MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by mh2266 | 2025-12-04 20:18:32+00:00
Management not being a promotion doesn’t mean that managers aren’t (usually—I’ve both been at equal and higher levels than my managers at times) higher levels than their reports. It means that switching to a management role from IC is never a promotion itself (ie always L6 -> M1 in Google/Meta levels) and it never comes with any difference in compensation.
by vasilipupkin | 2025-12-04 20:19:09+00:00
this is a flat out lie and a case of bad journalism

it's not 38% - it's 1 in 4 or 25%, according to Stanford's own website https://oae.stanford.edu/students/dispelling-myths-about-oae

and that number includes students getting literally any kind of accommodation whatsoever. Allergies, food allergies, carpet replacement, etc, etc
by sophrosyne42 | 2025-12-04 20:19:28+00:00
What you're pointing to is uncertainty; it is a judgement call whether or not consumers actually value these things. But if they don't open AI will lose money, assuming the market is not interfered with by bailouts, which would indeed hamper the social function of pricing. In a similar manner, this social function is hampered by interventions which manipulated credit and deby. My assumption only works in an economy where debt isn't artificially created ad hoc by the federal reserve and other banks. But that is a problem with how federal policies condition debt and finance in the modern economy, not with surge pricing. I would like to see more criticisms of the fed which essentially bankrolls bubbles like this rather than surging pricing, which performs its social function either way.
by AwkwardPanda | 2025-12-04 20:19:36+00:00
Here is a list (summarized by LLM)

Conversion, Scaling, and Measurement

Conversion to weights from volume (e.g., converting '1 cup of flour' to grams). One developer noted they'd look into generic conversion feasibility. Scaling a recipe (e.g., adjusting ingredients for 1.5x or 2x the batch size). Unit Choice: Offering a clear choice between metric and imperial units. Unit Specificity: The ability to differentiate between US and non-US cups for accurate conversions. Data Structure: Displaying ingredient data with consistent units in a database to enable easy batch size adjustments and visualization of value changes. Structured Data and Presentation C4E Format: Converting recipes to the format used on Cooking For Engineers. Process Visualization: Displaying the entire recipe process using Gantt charts or a Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) / graphviz to illustrate dependencies between steps. SEO/Integration: Incorporating JSON-LD support for better recipe recognition and advanced features. Printability: Generating dedicated print-friendly pages. Standard Layout: A simplified, standardized layout for better readability across all recipes. Sharing: A feature for sharing recipe "image cards" (screenshots) with friends. Management, Search, and Tools Shopping List: Creating a grocery list from the scraped ingredients. List Filtering: The ability to exclude common ingredients (salt, pepper, olive oil) from the automatically generated shopping list. Nutrition: Generating automatic nutrition labels. Personal Database: The capability to ingest every recipe from every cookbook into a personal, searchable database. Search Function: Allowing search for recipes instead of just requiring a URL input. Sync/Backup: Enabling server-sync and export/import of recipes. Timers: The option to set a timer linked to the time specified in a recipe step. Custom Lists: Allowing users to create their own categorization rules for ingredients on shopping lists. Platform and UI Dark Mode: Adding a dark mode for late-night cooking. iOS Integration: Implementing a Safari extension feature for the iOS app to open recipe pages automatically within the app. Video Parsing: The capability to parse recipes from YouTube URLs or videos.
by mvdtnz | 2025-12-04 20:19:36+00:00
I watch a lot of bodycam DUI arrests on Youtube (I'm not proud of it - it's a guilty pleasure) and something I have noticed is that close to 100% of young female suspects claim to have ADHD, anxiety, depression or all 3. This generation has been trained to use these three pathologies to excuse poor behaviours. So it wouldn't be a surprise to see them using it to excuse poor academics, even preemptively.
by snickerbockers | 2025-12-04 20:19:40+00:00
>For general computer usage, SSDs really were a once in a generation "holy shit, this upgrade makes a real difference" thing.

I only ever noticed it on my windows partition. IIRC on my linux partition it was hardly noticeable because Linux is far better at caching disk contents than windows and also linux in general can boot surprisingly fast even on HDDs if you only install modules you actually need so that the autoconfiguration doesn't waste time probing dozens of modules in search of the best one.
by ajenner | 2025-12-04 20:19:49+00:00
I wrote a program called xtce-trace (https://www.reenigne.org/software/xtce_trace.zip ) to do just this (albeit non-interactively - you just give it a program and it will generate a cycle-by-cycle trace of which lines of microcode are executed). GloriousCow aka Daniel Balsom recently fixed some of its bugs and turned it into an actual emulator (https://github.com/dbalsom/XTCE-Blue ), though it's not finished yet so there's no binary release at the moment.
by tontony | 2025-12-04 20:20:04+00:00
Sure, but it all boils down to trust at the end of the day. Why would you trust a third-party Debian repository (that e.g. has a different user namespace and no identity linking to GitHub) more than running something from evidently the same user from GitHub, in this specific case?

I'm not arguing that a repository is nice because versioning, signing, version yanking, etc, and I do agree that the process should be more transparent and verifiable for people who care about it.
by _factor | 2025-12-04 20:20:35+00:00
Just imagine a capable individual just like yourself, but with such a rotting core that they see the same devious plans you and I do, but lack the backbone/principles and moral/ethical fiber to prevent them from pursuing those ideas. Instead, they full endorse and selfishly benefit from them at the expense of others. With our large population, this individual, and many such like them are guaranteed to exist at all levels of the socio-economic ladder. Solipsism is the root of corruption continuing to sprout.
by prvaughan | 2025-12-04 20:20:45+00:00
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by eszed | 2025-12-04 20:21:00+00:00
Lol! I did that (sometimes) when I was in hospital in the UK. If you requested a halal meal they sourced it from a takeaway down the street, which was excellent, and a wonderful break from the usual dismal fare. I wasn't a dick about it, and would ask the meal order folks if it was OK to request one that day; sometimes they said 'yes', and sometimes not (based on what, I don't know), but they knew what was up, and didn't mind doing favors for those of us who'd been in a while. I'm still ridiculously grateful. The NHS (back then, a quarter century ago, now) was amazing.
by dmix | 2025-12-04 20:21:04+00:00
> Because uh, nobody's paying for this, and when people are gambling with trillions of dollars...

I pay for 3 different AI products and every person on my team is paying for at least one. Just because some enterprise sales teams rushed to oversell some half-baked AI products they duct taped together doesn't mean there isn't a huge market.

> Which data centers?

Microsoft https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2025/09/18/inside-the-world... Anthropic https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/data-center-construction... Twitter https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/elon-musks-twitte... CoreSite https://www.coresite.com/news/coresite-launches-ny3-data-cen...

Meta, Google, and Oracle are scaling theirs up too
by afavour | 2025-12-04 20:21:07+00:00
That has been one of the underpinning lessons of Trump's America to me. That playing by the rules and doing the right thing just makes me a sucker. Once a critical mass of people start to feel that way (if they don't already) it'll have a devastating effect on society.

(when I say "Trump's America" I don't directly mean Trump himself, though he's certainly a prominent example of it. It feels like it's everywhere. One of the first times I really noticed it was the Netflix show "Inventing Anna". A dramatization of the real life story of a scammer, Anna Sorokin. Netflix paid her $320,000 for her story. She led a life of crime and successfully profited from it. Now she's been on Dancing with the Stars, essentially she's been allowed to become the celebrity she pretended to be.)
by PaulHoule | 2025-12-04 20:21:08+00:00
An essay by Converse in this volume

https://www.amazon.com/Ideology-Discontent-Clifford-Geertz/d... [1]

calls into question whether or not the public has an opinion. I was thinking about the example of tariffs for instance. Most people are going on bellyfeel so you see maybe 38% are net positive on tariffs

https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2025/08/14/trumps-tarif...

If you broke it down in terms of interest groups on a "one dollar one vote" basis the net positive has to be a lot worse: to the retail, services and constructor sectors tariffs are just a cost without any benefits, even most manufacturers are on the fence because they import intermediate goods and want access to foreign markets. The only sectors that are strongly for it that I can suss out are steel and aluminum manufacturers who are 2% or so of the GDP.

The public and the interest groups are on the same side of 50% so there is no contradiction, but in this particular case I think the interest groups collectively have a more rational understanding of how tariffs effect the economy than do "the people". As Habermas points out, it's quite problematic giving people who don't really know a lot a say about things even though it is absolutely necessary that people feel heard.

[1] Interestingly this book came out in 1964 just before all hell broke loose in terms of Vietnam, counterculture, black nationalism, etc. -- right when discontent when from hypothetical to very real
by bigstrat2003 | 2025-12-04 20:21:20+00:00
> But I think the reality is that our educational system had just decided that faster is better and that speed is a legitimate way to grade and rank students. Which is stupid.

That's not stupid. Speed does in fact matter in the real world. To illustrate the point, let's consider an extreme example: what if it took me an entire year to do something that someone else could do in an hour? My results would be so slow that nobody would tolerate me as an employee or partner. On the other extreme, if someone takes 1h1s instead of 1h it's not really a big deal.

I don't think it's unreasonable to draw a line somewhere and say "if you can't do it this fast, you haven't learned the material adequately". The tricky thing is where to draw that line, not whether such a line is ok at all.
by hackstarky | 2025-12-04 20:21:33+00:00
I’ve always loved the concept of "learning by doing." When I first stumbled upon SQL Noir, I was hooked. It’s a fantastic open source project that gamifies database management by turning you into a detective. It was brilliant, immersive, and undoubtedly the pioneer of the genre.

But as I played, and as I watched others play, I noticed two major points of friction that kept beginners from becoming masters:

The "Tab Fatigue": Constantly switching between the query editor and the schema documentation breaks your flow.

The "Sink or Swim" Validator: Getting a query wrong because of a syntax technicality (even when the logic was right) is demoralizing.

I decided to build SQL Case Files not just to clone the genre, but to refine the user experience into something that teaches as well as it tests.

Here is how I took the detective concept and gave it my own spin.

1. The "Sticky Schema" (Solving Tab Fatigue)

The biggest complaint in browser based SQL games is memory load. You look at the schema, remember crime_scene_report, switch to the editor, and immediately forget if the column is date or report_date.

In SQL Case Files, I implemented a Sticky Schema. The database structure stays visible right alongside your editor. You never have to context switch or lose your train of thought. It sounds like a small UI tweak, but it changes the game from a memory test to a logic puzzle.

2. From Client-Side to "Cheat-Proof" Server Validation

I originally built this as a local only WASM app. It was fast, but it had a flaw: it was too easy to "inspect element" and bypass the hard work.

If I wanted this to be a real learning tool and eventually a place for serious certifications I needed integrity. I rebuilt the backend with Server-Side Validation. This ensures that when you solve a case, you actually solved it.

But I kept the "soul" of the game flexible. I validate your Result Set, not your Query Syntax.

Did you find the killer?

Is the evidence correct?

I don't care if you used a JOIN or a subquery to get there. If the data is right, the case is closed. This flexibility encourages you to find your own style.

3. Query History & "Premium" Tools

Detectives take notes. In most games, if you delete a query, it’s gone forever. I added a robust Query History feature so you can look back at your previous attempts, compare logic, and learn from your mistakes without rewriting code from scratch.

The Launch: 15 Premium Cases (Free for Now)

To celebrate the launch (and the rewrite), I’ve opened up the vault. For the first few weeks, I am releasing 15 Premium Puzzles for free.

These aren't just "SELECT * FROM table" tutorials. These are complex, narrative driven cases that will force you to use JOINS, aggregations, and filtering to catch the culprit.

The Verdict

If you want to test your skills in a raw, minimalist environment, SQL Noir is still a classic. But if you want a polished detective experience with tools designed to help you learn : sticky schemas, query history, and logic based validation I’d love for you to open a dossier.

Play it here: SQLCaseFiles.com
by keeda | 2025-12-04 20:21:45+00:00
> Figuring out the spec is half the job.

That's where we come in of course! Look into spec-driven development. You basically encourage the LLM to ask questions and hash out all these details.

> Who said anything about the browser?... Don't defend these bugs.

A problem of insufficient specification... didn't expect an HN comment to turn into an engineering exercise! :-) But these are the kinds of things you'd put in the spec.

> How long does it take to debug code like this when an AI generates it? It took me about 25 minutes to discover & verify those problems.

Here's where it gets interesting: before reviewing any code, I basically ask it to generate tests, which always all pass. Then I review the main code and test code, at which point I usually add even more test-cases (e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46143454). And, because codegen is so cheap, I can even include performance tests, (which statistically speaking, nobody ever does)!

Here's a one-shot result of that approach (I really don't mean to take up more of your time, this is just so you can see what it is capable of): https://pastebin.com/VFbW7AKi

While I do review the code (a habit -- I always review my own code before a PR), I review the tests more closely because, while boring, I find them a) much easier to review, and b) more confidence-inspiring than manual review of intricate logic.

> I want chatgpt to solve problems its probably never seen before, with all the context of the problem I'm trying to solve, to fit in with all the code we've already written.

Totally, and again, this is where we come in! Still, it is a huge productivity booster even in uncommon contexts. E.g. I'm using it to do computer vision stuff (where I have no prior background!) with opencv.js for a problem not well-represented in the literature. It still does amazingly well... with the right context. It's initial suggestions were overindexed on the common case, but over many conversations, it "understood" my use-case and consistently gives appropriate suggestions. And because it's vision stuff, I can instantly verify results by sight.

Big caveat: success depends heavily on the use-case. I have had more mixed results in other cases, such as concurrency issues in an LD_PRELOAD library in C. One reason for the mixed sentiments we see.

> ChatGPT is increasingly good at doing the work of a junior developer.

Yes, and in fact, I've been rather pessimistic about the prospects of junior developers, a personal concern given I have a kid who wants to get into software engineering...

I'll end with a note that my workflow today is extremely different from before AI, and it took me many months of experimentation to figure out what worked for me. Most engineers simply haven't had the time to do so, which is another reason we see so many mixed sentiments. But I would strongly encourage everybody to invest the time and effort because this discipline is going to change drastically really quickly.
by XorNot | 2025-12-04 20:21:52+00:00
Prices are high because no one believes it's not a bubble. Nvidias strategy has been careful careful with volume this whole time as well.

The thing is it's also not a conventional looking bubble: what we're seeing here is cashed up companies ploughing money into the only thing in their core business they could find to do so with, rather then a lot of over exuberant public trading and debt financing.
by BeetleB | 2025-12-04 20:22:29+00:00
I've made it a principle to live my life according to certain ideals - one of which is not to play these games/tricks.

I'm doing better than fine.

Have others who cheated done better than me? Sure - some have. Why should I care? I'm a high income earner and I don't need an even wealthier life.

I am not at all an outlier. If you're amongst a crowd that won't value you for not cheating, it's on you to change the crowd you hang out with.
by jjkaczor | 2025-12-04 20:22:31+00:00
This is perhaps one of the most articulate takes on this I have ever read - thank-you!

And - for myself, it was friction that kickstarted my interest in "tech" - I bought a janky modem, and it had IRQ conflicts with my Windows 3 mouse at the time - so, without internet (or BBS's at that time), I had to troubleshot and test different settings with the 2-page technical manual that came with it.

It was friction that made me learn how to program and read manuals/syntax/language/framework/API references to accomplish things for hobby projects - which then led to paying work. It was friction not having my "own" TV and access to all the visual media I could consume "on-demand" as a child, therefore I had to entertain myself by reading books.

Friction is good.
by jajuuka | 2025-12-04 20:23:04+00:00
I think this is living in fantasy land. Normal people aren't hyper concerned about boot loaders, sideloading or custom ROM's. There was an uptick many years past simply because this offered new functionality, but anymore there really isn't any reason to outside of small things like removing the Google Search bar from the home screen. But the amount of effort versus the result does not balance out.

Normal people just want to buy a phone and use it and they can do that today. They don't want the added complications. There is a reason Amazon is so popular and massive. The goal should be to add simplicity and not add complexity if want something to be popular.
by IAmBroom | 2025-12-04 20:23:12+00:00
> Also DEI benefits!

Ah, you accidentally showed your hand there. DEI does not provide benefits; it seeks to prevent continued, assumedly unfair, selection processes. Whether or not that is appropriate, or if the system was unfair, is arguable; fictitious "benefits" are not.

No one gets a DEI check from the government. But since you don't even see that others around you have disabilities, we can't really expect you to know much more than Fox tells you.
by OGEnthusiast | 2025-12-04 20:23:33+00:00
> no one should be leaving with huge student debts.

"In the 2023-24 academic year, 88% of undergraduates graduated without debt, and those who borrowed graduated with a median debt of $13,723." Source: https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/02/stanford-sets-2025...

So strictly speaking, not "no one". (But certainly smaller than the national averages.)
by SilverElfin | 2025-12-04 20:23:36+00:00
I don’t really like the political nature of these decisions. It feels like political people often take over groups and institutions to implement their own political agendas through such policies.

On the other hand, Twitter/X has a problem of spam. I don’t even think it’s bots but actual humans. You see low effort and racist comments all over the place, poisoning the conversations. And it’s not just on political posts. If you’re Chinese or African or Indian, there will be vile comments spamming your posts.

Such a space isn’t welcoming to many people and I think groups like FSFE have legitimate reasons to want to avoid exposing their members to this stuff. It’s a hostile environment.
by barchar | 2025-12-04 20:23:36+00:00
I don't see how you spending time in ways that work well with your challenges is different from your job providing accomodations, except that if your employer is willing to work with you then you don't have to randomly roll the dice until you come up with an employer where things happen to work in whatever way you wanted.

It's not like one of the accomodations on the table is "not doing your job"
by encroach | 2025-12-04 20:23:44+00:00
Why put a time limit on exams? Why not put everyone on the same playing field by allowing unlimited time to take the exam? The majority of exams at my university have no time limit (within the operating hours of the testing center), and it works well. At the end of the day, if you don't know the material, having more time isn't going to help you.
by 59nadir | 2025-12-04 20:23:47+00:00
I had this issue a few years ago with certain applications and came to find out that it had to do specifically with them using GTK. I googled for it and found the fix, and after all the same apps started practically instantly. Could this be what you're running into?

(I haven't used ghostty so I wouldn't know whether it's actually fast to start up, but what you wrote reminded me about this particular issue.)
by mikewarot | 2025-12-04 20:24:09+00:00
I bought a cheap Sipeed Tang Nano 9K FPGA Development Board (Gowin GW1NR-9 RISC-V HDMI) for $24 last year via Amazon. I ended up using Yosys[1] as a toolchain for programing, instead of the one from the manufacturer, code/program it. I had a lot of fun.

[1] https://yosyshq.net/yosys/
by gettingoverit | 2025-12-04 20:24:26+00:00
Dear Noam,

I remember your nickname from the Infernu project of yours. It was one of the best attempts at typechecking JavaScript I've ever seen, and it's as needed in modern days of TS team going insane as it never has been.

The things we don't really need more of are editors, CLI software, or Rust software.

Please reconsider your goals.