MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by PaulHoule | 2026-01-14 13:33:16+00:00
I like Julie because it is integrated with my favorite IDE and that counts for a lot although I wish it was better integrated and searched for things using the IDE’s database as opposed to Find-String.

I like having conversations with my agent, asking questions so I know how things work, asking it to ask me questions, etc. Personally for me one benefit of AI coding is better quality and better understanding. If it’s not clear how to do something with a certain library for instance I check it out of GitHub and point IntelliJ IDEA at it and ask.
by tim333 | 2026-01-14 13:33:39+00:00
>back to might is right

Quite a lot of recent fighting is against that. Russia tried the might is right thing to take over Ukraine but is being fought back by an assortment of democracies. Maduro was looking like dictator for life backed by Russia and Cuba but got taken out partly due to years of protest by Venezuelans. Syria was also a Russian backed dictator overthrown by the locals. Iran looks similar - we'll have to see how it works out. Invading Greenland wouldn't be good.

One of the weaknesses of the post WW2 peace is there was limited support for democracy. I don't know if that could change a bit these days?
by anonnon | 2026-01-14 13:34:10+00:00
The article felt fairly dispassionate and even-handed to me, and I say this as someone who dislikes Klabnik very much and also dislikes the Rust community (especially its insidious, forced MIT rewrites of popular GPL software, with which they also break backwards compatibility). It is worth mentioning that there are certain things about Rust that conceivably could make it faster, e.g., const by default (theoretically facilitating certain optimizations), but in practice, thus far, do not.
by rm30 | 2026-01-14 13:34:53+00:00
Nowsdays computers misguided us to think that we need to measure RAM in GB and storage in TB. There are a lot of "invisible" applications running on 8bit MCU (not ARM based and more modern than ZX80) and few kB of flash and a bunch of RAM (64 bytes in luxury models). In this context matter more the integrated peripherals like ADC, DAC, PWM, etc that simplify the complexity of board and reduce the total cost.
by benithemaker | 2026-01-14 13:34:54+00:00
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by cyco130 | 2026-01-14 13:35:46+00:00
It is indeed part of the standard. It says "Within a structure object, the non-bit-field members and the units in which bit-fields reside have
addresses that increase in the order in which they are declared"[1] which doesn't allow implementations to reorder fields, at least according to my understanding.

[1] https://open-std.org/JTC1/SC22/WG14/www/docs/n3220.pdf section 6.7.3.2, paragraph 17.
by JCattheATM | 2026-01-14 13:35:48+00:00
The most recent VM escape from VT-d virtualization was in 2022[0].

Escapes are not the only vulnerability. QSB-108 allows for reading the memory of other qubes running on the host[1].

[0] https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15565

[1] https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2025/07/11/qsb-108/
by oofoe | 2026-01-14 13:35:49+00:00
Or you could just start with ASCII... I was discussing how shaders work with a friend and wound up hacking together a sort of "shadertoy" that runs in Emacs last night. Scroll to end of file to see examples...

https://hg.sr.ht/~oofoe/shademacs/browse/sdf.el?rev=tip

(shade 10 2 (lambda (x y) x)) ; Horizontal ramp.
;; @ # & % * = + : - ·
;; @ # & % * = + : - ·
by jijijijij | 2026-01-14 13:35:55+00:00
> What an amazing time we live in!

I feel like, pioneers of the past would be rather disappointed with us.

I mean, primarily we're not using this ridiculous power to solve actual problems, but to enslave one another in addiction, mindless consumption and manufactured consent to a lesser life.

Almost 100 years later, now with computer enabled misinformation and agitation campaigns by tech oligarchs, a new fascism is on the rise and Alan Turing would be called an abomination, again.
by Traubenfuchs | 2026-01-14 13:36:03+00:00
I don't NEED this, but turning 2-3 hours fiddling with DTOs, kubernetes yaml, dockerfiles, deployment scripts and other busy work into half an hour does "save you the whole evening" (which our current discussion is about!).

With adults usually having no more than 2-3 hours of free time per work day, this allows you to productively program in your free time without fully burning out.

Also, my company pays for claude and does not give a shit what I do with it.
by steveklabnik | 2026-01-14 13:36:25+00:00
Here's the draft of C23: https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n3220.pdf

See "6.7.3.2 Structure and union specifiers", paragraph 16 & 17:

> Each non-bit-field member of a structure or union object is aligned in an implementation-defined manner appropriate to its type.

> Within a structure object, the non-bit-field members and the units in which bit-fields reside have addresses that increase in the order in which they are declared.
by embedding-shape | 2026-01-14 13:36:25+00:00
> The chief constable of one of Britain’s largest police forces has admitted that Microsoft’s Copilot AI assistant made a mistake in a football (soccer) intelligence report. The report, which led to Israeli football fans being banned from a match last year, included a nonexistent match between West Ham and Maccabi Tel Aviv.

> We’ve reached out to Microsoft to comment on why Copilot made up a football match that never existed, but the company didn’t respond in time for publication.

It seems like as of yet, none of these "Let AI make decisions for us" workflows have led to obvious human death yet, but it is starting to feel like it is only a matter of time.
by skippyboxedhero | 2026-01-14 13:36:56+00:00
It isn't the ONS. I believe it is a research unit of a university who collects this data, and they produce press releases on this dataset.

The reason why the difference is important is because it implies extremely different strategies to fixing it...obviously.

"politicians outside London"...ah, ofc, the Londoner conspiracy theory. It is wrong to blame immigrants for crime but correct to blame people outside London? The reason why people think there is a link between crime and immigration is because there is a link between crime and immigration. I am not sure what else can be said. You are implying that public opinion should be manipulated to hide this fact (even though this is already something the government does) whilst complaining about other people manipulating public opinion. Classic.
by jqpabc123 | 2026-01-14 13:37:23+00:00
FSD is an assistance system that requires drivers to pay attention and intervene if needed.

In other words, it is actually not "FSD" but rather level 2 automation that entices users into risky behavior.

Actually remaining focused and ready to intervene takes very nearly as much effort as driving.

So the only real motivation to pay extra for it is if you plan to do otherwise and place yourself and others at risk.

https://electrek.co/2025/12/15/tesla-reports-another-robotax...
by troupo | 2026-01-14 13:37:27+00:00
> As long as they get their cut they'll jump on any opportunity to screw over their artists (yes I know "unsourced statement" blah blah,

It's not really unsourced. It's just very rarely talked about. I think you may get an article once every 10 years questioning the actual rights holders and distributors.

I mean, you get people in these discussions on HN that don't even know that Spotify (and other streaming services) don't even have direct contracts with artists and everything is going through intermediaries.

> I remember I found a track a few years ago, by the artist Mayhem. No, not the metal band. The background music artist Mayhem. Which only ever released two tracks. One of which, "Solitude Hymns", happened to get featured in one of Spotify's playlists, and managed to rack up more plays than any track by the more famous metal band at the time.

Thank you! You're the only one who could point out a weird track.

41K monthly listeners for the band. The track got 20 million plays because it was featured.

That's where the gray zone begins: was this band with two songs picked because it is cheaper to include (for whatever reason) or was it just lucky (like some other bands that got big through streaming like Glass Animals).
Show HN: ChordsCrush, a free musical chord training game
by bbx | 2026-01-14 13:37:47+00:00
I've always wanted to practice playing piano chords on my computer, so I built this simple game that gives you a random chord to play.

The game supports input from a computer keyboard, a mouse, a touchscreen, and even a MIDI keyboard.

There is a training mode that will highlight the notes to play.

You can also adjust the difficulty, the oscillator type, and the root note of the generated chord.

Built with React/TypeScript.
by gus_massa | 2026-01-14 13:38:18+00:00
I remember a preprint. I think it was comparing the recorery rate of

a) Ivermectin in the best hospital in the capital city of one of our most poor provinces in Argentina

b) The average in the same poor province

I don't expect too many problems with parasites there. They implicitly decided that the difference was ivermectin, not that the hospital is probably x10 better than the average of the province.

Doble blind randomized controlled group or it didn't happen.
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by aks89upt | 2026-01-14 13:39:16+00:00
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by brk | 2026-01-14 13:39:22+00:00
Alternate take: Is this really "a ridiculous amount of tech", or just "how things are today"?

At one point in history aluminum and other alloys were considered pretty cutting edge. As was in-house electricity and plumbing. Now, those things are just everyday stuff that gets no special regard.

When you can build disposable computers at scale for pennies, it might not be "tech" anymore in the sense of cutting edge things, and instead it's just "an average Tuesday".
by VladVladikoff | 2026-01-14 13:39:44+00:00
I saw a similar problem. Roger Schank had some conversations with Epstein and the emails can be seen in Epsteinvisualizer.com but your site claimed there was no emails or connection. To be fair to Roger, who was an AI legend of his time and someone I knew personally before his untimely death, he really was not a pedo, and most likely never got involved with the girls, I think him and Epstein just talked about AI and education mostly.
by Someone | 2026-01-14 13:40:27+00:00
> I wonder how they escaped this.

It seems by cooperating with the US government, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahuilla#History:

“During the Mexican–American War, Juan Antonio led his warriors to join Californios led by José del Carmen Lugo in attacking their traditional enemy, the Luiseño. Lugo led this action in retaliation for the Pauma Massacre, in which the Luiseno had killed 11 Californios. The combined forces staged an ambush and killed 33–40 Luiseno warriors, an event that became known as the Temecula Massacre of 1847. (Historians disagree on the exact number of deaths; Luiseno oral tradition holds that more than 100 warriors were killed.) In the treaty ending the war with Mexico, the US promised to honor Mexican land grants and policies. These included recognition of Native American rights to inhabit certain lands, but European-American encroachment on Indian lands became an increasing problem after the US annexed California.

[…]

In addition to the influx of Anglo-American miners, ranchers and outlaws, and groups of Mormon colonists, the Cahuilla came into conflict with the neighboring Cupeño tribe to the west. In November 1851, the Garra Revolt occurred, wherein the Cupeno leader Antonio Garra attempted to bring Juan Antonio into his revolt. Juan Antonio, friendly to the Americans, was instrumental in capturing Garra, ending that revolt.
When the California Senate refused to ratify an 1852 treaty granting the Cahuilla control of their land, some tribal leaders resorted to attacks on approaching settlers and soldiers. Juan Antonio did not participate in this as long as he lived.

To encourage the railroad, the U.S. government subdivided the lands into one-mile-square sections, giving the Indians every other section. In 1877 the government established reservation boundaries, which left the Cahuilla with only a small portion of their traditional territories.”
by TuringNYC | 2026-01-14 13:40:47+00:00
"I know several top 1% engineers in the Valley who disengage from recruiting processes when 996 or something similar is mentioned."

Setting this expectation early seems honest and the best thing to do. The worst is when companies sell people on WLB but then flip it to 996 -- you end up with all the wrong people and no one wins. Best to be transparent from the onset.

I always encourage candidates to go visit the company several times if possible, including a visit at 5:30pm or 6:30pm to see the state of the office and attendance. There is no right or wrong answer --
by yakshaving_jgt | 2026-01-14 13:41:08+00:00
Ok. I'm not convinced at this point, because I don't know how Besson allegedly wanted the scenes to be filmed. And that isn't to say I approve of Luc Besson's choices in his personal life — I find the idea of a romance between a 32 year old and a 15 year old unacceptable. Whether there are parallels between his private life and his artistic expression, I am unwilling to speculate on.
by torginus | 2026-01-14 13:42:10+00:00
I think housing as an appreciating is a weird Western capitalist socio-cultural artifact - in order to enter the middle class, you have to buy one, and the way to go about it smartly is to get a bank loan. Most people have no way of affording one otherwise, and if they did, paying sticker price for it would be dumb.

So everyone who's not considered a deadbeat shall be indebted to the bank for decades to come. Their prices are also supported by the collective power of the people - for whatever unreasonable price they're charging for it, you can be certain that someone (or some bank) has paid it, therefore it's in the best interest of significant chucks of regular folks that house prices don't go down.

Imo something similar is going on with retail investing.

Btw housing in China is not an appreciating asset, because you don't own the land, you merely lease it from the government for 70-100 years, which is about the natural lifespan of a lot of buildings, after which maintaining them becomes more expensiv than rebuilding them.
by andyjohnson0 | 2026-01-14 13:42:15+00:00
Firstly, its not even clear to me that "cancel culture" is anything more than a soundbite.

But even if it is, in fact, a thing - it's clearly not backed by "one particular moral judgement", as it is commonly portrayed. Lots of people face disapproval and punishment for a diversity of chosen moral stance, including people who could be categorised as "liberal" and who are typically considered to be those doing the "cancelling".

Supporers of the abolition of slavery or apartheid, or of human rights for minority communities, were for many years "cancelled" in the US, for example.

So I suspect that "cancel culture" is what you get when one moral/political group (of any persuasion) only sees part of the bigger picture, and uses that to manufacture a grievance.
by HPsquared | 2026-01-14 13:42:36+00:00
I do believe that if people have good "unofficial" unwritten/unspoken manners and customs, pretty much any official "system" can work. Conversely, if the unofficial stuff is not on point, you'll have all sorts of trouble even with a theoretically good system.

It's like "Thinking Fast and Slow". Fast, unofficial, unconscious part of decisions and actions versus the slow, official, conscious part. The unconscious is more important in many cases.
by emidln | 2026-01-14 13:42:53+00:00
I probably enjoy ELF hacking more than most, but patching an ELF binary via LD_PRELOAD, linker hacks, or even manual or assisted relinking tricks are just tools in the bag of performant C/C++ (and probably Rust too, but I don't get paid to make that fast). If you care about perf and for whatever reason are using someone else's code, you should be intimately familiar with your linker, binary format, ABI, and OS in addition to your hardware. It's all bytes in the end, and these abstractions are pliable with standard tooling.

I'd usually rather have a nice language-level interface for customizing implementation, but ELF and Linux scripting is typically good enough. Binary patching is in a much easier to use place these days with good free tooling and plenty of (admittedly exploit-oriented) tutorials to extrapolate from as examples.
by Bender | 2026-01-14 13:43:47+00:00
The protestors are the ones being executed. They are being taken into a large metal corral of sorts and one can hear the AK-47. The plan for Wednesday was to hang a bunch of them. Iran has strict control over firearms so most of their citizens are mostly soft targets since they do not appear to have enough combined combat knowledge to take the guns from the police.

We are basically just waiting on Donald Trump to uphold his promise he would do something but thus far that has just been sanctions.
by steveklabnik | 2026-01-14 13:44:24+00:00
In the spirit of the article... there's a few ways in which this could go :)

The first is, we do have some amount of empirical evidence here: Rust had to turn its aliasing optimizations on and off again a few times due to bugs in LLVM. A comment from 2021: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/issues/54878#issuecomment-...

> When noalias annotations were first disabled in 2015 it resulted in between 0-5% increased runtime in various benchmarks.

This leaves us with a few relevant questions:

Were those benchmarks representative of real world code? (They're not linked, so we cannot know. The author is reliable, as far as I'm concerned, but we have no way to verify this off-hand comment directly, I link to it specifically because I'd take the author at their word. They do not make any claim about this, specifically.)

Those benchmarks are for Rust code with optimizations turned off and back on again, not Rust code vs C code. Does that make this a good benchmark of the question, or a bad one?

These were llvm's 'noalias' markers, which were written for `restrict` in C. Do those semantics actually take full advantage of Rust's aliasing model, or not? Could a compiler which implements these optimizations in a different way do better? (I'm actually not fully sure of the latest here, and I suspect some corners would be relying on the stacked borrows vs tree borrows stuff being finalized)
by Storment33 | 2026-01-14 13:44:45+00:00
> Huh? Who cares if the script is .sh, .bash, Makefile, Justfile, .py, .js or even .php?

Me, typically I have found it to be a sign of over-engineering and found no benefits over just using shell script/task runner, as all it should be is plumbing that should be simple enough that a task runner can handle it.

> If it works it works, as long as you can run it locally, it'll be good enough,

Maybe when it is your own personal project "If it works it works" is fine. But when you come to corporate environment there starts to be issues of readability, maintainability, proprietary tooling, additional dependencies etc I have found when people start to over-engineer and use programming languages(like Python).

E.g.

> never_inline 30 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [–]

> Build a CLI in python or whatever which does the same thing as CI, every CI stage should just call its subcommands.

However,

> and sometimes it's an even better idea to keep it in the same language the rest of the project is

I'll agree. Depending on the project's language etc other options might make sense. But personally so far everytime I have come across something not using a task runner it has just been the wrong decision.
by throw0101d | 2026-01-14 13:44:48+00:00
> They aren’t interested in corrupting your children nor throwing wild sex parties in public spaces.

RFK Jr., the current top health official in the US, is not interested in harming children either, and thinks he is doing a good public service: what is the reality though?

* https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/01/measles-continues-rag...

* https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/01/under-anti-vaccine-rf...

* https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/01/warning-about-bogus-a...

One's intentions and the results of one's actions can be two different things.

* https://acpeds.org/the-impact-of-pornography-on-children/

* https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/is-pornography-h...

* https://extension.usu.edu/relationships/research/effects-of-...

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_pornography