MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by anildash | 2025-12-13 14:54:46+00:00
People love to smugly suggest this useless advice like there aren’t literal public services from governments around the world that are being tied to these platforms, let alone the many private companies which gate access to their goods and services behind apps on proprietary devices.

To say nothing of the fact that well-adjusted humans need to communicate with friends and family, and many times that also practically requires being on these platforms as well.
by jamiesonbecker | 2025-12-13 14:55:33+00:00
These questions are meant to be constructively critical, but not hyper-critical: I'm genuinely interested and a big fan of open-source projects in this space:

* In terms of a high-performance AI-focused S3 competitor, how does this compare to NVIDIA's AIstore? https://aistore.nvidia.com/

* What's the clustering story? Is it complex like ceph, requires K8s like AIstore for full functionality, or is it more flexible like Garage, Minio, etc?

* You spend a lot of time talking about performance; do you have any benchmarks?

* Obviously most of the page was written by ChatGPT: what percentage of the code was written by AI, and has it been reviewed by a human?

* How does the object storage itself work? How is it architected? Do you DHT, for example? What tradeoffs are there (CAP, for example) vs the 1.4 gazillion alternatives?

* Are there any front-end or admin tools (and screenshots)?

* Can a cluster scale horizontally or only vertically (ie Minio)

* Why not instead just fork a previous version of Minio and then put a high-speed metadata layer on top?

* Is there any telemetry?

* Although it doesn't matter as much for my use case as for others, what is the specific jurisdiction of origin?

* Is there a CLA and does that CLA involve assigning rights like copyright (helps prevent the 'rug-pull' closing-source scenario)?

* Is there a non-profit Foundation, goal for CNCF sponsorship or other trusted third-party to ensure that the software remains open source (although forks of prior versions mostly mitigates that concern)?

Thanks!
by bbminner | 2025-12-13 14:56:08+00:00
It is very interesting though! I have been interested in this kind of language design for interactive UI for a while. If there was a quick article outlining how all the "with" and "on" and "own" work to more experienced developers using references to existing language features, I'd love to read it. Right now it reminds me of the declarative style of qt ui and online primitives introduced in godot, but i haven't looked at it in more details. Also love your take on async. Wish you all the best luck, this seems like a really thought through language design!
by switknee | 2025-12-13 14:56:19+00:00
There never will be a 1 for 1 replacement because the two systems have different approaches. Why would you want a direct replacement when you could have something better?

GPOs are a windows thing and don't apply to other systems. The generic equivalent is configuration management, for which there are many solutions. Linux updates are much easier than windows updates, and many linux systems now use immutable and atomic updates by default, which further reduces risk.

For directory, openLDAP just does LDAP. DNS is done with Kea or Unbound.

Fundamentally the issue is a lack of familiarity. The only way to become familiar with a system is... to use it.
by PaulHoule | 2025-12-13 14:56:19+00:00
Not explosive (mostly Pu238), not water soluble, encapsulated in ceramic. If someone ground it up in a high energy ball mill and incorporated into cigarettes it would be devastating, in fact US regulators are very wary of the French Pu + HEBM fuel fabrication process. As an intact lump in a glacier I wouldn't worry about it -- there's sort of an expectation that that kind of device will get lost in desolate places.
by _alternator_ | 2025-12-13 14:56:23+00:00
I think you are asking whether consciousness might be a fundamentally different “thing” from physics and thus hard or impossible to simulate.

I think there is abundant evidence that the answer is ‘no’. The main reason is that consciousness doesn’t give you new physics, it follows the same rules and restrictions. It seems to be “part of” the standard natural universe, not something distinct.
by businessmate | 2025-12-13 14:56:36+00:00
External artificial intelligence systems increasingly influence how organizations are represented to customers, procurement teams, analysts, and other decision-makers. Despite this, most enterprise governance frameworks treat external AI reasoning as out of scope. This governance note documents a single post-incident control test that reveals whether an organization has effective control over external AI representation. When applied under audit conditions, most enterprises are unable to answer the test with reproducible evidence. The analysis explains why common monitoring and AI governance practices fail this test and clarifies where accountability ultimately lands after an incident.
by yreg | 2025-12-13 14:56:37+00:00
Youtube is full of scam baiting videos – of people who waste scammer's time for entertainment.

A very usual scenario is that the scammer pretends to be a technician doing some remote support and for example pretends to provide some refund. Then they pretend that they've mistakenly sent out e.g. 10x the amount and they ask for the difference back, claiming that their job is on the line.

Crypto would work, but since they target old and tech-illiterate people, the easiest way is usually to ask the victim to go to a store, buy gift cards and read out the codes.

Google kitboga (a known scam baiter) for the videos.
by insane_dreamer | 2025-12-13 14:56:44+00:00
It's one thing to lock someone's account so they can't make payments or whatever. It's another altogether to lock them out of accessing their own documents / photos / etc. That's just 100% unacceptable regardless of what triggered it. And even if they did have a valid reason to lock your account, at the very least it should be, "you have 7 days to download / clear out your documents".

Absolutely horrible black mark on Apple.

I'll be buying an external HDD to download all my photos / iCloud docs to. I've been too trusting.
by thomashabets2 | 2025-12-13 14:57:18+00:00
The portability story for Go is awful. I've blogged about this before: https://blog.habets.se/2022/02/Go-programs-are-not-portable....

It's yet another example of Go authors just implementing the least-effort without even a slight thought to what it would mean down the line, creating a huge liability/debt forever in the language.
Show HN: PlanEat AI, an AI iOS app for weekly meal plans and smart grocery lists
by franklinm1715 | 2025-12-13 14:57:29+00:00
Hi HN,

I am Valerii and I have been working on PlanEat AI, an iOS app that builds fully personalized weekly meal plans with a smart grouped grocery list.

The problem I am trying to solve is simple most people who want to eat better do not struggle with nutrition theory, they struggle with the daily questions

what to cook today, how to keep it sustainable, and what to buy for the week.

I tried Instagram and TikTok recipes, ChatGPT prompts, and existing meal planner apps. For me they failed in three places 1. low personalization I hate a bunch of ingredients, my wife hates a different bunch, and apps rarely adapt to that 2. they treat recipes and grocery lists as separate worlds 3. too many perfect recipes that do not fit real life time and local products

What PlanEat AI does now^ - builds a weekly meal plan based on goals, dislikes, available time and basic cooking equipment - generates simple step by step recipes using normal ingredients - creates a smart grocery list that is grouped by store sections and stays in sync with the plan - lets you quickly swap meals and update the list without redoing everything

Under the hood it uses an LLM based planner plus some logic to keep plans realistic in terms of time and number of ingredients. I am still iterating on the trade off between healthy enough and actually doable after work.

I would love feedback from you on - is the onboarding clear enough or does it ask for too much - does the weekly plan view make sense at a glance - what feels most annoying or confusing in the first two minutes of using it

Right now it is iOS only. If you do not want to install the app, there are screenshots and a short explanation on the landing page as well.

We are also launching it on Product Hunt today as a way to collect more early feedback from non technical users. The main reason I am posting here though is to learn what I am missing from a builder point of view.

Thanks for taking a look, I am happy to answer any questions about the product, the tech behind it, or the process of turning a personal diet problem into an app.
by teugent | 2025-12-13 14:57:34+00:00
We ran a controlled 110-cycle benchmark on GPT-4o under identical context limits and temperature.

Baseline used a static system prompt. SIGMA runtime reasserts identity and consolidates context each cycle.

Results: - 60.7% fewer tokens (1322 → 520) - 20.9% lower latency (3.22s → 2.55s) - baseline drifted at cycle 23 and collapsed by cycle 73

No fine-tuning, no RAG, no larger context window. Just runtime-level control.

Happy to answer questions.
by kragen | 2025-12-13 14:58:22+00:00
Probably worth reading Doctorow's "Scroogled": https://craphound.com/scroogled.html

Centralization of power in unaccountable organizations has always been a recipe for disaster.

I could suggest some slogans:

"Apple. Not even once."

"Friends don't let friends use Apple."

But I think this is a problem that merits more than slogans.
by poznerd | 2025-12-13 14:58:40+00:00
I’ve been working on a side project called Forevi for the past ~2 months.

It started as a personal thing when I tried to restore some old family photos, especially for my grandpa. He didn’t want a material gift for his birthday - he’s one of those people who says they don’t need anything, but actually cares a lot about memories. Most tools I tried either changed faces or added weird filters, making everything look overly “AI-smooth,” which kind of defeats the point when you’re dealing with real moments.

So I built Forevi with a simple focus: restoring old photos without changing faces or geometry, adding natural color instead of filters, upscaling images so they’re actually printable, and optionally animating photos with close-to-real motion and sound. It’s meant mostly for real family archives and any old and/or damaged photos.

I don’t expect to make a lot of money from this. There are paid plans mainly to cover generation costs (no crazy 300% ROI like some similar services). This is very much a side project.

I’d really appreciate honest feedback on what feels right, what feels off, and what you’d improve or remove.

Thanks, Daniel
by Aperocky | 2025-12-13 14:59:04+00:00
So they built an object storage to replace filesystem.

And in "Why Not Just Use a Filesystem?", the answer they gave is "the line is already blurring" and "industry is converging".

The line maybe blurring but as mentioned is still a clear cut use case for file system - or if higher access speed is warranted, just slap more RAM to the system and cache them. It will still cost less even at current cost of RAM.
by oersted | 2025-12-13 14:59:57+00:00
Small objects and low latency.

Why not use any of the great KV stores out there? Or a traditional database even.

People use object storage for the low cost, not because it is a convenient abstraction. I suspect some people use the faster expensive S3 simply as a stopgap. Because they started with object storage, the requirements changed, it is no longer the right tool for the job but it is a hassle to switch, and AWS is taking advantage of their situation. I suppose that offering an alternative to those people for a non-extortionate price is a decent business model, but I am not sure how big that market is or how long it will last. And it's not really a question of better tech, I'm sure AWS could make it a lot cheaper if they wanted to.

But object storage at the price of a database with the performance of a database, is just a database, and I doubt that quickly reinventing that wheel yielded anything too competitive.
by uyzstvqs | 2025-12-13 15:00:54+00:00
> The paper suggests a simple approach: using a signal from the device’s operating system, activated by the parent during configuration. The option “is this device for a minor?” would generate a flag that cannot be bypassed with a reset and would allow online services to receive only binary information — isMinor: true/false — without names, documents or other personal information. “I’m not talking about ‘stamping’ every network request with a label,” the author clarifies, “but a simple API check on request, very similar to accessing geolocation data”. A solution that, from the EDP’s perspective, demonstrates how security can be strengthened without sacrificing privacy.

This is great! Absolutely the correct solution. Finally, at least some politicians who get it?
by 6r17 | 2025-12-13 15:02:23+00:00
Io-uring has it's fair amount of CVEs ; I'm wondering if people are checking these out ; because the goal is not to just make something fast ; but fast & secure. It's a little bit of a grey area in my opinion for prod on public machines. Anyone has a counter view on this I'm genuinely curious maybe i'm over cautious ?

ps : there are actually other faster and more secure options than io-uring but I won't spoil ;)
by MomsAVoxell | 2025-12-13 15:03:23+00:00
I have a multi-purpose kettle that I can use to boil water, heat the room, cook a small amount of food, or use as a sand battery for when its cold in the desert, where the kettle is designed to operate as long as there is a handful of material to burn.

It is fair to observe a separation methodology, but I also have to say, in some cases multi-purpose devices have their place.

If, say, the self-heating mug involved solar harvesting, I'd put a couple in my kettle bag, for sure.
by insane_dreamer | 2025-12-13 15:04:27+00:00
> this sort of thing shouldn’t be possible any more than a bank deciding to take all your money with no recourse. (They can close your account, but they can’t keep your money.)

To me this is the biggest problem. Just like a bank can decide to close your account at any time, it's reasonable that Apple (or any business) could do the same. But they can't keep your stuff.

You can say "don't be naive and assume your cloud data is safe", but in today's world that's like saying "don't keep your money in a bank". The reason I pay for iCloud storage is because it's supposed to be safe (safer than my local HDD going bust or getting lost).
by arielcostas | 2025-12-13 15:05:23+00:00
You can fetch a user's PGP public key via their HKPS endpoint, for example https://mail-api.proton.me/pks/lookup?op=get&search=username.... The one who apparently doesn't support PGP at all is Tuta.

Ideally, you'd be able to provide the service your key directly (you can do it in Sourcehut for example, IIRC), and they use that key without relying on a third-party server. Maybe using something like WebFinger could be a solution too, for automatic key discovery from a "trusted" party (the recipient's email server).
by noahjk | 2025-12-13 15:05:43+00:00
> I think it’s a mistake to put even teen social media use in the same category as screens for young kids

Dangerous for different reasons. Unregulated screen time for young kids teaches their brain to expect stimulation at all times, and will usually increase their discomfort when they don't have it.

We try really hard to limit screen time to a couple times a week for max 30-45 minutes. Nothing saddens me more than seeing a totally content kid in public being sat down and handed a screen as the default (because it's 'easier' for the parent), depriving them of enjoying the world. Also see a lot of young kids who will cry and cry until they get it.
by abustamam | 2025-12-13 15:06:05+00:00
I watched an interview with Elon Musk a few years ago (circa 2018?). I'm no fan of him but he was asked about AGI and he kinda just said matter of factly, AI can view humanity as we view anthills. We don't really care about anthills, but if they're in the way of us building a neighborhood in an area then goodbye anthill.

I'm not sure if I like that take because of how horrifying it is, but I found it very interesting that harm can be caused so nonchalantly by more powerful entities, since humans already view themselves as the most powerful entity.
by hexaga | 2025-12-13 15:06:18+00:00
Unavoidable: expecting someone else to do the connection isn't a viable strategy in semi-adversarial conditions so it has to be bound into the local context, which costs clarity:

- Escaping death doesn't become more tractable because you don't want to die.

This is trivially 'willfully misunderstood', whereas my original framing is more difficult -- you'd need to ignore the parallel with the root level comment, the parallel with the conversation structure thus far, etc. Less clear, but more defensible. It's harder to plausibly say it is something it is not, and harder to plausibly take it to mean a position I don't hold (as I do basically think that requiring formalized proofs is a _practically_ impossible ask).

By your own reckoning, you understood it regardless. It did the job.

It does demonstrate my original original point though, which is that messages under optimization reflect environmental pressures in addition to their content.
by techblueberry | 2025-12-13 15:06:21+00:00
Really?

10 of the worst toys for your child’s learning and development:

https://ilslearningcorner.com/2018-12-learning-toys-10-of-th...

There are actually some pretty big risks especially in terms of like motor development, and considering now they’re adding a splash of AI to everything and a ton of toys have screens, well.
by didericis | 2025-12-13 15:06:36+00:00
> business rules engines, complex event processing, and related technologies are still marginal in the industry for reasons I don't completely understand

Translating between complex implicit intention in colloquial language and software and formal language used in proof assistants is usually very time consuming and difficult.

By the time you’ve formalized the rules, the context in which the rules made sense will have changed/a lot will be outdated. Plus time and money spent on formalizing rules is time and money not spent on core business needs.
by hagbard_c | 2025-12-13 15:06:52+00:00
> nuclear waste will last forever

Nuclear 'waste' is just waiting to become new nuclear 'fuel' in a fast neutron or 'breeder' reactor. Treated this way the volume of nuclear waste can be reduced by 90% while the remaining highly radioactive waste only needs to be stored for some hundreds of years instead of thousands due to its much shorter half life. It also extends the viability of nuclear fission (as opposed to fusion) by a factor of 10 by producing new fissionable material.
by kburman | 2025-12-13 15:06:58+00:00
I feel like this product is optimizing for an anti-pattern.

The blog argues that AI workloads are bottlenecked by latency because of 'millions of small files.' But if you are training on millions of loose 4KB objects directly from network storage, your data pipeline is the problem, not the storage layer.

Data Formats: Standard practice is to use formats like WebDataset, Parquet, or TFRecord to chunk small files into large, sequential blobs. This negates the need for high-IOPS metadata operations and makes standard S3 throughput the only metric that matters (which is already plentiful).

Caching: Most high-performance training jobs hydrate local NVMe scratch space on the GPU nodes. S3 is just the cold source of truth. We don't need sub-millisecond access to the source of truth, we need it at the edge (local disk/RAM), which is handled by the data loader pre-fetching.

It seems like they are building a complex distributed system to solve a problem that is better solved by tar -cvf
by structuredPizza | 2025-12-13 15:07:05+00:00
tbh everything about the current implementation of "AI" is starting to look like hot porridge when it comes to real world products.

Is the prompting workflow so convenient that it’s worth having to spend twice or thrice as much time double checking the accuracy of the inference and fixing bugs?

How long until we collectively decide that to reduce the probability of errors we’re better off going back to writing our own functions, methods, classes etc. because it gives us granular control?

Last but not least, we’re devolving to mainframe and terminals…
by pmontra | 2025-12-13 15:07:09+00:00
So, the requirement is a system to store all your keys and that it can be duplicated as many times you wish. It looks like a local password manager, let's say keepass. I use it and have copies of the encrypted db on every device of mine, plus the client to access the passwords. I don't know if it qualifies for dumbness but it feels pretty robust. It survived the fall into the lake test (a river in my case.)

But I see every customer of mine using web based password managers, because they want to share and update passwords with all their team. Of course those password managers can use E2E encryption and many do, but my instinct is that if you are using somebody's else service for your data, you can be locked out from your data.

Anyway, it's the concept of having many passwords and having to manage them that's not dumb enough. The most that people do is letting the browser store and complete passwords. The password can be the same 1234pass on every single site.
by waz0wski | 2025-12-13 15:07:37+00:00
HN hasn't focused on those topics in a long time, they rarely are on the front page. Skip the top 20 articles and you'll start to see some interesting content instead of all the VC & AI drivel.

Hackaday is a content aggregator site that usually has more content on these topics - https://hackaday.com

Or there are still some good old blogs out there with RSS feeds http://www.righto.com/ http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/ https://blog.ret2.io/
by SenHeng | 2025-12-13 15:07:43+00:00
> If you're an Otaku it's not too surprising you don't like Ghibli.

That’s definitely something I felt the whole time. They’re anime for non-anime fans.

Story-wise, Gits and Akira do have a kind of logical story progression. I don’t understand Eva too. Cool visuals though.

Let’s take Princess Mononoke as an example. The Main Character goes west in search for something, discovers a Japanese Industrial Revolution underway led by some lady Eboshi. Eboshi and tall shoes guy kill a god, causing massive death and destruction, but they returned the god’s head at the end and suddenly everything is forgiven. Mononoke’s adopted mom is dead, several tribes of boars are dead, thousands of people are dead, the industrious village is destroyed and large numbers of their inhabitants sent to die in an ambush by their own boss but it’s all OK, because the people that started it ended it by returning something they stole. What?

Similar thoughts for Raputa and Howl.