MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by wcchandler | 2025-11-09 01:16:27+00:00
Anecdotally speaking, I believe many of these to be largely true and a good respresentation.

I never thought about the machinescapes visual and that is very spot on. That was over 20 years ago on Salvi. I was in a basement and visualized a train driving through the wall. The thing that stood out the most is the detail of the train. It looked like an old steam train and nothing like I had ever seen before in person. Was really cool and fun experience and really short lived. All done in like 15 minutes. Never really noticed the level of detail that was present until just now looking back on it.

Another great experience I had that was captured well in this was on LSD at a competitive paintball event. I could visualize the paintball streams coming at me as solid lines. I knew exactly where people were shooting at. It stood out very prominently. But also, I could “feel” an opponent moving on the other side of the field. We were ~20 meters/yards apart behind opposite bunkers but I knew exactly where and when he was moving. I could feel his moves through the ground. Like we were both remotely connected like the mycelium of a mushroom. His left movements pulled me to the right. We were connected together.

I’m really grateful to have experienced these things.
by btilly | 2025-11-09 01:16:36+00:00
Research on heritability have found that the amount of temporal discounting we do is moderately heritable. With twin studies ranging from 30-60% of our natural variability explained by genes.

This strongly suggests that genetics definitely slips a thumb on the scale, but ultimately we are able to also impact our personal behavior.

More importantly, research such as https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31270766/ shows that there are techniques (such as mindfulness practices) that have been demonstrated to improve our abilities in practice. I have personally seen these have an impact.

Of course if you have a condition such as severe ADHD, you might not be able to reach the same level as is possible for someone with good genetics. But you still have the ability to move the needle. If you have a condition such as traumatic brain injury, even your ability to move the needle may be lacking.

But most of us should be able to make a positive change.
by csa | 2025-11-09 01:16:46+00:00
> Absolutely no English speaker doesn't read 'PJs' as 'pyjamas'.

While I agree that “pajamas” is the most common meaning of PJs, there is a certain socio-economic class in the US in which “PJs” is used far more often in speech to refer to private jets than pajamas.

I’m a “language guy”, and it was a new one to me when I started spending more time around people who were referring to, and often users of, PJs.

While the person you were responding to took a crass line, their linguistic intent was very clear to me.
by rramadass | 2025-11-09 01:17:29+00:00
Far more details can be found at author's old-school webpage (see Preface and Table of Contents without pdf) - https://homepage.cs.uiowa.edu/~slonnegr/

I had recommended this book earlier on HN and elsewhere. It uses Prolog as the meta language for language design. With Prolog finding new domains of usage with LLMs this makes it a good approach to learn both Prolog and language design.

Since it is out of print, snap up any and all used copies available ;-)
by chasil | 2025-11-09 01:18:12+00:00
That will certainly not work for children, as their faces change.

I live in Illinois. Since Republican governor Ryan gave chauffers licenses to undocumented immigrants (resulting in fatalities), it is certain that an Illinois license is worthless.

I had hoped that an ID issued by the U.S. Department of State would be a safeguard.

Perhaps not, but wise to obtain both forms, for the judge.
by andrescordova | 2025-11-09 01:20:00+00:00
Based on recent analysis of the broader threat landscape, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has identified a shift that occurred within the last year: adversaries are no longer leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) just for productivity gains, they are deploying novel AI-enabled malware in active operations. This marks a new operational phase of AI abuse, involving tools that dynamically alter behavior mid-execution.

This report serves as an update to our January 2025 analysis, "Adversarial Misuse of Generative AI," and details how government-backed threat actors and cyber criminals are integrating and experimenting with AI across the industry throughout the entire attack lifecycle. Our findings are based on the broader threat landscape.

Key Findings: - First Use of "Just-in-Time" AI in Malware: For the first time, GTIG has identified malware families, such as PROMPTFLUX and PROMPTSTEAL, that use Large Language Models (LLMs) during execution. These tools dynamically generate malicious scripts, obfuscate their own code to evade detection, and leverage AI models to create malicious functions on demand, rather than hard-coding them into the malware. While still nascent, this represents a significant step toward more autonomous and adaptive malware. - "Social Engineering" to Bypass Safeguards: Threat actors are adopting social engineering-like pretexts in their prompts to bypass AI safety guardrails. We observed actors posing as students in a "capture-the-flag" competition or as cybersecurity researchers to persuade Gemini to provide information that would otherwise be blocked, enabling tool development. - Maturing Cyber Crime Marketplace for AI Tooling: The underground marketplace for illicit AI tools has matured in 2025. We have identified multiple offerings of multifunctional tools designed to support phishing, malware development, and vulnerability research, lowering the barrier to entry for less sophisticated actors. - Continued Augmentation of the Full Attack Lifecycle: State-sponsored actors including from North Korea, Iran, and the People's Republic of China (PRC) continue to misuse Gemini to enhance all stages of their operations, from reconnaissance and phishing lure creation to command and control (C2) development and data exfiltration.
by gerdesj | 2025-11-09 01:20:08+00:00
"suggested masts are better as integral parts of ships rather than bolt on after thoughts."

It seems quite mad that we even need to debate this. Wind is free power and we have at least 2000 years of engineering to draw on how to use it.

Any propulsion unit needs to be effectively attached to a ship. Screws are attached longitudinally, low down and push. Sails are a bit more tricksy. A triangular sail mounted along the long axis will generally work best because it can handle more wind angles but a square sail mounted across the long axis will provide more power on a "reach" to a "run" (the wind is mostly from behind, so pushing).

The cutting edge of sailing ships that carried stuff are the tea clippers. Think "Cutty Sark" which is now a visitor attraction in London, Greenwich. Note the stay sails - the triangular sails at the front. Then note the three masts. Each mast has several main sails that are huge rectangles for "reaches" and additional extensions. There are even more triangular infill sails above the main sails.

It's quite hard to explain how wind and sails work but you need to understand that a sailing ship can sail "into the wind". Those triangles are better at it than those rectangles but those rectangles can get more power by being bigger. Even better, you can use the front triangular sails (stay sails) to moderate the wind to feed the other sails with less turbulent wind.

Wind is free power and it is so well understood. How on earth is this news?
by drewbug01 | 2025-11-09 01:20:12+00:00
In a way, the article understates how bad it is. I live in Chicago, and in my neighborhood every lamp post (and mailbox, and other surface) has a poster detailing your rights. “Fuck ICE” (and related) signs all over. Most businesses and a lot of houses in my neighborhood have signs explicitly stating that ICE is not welcome inside without a warrant. My coffee shop regularly has free whistles to take, so you can help alert others.

Just a few days ago I was working at a coffee shop and got a rapid response notice that ICE was about a block from me. I got a few more that day, all within a few blocks of my house.

It is incredibly stressful. I married people, have kids who are not white - they are a target. I pray every day that the next daycare raid isn’t my sons daycare, that ICE doesn’t stop my husband as he goes to work, that my mother-in-law doesn’t get snatched off the street when she walks to Target.

It’s bad.
by hakfoo | 2025-11-09 01:20:27+00:00
It's surprising that when we had Win7 they did that brief "XP Mode" experiment with some virtualized-penalty box.

Why didn't that go further? Presumably virtually any x86-64 box currently in circulation would be fast enough to run a VM running a full copy of 32-bit XP/Win7/Win10, or even a full carousel (or download store) of DOS and early-windows releases. It could be the most compatible Windows ever, solving the weird "64-bit systems can't run some 16-bit apps" gotcha and perhaps allowing some way to bridge in support for devices that can only be driven by old 32-bit XP drivers.
by leadsrocks | 2025-11-09 01:22:22+00:00
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by zb3 | 2025-11-09 01:22:41+00:00
> It’s one thing to be talking about suicide or assisted suicide because you’ve decided it’s right for you and your situation.

And that's what the site is for. They could improve by blocking all countries where there's free access to assisted suicide though.

> It’s another to be dealing with depression from trauma, unable to get help and have no support system, and then be coerced by individuals on forums with ulterior motives.

You've answered your own question. "And then" - exactly, THEN, not before. If they could get help, they would. But they can't so they end up there. If your alternative is that they should just suffer for years instead then I strongly disagree with this stance.

I remember one guy on a Polish forum announcing his plans which were stopped because someone called the police.. I kept checking his profile since then and it's clear that he continued to suffer and does to this day.. whoever thought that they "saved" him instead subjected him to literally years of suffering.
by Corvus | 2025-11-09 01:24:06+00:00
Google Pixel watch. I had a Garmin fitness tracker and a Pixel phone, and had difficulty transferring my fitness metrics to Sheets. So why not combine the two?

I'll tell you why; the Pixel watch manages to combine all the disadvantages of a fitness tracker and a smartphone. Now I have to log in to my watch, the display is too small to read anything on, and I can't increase the font size. The Android fitness app is a walled garden inside a walled garden, and I still can't transfer my metrics to Sheets.
by physidev | 2025-11-09 01:24:14+00:00
Right, it seems reasonable to run away when people wearing masks and holding guns, with no police ID in sight, are chasing you. In the moment, how can you be sure these people are really federal law enforcement?

Even Trump's FBI is warning that people impersonating ICE agents are running around causing havoc: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-11-06/fbi-aler...
by kelthuzad | 2025-11-09 01:25:07+00:00
What a strange non-sequitur. I did not say that "my principles" are being violated, but the principles of U.S. economists, judges and relevant authorities in the United States and their views as to what constitutes a fair market. A brief study of the history of anti-trust cases should suffice to cultivate some understanding regarding those principles (see United States vs. Paramount Pictures, AT&T, Microsoft et cetera...)
by csa | 2025-11-09 01:25:28+00:00
> Are there any laws… in the US?

Laws are irrelevant if they are not enforced. Laws are being very slowly or very selectively enforced these days, while some of the powers that be are flagrantly breaking laws.

> Will they get their salaries and some extra compensation for the tardiness?

Theoretically, yes. Just regular pay plus OT that they are owed. No bonus or extra compensation.

Also, most of these folks can fairly easily get low interest loans from banks or credit cards that will be due when they get back pay.

Part of this story is not being told, but I’m not sure what part.

Were these folks who were about to retire anyway?

Were these folks who plan on getting hired back when the government reopens?

I’m not sure, but I don’t think the complete story is being told here (not necessarily with malice or intent).
by drewbug01 | 2025-11-09 01:25:46+00:00
> But this notion that roving bands of assassins are driving down the street looking for browns is likely an exaggeration (made worse by misinformation on social media).

Assassins? Nobody said that.

But my friend I can assure you they are, in fact, driving down the street and taking people who “look suspicious.”

(They also are doing more targeted things - both are true.)
by eggy | 2025-11-09 01:25:56+00:00
I've heard this one before. I still use Mathematica (Home edition). It has curated data and more than just a notebook interface, which it pretty much invented. I use Julia with Pluto, SMath Studio, Frink, and some others for Maths toolbox. I love to play in Mathematica. It is function rich and the documentation is amazing. I usually prototype/research in it. But then again, I drop to BQN/APL/J for some math fun.
by epolanski | 2025-11-09 01:25:59+00:00
> AI moves so fast that Vibe Coding still has a negative stigma attached to it

As it should, it's about writing code on vibes, not looking at the code, it's literally the definition of the term:

https://x.com/karpathy/status/1886192184808149383

And when I say literally I'm including dictionaries:

https://blog.collinsdictionary.com/language-lovers/collins-w...
by bentcorner | 2025-11-09 01:26:20+00:00
> Some people on the right blame birth control or women not knowing their place or whatever, but it seems odd that propagation of a species would rely on essentially forced participation of prospective parents.

The simple explanation is that there is no local "cost" to doubling your household's income. The only thing you "pay" is to have fewer children. As smaller households become more competitive, average costs rise and the only way to stay competitive is for other households to also stay small.

Looking at world-wide graphs and it's extremely worrying - many countries are completely upside-down and over the next 25-50 years as the elderly die, these populations will crash.

IMO governments should have started doing something about 20 years ago if they wanted to keep things on-track, I suspect the children of today are just going to have to suffer the consequences of a large population decrease.

It's certainly plausible that this is all for the best for Earth's sustainability, but I expect the coming years to be turbulent nonetheless.
by wfurney | 2025-11-09 01:26:28+00:00
Devil’s advocate here. Huge drawback is a relative POV considering the vast majority of people who play computer games do so on Windows, using Steam. I feel it worth mentioning that the HN crowd may be biased in ways that your other users don’t care about. Joe Schmo on Windows using Steam doesn’t care if you expand out to Epic Games on FreeBSD or whatever instead of adding more featurez. Best of luck with your app, it looks cool :)
by dimal | 2025-11-09 01:28:48+00:00
Ok, I'll bite. Off the top of my head:

Fire 80% of the C-level employees (make them justify their positions, DOGE-style); investigate and publicize the internal decision-making processes that lead to Mozilla becoming a de facto subsidiary of Google; do a full auditing of the financials and determine how much money the organization really needs to fund browser development (Servo and Ladybird seem to be getting shit done with a lot less money than Mozilla. How is that possible?); do an auditing of all non-browser related initiatives (stuff like MDN is worthwhile, but what other BS is sucking up money and time?); talk to the existing development staff about what's working and what's not and what opportunities exist that an outsider wouldn't know about. I would listen to the developers. Developers are often an underutilized business resource.

This would give me a basis to start thinking about revenue. Once it's clear what fat can be cut (and I think the cuts would be huge), then it'd be clearer exactly what revenue model might work.

At this point, it's worth going for broke. Mozilla is effectively dead, so there's nothing to lose. If it fails, that's still better than the status quo.
by sky2224 | 2025-11-09 01:28:52+00:00
> we completely fail at statistics (the MAJORITY of analysis is literally just "here's the delta in the mean of these two samples". If I ever do see people gesturing at actual proper analysis, if prompted they'll always admit "yeah, well, we do come up with a p-value or a confidence interval, but we're pretty sure the way we calculate it is bullshit")

Sort of tangential, but as someone currently taking an intro statistics course and wondering why it's all not really clicking given how easy the material is, this for some reason makes me feel a lot better.
by mrlongroots | 2025-11-09 01:30:46+00:00
Maybe 80-90% of people should take doctors at face value, but it is easy and only getting easier to at least access the knowledge to better advocate for your own healthcare (thanks to LLMs), with better outcomes. Of course, this requires doctors that respect your ability to provide useful inputs, which in your case did not happen.

My advice would be to "shop around" for doctors, establish a relationship where you demonstrate openness to what they say, try not to step on their toes unnecessarily, but also provide your own data and arguments. Some of the most "life-changing" interventions in terms of my own healthcare have been due to my own initiative and stubbornness, but I have doctors who humor me and respect my inputs. Credentials/vibes help here I think: in my case "the PhD student from the brand name school across the street who shows up with plots and regressions" is probably a soft signal that indicates that I mean business.
by musicale | 2025-11-09 01:31:36+00:00
Graphic novels and manga qualify as media mail ("books"), but smaller comic books do not.

RPG books (Dungeons & Dragons) qualify as media mail ("books"), but boxed RPGs (Dungeons & Dragons) do not (except for book sets.)

Movies (Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, etc.) qualify as media mail ("film") while games (Mortal Kombat, Resident Evil, Silent Hill, etc.) do not.

Optical discs of educational software are permitted, but "video games" are not. It isn't clear to me which side educational games fall on.
by thrance | 2025-11-09 01:32:37+00:00
The current DNC is waaay too weak and uninterested in pushing back against Trump for this to realistically happen. They are complete enablers of this slow fascist takeover. Your only hope now is for the democrats to experience a "tea party" of their own, and have actual leftists take the reins before 2028. Seems highly unlikely now.
by wkat4242 | 2025-11-09 01:32:51+00:00
LTSC is not as good as it used to be. There's no "all telemetry off" button, there's still a Windows store in the latest version. You still can't turn updates off. I guess you can do these things in group policies but it used to be much better in the gui.

Ps yes I'm using the IoT Enterprise LTSC. Not the non IoT
by mcmcmc | 2025-11-09 01:33:23+00:00
Market consolidation generally being bad for consumers and workers is not a hot take at all. Maybe you should reconsider your holier-than-thou attitude.

https://lowendbox.com/blog/two-weeks-after-killing-the-linod...

https://mjtsai.com/blog/2023/03/03/linode-price-increases/

https://www.linode.com/community/questions/23898/new-price-i...
by skirmish | 2025-11-09 01:33:30+00:00
I went to System Settings > Themes > Login Screen (SDDM) in KDE settings and changed from the default Breeze to Maldives, and that broke SDDM login screen to black text mode with a cursor. Later searching for fixes I found that only Breeze was compatible with Qt 6.x, and any other choices there would break SDDM the same way (I did not try it though).

First, I had to figure out how to manually mount LUKS-encrypted laptop drive while booting from a USB stick, that took a while.

Trying to recover, I re-installed kde, sddm and sdd-kcm and qt5-declarative packages. Still broken. I made sure /etc/sddm.conf was the default configuration, still broken. Then finally I stumbled upon /etc/sddm.conf.d/kde_settings.conf, which was still overriding defaults to Maldives. Deleting it finally fixed the SDDM login.

My wife was thoroughly not impressed with Linux out-of-box experience!

No Nvidia graphics, this was a Lenovo Yoga laptop with AMD graphics.
by ethbr1 | 2025-11-09 01:33:49+00:00
When I was younger, I would have agreed with you.

With a measure of time, a counterpoint -- patriotism is that essential glue which holds together a pluralistic, multi ethnic, multi religious, multi cultural society.

Can it be corrupted and do excesses poison? Absolutely.

But can such a society survive without it? I say no: there's too much tendency for groups to fragment and revert to an us-vs-them, uncompromising mentality.

That said, my American patriotism is of the 'disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it' variety. Which is a different flavor than the en vogue militaristic machismo bullying.
by anonymousDan | 2025-11-09 01:34:08+00:00
I've always really struggled to understand the purpose of defining the 'semantics' of a programming language and how it differs from syntax. Explanations that involve 'giving a precise mathematical meaning' just seem almost circular to me. As I understand it now it's about saying what the value of a particular language construct should be (e.g. when evaluated), as opposed to whether the construct is allowed/part of the language (syntax). Is that intuition wrong?