MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by c-hendricks | 2026-01-07 20:13:59+00:00
I'm not super familiar with tailwind plus, but I am familiar with MUI.

MUIs paid offerings are open-core, you pay for support and a couple of extra features.

Tailwind plus looks like paying for basic components (checkboxes, sidebars, buttons) and it doesn't even offer anything like DataGrid (free with mui).
by daveguy | 2026-01-07 20:14:08+00:00
It has been that way in the US since the supreme court decided that money is equivalent to speech. And the effects have been ramping up ever since. If there is only so much bandwidth in communication, then using money to monopolize airwaves directly reduces the speech of those who cannot afford the excessive cost that results. Monopolize here is used in the sense of dominating the available supply (of bandwidth) and bidding up the price.

Citizens United must be overturned.
by flumpcakes | 2026-01-07 20:14:09+00:00
> How many 1+ hour videos of someone building with AI tools have you sought out and watched?

A lot, they've mostly all been advertising trite and completely useless.

I don't want a demonstration of what a jet-powered hammer is by the sales person or how to oil it, or mindless fluff about how much time it will save me hammering things. I want to see a journeyman use a jet-powered hammer to build a log cabin.

I am personally not seeing this magic utopia. No one wants to show me it, they just want to talk about how better it is.
by pests | 2026-01-07 20:14:13+00:00
That is a real route though - The Great Loop, although I'm sure tankers aren't taking it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Loop

> Assuming a boat ("Looper") begins in Chicago, either take the Chicago River and Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, or the Cal-Sag Channel to the Des Plaines River. The waterway passes Joliet and soon becomes the Illinois River. The Illinois River travels west, through several locks, then southward, through Peoria. At Grafton, Illinois, the Illinois River joins the Mississippi River.

Of course you could start in the some Great Lake or the Erie Canal or anywhere else on the east coast.
by mikeyouse | 2026-01-07 20:14:54+00:00
They’re lying to you that the last guidelines were the food pyramid people are remembering from the 1990s.

These are the prior recommendations: https://lgpress.clemson.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2024/...

100% evidence based but not branded as contrarian by a bunch of Instagram idiots so people assume they didn’t exist.
by mindslight | 2026-01-07 20:15:01+00:00
They have many choices. Off the top of my head: accept the higher loss, raise prices on in-store purchases of those items to account for the higher shrink, authorize their security guards to forcibly stop and detain people, put vending machines that unlock with a payment card (deposit) rather than employee-operated locks.

I don't know why you're continuing to absolve the well-capitalized corporation of responsibility for their choice of dumping externalities on legitimate customers, except as part of some gish gallop of reactionary talking points that lash out with blame for everyone but those directly responsible for the frustrating conditions.
by recursivedoubts | 2026-01-07 20:15:06+00:00
This post outlines what's going on (although it's a little out of date):

https://htmx.org/essays/the-fetchening/

Basically the core API will remain nearly identical, but we're moving the internals to fetch() which will allow us to support streaming responses, take advantage of the async infrastructure in JS to simplify things, etc.

Hopefully most htmx users won't notice much different when they upgrade.
by tracker1 | 2026-01-07 20:15:42+00:00
On not implementing half the RFCs, this is almost always true... some parts of "standards" are impractical or very difficult to implement, have no practical use or just aren't needed for your use case.

I created a test LMS in 2003 based on SCORM, at the time there really wasn't a good server for the standard... The main point was to be able to test the content which the company was hired to generate. I didn't implement several points of functionality that I just didn't need, didn't care about, and would have been difficult to implement.

That testing LMS turned into an actual product used by several aerospace companies (a few F100's, etc) and was in production for over 15 years. I remain friends with the company owner... It was about 12 years later than someone had an actual course that used one of the features that wasn't implemented... and even then, they only implemented it the half way needed, because it would have been difficult to do the rest.
by waynesonfire | 2026-01-07 20:15:51+00:00
I took a moment to participate in an ARIN (https://www.arin.net) call. They drive policy for IP addresses that run the Internet. Anyway, one thing that stood out to me was during a portion of the conference the organization was holding elections for open seats. The seats are open to anyone, I'm pretty sure.

There were a bunch of people, from across the country, MANY in retirement, trying their best to sell themselves that they are the right candidate.

Sergey can just make a phone call and he gets to build Gemini and run a billion dollar organization and have meaning in old-age. This is what wealth buys you. The rest of us, I guess, we will be arm-wresteling for the few open oppertunities to make an impact.
by unyttigfjelltol | 2026-01-07 20:15:53+00:00
Yeah, all the politicians talking housing— the actual net governmental effect on housing is to massively constrain supply (quantity) in service of rather arbitrary qualitative standards. I’m all for “the building shouldn’t spontaneously collapse” standards, but … two acre lots? Restrictions on casting shadows? Accessory dwelling units? Nah. If the government wants to make a difference it should ban Euclidian zoning as it currently is practiced, full stop.
Show HN: Prompt Tower – build and visualize your context
by ramoz | 2026-01-07 20:16:05+00:00
I'm well aware of the 1000 other tools that do this. In fact, I have a VSCode extension that does the same. I ended up building the web experience so I could at least better visualize context sizes of GitHub repos. It's also convenient to pull in PR diffs and issues.

This is not a product. 9times/10 I rely on Agentic Discovery. And I don't see that changing. 9times/10 that agent is Claude Code. If you're looking for a product that does your own context building or provides a different context building experience I recommend RepoPrompt. The founder's quite bearish on Agent Discovery & agentic context building.

The prompt tower experience is completely offline other than a proxy, so I can download zips from GitHub. I didn't feel like rolling out any formally authenticated experience. If you upload your own folder, all code stays in the browser.
by traceroute66 | 2026-01-07 20:16:50+00:00
TL;DR: Significant u-turn by tailscale.

Previously with Tailscale 1.90.2 or later node state storage encrypted by default on all supported platforms.

As of yesterday, per changelog, state file encryption and hardware attestation keys are no longer enabled by default.

This effectively rolls back history to pre 1.90.2 and you will now have to enable it manually like you did during the public beta period (>= 1.86) of this short-lived new feature.
by michaelteter | 2026-01-07 20:17:08+00:00
Yeah, the concept popped into my head a few months ago, so I went looking for a game to play. I found and played a lot of Vector TD. No offense to them, but while I liked some things about it, it didn't really match up to my memory of games like that from the past. So this is what spurred me to make my own.

Since this was intended to be a weekend project, I stopped myself after several days of effort so I can return to doing "productive" things.

But I have two more improvements on the agenda: personal and global high score list, in the old style of just three initials (and maybe let you choose your country flag); and more ambitiously, a map editor and public maps with vote/ranking.
by baubino | 2026-01-07 20:17:10+00:00
> weight is largely a function of calories in versus calories out

Yes, but calories are much easier to rack up in some foods compared to others. There’s this great exhibit I took my kid to see in a science museum that showed that the number of calories in four twinkies was equivalent to something like 20 pounds of carrots. Not sure if those were the exact numbers (it was a long time ago) but the point is that in the modern world it is virtually impossible to become obese if you are eating even large amounts of, say, baked chicken and steamed veggies. No obese person is overeating healthy foods.
by jdprgm | 2026-01-07 20:17:12+00:00
I like using various browser profiles to group projects or related kinds of browsing. I built a small extension called TabsIO that makes it easy to export/import tabs between different profiles or browsers and I also added statistics tracking on open windows/tabs count so you can see if you are making progress over time to cut down on open items.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/tabsio/kfgpkekbcoae... (I have done zero marketing on this hence why basically no users)
by ecshafer | 2026-01-07 20:17:22+00:00
Did you read the expanse? The earth of the expanse is full of crime and destitution. People apply in the tens of thousands for every lottery slot of school or jobs. People just wallow in nothingness. The people fleet earth for mars and the belt just to have a basic sense of purpose.

If we are to just have UBI. Have basic sustenance for no effort, while we have unlimited entertainment and porn at our finger tips. It would be a disaster. I would literally we rather have make work programs.
by acdha | 2026-01-07 20:17:30+00:00
That’s unproven, but suppose it’s true: what’s your alternative? If we are in fact facing widespread unemployment, what’s going to be better than UBI at avoiding societal collapse? Billionaires paying private armies to contain poor people is a straight-up sci-fi dystopia but even that depends on enough people having money to buy things from their companies.
by mattmaroon | 2026-01-07 20:18:19+00:00
While that’s true, even if “Wall Street” is only holding a few percent of homes, those being released to the markets (and future ones not being purchased) might help.

Corporate entity creation in America is such that I don’t think this will be enforceable (“we don’t buy homes, our Gibraltar office’s subsidiary invested in its CEO’s LLC that bought the home”) but if I’m wrong, it could help somewhat.

It’s binary thinking to assume that just because it isn’t a one step solution it won’t make a meaningful impact. But still, I think it won’t yet hope I’m wrong.
by EvanAnderson | 2026-01-07 20:18:25+00:00
In case you don't follow the link: The novel thing here is they're running the actual Amiga filesystem code in a 68K emulator, rather than relying on their own implementation.

Because AmigaDOS filesystem handlers are pluggable it's possible others could work, too. I wonder if you could get CrossDOS[0] working and use this to access FAT filesystems for Inception-like fun.

Edit: Oh, shit! I haven't used AmigaDOS in years, but I'm seeing NTFS-related commands in the AmigsDOS 4.0 documentation[1]. I wonder if this means there's an NTFS filesystem handler this could run! That would be fun.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CrossDOS

[1] https://wiki.amigaos.net/wiki/AmigaOS_Manual:_AmigaDOS_Comma...
by fasterik | 2026-01-07 20:18:29+00:00
That has nothing to do with whether excesses of those nutrients cause cardiovascular disease, though. The general consensus is that the healthiest diet is one with 5-10% of total calories from saturated fat. For most people, it's necessary to restrict saturated fat to land in that range. We also need to distinguish between sugar and carbohydrates. Again, the general consensus is that intake of sugar and refined carbohydrates should be minimized, while 50-75% of total calories should come from sources of complex carbohydrates like vegetables, beans, and whole grains.
by billmalarky | 2026-01-07 20:18:31+00:00
Hi Kypro this is very interesting perspective. Can you reach out to me? I'd like to discuss what you're observing with you a bit in private as it relates heavily to a project I'm currently working on. My contact info is on my profile. Pls shoot me a connection request and just say you're kypro from HN :)

Or is there a good way for me to contact you? Your profile doesn't list anything and your handle doesn't seem to have much of an online footprint.

Lastly, I promise I'm not some weirdo, I'm a realperson™ -- just check my HN comment history. A lot of people in the AI community have met me in person and can confirm (swyx etc).

Look forward to chatting!
by MarkusWandel | 2026-01-07 20:18:36+00:00
The 1541 is a computer, as defined by "can load and run a program". Enough protocol exists on the stock drive/IEC bus/software to do this. Fast load programs used this and I'm sure some copy protection schemes did.

But it's a computer in the same way as a bare-bones microcontroller with an ARM core is, say, the one in your car keyfob. Sure the CPU is capable but paired with just enough ROM and RAM to do the job it needs to do. And in the 1541's case that was only 2KB of RAM.
by barbazoo | 2026-01-07 20:18:56+00:00
I wonder if a US economy would be able to function if people at scale ate more healthily and sustainably. That would mean less of most things and more of vegetables, legumes, greens, all that unsexy stuff that is much less labour and energy intensive.

The second order effects of not having to grow food for our food, and grow food for ourselves in the first place instead are probably too negative.
by Octoth0rpe | 2026-01-07 20:19:14+00:00
Not that I expect this particular strategy from this administration, but there's 'forced' as in "you WILL sell this property", and there's 'forced' as in "any corporate owned housing unit will see its property tax rate increase by 25% per year until it is sold to a person". I don't think your description could apply to the latter.
by dfee | 2026-01-07 20:19:25+00:00
alternatively, Adam executed the superior pricing strategy. had he charged for recurring licenses, would fewer people have signed up? would his subscriptions also be drawing down?

i wouldn't have bought a sub, but i did pay for tailwind premium (and, frankly, didn't use it like i'd've hoped). however, it was a bit of a Kickstarter investment for me. i like Adam's persona, and was happy to see continued investment down this path.

as many a business knows, you need to bring new initiatives to the table over, or accept that your one product carries all your risk.

thank you for Tailwind, Adam.
by siliconc0w | 2026-01-07 20:19:32+00:00
Yet again the Trump admin identifies an issue but misses the nuance. We want investors to encourage more homebuilding, the problem is more regional concentration - in regions where PE owns a big enough % of the homes that they can monopolize and control the rents. Or NIMBY policies (where the federal government could dock funding to states that don't build to match population growth).
by hagbard_c | 2026-01-07 20:19:38+00:00
Isn't the concept of 'lgbt' (etc.) inherently political? I never come across the acronym without it being bandied around in a political context. Also, being with 'like-minded people' is, again, political just as intentionally trying to interact with people outside your personal bubble. That's what makes it so hard to 'keep out politics' since just about everything has been made political: from what you eat to what you work with to what you read to where you live, where and how you travel, with whom you speak and, yes, your sexual preferences and everything else. What music you listen to, what books you read, what (if any) movies you see, everything.

And no, BS will most likely not be your place. Even if you're welcomed now you'll have to keep walking on eggshells to make sure you never violate the current and every-changing unwritten rules and regulations and dictions and dogmas or you'll be quickly ousted as not being pure enough. Especially if you don't want to talk politics - and with 'talk politics' I mean agree with and verbally support the current thing. If you're one of the ideological puritans who're in the forefront of ousting infidels you'll sooner or later be hoisted on your own petard so the only way to win that game is by not playing it.
by notahacker | 2026-01-07 20:19:49+00:00
The presence is not in Venezuela. Sure, they can threaten Venezuela's new president, just like they can (and do) threaten other countries that they have not invaded [recently] and having a powerful military not in Venezuela adds a certain credibility to those threats, but that doesn't change the fact its the successor under the Maduro administration's rules, not theirs, and she's able to publicly insist that Maduro still the president! The threats of dire consequences if she doesn't do what they want are precisely because they don't control the country.

It's really not "serious hair splitting" to point out that they haven't "invaded" a country they haven't even attempted to maintain non-covert presence in, particularly not when you've conveniently provided the perfect analogy of a state assassinating a leader and then letting them pick a successor who might be more convenient.
by lesuorac | 2026-01-07 20:20:13+00:00
It seems the user's genius has been missed.

Not only did they correctly hold a Yes bet about Maduro they also "correctly" made a bet about the US invading Venezuela and then they _sold_ it early at 18c for a profit as opposed to holding it to maturity (which would've been a "no").

They also did this the correct hold vs sell-early on 4 contracts.
by michaelteter | 2026-01-07 20:20:28+00:00
But like many commercial activities, the full cost of the endeavor is not entirely met by those who will gain the most. In other words, the corps will get the benefit of lower energy costs by going into markets where their buying power will allow them to essentially slurp up the cheapest energy, pushing the rates up for the individual population (who will not gain financially from the new assets).

This is especially true for limited natural resources like water. And it's been true for oil and gas development for a century.
by InitialLastName | 2026-01-07 20:20:30+00:00
To be clear: I'm not trying to outlaw anything, just demonstrate to the parent how they could be subject to the lobbying/regulation/consumption feedback loop without being susceptible to advertising. I'm sorry if that offended you.

Which meat alternatives can you eat? Most of the current options are heavily processed, small-scale and heavily tied to brands, all of which raise the price. Once we see the commodification and white-labeling that we see in the rest of the grocery supply chain, I'd expect the prices to come down. As an aside: TVP looks to be about $0.04/gram of protein, which is about half the price of a gram of protein in ground beef.
by sumtechguy | 2026-01-07 20:20:47+00:00
That is the way I work.

Now my bookmark list is crazy. I have started using 'open all' and then reviewing items in each folder to see if they are worth keeping. 99% of the time. no. Many times they are from years ago and the site doesnt even exist anymore. I have some items in my folders that go back to 1992. I have a bad habit of 'oh that is mildly interesting ctrl-d time'. Usually a few weeks later 'what was I thinking'.

My tabs however are wildly focused on what I am doing right now. Once that task is done. I close them out. Think my max is 20 tabs. But usually I really only need about 5. The rest I close out. I probably can find it again with search. That is how I found it the first time...

That also reminds me, time to delete more folders.
by tonymet | 2026-01-07 20:21:10+00:00
my car was $37k out the door (model Y LR) . It was priced just below a Rav 4 where I live.

The features are better than mid tier luxury . Fit and finish is adequate, still better than a Rav 4.

You sound like you're my age (given your preferences, and experience with cars). The car market is very different.

We rented a $35k 2025 Prius and it felt like a 2005 Corolla.

Believe me , Tesla's are a great value.
by siliconc0w | 2026-01-07 20:21:12+00:00
that is an impossible standard to apply to diet-based research which is incredibly expensive to otherwise study (e.g, you need a metabolic ward and at that point you'd complain about small N).

We know saturated fat increases LDL, we know LDL contributes to CVD. This is still an area of active research and there are small populations of people that don't accept the consensus but it is still very much best-practice keep your LDL low.
by biztos | 2026-01-07 20:21:26+00:00
Is AI making component libraries redundant? Or is it just making it really easy to use free component libraries?

(Or is it really more about traffic to the documentation site and thus eyeballs on the sales pitch?)

I'm making an app using ShadCN, which is pretty good and free -- maybe Tailwind Plus would be significantly better, I don't know, I had to consider the possibility that this project never makes any money so I wanted free for the first shot. And the LLMs turn out to know it pretty well.

Once I get it built using ShadCN, it's hard to imagine when I'd have time to go redo all the component hackery with another library, even if it were way better.

I guess my point is just that "paid UI components" is a really tough business when there are so many people willing to make components just for the fun/glory/practice. Same with a lot of UI stuff it seems -- I highly respect icon designers, but I'm probably just going to use Lucide.
by tracker1 | 2026-01-07 20:21:49+00:00
FWIW, raw spinach and especially kale aren't exactly great for you... you really need to at least blanch them to make them more digestible.

Also, I don't see a cheeseburger or milkshake on the recommended list. You also seemed to skip fries... I guess they're okay because they might be vegetarian.
by throw1235435 | 2026-01-07 20:21:53+00:00
If that is true; then all the commentary around software people having jobs still due to "taste" and other nice words is just that. Commentary. In the end the higher level stuff still needs someone to learn it (e.g. learning ASX2 architecture, knowing what tech to work with); but it requires IMO significantly less practice then coding which in itself was a gate. The skill morphs more into a tech expert rather than a coding expert.

I'm not sure what this means for the future of SWE's though yet. I don't see higher levels of staff in big large businesses bothering to do this, and at some scale I don't see founders still wanting to manage all of these agents, and processes (got better things to do at higher levels). But I do see the barrier of learning to code gone; meaning it probably becomes just like any other job.
by jeffbee | 2026-01-07 20:21:58+00:00
It had to have been launched longer ago than that because their first public-facing, TPU-using generative product was Inbox Smart Reply, which launched more than 10 years ago. Add to that however much time had to pass up to the point where they had the hardware in production. I think the genesis of the project must have been 12-15 years ago.