MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by 1dom | 2025-11-06 13:12:47+00:00
I thought this article wasn't great, really. It was interesting, but I expected some more takeaways. Like this was the main consistent point I could find:

> they find that the people who score high on one of the many intelligences tend to score high on the others, too, just as Spearman would’ve predicted a hundred years ago.

It keeps coming up through the article, and it feels like the author disagrees with it and doesn't want to accept it, but doesn't give a solid argument against it.

I think intelligence comes down to perceived truth. An intelligent person is someone who demonstrates awareness of something about the world that feels intuitively true that you hadn't heavily considered before.

Intelligence is the word we use to describe people or things that are able to do this truth-revealing with some consistency - for whatever reason.

I think the unhappiness associated with certain types of intellect comes from the clash of that definition of intelligence with the concept of civil society.

The dream of a civil society is where we all work together equally to solve eachothers problems, and we all coexist as peers. The reality of that definition of intelligence is that some people are just a hell of a lot better for society than others.

When a person who doesn't feel intelligent has a problem, the expectation of society is that someone intelligent somewhere, somehow, will have solved that problem for them.

An intelligent person has the opposite experience: they see their problems more clearly, and they don't have the safety net of knowing the best performing of the species working for them to solve them.

An unintelligent person is expected to take and use value in society. An intelligent person is expected to provide and create that value in society. It's pretty easy to see how some intelligent people might feel hard done by with that arrangement.

The really happy intelligent people I've met seem to be the ones who've accepted their intelligence means a life of hardship serving others, whereas the angry intelligent people seem to have an air of entitlement or expectation or feeling that the world owes them something for their genius.
by jonway | 2025-11-06 13:12:53+00:00
We're powerwalking towards regime change wars over cocaine. It strikes me as completely absurd to employ our significant military power to destroy tiny vessels at sea instead of targeting operations and finances. It seems just as amoral and egregious to make a show of such wanton and asymmetric destruction. I have a number of questions about this like:

- Is our military intelligence now being used to conduct international police work and enforce international or domestic law?

- Should we expect our police mandate to extend to foreign countries?

- Are these military operations undermining existing narcotics operations and international cooperation with DEA?

- When these civilians dissolve back into the population, will we chase them there with cruise missiles and drone strikes?

- If the cartels load a brick onto FedEx freight, will we destroy the aircraft? Why not just blow it up?

- Does it matter who is captaining the vessels, if the cartels (as ruthless as they are, and I am on board with this sentiment 100%) force/threaten/coerce a person to mule for them, how would this victim convert to a valid military target?

- This is whataboutism or close enough, but it is more than reasonable: Didn't our previous interventions in these exact regions train thousands of elite paramilitary operators who would later become the very mercenaries and thugs running the show today? (School of the Americas, Los Zetas)

- Why does it feel like we are replaying 2 or 3 of our worst policy blunders since the 1980's and/or are we actually just cleaning up the blowback?
by jjulius | 2025-11-06 13:13:40+00:00
>LLMs are incredibly beneficial...

No, they can be. To state that they are, as an absolute, based on your sample size of one, especially with regard to other instances where ChatGPT has failed the user with serious physical results, is fallacious.

I am glad that you are OK, but as another user suggested, it's nowhere near as consistently accurate as it needs to be in order to be anywhere near an adequate substitute for a call to a GP or 911.
by acdha | 2025-11-06 13:13:44+00:00
I think it’s reasonable: just look at how many scams there have been over the last few years since cryptocurrency made it so easy to convert running code into money. The open source world is not what it was a couple decades ago and it’s reasonable to have the discussion about how to trust someone in a way which might have seemed obsessive twenty years ago, similar to how we used to think realistic faked images were hard to make and thus uncommon but now have to think about provenance for everything.
by Bjartr | 2025-11-06 13:13:56+00:00
Or, to put it another way

Have the grace to accept things I cannot change, the power to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

An intelligent person usually knows a lot about a lot. The more things you know about, the more chances you have to make a mistake and think changing something is in your court, when it's really not.
by arthurfirst | 2025-11-06 13:14:05+00:00
Repair men will tell you liquid detergents of any kind wear out dishwashers and washing machines much faster. To say nothing of all the stabilizers/additives and dyes. The best thing to clean with is powder to make your machine last. Also shipping water (liquids mostly water including pods) is a bad idea in terms of weight and cost. Liquids and pods are great for driving new unit sales. Tablet seem to be in the middle but they of course caking agents use to make them into pucks... why not just use powder?
by pheelicks | 2025-11-06 13:14:28+00:00
Nice library. Without trying to start the classic geo-flamewar, do you consider returning the DD coordinates as [longitude, latitude]? This is in line with a number of formats out there, including the popular GeoJSON that is often used in JavaScript apps.

Getting these backwards is a common frustration, so my vote would be for Lon/lat ordering.

Regardless of which you choose, I find DD to be quite cryptic and it would be nicer to spell out the order, eg parseToLonLat - then the order is clear to the user
by eesmith | 2025-11-06 13:14:40+00:00
Where can I buy some radium water?

An x-ray device to see if the shoes fit correctly?

Leaded paint for my asbestos shingling?

Can I sell my vote for the next presidential election? (It used to be common!)

Hotel owners are forbidden from discriminating based on race. You want to allow it? Even if not perfect, it still works.

As someone without security clearance, I'm forbidden from a lot of places with secret information.

Even if there is still an underground market for elephant ivory in the US, forbidding its trade greatly reduced the demand.

Seems like on average forbidding things has been pretty effective.
by noirscape | 2025-11-06 13:15:30+00:00
The problem that is that a lot of CVEs often don't represent "real" vulnerabilities, but merely theoretical ones that could hypothetically be combined to make a real exploit.

Regex exploitation is the forever example to bring up here, as it's generally the main reason that "autofail the CI system the moment an auditing command fails" doesn't work on certain codebases. The reason this happens is because it's trivial to make a string that can waste significant resources to try and do a regex match against, and the moment you have a function that accepts a user-supplied regex pattern, that's suddenly an exploit... which gets a CVE. A lot of projects then have CVEs filed against them because internal functions rely on Regex calls as arguments, even if they're in code the user is flat-out never going to be able interact with (ie. Several dozen layers deep in framework soup there's a regex call somewhere, in a way the user won't be able to access unless a developer several layers up starts breaking the framework they're using in really weird ways on purpose).

The CVE system is just completely broken and barely serves as an indicator of much of anything really. The approval system from what I can tell favors acceptance over rejection, since the people reviewing the initial CVE filing aren't the same people that actively investigate if the CVE is bogus or not and the incentive for the CVE system is literally to encourage companies to give a shit about software security (at the same time, this fact is also often exploited to create beg bounties). CVEs have been filed against software for what amounts to "a computer allows a user to do things on it" even before AI slop made everything worse; the system was questionable in quality 7 years ago at the very least, and is even worse these days.

The only indicator it really gives is that a real security exploit can feel more legitimate if it gets a CVE assigned to it.
by saberience | 2025-11-06 13:15:46+00:00
ChatGPT isn’t random though.

If you ask it what a star is, it’s never going to tell you it’s a giant piece of cheese floating in the the sky.

If you don’t believe me, try it, write a for loop which asks ChatGPT, what is a star (astronomy) exactly? Ask it 1000 times and then tell me how random it is versus how consistent it is.

The idea that non deterministic === random is totally deluded. It just means you cannot predict the exact tokens which will be produced but it doesn’t mean it’s random like a random number generator and it could be any thing.

If you ask what is Michael Jackson the entertainer famous for it’s going to tell you he’s famous for music and dancing. 1000/1000 times, is that random?
by bastawhiz | 2025-11-06 13:15:46+00:00
1. You load nothing, and the page is broken and unusable. A slow network means you see a header and a footer smooshed together.

2. You show a spinner, which is functionally equivalent to a spinner

3. You wait until the content is loaded and the page feels completely broken, because nothing is happening until it's loaded.

> sometimes skeletons also break scrolling, so you end up even more frustrated because your controls don't work.

This is just lazy programming. The skeleton should be the minimum height of the content it will be replaced by.
by jaffa2 | 2025-11-06 13:15:48+00:00
Hmm am I missing something? I wanted to download this either for Windows or Mac but I can't find the download link anywhere. It looks Linux only, but the title of this post says Multi-platform.

Make it easier for people to download this please. I clicked releases on the hoem page and i get a zip file with a whole bunch of stuff a file named Dillo.Desktop which double clicking tries to open in Gimp and then does nothing. On github it's the same.
by xtiansimon | 2025-11-06 13:15:49+00:00
> “…some may not consider migrations + damagaes to be ‘catastrophic.’”

I think you’re showing a lack of imagination. The COVID shutdown was not that long ago. People lost their minds when they were asked to wear a mask in public.

All you need to do to make a “catastrophe” is imagine the trauma response played out over shorter and shorter time periods.

Now take the speed of natural disasters measured over hours and days. Recovery time over months and years.

Now pile multiple such events back to back and dispersed across the nation.

You will have a Tipping Point where public opinion and suffering overwhelm any attempts by government to restore order with a speech.

Finally, Marshal Law and empty stores.

There you go. Have a nice day.
by rswail | 2025-11-06 13:16:15+00:00
If you're getting to a semver of 145.14.7 with Semver then sack your API designer.

Remember the major version bumps when it is not backward compatible. New functionality can be backward compatible.

You can keep older semver APIs working with endpoints that support upgrading the older format to the newer internally, which allows you to enable things like sunsetting API versions to provide automated upgrade notifications.

All I'm saying is that user version numbers are more a marketing exercise than anything logical.
by incomingpain | 2025-11-06 13:16:18+00:00
>Do people see it as a diploma mill up here in Canada?

I've never heard of WGU, but yes Canada has many diploma mills.

>I'm 22 and just about fully committed to the new networking - cisco degree but I'm worried that:

Network security is the new hot job, the network engineering classes are empty. If you're learning regular configs, it's oldschool. The new way is configuring switches in github and ansible pushing the configs.

You also need your certs in this, the actual schooling matters alot less.

>I'm also just generally scared about the IT sector. I watched a video of a programmer simply running a script to delete and redeploy 1000s of linux machines in a split second. There was an issue with one of the boxes and he didnt even need to troubleshoot it, but that entire scenario is outside the scope of this question.

I dont think your fear is IT. I think it's that you don't know your purpose in life. Something schools fail to teach and so it's common at your age.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/mind-and-mood/10-ways-to-find...

https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/seven_ways_to_...

When you know your purpose. The obstacles in the path are the path. There's nothing to fear because you know where you're going.
by IgorPartola | 2025-11-06 13:16:21+00:00
I grew up in Ukraine and stinging nettle soups were a popular part of our diet in the summers. It is delicious and I definitely don’t agree that it is bland. But I suspect a big part of it is what else you add to it. My suggestion is to look up “суп с крапивой” and use your favorite method of translating it to your language of choice to look at the variety of recipes.
by myrmidon | 2025-11-06 13:16:25+00:00
Median wage in urban China is about $20k/year.

That is objectively dirt-cheap compared to basically all of the west.

Yes, wages might be even cheaper in neighboring countries, but those lag behind in infrastructure, education, political stability, availability of capital and network effects from existing industry (and are thus not a viable alternative to China yet for lots of things).
by nmdeadhead | 2025-11-06 13:17:16+00:00
Funny you should ask. I do my core exercises on Tuesdays and Thursdays and read Hacker News while I'm doing my unweighted squats. "Normally", I run Monday through Saturday and ride my bike on Sundays, with the aforementioned core work done in addition to my Tuesday and Thursday runs.

I'm about to start my "Bataan Memorial Death Run" training block and I've put that training plan on GitHub[0]. I also started an mdbook about some of the stuff I've done, but my (then 92 year old) mom had a stroke and it's less than half-baked[1].

[0] https://github.com/ctm/Bataan-Memorial-Death-March/blob/mast... [1] https://ctm.github.io/docs/yld/life/too-public.html
by KE000123 | 2025-11-06 13:17:48+00:00
Location: Berlin / Remote (EU) Remote: Yes Role: Cybersecurity / Cloud / DevSecOps Email: kendrakelvinandrey@gmail.com About: Currently exploring high-impact cybersecurity and cloud leadership roles within forward-thinking organizations across Europe. Open to connecting with professionals and companies focused on building secure, scalable infrastructures and strong engineering cultures. If you’re leading or hiring in this space, feel free to reach out directly for collaboration or opportunities.
by DanielHB | 2025-11-06 13:18:17+00:00
Brazilian person here, when I moved to Europe I was baffled I couldn't find shops that fixed electronics. Like I wanted to get my Android phone charging port replaced, I literally couldn't find a shop in my city willing to do the repair.

I eventually went back to Brazil and had it fixed there and replaced the battery. Freaking phone lasted 8 years on my very clumsly hands, still works even. The fix cost me ~30 usd plus the battery cost.
by ktr1827k | 2025-11-06 13:18:44+00:00
The incumbent British parties are free to fix the economy, build housing, stop foreign wars and make energy cheaper. They don't want to.

The problem is, neither does Musk. We know now that the above talking points of the U.S. Republicans were just election rhetoric. What we got is an oligarchy that takes foreign bribes and gives government money to friends and family.

Musk just got his NASA candidate Isaacman nominated. Isaacman of course is a billionaire, just like Trump, Musk, Lutnick, Ramaswamy, Kushner, Witkoff and others. Isaacman will direct state money towards SpaxeX just like Kushner and Witkoff will benefit from their Gaza "master plan" (wording accidentally leaked by Witkoff in an interview to the dismay of Kushner).

The problem that Labour parties in the EU have sold out since Blair/Schroeder cannot be fixed easily. Musk however is not the solution.
by andriesm | 2025-11-06 13:18:54+00:00
I don't see any food scarcity? A lot of innovation coming. Indoor 3D farming if needed. Bio-engineered algae bars if needed! Constant innovation at all levels. Why would food production methods collapse? Some currently productive agricultural land may become unproductive, and then areas too cold now will then become viable, so a shift, not just a one sided destruction. More CO2 means plants grow faster, more global greening. Disruption yes. Over 50+ year time span? Very manageable. Unimaginable advances in energy and robotics ahead.
by _vxgq | 2025-11-06 13:19:47+00:00
I am absolutely, perfectly, 100% fine with how OP structures, manages, names, and presents his online profiles.

After the latest fun incidents with NPM and others, I just wanted to make a point how the way the project is currently "marketed" and distributed — and again, PERFECTLY fine for a first draft and "look what I built" — might stand in the way of it getting further traction.

And I did so in a very stream-of-consciousness way, trying to illustrate what I mean by "Trust & Safety issue".
by technothrasher | 2025-11-06 13:20:05+00:00
I've always liked nettle tea, but perhaps that's because I grew up with it. I also "invented" catnip tea. Yes, I know, everybody knows about catnip tea. But as I kid I didn't, and I noticed that catnip and nettles often were growing together wild on our farm. I suspected the catnip had evolved to hide in the nettles, because it looks very similar to it. Don't know if that's true or if it was just because they liked similar conditions. But, since I was often taking the nettles for tea, I figured I'd try the catnip. It was good.
by KE000123 | 2025-11-06 13:20:10+00:00
Location: Berlin / Remote (EU) Remote: Yes Role: Cybersecurity / Cloud / DevSecOps Email: kendrakelvinandrey@gmail.com About: Currently exploring high-impact cybersecurity and cloud leadership roles within forward-thinking organizations across Europe. Open to connecting with professionals and companies focused on building secure, scalable infrastructures and strong engineering cultures. If you’re leading or hiring in this space, feel free to reach out directly for collaboration or opportunities.
by alsothrowaway | 2025-11-06 13:20:27+00:00
I can't possibly be the victim of anything as long as you stick to the party line. After all, isn't doing its bidding new morality, and isn't its opposition nothing but evil ghouls? </sarcasm>

If I really hated people, perhaps I would suggest to troubled ones that hating their own body to the point of mutilating it is the solution to their problems
by zelphirkalt | 2025-11-06 13:21:53+00:00
OK, well, you don't always know all requirements ahead of time. When I do find out about them later on, I don't want to have to switch database backend then. For example initially I thought I would avoid those many to many relationships all together ... But turned out to be the most fitting way to do what I needed to do in Django.

I guess you could say "use sqlite as long as it lends itself well to what you are doing", sure. But when do you switch? At the first inconvenience? Or do you wait a while, until N inconveniences have been put into the codebase? And not to forget, the organizational resistance to things like changing the database. People not in the know (mangement usually) might question your plan to switch the database, because this workaround for this small little inconvenience _right now_ seems much less work and less risky for production ... Before you know it, you will have 10 workarounds in there, and sunken cost fallacy.

I may be exaggerating a little bit, but it's not like this is a crazy to imagine picture I am painting here.
by 1dom | 2025-11-06 13:21:55+00:00
This was a helpful reminder of a particular world view, thank you.

I think some intelligent people are intelligent because of a need for stimulation: they need more new information, so they learn lots and keep learning and the world throws more learnings at them because they get good at it.

Intelligence becomes an emergent property of dealing/distracting from that craving for more information - a beneficial addiction.

So when someone like that stops doing stuff, or that flow of new information and experiences slows with life, that craving/withdrawal becomes sadness.

One solution is to feed the addiction. Learn more. Do stuff. Don't have any stuff to do? Well other people do! Do their stuff for them!
by bandie91 | 2025-11-06 13:21:59+00:00
i first met Dillo pre-installed on a DamnSmall Linux CD back around 2005. i also had quite low performance PCs as others say. i browsed via Dillo till my pentium MMX laptop died in 2010 (coincidence?)

the other good browser I was happily using on old machines is Elinks. AFAIK it's also picked up again to continue its development, although it's terminal-based.

wish endurance for the developers!
by jamil7 | 2025-11-06 13:22:48+00:00
In general it's a bit of a closed box, it's not that easy to work with and to me felt unreliable and difficult to debug. Running migrations can be easily forgotten and this needs to be done in the dashboard as far as I remember. There aren't official APIs to check certain things like if the user has quota, what to do when the quota is full, how to communicate that etc. I think you may be able to check if it's enabled though. Another one is its not cross platform in any meaningful way, I thought this would be fine initially but as the app I worked on developed it was clear a web or Android version would be nice to add without being tied to an Apple account. I ultimately removed it and wrote my own optional sync layer with my own auth and no one seemed to mind. This thread might be useful https://mastodon.social/@marcoarment/109540935902363728

Most of those things can probably be worked around and might not be applicable to your app but for me it went to the bucket of technologies not to touch again.
by rramadass | 2025-11-06 13:23:10+00:00
> It's also engineers not understanding the purpose and goals of the business.

This is a oft-repeated canard which is untrue 99% of the time. By the very decision to join a company, the Engineer has signaled that he understands the business' purpose and goals. Only after joining a company does he come to see that the process of execution towards the said objectives is untenable.

The problem is almost always the enduring fiction in Management teaching that one can manage a business without knowing much about the domain in which the business operates. This false belief becomes fatal the more technical the domain is since the non-linearity of the effects due to events in the domain is what makes or breaks a business.

Relevant Reading:

1) A radical article from HBR, First, Let’s Fire All the Managers : https://hbr.org/2011/12/first-lets-fire-all-the-managers

2) Speech by Dave Packard to HP Managers (1960) - https://gizmodo.com/the-hp-way-how-bill-hewlett-and-i-built-... (this is one of my favourites)

3) Also see the book Why we do what we do: Understanding Self-motivation by Edward Deci and his Self-Determination Theory(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-determination_theory) for insights.