MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by datameta | 2026-01-02 18:05:34+00:00
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by bigyabai | 2026-01-02 18:06:15+00:00
Nope, sorry. macOS sucks more than every other option. It's why it has a smaller PC install-base than Windows, and it's why macOS is treated like a second-class citizen for server software. Apple's approach is dying because it cannot compete on equal footing, it's critically dependent on third-party support that simply isn't materializing. In the same fashion as Minix and BSD before it, XNU is being smothered by it's sole beneficiary.

Also FYI, "userland" does not mean "desktop software" exclusively. It extends to the user's runtime, the stability and redundancy of their dependencies and the completeness of it's drivers and SDKs. macOS is not a stable runtime, static-links almost every dependency and has woefully incomplete driver support for third-party hardware. It is the worst of both worlds from Linux and Windows with a few innovative roadblocks that only Apple could universally enforce.
by e12e | 2026-01-02 18:06:58+00:00
Did you read the fine manual?

https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/man/master/7/zpoolcon...

https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/man/master/8/zpool.8....

https://openzfs.github.io/openzfs-docs/man/master/8/zfs.8.ht...
by tim333 | 2026-01-02 18:07:33+00:00
I'm sure there are some good stories to come and some coming out slowly already. I was listening yesterday to an explanation of how the Moskva was sunk. The rumour was western air forces could see it going in circles on their radar and suggested to the Ukrainians to send R-360 missiles to the appropriate location with their radars turned off so a not to be detectable and then turn them on for the last few seconds not giving the Russians time to react. (https://youtu.be/6gUkBMzIjoQ?t=1241)
by AndrewKemendo | 2026-01-02 18:07:40+00:00
A good friend just released this and it’s very helpful

Fully Local: No external API calls - everything runs on your machine

PDF Support: Recursively processes PDFs from a folder with subdirectories

RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation): Uses vector similarity search to find relevant context

Streaming Responses: Real-time streaming of LLM responses

Modern UI: Clean web interface built with HTMX and Alpine.js

Single Install: Managed with UV for easy dependency management
by perching_aix | 2026-01-02 18:07:41+00:00
Yes, that much was always clear. I just always thought the way these software go about finding those combinations was also standardized on a high level rather than proprietary to each implementation. It is a fairly recent development for me to realize that the various encoder options and presets are specific to the encoder, not the format (and now, that the same is true for lossless formats too).
by ACCount37 | 2026-01-02 18:07:57+00:00
No. There are no architectural changes and no "second runtime learning algorithm". There's just the good old in-context learning that all LLMs get from pre-training. RLVR is a training stage that pressures the LLM to take advantage of it on real tasks.

"Runtime continual learning algorithm" is an elusive target of questionable desirability - given that we already have in-context learning, and "get better at SFT and RLVR lmao" is relatively simple to pull off and gives kickass gains in the here and now.

I see no reason why "behave in a more human/animal-like self-motivated agentic fashion" can't be obtained from more RLVR, if that's what you want to train your LLMs for.
by badc0ffee | 2026-01-02 18:08:08+00:00
I went through some of this myself.

> Nintendo Switch Online (not really another account, mind you, but a membership) involves a recurring fee. It also unlocks access to the Nintendo eShop, which I cannot disable. I can set his eShop spending limit to zero, sure. But I can't block free downloads. So to let my son play online Minecraft with his friends, I have to open him up to an unrelated store full of content I can't possibly evaluate. That's the deal. Take it or leave it.

You don't need to pay for Nintendo Switch Online to get access to the eShop, you just need a Nintendo Account. I made one for myself and one for my son, and neither stays logged in. My wife and I have the passwords for both, and will not give him his password until he's older. Meaning one of us needs to be there for any purchases, free or otherwise.

He has access to the Minecraft marketplace, but can't add funds to it without us. We did not use our MS accounts, and didn't make one for him, so he can't play Minecraft online. But you know what, I'm totally ok with that. He can still invite a friend over and play together in person (which he does do).
by founderbooster | 2026-01-02 18:08:16+00:00
Totally fair feedback.

The core CLI is fully open source (MIT) and usable without paying anything — the $199 Early Access is optional and only for convenience (prebuilt binaries, installer, updates, early plugins).

There’s no lock-in or dependency on a hosted service; if the project disappeared tomorrow, the OSS core would still work as long as Cloudflare does.

I’m intentionally keeping EA small and low-pressure rather than positioning it as a subscription or promise of longevity.
by alwa | 2026-01-02 18:08:19+00:00
I mean—they can. They don’t need to give more than they’re already giving we anonymous strangers for free. For all we know, this person wrote this for people they encounter personally or professionally, and we’re just incidentally benefitting.

We as readers should gauge their credibility for ourselves, whether by reputation or by checking the claims. I don’t know who wrote it but it seems basically correct, consistent, and concisely argued to me.
by quipacorn | 2026-01-02 18:08:24+00:00
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Show HN: An experimental "Vine for micro-games"
by atdixon | 2026-01-02 18:09:47+00:00
My original idea: we have Twitter/X for text, Vine for short video... what if there were a social-style feed for user-submitted tiny browser games?

* Build a game in a few hours
* Hard 500kb limit (including graphics)
* Fully sandboxed iframes (safety: no cookies, no network)
* Infinite scroll: jump into a game, play briefly, scroll on
* CDN-served games

Live site with some reference games I've made: https://xelly.games
(feel free to use a temporary email site if you don't want to use your real email)
Dev docs: https://xelly-games.github.io/

Tech: Svelte (FE) + Clojure (BE)

This is an experimental idea but production ready. Feedback or games welcome!
by atdixon | 2026-01-02 18:09:55+00:00
A quick clarification / extra context:

This is intentionally experimental and dev-first, not a startup pitch.
Games are uploaded as static artifacts and run fully sandboxed in iframes (allow-scripts only) with no cookies or network access.

One unexpectedly hard/fun problem: making infinite scroll work well with lots of <canvas> on mobile (solved by caching/reusing iframes)

I'm not a game developer but writing/porting the (low-fi) reference games on the site took a few hours per game and reminded me how much fun programming can be.

Happy to answer questions or dig into the tech if ppl are curious.
by timr | 2026-01-02 18:09:59+00:00
I quoted you, and responded specifically to the quote. The reason doctors don’t offer the test is not because of some straw man arguments (“a horrible mindset…”) involving their diminished judgment of importance of the virus in men, as you assert.

You keep saying things in these sub threads that are factually incorrect in some important way that hides nuance, or otherwise seems calculated to provoke outrage. This was another example, which I why I replied here.
Show HN: A Triton windowing test with ray tracing and GUI
by mehmetoguzderin | 2026-01-02 18:10:03+00:00
I've been recently testing GPU kernel dev with Triton; however, I couldn't find a graphics sample that combines an update loop with windowing, mouse-keyboard interactivity, etc., so I decided to give it a shot with single-sphere ray tracing and ImGui. Unfortunately, I couldn't get to zero-shot copy with CUDA & WSLg (since I am running on WSL2), so it defaults to a host copy for framebuffer unless you enable the WIP flag. Any feedback or contributions for a zero-copy pipeline (whether running on a Linux box with OpenGL & CUDA on the same device, or some shortcut for CUDA and WSLg) are always welcome! Any Triton optimization tips & tricks would also be appreciated. I found certain utilities like autotune for kernels to be quite interesting, and computer graphics application could make things and advantages more visual.
Show HN: BmuS – Backup tool for Linux, Pi, NAS with dedup and encryption
by bmus | 2026-01-02 18:11:28+00:00
Hey HN!

I've been working on a backup tool for
Linux/Raspberry Pi + NAS setups for two years.

Problem: Restic/Borg are too complex for home users,

Solution: BmuS combines:
- Rsync + hard link deduplication (easy to debug)
- gocryptfs encryption (zero-knowledge)
- Chart.js dashboard (no separate DB required)
- Docker-ready
- 6 languages.

What do you think? Feedback welcome!
Show HN: Built Needfind to find my first customers – now dogfooding it on itself
by ohMoshko | 2026-01-02 18:11:34+00:00
After launching a few apps (most recently Wreckruiter - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46457269), I realized something: anyone can build. The hard part is getting customers.

I'd spend weeks building, launch on Product Hunt, get some upvotes... then crickets. Meanwhile, real potential customers were out there on Reddit and HN literally asking "is there a tool that does X?" – and I had no idea.

So I built Needfind (https://needfind.app). Paste your product URL, and it searches Reddit and Hacker News for people who need what you built. It finds:
- High-intent posts ("looking for a tool that...")
- Pain point discussions (people complaining about the problem you solve)
- Competitor complaints ("I wish [competitor] would...")

The fun part: I'm now using Needfind to find customers for Needfind itself. Eating my own dogfood, GitHub-style.

The community angle:

Building alone is hard. So there's a community directory where founders can list their products and help each other. Upvote products you like, leave tips on finding customers. Founders helping founders.

Would love feedback from HN. What signals do you look for when finding early customers? Any subreddits or sources I should add?
by maerF0x0 | 2026-01-02 18:11:57+00:00
Parental controls aren't a good substitution for awareness, deep meaningful connection with your child, giving them a rich and fulfilling offline life, teaching them how to navigate dangers rather than isolating them from reality.

Hold on to your kids[1] and instead of having to spy on them you will know them.

Yes, Parental controls could, in theory, provide many many more protections. But given the trajectory of tech, capitalism, and the USA at large (and the culture it exports), I do not see that pragmatically happening to a relevant degree by the time I have children.

[1] - https://www.amazon.com/Hold-Your-Kids-Parents-Matter/dp/0375...
by bpev | 2026-01-02 18:12:12+00:00
Saying that vinyl doesn't have a distinct sound is a pretty wild take. It's pretty obvious if you've ever listened to vinyl and switched to a lossless version on the same setup. But here's some reading, nonetheless:

https://now.tufts.edu/2016/07/11/does-music-sound-better-vin...
https://www.soundonsound.com/sound-advice/q-why-vinyl-not-be...

IMO, use a lossless digital file if you want to a more accurate sound, and use a vinyl if you prefer the sound/mastering of that release.
by PoslavskySV | 2026-01-02 18:12:25+00:00
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by quantified | 2026-01-02 18:12:40+00:00
Replaced in a personal sense is different than replaced in a population sense. Any person may not have replaced ICE with electric. But when the population loses a member that used ICE and gains a member that uses an e-bike, that's a replacement.

There can be new demand too, if these e-bike trips represent trips that would not have been taken due to distance, lack of public transport to the destination, etc. An e-bike could be an acceptable equivalent of the scooter that crowds many a city globally.
by vinibrito | 2026-01-02 18:12:58+00:00
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"Time to kick off that new priority in your company!"

Web developer, mainly frontend and application logic, with basic infra and backend skills to get my work online.

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AI systems from scratch (no Langchain and similar), Interactive app screens, PDF generators, payment processing, maps and routes, VoIP, browser extensions, SFTP server client and more.

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by as1mov | 2026-01-02 18:13:14+00:00
This actually looks nice! I'd prefer a slide out horizontal keyboard like the X10 Mini Pro[1], but beggars can't be choosers.

I've never gotten used to the touch keyboard, since writing anything while code-switching multiple languages doesn't really work well with the predictive input. Especially if the other language has to be transliterated from a non Latin script.

Though the update policy doesn't sound too promising, 2 years of OS updates + 5 years of security updates is too short :/

[1] https://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_xperia_x10_mini_pro-3...
by 1vuio0pswjnm7 | 2026-01-02 18:13:27+00:00
The author worked for "an A.I. startup"

His journalism has been solely focused on covering the so-called "tech" industry

Perhaps he "likes" A.I.

Who cares

Here, "hate" or "like" are responses to the behavior of companies, and repercussions from those actions, not use of computers or statistics per se
by wlruys | 2026-01-02 18:14:20+00:00
Location: Austin, TX (targeting Northeastern US: NJ, NY, MA, NH)

Remote: Open to remote (prefer hybrid)

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Python, C++17, CUDA/HIP, PyTorch (TorchRL, Geometric), MPI, OpenMP, Kokkos, BLAS/LAPACK, SQL, Ray, Slurm, Docker/Singularity, distributed training, profiling (Tracy, perf, NVTX/Nvidia Nsight), Nanobind, Cython

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Email: wlruys+hiring@gmail.com

Recent PhD in high-performance computing with a background in mathematics, focused on algorithms and orchestration on heterogeneous clusters. My current research applies reinforcement learning (RL) to dynamic scheduling decisions. Seeking ML infrastructure, distributed computing, and software performance optimization roles in industry, or research software engineer (RSE) roles if the lab is a good fit. Likewise, I’m primarily looking to relocate to the northeastern US, but open to other US (and European) hubs for the right roles.
by hamdingers | 2026-01-02 18:14:22+00:00
First, that statistic sources a study from 2000, a time when zero children had smartphones and approximately zero children played online games.

Second, even if the statistic wasn't obsolete, a groomed kid knows their abuser by definition.

I understand what you're trying to get at and suspect you're right, but the comment does not make your case well.
by ben_w | 2026-01-02 18:14:33+00:00
On the contrary, we have plenty of historical examples where we did exactly that.

Home construction per year over in the last century in the UK: https://fullfact.org/economy/house-building-england/

And Germany since 1950: https://www.dba-bau.com/news/seit-1950-wurden-in-der-bundesr...

Note they were higher in the past.
by apolloartemis | 2026-01-02 18:14:54+00:00
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AI Engineer:
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by vinibrito | 2026-01-02 18:14:58+00:00
SEEKING WORK

Remote: Yes

Location: Brazil

Willing to relocate: No (Remote only)

Technologies: Custom AI systems from scratch, SvelteKit, Azure functions, Netlify functions, AWS Lambda, Node, Docker, Appwrite, Caddy, HTML, CSS, JS.

Generalist web developer.

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by InitialLastName | 2026-01-02 18:15:13+00:00
I find there area few things the budgets and spreadsheets help with from a personal finance perspective:

- Values vs reality: A $3000 candle budget is fine, but if you're spending $10/work-day on candles it might be easier to see when that accumulates and you can compare it against your longer-term aspirational goals. This is especially true for less tangible expenses like subscriptions where it can be difficult to see "I'm spending $3000/year on candles I never burn" from ground level.

- Planning and decision-making: It's easier to make good life decisions (e.g. "should I take $job" or "can I buy $house") if you have an accurate accounting of your life expenses.
by toast0 | 2026-01-02 18:15:22+00:00
ZFS says "once I've committed to disk, if the data changes, I'll let you know".

This works, regardless of if you have ram errors or not.

I will say that the reported error rate of 5 bit errors per 8 GB per hour in 8% of installed RAM seems incredibly high compared to my experience running on a fleet of about one to three thousand machines with 64-768 GB of ECC RAM. Based on that rate, assuming a thousand machines with 64 GB ram each, we should have been seeing about 3000 bit errors per hour; but ECC reports were rare. Most machines went through their 3-5 year life without reporting any correctable errors. Of the small handful of machines that had errors, most of them went from no errors to a concerning amount of errors in a short time and were shut down to have their ram replaced; a few threw uncorrectable errors, most of those threw a second uncorrectable shortly thereafter and had their ram replaced; there was one or two that would do about one correctable error per day and we let those run. There was one, maybe two that were having so many correctable errors that the machine check exceptions caused operational problems that didn't make sense until the hourly ECC report came up with a huge number.

The real tricky one without ECC is that one bit error a day case... that's likely to corrupt data silently, without any other symptoms. If you have a lot of bit errors, chances are the computer will operate poorly; you'll probably end up with some corrupt data, but you'll also have a lot of crashing and hopefully run a memtest and figure it out.
by Nemi | 2026-01-02 18:15:26+00:00
> In software I've heard "opinionated" about programs that limit configurability in favor of one fits all default

While this is one form of opinionated, it really just means that they are doing their own thing different from the other established players. This could mean MORE configurability in some cases. Another poster also said it, but opinionated just means that they have taken a stand in product design (features, looks, usability, etc) that they think it correct and it does not bow to 'the herd'. IMO, an opinionated design is neither good nor bad, but it is respected by me.
by steve-atx-7600 | 2026-01-02 18:16:03+00:00
I was disappointed by their iPhone keyboard offering. I felt like their product was superficially good: fancy adds, fancy web-page, the keyboard looked nice, BUT the functionality was not well thought out. They seemed to not realize that they need to provide a hell of a lot of benefit to warrant making an iPhone - especially a max - bigger and heavier. So, sure, they provided physical qwerty. But, they did not make it easy to bind keys or combos to all/most of the Apple supported shortcuts that a bluetooth keyboard would be able to take advantage of. The result is that even if I liked the qwerty, I still have to take my fingers off of it to touch the damn screen to do basic navigation. With better leadership, they would be a much stronger company.

EDIT: was referring to their first product that is an iphone case plus keyboard (I just noticed they have a new keyboard offering).