MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by numpad0 | 2025-12-11 19:30:45+00:00
GP is slightly wrong. IIRC those problematic LIDARs are operating at higher power than traditionally allowed, with the justification that the wavelength being used is significantly less efficient at damaging human eyes, therefore it's safe enough at those powers, which is likely true enough. But it turned out that camera lenses are generally more transparent than our eyes and therefore the justification don't apply to them.
by thomasjb | 2025-12-11 19:30:51+00:00
Possibly. Realistically this is replacing the expensive category of FPGA (Zynqs or similar with strong hardware CPU cores), this means they get all the peripherals they desire in hardware, and they can pick the core variant in order to optimise for their workloads (all the different vector extensions for example). There's an interesting market for that kind of thing, either full FPGA to ASIC replacement, or drop in replacement FPGAs of lower cost (The Rigol MHO98 replaced the Xilinx FPGA of the previous generation with a substitute from Fudan). If you're shipping a lot of hardware, that sort of thing becomes worthwhile.
by filoleg | 2025-12-11 19:31:07+00:00
There is nothing fun about sitting in traffic on your commute to/from work, and neither there is much fun in doing long-distance driving in a straight line on highway for hours on end (regardless of the horsepower). That's what autonomous driving is for imo.

There is a lot of fun in driving a high-hp car on track or offroad or in some not-much-populated area or in plenty of other scenarios. That's where using autonomous driving mode would feel preposterous to me.
by antisthenes | 2025-12-11 19:31:10+00:00
> Elderly care is basically going to wipe generational savings from the 20th century off the map

Probably for the best.

Currently most of that wealth is being hoarded by the top 0.1%, at the expense of 8 billion people having to deal with global warming for the foreseeable future (e.g. - centuries).

If that's the best humanity can do with wealth, then burn it all down. As long as we keep some advances from medicine (vaccines, dentistry) and technology which aren't as energy intensive, it should all work itself out in the end.
by thewebguyd | 2025-12-11 19:31:24+00:00
I agree, doubly so when you consider different packaging formats and package managers also, along with different release models.

I've been preaching for a long time that "distro" is the wrong term. Each "distro" is absolutely it's own, standalone operating system. There is no universal "Linux OS" outside of the kernel. Even userland can be swapped out.
by lcuff | 2025-12-11 19:31:33+00:00
Failing to understand the basic requirement is not, IMHO, overthinking it.

I will admit, as I reread the question and the hint just now, that I just didn't read carefully the first time through. It's actually pretty clear. Sigh.

People's minds work quite differently ... As evidenced by people that have strong reactions to particular languages (love or hate), or, as another example, people that love or hate syntax coloring in code. (Yes, it gets in the way for some). The fact that the instructions didn't make the problem clear to me is not an overthinking problem on my part. It would be better for me if the problems were expressed in different ways.

When trying to communicate, saying the same thing two different ways is a big step towards helping deal with the variance in people's minds. I wish they'd done that with some of the questions.
by bigbadfeline | 2025-12-11 19:31:36+00:00
> I think the real issue is that people don't like change;

People like positive change - better standard of living, cheaper and high quality goods & services. They get the opposite and they don't like that, there's no mystery here.

> the original sin of capitalism is change over time

It was never supposed to be negative change, and calling what we have now "capitalism" is quite a stretch, the meaning of that word is now so vague as to render it meaningless.

> The thing is right now we don't have a completely clear picture of what the future is.

The future is what we make it and we have a pretty clear picture what actions lead to what consequences, it ain't exactly simple for everyone to understand but that's not necessary either. The problem is, the media and politicians only muddy the waters instead of elevating the valuable insights and proposals.

> the walls of the environment are closing

Poetic but misleading. The environment is a systemic function of multiple factors, it's really unhelpful to make it a political issue for the purpose of peddling more sacrifice from those on the losing side of wealth inequality.
by Bender | 2025-12-11 19:31:54+00:00
"This country on a good day can mobilize three frigates and eight CF-18s. So that's why, I mean, there's a whole plan behind this. If we actually wanted to deploy this capability, how would we even move it to where we wanted it to be?"

That appears to be a problem. Perhaps the USA can stop by and give a lift.
by impulser_ | 2025-12-11 19:32:44+00:00
The thing about OpenAI is their models never fit anywhere for me. Yes they maybe smart or even the smartest models but they are alway so fucking slow. The ChatGPT web app is literally usable for me. I ask simple task and it does most extreme shit jsut to get an answer that the same as Claude or Gemini.

For example, I asked ChatGPT to take a chart and convert into a table. It went and cut up the image and zoomed in for literally 5 mins to get the a worst answer than Claude which did it in under a minute.

I see people talk about Codex like it better than Claude Code, and I go and try it and it takes a lifetime to do thing and it return maybe an on par result as Opus or Sonnet but it takes 5mins longer.

I just tried out this model and it the same exact thing. It just take ages for it to give you an answer.

I don't get how these models are useful in the real world.

What am I missing, is this just me?

I guess it truly an enterprise model.
by thenaturalist | 2025-12-11 19:32:46+00:00
They are talking to each other already.

Whether for betterment remains to be seen.

2 Opus 4 talking directly to each other: https://www.iflscience.com/the-spiritual-bliss-attractor-som...

"Learning" passing between derivatives of the same base models: https://alignment.anthropic.com/2025/subliminal-learning/
by nospice | 2025-12-11 19:32:50+00:00
> This is how many artists have worked. They make something for themself, and one day they show it to someone else

That model depended on personal wealth or (more often) patronage. Because the supply of wealthy patrons was limited, it meant that you had fewer artists pursuing their visions. Everyone else needed to find menial jobs.

Now, we democratized access to patronage, but it means that to support yourself, you need to deliver what gets you the most clicks, not what your soul craves.

I sort of wish we still had both models, but I think that wealthy patrons have gone out of fashion in favor of spending money on crypto and AI.
by tadfisher | 2025-12-11 19:33:06+00:00
Apple Developer Program License Agreement § 3.3.1.B, "Executable Code" [1]:

> Except as set forth in the next paragraph, an Application may not download or install executable code. Interpreted code may be downloaded to an Application but only so long as such code: (a) does not change the primary purpose of the Application by providing features or functionality that are inconsistent with the intended and advertised purpose of the Application (b) does not bypass signing, sandbox, or other security features of the OS; and (c) for Applications distributed on the App Store, does not create a store or storefront for other Applications.

App Review Guidelines § 2.5.2, "Software Requirements" [2]:

> Apps should be self-contained in their bundles, and may not read or write data outside the designated container area, nor may they download, install, or execute code which introduces or changes features or functionality of the app, including other apps. Educational apps designed to teach, develop, or allow students to test executable code may, in limited circumstances, download code provided that such code is not used for other purposes. Such apps must make the source code provided by the app completely viewable and editable by the user.

1: https://developer.apple.com/support/terms/apple-developer-pr...

2: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/#sof...
by rich_sasha | 2025-12-11 19:33:48+00:00
I understand this is a technology forum, frequented mostly by liberal adults, who built a lot of their internet nous on totally free internet of 90s and 00s. I am one of them.

Equally, I think insisting that there must be no controls to internet access whatsoever is not right either. There is now plenty of evidence that eg. social media are very harmful to teenagers - and frankly, before I noticed, going on FB got me depressed each time I did it at one point. And as a parent, you realise how little control you have over your children's tech access. Case in point - my kids seem to have access to very poorly locked down iPads at school. I complained, but they frankly don't understand.

We all accept kids can't buy alcohol and cigarettes, even if that encroaches on their freedom. But or course flashing an ID when you're over 18 is not very privacy-invading.

Likewise, I think it is much better to discuss better means of effecting these access controls. As some comments here mention, there are e.g. zero knowledge proofs.

I'm sure I'll be told it's all a sham to collect data and it's not about kids. And maybe. But I care about kids not having access to TikTok and Pornhub. So I'd rather make the laws better than moan about how terrible it is to limit access to porn and dopamine shots.
by arscan | 2025-12-11 19:34:04+00:00
I think you may have inadvertently misled readers in a different way. I feel misled after not catching the errors myself, assuming it was broadly correct, and then coming across this observation here. Might be worth mentioning this is better but still inaccurate. Just a bit of feedback, I appreciate you are willing to show non-cherry-picked examples and are engaging with this question here.

Edit: As mentioned by @tedsanders below, the post was edited to include clarifying language such as: “Both models make clear mistakes, but GPT‑5.2 shows better comprehension of the image.”
by Imnimo | 2025-12-11 19:34:28+00:00
It does seem to raise fair questions about either the utility of these tools, or adoption inertia. If not even OpenAI feels compelled to integrate this kind of model-check into their pipeline, what's that say about the business world at-large? Is it that it's too onerous to set up, is it that it's too hard to get only true-positive corrections, is it that it's too low value for the effort?
by mrcwinn | 2025-12-11 19:34:50+00:00
This is really poor execution. You're taking a complex, low margin vehicle and introducing even more cost and supply chain complexity. On top of that, you're essentially making a proxy bet that more expensive hardware (LIDAR) will beat Tesla's software bet.

It's absolutely fair to criticize Elon for his ridiculous FSD timeline claims, but here we are now evaluating the market: if you have experienced the latest FSD, Waymo's and now Rivian's bet is just so obviously the exact wrong bet.
by renan-moraes777 | 2025-12-11 19:34:50+00:00
Here’s a small project I built to learn, experiment, and understand whether this idea has real potential.

DeepSQL is an MVP that teaches SQL through real business scenarios instead of toy puzzles. You write queries, get instant feedback, and solve problems inspired by what analysts and data engineers actually face at work.

I’m not selling anything. I just want honest feedback:

What’s confusing?

What’s broken?

What feels pointless?

What would make it actually useful?

Would you ever use something like this? Why or why not?

Any brutally honest thoughts — good or bad — are welcome. Thanks!
by ProllyInfamous | 2025-12-11 19:35:13+00:00
On her deathbed, years ago, my beloved mother lamented that she often felt mentally bullied by her three brilliant sons [0], even decades into our adulthoods; embarassed, she would censor her own knowledge-seeking from the people she trusted most [2].

She didn't live long enough to use ChatGPT [1] (she would have been flabbergasted at its ability to understand people/situations), but even with her "normal" intelligence she would have been a master to its perceptions/trainings.

[0] "Beyond just teasing."

[1] We did briefly wordplay with GPT-2 right before she died via thisworddoesnotexist.com exchanges, but nothing conversive.

[2] Relavent example, to the best of my understanding of hers: I would never ask my brilliant engineer programmer hardwarebro for coding help on any personal project, never. Just as I don't ask lawyerbro for personal legal advice.

----

About a year later (~2023), my dentist friend experienced a sudden life change (wife sick @35); in his grieving/soul-seeking, I recommended that he share some of his mental chaos with an LLM, even just if to role-play as his sick family member. Dr. Friend later thanked me for recommending the resource — particularly "the entire lack of any judgments" — and shared his own brilliant discoveries using creative prompt structuring.

----

Particularly as a big dude, it's nice to not always have to be the tough guy, to even admit weakness. Unfortunately I think the overall societal benefits of generative AI are going to increase anti-social behaviour, but it's nice to have a friendly apprentice that knows something about almost everything... any time... any reason.
by ACCount37 | 2025-12-11 19:35:56+00:00
The good old "benchmarks just keep saturating" problem.

Anthropic is genuinely one of the top companies in the field, and for a reason. Opus consistently punches above its weight, and this is only in part due to the lack of OpenAI's atrocious personality tuning.

Yes, the next stop for AI is: increasing task length horizon, improving agentic behavior. The "raw general intelligence" component in bleeding edge LLMs is far outpacing the "executive function", clearly.
by mjr00 | 2025-12-11 19:35:57+00:00
> Such questions may be decided by personal preferences, but their impact can easily be demonstrated.

I really don't think this is true. What was the demonstrated impact of writing Terraform in Go rather than Rust? Would writing Terraform in Rust have resulted in a better product? Would rewriting it now result in a better product? Even among engineers with 15 years experience you're going to get differing answers on this.
by encom | 2025-12-11 19:36:21+00:00
I have literally not rated anything at all, ever since YouTube removed dislikes, and my recommendations are working fine. Ratings indicate(d) if a given video was likely to be a waste of my time or not, and in an age of AI slop, this feature is more desirable than ever.

Someone should make a SponsorBlock/Dearrow-type addon to flag AI slop.
by nradov | 2025-12-11 19:36:54+00:00
My cars are more than just transportation. They're mobile storage lockers where I can keep my stuff reasonably secure. They're a place to sit warm and dry while I wait for something else. They're (semi) private changing rooms where I can put on my cycling kit. Regardless of who does the driving I'll never give up owning (or at least leasing) my own private cars.
by Rebelgecko | 2025-12-11 19:37:38+00:00
I don't know you or your situation, but many people (including the idealized version of Rivian's target market) like going places that Waymo currently doesn't. There's also tradeoffs with cost, wait time, # of passengers, cargo, etc. Some people may also want to automate "boring" driving while still having the option to do "fun" driving
by ghosty141 | 2025-12-11 19:37:54+00:00
Because from my experience using codex in a decently complex c++ environment at work, it works REALLY well when it has things to copy. Refactorings, documentation, code review etc. all work great. But those things only help actual humans and they also take time. I estimate that in a good case I save ~50% of time, in a bad case it's negative and costs time.

But what I generally found, it's not that great at writing new code. Obviously an LLM can't think and you notice that quite quickly, it doesn't create abstractions, use abstractions or try to find general solution to problems.

People who get replaced by Codex are those who do repetitive tasks in a well understood field. For example, making basic websites, very simple crud applications etc..

I think it's also not layoffs but rather companies will hire less freelancers or people to manage small IT projects.
by cschlaepfer | 2025-12-11 19:38:01+00:00
Thanks, we appreciate it!

Yes, you can use BrowserBook to write e2e test automations, but we don't currently include playwright assertions in the runtime - we excluded these since they are geared toward a specific use case, and we wanted to build more generally. Let us know if you think we should include this though; we're always looking for feedback.

> For scraping, how do you handle Cloudflare and Captchas?

Cloudflare turnstiles/captchas tend to be less of an issue in the inline browser because it’s just a local Chrome instance, avoiding the usual bot-detection flags from headless or cloud browsers (datacenter IPs, user-agent quirks, etc.). For hosted browsers, we use Kernel's stealth mode to similar effect.

> Do you respect robots.txt instructions of websites?

We leave this up to the developer creating the automations.
by deinonychus | 2025-12-11 19:38:08+00:00
i'm currently disputing a bill with a parking company. there's a kiosk at the movie theater served by the parking lot, so that you can get free parking if you see a movie. the kiosk has an option for you to describe your car if you forgot your license plate number. i did that and they sent me a bill for unpaid parking.

customer service is unable to acknowledge why that feature is offered and can only assert that if you park you gotta pay. after threatening to complain to the BBB and my state AG they have graciously offered to drop the ticket to $25.

thank you for listening to me vent :)
by bacelyy | 2025-12-11 19:38:25+00:00
We shipped ScortonJS CLI (MIT, 450 weekly downloads) to make security checks and EU compliance mapping runnable from the terminal. Supports: scan, audit, score; compliance (dora|nis2|both); report generation.

Goal: lightweight audits that emit a publishable markdown/PDF report for client reviews or insurance underwriting—no vendor lock‑in, clear pass/fail + score.

Quick start: npx scortonjs-cli scan <tool> <target> • npm i scortonjs-cli

Repo: github.com/scorton/scortonjs npm: npmjs.com/package/scortonjs-cli

Ask: Which signals and formats actually unblock you—code/deps/infra/behavior, and is SARIF/JUnit/SPDX enough?

For EU teams, what’s the minimum NIS2/DORA mapping you need to ship?
by Hizonner | 2025-12-11 19:38:31+00:00
> There are some concerns that an individual perceptual hash can be reversed to a create legible image,

Yeah no. Those hashes aren't big enough to encode any real image, and definitely not an image that would actually be either "useful" to yer basic pedo, or recognizable as a particular person. Maybe they could produce something that a diffusion model could refine back into something resembling the original... if the model had already been trained on a ton of similar material.

> If Microsoft wanted to keep both the hash algorithm and even an XOR filter of the hash database proprietary

That algorithm leaked years ago. Third party code generates exactly the same hashes on the same input. There are open-literature publications on creating collisions (which can be totally innocent images). They have no actual secrets left.
by jazzyjackson | 2025-12-11 19:38:31+00:00
:)

I've long held that a useful counterintelligence strategy is to weave real operations into fictional films, such that if someone catches on and tries to tell people about it, the response is simply "you schizophrenic - that's the plot of Die Hard 4!"

Slightly less conspiratorial version is that agents and clerks with knowledge of operations get drunk at the same bars as Hollywood script writers
by runtimepanic | 2025-12-11 19:38:43+00:00
The Zelda example is a good reminder that emotion in software often comes from consistency and responsiveness. Those games feel immersive because the underlying systems behave predictably, inputs map cleanly to actions, and the world reacts without friction. That same principle applies to non-game software too: tight feedback loops and coherent internal rules make tools feel “alive” in a way users notice even if they can’t articulate it.
by mbreese | 2025-12-11 19:39:33+00:00
> Mickey Mouse Clubhouse's lazy CG animation and unimaginative storytelling

I think it’s important to remember that you probably aren’t their target audience. Their audience expects to see simple characters with simple stories. The CG doesn’t need to be advanced, so having it fast to produce is the goal. It has to hold the interest of a toddler for 25 min without annoying the parents too much. Shiny and simple rendering is probably what they are going for. You can certainly argue about the educational qualities of the show, but I think entertaining was their primary goal for Mickey Mouse Clubhouse.

Also, this show hasn’t been made for years, has it? You’re looking at a show that was produced from 2006-2016. The oldest shows would be almost 20 year old CG. The newest is still nearly 10 years old. At the time it was fresh, the CG was pretty good, compared to similar kids shows.

My kids were young right in this window, and we watched a lot of Disney.

Disney definitely hit a CG valley though that you can see with some of their shows that switched from a 2D look to a more 3D rendering. Thankfully we aged out of those shows around 2015, so it has been a while. Disney has always been a content shop where quantity has its own quality, so I’m sure I’d have similar opinions as you if I was looking at the shows now. But at the time, it wasn’t bad.

I’m not sure how the OpenAI integration will work. I can see all sorts of red flags here.
by matthewkayin | 2025-12-11 19:39:51+00:00
I agree, maintainers should just break the API if they're going to do it.

At the same time, it's crazy that urllib (the library mentioned in the article), broke their API on a minor version. Python packaging documentation[1] provides the sensible guideline that API breaks should be on major versions.

[1] https://packaging.python.org/en/latest/discussions/versionin...
by infamousbolt | 2025-12-11 19:39:58+00:00
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