship would still be ignored by the government after the change. She argued, very successfully in my opinion, that moving the bar one step made no sense, and the government simply shouldnt have a favoured relationship status at all.

Since then I cant think of any. However, I also cant think of another proper structured debate I have seen.
by cpgxiii | 2025-11-13 01:13:43+00:00
> I think you're focusing on the details and missing my broader point - the JIT technique for translation only works to break out of the instruction set lock-in. It does not improve performance, so betting on that instead of super scalar designs is not wise.

> Transmeta’s CPU was not performance competitive and thus had no path to success.

I think you are operating with a bit too much benefit from hindsight. In a very reductive sense, every time someone has tried to make dynamic ISA translation work, they have done so because they believe their ability to implement their "real" ISA will be superior in some way than their ability to implement the external ISA. Obviously many have failed at this, usually when trying more ambitious designs, but less ambitious designs (perhaps most famously the AMD K5 and its descendants) have succeeded.

Apple's case is really quite different, in that unlike Transmeta or Nvidia, they already had several generations of CPU implementations on which to base their decisions prior to the point of announcing the macOS x64->arm64 transition, just as they had several generations of Intel hardware to consider when making the PPC->x86 transition.
by ryandrake | 2025-11-13 01:14:09+00:00
Yes, the "Mill" discussion looks to be totally irrelevant. [1] and [2] seem to back up my claim that, at least in modern times, it's purely a "just-below pricing" psychological trick and has nothing to do with the Mill unit.

$4.999 looks a lot smaller than $5.00 to everyday people and it makes the gas company more money than $4.99. That's all there is to it.

1: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/why-do-gas-prices-alw...

2. https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/14/energy/why-gas-prices-fractio...
by tom_ | 2025-11-13 01:14:56+00:00
Yes. The package manager's job is to give you some sensible version of some useful common standardized thing(s) you want to use. There might well be some legacy/current/edge options, but overall you are putting your trust in their judgement and assuming that they'll do something at least vaguely sensible.

If you want something specific than that: the package manager cannot help you here. This is no longer some random thing that you just use; it's one of your product's honest-to-goodness dependencies. You can't outsource this any more. You need to make your own arrangements to ensure that the specific version required is in use.
by lmm | 2025-11-13 01:15:24+00:00
> So for instance to make antibiotic-free chicken without a commitment to being antibiotic-free and organic, raise a bunch of chickens, take any who gets sick enough to need antibiotics and put them into a separate field with their antibiotics, sell the ones that happen to not get sick as antibiotic-free, sell the other ones as usual.

I think I'm ok with this. It means you can't routinely feed them all antibiotics, and people aren't eating chickens who had antibiotics.
by cartoonworld | 2025-11-13 01:17:22+00:00
Nuclear Safety is extremely risk averse and the mortar in the bricks are incumbents for whom the strict regulations protect. Anecdotally, it is a very paranoid industry, for better or worse.

Allowing higher radiation dose does sound bad, but I would urge you to delve into the Linear No-Threshold Model. We have the lion's share of a century of cancer and health data and the results are somewhat counterintuitive.

Here is a short video statement from Robert B Hayes from NC State university: https://youtu.be/kFMKPpiiJgw