MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by titanomachy | 2025-11-06 13:56:09+00:00
This didn’t seem AI-generated to me, although it follows the LinkedIn pattern of “single punchy sentence per paragraph”. LinkedIn people wrote like this long before LLMs.

I do love the irony of someone building a tool for AI sales bots complaining that their inbox is full of AI sales slop. But I actually agree with the article’s main idea, and I think if they followed it to its logical conclusion they might decide to do something else with their time. Seems like a great time to do something that doesn’t require me to ever buy or sell SaaS products, honestly.
by kaicianflone | 2025-11-06 13:56:19+00:00
I get that. I’ve felt the same cringe at times. The sense that faith is being sold instead of shared. The irony is that the heart of Christianity doesn’t need promotion. It’s supposed to be recognized in how people live, not in how loudly they talk.

For me, following Jesus has nothing to do with market share or population stats. If every chart in the world dropped tomorrow, He’d still be who He is. Faith isn’t about the numbers (Christianity has waxed and waned for centuries). It’s about the truth of one life, one death, and one resurrection that keeps changing hearts in every century.

The Church has made mistakes in how it presents Him, but the reality behind it, the Person Himself, doesn’t need a salesman. He just keeps finding people, quietly, the way He always has.

PS - Conversions in Latin America were deeply shaped by how God met people in their own culture and symbols. Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico and Our Lady of Aparecida in Brazil are perfect examples. Moments when faith didn’t arrive through conquest like most believe, but through divine encounter.
by wongarsu | 2025-11-06 13:56:20+00:00
Truth comes from being able to test your assertions. Without that they remain in the realm of plausibility. You can't get from plausibility to truth with better training data, you need to give LLMs better tools to test the truth of their plausible statements before spewing them to the user (and train the models to use them, obviously. But that's not the hard part).
by jqpabc123 | 2025-11-06 13:56:31+00:00
no one is going to do that for 4%

They will if you pay them to do it upfront.

In other words; for a $400k home, the difference in interest between a 4% loan and a 5% loan over 30 years is worth maybe $20k in today's dollars (just a guesstimate, I haven't done the actual math).

So all the builder needs to do to make this magic happen is markup the sales price of his $400k home by 5% and use the additional cash to buy the rate down.

Basically, it's just marketing BS made possible by the time value of money.
by hacb | 2025-11-06 13:56:55+00:00
I don't know why submitting a vulnerability on those platforms is still free. If reporters had to pay a little amount of money (let's say, 20-50$, or indexed to the maximum gain of a vulnerability in a given category) when submitting their report, maybe those would be of better quality.

I know that this poses new problems (some people can't afford to spend this money), but it would be better than just wasting people's time.
by ajaisjsbbz | 2025-11-06 13:57:13+00:00
Trust is much more nuanced than N% wrong. You have to consider circumstantial factors as well. ie who runs The NY Times, who gives them money, what was the reason they were wrong, even if they’re not wrong what information are they leaving out. The list goes on. No single metric can capture this effectively.

Moreover, the more political a topic the more likely the author is trying to influence your thoughts (but not me I promise!). I forgot who, but a historian was asked why they wouldn’t cover civil war history, and responded with something to the affect of “there’s no way to do serious work there because it’s too political right now”.

It’s also why things like calling your opponents dumb, etc is so harmful. Nobody can fully evaluate the truthfulness of your claims (due to time, intellect, etc) but if you signal “I don’t like you” they’re rightfully going to ignore you because you’re signaling you’re unlikely to be trustworthy.

Trust is hard earned and easily lost.
by red-iron-pine | 2025-11-06 13:57:25+00:00
ain't just tech in the developing world.

even in the Big IT Enterprise "support" is a byword that appears in all discussions.

it's not enough to have, or to build, you gotta maintain, fix, replace, and eventually, remove.

those discussions aren't fun or sexy, and everyone hates when you tank a blue-sky "it'll fix everything" discussion with the unpleasant realities of long-term care and feeding
by 1718627440 | 2025-11-06 13:57:28+00:00
I was especially thinking about a program running on a server. I wouldn't statically link everything for a desktop program, because it just causes incompatibilities left-and-right. But for a server, you don't have external vendors, so this is a good option, and if you use SQLite as the database, then this means that deploying is not more complicated than uploading a single executable and this is also something, that can be done atomically.

I don't see how this has worse effects on recovery and availability. The data is still in a separate file, that you can backup and the modification still happens through a database layer which handles atomic transactions and file system interaction. The availability is also not worse, unless you would have hot code reloading without SQLite, which seems like an orthogonal issue.
by carlosjobim | 2025-11-06 13:57:56+00:00
Somebody who has the skills to fix electronics will be working with fixing devices which are much more expensive and critical than cell phones.

Industrial dishwasher breaks down? You need to get an electrician there ASAP.

Cell phone breaks down? Throw it away and buy a new one.

Brazil has very low salaries for skilled workers, so it makes sense that it's cheap to find somebody to fix your phone.
by antonyh | 2025-11-06 13:58:03+00:00
I 'cancelled' down to a non-AI family sub, but ended up full cancelling before the kick-in date for the annual renewal. I'm done with the nonsense and dark patterns. The shenanigans has worn thin.

I'm tired of the price hikes for AI - if it was good enough without AI, it's should be optional and a separate sub. It's an enhancement not a core feature.
Ask HN: How can AI responsibly support preventive mental health care?
by Satu_dev | 2025-11-06 13:58:30+00:00
I’ve been exploring how artificial intelligence could be applied to preventive mental health care — not to replace human support, but to help detect early risk factors, personalize guidance, and provide scalable support before problems escalate.

This area seems both promising and full of open questions. For example:

How can we ensure ethical and safe data use when dealing with such sensitive signals?

What kinds of AI models (e.g., passive sensing, language modeling) might truly help in prevention — rather than just diagnosis?

Where’s the line between useful nudging and intrusive intervention?

I’m particularly interested in how others see the balance between innovation and responsibility here. Have you seen research, tools, or frameworks that seem to get it right?

I’ve also put together a short (1-minute) survey for US participants — link in the first comment — but mainly I’d love to hear your thoughts and experiences on this intersection of AI, ethics, and mental health.

Thanks for taking the time.
by teamonkey | 2025-11-06 13:58:35+00:00
The way I understand it (please correct me) is that:

* The old Ikea Zigbee products will remain Zigbee. They will still require a Zigbee coordinator.

* The new products will be Matter-over-Thread. They require a Thread coordinator (or whatever the Thread equivalent is called).

* The existing Ikea hub has had a firmware upgrade that allows it to be simultaneously a Zigbee and Thread coordinator.

* The Ikea hub adds a Matter compatibility layer to the devices that don't natively support Matter.
by Satu_dev | 2025-11-06 13:59:40+00:00
Thanks everyone for your thoughts and ideas so far — this is incredibly valuable.

For anyone interested, here’s the short survey I mentioned (US participants only): https://bit.ly/4qJYG4T

It’s part of early research to understand how people actually experience and perceive AI-assisted therapy — what feels promising, what feels risky, and where the boundaries of trust might be.

No signup or marketing — just 5 quick questions to help us learn what people genuinely expect from AI-supported mental health services.

Really appreciate any input you’re willing to share.
by alistairSH | 2025-11-06 14:00:29+00:00
In the legal context, AI is still prone to errors. And the legal system (in the US) doesn't have much in the way of guardrails.

Here's a case of several judges getting caught using AI to write error-filled judgements[1]. So it's not just lazy lawyers (several news articles over the past 3 years or so), but the courts themselves!

1 - https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/society-equity/two-fe...
by TheOtherHobbes | 2025-11-06 14:01:02+00:00
People want dopamine hints, gamification, addictive distractions, and a culture of competitive perma-hustle.

If they didn't, we wouldn't be having these problems.

The problem isn't AI, it's how marketing has eaten everything.

So everyone is always pitching, looking for a competitive advantage, "telling their story", and "building their brand."

You can't "build trust" if your primary motivation is to sell stuff to your contacts.

The SNR was already terrible long before AI arrived. All AI has done is automated an already terrible process, which has - ironically - broken it so badly that it no longer works.
by MrsPeaches | 2025-11-06 14:01:34+00:00
That’s the premium solution that some, but not most, can afford and only makes sense if the cost of repair is less than the cost a new unit. Travel just makes that tip in favour of getting a new system with a $10 deposit.

Most of the people we’re talking about here are subsistence farmers who pick up casual labour at a local farm. Income is sporadic and seasonal.

That was the initial brilliance of the PAYGO system, it allows users to pay off their device sporadically I.e. they buy units when they get paid and that goes towards paying off an asset that in theory will then provide energy at 0 marginal cost. Turns out that last bit isn’t true.

Here the VC story is important, these companies were meant to be high growth and giving significant returns. We all know how that ends.

> You would be surprised at the amount of product repairs that are deemed not worth solving in a developed country that you can sort out in a couple of hours in a developing country.

I have been in the past, but not anymore. No one is saying people aren’t resourceful but there is a significant barrier to entry when it comes to electronics repairs for the general population. One part of what we provide is an off-grid repair lab bundled with our new education offering so it’s very much knowledge + tools.
by kzz102 | 2025-11-06 14:01:36+00:00
It's really tiring that LLM fans will claim every progress as breakthrough and go into fantasy mode on what they can do afterwards.

This is a really good example of how to use the current capabilities of LLM to help research. The gist is that they turned math problems into problems for coding agents. This uses the current capabilities of LLM very well and should find more uses in other fields. I suspect the Alpha evolve system probably also has improvements over existing agents as well. AI is making steady and impressive process every year. But it's not helpful for either the proponents or the skeptics to exaggerate their capabilities.
by AnimalMuppet | 2025-11-06 14:02:30+00:00
> “If you want to sell your shares, I’ll find you a buyer,” a taken-aback Altman replied curtly.

Uh huh. So, why is OpenAI seeking federal backing, if Altman is that confident that he can find buyers? (Which I am vehemently against. I do not want the US taxpayer to be the bagholder of last resort.)
by gethly | 2025-11-06 14:02:35+00:00
> pro BigTech sentiment

I would say that your impression comes mostly from the fact that majority of users here, in my view, are from north america, and big tech is inherently "made in usa", as europe is completely impotent in the tech sector(mostly due to the lack lack of financing and high level of bureaucracy). so i would say that it skews the overall opinion. but i would not say that people in here are some kind of "yes men" or die hard fanboys if silicon valley.

on the other hand, i care very little about the "sentiment" or opinion of others in here, so it might be just flying over my head.
by philistine | 2025-11-06 14:02:57+00:00
That has been the way things work since the early 2000s. PCs started to come loaded with junk malware, and what those malware makers were willing to pay was the only profit the PC makers were making. Modern smart TVs are exactly at the same place; everybody is adamant that the only profit in TVs is with the sale of the usage data.
by bob1029 | 2025-11-06 14:03:26+00:00
I think one potential downside of using LLMs or exposing yourself to their generated content is that you may subconsciously adopt their quirks over time. Even if you aren't actively using AI for a particular task, prior exposure to their outputs could be biasing your thoughts.

This has additional layers to it as well. For example, I actively avoid using em dash or anything that resembles it right now. If I had no exposure to the drama around AI, I wouldn't even be thinking about this. I am constraining my writing simply to avoid the implication.
by dkdcio | 2025-11-06 14:03:45+00:00
this is a funny phenomenon that I keep seeing. I think people are going through the reactionary “YoU mUsT hAvE wRiTtEn ThIs oN a CuRsEd TyPwRiTeR instead of handwriting your letter!1!!”

hopefully soon we move onto judging content by its quality, not whether AI was used. banning digital advertisement would also help align incentives against mass-producing slop (which has been happening long before ChatGPT released)
by conductr | 2025-11-06 14:03:53+00:00
We’re comparing TUI with web browsers for good reason. I don’t see any reason to add game engines to that debate. I have never seen a business client move any application from a TUI to a Unity based UI. I’ve never even heard of anyone considering a game engine in the architecture of a business application. So what you’re saying may well be true but it’s akin to a rare mythical creature, does it even exist?
by Brybry | 2025-11-06 14:04:14+00:00
I haven't messed with Firefox's PWA feature/taskbar-tabs[1] but it seems like under the hood it's just using shortcuts so you're probably looking for -taskbar-tab

This redditor looks like he's doing close to what you're asking with the caveat of needing an entry in taskbartabs.json to use -taskbar-tab (and maybe Windows OS only) [2]

I don't think it's completely chromeless but you can probably hide everything via custom CSS:

ctrl+shift+i (dev tools) -> f1 (settings)

check advanced settings:

enable browser chrome and add-on debugging enable remote debugging

ctrl+shift+alt+i (browser dev tools)

Find element IDs or class names and try out CSS rules to your heart's content.

Set toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets = true and put your changes in Firefox/Profiles/$profilename/chrome/userChrome.css.

Remember to turn off the advanced settings when you're done.

[1] https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/browser/components/t...

[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1ljidwp/progressiv...
by AtlasBarfed | 2025-11-06 14:04:35+00:00
Solar is inherently distributed in non-centralized.

Because it's based on sunlight which is distributed and noncentralized and free.

With battery storage, the intermittency is solved largely. Maybe you have your own gasoline peaker.

With enough solar, and an electric vehicle, you have transportation independence.

And I'm no expert on the historical and political nature of agriculture and centralized control, but I could argue agriculture is also fundamentally decentralized, certainly within the modern standards of deep technological stack control.

So if you can get your food, energy, transportation, water by yourself or within a local network... Then while I wouldn't call that socialist, I would call that highly democratilized, is that a word?

Now traditionally you also needed centralized power for defense.

And I'm wondering if drones will provide a fundamental advantage to guerilla defense.
by viega | 2025-11-06 14:05:26+00:00
Well, I've done it that way if I'm willing to limit myself to pointers or ints up to a pointer size, but that doesn't work with floats or doubles, for instance.

Ergonomically, I have tended to start using _Generic for static type checking where possible, and that pushes me more toward to avoiding arrays in types for this kind of thing.
by ImPostingOnHN | 2025-11-06 14:05:49+00:00
> Let's take a look at a practical example.

Yes, lets! No need to complicate this: Ask a sufficiently large sample of people whether they think a non-owner who cultivates land on a farm is a farmer, and you will find that most do. For more confirmation, consult a dictionary to see whether the term includes this person (hint: it does).

> "farmer" is deemed to be the business owner

Since we are currently talking about what most people consider the word to mean as a general rule, not a specific person using it in a particular way, "farmer" is deemed to be more expansive than that, including non-owners whose job is cultivation on a farm. We know this not only from anecdotal observation but also because there are people whose job it is to try to determine how people use words, and that is what they have determined is most common.

> The meaning of the word is how the speaker (or author) has decided to use it.

Not quite. The meaning of a word is what most people say it is. If a speaker uses an incomprehensible, made-up word, and the audience derives no meaning from the word, then there is no meaning in the word. The speaker has failed to convey the meaning in their head, into words.

> [extensive snide defense of your personal attacks on HN posters]

Your insistence that your attacks on other posters are okay because you typed them onto your screen is unfortunate. Please consult the HN guidelines on the matter, rather than your pre-existing opinions.
by giorgioz | 2025-11-06 14:06:00+00:00
I hosted a website on Cloudflare and I sent a link to it to a friend on a Sunday. The friend told me the website was down. Turns out Spain blocks IP addresses belonging to Cloudflare during big football matches because some pirate streaming websites are hosted on Cloudflare. https://www.reddit.com/r/europe/comments/1nm80wz/trying_to_u...

I decided to go back to AWS.

Frankly Cloudflare is choosing the wrong battle on defending pirate streaming websites. There are other gray areas that I apprecciate Cloudflare defending freedom of speech online, but pirate streaming websites aren't one of those.
by jmye | 2025-11-06 14:06:32+00:00
.... That's not a justification. That's an explanation of how our system, in reality, works.

Also, "the real alternative is a completely hypothetical, made up universe" is bizarro nonsense. In the actual, real world, that actually exists today, there are two ways of doing a thing. That you don't like those isn't particularly relevant.

But hey, America/Americans suck, right? That's really all you wanted to get across in the first place.
by digitalsushi | 2025-11-06 14:07:13+00:00
i havent been in a tier 1 ISP in 20 years. can anyone who is in that life give a little summary of how much infrastructure we have in the united states to implement the same level of control as what china has available for walling its garden?

like, if the direction came down from on high, to copy it ... how few things would have to get flipped on to have roughly the same thing in the united states?

i'd really appreciate an insider's summary. a lot has changed since 2004. probably.
by arrno | 2025-11-06 14:07:34+00:00
Hey all, I’m the creator. A few weeks ago I found out the domain blazingly.fast was available, so I felt responsible to make this.

It's a site that certifies every project as Blazingly Fast™.. just tick “Yes” and you’re officially recognized in the Hall of Speed.

It started as a joke on LinkedIn and Reddit, but people actually began submitting real repos (40+ so far).

There’s no pitch, no sign-up, just a badge generator and a leaderboard. It’s a lighthearted nod to our obsession with speed claims and a celebration of open source humor.

Happy to answer questions or take roast-level feedback
by chrismorgan | 2025-11-06 14:07:35+00:00
I pressed the “play animation” button, and the fox disappeared and nothing else happened. If I hadn’t had video autoplay disabled, the fox would just not have been visible in the first place.

> Media resource https://assets.mozilla.net/video/kit/pop-up-800.webm could not be decoded, error: Error Code: NS_ERROR_DOM_MEDIA_FATAL_ERR (0x806e0005)

> Details: auto mozilla::MediaChangeMonitor::CreateDecoderAndInit(MediaRawData *)::(anonymous class)::operator()(const MediaResult &) const: Unable to create decoder

Unfortunate.

(firefox-nightly, Linux.)
by cmclaughlin | 2025-11-06 14:07:40+00:00
I also expect local LLMs to catch up to the cloud providers.

I spent last weekend experimenting with Ollama and LM studio. I was impressed at how good Qwen3-Coder is. Not as good as Claude, but close - maybe even better in some ways.

As I understand it, the latest Macs are good for local LLMs due to their unified memory. 32GB of RAM in one of the newer M-series seems to be the "sweet spot" for price versus performance.
by bee_rider | 2025-11-06 14:08:05+00:00
I still don’t see the issue. There’s a HackerNews account and a GitHub account. The HackerNews account could be some random person.

All of the other aspects of identity are on the other side, the GitHub account with the real name, other projects, a reputation. So then, consider the Hackernews account to be some random, start the check-out at the GitHub, and you don’t see anything particularly suspicious.
by jm4 | 2025-11-06 14:08:09+00:00
Even with $400M in "revenue" gifted to them by Google, Mozilla can't muster even 4% market share. This project is dead. There is no path to increased market share. They have no viable plan to generate revenue beyond what they get from Google. Outside of features like container tabs, which only appeal to a small niche, they don't have much going on. The browser has dramatically higher power consumption in an age where a substantial portion of internet users are on battery-powered devices, it is noticeably sluggish compared to the competition, it has a dated looking UI, there is an apparent void in leadership and development capabilities at Mozilla. Now we get a silly little mascot? Firefox will never regain the ground they lost. The sooner we realize it, the sooner we can get behind something else.