MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by fireant | 2026-01-21 04:34:16+00:00
But that's just classically styled library like bootstrap? How is it in any way similar to shadcn where you copy the component definitions to your code and restyle them with tailwind? It looks visually similar, but completely misses the point of why someone would use shadcn. Also many of the components have degraded functionality on firefox, I couldn't use this in an actual production application.

Personally I also tend to hate on what React has made the modern web, and I say this as someone who's made money for the past 10 years making React apps, but reimplementing half of something poorly and declaring success because it looks kinda similar when you squint is just silly. Many (most?) "pure html frameworks" are like this unfortunately.
by tasuki | 2026-01-21 04:34:27+00:00
> I would say children having worse prospects than their parents at the same age is a good indicator of it.

People talk about "worse prospects" all the time. It irks me: you know nothing what your "prospects" are. That's why they're prospects!

> The big issues IMO are: The housing market locking out young people

The housing is still there. All those old people are gonna die. Who do you think will get the housing?
by IAmBroom | 2026-01-21 04:34:49+00:00
"Can" is doing the lifting here.

High-end SW who advertise often give prices of $500-$800/hr; like any "luxury service", there are undoubtedly those who amplify their desirability by not advertising and charging even more.

But $10,000 for 15 minutes is a pretty outlandish scenario. It might have played out somewhere in history, sure.
by jacquesm | 2026-01-21 04:36:01+00:00
> I think it's just a small segment of terminally online people that are still hardcore supporters.

On HN alone there are thousands of Trump supporters. It's completely insane because you'd think that they have zero excuses but it does not make any difference at all.

Six months ago they most likely couldn't point out Greenland or Denmark on a map and now they have many opinions and all of them are informed by the same crazy reasonings.
by hhhthrow02 | 2026-01-21 04:36:34+00:00
Canadian here: it has nothing to do with Trump, we just haven’t gone right-wing yet but are well on the way. It’s highly unlikely Carney will bring the country back from the economic collapse it’s going through because doling out speeches and doing staged photos is completely disconnected from having an actual forward-moving vision for a country, and that vision is something we haven’t heard and I doubt we will.

Everyone who has a chance to get out is getting out, and moving to US. The anti-US rhetoric is a false front in Canada - US money smells better and buys you a very comfortable life. Trump’s bullshit is a temporary blip in the grand scheme of things. “Elbows up” on your flight to Seattle.
by pianopatrick | 2026-01-21 04:37:06+00:00
"median American voter" implies a distribution of views like a normal distribution, with a lot of people in the middle and a few people on extremes. If that is the distribution, then the median is representative of most people. I am not sure that is really a great way of thinking about American voters these days. It seems to me that American's views on many issues are tending to cluster around extremes, with fewer people in the middle. So I am not sure the median is as meaningful.
by dlcarrier | 2026-01-21 04:37:43+00:00
A firewall has nothing to filter, if nothing is routed to it. My IoT devices communicate with a server running in my network. As long as I am behind an IPv4 router, their communications to that server will never make it to the internet, and any communications from the internet have no way of addressing any device on my network. I literally can't add any security to a firewall because there's no communications to handle. Sure, I have personal computers on the same network, which aren't on a separate VLAN because I'm not familiar enough with my router to set that up, so a compromised PC could forward attacks to my IoT devices, but the firewall would be useless at that point.

If I have an IPv6 router, I can miss-configure it in a way where all of my internal communications between IoT devices work as expected, but they also have discoverable addresses on the internet. This would give the firewall something to do, but I'd rather there be no route in the first place.

Also, if I trusted myself to properly configure my router for IPv6, I would put all of my IoT equipment on ULAs, which much like an IPv4 NAT would leave me with nothing to configure in the firewall.

If I were to take your claims at face value, using GUAs with packet filtering is far more reliable and secure than ULAs, and that seems preposterous.

A properly configured firewall for sure adds security, but isolation always wins out.
by hallman76 | 2026-01-21 04:37:57+00:00
Go a step further and switch to Mint, T-mobile's pay-as-you-go subsidiary. I'm paying $180/year for a single line. I've been on mint for ~3 years now.

On Mint your traffic is routed with lower priority than T-Mobile's main customers. In practice, I have only experienced this at busy airports and an MLB game - where basically service dropped to near zero. This is in the Boston area. Obviously not ideal if you're in those conditions regularly. Otherwise it's been awesome.

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by aristofun | 2026-01-21 04:39:34+00:00
I sometimes find myself in a very similar state but attribute that to poor management (lack of vision, badly set goals, messed up team structure, unclear priorities and responsibilities).

> I do fine when incentives, authorship, and responsibility are clear, but disengage when those are diffuse.

This suggests that in your case it might be about bad management too, rather than team vs solo work per se.

And let’s face it, good management and good managers is a much much rarer breed than good engineers.
Ask HN: How does YC / HN think about founder voting splits vs. equity splits?
by cofounder1999 | 2026-01-21 04:39:37+00:00
I’m working on a startup with multiple founders and we’re trying to make an early decision about governance.

Equity is split in a straightforward way, but one founder is worried about losing control over long-term technical direction and product vision. This raises the question of whether voting power must mirror equity, or whether it’s reasonable to structure different voting rights among founders, even if equity is split differently.

I’m not talking about public-company dual-class shares or IPO-style control. This is purely an early-stage, private startup question.

Some specific things I’m trying to understand:
* Does YC generally expect voting power = equity split, or is flexibility acceptable?
* Are founder-level voting asymmetries (outside of board control) frowned upon?
* Have you seen YC companies where one founder had outsized voting control to protect vision or technical IP?
* If the real concern is protecting technical direction or preventing derailment, are voting rights the wrong tool, and are board structure / founder agreements the better path?
* At what stage does YC think about voting control at all?

The goal here is not entrenchment, but avoiding future founder conflict while keeping the company fundable and aligned with YC norms.

Would appreciate perspectives from people who’ve been through YC, raised VC, or seen this go wrong (or right).
by pugworthy | 2026-01-21 04:40:02+00:00
I've got a few high tech friends (and myself) that have slowly become more and more of the mindset to be self sufficient.

Two things probably have made me initially think more about it. First, the predictions of a major subduction earthquake here in Oregon, and knowing I'd be somewhat on my own for a while after that. And the other thing is Burning Man, which has taught me about self sufficiency and how one can actually have their cake and eat it too now and then.

Then there are guns. I've got two, and both are very much antiques. One a Krag 30-40 from 1908, the other a 1946 Springfield M1903. Both military issue, bolt action, and beautifully crafted. And both quite functional, powerful, and deadly items.

Why do I have guns? First because they are historical (used to work on a WW2 era video game). Then there's in theory hunting if I had to. Then there's protection. I can't deny that yes, I would consider using them if me and mine were truly threatened.

My only rule of thumb for any of this is never shall it say "Tactical" in the product name or the seller. Nor shall it have camo pattern.
by defrost | 2026-01-21 04:40:56+00:00
As per the apocryphal Chinese curse; we do live in interesting times.

I've read many takes on current events in recent weeks, some from historians, others from various factions of many of the larger countries and economies.

One that still resonates was an opinion piece in Al-Jazeera Greenland is not just a territorial concern. It is a reckoning

It is quite ironic that the imperialism Denmark helped normalise for decades now threatens Danish sovereignty.

https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/1/20/greenland-is-no...

Australia has been equally complicit in following in America's wake despite increasing concern over the past quarter century.

Perhaps many countries should have insisted many years past that Kissinger be put in front of an international court.

"Rules for thee and not for US" is getting old fast now.
by analog31 | 2026-01-21 04:41:58+00:00
Interesting coincidence. I just ordered a new Tracfone for 50 bucks. I had assumed the unlock policy was 1 year. The same phone, unlocked, was much more expensive. Strategically, I figured that after being a Tracfone customer for well over a decade, I probably wouldn't get around to switching for yet another year, so I'm OK.
by jackblemming | 2026-01-21 04:44:18+00:00
Seems like they’re trying to hire nerds who know a lot about hardware or compiler optimizations. That will only get you so far. I guess hiring for creativity is a lot harder.

And before some smart aleck says you can be creative on these types of optimization problems: not in two hours, it’s far too risky vs regurgitating some standard set of tried and true algos.
by celsoazevedo | 2026-01-21 04:44:42+00:00
There's nothing wrong with iOS and iPhones. If that's what works best for you, then that's what you should use. With this said...

Most people use their Android phone like iPhone owners do. They use the default launcher, default settings, and things work. Like you, they turn it on and it does things. They'll install their apps for work, social media, etc, just like iOS users. Maybe they'll install a different browser so sync works or have adblocking, but that's it.

Unlocking bootloaders, custom ROMs, perhaps rooting, getting to the point where apps are hijacking your phone (wth?)... I'm not sure if you understand this, but that's very extreme. If you get blasted, it's because that's the equivalent to jailbreaking an iPhone, replacing the OS, and so on. Of course things are going to break.

iOS lets you do a lot of UI customization these days. Home screen(s), widgets, icons, lock screen, etc, some of which I can't do on my Android phone and may have to use a 3rd party launcher! Why don't you spend hours tweaking that stuff, like many do? Why doesn't it bother you that you can do it? Just a guess, but I think you've changed. You no longer care about this stuff and maybe you also don't have the same free time? That's fine, but also shows that the problem wasn't Android or iOS, but the old you that didn't always know when to stop.

On a side note, things have changed a lot in the past few years. These days you don't install a custom ROM if you want features... you get a phone from a brand like Samsung because their UI is packed with features that custom ROMs don't have. You also don't need them for updates when a new phone gives you 5-7 years of support. Most posts I see here about custom ROMs are about privacy and security, removing Google from their phones, stepping away from the cloud and subscriptions, etc. Don't assume that that the wild side of Android is still the same because it isn't, at least not to the extent. You may also want to drop the idea that using Android requires doing all you've mentioned, because almost no one does that. You were the 1% of the 1%.
by Barrin92 | 2026-01-21 04:44:53+00:00
>they'd just be sitting there with sweet Western investment cash and far less American antagonism

no they wouldn't, we know this because we here in Europe are facing American antagonism and a trade war right now and we're American allies. The Chinese on this have been vindicated, not only has the United States been waging a trade war on China, it's now waging a trade war with threats of annexation on her allies. They were right and we were naive.

I'm not claiming China is morally spotless or doesn't clash with us on countless of issues, but they act rationally, long term in their own interest, and their view of the world is being vindicated by the week at this point. If I was China I'd keep Russia and North Korea around as a buffer too if I saw what the US pulls on their friends.

Mind you Denmark is a country that lost soldiers for the US when Article 5 was invoked. The US is the only country to actually invoke it. They were so absurdly pro-American they spied on us for the US[1]. And this is what you get for it? If that's how the biggest military power and up until now guarantor of global order acts, yeah people are going to hedge their bets quickly. Russia is weirdly enough small fish in comparison.

[1]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/may/31/denmark-helped...
by koolba | 2026-01-21 04:45:19+00:00
> AT&T’s policy allows unlocking of phones on postpaid plans after 60 days if the device has been paid in full, or after six months for phones on prepaid plans. T-Mobile’s policy allows unlocking of phones on postpaid plans after 40 days if the device has been paid in full, or after 365 days for phones on prepaid plans.

If the phone is paid in full, what is the justification for not unlocking it?
by simoncion | 2026-01-21 04:45:40+00:00
> Your own sources confirm what I'm saying.

I don't see where they do. I see them talking almost exclusively about working around address depletion.

Hell, look at Cisco's press release for its acquisition of Network Translation, Inc. [0] It's all about address depletion and resource efficiency; security is mentioned as an afterthought. I'll quote the relevant paragraphs (and leave in the line break mangling present in the original).

SAN JOSE, Calif., October 27, 1995 - Cisco Systems Inc. today announced anagreement to purchase privately-held Network Translation, Inc. (NTI), anetworking manufacturer of cost-effective, low maintenance network addresstranslation (NAT) and Internet firewall equipment. The investment isintended to broaden Cisco's offerings for security conscious networkadministrators who want to dynamically map between reusable private networkaddresses and globally unique, registered Internet addresses. Through itsacquisition, Cisco will gain NTI's Private Internet Exchange (PIX) solutionwhich helps network administrators resolve their growing need forregistered IP address space. NTI's 10 employees and products will beincorporated into Cisco's Business Development efforts reporting to VicePresident Ed Kozel. The financial terms of the purchase are not beingdisclosed. The transaction is expected to close by the end of November andis not subject to the Hart-Scott-Rodino filing.

The NTI investment is the second action by Cisco in recent months tostrengthen its expertise in resource-effective Internet access technology.NTI technology will interoperate with and integrate several functions ofthe Cisco Internetwork OperatingSystem(tm) (Cisco IOS) software,facilitating use throughout the enterprise. NTI addresses two of the morecompelling problems facing the IP Internet -- IP address depletion andInternet security. Customers using the NATalgorithm can take advantage ofa larger than assigned pool of addresses. NAT makes it possible to useeither your existing IP addresses or the addresses set aside in InternetAssigned Number Authority's (IANA) reserve pool (RFC 1597). Cisco's goal ofintegrating NTI's technology and personnel is to ease the complexity ofInternet access for applications including telecommuting and World Wide Webaccess.

[0] <https://newsroom.cisco.com/c/r/newsroom/en/us/a/y1995/m10/ci...>
by d-us-vb | 2026-01-21 04:45:40+00:00
Trial and error is necessary and beneficial, but not after the student becomes frustrated or anxious/bewildered by the complexity. The research shows that striking a balance between teacher intervention and trial and error is the optimal approach. If a teacher notices that a student is way off course but they keep persisting in one branch of the trial-and-error search space, it’ll be best if they intervene and put the student on the right branch. The student can still use the knowledge of what wasn’t working to find the solution on the right branch, but just persisting would be ineffective.

Gaining true understanding/insight is necessarily trial and error. Teachers cannot teach insight. But they can present the optimal path to gain insight.
by dismalaf | 2026-01-21 04:45:54+00:00
So you're just bragging now? Do you even have a point? Cool that you make so much, but for most people in most of the world, $100k is a lot.

> I don't think the average person could handle the risk, difficulty of labor, and knowledge to run a successful restaurant that makes 100k/yr.

Margins are so low in restaurants in North America because of absurd regulations, zoning, rent, etc... Literally 90% of the costs are bullshit.

That's why it's difficult. You need a ton of revenue to deal with the bullshit, which means large upfront investment, staff, expensive rent, etc... You're doing more than most CEOs. Take away all the bullshit and it's a pretty straightforward business that anyone can do: you sell food and drinks.

In Japan or much of the EU, to make $100k you really only need to sell $150-200k. No staff, tiny footprint, minimal regulations, cheap rent or you own it. That's how restaurants can survive there with like 10 guests per night.
by hhhthrow02 | 2026-01-21 04:46:04+00:00
Posters downvoting without rebuking anything I said speaks for itself. It might be negative, but it’s the literal play-by-play of how things have been going for many years.
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My one comment pales in comparison to what BoC and RCMP are warning about. I can’t do anything other than pack up and leave so I can’t be defeatist because there is no winning move here for the great majority. If we could try to do something, we would. We just get bent over and fucked.

A country that’s owned by bankers and we are supposed to believe a banker will pull us out of this. Yeah, now pull the other one.
by CyberDildonics | 2026-01-21 04:46:42+00:00
No, the best thing you can do for simplicity is to not conflate concepts. The perpetual idea of mixing data and execution is a misguided search for a silver bullet and it never makes things better in the long term.

This is cleverness over craftsmanship. Keeping data and execution as separate as possible is what leads to simplicity and modularity.

The exception is data structures which need the data and the functions that deal with it to expose that data conveniently to be closely tied to each other.

Everything else is an unnecessary dependency that obscures what is actually happening and makes two things that could be separated depend on each other.
by simulator5g | 2026-01-21 04:47:03+00:00
15 that we know of, so far. People outside the HN crowd just started using AI pretty recently. There’s also a case to be made that the increased pollution has a certain death toll as well. We know that fossil fuels, construction, manufacturing, and even noise all produce pollution that reduce the average lifespan in a given area. Some of these data centers are being run off gas turbines which are very dirty.
by bluegatty | 2026-01-21 04:47:48+00:00
These are literally murders by Indian nationals on other Indian nationals, involving Indian government.

We want nothing to do with this.

Nobody is getting 'safe haven' - we have 'laws' and 'citizenship' so we respect those things, otherwise, we'd prefer all of you who want to continue your infighting to go home. Totally unwelcome.

Crucially - has nothing to do with this post.
by cal_dent | 2026-01-21 04:48:34+00:00
>If all their countrymen were equally down on their luck, then there would be no rage. Instead, it's the result of one group of people that used to enjoy success watching it all fall apart while different people just do better and better.

Sure, but hasn't that been the case the world over, or at least for developing economies? This isn't terribly unique to the US.

Most "smart" people could see this coming but as always the question is when? Just have to go back a small ways to the last heydays of communism and inequality was the stick to beat capitalism with.

The issue now is that if there is successful destabilisation of world economies in the way this could currently play out, if some brinkmanship isnt pulled back, you're left with a situation where the group of people who have already seen it fall apart realise it can fall apart even more for them, and the other group also see it start to fall apart.

All progressions from a higher to a lower order are marked by ruins and mystery and a residue of nameless rage
by kmoser | 2026-01-21 04:48:41+00:00
The relatively arbitrary cutoff at 18 is also an indication that this is a blunt tool, intended to alleviate some low-lying fruit of potential misuse but which will clearly miss the larger mark since there will be plenty of false positives (not to mention false negatives).

Some kids are mature enough from day one to never need tech overlords to babysit them, while others will need to be hand-held through adulthood. (I've been online since I was 12, during the wild and wooly Usenet and BBS days, and was always smart enough not to give personal info to strangers; I also saw plenty of pornographic images [paper] from an even younger age and turned out just fine, thank you.)

Maybe instead of making guesses about people's ages, when ChatGPT detects potentially abusive behavior, it should walk the user through a series of questions to ensure the user knows and understands the risks.
by verelo | 2026-01-21 04:49:57+00:00
In his case i didn't actually bother asking about the cat6 because i already had a huge reel in my garage, but I can think of cases such a remotely mounting satellite dish' and maybe connecting buildings to each other.

The molotov didn't seem out of range for me honestly. Firstly because I know he was one of the first people flying drones for defence, and now they've been mass producing their own for a few years. I have to admit, it seems pretty rational to want to fight back in any way possible.