MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by siliconc0w | 2026-01-05 21:26:11+00:00
Make clear what your goals are to your manager, brainstorm with your manager what kind of specific work would lead them to recommend you for promotion. Then propose that specific work, get them to agree, deliver the work, and hold them to their agreement. Ideally talk to other stakeholders/skip-levels since promotions are usually by committee and you want as many allies as you can in the room.

You also want to figure out if it even makes sense to go for a promotion, if the organization isn't growing - it's going to be a lot harder/impossible to make it.

It also may not be financially worth it if you care about work-life-balance. It might be worth it to get paid 50-70% as much but not have to spend your day in back to back meetings. It may even pencil the same if you consider hourly rates and taxes.
by crazygringo | 2026-01-05 21:26:25+00:00
I'm not sure what point you're trying to make?

First, laws cannot be copyrighted. They're in the public domain.

Second, the case you link to was not about laws, but annotated law. The annotated version (OCGA) was written by LexisNexis, and all that work paid for by LexisNexis. Obviously, normally that would mean LexisNexis has the copyright on the annotations. This is unproblematic.

Another organization (Public.Resource.Org) posted the OCGA online. Georgia sued, arguing the annotations were the work of LexisNexis and therefore obviously copyrighted. But the problem was that Georgia had declared the annotations to be official.

The Supreme Court found this act of making them official made them essentially the law itself, and therefore uncopyrightable. Which meant LexisNexis had done all that expensive work for free, whoops.

So it's a weird edge case where Georgia should either not have accorded any special status to the annotations, or should have paid for annotations themselves if they wanted "official" ones, and made them public domain.
by bookluvr416 | 2026-01-05 21:26:30+00:00
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by darth_avocado | 2026-01-05 21:26:37+00:00
I am not a lawyer but my understanding of section 230 was that platforms are not responsible for the content their users post (with limitations like “you can’t just host CSAM”). But as far as I understand, if the platform provides tools to create a certain type of harmful content, section 230 doesn’t protect it. Like there’s a difference between someone downloading a photo off the internet and then using tools like photoshop to make lewd content before reuploading it, as compared to the platform just offering a button to do all of that without friction.
by PaulDavisThe1st | 2026-01-05 21:26:45+00:00
It isn't trivial to get that right with native toolkits either, particularly if you are screen-size and resolution aware.

Vertically aligning a set of decimal numbers with the separator the same place would be challenging in GTK and Qt and several others, unless you make some not well-supported assumptions and simplifications.

And reflow is generally being handled much better in most web apps than it is in native ones, if the latter actually allow it at all (more likely, they set a minimum window size that handles the expected layout just fine).

Also interesting to note that the the much lauded arrival of constraint-based layout across all apple GUI toolkits about 10 years ago (driven in large part by the needs of iOS) has not revolutionized layout APIs or algorithms in general.
by Tunti35 | 2026-01-05 21:27:06+00:00
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by dpark | 2026-01-05 21:27:34+00:00
> the fact that a significant segment of their user base is convinced these things are conscious & capable of sentience.

Is this a fact? There’s a lot of hype about “AI psychosis” and similar but I haven’t seen any meaningful evidence of this yet. It’s a few anecdotes and honestly seems more like a moral panic than a legitimate conversation about real dangers so far.

I grew up in peak D.A.R.E. where I was told repeatedly by authority figures that people who take drugs almost inevitably turn to violence and frequently succumb to psychotic episodes. Turns out that some addicts do turn to violence and extremely heavy usage of some drugs can indeed trigger psychosis, but this is very fringe relative to the actual huge amount of people who use illicit drugs.

I can absolutely believe that chatbots are bad for the mental health of people already experiencing significant psychotic or paranoid symptoms. I have no idea how common this is or how outcomes are affected by chatbot usage. Nor do I have any clue what to do about it if it is an issue that needs addressing.
by stevenwoo | 2026-01-05 21:27:49+00:00
We already let rich people do eugenics in America. See Elon Musk with almost all male babies - this is astronomically against the odds if we assume 50/50 by chance.

Also abortion for eugenics is inefficient and difficult for some women with physical and mental effects - only in the extenuating circumstances like China during one child period would it be viable. This is a side issue from the main point. Ethics in IVF and usage of abortion/Plan B (where it’s so early that it’s not practical for your eugenics idea) - a discussion we should have and have already skipped for IVF in the USA (where it’s more practical from theoretical standpoint for your eugenics point) but it's a distraction from the primary objective of conservative groups - to force women to have less power and choice in their lives. That is the question we see being answered once conservatives gain power to make legislation of their choice in states or via the Supreme Court in the USA.
by wipaveeknecht | 2026-01-05 21:27:53+00:00
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by jecel | 2026-01-05 21:28:08+00:00
Most people are not aware that after the failure of the PS/2 attempt to control the PC market, IBM tried a third time using 7 patents it had for the PC AT (they didn't have any on the original PC or the XT). In the first half of the 1990s they went after the chipset makers (mostly in Japan at that time) and in the second half of the 1990s they went after the PC makers themselves all around the world. The would threaten to sue for all machines made up to that point unless they licensed not only the 7 AT patents (which would expire in 2001) but also a bunch of other unrelated patents that were much newer. As far as I know everybody signed the deal, which meant that IBM could make money without actually making any PCs themselves.
by ethbr1 | 2026-01-05 21:28:56+00:00
> completely delusional view of what was going on below them due to lies spread by middle-management

Corporate dysfunction made more sense to me when I realized higher execs, because of span of control, are too busy to dig into any issue themselves.

Consequently, it's trivial in most orgs for the only information path to be through managers.

Also why I think more effective execs tend to have parallel investigation resources. E.g. their do-anything assistant who they task with fact finding
by cogman10 | 2026-01-05 21:28:59+00:00
> That one is far less defensible than not having a rape abortion exception

It's defensible when you realize that forced pregnancy is viewed by many religious people as a punishment. "If you didn't want a baby, don't have sex" is very commonly heard in private conversations with religious people.

Because pregnancy is a holy punishment, the consequences, even death, are seen as moral.

This is also why the rape exception is more common than the medical exception. A mother dying because of an ectopic pregnancy or because she was too young to have a baby is god's will.
by ahmadyan | 2026-01-05 21:29:04+00:00
not yet, just vanilla work-tree, so file isolation. I also poorly manage env isolation through running .agentastic/setup.sh script upon work-tree creation; which can setup .env files, etc.

I wasn't aware of branchbox, i was planning to integrate firecracker in the upcoming version. However Branchbox seems like a great option too.

Which set of container features / isolation matter to you more?
Show HN: Analysis of SpaceX vs. Blue Origin VP Backgrounds: Auto vs. Aerospace
by iamarsibragimov | 2026-01-05 21:29:11+00:00
I analyzed the employment history of ~100 VPs at SpaceX (2018-2025) and Blue Origin (2023-2025) to understand how their leadership pipelines differ.

The data suggests a divergence in engineering philosophy: SpaceX appears to optimize for high-volume manufacturing (looking to the auto industry), while Blue Origin values legacy aerospace pedigree.

The Data (n=101):

SpaceX (52 VPs analyzed):
- Top source: Internal promotions (40%)
- #2 source: Tesla (15%)
- #3 source: Automotive (BMW, Ford, GM) (~10%)
- Insight: SpaceX pulls VPs from the auto industry at ~2.5x the rate of Blue Origin.

Blue Origin (49 VPs analyzed):
- Top source: Honeywell (20%)
- #2 source: NASA (16%)
- #3 source: Boeing/Lockheed Martin (12%)
- Insight: Significant reliance on traditional aerospace and defense contractors.

Observations:

While the Tesla connection to SpaceX is expected due to Musk, the presence of executives from BMW and Ford (e.g., Richard Morris, ex-BMW, now VP of Production) suggests a deliberate strategy. It implies SpaceX treats Starship as a mass-production problem (automotive scaling) rather than a pure systems engineering problem.

In contrast, Blue Origin's hiring seems aligned with traditional reliable, low-volume, high-precision aerospace projects.

I'm curious if folks here with experience in these sectors see this cultural difference on the ground?
by eastbound | 2026-01-05 21:29:35+00:00
Let’s be honest, that was a crazy operation. I wonder whether they really secured all chances of success, or just winged it with chances of not depositing the leader, and him being able to summon his diplomatic relations into 50 countries declaring war to the USA.

While on their way out, if the USA could set everything back to IPv6, that would be nice.
by tonymet | 2026-01-05 21:30:22+00:00
here's the context, btw. And just to be clear, I'm not trying to litigate my bans or anything. They were just (within the mods frame)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41535790

my OP is about informing users when they are banned without having to consult the mods.
by rimunroe | 2026-01-05 21:30:33+00:00
Treating the symptoms can be helpful in the long term if symptoms are a contributing cause to the disease. I used to ride my bike 150+ miles a week, but after not being able to do so for a bit due to other reasons I gained some weight. At the level of riding I was doing, an extra 20-30 lb of weight makes riding far less pleasurable, particularly when it comes to going uphill or on dirt paths.

Just finding 10-12 hours in which to exercise every week is challenging on its own. It's much more difficult when the exercise itself becomes harder and less rewarding.
by Jtsummers | 2026-01-05 21:31:00+00:00
EU and NATO, NATO is larger than the EU itself. It would be a political, economic, and military disaster (even if the US "wins" the conflict) for the US. Losing 31 ally nations (possibly more) overnight and all those facilities would be a long-term military disaster, and a longer-term political disaster. Who would ever ally with the US again for the next several decades knowing that the US will turn on allies?
by dbgrman | 2026-01-05 21:31:09+00:00
I miss the time of Exposé and Mission Control, 3 finger drag, touch-to-tap, force click, even natural scrolling, Macbook Air, Magnetic magsafe.

Then something changed.

Touch bar was a miss. LaunchPad was a miss. I don't see a use of "Stage manager". iPad has gone to shit. Widgets came back, on mac... for no reason.

In Tahoe, the new spotlight search is one of the better features of Tahoe but i am fine with Alfred. But by and large, there are more annoyances in Tahoe than improvements.

For the iPhone and liquid glass, I am convinced that it was done to force people to upgrade to a new device. There *has* to be a reason to upgrade, and when hardware and software feature plateau, then we even the planned obsolescence era.
by shagie | 2026-01-05 21:31:14+00:00
On ChatGPT... Personalization:

Base style: Efficient
Characteristics:
Warm: less
Enthusiastic: less
Headers & Lists: default
Emoji: less

Custom:

Not chatty. Unbiased. Avoid use of emoji. Rather than "Let me know if..." style continuations, list a set of prompts to explore further topics. Do not start out with short sentences or smalltalk that does not meaningfully advance the response. If there is ambiguity that needs to be resolved before an answer can be given, identify that ambiguity before proceeding.

---

I believe the bit in the prompt "[d]o not start out with short sentences or smalltalk that does not meaningfully advance the response." is the key part to not have it start off with such text (scrolling back through my old chats, I can see the "Great question" leads in responses... and that's what prompted me to stop that particular style of response).
by TeMPOraL | 2026-01-05 21:31:18+00:00
Corollary: the extent of fashion-driven variability those "tools" support over generations tells us just how little utility those tools provide.

In actual tools, the form and function are strongly connected. Tools of competing brands look pretty much the same, except for color accents, because they can't look any different without sacrificing functionality, performance and safety characteristics.

You don't see power tool vendors trying to differentiate their impact drivers by replacing rubber handles with flat glass because it's more "modern", because it would compromise safety and make the tool unsuitable for most jobs its competitors fulfill. This happens in software mostly because the tools aren't doing much of anything substantial - they're not powerful enough for design to actually matter.
by bangaladore | 2026-01-05 21:31:23+00:00
The best part is if you consider it a vulnerability, it is one you can't fix.

It reminds me of SQL injection techniques where you have to exfiltrate the data using weird data types. Like encoding all emails as dates or numbers using (semi) complex queries.

If the L(L)M has the data, it can provide it back to you, maybe not verbatim, but certainly can in some format.
by mrinterweb | 2026-01-05 21:31:36+00:00
Pebble seems to be the only watch company that I feel understands what a smartwatch should be. It feels like everyone else is trying to make a phone replacement. Pebbles are more of an extension to your phone. Sure it can do some things without the phone, but it isn't trying to make calls, access mobile data with its own sim, use GPS. Those kinds of watches feel like they are designed for athletes who want to leave their phone at home. I'm not that guy. My phone comes with me everywhere, so why would I want phone-light on my wrist when my phone in my pocket can do it better?

Pebble also gets battery life. Pebble's 2 weeks compared to 1 day on my pixel watch 3. Want to use that cool sleep tracking feature on your smartwatch? Guess what? Its on the charger.
by robotnikman | 2026-01-05 21:31:50+00:00
Intermittent fasting, lifting, calorie counting. The problem is that I am only able to stick to those maybe for a few weeks at a time before I get off track and end up back where I started. Except with weightlifting, I was able to stick with that for a few years, but unfortunately you can't outlift a bad diet. My relationship with food has never been a healthy one, and it's been that way ever since I wad a kid.
by bpt3 | 2026-01-05 21:31:59+00:00
> It’s going to cost the consumer one way or another. Either taxes, (cities still need to take in taxes, so if they lose taxpayers, their option is to levy more taxes), quality of life (more homeless, less municipal money for maintenance due to social costs, etc.)

It's actually not, because people aren't required to live near poor people who consume more in social services than they contribute in taxes. Areas like you describe exist, but basically contain the people who are unable or unwilling to leave an economically depressed area. Most people just leave.

> I’d prefer things to cost more than to have cheap crap but at the cost of social/employment issues. I don’t need new fashion every year. I don’t need new appliances every few years. I can do with less consumerism in exchange for my neighbor being able to have a job, boring as it may be. At least he’s not calculating the cost of suicide and wondering if he’ll be around for the kids 18th birthday.

I don't disagree entirely, but most people do based on behavior.

It's not a simple problem at all, including what is fair to consumers and the businesses themselves which have to compete with other companies that don't have artificially inflated expenses.
by zetaben | 2026-01-05 21:32:04+00:00
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by nradov | 2026-01-05 21:32:06+00:00
Some countries such as Canada are aiming to increase the suicide rate. We can argue about whether that's a good or bad thing but the aim is obviously not zero.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0j1z14p57po

All else being equal a lower murder rate would obviously be good, but not at the cost of increasing government power and creating a nanny state.
by dmitrygr | 2026-01-05 21:32:13+00:00
Given that “put X into a bikini” is constitutionally protected speech, and the output fails the Roth test for obscenity and is thus the same, would not every other law be null and void w.r.t. stoping this? And “qualifies as X according to some unelected org with no lawmaking power” is even weaker than a law.

You dislike it. I get it. I do too. But this is a discussion of law. Legally, I do not see how any law was broken. I welcome any citation to the contrary. I note, again, that "some unelected org said so" is not a weighty argument when the opposition is the SCOTUS's clear stance on the 1st amendment.
by mrguyorama | 2026-01-05 21:32:23+00:00
Eating healthier for a while itself will reduce your palette for these foods, and make normal food taste better.

If you limit your sugar intake for a bit, American bread becomes quite the tasty treat.

It might not be direct action of the medication, but the medication making it easier to fix your habits can have huge dividends, similar to how giving an ADHD person stimulant meds make them less likely to die from misadventure or substance use because they self medicate less.
by ethbr1 | 2026-01-05 21:32:38+00:00
That seems like an accurate appraisal of the last year.

Sometimes Trump doesn't decide to veer off-script and scupper plans. But it happens more than never!

And rarely, when he does, more informed heads are able to turn him back around. E.g. the bullshit 'Ukraine tried to assassinate Putin' scheme