MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by bdangubic | 2026-01-25 14:47:05+00:00
when I bought my Tesla S there was a lot of head injuries from people turning around to see this new amazing cars. now, not only are sales tanking but the cars look so old and dated that my first assumption when I see say Model Y is “gotta be someone’s grandma”

when was the last time you saw a Tesla and went “oh cool car!”? been awhile, right? Now ask the same question for BMW, Benz…
by ivan_gammel | 2026-01-25 14:47:54+00:00
AI marketing is not different at all from performance marketing of other solutions. This is really just ordinary consent management and privacy problem. I have participated in large scale email marketing implementations too, and know how it looks from the inside. As a tech partner you may even have a good peer on the business side who cares about customers and compliance, but institutional resistance is still hard to overcome. Sometimes it is just as dumb as an old spreadsheet with contacts being uploaded again and again into your mass mail system, without any consent tracking and ignoring any opt-outs that came after the spreadsheet was created.
by regenschutz | 2026-01-25 14:48:22+00:00
As with anything, it's just highly subjective. What some call an heinous act is another person's heroic act. Likewise, where I draw the line between an unlucky person and a villain is going to be different from someone else.

Personally, I do believe that there are benefits to labelling others as villains if a certain threshold is met. It cognitively reduces strain by allowing us to blanket-label all of their acts as evil [0] (although with the drawback of occasionally accidentally labelling acts of good as evil), allowing us to prioritise more important things in life than the actions of what we call villains.

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect#The_reverse_halo_e...
by tobrien6 | 2026-01-25 14:48:31+00:00
The Islamic clampdown on the Iranian people has gone on for too long. The younger generation is willing to die for their freedom. The internet is locked down, satellite comms jammed with Chinese tech. The streets smell of blood. Police and imported Arab thugs open fire into crowds of protestors. Hospitals are systematically raided to finish off the wounded.

It will be his greatest act as president if Trump sends real assistance, as the Iranian people are begging him. It will save countless lives. Either way, in the end, Persia will rise again, the lion will raise its head, the brutality of Islamic oppression will be cast off, and the world will come to know the true spirit of these people.
by windexh8er | 2026-01-25 14:48:39+00:00
Just because a tire lasts as long doesn't mean it isn't wearing in different ways. EV specific tires are a lot different than their ICE counterparts.

This isn't "black PR". It's comparing apples and oranges. But throw non-EV tires on one and you'll definitely chew those tires up much more quickly [0][1][2][3].

[0] https://www.wheel-size.com/articles/how-are-electric-vehicle...
[1]: https://www.pepboys.com/car-care/tire-care/ev-tire-wear
[2] https://recharged.com/articles/do-ev-tires-wear-faster
[3] https://www.evuniverse.com/whats-the-difference-between-regu...
by jruohonen | 2026-01-25 14:48:50+00:00
> They pushed for a retraction ...

That's not right; retractions should only be for research misconduct cases. It is a problem with the article's recommendations too. Even if a correction is published that the results may not hold, the article should stay where it is.

But I agree with the point about replications, which are much needed. That was also the best part in the article, i.e. "stop citing single studies as definitive".
by vladvasiliu | 2026-01-25 14:49:05+00:00
In France, I'm "charged" for MMS, too. But that's actually considered "data", so it's deducted from the "internet" envelope which is quite generous (at least for my needs: I have multiple dozens of GB for under 10 € a month, of which I only ever went above 10 when backing up photos during a vacation with no wifi).
by Saline9515 | 2026-01-25 14:49:50+00:00
The problem with your definition is that the pre-copyright history is a good example of why we don't need copyright. The US applied copyright laws very late (similar to what China did recently), which led it to be the nation where the citizens read the most in the 19th century. This then led to the cultural explosion we know.

Free reproduction of "original creative works" fuels original creation, too, while creating tight monopolies over intellectual works and universes has led to a decreased creativity around them.

See the dire state of the US film making industry, as an example. Or the vast amount of bizarre lawsuits such as the one for the "Bittersweet Symphony".
by Arnt | 2026-01-25 14:50:40+00:00
I'm late to the party. Sorry.

Why do such articles not distinguish between the cheapest and that which is the cheapest? Including this one.

One might reasonably make a long-term policy for new power plants such as "40% of new power from the cheapest source, 20% each from x, y and z". If x is cheapest in a particular year then gets 60%, and articles tend to describe it as if the preference were "60% x, 20% each from y and z", see? Why is that?
by jodrellblank | 2026-01-25 14:50:50+00:00
I said “cars bad” and you read “trains bad”. Was that deliberate bad faith on your part or did you not even notice you did it? Trains are fine - nice even, I can stand on trains, I’m not physically restrained by a belt on trains (or buses), I can move and stretch my legs because there’s tables and room and no pedals, and I can slouch and look around because I’m not the one driving. Airplanes though, they can get lost.

> “Buddy, the world is a bigger place than the 4 square miles around your downtown studio.”

4 square miles at the density of Manchester UK is enough for 50,000 people; if every one of them has to drive everywhere for everything, that’s a nightmare of traffic.

Not to mention that I can bike, bus, tram, a lot further than 4 miles in an hour. If that isn’t enough to do the tasks of everyday life then something has gone wrong. (car obsession).

> “The fact that you think you're "free" because you can walk around a little bit...well that's as brainwashed as it gets.”

The fact that you think having to drive everywhere is freedom, but being able to (walk, bus, bike, tram, drive), everywhere isn’t freedom, is nonsense. The choice to drive or not-drive is more freedom than having no choice. (Obviously)
by bothemer | 2026-01-25 14:51:15+00:00
On January 8, 2026, the digital sky went dark. I thought we are pushing the boundaries of the tech world and have super powers when needed. I was so wrong.

This is Iran's third total internet shutdown, but the methodology has evolved into something far more surgical. They didn't just block IP addresses; they severed BGP routes, killed mobile data, and effectively jammed Starlink signals into a dead zone thanks to Russian imports. When the signal itself is murdered, your Tor bridges and VPNs become expensive paperweights.

As builders, we are being out-engineered. We have grown complacent, assuming the "always-on" cloud is a fundamental constant of the universe. But if your software requires a remote handshake to function, it is a liability, not a tool, in a crisis zone. Every application built with heavy reliance on centralized APIs vaporizes the moment the backbone is cut.

We must stop designing for the "connected" illusion and start building for the darkness.

This is my plea to the HN community: stop treating "offline-first" as a niche feature and start treating it as a human right. We need robust, decentralized mesh networks that bypass state-controlled gateways entirely. We need isolated documentation tools and local-first databases that can sync via Bluetooth or physical handoffs.

Build for the 212 regions that went dark last year so that the next time a state pulls the plug, the people aren't left helpless.

a throwaway account for obvious reasons (they have also Chinese tech to track); make your code work when the world goes quiet.
by bob1029 | 2026-01-25 14:51:44+00:00
I learned about the consequences of overloading the human operator when working on the primary UI for a manufacturing business. A natural inclination is to put things like confirmation dialogs around dangerous activities. I had managers telling me that one confirmation wasn't enough and that we had to add additional because people were still missing.

Eventually, we tried removing the dialogs altogether and the incident rate approached zero. If you take away the guardrails completely, it radically alters the psychology and game theory around user interaction. Imagine climbing a tall building with multiple layers of protection vs having none at all.

I strongly believe in ideas like "safety 3rd". It's not that I want the humans to be maimed by the machines. Quite the opposite. The difficulty is in understanding higher order consequences of "safety" and avoiding the immediate knee-jerk satisfaction that first order resolutions may provide.
by arximboldi | 2026-01-25 14:52:22+00:00
They switched me to CGNAT in my last speed upgrade, but I wrote to them about it and they moved me to native v4 straight away.

Their service is good on a technical level but they have the most aggressive and obnoxious sales reps. They scammed me twice with open lies on the phone (probably abusing also the fact that german is not my mother tongue) and had to fight for ages with their customer service later to get the issue resolved.

If you wanna go with them, buy on their website and hang up if anyone from 1und1 ever calls. They are official 1und1 reps and they will prove it you yet behave like scammers.
by kortilla | 2026-01-25 14:53:24+00:00
IMO that’s the wrong take about that crash. The stall warning stopped once the attitude was above a certain amount, which was an insane decision on airbus’s part.

You can see in the CVR that the stall indicator stopped many times despite them being in a stall the entire time. The pilot (like every other pilot) knew how to recover from a stall on paper. But he had the plane telling him his airspeed was good (frozen tube) and that bringing the pitch down was causing a stall.
by Litost | 2026-01-25 14:53:32+00:00
I had the misfortunate of needing to hire a car in the UK last year. Ended up with an entry level 2025 Kia (Ceed Estate). Compared with the 2012 Audi A4 I'm used to driving it was a nightmare.

Similar experience, lots of flashing and beeping which is just distracting whilst also being wrong often enough to be really annoying (this is a known problem with speed limits).

Exceeding the speed limit, needing to change gear and by far the worst, active lane assist which pushes you back into your lane if you cross the white line without indicating (I only found this out afterwards as the hire place didn't mention it or leave a manual) and something which can happen frequently if you're driving down narrow country roads where indicating wouldn't have seemed appropriate and may just confuse others.

I spoke to one of the mechanics at my local garage who said you can't permanently turn these features off as they turn back on when you start the car.

I wonder if anyone has who's had an accident caused by being distracted by all these alarms has successfully sued?
by lelanthran | 2026-01-25 14:54:11+00:00
> Wanted something that teaches the rigour behind certified systems without requiring a decade of on-the-job learning first.

I've built certified systems (munitions), and the pain of certification is almost always in the process not the coding.

The process is expensive, rigorous and lengthy. It's the process that certifies something good enough to get the stamp for release, not the code design or architecture.
by AnimalMuppet | 2026-01-25 14:54:45+00:00
The bar for submitting something to HN is quite low. (Just make an account. I think that's it - I don't think you need any particular karma level.) So, yes, you can get "slop" here - off topic, shilling, trolling, and just generally low-quality stuff. And lots of off topic.

And I generally oppose off topic stuff! But this story has kind of died out in the mainstream press, and I think it's a really important story. (But then, I suppose everybody who posts off topic stuff thinks that theirs is a really important story...)
by tuesdaynight | 2026-01-25 14:55:01+00:00
You say that they are ideologically driven when they say browsers are better on Android, and then go on to defend that having LESS features is not necessarily bad. Honestly, you are the one sounding ideologically driven. Having more options is good, specially if there are better options out there (which is the case). Firefox on Android is a better browser than Chrome or whatever, and having the option to use it IS better than not having. You have the right to say that Safari is great, but you cannot say that Gecko on iOS would be worse because, well, you don't have that option.
by arter45 | 2026-01-25 14:55:33+00:00
There were some early reports (2008) of the microwave auditory effect being less significant than heat:

>Bill Guy, a former professor at the University of Washington who has also published on the microwave auditory effect, agrees. ”There couldn’t possibly be a hazard from the sound, because the heat would get you first,” Guy says.

>Guy says that experiments have demonstrated that radiation at 40 microjoules per pulse per square centimeter produces sound at zero decibels, which is just barely in hearing range. To produce sound at 60 decibels, or the sound of normal conversation, requires 40 watts per square centimeter of radiation. ”That would kill you pretty fast,” Guy says. Producing an unpleasant sound, at about 120 decibels, would take 40 million W/cm2 of energy. One milliwatt per square centimeter is considered to be the safety threshold.

Source: https://spectrum.ieee.org/why-microwave-auditory-effect-crow...

It's true that this was almost 20 years ago and, who knows, maybe it was just a cover-up, but if the math is right and those soldiers weren't subjected to a lot of heat, this explanation could be ruled out.

Then again, if you have truly built a portable high-powered microwave weapon (assuming it is truly portable and not just something you stick on a helicopter), you can easily add a couple of directional speakers using standard LRAD (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-range_acoustic_device) technology. It's just a question of packaging and maybe some extra cable shielding.

Additionally, we cannot discount the possibility that there were two different weapons. One with a longer range and dealing with radars and missile systems (HPM?) and another, possibly more "conventional", with a shorter range to incapacitate soldiers. After all, AFAIK, US military disabled radars before descending on the ground (which makes sense), so you can disable radars from hundres of meters/ some kilometers away, while close-quarter combat can happen at shorter ranges.
by mike_hearn | 2026-01-25 14:55:57+00:00
You have to do both. Offense and defense are closely related. You can make it hard to engage in bad acts, but if there are no penalties for doing so or trying to do so, then that means there are no penalties for someone just trying over and over until they find a way around the systems.

Academics that refuse to reply to people trying to replicate their work need to be instantly and publicly fired, tenure or no. This isn't going to happen, so the right thing to do is for the vast majority of practitioners to just ignore academia whilst politically campaigning for the zeroing of government research grants. The system is unsaveable.
by Nevermark | 2026-01-25 14:57:31+00:00
Given “national curricula” of a dominant democratic country are undergoing a politically motivated change, starting with significant web materials, and moving into education …

Do you prefer the previous narratives? The latter? Or whatever you are told?

And that is the risk of relatively static information.

What if your information source was interactive, adaptive and motivated? And could report on your interactions and viewpoints?
by tetha | 2026-01-25 14:57:38+00:00
Good alert deduplication and dependency rules are worth so much. "Dear alerting, don't start throwing a fit about those 600 systems over there if you can't even reach the firewall all traffic to those systems goes through". Suddenly you don't get throttled by your SMS provider for the volume of alerts it tries to send, and instead just get one very spicy message.

Snark aside, this also impacts resolution time, because done well, this instantly points out the most critical problem, instead of all the consequences of one big breaking. "Dear operator, don't worry about the hundreds of apps, the database cluster is down".
by WarmWash | 2026-01-25 14:58:03+00:00
The Apple app store was ruled to not be monopoly.

When Google inquired in court how that could be if Apple doesn't even allow any form of side-loading, including other app stores (which Google does allow)

The judge said, I shit you not, Apple doesn't have any competitors on their platform, therefore they can't be anti-competitive.

Probably one of the worst most off the rails rulings ever. Google took notes and is now following Apple. You can thank the courts
by geist67 | 2026-01-25 14:58:13+00:00
I will tell you and you will not hear me.

You are self deceivers. You play “their” games, your minds are hobbled.

You enjoy the comfortable convenient complicity which has brought us here. You are not the generations who built this world, you are (mostly) the generations inheriting it.

Your are a lie, a borrowed bankrupt lie. A lie too big to fail, it lumbers on at the expense of the lives of others.

And I am not talking about the problems you know you have.

I will tell you these things, your “show me” society, burden of proof and all keeps 99.99% of your evil safely out of public mind’s eye. When you hear of the 0.01%, that which is adequately circulated and not filtered out, you discard it without correlation.

And now, there are the ultra refined bullshit think tanks which are running “your narratives”.

Before there were dozens of tribes of ideologies competing for your headspace. These have been whittled down to those “institutions” who are now your masters.

The crackpots have been saying that for years regarding the consolidation of media, and we thought we beat that curve with “social media.” This has been the latest of fiascos. X? Indeed. The think tanks are infecting independent writers who expose their absurd yet “sciency” public psyop. Bannon is an American traitor invested in such think tanks, raping Americas intelligence and armed forces communities. Literally.

I blame your acquiescence to mob appetite, not the billionaire playboys or even cowboy president.

It is that you have long since sewn the seeds of your own hypocrisy, generationally. You are a culture of shit eating bullshit for brains who love your own personal tastes in shit. You will not accept bitter truths over sweet lies and you want your denial to be the same as innocence.

In the shadow of your incredulity thrives a treacherous intent upon your power.

It is not that Truth is hard to find, it is that undeceiving the self is difficult.
by cucumber3732842 | 2026-01-25 14:58:24+00:00
>Edit: Any answer that does not take COGS or Magins into account is moot.

Auto quality touch screes are not cheap. A high quality switch/button assembly is still cheaper for a give lifetime (100k, 200k, whatever), which is why it's what the 3rd world compact cars all use. The switches start losing when you start having a ton of different sets of features the car needs to support.
by ajross | 2026-01-25 14:58:25+00:00
This construction:

> whether the protestor could possibly have wielded their gun while being restrained by agents, or whether he is disarmed by the gray-jacketed agent, or what caused the agents to fire when they did

Is a list of excuses for the shooting. It's all things that would have (arguably) made it justified. You'll have to forgive me if I took that for a clear indication of your opinion here.

Like, if you look at something and say "Well, it looks like X happened, but I don't know", it's neutral. If you say "It looks like X happened, but I don't know because it could have been Y or Z instead', you're pretty clearly constructing a sideways argument that "X did not happen".
by almogo | 2026-01-25 14:59:12+00:00
Ukraine was historically more or less a free-for-all as far as front-line cinema is concerned.

I have to imagine the situation in Iran is more difficult for a few reasons:

1. Gen AI is much better today than it was in 2022. So, both sides can generate much more realistic fakes.

2. There was an article here on HN about Iran's internet slowly coming back on a whitelist basis. We're probably getting more pro-Government videos now than we were at the beginning of the current events.

3. Further crackdown on Starlink minimizes authentic leaks (I only heard about this and have no way to confirm how impactful this really is)

I'll add my own anecdotal agreement with your suspicion though - the footage coming out of Iran has been, for me, more difficult than other conflicts to piece together into a cohesive story. Western countries are claiming 30k+ dead, and while I don't necessarily reject the claim, the situation on the ground is still very blurry to me.
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by lucketone | 2026-01-25 15:00:08+00:00
Context matters a lot.

You insert subtle hints of USSR/Russia being benevolent or good. (“Left without blood”, “victorious at enormous cost”)

This context is not real. There was blood since ww2. And major part of that ww2 cost you mentioned, was actually paid by Ukraine itself.

Countries joining NATO, did so not because they want to conquer Russia. (Are you proposing that Estonia wants to conquer Russia?)

Up until recently, European defence budgets were laughable. If decisions would be done based on actual risk analysis, it would be clear that NATO was not threatning to attack.

> Even if you were right , is the risk you may be wrong acceptable when it comes to your national security?

Yes, for Russia it will always be beneficial that all its neighbours are weak puppet states.

I concede all events in history (incl. Ukraine invitation) do lead us to this moment. But this is a bit of nitpicking, everybody see who is the psycho and everybody must deal with it.
by buckle8017 | 2026-01-25 15:00:52+00:00
You're simply wrong.

Most of the world is priced out of purchasing oil.

When the price declines those people can (and do) buy the oil westerners aren't using.

But don't trust me, here's the data.

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/fossil-fuel-primary-energ...