MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by fmjrey | 2025-12-06 14:54:56+00:00
Jeanne Rousseau, who passed away in 2012, asked in an interview [1]:

Why are the syzygy tidal coefficients equal when the quadrature tidal coefficients are at opposite extremes? Why are the syzygy coefficients at opposite extremes when the others are equal? Who can explain this using the laws of universal gravitation?

Her point is that you can't.

Earlier in that interview she says: I was put in touch with the Institut de Physique du Globe [2]. In April 1953, I met with Professor Coulomb [3], who was the director at the time, and asked him about the ionic variations that might occur during the lunar phases. His formal response was that there were none. However, I had already been observing them for some time. I must say that in 1953 I had already begun to observe the phenomenon of the tides. Being told that, apart from a minimum of atmospheric ionization at 4 a.m., there is nothing else that can have an impact on the biological, human, or other levels, I said: but there is the phenomenon of the tides! And that's when I got this response, which marked a break with the scientific community for me:

The phenomenon of the tides is a phenomenon that is beyond us. We waste our time when we take an interest in phenomena that are beyond us. If you don't want to waste yours, focus on other things.

Jeanne Rousseau demonstrated through observation that tidal phenomena are not solely gravitational but primarily electromagnetic. One can read more about this in English in this paper [4].

[1] https://youtu.be/ytWerrYTBLs

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_de_Physique_du_Globe_...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Coulomb

[4] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/384443419_Cosmic_Re...
by tayiorrobinson | 2025-12-06 14:54:59+00:00
To be fair, the microphone _is_ listed on the specsheet of the LicheeRV Nano

https://wiki.sipeed.com/hardware/en/lichee/RV_Nano/1_intro.h...

I assume they didn't intend to put a mic on the KVM product, but they wanted to make a KVM product, already had this SBC product, which reusing their existing stock of helped keep cost low.

Should they have been more up front about it it? Sure, and it's not great that they had a bunch of security issues in the FW anyway, so not exactly great, but "hidden microphone in a Chinese KVM" lets the mind wander
by quesera | 2025-12-06 14:55:44+00:00
Some quick numbers:

1/2500 .. What is the probability of being born blind? 1/100 .. What is the probability of having schizophrenia? 1/250000* .. What is the probability of both? 1/250000* .. What is the probability of both + having resources to have it diagnosed?

[*] Assuming genetic blindness (born this way) and schizophrenia (elevated genetic risk) are not somehow inversely linked.

So, in the US:

340MM people -> 1360 born-blind people who would develop schizophrenia

Reduce that by half or so, since schizophrenia tends to emerge in or after adolescence. And since it may be confusable at older ages with other brain health issues (is this true?).

So call it 700 people in the US alone. If it is in fact zero, that is significant!

I chose the US because 100% people will have adequate access to this level of medical care. A formal diagnosis is not the same thing as access, but a born-blind person either has parents/family, or has a state warden with access to care. This is also true in many many other countries, but certainly not all.

The US has 4.1% of the world population. Figure 50% of the world does not have this level of medical access. It's probably less than that, but maybe not.

This suggests about 10,000 people worldwide, living today, who would be affected, and in an environment where they would be diagnosed.
by wiseowise | 2025-12-06 14:56:07+00:00
Somehow it all happened just in time to coincide with the release of this big show: Samsung rolling out ads(a big story in its own), Pluberis (or whatever the name of the show) from the creator of the Breaking Bad on Apple TV, schizophrenic sister that is named Carol.

Totally NOT made up.

Not related at all, but I have this very exciting business idea – you can make billions, can you contact me via email in my bio? Not a scam, 100%.
by JamesSwift | 2025-12-06 14:56:24+00:00
Im not talking about this being the "best maze solver" and "better at solving mazes than humans". Im saying the model is "intelligent enough" to solve a maze.

And what Im really saying is that we need to stop moving the goal post on what "intelligence" is for these models, and start moving the goal post on what "intelligence" actually _is_. The models are giving us an existential crisis on not only what it might mean to _be_ intelligent, but also how it might actually work in our own brains. Im not saying the current models are skynet, but Im saying I think theres going to be a lot learned by reverse engineering the current generation of models to really dig into how they are encoding things internally.
by stefan_ | 2025-12-06 14:57:02+00:00
> But what additionally raised red flags was the presence of tcpdump and aircrack - tools commonly used for network packet analysis and wireless security testing. While these are useful for debugging and development, they are also hacking tools that can be dangerously exploited.

Must be another AI slop article. Stop feeding your writings into GPT & co to turn into extra long nonsense.
by ForceBru | 2025-12-06 14:57:04+00:00
Unfortunately, the whole point is that along with the fridge/whatever tech you purchase a billboard and willingly bring ads into your home. Of course ads on purchased devices should be mandatory AND we customers will soon be expected to pay a "subscription fee" to temporarily unsubscribe from the ads. What kind of company would possibly make ads opt-in? IMO allowing the owner to turn off ads is a problem (for the company), not a solution
by 9rx | 2025-12-06 14:57:31+00:00
> you might not like to talk about research orgs. Though I think they are example

Are they a good example, or are they simply an example of where the stakes are low to non-existent? If the farmer fails to make good on delivering value (i.e. food), there is real risk of you staving to death. That's a problem. If a researcher fails to deliver value. Oh well...? Hell, the very nature of research is such that sometimes value will not be found so that idea is baked in.
by toss1 | 2025-12-06 14:57:31+00:00
>>golden middle ground

Exactly!

You want the surgeon who took the time to study deeply, then went into practice doing as many surgeries as possible, but then also taking the time to review/debrief/analyze the process and results. So, yes, it is a real mix or "golden middle ground" with excursions to both extremes. The opposite of a one-size-fits-all approach to each step.
by hellojesus | 2025-12-06 14:58:15+00:00
I understand why it happens, and I am a registered republican, but that's mostly because I align most with small government and low regulatory environments philosophically. In practice, my voting record is probably some random smattering of blue, red, and green. I vote for the candidate I think is best, and I try to evaluate all candidates based on their positions before looking at their party affiliation.

But also I live in the Portland, OR metro area so my vote is pretty much irrelevant.
by SubiculumCode | 2025-12-06 14:58:30+00:00
I just asked Gemini Pro to put bounding boxes on the hippocampus from a coronal slice of a brain MRI. Complete fail. There has to be thousands of pictures of coronal brain slices with hippocampal labels out there, but apparently it learned none of it...unless I am doing it wrong.

https://i.imgur.com/1XxYoYN.png
by esseph | 2025-12-06 14:58:31+00:00
If you're not Cloudflare averse...

Setup immich VM or docker container with a cloudflare tunnel

Front access with Cloudflare Access (ZeroTrust) for free.

Set "can only be accessed by users with email = xyz@myuser”

Done.

Now assuming this is the same user email as the one you shared photos with, there is a base level of security keeping the riffraff away.

Home IP is never exposed either, because it's proxied through the cf tunnel.
by sloaken | 2025-12-06 14:58:36+00:00
IMHO it is all part of the documentation to enable people to up ramp.

What is missing from most documentation is simple Use Case.

You need a video / tutorial that is JUST 'Wheres the starting point'

Then one addressing what you expect most people to do.

Each tutorial should be no more than 5 minutes, ideally 1 minute. (hmm sounds like breaking up your code into manageable parts)

Making it easy to find the tutorials is important.

If one tutorial needs another, then point to it. Do not just say "before you start make sure you understand quantum theory"

You know this is like the 'one man band' where the person is playing a dozen instruments. "I do not understand, you know how to read music, why don't you strap this on and perform?" Er I don't know how to play the xylophone.

Ok let me teach you each instrument.... then we can put it together. Here is the symbol, here is the harmonica, we will just integrate these 2.

Hope this helps.
by close04 | 2025-12-06 14:58:53+00:00
I posted some links with data. You still think that improperly installing the only thing that keeps a speeding car on the road is not dangerous? You disagree even when the data is provided so that sets the bar for what your disagreement means.

BMW has manufactured engines and cars for over a century and historically they were relatively easy to fix by anyone. Their image in the press never suffered because of bad unofficial repairs.

All of this is trying to find a retroactive explanation that fits the result when the real reason is staring you in the face: they make money by making the owner entirely dependent on BMW as much as possible.

Your explanations are flimsy and disproven by data or history.
by jasoneckert | 2025-12-06 14:58:59+00:00
It's so nice to see installfests still happening in the Linux community - I have fond memories of running many of them 25 years ago.

As for the distributions mentioned, the points are definitely sage, but I would argue that the Flatpak-centered Fedora Silverblue is the best distribution for beginners, and that the sentence "...but the system can be potentially more unstable than Debian" is no longer true nowadays.
by Scandiravian | 2025-12-06 14:59:03+00:00
I think the sibling answer by oasisaimlessly is really good. I'd supplement it by saying that because you can have the entire configuration in a git repo, you can see what you've changed at what point in time

I'm the beginning I was doing one change, writing that change down in some log, then doing another change (this I'll mess up in about five minutes)

Now I'm creating a new commit, writing a description for it to help myself remember what I'm doing and then changing the Nix code. I can then review everything I've changed on the system by doing a simple diff. If something breaks I can look at my commit history and see every change I've ever made

It does still have some overhead in terms of keeping a clean commut history. I occasionally get distracted by other issues while working and I'll have to split the changes into two different commits, but I can do that after I've checked everything works, so it becomes a step at the end where I can focus fully on it instead of yet another thing I need to keep track of mentally
by mistersquid | 2025-12-06 15:00:16+00:00
> Was the kidney donor already dead, from something other than rabies, or were still alive for donation and later died?

FTA

> About five weeks later, the man started to hallucinate, have trouble walking and swallowing, and had a stiff neck, according to the C.D.C. report.

> Two days after his symptoms started, he collapsed of what was presumed to be a heart attack, the report said. The man was unresponsive and taken to a hospital, where he died.

> Several of his organs were donated, including his left kidney.
by Retric | 2025-12-06 15:01:09+00:00
That’s a comment born from ignorance. Farmers want hybrids for a wide range of crops because the are wildly more productive than heirloom varieties thus making them more money.

The first generation of Hybrid seeds are on average several times more productive than the second generation, yet they look the same. Further it’s much easier to gather a second generation of seeds than the first. Thus significantly worse product that’s cheaper to produce but looks identical barring genetic testing = counterfeit.
by barfoure | 2025-12-06 15:01:39+00:00
Yeah… she’s not wrong.

If you want to put an end to this you’ll either need to boycott products, make your own, or get something serious passed to abolish a good chunk of ads. This industry is loaded with money and they reinforce their own (see: ads on fridges) so good luck. It’s a tough battle.

Oh, and there are no roadway ads in Vermont.
by garciasn | 2025-12-06 15:01:44+00:00
Less popular because it’s not feasible for many. I live in MN. Biking 20mi to work when it’s -10F and in 6” of fresh snow on top of the 12” received so far this season just isn’t something that’s safe to do.

Please don’t make it seem like it’s a “popularity” thing; it’s a necessity thing.
by pirates | 2025-12-06 15:04:13+00:00
First of all fuck google, not just for this but for all the dumb crap they pull. They don’t get a pass out of some nonsensical appeal to authority. Second, If “large gamble” involves killing things then they shouldn’t be gambling. It doesn’t matter if it was a cat, bird, person, whatever. If autonomous cars are supposed to be so much better than human drivers then they need to figure this out. Most people never kill anything while driving.
by cardanome | 2025-12-06 15:04:22+00:00
The diagnosis criteria are written by and for neurotypical people. Autistic people are likely to dismiss them as not fitting because they are reading them too literally.

Also we tend to underestimate our own symptoms. As a ADHD person it took me a long time to understand that many of my struggles were not things everyone experienced. I still find it hard to really grasp that most people don't suffer from executive dysfunction and can just do things, even things they are not interested in.

Honestly if you relate to autistic people chances are high that you have some form of neurodivergence. It might be worth trying to get a diagnosis, even just to be sure.
by basilgohar | 2025-12-06 15:04:55+00:00
I think, if given the conscious choice, people would choose to not have ads as they are now. The point is, that choice is not given, and most people don't know how to eliminate them from their lives, or that they even have a choice

A lot happens in the world because people are passive, or prioritize their attention on other things, not that they are "okay" with it. If it was made easy for them, they'd choose it.

Lobbying ensures such choices are taken away from people, outside of the envelop of actionability by most people.
by Trasmatta | 2025-12-06 15:05:05+00:00
Every time I go the self hosting route, everything goes smoothly for awhile, and then decides to break 6 months down the line, and I have to waste a Saturday figuring it all out and upgrading things. Not what I want to do with my weekend, when I'm already doing software dev and maintenance for work. This happens even for super dependable, well written self hosted software.

On the other hand, maybe AI can help remove some of that pain for me now. Just have Claude figure out what's wrong. (Until it decides to hallucinate something, and makes things worse)
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by rahulbstomar | 2025-12-06 15:05:43+00:00
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by wongarsu | 2025-12-06 15:06:17+00:00
On the other hand I'd prefer a heart surgeon who performed a hundred low-stakes surgeries and is now on his first heart surgery over the heart surgeon who has done one heart surgery before but has otherwise no surgery experience

As the stakes get higher you have to slow down, but imho the right takeaway from that is that you need to find low-stakes environments where you can move fast, in addition to whatever high-stakes environment you have
by johannes1234321 | 2025-12-06 15:06:20+00:00
It's not that easy.

First I need to monitor all the dependencies inside my containers, which is half a Linux distribution in many cases.

Then I have to rebuild and mess with all potential issues if software builds ...

Yes, in the happy path it is just a "docker build" which updates stuff from a Linux distro repo and then builds only what is needed, but as soon as the happy path fails this can become really tedious really quickly as all people write their Dockerfiles differently, handle build step differently, use different base Linux distributions, ...

I'm a bit surprised this has to be explained in 2025, what field do you work in?
by jswelker | 2025-12-06 15:06:20+00:00
My friend, this is America. We already have so much experience relocating displaced undesirable native peoples into marginal lands where they can cosplay independence and autonomy. Oklahoma is pretty much taken, but I think we can spare Arkansas, Kentucky, and a few others.

I know a lot of people from high school for whom this would be a big step up in life actually.
by a_cardboard_box | 2025-12-06 15:06:31+00:00
The paper doesn't even use it consistently. At first it uses "all-cause mortality" to mean "all causes except COVID", and then in the results section it uses the same phrase to mean "all causes including COVID". The whole purpose of terms of art is to increase the specificity of language, but they're not doing that here. Their usage of the term is confusing.

Edit: I'm wrong. I could have sworn it said that the groups had similar all-cause mortality, but it doesn't.
by CharlieDigital | 2025-12-06 15:06:48+00:00
> What is missing from most documentation is simple Use Case.

There's a lesson to be learned from Microsoft's success with SharePoint in the 2007-2013 time frame where they absolutely sold a ton of deals in various verticals for what is otherwise a super generic productivity platform comprised of docs, calendars, task lists, etc.

Microsoft's strategy was simple: have vertical specific SMEs, sales teams, and solution delivery teams that build solutions that addressed specific use cases for those industries. Life sciences, legal, manufacturing, you name it: Microsoft had a vertical specific team that understood the use cases in those verticals. Their sales teams configured vertical specific demos. They shipped vertical specific templates and configurations for those use cases.

I ended up in life sciences (pharmas, biotechs) by happenstance and we helped customers get SharePoint configured for use cases like operating clinical trials on SharePoint.

The underlying platform is incredibly generic, but having your sales people speak the domain space and pre-configured solutions (or solution delivery partners) made it more palatable.

I think most companies that are building these kind of tools need an "on-ramp" that is industry or use-case specific designed with SMEs or customer observations for those use cases.
by Zambyte | 2025-12-06 15:07:02+00:00
You keep saying "no" and then agreeing with me.

> No, the point of permissive licenses is that third-party derivatives, which have no impact on the licensing of the original, don't have to be free ever, while the point of copyleft licenses is that they do.

This should read "Yes, [...]".

The point of permissive licenses is for people to sublicense it. You can use this to sublicense the software using a license that actually enforces it must remain Free (see Redict for an example) but it is almost always the case that someone uses this headlining feature of permissive licenses to lock the code up and extract rent.

Your next paragraph frames single contributor or CLA as the two primary development patterns, when that those are absolutely the exception, especially if we exclude repos for things like AoC our homework, which are mostly single contributor.
by unyttigfjelltol | 2025-12-06 15:07:18+00:00
What you are observing is the trick the industry used to get approval for changing LED billboards— they “donate” say fifteen hours per month to public service announcements. This kind of concession is gold to an ambitious public servant, the old prohibitions never stood a chance. The PSA could be “stop electronic billboards” but that was the way they got through high-friction public processes.

Good org on the other side of the issue: Scenic America: https://www.scenic.org/why-scenic-conservation/billboards-an...
by anonymars | 2025-12-06 15:07:19+00:00
The bank is essentially converting a short term IOU (liquid deposits) into a longer term IOU (the loan)

It's a function of time (mediated by interest rates, subject to market demand, namely liquidity preferences)

That's not the same as outright "printing money" which is not backed by any deposits (what does the balance sheet look like when "printing money"?)
by Atlas667 | 2025-12-06 15:07:49+00:00
This is kinda how I've come to view psychology because in the context I was raised mental health support was a luxury left for the wealthy. Albeit more about personality, upbringing and status rather than just individual idiosyncracies.

I understand that this may be a categorical error, since psychology can be the categorization of symptoms, but a lot of the things I learned "from the outside" really still stick.

Like the wealthier populations getting neat little explanations/excuses whenever convenient. Theres the scholastic benefit of ADHD diagnosis and anxiety diagnosis, which can help a lot in school/academia and to everyone else who cant afford it they get the cheaper label: "being bad at school" or "dumb". And still requires even more effort.

Theres the trauma and therapy cycles for otherwise normal behaviors like separation anxiety from parents, not being popular or highly esteemed, stress from not attaining goals, etc. The cheaper treatment being to suck it up.

What is normal for the poor to carry is a diagnoses and special treatment for those who can afford it.

And this is also reflected within the office as well! The outcome can be better if the professionals empathize with the one seeking treatment (theres a whole class/racial component here).

I agree with your sentiment and I think it's really all down to wealth and/or availability.