MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by saurabhjain1592 | 2026-01-20 17:25:34+00:00
Thanks for taking the time to write this. This is exactly the kind of critique I want.

1) Migration path gateway to proxy
You are right that many enterprise projects start with perimeter checks and then want deeper execution control. We designed gateway mode specifically as the lowest friction on ramp, not as the end state.
The migration path is not "rewrite everything into axonflow.execute_query". The core idea is to keep your orchestration code and incrementally move enforcement points under AxonFlow.
Practically, teams start with gateway mode around one workflow for pre check plus audit. Then they adopt step level enforcement by passing step metadata and calling AxonFlow per step. Finally, for workflows where they want deterministic replay, approvals, and full execution trace, they can run those paths in proxy mode while leaving other paths in gateway mode.
So it can be mixed. You do not have to flip the whole system at once.

2) Authoring, versioning, testing, rollout of complex policies
Agree that if policy logic grows beyond simple checks, the system has to support safe change management.
Today policies are treated as a first class config artifact with explicit versioning and audit trail, and we expect teams to test them like code. We are also investing in better tooling here, including policy simulation against recorded traces, staged rollout, and guardrails for regression.
On "dynamic implies DB/cache round trips", the hot path is designed to stay cached, and dynamic policy evaluation is bounded and observable. If a policy needs external calls, that is explicit and should be treated as a production dependency with its own SLO, not something hidden inside the control plane.

3) Benchmarks
Agree. The numbers in the docs are indicative for simple checks, not a substitute for real benchmarks.
We should publish benchmarks that include overlapping policies, cold cache, and more expensive dynamic lookups, and show tail latency percentiles. This is on the near term roadmap because for an inline control plane, p95 and p99 matter more than averages.

4) Multi agent planning versus control plane boundary
This is a fair callout. Our primary goal is governance, not planning.
Proxy mode needs some orchestration primitives to enforce execution safely, for example retries with side effect control, approval gates, and step level auditability.
We are not trying to compete with LangChain or CrewAI on planning sophistication. In most deployments, we expect users to keep their orchestrator and use AxonFlow as a governance layer. The multi agent planning capability exists mainly so teams can start with a governed runtime for simple cases, not as a replacement for full featured agent frameworks.

If you are open to it, I would love to dig into one concrete example from your experience, like what "migration cliff" looked like and which policy types became the bottleneck. Happy to correct any gaps in my understanding too.
by thatguy0900 | 2026-01-20 17:25:35+00:00
The problem with tariffs is really just trumps complete instability. Why would anyone invest in domestic manufactoring when Trump wildly flip flops on all tariff policy using it as a diplomatic punishment and reward system? Especially when his tariffs in general are legally questionable at best and the other half of us politics are against them just in principal. Imagine investing millions in a domestic factory and then trump gets a personalized jet from some random nation so the tariffs you were depending on for your profit margin are gone. Or Trump loses the midterms and now tariffs as a policy are gone. Unless Trump both becomes a dictator and sets the tariffs in stone without changing them too much, or democrats come out in wide support of tariffs themselves, I don't see how you could use them to invest your money.
by moogly | 2026-01-20 17:25:37+00:00
> Despite Trump, the US (and rivals of China like South Korea and Japan) have continued to supply the Ukrainian armed forces and their allies like Poland.

Military supplies have not slowed, that's true, the major difference since Biden is that European nations are now paying for it, but diplomacy and sanctions-wise, interest is waning for every month, it seems. Trump is even derailing the Davos summit. That was supposed to be primarily about Ukraine, but now it's about Greenland.

> A protracted Russia-Ukraine War with the balance of power in favor of Russia means the US, SK, and JP remain bogged supplying Ukraine and it's allies like Poland and Romania, instead of diverting stock to the Asian front.

I'll confess I didn't consider ROK and JP. That's a fair point. Poland and Romania are supply hubs, so I would've worded that "via Poland and Romania" and not made it seem like they are supplied for their own benefit.

> The issue is both the US and China view the EU as a regional power that can be pushed around - not as an entity that can retain strategic autonomy.
> [...] neither the US nor China view the EU as an equal, but rather, as a junior partner.

There's no disagreement from me there, and I don't think I claimed that. Europe trying to improve relations with China would be with cap in hand.

> [...] the issue is Europeans view themselves as deserving of being on the same table as the Americans and Chinese. Neither the Americans or Chinese see it that way now.

Certainly many (not all) Europeans have been arrogant and babied with blinders on, and pretended not to have been glorified vassal states to the US via Pax Americana. I think that view is quickly changing. What irks me the most is that I still hear people talk about kicking out the US from NATO, not understanding that without the US, there is no NATO.
by Aurornis | 2026-01-20 17:26:07+00:00
There are several monitors with aspect ratios close to square. I can't tell that exact monitor from the photo but there are several options on the market.

This LG model is popular: https://www.lg.com/us/monitors/lg-28mq780-b-dualup-monitor

Benq announced a new 3:2 monitor today: https://www.benq.com/en-us/monitor/programming/rd280u.html
by jabl | 2026-01-20 17:26:19+00:00
Quick AI search suggests average car age in Norway to be 11.1-11.3 years, so indeed quite similar.

As for what would happen with gas station when EV's dominate, what already seems to be in progress here (not due to EV's, but other factors in the market) is that the "traditional" gas station serving stale coffee, snacks, and windshield wiper fluid are on the way out, replaced by either unmanned cold stations with just the pumps, or then by major roads large full-featured mini shopping malls with groceries, half-decent restaurant (sometimes several), and other shops. I think in a future EV world the cold stations would disappear but the higher end service centers would do fine.
by RealityVoid | 2026-01-20 17:26:33+00:00
> The EU decided to play the US and China against each other to improve its own standing, which is why the US is now moving away from the EU.

This is sanewashig this whole thing. The fact is, the US is moving away from the EU because Trump doesn't like democracies. It's that simple. You have a large percentage of your population in what is essentially a cult and you have givem them the reigns.
by munk-a | 2026-01-20 17:26:51+00:00
That's the rub - it's clearly overvalued and will readjust... the question is when. If you can figure out when precisely then you've won the lottery, for everyone else it's a game of chicken where for "a while" money that you put into it will have a good return. Everyone would love if that lasted forever so there is a strong momentum preventing that market correction.
by maxglute | 2026-01-20 17:27:15+00:00
Well the real question: Is the US losing interest in reserve dominance?

Contrary to popular opinion, IMO PRC doesn't want reserve currency trade off (triffin / trade deficits etc). What PRC wants is to secure her own interests with RMB, which is mostly happening, energy contracts, lots of bilateral trade happening in RMB now. What PRC also wants is to make maintaining reserve USD onerous, i.e. high rates, high debt servicing... which already indirectly limits US in real ways like reduced defense acquisitions in last few years.

PRC wants USD exorbitant privilege to be just exorbitant.

Then US incentivized to dump system (etc debasing) which will fuck over global USD users and tank US reputation even more. A lot of US actions make sense when you realize Trump doesn't want to deal with an increasingly unprofitable global utility. PRC doesn't want to step in to build new pipelines, they want to see US (mis)manage existing US owned plumbing that everyone is using so poorly it fucks up things at home and for everyone else, meanwhile PRC has comfy off the grid setup for herself and her guests.
by gyanchawdhary | 2026-01-20 17:27:20+00:00
I usually read piaeces like this as bullish for the US .. the truth is .. neither the author nor anyone else can really call how this plays out .. but what is clear (and f***g obvious) is that there’s still no country as economically dynamic or creative as the US .. and if not the dollar .. then what realistically takes its place ... the euro, RMB, rupee? None come close yet in terms of depth, liquidity, or trust ... these type of de dollarization makes for an interesting news cycle and discussion, but it’s a super long road from theory to reality ..
by convolvatron | 2026-01-20 17:27:31+00:00
I've done a little volunteer go education with kids. as purist I wonder if drawing things out (especially the atari frowny faces, but even the squishy part ) wont build some bad habits around not thinking things through yourself.

but I can't take myself very seriously. I think its much better than the 'capture' approach where we dont explain any rules except surrounding, and the first capture wins.

lovely idea.
by jleyank | 2026-01-20 17:27:38+00:00
6 decades before NATO was formed, Britain was the largest economy and financial empire. The US was up-and-coming but had not yet had its war with Spain to demonstrate their arrival. Nato was formed "To keep the US in, the Germans down and the Russians out" (per Ismay). The first clause is now inoperative. The second clause is being reversed by the various Euro states and the third, unfortunately, remains.

There was also a benefit to the US maintaining NATO - it could nudge/encourage/guide other countries into doing things it wanted done (such as Afganistan). This soft power is being discarded with NATO.
by littlestymaar | 2026-01-20 17:27:43+00:00
> The most effective way to reduce the global threat the US is appearing to pose more as of late, is to hit the dollar.

I really don't understand why people keep saying that despite the fact that Stephen Miran, Trump economic advisor, made it an explicit goal to devalue the dollar:

> The root of the economic imbalances lies in persistent dollar overvaluation that prevents the balancing of international
trade

https://www.hudsonbaycapital.com/documents/FG/hudsonbay/rese...

They want the dollar's value to go down. You don't make someone change course by doing what they want as a punishment.
by davidjfelix | 2026-01-20 17:27:50+00:00
It mostly seems like this was a response to the complex world of SEO. My perception is that SEO was seen as this pay-to-play 3rd party service that was offered by "experts" which allowed you to get the leg up on your competition. Search engines saw this as value being externally captured so they offered ads. Want to buy your way to the top? Quit paying 3rd parties to play the game and pay directly.
by cesalberca | 2026-01-20 17:28:43+00:00
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by devnavigator | 2026-01-20 17:28:48+00:00
Responsible AI Principles are no longer abstract ideals reserved for policy documents or ethics boards. As artificial intelligence becomes embedded in everyday business decisions, these principles must translate into concrete actions that shape how systems are designed, deployed, monitored, and governed. This article outlines six Responsible AI Principles that help organizations move from intention to execution, balancing innovation with accountability, trust, and resilience. Together, they provide a practical framework for building AI systems that deliver value while managing risk in real operational environments.
by liminvorous | 2026-01-20 17:28:48+00:00
I don't believe UK social housing has any work requirements, it is just massively oversubscribed, such that you need to be very vulnerable to realistically be offered council housing. You do have to pay (below market rate) rent, so you probably need to be searching for work or have been declared to have limited capability for work or work related activities to get a benefit to pay for your social housing. I think there's some state where they've decided no one will hire you for minimum wage, but you're otherwise able so you have to do some kind of volunteering.
by testing22321 | 2026-01-20 17:29:07+00:00
It’s quite obvious that making money has trumped ethics in US companies for a long time now.
Look what united healthcare does to its “customers” to make more money.[1]

Every last one of them should be rotting in jail, but that ain’t good for the ol GDP which is more important that peoples lives.

[1] https://www.vice.com/en/article/unitedhealths-alleged-plan-t...
by colechristensen | 2026-01-20 17:29:09+00:00
You have to ask yourself, compared to current US leadership, is China actually all that bad?

US is being driven by the personal whims of a deteriorating tyrant, Congress is allowing it and the courts are only doing a tiny amount of checking his power.

You can't just say "despite everything happening we're still the good guys and China and Russia are the bad guys!"

Osama bin Ladin won. The goals he had when he attacked America have been entirely achieved. Americans got stupid and became susceptible to the society changing effects of terrorism. He got us to destroy ourselves.
by epistasis | 2026-01-20 17:29:20+00:00
Does using the Renminbi require investing in securities?

It's a very different thing to trust that China will maintain the value of its currency, than to trust that investment in Chinese companies will remain liquid and not be arbitrarily cut to a price of zero.

I'm not saying you're wrong, but I also don't fully understand the need to have grander access to capital markets. Perhaps access to the equivalent of US Treasury auctions?
by munk-a | 2026-01-20 17:29:28+00:00
I can't confirm that fact - but it's important to acknowledge that consumer usage is very different from the high continuous utilization in mining and training. It is credulous that the wear on cards under such extreme usage is as high as reported considering that consumers may use their cards at peak 5% of waking hours and the wear drop off is only about 3x if it is used near 100% - that is a believable scale for endurance loss.
by Spooky23 | 2026-01-20 17:29:32+00:00
The states have nothing to do with your ignorant hysteria about foreigners. Unfortunately, the reactionary types have turned that into a dog whistle for their imposition on tyranny to deliver freedom, someday, maybe.

Marijuana is illegal. The states have largely chosen to change their laws on the subject as it was determined that it was creating more problems than it was solving. Additionally, the Federal government, while incapable of changing the law, loosened some of the disincentives for the states laws on the subject.
by throw0101c | 2026-01-20 17:29:38+00:00
> Representatives already either agree it's bad (and can't do much about it)

Representatives can draft articles of impeached for the President.

Senators can start impeaching various Secretaries like Defence ("War") and Homeland Security. Or all of the Secretaries really, since they're not upholding the Constitution themselves by not invoking the 25A to get rid of a mentally unstable President.

Where are all these much-vaunted "checks and balances" that I've been hearing about for so long?
by nhubbard | 2026-01-20 17:30:18+00:00
Update: Several reproduction sessions later, it appears that the content of the text PSI structure is causing a negative interaction with the system's EndpointSecurity extension process. Either one of the AV products on my work machine or the EndpointSecurity extension itself are panicking when the Pasteboard daemon attempts to output the contents. My work's IT team is awesome, so they're currently preparing a fresh system with an identical configuration to reproduce it.

The issue was happening in Ghostty, iTerm2, and Terminal.app. It happened by (a) pasting directly into the terminal prompt with Command-V, (b) using `pbpaste` in any way (like piping it into `wc -c`), or (c) pasting into an editor like Neovim with Command-V.

It doesn't happen with any other file I tested it with. It also doesn't happen if I try to paste into another app, like Visual Studio Code, TextEdit, or IntelliJ IDEA itself.

Nothing is inherently wrong with the binary/text content of the file. It's all ASCII characters.
by nozzlegear | 2026-01-20 17:30:22+00:00
> Okay, why do you think that matters? An ICBM in Alaska has a range that entirely covers the Northern hemisphere, and a large chunk of the southern hemisphere as well. Greenland offers no benefits here.

I'm no expert here, but more missile bases positioned more closely to your targets seems better, no?

> With what ships? The US Navy is not particularly well-equipped with arctic ships beyond the subs.

I'm a big proponent of repealing the Jones Act, but don't forget that Trump struck a big shipbuilding deal with South Korea recently. Maybe the "Trump class" (barf) battleship will be particularly well suited for arctic climates.
by bikenaga | 2026-01-20 17:30:39+00:00
Original article: "Association between shingles vaccination and slower biological aging: Evidence from a U.S. population-based cohort study" - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41556115/

Abstract: "There is growing interest in whether adult vaccines such as shingles vaccine may slow biological aging beyond preventing acute infections. Using data from the nationally representative U.S. Health and Retirement Study, we examined whether shingles vaccination is associated with more favorable profiles across seven biological aging domains: inflammation, innate and adaptive immunity, cardiovascular hemodynamics, neurodegeneration, and epigenetic and transcriptomic aging, as well as a composite biological aging score. Analyses included adults aged 70+ in 2016 (n = 3,884), with biological measures drawn from venous blood, flow cytometry, and physical assessments. Weighted linear regressions adjusted for sociodemographic, and health covariates. Shingles vaccination was significantly associated with lower inflammation scores (b=-0.14, p = 0.0027), slower epigenetic (b=-0.17, p = 0.0001) and transcriptomic aging (b=-0.19, p < .0001), and a lower composite biological aging score (b=-0.18, p = 0.0002), suggesting potential benefits for systemic inflammation, molecular and overall biological aging. In contrast, vaccination was linked to higher adaptive immunity scores (b = 0.09, p = 0.0133), an unexpected finding warranting further investigation. Timing analyses indicated that epigenetic, transcriptomic and overall composite biological aging improvements were most pronounced within three years post-vaccination, with slower aging persisting beyond this window. The results support the hypothesis that shingles vaccination may influence key biological systems relevant to aging, though effects appear domain-specific and vary over time. Longitudinal studies are needed to confirm these patterns and explore implications for long-term health. This study adds to emerging evidence that vaccines could play a role in strategies to promote healthy aging by modulating biological systems beyond infection prevention."

Related: There have been numerous submissions in the last year about shingles vaccines possibly reducing dementia risk - do a search by date if you're interested.
by candiddevmike | 2026-01-20 17:31:25+00:00
As a parent who doesn't let their kids on social media (and seems to be one of a handful of parent who use parental controls on phones), the FOMO is very real with the kids. They don't understand why I'm such a terrible person that won't let them have access to things their friends do. Friends will come over for sleepovers, and our kids will sit on YouTube for hours with their friends because we never let them on it and that's all their friends want to do.

I don't know how to educate other parents to encourage more controls. Most are too busy to care it seems, the kids are content with their brain rot etc. I hate that these companies turn me into a villain with my kids because they produce hyper addictive crap without any constraints.
by jongi_ct | 2026-01-20 17:31:35+00:00
I’m a DevOps engineer in Cape Town. I started a CCTV/monitoring biz thinking it was "infrastructure as hardware." I was wrong.

I’ve been bleeding money on a school project due to:

Voltage drop/PoE limits over 100m.

Bad labor: No "git revert" for a hole drilled in the wrong place.

Workmanship: My "clean code" mindset is failing in the "meatspace" of messy cabling.

To those who moved from software to physical infrastructure:

How do you enforce "clean" workmanship with manual labor?

What are your must-have tools for the physical layer?

How do you stop "scope creep" when you're 10 meters up a ladder?
by krupan | 2026-01-20 17:31:43+00:00
This is the most important comment here. The US rebuilt nations' economies after World War II by printing dollars and buying goods from those countries. In return, the dollar became the world reserve currency and did not suffer massive inflation despite printing so much of it. It's a supply and demand thing, just like any good or service. There was a ton of demand for the dollar, so printing more (increasing supply) did not crash the "price" of the dollar (inflation is the price/value of the dollar decreasing). We printed a ton of dollars during covid but it didn't result in hyperinflation like what happens with, say, Iran or South American currencies because the demand for dollars was still so very high.
by r_lee | 2026-01-20 17:31:51+00:00
They're enjoying a massive demand for GPUs due to AI blowing up, at a time when there isn't much competition, yet the technology is already pleateauing, with similar offerings from AMD, not to mention proven training & inference chips from Google & AWS, plus the Chinese national strategy of prioritizing domestic chips

The only way the stock could remain at its current price or grow (which is why you'd hold it) is if demand would just keep going up (with the same lifecycle as current GPUs) and that there would be no competition, which the latter to me us just never going to be a thing.

Investors are convinced that Nvidia can maintain its lead because they have the "software" side, I.e. CUDA, which to me is so ridiculous, as if with the kind of capital that's being deployed into these datacenters, you couldn't fit your models into other software stacks by hiring people....
by jijijijij | 2026-01-20 17:32:24+00:00
Ha! I believe every RNode can be used to bootstrap a Reticulum network, as that tiny ESP32 hosts the RNode firmware, the full network software stack and documentation! The RNode has the capability to become a Wifi access point, if you connect you get this at 10.0.0.1.:

https://unsigned.io/rnode_bootstrap_console/

Shit's insanely well thought out! I encourage everyone to dive in a bit. It's pure tech porn. (If you can endure the occasional Ayn Rand quote lol.)