MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by raincom | 2025-12-05 18:45:03+00:00
Most of the box springs sold today have the box shape, but don't contain springs. They just put slats on the two sides of the box, encased with a fabric. That's why it is better to go with a sturdy frame with slats less than 3 inches apart due to the geometry of the coils in mattresses.

As mattress companies want to cut down the costs, they find cute names to replace the real springs. Leggett & Platt's Weblok is the spring version of foundations: https://beddingcomponents.com/weblok Other foundations LP sell have 'torsion springs'; they are not springs at all. That's why mattress manufacturers just make boxes with slats; if the boxes are thinner, they are called "bunkie boards".

Only luxury mattress makers sell real box springs along with flippable two side mattresses. In the states, at least you see Shifman. Duxiana combines two layers of springs, the bottom layer acting as foundation, the top layer allows zoned flexible springs; a topper sits on the top of these two coil layers.

Even some European mattress makers follow another approach: 5 inch Bonnell/open coils + 5 inch pocket coils + 2 inches of comfort layer--all in a single mattress. Saatva Classic Mattress follows a similar pattern; however they use cheap coils in both layers.

Historically, springs started as box springs (a separate layer); on top of these boxes, one used cotton/wool mattresses. Remember rope beds (you can see them in the third world). Folks just use cotton/wool layers on such rope beds. Instead of rope beds, one uses box springs on a frame. That's an easy replacement. Over the time, spring layer and comfort layers are stitched together. Flippable mattresses need real box springs as well.

European slats (curved slats sold at IKEA for instance) also function as springs for all foam mattresses (latex or non-latex). This is why many local mattress manufacturers in the USA don't recommend European slats for their hybrid mattresses.
by Y_Y | 2025-12-05 18:45:12+00:00
> INTERCAL has many other features designed to make it even more aesthetically unpleasing to the programmer: it uses statements such as "READ OUT", "IGNORE", "FORGET", and modifiers such as "PLEASE". This last keyword provides two reasons for the program's rejection by the compiler: if "PLEASE" does not appear often enough, the program is considered insufficiently polite, and the error message says this; if it appears too often, the program could be rejected as excessively polite.
by oatlgr | 2025-12-05 18:45:35+00:00
This hits close to home. I'm UK-based remote working for a US company, and I've seen this play out more times than I'd like. Led the architecture and design on products that went on to do $100m+, only for someone else to waltz in and take the credit once I'd moved on to the next thing. The annoying bit is that being good at your job often means you get dragged into the next hard problem before the last one's had its moment. Meanwhile, whoever happens to be standing there when the champagne corks pop gets all the credit. The paper trail advice is bang on. I'd just add - document decisions as you make them, not after the fact. Architecture decision records, design docs with your name on them, commit histories that tell the story. Handy when people's memories start getting conveniently fuzzy.
by grayhatter | 2025-12-05 18:45:58+00:00
Why not learn both?

For hobby projects, zig will get you *much* closer to the underlying system. So if your goal is systems programming where you're responsible for and get to play with the system itself. Zig will get you there much faster, and the language wont take much time to learn and have fun with.

Surely someone will now attempt to correct me, by asserting it's impossible for anyone to write safe code without rust, and it's improper for me to even suggest Zig. But I'm enjoying the language a lot. It's easy to pick up and understand, and importantly it gets out of your way quickly so you can build exactly the system you want.

For more complex or professional projects however, I would still recommend Zig but more because I can't stand rust. It bothers me that it rejects valid programs because the compiler is unable to prove what I can. So the additional dance rust requires ruins an otherwise fine language.

edit: my default language before zig was also python, so feels reasonable to also mention that I'm pretty sure it'll be significantly easier to transition from python into Zig rather than into rust. There's a number of idioms and expectations from python that fit well in zig, but dont fit in rust.
by shadowgovt | 2025-12-05 18:46:17+00:00
Perhaps worth noting because I'm not sure how many people realize it:

Chickenpox is actually a neurological disease; that's how it re-emerges as shingles later in life. The virus infects nerve cells but (as far as we know) hides out in them without damaging them. Because nerves are critical to bodily function and don't regenerate nearly as efficiently as (for example) skin, liver, or other "sheet tissues" (tissue made of small cells is easier to regenerate; nerves can be as long as a meter and regeneration involves growing a new cell that entire distance), the body has a pile of immunosuppressant signals to prevent killing the nerve while trying to fight an infection. "Hey white blood cells: I know we hate chickenpox, but we hate not being able to swallow more, so maybe lay off the throat nerves, right?"

... but as a result, one doesn't generally purge the chickenpox infection after it occurs. Breakouts into other tissue are swiftly suppressed by our immune systems our whole lives (so swiftly that you don't get symptoms or become contagious), but as we age and the immune system weakens, a breakout can become a full infection and the result is shingles.

... and now, it seems that the "infects nerves without damaging them" hypothesis should be up for question.
by thepasswordapp | 2025-12-05 18:46:19+00:00
The credential stuffing angle here is worth highlighting - the breach happened because users reused passwords from other breached sites.

What's frustrating is that even security-conscious users face a massive burden after any breach: changing passwords across dozens or hundreds of accounts. Research shows the average remediation gap after breach disclosure is 94 days - most people simply don't do it because it's too tedious.

We've solved password generation and storage. What's still broken is the actual process of updating passwords at scale when you need to respond to a breach like this one.
by proberts | 2025-12-05 18:46:47+00:00
The regulations and long-standing USCIS policy and practice support remaining in valid status in the U.S. after January 10th as long as the O-1 petition is filed before January 10th. But we are hearing stories of USCIS starting to take a different view and treating someone in that situation as out of status even though the O-1 change of status petition is pending and was timely filed.
by grim_io | 2025-12-05 18:46:55+00:00
What even is this mysterious device?

A device trying to duplicate a part of smartphone/smartwatch functionality is doomed to fail, as those can easily just be an app on said devices.

So the computation part is likely out of the question. Input/output remains, and there is really not much you can innovate here.

Smartglasses? EarPod clones?
by yesfitz | 2025-12-05 18:47:13+00:00
"Cheat" might not be the most helpful way to think about this particular situation. More like a glitch in a multiplayer game.[1]

It's not "cheating" in that players are using the system as-is, and after a critical mass of people adopt it, there is no way to play competitively without it.

The simple answer becomes to patch the behavior out of the system, although that is rarely popular with the people who have adopted the strategy and invested a lot in the system.

1:https://quake.fandom.com/wiki/Bunny_Hopping
by thewebguyd | 2025-12-05 18:47:17+00:00
> Apple will revive Boot Camp for Windows and deem it useful to include Linux this time?

If Apple wanted to, they could already do that right now. Windows runs on arm just fine. Heck, windows on Arm in a parallels VM runs better on my macbook pro than it does natively on an x86 laptop.

If Apple would make some drivers, even just for Windows, I bet they'd sell more macs. But it would seem Apple either calculated that ecosystem/services lock-in is way more important to them than a potential boost in hardware sales for alternative OSes, or they are really reluctant to make drivers for Apple Silicon available elsewhere out of fear it'll expose some trade secrets, which they didn't have to worry about when they used intel.
by gaigalas | 2025-12-05 18:47:20+00:00
I think the anger towards AI is completely fabricated.

Where are the new luddites, really? I just don't see them. I see people talking about them, but they never actually show up.

My theory is that they don't actually exist. Their existence would legitimize AI, not bring it down, so AI people fantasize about this imaginary nemesis.
by mapontosevenths | 2025-12-05 18:47:24+00:00
When I really want to nuke it so that nothing grows, like in a decorative stone area, I use water softener salt. I dissolve it in a bucket of water until no more will dissolve then pour it wherever I want the vegetation to stop growing.

Anything there will die, and nothing will grow again for a long time. Although, it does spring back to life eventually. Usually once a year is sufficient.
by deltafsociety | 2025-12-05 18:48:11+00:00
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by swatcoder | 2025-12-05 18:48:21+00:00
It's not been formally evidenced as beneficial in younger, healthy people (there just haven't been studies) so receiving it is "off label".

It's possible to find someone who would write a prescription for it anyway, as with many off label prescriptions with low perceived risk of harm, but insurance is unlikely to cover it.

Many/most doctors won't do that, though, especially without at least some kind of specific reason (like having recurrent cases already).
by Telaneo | 2025-12-05 18:48:28+00:00
Graphics APIs have trended to be lower level, running basically directly on the GPU. I doubt Microsoft will be able to convince game developers to go the other way just to get their fingers inbetween you and your game.

Microsoft has been absolute dogshit at releasing newer program APIs for developer to use. Wine doesn't support UWPs/appx just because there's no demand, since no-one uses the Windows Store. You expect that same Microsoft to get game devs to jump on their new DRM scheme?

Microsoft released even their darling Halo in 2020 and 2021, and have committed to release Halo: Campaign Evolved in 2026 on Steam. I can't think of any new titles under the Microsoft umbrella that hasn't also released in Steam. They've realised that battle is lost. They can change course, but that doesn't mean they'll get anything out of that.

Developers are already doing sanity checks and patches specific to SteamOS. That trend will continue if SteamOS or Linux gains ground. It doesn't matter that the foundation is Microsoft, because even if Microsoft goes bankrupt tomorrow, that foundation doesn't disappear, and even the most malicious Microsoft can't unmake reimplementations or translation layers of their APIs.

That same studio would prefer to make a stable Windows version than an unstable Linux version that might not even work in 5 years since it used some stupid dependency. ANd if they're sensible about it and do a sanity check with Proton, Valve doesn't even have to do any work for them outside of what's already been done.
by Jean-Michelgos | 2025-12-05 18:49:25+00:00
I read the article it's about blue check marks, I'm replying to a comment that says that the fine should be higher and should apply to more people? Is he really suggesting blue check marks as the action requiring more than 120 million dollar fine and be applied to more big corps ? Which big corps and what specifically are their "blue check marks" action that warrants bazillion dollar fines?????
by Retric | 2025-12-05 18:49:26+00:00
> Maybe? You’re making blind assertions with no data.

I’ve seen or talked to more than five people doing it (IE called them, showed up at their house, etc) and even more people mentioned doing the same when I asked. That’s plenty of examples to say it’s fairly common behavior even if I can’t give you exact percentages.

Convince vs using the TV remove was mentioned, but if it’s not worth using the remote it’s definitely not worth going to the moves.
by nottorp | 2025-12-05 18:49:32+00:00
Speaking of which, I recently ran into scans of some local magazines from the 30s.

There was a cinema magazine, and i ran into a 6 page obituary for this guy:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lon_Chaney

Some silent movie star. Never heard of him before. Looks like he was worth 1/8 of the non-ad content 1 year after his death in 1931.
by everdrive | 2025-12-05 18:49:44+00:00
That might drift in the future. I've actually found myself leaving small errors in sometimes since it suggests that I actually wrote it. I don't use literal em-dashes -- but I often use the manual version and have been doing so much longer than mainstream LLMs have been around. I also use a lot of bulleted lists -- both of which imply LLM usage. I take my writing seriously, even when it's just an internet comment. The idea that people might think I wrote with an LLM would be insulting.

But further and to the point, spelling / grammar errors might be a boutique sign of authenticity, much like fake "hand-made" goods with intentional errors or aging added in the factory.
by lumost | 2025-12-05 18:50:00+00:00
I’m quickly becoming convinced that humans adapt to ai content and quickly find it boring. It’s the same effect as walking through the renaissance section of an art museum or watching 10 action movies. You quickly become accustomed to the flavor of the content and move on. With human generated content, the process and limitations can be interesting - but there is no such depth to ai content.

This is fine for topics that don’t need to be exciting, like back office automation, data analysis, programming etc. but leads me to believe most content made for human consumption will still need to be human generated.

I’ve ceased using ai for writing assistance beyond spell check/accuracy/and as an automated reviewer. The core prose has to be human written to not sound like slop.
Show HN: Haven – Banking needs a safer browser
by bms13ca | 2025-12-05 18:50:27+00:00
My team and I built Haven. It is a stripped down browser that only connects to verified financial institutions and blocks everything else. No extensions, no injected scripts, no overlays, no random third party code. It is not a general browser, it is just a controlled environment for banking and investing.

Why? I have spent years building browser extensions and know exactly how much power they have. The extension model is useful, but the security model is too loose and a single malicious install can see everything, rewrite everything, and mislead a user without leaving a trace. My dad learned that the hard way after installing a fake Zoom extension and then losing money from his banking account.

In addition to my dad’s story, the number of people adding AI into their current browsers or using AI native browsers is growing and offers amazing capabilities, but the risks are growing exponentially. I wanted to build a way for him and for anyone, from sophisticated users to normal users, to bank safely.

It is currently free for consumers as we learn how people use it and determine a future revenue model for providing secure sessions. At our core we believe in privacy, which is the reason we are building this product. We are funded by trusted and established investors including Google Ventures, Valley Capital Partners, and others.

If you want to try it the app is at https://starthaven.com.

Looking for people to test this out, get product feedback and feature requests!
by kccqzy | 2025-12-05 18:50:34+00:00
Config updates are not so clear cut from code changes.

Once I worked with a team in the anti-abuse space where the policy is that code deployments must happen over 5 days and config updates can take a few minutes. Then an engineer on the team argued that deploying new Python code doesn’t count as a code change because the CPython interpreter did not change; it didn’t even restart. And indeed given how dynamic Python is, it is totally possible to import new Python modules that did not exist when the interpreter process is launched.
by AndrewKemendo | 2025-12-05 18:50:34+00:00
It’s not a backlash on the AI it’s a backlash on the society that is utilizing it

Go and read all of the anti-AI articles and they will eventually boil down to something to the effect of:

“the problems we have are more foundational and fundamental and AI looks like a distraction”

However this is a directionless complaint that falls under the “complaining about technology“ trope

As a result there is no real coherent conversation about what AI is how do we define it what are people actually complaining about what are we rallying against because people are overwhelmingly utilizing it in every part of life
by goku12 | 2025-12-05 18:51:00+00:00
Irrelevant and misleading. Three reasons:

1. We had serviceable devices and vehicles for ages. There was an equally tiny group of people who knew how to service them. However, everyone used to benefit because they paid those tiny group to do it for them. They benefited because those servicemen had incentives that were more aligned with the consumers, than with the manufacturers.

2. This is not like asking the OEMs to develop a feature that serves a tiny group. The size of that group is no excuse to go out of their way to restrict them. This is an explicitly hostile and actively malicious move. That's why I said your mother's unwillingness to use the feature is no excuse to deny the same to others. But you ignored that argument altogether.

3. The 'tiny slice' is not nearly as tiny or insignificant as you'd like others to believe. Plenty of people, especially the teenagers and the youth like to tinker around with devices. The success and popularity of earlier Arduino and Raspberry Pi are undeniable testimony to that. It's also from this group of tinkerers who started from their garage that we got the next generation of innovators like Bill Gates and Steve Wozniak. These sort of restrictions deny the next generation their own such pioneers and the free-market competition.

OEMs rely on misleading and dishonest arguments like this to gaslight the consumers into unfair deals and squeeze out every bit of unfair profit. In a fair world, such attempts would be strongly condemned and penalized with a loss of marketshare. And it's about time that became a reality.

However, my question wasn't that at all. My question was, what's your motivation in repeating their argument here? How does such an anti-consumer argument help you in any way? Is it consumer Stockholm syndrome?
Best strategies for scaling outreach as a creator or small business?
by betty_garet | 2025-12-05 18:51:09+00:00
I’ve been experimenting with different outreach strategies to grow my audience and generate leads, and I’m curious what’s working for others here.

I’ve also been using OptaReach, which helps manage campaigns, track leads, and organize messages in one place it’s made testing different outreach approaches much easier.

How do you approach outreach at scale? Any tools, tips, or workflows that have worked well for you?
by donmcronald | 2025-12-05 18:51:13+00:00
> A lot of this AI backlash feels less about the tech itself and more about people feeling economically exposed.

This is what it is for me. I can see the value in AI tech, but big tech has inserted themselves as unneeded middlemen in way too much of our lives. The cynic in me is convinced this is just another attempt at owning us.

That leaked memo from Zuckerberg about VR is a good example. He's looking at Google and Apple having near absolute control over their mobile users and wants to get an ecosystem like that for Facebook. There's nothing about building a good product or setting things up so users are in control. It's all about wanting to own an ecosystem with trapped users.

If they can, big tech will gate every interaction or transaction and I think they see AI as a way to do that at scale. Don't ask your neighbour how to change a tire on your car. Ask AI. And pay them for the "knowledge".
by magicalist | 2025-12-05 18:51:17+00:00
> Blame NYTimes for leaking the internal memo.

Blame them for what, exactly?

We have no information about how highly motivated anti-vaxxers in positions of power over the FDA arrived at this conclusion except "the team has performed an initial analysis"[1]. That's literally it. Your claim that "FDA career scientists" conducted the follow-up can't even be based on this flimsy a statement. Moreover, these deaths have already been investigated by FDA career scientists and found these conclusions unwarranted.

Prasad spends the rest of the memo politically grandstanding (including claiming it was the FDA commissioner that was the hero here, forcing this issue, not FDA career scientists) and dismissing any objections to very obvious arguments against his claim (that have been made and published multiple times over the past five years) without any evidence, while providing no evidence of his own, in a memo addressing FDA career scientists.

Seriously, everyone should go read his memo. It's basically just a shitty antivax substack post, yet will apparently be FDA policy going forward. Another win for meritocracy.

> The detailed FDA analysis still isn't public. That's exactly why we should demand it instead of dismissing the claim.

The only "claim" here just sounds more official because RFKjr got a bunch of his best antivax buddies to be in charge of the FDA (same with the ACIP). There's no way to even consider it without evidence, so there's nothing to dismiss. Come back when you have something real.

[1] https://www.biocentury.com/article/657740
Show HN: Stripe for AI Agents
by icpay | 2025-12-05 18:51:28+00:00
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by walletdrainer | 2025-12-05 18:52:00+00:00
> George W. Bush, for example, is alleged to have taken cocaine

And basically any big name in the financial industry has almost certainly used loads of cocaine. They’re mostly not suffering any horrible consequences.

But of course there’s a world of difference between cocaine use and addiction. An addict might start their day with a line, every day, but that’s far from typical use.
by autoexec | 2025-12-05 18:52:17+00:00
> However, the company is so big that there’s so many different products all shipping at the same time it can be hard to correlate it to your release

This kind of thing would be more understandable for a company without hundreds of billions of dollars, and for one that hasn't centralized so much of the internet. If a company has grown too large and complex to be well managed and effective and it's starting to look like a liability for large numbers of people there are obvious solutions for that.