MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by perihelions | 2026-01-03 08:36:52+00:00
To briefly quantify some things: US public support at the onset of the Afghanistan invasion polled at 88% [a]; at the onset of the Iraq invasion, 62%, rising to 72% [b]; and Venezuela here and now polls at 30% supporting "U.S. taking military action in Venezuela" [c] (Nov. 19–21 2025).

[a] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_public_opinion_o...

[b] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_opinion_in_the_United_S...

[c] https://www.cbsnews.com/news/poll-venezuela-u-s-military-act...
by LexGray | 2026-01-03 08:36:57+00:00
Sure the old social there was the kid with porn mags and cigs in his treehouse, but you were never at his house 24/7 and that limited exposure almost inoculated against long term addictions and you experienced it with peer input. Parents would eventually isolate you from those bad elements due to neighbors gossiping and the like.

The new social is your neighbors don’t even know you have kids much less who they are talking too because they are on their phones and kids don’t have peer interactions because you don’t let them outdoors fearing people will report you are exposing them to a dangerous world.

Tech should absolutely have filled that void with a simple age appropriate pediatrician approved on/off with advanced controls available for those that want to tighten or loosen the reins.

I do not have kids, but would envision something like under 5 have no advertising and no network connection without a manual unlock, under 9 should only have access to content with heavy moderation and manual review of advertisements with only approved social contacts and parental alerts for potentially problem content, under 12 restrict unapproved contacts within local school district with problem content blocked with a manual unlock for a set duration, and for under 18 just do an machine learning scan on content and the kid can choose themselves if they want to reveal it with on device warnings about adult content, bullying, scams, and grooming with suggestions to discuss with parents.
by Closi | 2026-01-03 08:36:58+00:00
100% agree - If this app gets any traction at all, it's only a matter of time before someone's crypto wallet gets leaked and emptied.

If you want to be handling peoples secrets, you have to make sure you know what you are doing and build something bombproof (bombproof from a mathematical perspective, rather than relying on your server being secure)
by gck1 | 2026-01-03 08:37:38+00:00
Yes, it is. But it's not just Google. User fingerprinting is already a massive market and is growingly user hostile. There's at least one HN post each month of someone losing access to their account for no real reason and no way to get it back.

I don't want internet infrastructure to support this behavior. On contrary, I want it to resist it, and IPv4 does, to some extent, while IPv6 makes it much easier.
by dragonwriter | 2026-01-03 08:38:22+00:00
> Which one?

There is exactly one law (Public Law 93-148, originating in the 93rd Congress as H.J.Res. 542, and passed over Presidential veto on November 7, 1973) which has as its official title the “War Powers Resolution”. Since it’s passage, it is also frequently referred to by a less-official name as the “War Powers Act” to emphasize that it has completed the process to become an official Act of Congress. The reference, especially to the exact official name, is not at all ambiguous.
by troad | 2026-01-03 08:38:30+00:00
> The fact that this comments section indicates such a yawning chasm of gaps in knowledge (much less, understanding) - in a forum whose users are generally known to be more technically savvy than most - is exactly why IPv6 is still not widely adopted.

No, it isn't. Everyone here has the causality backwards. We don't know it because we've never needed to know it, and we've never needed to know it because it's not really required for anything (i.e. the cost of adopting/learning it > benefit).

This has been a frustrating HN discussion to read, to be honest, because the consensus view strikes me as so off base. It's not that IPv6 has been miscommunicated, or that it hasn't been taught enough to undergrads. It's that it has been designed with virtually no incentives to encourage people to actually adopt it, with the entirely predictable consequence that no one adopted it. Therefore, none of us need to know it, schools don't need to teach it, etc.

Folk are internalising the wrong lesson here. Incentives matter. No amount of mandated IPv6 instruction or well-intentioned blog posts explaining IPv6 are going to change anyone's incentive structure. And then when those things fail, there's a predictable and tiresome tendency to blame the users for not switching.

If you want people to adopt new tech, make it actually do something new. Give people some reason to want to switch. "It mostly does the same thing as the old tech did, but it also takes effort and money to learn it / switch to it" is a terrible pitch, with entirely predictable consequences, and it's far too common in technical circles.
by kstenerud | 2026-01-03 08:38:44+00:00
Yup, and that's perfectly valid. I'm OK with BONJSON not fitting everyone's use case. For me, safety is by far more important than edge cases for systems that require bad data representations. Anyone who needs unsafe things can just stick with JSON (or fix the underlying problems that led to these requirements).

Safe, sane defaults, and some configurability for people who (hopefully) know what they're doing. Falling into success rather than falling into failure.

BONJSON is a small spec, and easy to implement ( https://github.com/kstenerud/ksbonjson/blob/main/library/src... and https://github.com/kstenerud/ksbonjson/blob/main/library/src... ).

It's not the end-all-be-all of data formats; it's just here to make the JSON pipeline suck less.

JSON implementations can be made just as safe, but the issue is that unsafe JSON implementations are still considered valid implementations (and so almost all JSON implementations are unsafe because nobody is an authority on which design is correct). Mandating safety and consistency within the spec is a MAJOR help towards raising the safety of all implementations and avoiding these security vulnerabilities in your infrastructure.
by eviks | 2026-01-03 08:39:20+00:00
> Explorer loads instantly, etc. Even search is performant and gives decent results.

There is likely too big of a gap in "terminology".

For example, the file explorer startup is so "Instant" that even Microsoft officially added an option to preload the app to fix the delay. But if you don't notice / don't appreciate real instant, then sure, you won't understand the complaints. (or maybe your hardware masks it well enough)

Similarly, if you've never used Everything or better file manager for search, you might get used to the bad search results and call them "decent" since you're not aware how awesome it can be
by Gareth321 | 2026-01-03 08:40:34+00:00
I 100% agree. This is why Windows and later macOS and iOS became so popular. It really just worked. Basic things like being able to double click a file to install it. Linux is technically capable of this, but so few devs actually support it. The last time I installed Ubuntu I couldn’t change the mouse acceleration without using the CLI to install some extra tools. Just bonkers. And the “solution” was “oh just uninstall your entire OS and try this other distro which is way better!”
by SilverElfin | 2026-01-03 08:40:56+00:00
I have seen many people on X who have a profile saying America First or America Only or both post messages supporting the boat strikes or “thanking” Hegseth or whatever. Among big influencers - Matt Walsh, Benny Johnson, others have all supported the narrative in one form or the other. For example Johnson pushed the conspiracy theory that Venezuela rigs elections in America. Often they use dishonest language to shill their support for what’s going on - “we don’t want a new war but here’s ten reasons why Venezuela is bad”
by dragonwriter | 2026-01-03 08:41:21+00:00
> Trump ran on "no more wars". Manufacturing consent means admitting that he's entering a conflict. His more effective play is to pretend it's not happening and attack anyone who criticizes him.

Or, he could acknowledge that their is a conflict, and pretend he didn't start it but Venezuela did. Like he could claim that Venezuela invaded the US first (oh, wait, he actually did that last March, using it as the pretext for invoking the Alien Enemies Act.)
by ogogmad | 2026-01-03 08:41:22+00:00
Are they Venezuelans living in Venezuela? I think the ones you have to worry about are the ones still living there.

Additionally, might it be that every dictatorship is hated by most expatriates? I think that that was the case for the 2 (or 3) countries that the neo-cons invaded, and I don't remember any of those invasions turning out well. Reckless.
by bogwog | 2026-01-03 08:41:23+00:00
~~No, with a correct implementation, the server will only send positions of clients actually visible (taking occlusion and view frustum into account). It's complex, but so are modern engines. It's totally doable.~~

EDIT: sorry, I completely misread your comment. You're right about the latency issue, but that's also an issue with client-side prediction implementations, which provide a small window in which all client packets are trusted, rather than just the latest ones (eg to be able to rewind when computing collision detection in a fast paced shooter)

The real challenge to solve is botting, which includes things like aimbots, macros the negate recoil, etc. It's basically impossible to solve this, regardless of operating system or hardware (eg external cheat peripherals)

I see it as a moderation issue, which is unavoidable. Just focus on building tools to help users report cheaters rather than try to automate the whole thing via flawed anticheat spyware, and missing out on potentially the next big PC gaming platform in the process.
by imiric | 2026-01-03 08:41:32+00:00
Rsync is one of my favorite programs. I use it daily. The CLI is a bit quirky (e.g. trailing slashes), but once you get used to it, it makes sense. And I really always use the same flags: `-avmLP`, with `-n` for dry runs.

One alternative I'd like to try is Google's abandoned CDC[1], which claims to be up to 30x faster than rsync in certain scenarios. Does anyone know if there is a maintained fork with full Linux support?

[1]: https://github.com/google/cdc-file-transfer
by runtimepanic | 2026-01-03 08:41:33+00:00
Game hacking opens a window into how games store and manage data in memory. By understanding memory manipulation, you can modify in-game values, experiment with game mechanics, and gain deeper insights into how software works at a low level. In this guide, we’ll explore memory manipulation techniques using Mount and Blade Warband as our target, covering everything from basic concepts to writing C++ code that reads and writes game memory.
by epistasis | 2026-01-03 08:41:50+00:00
Drugs? No. War?! No, words have meanings and that's not what "war" means.

Ignoring diplomacy? Are you accusing the US of ignoring diplomacy, because that's the only half ways reasonable interpretation.

This is weak and pathetic misinformation. I guess it will take a few days before the propaganda machine gets going to try to justify this gigantic waste of taxpayer money and pointless destruction. Hopefully the pros get involved because this is just sad.
by tavavex | 2026-01-03 08:41:58+00:00
Gaming is the biggest thing that keeps me on Windows, followed by the fact that I use an Nvidia GPU, followed by a very localized case of inertia where I have so much data, settings and programs concentrated in my OS install that migrating it all over is going to be a monumental pain in the ass. But luckily, Linux gaming has gotten way better and I don't play the kind of games that categorically refuses to run there (anything with highly involved anti-cheat systems), so once my version of Windows becomes unsupported, I'll bite the bullet and make the Linux install into my primary one.

I think people like me are the real first line that's most likely to switch - techy people who play games (which had so far kept them on Windows) and that suffer firsthand at Microsoft's attempts to get them directly in addition to already being treated horribly by default. This group is less afraid of changing things up and has more incentives to switch. But if we talk of gamers in general, it may take a while until a meaningful number of them switch over, even though they are far more motivated than the average PC user. Even though they're the prime candidates, it's going to be a very, very steep uphill battle.
by egeozcan | 2026-01-03 08:42:31+00:00
Just like how Denmark and Greenland stole American land that happens to be where Greenland is. Or Canada.

Seriously though, even the imperial ambitions from the guy feels racist :)

I guess Turkey can stop worrying on thanksgiving days.

I have a lot of conflicting views with both the "left" and the "right" these days, but it seems the so-called "conservatives" are not that conservative in their ambitions, no?
by SeriousM | 2026-01-03 08:42:48+00:00
Yes, "Everything" is the tool to use, but to be honest, why isn't MS getting the same speed?

I'm a SE for 25 years now, sticking with C#. Microsoft always did great tech platforms and left the missing 20% to the developers. Look at the .net framework (the old one), microsoft windows until win11, office until 2025, and even Excel that can't open csv files because the delimeter is a region setting.

On one side I hated this attitude, on the other side it allowed and enabled developers to get their own business running - see jetbrains resharper functionality - visual studio up until 2024 was a mess without it...
by runtimepanic | 2026-01-03 08:43:07+00:00
I’m not suggesting it’s “nothing” or minimizing it. Just that in the first hours after explosions, reports are often incomplete or wrong. Past cases show everything from industrial accidents, gas explosions, ammo depots, infrastructure failures, or internal security incidents getting misattributed early on.

Jumping straight to geopolitical conclusions before verified facts usually adds heat, not clarity. Waiting for confirmation on what actually happened doesn’t excuse anyone’s behavior, it just keeps the discussion grounded in evidence rather than emotion.
by lII1lIlI11ll | 2026-01-03 08:44:15+00:00
OP's question was about how the current Russian invasion of Ukraine is different, not about some grand total score of infractions by major powers in 20th century. Overall I find this opinion of many western liberals that it is only fair for Russia to murder some Ukrainians, loot their homes and rape their women because US did some bad things before quite perplexing.
by Gareth321 | 2026-01-03 08:44:26+00:00
I strongly agree. I’m technical but I hate using the CLI for consumer oriented tasks. I feel strongly that all controls should be in the UI space. Once in a while I install a new distro to see how it’s coming along. I always hit roadblocks and need to use the CLI for something. It’s clear that the developers like the CLI and think it’s no big deal to use it, so users should just conform. That’s not how the real world works. They either meet the users where they are, or Linux remains niche.
by idk1 | 2026-01-03 08:44:28+00:00
This is going to sound strange, but I simply must decorate a few rooms. I seem to be so obsessive about selecting exactly the right thing in there in case it's wrong. I can't seem to select anything at all. If I carry on like this, I'm going to go another 10 years living in essentially an empty room with a bed in it.
by stevenhuang | 2026-01-03 08:44:29+00:00
Sure and that is fair. Seldom are extreme viewpoints likely scenarios anyways, but my disagreement with him stems from his unwarranted confidence in his own abilities to predict the future when he's already wrong about LLMs.

He has zero epistemic humility.

We don't know the nature of intelligence. His difficulties in scaling up his research is a testament to this fact. This means we really have no theoretical basis upon which to rest the claim that superintelligence cannot in principle emerge from LLM adjacent architectures--how can we make such a statement, when we don't even know what such thing looks like?

We could be staring at an imperative definition of superintelligence and not know it, nevermind that approximations to such a function could in principle be learned by LLMs (universal approximation theorem). It sounds exceedingly unlikely, but would you rather be comforted by false confidence or be told the honest truth of what our current understanding of the sciences can tell us?
by servo_sausage | 2026-01-03 08:44:34+00:00
Nationalism as ideology gives a shared identity, that allows ideas like long term public infrastructure, multgenenrational plans, and efforts to advance the Citizens overall to take root.

Why should I want affordable housing for citizens, unless being part of my nation is important?

Why should I accept any plan that extends beyond my lifetime?

More fundamentally, I believe that when a groups identity is sufficiently fragmented, it's no longer ethical to apply the powers of the state. Since my (and my groups) interests are no longer sufficiently represented. There is no unifying identity, or argument that can be made that allows me to believe a compromise leads to anything good.

Religion is a sidetrack; god is dead.
by Mikhail_Edoshin | 2026-01-03 08:45:19+00:00
There is a science fiction book "The inhabited island" ("Prisoners of power"?) by A. and B. Strugatsky. In one of episodes they try to describe the feeling of being in a very human-looking but also completely alien culture (a different planet with humanoid inhabitants). So they describe how a group of people works out a credentials/paperwork situation (they need to move a prisoner from one place to another) but literally, as these actions are seen by the prisoner who does not understand the meaning. "This one gave that one a yellow rectangle but that one refused to take it and said something in a raised voice."

I always remember that episode as I see headlines like that.
by sedan_baklazhan | 2026-01-03 08:45:26+00:00
"Rules-based international world order" consists of just two rules:

1. The Western countries (basically meaning USA makes the decision) may attack any country.

2. Other countries may not defend themselves nor attack any country.

Iraq, Iraq, Afghanistan, Cuba, Serbia, Libya, Sirya, Venezuela... the list goes on, Venezuela is of no particular significance here.
by runtimepanic | 2026-01-03 08:45:55+00:00
If you’re tracking signals around geopolitical events, there’s a quirky one a few folks like to watch: the Pentagon Pizza Index. It’s a real-time dashboard that monitors pizza shop activity near the Pentagon as an informal indicator of unusual late-night activity. Historically people have pointed to spikes in food orders before major operations as a sort of low-tech OSINT signal.
https://www.pizzint.watch/

Obviously this isn’t hard intelligence — correlation isn’t causation — but when combined with more grounded indicators (verified reports, diplomatic channels, satellite data) it can be a piece of the broader picture. Just a fun example of how people try to find patterns in publicly available data.
by ykonstant | 2026-01-03 08:46:00+00:00
Is there a way to chain launch a "qemu VM --> windows 10 client --> autodesk product" in a transparent way? If we could do that reliably and with a stripped down win10 image, I think the serious office users could just pretend they are running autodesk or whatever software in linux. The big downside I presume is this will not work with software that need tight interaction with custom hardware (mocap suits etc).
by OgsyedIE | 2026-01-03 08:46:51+00:00
I've skimmed Walecka's Topics and it seems like an excellent resource on intermediate modern physics for somebody who is separately studying undergraduate mathematics, particularly the undergraduate content of real analysis, linear algebra, differential equations and group theory, but tough for somebody who is taking much less mathematics than physics.

If you can commit to the two fields of study in parallel Walecka should be perfectly suitable but if not then there may be eventual problems with keeping up.
by tsimionescu | 2026-01-03 08:47:06+00:00
The fact that the cureent winner of the Nobel Peace Prize has called on the foreign power most responsible for the problems in her home country to launch a war against her home country is all the proof anyone should need of how much of a sham this prize is (if Kissinger getting it has gone out of living memory, of course).

Not to say that the Maduro regime is not terrible, it obviously is, but cheering on a literal invasion makes you either a complete moron, or a psychopath of the highest order, hoping to rule over the ashes.
by SilverElfin | 2026-01-03 08:47:12+00:00
> Venezuela is a hive of Russian, Chinese and Iranian activity in the Western Hemisphere. That is–long run–a problem for America.

A problem for American ideology or dominance? Sure. But a valid reason for war? No. Right now America is breaking international law. Stealing oil tankers is literal piracy. Bombing a country is imperialism. These things should be done with a process that involves other countries and seeks consensus.

> Venezuela is also a brutal dictatorship that is oppressing its people and producing waves of migrants.

Agree.

> Finally, Venezuela is rich in underdeveloped mineral and energy resources. (Caveat: Exxon currently pumps those wells.)

Given how the Trump family is using every single means to become rich through their power, I imagine this is their main motivation.

> Venezuela is also not Epstein, so, idk, there's that.

I view this Venezuela war and the Somalian daycare fraud as ways the administration distracts from inconvenient issues like Epstein and affordability.
by 3RTB297 | 2026-01-03 08:47:24+00:00
I've always assumed this was correct in a way.

Humans do a poor job estimating extreme odds. 0% chance or 100% of a high risk/reward event. How many people in rural areas are prepping for a Carrington Event-sized solar flare or nuclear war, but a car accident or cancer diagnosis and resulting medical bills would sooner and statistically more likely to ruin their lives? Many. They see the small chance of survival as being high reward, with low risk.

Likewise, the lure of a 100% chance of life-changing material wealth that takes the low risk of $2 fits the same mold.
by paulddraper | 2026-01-03 08:47:40+00:00
Your ISP gives you a IPv4 /32 which you don’t have a prayer of subnetting, you have to NAT.

With a IPv6 /64 you can (1) NAT, or (2) better, subnet it and use DHCPv6.

The only thing significant about /64 is that’s the smallest unit for SLAAC.
by nutjob2 | 2026-01-03 08:48:54+00:00
This administration is lawless to an almost a comical degree. First murdering people with little more than the most obvious figleaf, now invading a country without Congressional approval. Clearly the US constitution is just a list of suggestions to Trump.

I guess it'll just be another count added when the Dems start impeachment proceedings on November 4th.