MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by Rochus | 2026-01-26 15:29:28+00:00
AI causes just an intensification of longstanding problems. The "publish or perish" pressure has compromised research integrity for decades (including manipulated peer reviews, massaged or fabricated results, and ignored conflicts of interest). Cambridge University Press recently warned that "without urgent, sector-wide reform, the global academic publishing ecosystem is at risk of collapsing" (https://www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty-issues/research/...), explicitly attributing these problems to the pervasive publish-or-perish culture.

Ironically, AI even enables scientists to free up some time next to the "publish or perish" nonsense to do some real science, and not wasting all time running for grants and publishing just for the sake of it.

Looking at the Atlantic article, they just seem to focus on the negative findings of the study the article is apparently based on (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2601.13187.pdf). Contrary to the "slop" narrative, the study found that AI-assisted papers often used "more complex language and cite a wider array of sources" and were more likely to surface newer relevant research rather than just recycling old famous citations. This is even "recursive irony": the Atlantic article critiques the "slop" of modern content production while engaging in practices that mirror the very issues it identifies: sensationalism, rapid turnover, and narrative-driven framing over rigorous analysis.
by ck2 | 2026-01-26 15:29:34+00:00
(after the horror of seeing it live, I lived through 24/7 replays of "go for throttle up" for months and it still haunts me to this day)

also see:

Sean Duffy orders NASA employees "do not let safety be the enemy of progress"

* https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/interim-nasa-head-tells...
by mikkupikku | 2026-01-26 15:29:52+00:00
I have a theory that cheap LED lights with low quality drivers are bad for dogs. LEDs with low quality drivers very often have a high amplitude flicker at 50/60Hz, which is about the flicker fusion rate for humans so we don't perceive it (at least usually), but dogs are known to have a substantially higher flicker fusion rate and probably perceive the flicker. Probably worth considering, especially if you have a dog with epilepsy.

(Incandescents also flicker at 50/60Hz of course, but the thermal inertia of the filament makes this a lower amplitude flicker.)
by alphazard | 2026-01-26 15:30:07+00:00
I don't buy this. The claim is that since everyone can build software, it will be easier to build from the ground up per person, rather than centralize around projects and individuals.

Although there is a long tail of decisions where the right answers depends on a particular human's brain, it's accumulated context and intuitions, e.g. themes, styles, shortcut keys, names for things, etc.
The lion's share of the decisions in a piece of software have right answers determined by the structure of the problem that the software solves.
e.g. You aren't going to build truly useful financial software for your small business, without bumping into double ledger entries as a concept.
Your LLM might name the idea "mirrored money" or "2 spot counting", but the idea will be the same.

The force that causes effort to congeal into open-source projects is the equivalent problem structure, not the names and long tail of idiosyncrasies that a particular software has.
Once the structure of a problem is uncovered, protecting it becomes the battle.
Ensuring that the software doesn't forget essential invariants as it evolves is what software maintenance is.
by Bluescreenbuddy | 2026-01-26 15:30:23+00:00
I deployed it to a few machines here at my job and thankfully we've had zero issues. The outlook issue is for POP accounts and if you're using outlook, you're probably using Exchange. The RDP issue is for modern RDP clients like the Windows App (we use the the old RDP app since we're mostly on prem) and so far no one has experienced any boot issues. We use one OEM across a few models. I'm hoping it stays this smooth one it's fully deployed.
by jampa | 2026-01-26 15:30:38+00:00
There are already some great responses, but I want to add that one effective way to coach senior employees is to give them responsibilities one level above their current role and then provide feedback.

For engineers aiming to move into management or staff engineering, you can assign them a project at the level they aspire to reach and give feedback once they complete it. For example, for an engineer aiming to be an EM, I expect them to lead not only meetings but also all communications related to this project, while I act as their director. Afterwards, I provide feedback.

It doesn't have to be that extensive right away. You can start small, like asking them to lead a roadmap meeting, and then increase responsibilities as they improve. Essentially, create a safe environment for them to grow.
by adrian_b | 2026-01-26 15:31:07+00:00
This is the theory, but not the practice.

In decades of using and managing many kinds of computers I have seen only a handful of dynamic libraries for whom security updates have been useful, e.g. OpenSSL.

On the other hands, I have seen countless problems caused by updates of dynamic libraries that have broken various applications, not only on Linux, but even on Windows and even for Microsoft products, such as Visual Studio.

I have also seen a lot of space and time wasted by the necessity of having installed in the same system, by using various hacks, a great number of versions of the same dynamic library, in order to satisfy the conflicting requirements of various applications. I have also seen systems bricked by a faulty update of glibc, if they did not have any statically-linked rescue programs.

On Windows such problems are much less frequent only because a great number of applications bundle with the them, in their own directory, the desired versions of various dynamic libraries, and Windows is happy to load those libraries. On UNIX derivatives, this usually does not work as the dynamic linker searches only standard places for libraries.

Therefore, in my opinion static linking should always be the default, especially for something like the standard C library. Dynamic linking shall be reserved for some very special libraries, where there are strong arguments that this should be beneficial, i.e. that there really exists a need to upgrade the library without upgrading the main executable.

Golang is probably an anomaly. C-based programs are rarely much bigger when statically linked than when dynamically linked. Only using "printf" is typically implemented in such a way that it links a lot into any statically-linked program, so the C standard libraries intended for embedded computers typically have some special lightweight "printf" versions, to avoid this overhead.
by kstrauser | 2026-01-26 15:31:15+00:00
HIPAA, but no, it’s the other way. Healthcare providers and associated entities are regulated by the law. If you tell me, as a regular non-doctor person in a non-medical setting, that you have the flu, I can share that information with anyone else without violating HIPAA.

There was so much misinformation about that during COVID. “Do you have a couch or fever?” “You can’t ask me that! HIPAA!” “Sir, this is a Wendy’s.”
by bediger4000 | 2026-01-26 15:31:25+00:00
You should see my robots.txt file. I have told the legit ones to stay away. Every scraper and clanker that circumvents "anti-bot" technology can go straight to hell - they've been warned that I don't want them.

But your observation doesn't deal with the un-ethicality of the original article, advocating benefiting from cybercrime, and ignoring the explicit wishes of web sites that use "anti-bot" technology.
by jeremie | 2026-01-26 15:31:30+00:00
While did:plc was intended to be centralised from the start and under open governance (https://docs.bsky.app/blog/plc-directory-org), did: provided a framework to adopt other key resolution methods.

As part of the IETF work (https://docs.bsky.app/blog/taking-at-to-ietf) this is a hotly debated area and I’d expect some solid evolution to happen as part of that process, super encourage anyone interested to get involved there!
by adamlundqvist | 2026-01-26 15:31:58+00:00
SQUR found more flags than human pentesters on the XBEN CTF benchmark suite. We reached 91 out of 104 flags (87.5%), exceeding the best reported human score.

CTF is not the same as hacking or pentesting, but the results indicate a strong exploit capability nevertheless.

If we would assume malicious users achieve comparable results, we should all dress warm for the upcoming cybersecurity challenges.
by program_whiz | 2026-01-26 15:32:04+00:00
Easy to cherry pick examples and counter-examples. See the luddites for counter-example. Artisans making high-quality textiles are no longer broadly in demand. Lots of pro examples too, I just don't find analogies helpful. It may be that like clothes, there's only so much need for software. We don't really need 1000 browsers or operating systems after all, 3 or 4 good ones is enough (and 90% of people use 1 or 2), despite there being free very good alternatives (unit costs 0, demand still low).
by _blk | 2026-01-26 15:32:19+00:00
As a leader, it's important to provide not just the meat but also the veggies. What people end up eating is up to them, but serve the full course! If as a ME, I start deciding who needs to know what, information will be perceived as incomplete because people always talk and engineer are often smart enough to read between the lines. So the transparent umbrella is a great analogy. Communicate bad news as fast and coherently as possible - group meeting with open questions works well for me but be ready to address the potential fears: "In my current assessment, that's not going to be a problem, I'll let you know if that changes." and of course "Thanks for asking, I didn't consider that and I don't know yet. I'll clarify" is a valid answer, if you do indeed clarify.

If you're genuinely stressed with that, talk to your lead about it and they'll find a way to filter a little more while not giving you the feeling of being left out.
by quantumwoke | 2026-01-26 15:32:38+00:00
It's crazy to me that somewhere along the way we lost physical media as a reference point. Journals and YouTube can be good sources of information, but unless heavily confined to high quality information current AI is not able to judge citation quality to come up with good recommendations. The synthesis of real world medical experience is often collated in medical textbooks and yet AI doesn't cite them nearly as much as it should.
by palmotea | 2026-01-26 15:33:19+00:00
> The same American business culture that produced Apple/Amazon/Alphabet/Microsoft/Meta/Tesla/etc? They seem to invest quite a bit in "technology".

Yeah. There can be sparks of innovation, but the overall trend seems to be squandering advantages for short term financial gains. And honestly, some of your examples aren't great: Telsa's probably going to lose to the likes of BYD (but for unusual leadership reasons); Microsoft seems to be losing former capability, which is reflected in many of its products (https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-...); and I don't think Meta has done much besides sell ads.

IIRC, Chinese companies, on the other hand, tend not actually make very much money for their investors.
by Sharlin | 2026-01-26 15:33:29+00:00
I suppose what’s impressive is that (with the author’s help) it did ultimately get the port to work, in spite of all the caveats described by the author that make Claude sound like a really bad programmer. The code is likely terrible, and the 3.5x speedup way low compared to what it could be, but I guess these days we’re supposed to be impressed by quantity rather than quality.
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by kstrauser | 2026-01-26 15:34:21+00:00
That’s so odd! They’ve worked exactly as promised for me. I never, ever get warnings about my own tags, or my wife’s tags that she’s shared with me. Not even once. And yesterday I used them to find my keys that the cats had relocated to across the house.

I don’t have any explanation for how our experiences could be so different, but they are. Mine even did the cool thing where you can watch your luggage move through an airport until you join up with it.
by ativzzz | 2026-01-26 15:34:37+00:00
> That they will know when to do abstractions

The only way to learn when abstractions are needed is to write code, hit a dead end, then try and abstract it. Over and over. With time, you will be able to start seeing these before you write code.

AI does not do abstractions well. From my experience, it completely fails to abstract anything unless you tell it to. Even when similar abstractions are already present. If you never learn when an abstraction is needed, how can you guide an AI to do the same well?
by paul7986 | 2026-01-26 15:34:38+00:00
It reduces the amount of engineers needed. I'd say by half and web, graphic designers and front end developers coding the designs are really no longer needed.

I was just laid off from my job of 8 years in which I was the UX Researcher, Designer, Front-End Dev and Customer UX Support. In a week I have sold my house and am downsizing significantly and in two years or less will be working as an RN(nurse). I will try to get back into my field but the current administration and the many tech layoffs has flooded the market with people like me looking for job. All the while AI is eating my career & field. It just doesnt seem wise that my career of 20 years is going to be around in the next ten years.

Also, will there be interfaces we have today in five to ten years or so? My guess is AI is the interface that does everything for us through voice (Open AI's upcoming device) or text .. now we still could have smart phones but where AI does everything including presents articles, games we play, etc and all from the AI device's lock screen (websites are not visited much)
by rootnod3 | 2026-01-26 15:34:42+00:00
Vibe coding to the max. Forcing employees to use it and that’s the large scale result. Cause it’s garbage. Hands down on large scale it just doesn’t work. Especially on something the scale of an operating system.

There will be the usual downvotes and I’ll take em. If the pro-AI folks can’t convince me that LLMs are able to write and maintain systems at that scale, that will be par for the course.

Wait, “you just didn’t write enough spec and unit tests for the LLM to do it correctly and you are promoting it wrong”.
by pgroves | 2026-01-26 15:34:53+00:00
I was expecting this to be the point of the article when I saw the title. Popular projects appear to be drowning in PRs that are almost certainly AI generated. OpencodeCli has 1200 open at the moment[1]. Aider, which is sort of abandoned has 200 [2]. AFAIK, both projects are mostly one maintainer.

[1] https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/pulls
[2] https://github.com/Aider-AI/aider/pulls
by stackedinserter | 2026-01-26 15:35:04+00:00
> people who talk about business value expect people to code like they work at the assembly line. Churn out features, no disturbances, no worrying about code quality, abstractions, bla bla.

That's typical misconception that "I'm an artist, let me rewrite in Rust" people often have. Code quality has a direct money equivalent, you just need to be able to justify it for people that pay you salary.
by ceejayoz | 2026-01-26 15:35:23+00:00
> A close relative is a practicing surgeon and a professor in his field. He watches youtube videos of surgeries practically every day.

A professor in the field can probably go "ok this video is bullshit" a couple minutes in if it's wrong. They can identify a bad surgeon, a dangerous technique, or an edge case that may not be covered.

You and I cannot. Basically, the same problem the general public has with phishing, but even more devastating potential consequences.
by legorobot | 2026-01-26 15:35:33+00:00
I agree that there's a lot of complexity today due to the process in which we write code (people, lack of understanding the problem space, etc.) vs the problem itself.

Would we say us as humans also have captured the "best" way to reduce complexity and write great code? Maybe there's patterns and guidelines but no hard and fast rules. Until we have better understanding around that, LLMs may also not arrive at those levels either. Most of that knowledge is gleamed when sticking with a system -- dealing with past choices and requiring changes and tweaks to the code, complexity and solution over time. Maybe the right "memory" or compaction could help LLMs get better over time, but we're just scratching the surface there today.

LLMs output code as good as their training data. They can reason about parts of code they are prompted and offer ideas, but they're inherently based on the data and concepts they've trained on. And unfortunately...its likely much more average code than highly respected ones that flood the training data, at least for now.

Ideally I'd love to see better code written and complexity driven down by _whatever_ writes the code. But there will always been verification required when using a writer that is probabilistic.
by traceroute66 | 2026-01-26 15:35:33+00:00
> most police departments won't pay the slightest bit of attention to your reports

Its sort of a combination of two reasons.

First in many cities, police departments are underfunded. And so running around looking for your stolen phone or whatever minor item is low on their to-do list compared to say, stopping the local drug-gangs from shooting their brains out.

Second, for minor thefts most insurance companies just need a quick box-tick "police crime report number" before paying out. So if the police know they can get you off their backs just by quickly giving you a report number, well....
by next_xibalba | 2026-01-26 15:35:58+00:00
> attempted to compensate using prefabulated amulite in the magneto-reluctance housing, but this only exacerbated the side-fumbling in the hyperboloid waveform generators

Wrote my PhD dissertation on this. It would've been in the literature for Apple's engineers to find, but unfortunately I lost institutional support to get this into a journal after my college (Mailorderdegrees.com, an FTX University^TM) folded mid-process.
by anonymous908213 | 2026-01-26 15:35:58+00:00
I will give you credit, you have an art for writing absolutely infuriating comments. How is it that you manage to so perfectly encapsulate the exact thing you baselessly accuse one of doing?

> You’re shadowboxing against a claim that the person you replied to never made.

You start with this, and then immediately lead into:

> Communication is more than the simple dictionary definitions of the words being written.

> that you should always make it denotatively clear to readers when you’re going your opinion and when you’re globally asserting something)

Neither of which are claims I made. At no point did I engage in the dictionary-definition pedantry that plagues this site. I was specifically highlighting how the sentiments they expressed in their message come together as a whole. An accusation that one "forgot to take basic principles into account" cannot possibly be construed in any way other than insulting. That phrase denies the possibility that the OP considered readability but consciously chose to make a trade-off in alignment with their own values, asserts the author's view as a matter of principle, and denigrates the person who "forgot" to consider it.

> you are yourself asserting your opinion about subjective communications as fact

Insofar as words have any meaning whatsoever, I am observing a fact about how they chose to communicate. If you really want to play the stupid game the people of this forum love where you play at the margins of language endlessly redefining everything into meaninglessness to score points in an argument, you can count me out.
by mikepurvis | 2026-01-26 15:36:06+00:00
I'm interested to hear this. I had very mixed experience a few years ago with the Seinxon finder card; it wasn't reliably in contact to make it beep, even when I was standing right beside it, but worse it would semi-regularly go into anti-stalker mode and start beeping and spamming iPhones around me with scary-looking notices. This second behaviour was obviously a deal-breaker so I discontinued use of them. (Looks like the company still exists but is now selling newer versions of the cards I bought from them)

Having recently switched to Android I was tempted to give Chipolo products a try, but this reddit thread disuaded me, as multiple users there are reporting the exact kinds of issues that I experienced previously: https://www.reddit.com/r/Chipolo/comments/1n4m4j3/chipolo_po...
by paulryanrogers | 2026-01-26 15:36:35+00:00
I've lived in northern and southern states for years. Was raised (very) evangelical Christian and left that behind, yet still have family deep inside. My bubble has been thoroughly popped. Still I have to witness the descent of friends and family members into fantasy as they age and become more isolated by circumstance and their media choices. College educated people who now tell me the Earth is probably flat, 9/11 was probably an inside job, J6 was just some over eager tourists.
by ehsankia | 2026-01-26 15:36:36+00:00
That's awesome. I'm glad that trackers have reached a price point, reliability and form factors that I can easily put one in everything I care about. I even have card ones in my wallet, my steam deck / e-reader case, etc.

Also, most of these have usb-c / wireless charging, so I don't have to mess with random cell batteries every 6 months.