MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by ezst | 2026-01-20 19:09:01+00:00
What seems to be missing from every alternative I've seen is the power offered by the combo Nova+Sesame. I really don't use my launcher as a navigation system. All it does for me is pop open a search box after a swipe so I can type the name of the app I want to use, the contact I want to text or call, etc.

There seem to be other "search-first" launchers out there (KISS is one), but then they miss the amount of expected polish (unread/notification badges, leeway in letting you place random widgets on the background, etc). Still searching.
by kyboren | 2026-01-20 19:09:08+00:00
1. Obviously the Trump admin is requesting an increased military budget because of looming global conflict. We don't want to get caught with our pants down.

Russia obviously bears the moral blame for starting this war, but Putin clearly was tempted by Western weakness. Had European states kept large and effective militaries and credibly threatened to employ them in Ukraine's defense, we probably wouldn't be where we are right now. So in some not insignificant measure, historical European underspending has contributed to the need right now for dramatically increased spending across the entire alliance.

2. I disagree with GP and agree with your cynicism there. US domestic policy failures are in no way caused by foreign intransigence of any kind. IIRC we spend more on health care per capita than (almost?) any other nation yet rank nowhere near the top in health outcomes. That's on us.

And I think it's important to correctly identify the root cause of our broken domestic policies, because I suspect fixing that issue will fix more governance failures than just healthcare.
by terminalshort | 2026-01-20 19:09:50+00:00
The Yuan is not a freely convertible currency, so not really an option here. The Euro isn't terrible, but it has structural issues in that member states all must take out debt in what is for monetary policy purposes a foreign currency. This generated a debt crisis 10 years ago, which has been papered over, but the structural issues remain unresolved. Also, the Euro has been around now for 25 years. That's not long enough to convince anyone of long term stability.
by isalink | 2026-01-20 19:09:54+00:00
Have you ever tried to access a webpage but było w złym języku?
(it was in the wrong language)?

Or maybe you’ve tried to stream local sports online and couldn’t access the game?

Many services use “IP geolocation” to determine where users, like you, are located, in order to deliver the right content from the right servers. But they don’t always work perfectly. The goal of this project is to explore questions about the accuracy of these approaches in order to do better in the future.

The details: Today, there are several approaches to IP geolocation such as timing-based methods that use active probing, databases that are updated using public and private network data, and even operator-published geofeeds. However, given the ever growing complexity of the Internet with increasing use of technologies such as proxies, VPNs, satellite networks, and carrier grade NATs, it is unclear whether these geolocation methods are able to still accurately locate users. Further, it is unclear whether client geolocation is even the right solution for all applications in the first place.

Who and what: I am a PhD student at Carnegie Mellon University, and we are working on building a crowd-sourced dataset to explore some of these questions around geolocation accuracy. Our hope is to use these findings to design methods for delivering content with higher localization accuracy and lower latency. Hence, we are looking for Internet users like you to participate in a quick 1-minute survey. In this survey, we will ask for permission to geolocate your device through the browser (much like how services like Hulu request your location) followed by a few questions to validate the results. Please note that participation in this study is entirely voluntary. You must be at least 18 years of age to take part, and there will be no compensation for participation.

If you are interested in participating in the research study or would like more information, please visit https://whereareyouproject.org or email isabel@cmu.edu.
by solarkraft | 2026-01-20 19:10:03+00:00
To support GP‘s point: I have Claude connected to a database and wanted it to drop a table.

Claude is trained to refuse this, despite the scenario being completely safe since I own both parts! I think this is the “LLMs should just do what the user says” perspective.

Of course this breaks down when you have an adversarial relationship between LLM operator and person interacting with it (though arguably there is no safe way to support this scenario due to jailbreak concerns).
by cbeach | 2026-01-20 19:10:10+00:00
Ryanair won't offer Starlink on their flights, claiming the aerodynamic drag from antennas will cause a 2% "fuel drag" bill adding $200M-250M to the annual kerosene bill.

This doesn't sound right at all. AI estimates the additional fuel cost as ~0.1% to ~0.8%.

https://chatgpt.com/s/t_696fd301f4348191b950a0e3bdb956b1

The likely reason for Ryanair's reluctance to fit Starlink is that Musk imposes the condition that airlines are not allowed to charge customers extra for using Starlink wifi. And Ryanair's entire business model is built on a horrible pattern of upselling for extras (where those extras are usually things we take for granted on other airlines)
by CamperBob2 | 2026-01-20 19:10:24+00:00
These arguments usually seem to come down to disagreements about definitions, as you suggest. You've talked about what you don't consider evidence of intelligence, but you haven't said anything about the criteria you would apply. What evidence of intelligent reasoning would change your mind?

It is unsupportable to claim that ML researchers at leading labs share your opinion. Since roughly 2022, they understand that they are working with systems capable of reasoning: https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.11916
by TYPE_FASTER | 2026-01-20 19:11:04+00:00
It's still new, but it's useful now. I'm on the Claude Pro plan personally. I had Claude write a Chrome extension for me personally this morning. It built something working, close to a MVP, then I hit the Claude Pro limit.

I have access to Claude Code at work. I integrated it with IntelliJ and let it rip on a legacy codebase that uses two different programming languages plus one of the smaller SCADA platforms plus hardware logic in a proprietary format used by a vendor tool. It was mostly right, probably 80-90%, had a couple mis-understandings. No documentation, I didn't really give it much help, it just kind of...figured it out.

It will be very helpful for refactoring the codebase in the direction we were planning on going, both from the design and maybe implementation perspectives. It's not going to replace anybody, because the product requires having a deep understanding across many disciplines and other external products, and we need technical people to work outside the team with the larger org.

My thinking changes every week. I think it's a mistake to blindly trust the output of the tool. I think it's a mistake to not at least try incorporating it ASAP, just to try it out and take advantage of the tools that everybody else will be adopting or has adopted.

I'm more curious about the impacts on the web: where is the content going to come from? We've seen the downward StackOverflow trend, will people still ask/answer questions there? If not, how will the LLMs learn? I think the adoption of LLMs will eventually drive the adoption of digital IDs. It will just take time.
by kccqzy | 2026-01-20 19:11:13+00:00
No. You either design the site to be fully responsive (which would necessarily include CSS changes), or leave out that line. If your CSS assumes a desktop layout, it is strictly better not to set the viewport width to device-width so that the mobile browsers will use the traditional desktop viewport and the user can zoom around without anything broken. In contrast, carelessly slapping that line without CSS changes will often lead to content being clipped and invisible on mobile. This is why I have a bookmarklet to delete any viewport meta elements.
by deafpolygon | 2026-01-20 19:11:14+00:00
Ya'll got social media? Wish I had friends to talk to -- I'm starting to think the Dead Internet Theory has some weight to it.

I cannot find a place to talk to like-minded people anymore; it's all gamified to sell you something. All folks do on Reddit is talk at you. I'm starting to doubt half the people posting are actual people now... with so many comments that are perfectly formatted and phrased like ChatGPT.
by munk-a | 2026-01-20 19:11:16+00:00
I think it's true. There is a significant audience here from other areas but this being an english language forum and one focused on tech means that the US is always going to have a dominant presence[1]. The US dominance also means that the news is highly focused on US events when it wanders out of tech which further reinforced the audience.

1. I believe Canada does have an outsized presence though!
by StephenHerlihyy | 2026-01-20 19:11:22+00:00
I have many complaints about Trump's handling of foreign policy. Don't mistake my tone for approval of his approach. He is needlessly aggressive and domineering. We have tried the carrot approach though. Coalition of the willing. By and large I would say our allies are spiritually willing but physically unable to. If we use Canada for example, I don't think they need to jump at every demand, but things like stopping counterfeit sales (Pacific Mall), taking meaningful steps to stop cartel money laundering (Vancouver), actually meeting military commitments (Ukraine promises). A lot of it doesn't get reported because people don't really want to hear it. Like I said, Trump is not right in his handling of these issues, but Canada allows them to fester because its in their interest.
by chimprich | 2026-01-20 19:11:30+00:00
> To that end, NATO lacks the capacity to meaningfully impact a conflict in the Pacific. The EU simply does not have the means to project power in that way

This has been repeated elsewhere in this story. What's your thinking here? I assume you mean the non-US members of NATO, but you seem to have forgotten two G7 members if you're equating NATO - US with the EU.

The remaining members include two nuclear-armed states, five or so aircraft carriers, submarines, several large air forces, navies, etc. What would make them unable to project force into the Pacific?
by alephnerd | 2026-01-20 19:11:33+00:00
> Trump is even derailing the Davos summit. That was supposed to be primarily about Ukraine, but now it's about Greenland

The Intel Chiefs meeting about Ukraine is still happening [0]

> so I would've worded that "via Poland and Romania" and not made it seem like they are supplied for their own benefit.

Poland [1][2][3] and Romania [4] are also choosing to buy Korean weaponry instead of European.

> Europe trying to improve relations with China would be with cap in hand

It's difficult because the EU can't go cap in hand to China as long as

1. Anti-China leaders like Babis (CZ) remain in power,

2. Deals with Chinese rivals such as the FTA with India (Jan 27th), French modernization of the Vietnamese Armed Forces, the GCAP project with Japan, and Eastern European defense procurement from SK and Japan continue,

3. the EU remains committed to the "rules-based order" (ie. the existing status quo including de facto sovereignty for Taiwan),

4. EU member states continue to have American boots on the ground in the Baltics, Romania, Poland, Germany, and Turkiye

5. The EU does not sign a comprehensive FTA with China

China will always view the EU as not aligned with China. Both China and the US have adopted a "either you are with us or against us" foreign policy.

> What irks me the most is that I still hear people talk about kicking out the US from NATO, not understanding that without the US, there is no NATO.

It's a conundrum.

I think the only way an American NATO commitment will remain is if all NATO countries publicly commit to providing a security umbrella in East Asia.

Similarly, the EU will always be viewed as a rival of China's as long as 1-5 are not resolved in China's favor.

The EU can potentially build it's own space in a multi-polar world, but it will require making some very politically unpopular decisions around rearmament at the expense of social services; aligning with other regional powers such as Israel, India, UAE, KSA, Vietnam, Japan, SK, Brazil, Argentina, etc despite domestic political backlash; and having to back down to the US or China depending on the issue.

[0] - https://www.intelligenceonline.com/europe-russia/2026/01/19/...

[1] - https://www.chosun.com/english/industry-en/2025/06/11/REUTAK...

[2] - https://www.chosun.com/english/industry-en/2024/08/19/GY7PG4...

[3] - https://www.chosun.com/english/national-en/2022/12/08/6DXIBF...

[4] - https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/defense/20240710/kor...
by alecco | 2026-01-20 19:11:36+00:00
I think they are already hedging for Taiwan. 1. They just pseudo-acquired Groq, fully made in USA (GlobalFoundries) and with a diversified supply chain. 2. And they just announced they will be re-introducing RTX 3090 made in Korea (Samsung). 3. And they plan to produce chips in Intel's new US fabs soon.

I think the bigger problems of the AI bubble are energy and that it's gaining a terrible reputation for being the excuse for mass layoffs while suffocating the Internet with slop/brainrot content. All while depending on government funding to grow.
by epistasis | 2026-01-20 19:12:01+00:00
I can't figure out what in that article is supposed to be a good thing, and the article doesn't seem to hold an opinion of that sort.

My first question is: good for whom? Second question is: how? It's definitely good for holders of whatever replaces the dollar, but it's disastrous for everybody in the US, as far as I can tell.
by GlyphToday | 2026-01-20 19:12:35+00:00
I built a small daily word puzzle where the answer’s letters are stacked into a single glyph instead of shown linearly.

Each guess visually decodes the glyph: correct letters disappear and lock in, misplaced letters are colored, and the remaining shape simplifies over time.

It’s an experiment in whether visual feedback can change how people approach word deduction.
by parliament32 | 2026-01-20 19:13:17+00:00
Anecdotal, but some of my best hires were either degree-less, or had education in an unrelated field.

I think degrees are useful for comparing candidates with no experience (work or project experience, that is), but beyond that have little value. Especially when the candidate's university years were a decade or longer ago. If you've been working for at least a couple years I won't really look at your education at all.
by Night_Thastus | 2026-01-20 19:13:20+00:00
People naturally want to maximize the value they extract from any system.

If you hand individuals or groups the internet, they will naturally use it for spam, advertisement, scams, information harvesting, propaganda, etc - because those are what gain them the most.

The 'enshittification' if the internet was inevitable the moment it came into existence, and is the result of the decision of its users just as much as any one central authority.

If you let people communicate with each other on a large scale at high speeds, that's what you get.

The only way to avoid the problem is to make a system that has some combination of the following:

* No one uses

* Is slow

* Is cumbersome to use

* Has significant barriers to entry

* Is feature-poor

In a such a system, there's little incentive to have the same bad behaviors.
by anigbrowl | 2026-01-20 19:13:39+00:00
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-plays-down-consequenc...

Now, Trump is an opportunist and in the psat his talk of default has been a way to throw rhetorical stones at his political opponents and keep himself in the news while he was out of office. Back in office, he has sought to project some kind of commitment to fiscal responsibility and financial stability.

But let's be real here, he's making threats against a fellow NATO member on the daily and openly saying he wants to annex territory. If he gets it into his head that the Danes or the EU are being mean to him and hurting his fee-fees, he's fully capable of responding in irrational fashion and has a toxic personality cult that will back him up. Be honest, if I took this month's headlines and took a time machine a year into the past, would 2025 you have believed my warnings about what would be happening 1 year into the second Trump admin?
by wrs | 2026-01-20 19:13:44+00:00
There were already plenty of established video conferencing vendors in 2020, including giant companies like Cisco, Microsoft, and Google. Zoom was the first company to make a video conferencing product that was cheap, easy to set up (for free!), and that mostly “just worked”. So when Covid hit and everybody suddenly needed to do video conferencing on their own, with no IT department forcing the choice on them, they were perfectly positioned.

The sad message to founders is not that “early” doesn’t win — Zoom was in no way “early” — it’s that “better” doesn’t win. And/or that consumer success and enterprise success have very different leverage points.
by gruez | 2026-01-20 19:13:56+00:00
>It’s important to note the mechanics of this story though – how it played out – particularly from a valuation standpoint. The market completely mispriced this, and it looks like it didn’t even see it coming.

Is there any indication that the rise and fall in Zoom's stock price was due to the market failing to predict the commodification of video conferencing, or simply a case of pandemic exuberance? Peloton's stocks also has seen a similar rise and fall, and it's not like they got bundled into G-Suite or whatever. At best there's Apple Fitness, but that's been around far before the stock price jump.
by n4r9 | 2026-01-20 19:14:00+00:00
Yes, I'd agree with that. The way I think of it is that emotions are somewhat "mechanistic". I don't directly control them, but they follow certain principles. For example, fear often arises in response to a perceived threat (physical or otherwise). My boss calling me to an unexpected meeting might make me panic. And even once the peak of the fear subsides, I am more vulnerable to experiencing it again for some time. E.g. I get home and my wife's car is gone, then suddenly I'm scared that she's been in an accident or something. None of this is a rational response. There are some hand-wavey evolutionary-psychology arguments for why they operate that way. But the main thing is that there are principles that make sense out of it, and those principles are (perhaps) surprisingly consistent across humans.
by dragonwriter | 2026-01-20 19:14:12+00:00
> This is one of many reasons why presidential systems are bad.

It is perhaps a consequence of some of the ways in which Presidential systems are suboptimal, but I don't think it is itself a way that they are bad. If you had a Presidential system and changed nothing else but making failure to pass a budget on a set timeline an election trigger, it would make things generally worse, not better, except maybe if the regular election interval was intolerably long to start with (in which case it would maybe be incidentally weakly, indirectly positive.
by jmward01 | 2026-01-20 19:14:29+00:00
I didn't say that politicians and laws are perfect. They are terrible. But the key differences is that I have at least -some- say in politicians while I have 0 say in a company. This is why libertarian philosophy always breaks down for me 'let the free market decide/do whatever' just leads to companies being the de-facto government and individuals having no say. I'll take a flawed system that has some redeeming qualities over a broken system with no redeeming qualities any day.
by altcognito | 2026-01-20 19:14:56+00:00
* fertility rates have been dropping for a long time. While this article is focused on "it's not about the teens", it isn't tied to housing, or after covid:
https://ifstudies.org/blog/the-us-fertility-decline-is-not-d...

* housing market was already quite bad before covid (see sibling comment)

* Savings rates have hovered around 5% for almost 25+ years - https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/PSAVERT
by nsoldiac | 2026-01-20 19:15:15+00:00
The type of roles w/ non-degree holders matters here. I'm sure Google offers a great career in any of its roles, but the article makes it sound like positions Stanford grads apply to (PM + eng) already have lots of non-degree holders. Pointing at company-wide stats to support that claim is weaksauce. Over a third of Google employees are not engineers/PMs (if this is true: https://www.unifygtm.com/insights-headcount/google). Who's to say the vast majority of non-degree holders aren't clustered in their sales and support org? I think the 77% stat is a great signal, love to see reduced gatekeeping in any job market. But, signaling you'll find folks without degrees in eng squads across Google doesn't seem obvious.
by cmrdporcupine | 2026-01-20 19:15:25+00:00
It's somewhat relevant in the context of Google only because the mythos behind the early part of the company (two Stanford PhDs, etc) and also because the general vibe at least in the early part of the company was really like it was kind of a big university of its own. Boatloads of Masters and PhD students, lots of talk about which school you came from, blah blah blah. Complete with a form "publish or perish" and "poster board sessions" and stuff that all felt very foreign to me when I joined (as someone not coming from academia).

It was always seen, in the first decade of the millennia, as a kind of very academia friendly/focused place.

I had impostor syndrome the whole time I was there as a result.

I think that reputation has lessened.
by Workaccount2 | 2026-01-20 19:15:35+00:00
Trump is a populist.

He supports tariffs for the exact same reason Bernie Sanders does. There is a reason so many bernie bros jumped to camp Trump in 2016 when (globalist) Hillary won the nomination.

There is no secret or conspiracy going on here. Trump is a populist president and is unsurprisingly doing populist things, elected because of his populist stances. At this point you have to have stabbed your eyes out and shoved spikes in your ears to not know that all he does it gush about bringing back 1950's factory worker dad.
by edwardglush | 2026-01-20 19:15:41+00:00
Hi HN,

I’m the solo founder behind Zyro. I built it after years of running an online business and struggling to answer a simple question: which traffic actually turns into revenue, and what should I optimise next?

Zyro detects high-intent behaviour on a site, sends those signals back to ad platforms to help reduce CAC, and lets you A/B test offers and pages based on intent or traffic source (e.g. ChatGPT, Facebook, Reddit, email). It also provides revenue attribution across 50+ sources so budget decisions aren’t based on last-click guesswork.

It’s built from scratch and designed to work alongside existing sites with minimal setup. I’d really appreciate feedback—especially from folks who’ve dealt with attribution, experimentation, or ad optimisation problems.

Happy to answer any questions.
by newman8r | 2026-01-20 19:15:45+00:00
I think just because you've studied something for years doesn't mean you're good at it. I've interviewed plenty curious hackers with no degree who are miles ahead of CS people with degrees.

Of course that's just anecdotal and may be the exception. And there's plenty of CS grads who have been passionate about the space their entire lives.

I studied Spanish for 3 years in high school, coasted by. I'm a complete beginner though. Nowadays I have a bit more curiosity in learning it again, and I'd probably make more progress in a few months than I did in all those years.