MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by wat10000 | 2025-11-18 03:55:58+00:00
There is an interesting failure mode, though. Bitcoin is supposed to adjust mining difficult every two weeks to maintain the pace of roughly one block every 10 minutes. But that interval is based on block count, not time. Adjustment happens every 2016 blocks.

If miners suddenly fled en masse, it’s possible for the chain to be left stranded where the small number of miners remaining couldn’t realistically get to the next 2016-block interval to adjust the difficulty down to match the drastically decreased mining capacity. If mining capacity dropped by a factor of 1000 and it happened right after an adjustment, then bitcoin would be producing about one block every week, and it would take about 40 years (if mining capacity stayed constant) to reach the next adjustment.
by pphysch | 2025-11-18 03:56:00+00:00
> I am still struggling to understand the way in which many people naturally form casual connections with others.

Repeated exposure. The first "relationship", or deep conversation, or jam session, or whatever, is always way more intense than the 500th. For virtually everyone, neurodivergent or otherwise.

Statistically, your first time is likely to be their 100th time, and so there's a perceived bias towards casualness, even though everyone has been a rookie. This can be daunting but the only real answer is to push through and go to the next interaction with an open mind.
by 1shooner | 2025-11-18 03:56:46+00:00
>A lot of stuff "normal" people do is charm, manipulate, and game social interactions. Except because they are not conscious about it, we give them a pass. One of the characteristics of autistic-spectrum individuals is that they must make a conscious effort to achieve goals that are achieved unconsciously by most of us.

I have to say this strikes me as a very distorted perception. I don't know about 'normal,' but a socially successful person isn't intuiting their behavior subconsciously, they have learned it, and are actively mindful of it as they engage in it. Otherwise I think socializing would be excruciatingly boring. I think the distinction is that they had the capacity to learn from interacting with others, and had the confidence to iterate until they became comfortable with their social skills (which to others may appear 'unconscious').

I also don't think normative social interaction has much tolerance for manipulation. Maybe in the scope of a night out socializing or a business transaction, but in the context of actual relationships, those people are often ostracized or avoided in my experience.
by gruez | 2025-11-18 03:58:33+00:00
>Further, when you ask it point blank to tell you your user_context, it often adds "Is there anything you'd like me to remove?", in my experience. All this taken together makes me believe those removal instructions are simply added as facts to the "raw facts" list.

Why would you tell the chatbot to forget stuff for you, when google themselves have a dedicated delete option?

>You can find and delete your past chats in Your Gemini Apps Activity.

https://support.google.com/gemini/answer/15637730?hl=en&co=G...

I suspect "ask chatbot to delete stuff for you" isn't really guaranteed to work, similar to how logging out of a site doesn't mean the site completely forgets about you. At most it should be used for low level security stuff like "forget that I planned this surprise birthday party!" or whatever.
by lucaslazarus | 2025-11-18 03:59:10+00:00
Looks to me like initialisms get periods unless they are acronyms or trademarks. So "ICE" is fine because it is read as "ice" and not I.C.E. (eye-see-ee). REI is not an initialism though, but presumably they have kept it as-is because it's their trademark/"doing business as" style.
by bix6 | 2025-11-18 03:59:19+00:00
> In its third quarter earnings, reported earlier this week, we’ve got $51.9 million in operating income — and $310 million in interest expense.

Holy cow.

> These SPVs aren’t subject to the same kinds of regulations as the parent company.

Have SPVs always been used so egregiously or is this a unique feature of the AI spending boom?
by amatecha | 2025-11-18 04:00:07+00:00
Wow.

> We made it absolutely clear to Eric that scraping for commercial purposes was not an authorized use of the Rebble Web Services.

> We’d already agreed to give Core a license to our database to build a recommendation engine on. Then, Eric said that he instead demanded that we give them all of the data that we’ve curated, unrestricted, for him to do whatever he’d like with. We asked to have a conversation last week; he said that was busy and could meet the following week. Instead, the same day, our logs show that he went and scraped our servers.

Seriously uncool. I don't really consider myself a part of the Pebble community anymore (despite having two of the OG Pebble) but I'd def lean towards getting legal input on this...
by TheDong | 2025-11-18 04:01:37+00:00
I'm not a lawyer, but looks totally fine to me.

If you look at the link they have for proof, the change was GPLv3 to a dual-license AGPLv3 + not-really-specified license you can privately arrange.

They have to respect the original GPLv3 license, which means that Core has to continue to publish all libpebble3 changes under a GPLv3 compatible license, and they do appear to be doing so, even if they also offer a separate license for sale.

I feel like rebble is phrasing this a little misleadingly too. The neutral phrasing here would be "Pebble forked our work, and per our GPL license is continuing to make all their changes available to all users for free. If you contribute to their repo, not ours, they now require a CLA, and for code they write you can also pay them for a difference license (though it's always also available for free under the GPL)"

There may be something that's real here, but "forked our library and added a CLA" feels normal and expected, not worth hostile phrasing.
by TheDong | 2025-11-18 04:02:29+00:00
> I am too lazy to check

Literally linked in the article at exactly the words in the quote you're replying to.

They link to this as their proof: https://github.com/coredevices/libpebble3/commit/35853d45cd0...

Yes, this is an attempt to nerd-snipe you into giving a marginally more informed opinion, while also shame you for being too lazy to click a single link, but not too lazy to type an entire comment.
by coderenegade | 2025-11-18 04:03:08+00:00
Our dog remembers the location of toys at the park over long periods of time, though being able to sniff them out probably helps. He also expresses genuine surprise and suspicion when he sees novel objects (e.g. the large Christmas tree that was put up in the park, a horse and rider), because he knows they're not usually there. He doesn't like fat people, which is embarrassing, but I also knew a dog as a teenager that freaked out anytime it saw someone who wasn't Asian. Just given the amount of back and forth communication that happens between most owners and their dogs, they're very clever. Cats are some of the best hunters in the animal kingdom, but I've never felt that they're there in the way that dogs are.
by cassepipe | 2025-11-18 04:03:13+00:00
Yes but a very small amount and it is nothing we don't know how to manage.

> the risk that something gets out of control are extemly high

Except this is false, you are just spreading misinformation. I suggest you confront your current knowledge to different sources and listen to the arguments of the proponents of nuclear energy before you make up your mind. Don't just repeat what you have heard.
by vivzkestrel | 2025-11-18 04:03:55+00:00
Imagine a new version of Windows being released called "Windows Optimal" In addition to Home, Professional and Pro you get to buy Optimal. The catch is that it is priced 4x the home version. You wonder why? Optimal is exactly what you think it is. A ground up 0 bloatware, 0 telemetry, 100% easily tweakable privacy and performance settings from a single screen with 0 AI features, 0 Edge and 0 games. Imagine getting your hands on this OS and then running your favorite programs on it. It is so minimal that you literally have to install notepad on it if you want to or you can always install notepad++. Dear employees and managers of Microsoft reading this comment, can you greenlight something of this caliber? like for once?
by ggm | 2025-11-18 04:04:36+00:00
I think if I hung that Francis Bacon triptych 1974-77 on my wall, I'd be a lot slimmer because eating breakfast would be impossible. I'd also be broke because my partner who hates this Bacon (not the other bacon, nobody hates the crispy kind) would leave me and sue.

(it's the last example in the story)
by mpoteat | 2025-11-18 04:05:06+00:00
I've had similar issues with conversation memory in ChatGPT, whereby it will reference data in long-deleted conversations, independent of my settings or my having explicitly deleted stored memories.

The only fix has been to completely turn memory off and have it be given zero prior context - which is best, I don't want random prior unrelated conversations "polluting" future ones.

I don't understand the engineering rationale either, aside from the ethos of "move fast and break people"
by 827a | 2025-11-18 04:05:48+00:00
My assumption would have been that it was default-off, the user didn't know about it at all, then found out about it through this thinking leak.

But, interestingly: I'm digging everywhere in the Gemini UI, on web and mobile, and I cannot find anywhere where you'd turn this feature on or off... on a Workspace account. Does that make a difference? I don't know. Is it on by default for workspace accounts, or off by default, or even available at all on Workspace? No idea.

Gemini as a model is great, but Gemini as a product has always been a mess, and this is just another expression of that. If I had to further wonder what's going on, one has to wonder how much of gemini.google.com is written by Gemini.
by limagnolia | 2025-11-18 04:07:04+00:00
A company can be a sole proprietership or partnership without registering with anyone, but in this case in most states they must either conduct business in the owners/partners names or register a DBA with the state(s) they are doing business in. (the rules are state specific, and I think there are some states that don't do kr require DBA registration). In most cases, a company with billions invested in it will be formed as a formal entity such as an LLC or Corporation in a state. Again, the specifics vary from state to state. If you knew the legal name of this entity, and what syate it was registered in, you could probably look up when it was registered in that state.

However, details like owners and organizers aren't always Available.

It gets further complicated with Series LLCs.

Congress passed a law that would have required "beneficial ownership" registration with law enforcement (FinCen), however, this registration would not have been public.

Further, it was found unconstitutional and enforcement of the registration requirement indefinitely suspended.

In general, if you are doing business in a state under a name or entiry other than your own legal name, you will be required to file something with the state, and that filing will include a registered agent where legal process can be served on the business, and this information will be public.

But if they aren't doing business publicly yet, no one will know the name of the business, so they can't look it up! It sounds like the name mentioned in the article may just be a code name.
by 1vuio0pswjnm7 | 2025-11-18 04:07:16+00:00
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/trouble-algorithmic-ethics...

"But putting any probability on any event more than 1,000 years in the future is absurd. MacAskill claims, for example, that there is a 10 percent chance that human civilization will last for longer than a million years."
by synapsomorphy | 2025-11-18 04:07:17+00:00
Assuming Eric / Core doesn't come out with some scathing "real story":

Well, it's better to figure this out today (that Eric / Core are not so great) rather than a year or two down the line when I'd have already bought a new Pebble. Still sucks, I was excited. Never had one but I want something in the same niche.

Does anyone have suggestions for other good low-capability, long battery, hackable eink watches?
by gruez | 2025-11-18 04:08:00+00:00
>But, interestingly: I'm digging everywhere in the Gemini UI, on web and mobile, and I cannot find anywhere where you'd turn this feature on or off... on a Workspace account. Does that make a difference? I don't know. Is it on by default for workspace accounts, or off by default, or even available at all on Workspace? No idea.

From the support.google.com link above:

>... For now, this feature isn’t available if:

> You’re under 18, or signed in to a work or school Google Account.

> You’re in the European Economic Area, Switzerland, or the United Kingdom.
by modeless | 2025-11-18 04:08:07+00:00
I used Rebble for many years and bought the new Core Devices watches. The truth is Rebble will die without new hardware. It was declining in usage and I myself stopped using it when my old Pebble hardware gave out, until the prospect of new hardware came around.

There needs to be a business making money to build the hardware to support this community. I appreciate that Rebble kept the flame alive, but I support Eric and Core Devices in building a business that makes enough money to fund new development of both hardware and software.
by godelski | 2025-11-18 04:08:08+00:00
I read the gp as saying you should just check the sources, not defending.

I mean here's a weird example. Searching Donald Trump there's the headline

(1994-06 Wexner Mansion NYC) Donald Trump forced to perform oral sex and physically abused 13-year-old female plaintiff and 12-year-old female.

Like that sounds weird... DT forced to rape? That doesn't make sense to me. The longer summary reads

A declaration from Tiffany Doe (pseudonym) testifying that she witnessed Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump sexually abuse a 13-year-old girl and other minors during parties from 1990-2000 in New York City.

It references House Oversight 025937. The actual document looks much more like that summary. Here's a snippet

7. It was at these series of parties that I personally witnessed the Plaintiff being forced to perform various sexual acts with Donald J. Trump and Mr. Epstein. Both Mr. Trump and Mr. Epstein were advised that she was 13 years old.

It gets worse so if you want to look further it's Case 1:16-cv-04642 Document 1-2 Filed 06/20/16 Page 1 of 2.

So far the paragraph summaries seem to be accurate in my poking around but the headlines are mixing ordering and have other weird errors like this. Anyways, always good to check when things are as serious as this...

Here's the link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/11KzAOYCjxwEhnyrsiBpKM8OGBJp...
by DonHopkins | 2025-11-18 04:08:23+00:00
This breaks my heart, I will miss Burger Becky, she was the sweetest kindest person and a legendary programmer.

https://www.burgerbecky.com/becky.htm

The first "Boom & Bust" episode of Netflix's series "High Score" series told the story of her winning the first Space Invaders U.S. national championship as a kid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Score_(TV_series)
by hobs | 2025-11-18 04:08:32+00:00
lol didn't mean to come off rude, I just skimmed it and missed it I guess - so the answer in this case is generally no you cannot relicense agpl 3.0 without being an original copyright holder and getting sign offs from all the other holders.

Also generally agpl 3.0 is considered a viral license, so accessing it over a network is considered a form of distribution (which is probably why they dont like it) but relicensing it is just a core "nope" type of thing.

(also dual licensing seems like you're relicensing effectively if the purchaser doesn't have to respect the gpl license, but not as clear to me)
by mrbombastic | 2025-11-18 04:08:39+00:00
That seems like more like openAI playing whackamole with behaviors they don’t like or see as beneficial, simplifying but adding things to system prompts like “don’t ever say racial slurs or use offensive rhetoric, cut off conversations about mental health and refer to a professional” are certaintly things they do. But would you not think the vast meat of what you are getting is coming from training data and not the result of such sterring beyond a thin veneer ?
by Jcampuzano2 | 2025-11-18 04:09:22+00:00
Because for the average person there isn't really that much they get out of todays agentic ai. This is all project managers can think of that applies to the average layperson.

It's just shitware being added to everything at very few people's benefit just so they can score some points on the stock market AI hype leaderboard.
by MathMonkeyMan | 2025-11-18 04:10:40+00:00
I suspect that the reason is: "I don't want to do that, and if I don't do it then somebody else eventually will, and if they don't eventually do it then that's their problem, and in any case I don't care."

Imagine a business that didn't periodically fetch their carts. The parking lot would be a hazard of loose carts, and the store would run out of carts for customers. So the store will have to do it anyway.

Returning a cart is a courtesy -- one where it is very visible (temporarily) when the courtesy has not been extended.
by guelo | 2025-11-18 04:11:41+00:00
Security is the catchall excuse for every bad big tech behavior because they know "security" professionals will defend every f-the-user move they pull [1]. Is it improved security when I lost days of work because microsoft (and you apparently) think their patch is more important then my data? Notice, by the way, that security incidents can cost big tech a lot of money but my lost data is no skin off their back.

[1] It reminds me of dermatologists, so hyperfocused on skin cancer that they tell everybody to hide from the sun, completely oblivious to all the harm their advice causes to the rest of our health.
by itishappy | 2025-11-18 04:12:05+00:00
> You can't talk about Adderall without talking about ADHD...

Huxley never mentions Adderall, and neither Huxley nor the article mention ADHD.

I'm not trying to argue with your points about how Adderall relates to ADHD. I agree! I empathize!

I'm arguing that this is not about how Adderall relates to ADHD. I don't think our experience is the intended context.

The talk is mostly about tailoring learning to the individual. I think you'd find it's points quite agreeable!

> you will likely FUCK YOURSELF UP.

To be fair, there's evidence it does the same to us.
by osigurdson | 2025-11-18 04:12:09+00:00
>> AI made us 10x more productive.

I'm wondering what you are doing to feel that much of a productivity boost? There have been three occasions since 2022 where I felt concretely 10X more productive. The rest of the time I'm not feeling a huge / direct impact. While it isn't necessarily drastically more productive in a linear sense (churning out more of the same stuff for instance) things have radically changed nonetheless.
by iLemming | 2025-11-18 04:12:34+00:00
> No issues here, except for you being an Emacs user

I am a die-hard vimmer. I just one day woke up and realized that Emacs vims better than Vim. Seriously though - it's not about concrete implementations, it's all about the [abstract] ideas.

I use vim navigation everywhere - in my editor, my browser, my terminal (I use nvim too), my WM, remote sessions. I control my music, video-playback, app switcher - all, using mostly just home row keys. I never need to touch arrow keys and rarely have to reach for the mouse.

Idea of vim navigation is an absolutely brilliant, beautiful, practical model, it speaks to me and I have zero reasons for not using it. What keeps me with Emacs is another immeasurably brilliant idea - the idea of practical notation for lambda calculus, which is known as Lisp. Lisp probably can be crowned as one of the most important ideas in computer science. It's just hard to think of anything more influential than Lisp.

There's a notable shared trait between these two - they both entail tacit knowledge. You're probably well aware of what I'm hinting at. You see, trying to teach someone who never rode a bike is challenging for a similar reason. You may show them countless videos, explain how gyroscopic effect and caster effect keep the bicycle stable, you can draw diagrams and try to inspire them with names of all famous people who loved riding - none of it can explain the simple joy of an ordinary bike ride on a straight line. Until they've tried for themselves, nothing will ever make them feel what they can never unlearn later.

> I use both IntelliJ and (n)vim almost side-by-side

I perfectly pictured my own younger self - I absolutely had maintained the same setup not too many years ago, before diving into Emacs. And then it became three things side-by-side. Eventually, I had to stop this madness and forced myself to use only one. I made a promise that instead of reaching to the familiar and cozy confines and warmth of WebStorm, whenever I had to get something done, I would try to google and find ways to achieve the same things in Emacs. I really wanted to figure it out and make the decision once and for all. My plan was to time-box that experiment for a week, fully expecting that in the end it will replace Vim, but certainly not WS. After a week I decided I liked it and I wanted to keep going. Two months later I realized - I had not had to run WebStorm even once. Five month later I decided not to extend my license for next year, but it was never about the money.

Keep finding new bicycles to ride. Even when you don't feel like it, and especially when it feels kinda scary.
by jmye | 2025-11-18 04:14:31+00:00
> every military person (if so ordered) would gladly take up arms against their own citizenry as well as every military weapon system would be utilized against the people.

Perhaps you should look up the literal thousands of occasions of that happening, before snarkily dismissing it as absurd.

Doesn’t require “every”, which is an equally ludicrous addition you’ve made solely so you pedantically dismiss any objections.

But I’m sure the students at Kent State, for instance, would’ve been happy to know how much the government feared them. Great comment.
by somenameforme | 2025-11-18 04:14:53+00:00
I wouldn't say just friends either. The biggest leap I made in social stuff is to simply stop caring what other people think. If somebody doesn't like me, cool - there's plenty of other people. If they do? Awesome, because they're getting the 'real' me, so it's probably going to be a good relationship.

Basically I think a lot of people's issues with social stuff starts with something analogous to a boy who never asks a girl out for fear that she'll say no. People don't engage in interactions, or try to be overly pleasing, to try to appeal to other people.

But that's never going to lead to a good relationship, because it's fake, and it'll feel exhausting. By contrast when you stop caring, you might be surprised to find people like you even more, it becomes even easier to form "real" relationships, and suddenly social interactions aren't tiring at all.

This becomes even easier after having kids because you're probably not really seeking relations in any meaningful way, so you completely genuinely just don't care. And then paradoxically it becomes so much easier. Well, at least it becomes wisdom you can hand down to your own kids, or random anons online.