MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by 24hrmvp | 2026-01-04 09:20:57+00:00
Kind of - 2 core problems (maybe 3 really)

1. For a long time developers focused on AR tech to try and create indoor nav experiences. Reality check: People don't care how they get there. Just that they get there. 1st person POV gets them there, without ever having to download an app or exchange any of their own data. For a more native type experience, I do intend to have this built into iOS app clips, again with the intention that an end user should never have to download a full app just to be able to navigate a space

2. Videographers are getting displaced by genAI at a rapid rate. This sucks. Krowdovi is an offramp in the future of work. A properly funded liquidity pool and a willingness to pivot talents into a different style of work, the indoor navigation market is poised for massive growth ($28B TAM). This platform is being designed to be very much like Hivemapper, but for indoor spaces. This provides creators like videographers an opportunity to start their own business and through DePIN, have a real ownership stake in the company

3. This is the maybe 3rd core problem - vendor lock ins suck. Especially in healthcare. The burn mint model is designed to be a more future tech approach to value based contracting. Instead of having to pay software vendors upfront for warez that end up not working and nobody uses, in this model, the health systems are only burning (paying) when/if the videos are being used. Proper incentive structures - I am incentivized to build something that isn't just the next vaporware, creators are incentivized to record quality routes with proper overlays, and the health systems themselves can approach this from the perspective of - what do we have to lose?

Long tail - there is no good data source for video of indoor spaces either. If compute costs continue to trend down - I really am thinking about machine learning on the video - adding some contextual data, it's possible to create an experiential mode for those who are blind. Instead of just narrating to them how to get where they are going - how about telling them literally all about the world around them... Now that's what I'm talking about!
by zelphirkalt | 2026-01-04 09:21:06+00:00
It is very much about spheres of influence. Look at China and ports in Africa. And Russia trying to mingle in militias and whatnot. The US is losing a huge amount of influence currently, due to how they treat former allies in Europe and currently due to inept leadership playing a losing game. Russia same. Russia couldn't even defend its border, if Europe collectively decided to invade, to make them finally shut up. But Russia got nukes. It might soon just be an oversized North Korea, if it continues getting decimated in Ukraine. The only winner currently is China, who is catching up with the US in influence and military fast.
by gingersnap | 2026-01-04 09:21:50+00:00
I've been using Linux now as my personal desktop OS for 10-15 years. I actually really liked windows, and still think that windows XP and 7 was great OS for me. My Linux mint is still in style of the old windows versions.

But this year I used windows at a new work, and tested using my wife's windows computer. And for the first time I really feel it's shit.

First when I moved to Linux, 10-15 years ago, windows was better and smoother. 10-5 years ago Linux was getting close and worked equally for everyday, only being problem when things really break. Now is the first time that Linux actually is equal and probably overtakes windows. Microsoft making the move of discontinuation windows 11 puts the nail in the coffin

So I agree, 2026 is the year of Linux desktop.
by solenoid0937 | 2026-01-04 09:22:17+00:00
I don't really care what you think of me, but please adhere to the HN guidelines[1] for civil discussion.

Re. nuclear weapons, sovereignty - I am not "advocating" for anything. I am simply describing the factual reality of international relations, and "political realism," the school of thought that governs international relations between superpowers in the current day and throughout most of human history.

That you are ascribing to this description some sort of moral stance on my part is a judgement error on yours.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
by braiamp | 2026-01-04 09:22:37+00:00
So, I reviewed the questions list again but this time, since the time I did view it about 9 hours ago [1]. 10 were negative scored, 5 positive scored, 15 0 scored, 4 has received answers. This is better than normal for those ~30. Usually it's 80% without votes, without answers, without comments. So, this is a significan improvement... which I suspect is due the time of the day, as the US and most of Europe were asleep.

So, yeah, actually this looks promising and a movement in the positive direction.

[1]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions?tab=Newest
by Kon5ole | 2026-01-04 09:23:48+00:00
>Or they are just simply not on the happy path.

I believe this is a very good point!

Linux as an OS is so fragmented that the number of paths are basically innumerable. Many of them are "happy" but they can be hard to find and also change from year to year.

I have a machine that has run Debian 11 and 12 with no issues but 13 hung before launching the UI. Fixable from the terminal but still, super un-happy path!

KDE on SUSE vs on Debian vs on Kinoite and with various sound demons, file systems, file browsers etc will surely differ in ways that are beyond the direct control of the kDE devs too.
by mavamaarten | 2026-01-04 09:24:01+00:00
I absolutely adored the little intro that Razor1911 added to their crack of GTA IV. Cool graphics, nice jingle, short, to the point. https://youtu.be/htbDeD-wv7s

Also not entirely related (kinda?), but I also regularly listen to the music that was inside the Digital Insanity keygen for Sony Vegas. https://youtu.be/kJln_F7Y2P4

Nostalgia!
by qcnguy | 2026-01-04 09:24:55+00:00
Your first example is a public announcement of an llm assisted ask question form. A detailed request for feedback on an experiment isn't "sneaking" and the replies are a tire fire of stupidity. One of your top complaints about users in this thread is they ask the wrong sort of questions so AI review seems like it should be useful.

The top voted answer asks why SO is even trying to improve anything when there's a moderator strike on. What is this, the 1930s? It's a voluntary role, if you don't like it just don't do it.

The second top voted answer says "I was able to do a prompt injection and make it write me sql with an injection bug". So? It also complains that the llm might fix people's bad English, meaning they ask the wrong question, lol.

It seems clear these people started from a belief that ai is always bad, and worked backwards to invent reasons why this specific feature is bad.

It's crazy that you are defending this group all over this HN thread, telling people that toxicity isn't a problem. I've not seen such a bitchy passive aggressive thread in years.
Those replies are embarrassing for the SO community, not AI.
by dns_snek | 2026-01-04 09:25:50+00:00
> I'm glad we can catch murderers quickly which technology.

According to whom? Homicide clearance rates in the US have been getting worse for decades [1][2]. The same is true in the UK, another surveillance state, where only 10% of violent offenses get solved [3].

This promise of a crime-free utopia has been nothing but a deceptive manipulation of the public and the scary part is that it keeps working.

[1] https://www.murderdata.org/p/reported-homicide-clearance-rat...

[2] https://www.npr.org/2023/04/29/1172775448/people-murder-unso...

[3] https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jan/13/most-violent...
by mavvvricks | 2026-01-04 09:26:45+00:00
Me and my customers are perfectly happy to even pay for the upgrade scripts, just allow us to run them on-prem.

Make it an encrypted binary for all I care, just allow us to run it on-prem.

Edit-due-to-pinky07-reply-edit:)
1+2 - I get all that. Perhaps provide enterprise customers with a GitHub repo to the upgrade scripts? Require the same subscription key like for Enterprise proper. Then you can continue to iterate on the scripts while still giving customers who wants (and pays extra!) for it as a white glove service to run it on their own servers.

Might be that me and some of my customers are old-school "server huggers", but I think it is holy to be able to decide on which CPU and disk my DB is processed on.
by defrost | 2026-01-04 09:26:47+00:00
Prototypes were always going to be operating, there have been prototypes of one form or another in the multi billion per annum iron ore mining business since 1970 at least.

The key from the earlier article (by a few months) was that the greater in house BEL program is being scaled back as :

engineering studies revealed that insufficient power was generated on the downhill leg to return the train to the mine, according to numerous engineers who have not been authorised to speak to the media and have informed this story.

The team developed two solutions to the problem, but they both had unacceptable implications for Fortescue's core business of shipping vast quantities of iron ore to Asia.

( See link for further discussion: https://www.boilingcold.com.au/fortescue-slashes-electric-tr... )

So the prototypes are delivered as ordered and will be put to use, but for now at least they won't be making any significant impact WRT the ongoing daily kilometre+ long heavy rail transport operations.
by nancynguyen98 | 2026-01-04 09:28:15+00:00
Parroto is an interactive English learning platform designed to help learners improve listening, Speaking, and Vocabulary retention through real-time practice, instant feedback, and contextual learning.

At its core, Parroto digitizes three proven, teacher-recommended learning methods into a seamless interactive experience:

Dictation: Learners listen and type what they hear. Each attempt is scored instantly, with errors highlighted and progress tracked over time, modernizing the traditional pen-and-paper method

Shadowing: Learners listen and repeat sentences, focusing on pronunciation, stress, rhythm, and intonation. Parroto’s AI analyzes speech in real time and provides immediate scoring and detailed feedback, allowing learners to correct mistakes instantly instead of practicing blindly.

Spaced Repetition (Vocabulary): Vocabulary encountered during lessons is reinforced through a spaced-repetition system, automatically scheduled based on individual performance to maximize long-term retention.

Parroto places strong emphasis on context-driven learning:

Learners can tap any word within a listening transcript for instant dictionary lookup, including pronunciation, meaning, and real usage examples.

Vocabulary is always learned within its original listening context, not through isolated word lists, and is saved into a personal vocabulary bank for review.

To support active learning, Parroto enables structured in-lesson note-taking:

Users can take notes on vocabulary, grammar points, and sentence structures while learning.

Each note is linked to the specific lesson and audio context, helping learners revisit how language is actually used in real communication.

Notes are organized into a searchable personal knowledge base.

Parroto also focuses heavily on content quality and coverage:

Lessons span diverse real-world topics, including daily english conversations, Short movie clips, Fairy tales, TED talk, Science and Facts

Content is carefully structured across all proficiency levels from A1 to C2, allowing learners to start at the right level and progress continuously as their skills improve.

Academic and test-preparation content is included, covering IELTS, TOEIC, and TOEFL.

To maintain motivation, Parroto offers progress tracking, personalized reminders, and gamified rewards, encouraging consistent practice.

We’re proud that Parroto isn’t just another flashcard or vocabulary app. It’s a practice-first platform built on three proven methods, Dictation, Shadowing, Spaced-repetition, combined with AI feedback, curated learning materials, and progress tracking that keeps learners motivated. Learners don’t just “study English,” they finally use it: listening more deeply, speaking more confidently, and building momentum as they climb the leaderboard.
by alwinaugustin | 2026-01-04 09:28:24+00:00
I’ve shipped multiple apps that are largely LLM-assisted. One of it is called Toolbit (Repo: https://github.com/alwin-augustin/toolbit), which is a collection of 20+ dev utilities like formatting JSON, generating UUID, JSON validation etc. I have been using JSON formatters all the time, but worried about whether they are sending it to server and so built this one so as it will do the processing on client side only.

Another application I have built is Remotedays (remotedays.app), which is a compliance tool for Luxembourg based companies to track cross border workers. This is recently finished and starting to reach out initial customers. There is a demo for this app is available in public at demo.remotedays.app

I have used Claude Code and Google Antigravity IDE. The Antigravity is used whenever I exceeded the Claude limits (which happens often). If you have an architecture about the product in mind, you can clearly use these tools as force multipliers. In my experience, Claude is the best, especially when you use it with the skills.
by timr | 2026-01-04 09:29:45+00:00
It's your body, and you can do whatever you want (assuming someone will consent to give it to you), but the worst case is that you have a bad reaction. It's rare, but not impossible, and things like GBS do happen -- though it must be emphasized that these vaccines are extremely safe by any reliable form of measurement [1].

But that's the general response to any question of this form. Medical treatments carry risk, however small. There is no free lunch.

> best case you are 1-5% likely to spread a bad strain dangerous to yourself or to your partners, right ?

I don't know where you're getting this number. I don't think anyone knows the actual answer to this question.

[1] https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4964727/
by ColinWright | 2026-01-04 09:30:53+00:00
Still not answering the question.

What you quote from the FAQ tells you what it "[Dead]" means, it doesn't tell you how to find posts marked as "Flagged".

The FAQ tells you that you can have "Dead" posts displayed by turning on "showdead", but the question is asking how "Flagged" posts can be found.

The FAQ does not answer that question.
by Lio | 2026-01-04 09:31:13+00:00
I think the key was that Microsoft could see the market was expanding exponentially. I think grasping the effects of exponential change is difficult for the human mind but I think Gates, et al grasped that.

Exchanging a smaller short term reward for control of something exponentially growing is obvious in hindsight but a brilliant insight at the time.

There other insight was to go for the business and not home market like so many, frankly, better products in the 80s. The difference being that businesses replace their equipment once it’s been written off. The cycle times for home and educational users being much longer.
by tgv | 2026-01-04 09:32:05+00:00
As I see it: tracking (de)allocation in a very simple, understandable way. Unfortunately, that seems to be all it does. It's a start, certainly if you don't want to/cannot use a more complete system, since they can be quite complex. I'm not following this space professionally, only out of interest a bit, but do you know of a system that is so simple?
by agumonkey | 2026-01-04 09:32:18+00:00
I had similar questions regarding middle/high school literature studies. So many, so many ideas were out of reach from my soul when I was 15 (say the social contract by Rousseau). But maybe that was just emotional/existential immaturity on my part. Maybe some pupils, arguably a few, really had the maturity to connect with these themes. Maybe also, previous generations were more mature early on. I believe that in mathematics, in the 70s, it was expected to learn abstract algebra in high school, it college.
by jcgl | 2026-01-04 09:32:30+00:00
This does seem wildly overcomplicated. Here is the attestation system they use: https://github.com/in-toto/attestation/blob/main/spec/README...

Why not Just(TM) enforce a reproducible build process? That brings some of its own challenges, but would represent a real upgrade over building out some Swiss cheese like this.
by Mikhail_Edoshin | 2026-01-04 09:34:30+00:00
The meaning of "The Lord of the Rings" would be something like that: if you somehow got some dark skill (say, you're a good liar) then the only way to save you from becoming a slave of the Dark Lord is to get rid of that skill. You cannot use that skill "for good", because each time you do that the Dark Lord gets closer. The journey would be long and even if you manage to get to the end, it may still be hard to lose that skill: it is a part of you and losing it would be as easy as losing a finger.

Now let's see how we understand that meaning. Oh! We play endless sessions of Dungeons & Dragons! Here's a sword +4 and here's a cursed shield -2!
by codingdave | 2026-01-04 09:35:51+00:00
Admittedly, the purpose of the term has been lost a bit, but rather than ban the term, why not remind people of the purpose?

"Technical debt" was never a technical term. It is an analogy to help non-technical people understand why engineering quality matters. People understand financial debt and why it costs more in the long run to carry a lot of it. "Technical debt" is supposed to be a quick way to explain why not to carry under-engineered solutions for a long time. It is supposed to express the utility of choosing to take it on as a strategic decision to move towards a goal faster, combined with the longer term pain of paying it off.

As an analogy, it remains a highly effective term.
by childintime | 2026-01-04 09:36:44+00:00
In Kenya you can actually buy a $20 4G 32GB 2GB smartphone. I hadn't thought it possible, but it's an okay phone that suffers in multitasking.

Btw, this phone is locked to at least have 1 safaricom chip, but no monthly plan is necessary.

Edit: https://www.jumia.co.ke/safaricom-neon-smarta-2-ips-lcd-disp...
by monerozcash | 2026-01-04 09:37:21+00:00
>If one can mine a block with 3000 transactions (11-12 hashes to the header) in 10 minutes, one can mine a block with one transaction (1 hash to header) about ten times as fast.

Huh? Surely the attempts for both take exactly the same amount of time after you've initially constructed the block, you're calculating only a single hash for each attempt.
by Dylan16807 | 2026-01-04 09:37:59+00:00
Well I didn't misinterpret on purpose. It's not obvious in the other direction because there are many types of NAT and that is one of them. And yes lots of people do call it "NAT".

And it means you left a very important argument in favor of IPv6 unmentioned.

> This elimination introduces new issues that people didn't experience in their previous world of local NAT.

I didn't see you list any downsides of removing NAT in your earlier post, just mock the upsides. But maybe I misinterpreted part of the sarcasm.
by packet_mover | 2026-01-04 09:38:14+00:00
Yeah, I also ran into that when ranking geocoding results - you want to show more "important"/notable places first. In your case, one pragmatic approach could be to keep only features with wikidata or wikipedia tags (and maybe a small whitelist like natural=peak, tourism=viewpoint/attraction).

This is also why I lean on Nominatim-derived data for Corviont - it already condenses a lot of this into a single importance/ranking model. I have not tried a whole-world build though, so I am not sure how well that behaves at planet scale.
by cromka | 2026-01-04 09:40:38+00:00
If only they switched to vcpkg from the abomination which Craft manager is... I used to do some dev work in KDE but after realizing I spent 70% of my time with that project on managing the Craft anti-pattern hell, I gave up.

KDE is still extremely anal about not touching anything remotely related to Microsoft, even if it's a properly licensed open source, is way better and even some GNU projects have no issue with it. Any reasonable suggestions to switch to vcpkg have been met with serious hostility, only because it's Microsoft's.

Had they used the more common, recognized tools and processes, they'd see more developer contributions, especially the one-offs, vastly speeding up bugfixing. Because nothing makes you want NOT to fix that annoying bug like spending 3-4 hours setting up your dev environment in the first place.

Oh, and do they have macOS runners available yet in their on-premises Gitlab instance?
by gyan | 2026-01-04 09:41:12+00:00
> But if you had a personal experience, it will be easier to look within your questions on your profile page.

I answer Qs on this topic, not post them.

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Here's an example I found:

https://superuser.com/questions/1929615/
(the canonical q is about extracting as mono, the closed q is about muting one channel)
by MomsAVoxell | 2026-01-04 09:41:41+00:00
It’s great to see some synth chip hacking at CCC this year .. in fact, the synth DSP hacking scene has been great lately .. since the Motorola 56K is EOL’ed, The Usual Suspects folks built an emulator, and its capable now of running the firmware for many popular synths which used that chip:

https://dsp56300.wordpress.com/

This means you can emulate with full accuracy the Access Virus A, B, C, TI / Clavia Nord Lead 2X, 3, Modular / Waldorf Q, Microwave II / Novation Supernova, Nova .. and they’re starting to target others ..

There are plenty of other 56K DSP apps out there - not just synthesizers - so if this proves effective it could mean a lot to certain folks who still have big deployments of these chips, in terms of product life-cycle.
by austin-cheney | 2026-01-04 09:41:52+00:00
HN has full time staff that provides moderation and does an excellent job. Nonetheless there are numerous users who take it upon themselves to determine what content should be available to the rest of us, as if they were heroes in their own mind.

It’s a form of narcissism. While they think of themselves as community saviors everyone else thinks they are censoring assholes. Just let the moderators do their job. Unwanted content will naturally fall off either by downvoting or it will be ignored.

All the rest of ask for is just don’t be an asshole.
Verdic – Intent governance layer for AI systems
by kundan_s__r | 2026-01-04 09:43:58+00:00
We built Verdic after repeatedly running into the same issue while deploying LLMs in production:
most AI failures aren’t about content safety, they’re about intent drift.

As models become more agentic, outputs often shift quietly from descriptive to prescriptive behavior — without any explicit signal that the system is now effectively taking action. Keyword filters and rule-based guardrails break down quickly in these cases.

Verdic is an intent governance layer that sits between the model and the application. Instead of checking topics or keywords, it evaluates:

whether an output collapses future choices into a specific course of action

whether the response exerts normative pressure (directing behavior vs explaining)

The goal isn’t moderation, but behavioral control: detecting when an AI system is operating outside the intent it was deployed for, especially in regulated or decision-critical workflows.

Verdic currently runs as an API with configurable allow / warn / block outcomes. We’re testing it on agentic workflows and long-running chains where intent drift is hardest to detect.

This is an early release. I’m mainly looking for feedback from people deploying LLMs in production, especially around:

agentic systems

AI governance

risk & compliance

failure modes we might be missing

Happy to answer questions or share more details about the approach.