MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by Const-me | 2026-01-01 12:33:47+00:00
It’s technically possible to do, just very complicated and hard. Quite often, prohibitively so.

Still, the main idea is despite the input files are arbitrarily large, you don’t need an entire file in memory because displays aren’t remotely large enough to render a megabyte of text. Technically, you can only load a visible portion of the input file, and stream from/to disk when user scrolls. Furthermore, if you own the file format, you can design it in a way which allowing editing without overwriting the entire file: mark deleted portions without moving subsequent content, write inserts to the end of files, maybe organize the file as a B+ tree, etc.

That’s how software like Word 97 supported editing of documents much larger than available memory. As you can imagine, the complexity of such file format, and the software handling them, was overwhelming. Which is why software developers stopped doing things like that as soon as computers gained enough memory to keep entire documents, and instead serialize them into sane formats like zipped XMLs in case of modern MS office.
by traceroute66 | 2026-01-01 12:34:29+00:00
> AI available to get you through the stuff where you just need superficial or process knowledge, like which firms to hire and how to market a self-published work, what boilerplate legal protections you need

Putting aside for a moment that nobody should be trusting a frequently-hallucinating AI algorithm with any of the above...

Your world-view is one of those that returns to the old adage "it only works if you value your time at zero".

Its the sort of thing we see in tech the whole time. Some dude saying "oh, I can just fix my motherboard myself".

Or in the automotive sector, someone with experience and kit fixing their own engine block.

Well, sure you can dude. Because you've got the domain expertise, you've got the kit AND you are willing to value your time at zero.

However in the majority of cases, if you do not value your time at zero, then spending even just a few hours waving an oscilloscope and soldering iron over the proverbial motherboard is time better spent on other tasks and the "more expensive" option suddenly does not look that expensive any more.

And that is all before we address the other elephant in the room.... Your suggestion that it is easy to self-market a self-published work.

Maybe if you are a well known and respected author, such as Mr Performance (Brendan Gregg) or Mr Oracle (Tom Kyte) etc.

But if you are just Joe Schmoe. And perhaps especially if you are Joe Schmoe who's just written your first self-published book. The outcome is unlikely to be the same.
by vanviegen | 2026-01-01 12:34:44+00:00
Yes, Rust has a pretty steep learning curve. If you're not writing very low level stuff and don't need to squeeze out every last bit of performance, there are many other, simpler languages to choose from.

I think we may safely assume that Rust's designers are smart people that have made every effort to keep Rust as simple as it can be, given its intended use.
by zemvpferreira | 2026-01-01 12:34:46+00:00
Since I'm nitpicking let me point out that powerlifters train for strength. Power is an altogether different (though related to a degree) muscular/neurological characteristic. Power would be more closely related to olympic weightlifters or sprinters/shot-putters etc. Endurance could also be broken into alactic/lactic/aerobic capacity which makes a huge difference at the margins where athletic excellence is made. Nits aside your description is 90% there.
by codingdave | 2026-01-01 12:35:16+00:00
> If you take this model literally, that your experience of an interval reflects what fraction of your life the interval is

I don't accept that premise. I'm in my mid-fifties now, and a year is still a long time. They years get short if you fall into a routine and never do anything new, but it is easy enough not to fall into that trap. And I say that as someone who thrives in doing the same routine every day. I get my variety in the details, doing different projects, having different conversations, trying new foods, exploring new places.

> Childhood memories have an intensity and a vibrancy that it is difficult for the rest of life to match.

I've found that we all have different memories. I know people who cannot remember their childhood at all, and I've known people who remember it well. But not having vibrant memories of your adult life? That feels a little depressing. Adulthood is when you step up and become your own self, directing your own life. It is when I climbed mountains, explored the world, met new people, tried different careers, moved to new towns, had long-term relationships including children, created art, studied subjects beyond the standard high school education. Childhood was OK, but was fairly anxiety-filled, at least for me. The truly amazing experiences in life were as an adult.

The author addresses this, of course. But he does so in a really odd way:

> This works, to a point, but there are only so many firsts for you, and chasing this exclusively seems to lead to resentment. You remember the things you had as a kid. You remember the excitement and warmth of that world, how immediate and raw everything felt, and you want to go back.

This is where my reaction was: "Dude, wat??" If adult experiences make you resentful, something is really off. If a good experience makes you wish you could go back to being a child, I'd be recommending therapy because that is not the reaction most adults have to new experiences. I don't say that to be mean, either - if your childhood memories are that much stronger than adult ones, that is not the typical human experience, and I would sincerely be asking for medical and psych support to figure out if something is wrong.
by samiv | 2026-01-01 12:35:40+00:00
There's a difference between the guys who cycle Tour de France vs the ones who go around in the velodrome.

The former group is endurance athletes with skinny legs and the latter group is more focused on maximum power. Similar to marathon runners vs sprinters.

The pro velodrome cyclists do tremendous leg training programs specifically to develop the muscles. It's not the cycling that builds that muscle.
by Closi | 2026-01-01 12:38:33+00:00
Extra further finding!

Deletion policy says:

> 2. How to Delete Your Account and Data You have several options to delete your account and all associated data: Through the App: If you are signed in, you can delete your account directly from the Settings page. This will permanently delete all your data including [...] all uploaded images and files

... Although I've confirmed that the reality is that it only deletes the reference to those files from your account, and the actual files are still sitting on the server (I've just saved the url and checked the file still exists after deletion).

Even after it throws a message saying everything has been permanently deleted...

This thing is an absolute security and privacy nightmare - I would not rely on any information on the website about how they handle your data, considering they said it was e2e and that was not truthful, and they have said they delete the images and that isn't true. How can anything about this be trusted after repeated untruths about how our data is handled?

Also the app seems to send several MB of data back/forward every minute when doing nothing across a socket connection which is another red flag.
by therealmarv | 2026-01-01 12:38:45+00:00
I'm totally on the side of the author. Major browser developers (including Firefox) do not care themselves for many many years.

The only "browser developer" which cares is Brave with its native built-in adblock engine (written in Rust). It gives you on desktop and especially on mobile the best out of the box experience in blocking all these intrusive ads. I don't understand people who browse the mobile web without adblocker.
by dannersy | 2026-01-01 12:39:19+00:00
Fair enough, but it has been stated over and over that OpenAI's (as well as others) plan for profit is subscriptions. If their revenue predictions are based on that, then like others have said, it is mathematically impossible.

Have you considered that the industry analysis might be a biased source since they are all in on a economic model that must grow at all costs or it collapses? Do you trust McKinsey consulting because they give industry analysis? Blind trust in these corporate entities is how we get Enron, WorldCom, and an opioid crisis.

But hey, I'm just some asshole on the internet. Carry on.
by chaosprint | 2026-01-01 12:39:28+00:00
Happy new year every one.

I was about to check out the GitHub activity summary like last year, but then I realized that a lot of things weren't actually pushed to GitHub this year. So I used Vibe-coded to take a look:

https://github.com/chaosprint/hindsight

I started this year with coding and finished it with coding. In between, I was preparing for and caring for my newborn.

Hope I can release something interesting in 2026.
by drogus | 2026-01-01 12:40:20+00:00
> you have to understand almost all of the language very intimately to be a productive programmer,

I've seen absolute Rust noobs write production code in Rust, I have no idea where did you get that notion from. Most of the apps I've written or I've worked with don't even need to use explicit lifetimes at all. If you don't need absolute performance with almost none memory allocations, it's honestly not rocket science. Even more so if you're writing web backends. Then the code doesn't really differ that much from Go.
by Someone1234 | 2026-01-01 12:40:36+00:00
> At least C and C++ have a low barrier of entry and any beginner can write code.

C/C++ is great at giving that false sense of competence. Then suddenly you're getting a segfault, and you'll never determine why with beginner knowledge, since the crash-line and the mistake-line aren't even in the same zipcode (and or same Git changeset).

Rust forces you to not "skip" knowledge steps. If you have a gap in your knowledge/understanding the compiler will call you out immediately. C/C++ will happily let your dangerously bad code compile and kinda-run, until it doesn't.

I'm not anti-C/C++, I've actually written tons. I love C in particular. But saying that they're beginner-friendly feels wrong, a lot of people quit the language because "random stuff" starts to go wrong, and they lack the knowledge to determine why.
by heavyset_go | 2026-01-01 12:41:09+00:00
Not important at all now, given that it hasn't worked in a decade and I've filed it away as pointless to even consider for a workflow.

However, I get a lot of mileage out of package repository search with package managers like pacman, apt, brew, winget, chocolatey and npm.

> I think the biggest blocker on CLI search isn’t infrastructure

It's why it was shut down, the API was getting hammered and it cost too much to run at a reasonable speed and implement rate limiting or whatever.
by rahulkandoriya | 2026-01-01 12:42:13+00:00
I can understand your feedback. You’re right that “no signup” can still feel misleading if the app asks for name/email, even if nothing is stored. The intent was purely to pre-fill templates locally, but I agree that trust-wise, that distinction may not matter.

One change I’m actively considering based on feedback like this is removing personal info inputs entirely and defaulting to: select platforms > generate email directly on your own email app/website.

On pricing: the goal wasn’t to hide that it isn’t free, but to avoid subscriptions and data lock-in. The app is free to use to generate email removal requests for up to 3 platforms (+3 if you share with your social media). So the free user can generate email removal requests for 6 platforms(any 6 from the 100+ available platforms according to their priority).

That said, I agree that even a small payment raises the trust bar significantly for a privacy tool.

This feedback is helpful, and I really appreciate it. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions.
by machimilah | 2026-01-01 12:42:24+00:00
https://www.boostervideos.net

We’re two brothers who decided to build a new video platform from scratch. We’ve been working on this project, called Booster, for about two months now.

The idea came from our own frustration with existing video platforms. With Booster, we’re trying to improve the experience by using voluntary ads that give rewards to users, and allowing them to boost and support their favorite channels and friends directly.

We’d really appreciate feedback from first-time users. Does the value proposition make sense? What are your first impressions? If you were a creator, would you upload your videos here? Are the new features easy to understand? We are eager to find a solution that lets us transform Booster into a mobile app in the app store.

We want to know your opinion, which is why we have made the platform open for everyone via open source on GitHub: https://github.com/SamC4r/Booster

We would love for people to start uploading videos and sharing the platform!

We’re still very early and actively improving the platform.

Regarding costs, we've solved the high costs of infrastructure thanks to our provider, so it doesn't pose a big expense.

Regarding revenue, monetization currently would come from a virtual currency called XP, which users can earn or purchase and use to boost channels and buy personalization assets. We also plan to implement voluntary, rewarded ads that give users free XP. The goal is to test whether users and creators actually like and adopt this model.

You can check it out here: https://www.boostervideos.net (we suggest using a laptop/iPad/tablet for the currently optimized view)

If you want to suggest ideas, point out bugs, or just follow the project more closely, you’re welcome to join our Discord community: https://discord.com/invite/5KaSRdxFXw
by ksec | 2026-01-01 12:42:57+00:00
We will have to wait and see but my bet is that Nvidia will move to Leading Edge node N2 earlier now they have the Margin to work with. Both Hopper and Blackwell were too late in the design cycle. The AI hype and continue to buy the latest and great leaving Gaming at a mainstream node.

Nvidia using Mainstream node has always been the norm considering most Fab capacity always goes to Mobile SoC first. But I expect the internet / gamers will be angry anyway because Nvidia does not provide them with the latest and greatest.

In reality the extra R&D cost for designing with leading edge will be amortised by all the AI order which give Nvidia competitive advantage at the consumer level when they compete. That is assuming there are competition because most recent data have shown Nvidia owning 90%+ of discreet market share, 9% for AMD and 1% for Intel.
by netsharc | 2026-01-01 12:46:04+00:00
You'd be amazed at the amount of radicalization Israeli society gets if you'd bother to look with unbiased eyes. Attacking aid trucks? Spitting at Christians, even tourists? Stealing houses of West Bank people? (Oh must be for that Lebensraum)

Maybe that's one goal you should add to your 2026 list...
by Zak | 2026-01-01 12:46:26+00:00
I keep giving proprietary software chances. A polished experience has value. I'm willing to pay for software. I'll even tolerate subscriptions when they come with continuous added value.

Then Google gives HSBC the ability to lock people out of their banking app if they installed a third-party password manager from the "wrong" app store and I start to think RMS was right about everything.
by swores | 2026-01-01 12:46:30+00:00
I don't have time right now to watch the video and will be coming back to do so later, but here's a couple of snippets from the text on that page that made me want to bother watching (either they're overhyping it, or it sounds interesting and significant)

> The identified vulnerabilities may allow a complete device compromise. We demonstrate the immediate impact using a pair of current-generation headphones. We also demonstrate how a compromised Bluetooth peripheral can be abused to attack paired devices, like smartphones, due to their trust relationship with the peripheral.

> This presentation will give an overview over the vulnerabilities and a demonstration and discussion of their impact. We also generalize these findings and discuss the impact of compromised Bluetooth peripherals in general. At the end, we briefly discuss the difficulties in the disclosure and patching process. Along with the talk, we will release tooling for users to check whether their devices are affected and for other researchers to continue looking into Airoha-based devices.

[...]

> It is important that headphone users are aware of the issues. In our opinion, some of the device manufacturers have done a bad job of informing their users about the potential threats and the available security updates. We also want to provide the technical details to understand the issues and enable other researchers to continue working with the platform. With the protocol it is possible to read and write firmware. This opens up the possibility to patch and potentially customize the firmware.
by Jackblack1929 | 2026-01-01 12:46:32+00:00
Storage vaults for biogenic carbon is likely the most energy and cost efficient way to sequester carbon at this time. Wet vaults for biochar and dry vaults for carbon casting blocks are promising. These methods can help mitigate embodied emissions related to low carbon energy sources such as renewables and batteries. Also, it can buy time for concrete and steel to decarbonization while clean infrastructure scales. These carbon capture methods are modular, deployable across wide geographies, biomass agnostic, and have low energy inputs in comparison to DAC and point source capture. The trick will be avoiding land use diversion while maximizing photosynthesis across all not agricultural lands. This method can also be useful for carbon currency creation which I believe is a precursor for atmospheric GHG stabilization.
by JumpCrisscross | 2026-01-01 12:47:03+00:00
> I urge you to look at our entire aviation history of vehicles with guns strapped on

Stabilizing moving firing platforms has a fascinating history going back to Bronze Age chariots.

As for planes and helicopters, there is a reason their big guns are mounted into the airframe, and why the biggest cannons in the air are on fixed-wing aircraft.
by fc417fc802 | 2026-01-01 12:47:14+00:00
Just to clarify, pig -> insect -> pig wouldn't constitute cannibalism. But it's still a rather unusual (ie low frequency) food chain in nature so there's no reasonable assurance that it will be safe. Given how resilient prions can be and just how crazy some of the observed transmission pathways have been the current EU regulations seem quite sensible to me. (As a layman. To be clear I'm no expert on prion diseases.)
by lm28469 | 2026-01-01 12:47:33+00:00
It seems so obvious to me. It's all about what you do with your time, if you're stuck in a boring routine of commute, repetitive work, and a few soulless vacations here and there you'll build virtually no memorable moments and it will all feel like a blur

Move to a new city, get a radically different job, get a kid, switch up your routine, pick up unusual hobbies/interests and every year will feel like a new life.
Childhood feels very long because you have to go through mandatory checkpoints imposed from the outside, add that to your adult life and it'll feel the same. Why don't you go get a parachute intro course next weekend? Or rent a car on a race track? Go ice climbing next winter? Join a yoga club, a music class, a reading group, a dance class, &c. try things you don't necessarily want to do and you'll open many doors.

Most humans have a tendency to go the path of least resistance, and in today's world of working from home and unlimited screen based entertainment you can very easily waste decades your life
by tdeck | 2026-01-01 12:48:19+00:00
Everyone wants peace and safety on their own terms. It's not a virtue to remove all context from your analysis of the situation.

The overwhelming majority of Isealis want to maintain a system of violent apartheid that benefits them explicitly based on their ethnicity, and be insulated from any consequences. Some of them might be sad about the war crimes their army commits in a daily basis, but almost none are doing anything about it. Their victims have been successfully isolated by the world's largest superpower and its network of corrupt client states.

So yes, in that situation, "defensive" warfare technologies for Israel are clearly a bad thing.
by marginalia_nu | 2026-01-01 12:48:29+00:00
Last few years I've been my own boss mostly doing whatever I feel like with several years funds comfortable and no real pressure to do or die. Time hasn't really slowed down. I also took a year completely off work in 2016, that one also passed very quickly.

If anything, having new experiences is what seems to slow down time in my experience. Visiting new locations, doing and learning new things. I suppose more things will be new to the young than the old, so it would make sense as an alternative hypothesis.

I've also had a bad tooth ache since the day before Christmas I haven't been able to get dealt with since all the local dentists are off, and it feels like it's been the longest week in my life. Dunno if I'd recommend it as a way of prolonging the subjective experience of time though.

Another anecdote is that last year I quit coffee cold turkey, and a side effect was that time seemed to slow down significantly. A lot of people seem to be reporting this. Make of it what you want. Quitting coffee also sucks quite a lot, though not as bad as week of severe tooth ache.
by dijit | 2026-01-01 12:49:48+00:00
And everyone got mad at OpenBSD for refusing to develop bluetooth.

It’s a messy standard and we shouldn’t be surprised that the race to the bottom has left some major gaps.. though Sony WH1000’s are premium tier hardware and they have no real excuses..

I always wondered how people could justify the growth of the bluetooth headphone market in such a way.. Everyone seems to use bluetooth headphones exclusively (in Sweden at least), I’m guilty of buying into it too (I own both Airpods Pro’s and the affected Sony WH1000-XM5) but part of me has always known that bluetooth is just hacks on hacks… I allowed myself to be persuaded due to popularity. Scary.

I was also trying to debug bluetooth “glitching audio” issues and tried to figure out signal strength as the first troubleshooting step: I discovered that people don’t even expose signal strength anymore… the introspection into what’s happening extends literally nowhere, including not showing signal strength… truly, the whole thing is cursed and I’m shocked it works for the masses the way it does.. can you imagine not displaying wifi signal strength?
by ErroneousBosh | 2026-01-01 12:50:47+00:00
Actually I'm well north of 100kg, and being a tool-using ape that's about 1/6th the weight of and considerably taller than the animal I want to eat it's a fairly easy task.

If I was 1/150th the weight of a cow with my eyeline roughly level with the top of the animal's foot, armed with teeth about 12mm long and sharp claws about 5mm long, I suspect it would be considerably more difficult.
by bawolff | 2026-01-01 12:51:02+00:00
> but if the country who plays world police doesn't want to collaborate on making it reality and they literally still perform violent actions against other sovereign states without repercussions, what is the purpose?

To be nitpicky here, the goal of the ICC isn't to prevent aggressive acts or war in general. They are only punishing war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide - which is a small subset of potential violent acts a state may commit. The ICC does not have juridsiction over crimes of aggression.

[Yes technically there is an optional thing that countries can sign to give the ICC juridsiction over crimes of aggression, but so few countries have signed it that it may as well not exist]