MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by yesfitz | 2026-01-29 21:04:28+00:00
What data completely disagrees with them and what does it disagree with them about?

The "Persons Killed, by Highest Driver Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) in the Crash"[1] report shows that in 2023, 30% of fatal crashes involved at least one driver with a BAC > 0.08 (the legal limit), and 36% involved a BAC > 0.01.

Interesting that "Non-motorist" fatalities have dropped dramatically for everyone under the age of 21, but increased for everyone between 21 and 74.[2] Those are raw numbers, so it'd be even more interesting to display them as a ratio of the group's size. Are less children being killed by drivers because there are less children generally? Changes in parents' habits? Backup cameras?

1: https://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Trends/TrendsAlcohol.aspx
2: https://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Trends/TrendsNonMotorist.aspx
by LeifCarrotson | 2026-01-29 21:04:30+00:00
> "I asked it to summarize reports, it decided to email the competitor on its own" is hard to refute with current architectures.

No, it's trivial: "So you admit you uploaded confidential information to the unpredictable tool with wide capabilities?"

> Who's accountable when the action executed three hops away from the human?

The human is accountable.
by Marsymars | 2026-01-29 21:04:43+00:00
I guess it’s not nothing that Gemini caught that, but that seems like a pretty obvious oversight from the healthcare practitioners - inquiring about RSI injuries should be one of the first things they ask about.

I pre-emptively switched to trackballs and to alternating left/right hands for mousing near the start of my professional career based on the reading I did after some mild wrist strain.
by dfxm12 | 2026-01-29 21:04:57+00:00
Waymo driver? The vehicles are autonomous. I otherwise applaud Waymo's response, and I hope they are as cooperative as they say they will be. However, referring to the autonomous vehicle as having a driver is a dangerous way to phrase it. It's not passive voice, per se, but it has the same effect of obscuring responsibility. Waymo should say we, Waymo LLC, subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc., braked hard...

Importantly, Waymo takes full ownership for something they write positively: Our technology immediately detected the individual.... But Waymo weasels out of taking responsibility for something they write about negatively.
by nerdsniper | 2026-01-29 21:05:24+00:00
The distinction some people are making is between copy/pasting text vs agentic action. Generally mistakes "work product" as in output from ChatGPT that the human then files with a court, etc. are not forgiven, because if you signed the document, you own its content. Versus some vendor-provided AI Agent which simply takes action on its own that a "reasonable person" would not have expected it to. Often we forgive those kinds of software bloopers.
by sathish316 | 2026-01-29 21:05:26+00:00
+1 I’m not sure if tasks like Add OTel instrumentation belongs more in a Coding bench than an SRE bench. I came here expecting to see things like, this is how Models perform on finding the root cause in 50 complicated microservice failure scenarios.

For AI-SRE tasks like finding root cause of bugs and errors, I believe the key is to provide tools to the agent to query metrics, logs, traces and understand the problem. I’m working on a similar OSS framework and benchmark (work in progress using metrics and logs - demo - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKWJ03cHcPr3Od1rwL7ErHW1p...), where context is Semantics and Text2SQL to query the right metrics, logs and benchmark is on a set of Skills that Claude code or other agents can run using these tools to find the root cause of errors:

Codd Semantic/Text2SQL engine: https://github.com/sathish316/codd_query_engine

PreCogs skills and simulated scenarios: https://github.com/sathish316/precogs_sre_oncall_skills
by mhykim | 2026-01-29 21:05:52+00:00
We do have robust checks in place to catch spam and bad actors(reputation, SPF DKIM DMARC, etc.) but as with all tools there will be bad actors who come up with creative ways to scheme for nefarious purposes.

We expect our infra and policies to evolve with usage, and one of our goals is to make agent driven email safer than the status quo, not just more scalable
by TeMPOraL | 2026-01-29 21:06:49+00:00
This one isn't actually inevitable in the near term. Lethal robots policing the streets isn't something that can just sneak up on us[0] - it's a pretty clear-cut civic issue affecting everyone, so excepting hardcore autocracies with no vertical accountability[1], the public can push such ideas back indefinitely[2].

It's hard to "agency launder" a killer robot when it's physically patrolling a public square.

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[0] - Except maybe through privatization of law enforcement, which could be more gradual - think police outsourcing more work to private security companies, which in turn decide to "pioneer innovative solutions to ensure personal safety" by giving weapons to mall security patrol robots and putting them out on the streets - but it'll still be pretty obvious what's happening.

[1] - Some cursory search suggests this is the correct term for the idea I'm thinking of, which is how much the people in power have to, in practice, take their subjects' reactions into account.

[2] - Well, at least until armed forces of multiple countries start using autonomous robots as ground infantry, and over the years, normalize this idea in the minds of civilians.
by binsquare | 2026-01-29 21:07:41+00:00
It's getting better staggeringly fast, just a year ago I wouldn't expect it to be at even video game physics level so quickly.

If there is a possibility where it continue to improve at a similar rate with llms. A way to simulate fluid dynamics or structural dynamics with reasonable accuracy and speed can unlock much faster pace of innovation in the physical world. (And validated with rigorous scientific methods)
by Nition | 2026-01-29 21:07:52+00:00
There's a mental health awareness campaign going on around here at the moment with all the generic messages like that. "You're doing great" is completely devalued by the sign giving the same message to everyone, and the best one says something like "Don't push yourself too hard. If you want to rest, rest." Wondering if I can tell my boss the sign told me it's okay not to get any work done.
by mrguyorama | 2026-01-29 21:07:57+00:00
It is definitely striking that a 2L bottle of local municipal water plus caramel color and a pinch of aspartame costs $2.65

Fucking insane. Coke has a higher label tax than Apple.

The other infuriating part is that the generic brand soda is also expensive for some reason. What an efficient market, when generic water can maintain an insane profit margin.
by EnPissant | 2026-01-29 21:08:23+00:00
This is confusing.

TFA says they added an index to Agents.md that told the agent where to find all documentation and that was a big improvement.

The part I don't understand is that this is exactly how I thought skills work. The short descriptions are given to the model up-front and then it can request the full documentation as it wants. With skills this is called "Progressive disclosure".

Maybe they used more effective short descriptions in the AGENTS.md than they did in their skills?
by groby_b | 2026-01-29 21:08:46+00:00
"And when sub-agents or third-party tools are involved, liability gets even murkier."

It really doesn't. That falls straight on Governance, Risk, and Compliance. Ultimately, CISO, CFO, CEO are in the line of fire.

The article's argument happens in a vacuum of facts. The fact that a security engineer doesn't know that is depressing, but not surprising.
by palata | 2026-01-29 21:09:17+00:00
On the contrary, I think it explains our disconnect. If you consider that it's perfectly fine for an ally to threaten to invade ("allies are not friends"), then it may be difficult for you to understand the reaction of people who strongly disagree (and consider that "allies are friends").

IMO, when a country threatens to invade another country, it becomes an enemy.

Back to Europe, I don't remember hearing that China threatened Europe militarily. Russia does, and the US as well. So I am not completely surprised when people in Europe say that they would rather buy Chinese products than American products. First because they haven't feared of a Chinese invasion in the last weeks, and second because China does not behave like an enemy. Rather a partner with divergent interests. When China threatens Taiwan, Europe may disagree, but they don't feel like Chinese people may kill European people in the next few days.

The US behaves like an enemy, like Russia. Are you surprised that Europeans don't want to buy Russian products? Economically, it's not good for Russia and it's not good for Europe. Just like tensions with the US are good for neither of them.
by tillvz | 2026-01-29 21:09:33+00:00
> I'm curious how this approach manages cardinality explosion?

The Knowledge Graph explicitly models cardinality and relationships between entities. The compiler uses that to generate SQL that handles it correctly, using e.g. DISTINCT

> Also, how do you handle cases where a user asks for data that requires running multiple queries, specifically where each query depends on the results of the previous one?

Veezoo can generate adaptive plans, so it can decide to wait for a database query to return results before continuing
by 3rodents | 2026-01-29 21:09:50+00:00
Side effects do not exist in isolation. High blood sugar is not a problem if it is solving a much bigger health issue, or is a lesser side effect than something more serious. If medication A causes high blood sugar but medication B has a chance of causing blood clots, medication A is an obvious choice. If a patient gets it in their head that their high blood sugar is a problem to solve, ChatGPT is going to reinforce that, whereas a doctor will have a much better understanding of the tradeoffs for that patient. The doctor version of the x/y problem.
by noitpmeder | 2026-01-29 21:10:01+00:00
This is some absolute BS. In the current day and age you are 1000% responsible for the externalities of your use of AI.

Read the terms and conditions of your model provider. The document you signed, regardless if you read or considered it, explicitly removes any negative consequences being passed to the AI provider.

Unless you have something equally as explicit, e.g. "we do not guarantee any particular outcome from the use of our service" (probably needs to be significantly more explicitly than that, IANAL) all responsibility ends up with the entity who itself, or it's agents, foists unreliable AI decisions on downstream users.

Remember, you SIGNED THE AGGREMENT with the AI company the explicitly says it's outputs are unreliable!!

And if you DO have some watertight T&C that absolves you of any responsibility of your AI-backed-service, then I hope either a) your users explicitly realize what they are signing up for, or b) once a user is significantly burned by your service, and you try to hide behind this excuse, you lose all your business
by NoboruWataya | 2026-01-29 21:10:07+00:00
> Samsung’s S series secured a spot in the list for the second consecutive year, reflecting the brand’s continued focus on its flagship lineup.

I'm kind of surprised the latest S series phone isn't on there every year. I've always thought of it as the premium non-Apple phone.

Samsung annoy me with all the bloatware etc but the hardware is decent. I am in, I think, my seventh year with my S10 and it's going strong.
by popalchemist | 2026-01-29 21:10:33+00:00
You're clearly being facetious. I will simply say that the rise of Naziism/Authoritarianism in the west is a preeminent threat to all human beings on the planet, especially when the king of all nazis has access to the nuclear missiles. It obviously demands a sense of urgency that other topics don't.

If you disagree with that, be explicit about exactly what part.
by austin-cheney | 2026-01-29 21:10:46+00:00
Be very careful who you learn from. There are a lot of pretenders out there and doing what they do will steer you very wrong.

I have been in corporate software for nearly 20 years. During my time there have been three completely unrelated paths: career elevation, technical brilliance, and finally seeking employment. I cannot say if this will hold true into the future, but it has been true for a long time.

First, know what you want and that will tell you who to follow. So, let's talk about this.

If you want to ascend in your career you need to focus on mastery of only two things: soft skills and conscientiousness (awareness). Career elevation ultimately means some combination of management people and/or projects. You actually have to care about the people you are managing or you can be a complete dick if you are an outsider who knows the right people at the proper levels. You also need to be masterful at management of multiple work streams, calendars, and event timelines impacting multiple teams. Imagine being in three unrelated conversations simultaneously all day long and still knowing the technical details about what is happening better than the people on each of those multiple chats/calls without exhaustion.

Technical brilliance comes from building ambitious things. If you aren't constantly building new and ever more challenging things at work then you need to be doing it outside of work. This typically has a negative impact on career progression unless you are willing to get a PhD and make a career out of research like Roy Fielding. It has a negative impact on career progression because demands a tremendous amount of time practicing on things that are not directly tied to the key goals of your employer's business goals.

Then finally there are people whose only goal is seeking employment or raises from jumping between employers. This is counter productive to both career elevation and technical skill growth, but can be good if you are a future founder and are trying to build out personal relationships. I have always thought of these people as trend followers and bottom feeders from a technical skill perspective.
by thunky | 2026-01-29 21:10:52+00:00
> But if you want to do interesting things, like all the shills keep trying to claim they do

I don't know where this is coming from. I've seen some over-enthusiastic hype for sure, but most of the day-to-day conversations I see aren't people saying they're curing cancer with Claude, they're people saying they're automating their bread and butter tasks with great success.
by FeloniousHam | 2026-01-29 21:10:59+00:00
Counterpoint: I like my Tesla, and I find the AI assistant diverting and useful. I have very little doubt the functionality of the limited on-board voice assistant will be merged into Grok (it's literally on the coming features).

Whether you like this or not, who cares? The pace of improvement in Tesla software compared to any other manufacturer is astonishing, and astonishingly good.

I have no love for the CEO, but my Model Y is a very interesting (and intuitive) car.
by GuestFAUniverse | 2026-01-29 21:11:05+00:00
How about training a LLM by distributing workloads to the gazillion of bored gamers via GPU-enabled BOINC jobs? -- not just folding@home

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOINC_client%E2%80%93server_te...

The estimated are in the 10-100 Petaflop range. Should be good enough for training.
by bsimpson | 2026-01-29 21:11:13+00:00
It's all about communication.

> To be silent in the face of oppression isn't neutrality. It's implicitly siding with the oppressor.

That's the kind of "I took an edgy course in college" shit that makes people outside the progressive bubble think "society is getting too woke and everyday people are getting left behind."

You can draw a pretty straight line between "my uncle voted for the other guy so I disowned him" and the political/social dysfunction that led to Trump in the first place.

This article isn't for progressives. It's a plea for everyone else to realize what's happening is wrong. If you can't take the barbs out of your language, you're going to offend your audience before they'll even listen to what you're trying to say.
by switchbak | 2026-01-29 21:11:36+00:00
Hook it up to an always-on fle*light, and I'm sure you'd have millions of paying customers.

Except you'll never have to leave your pod. Extract the $$ from their attention all day, then sell them manufactured virtual happiness all night. It's just a more streamlined version of how many people live right now.

I'll be running away from that hellscape, thanks.
Show HN: Yanna Cursor, but for documents (draft → edit → redline → e-sign)
by adamazak | 2026-01-29 21:11:51+00:00
Hey HN I’ve been building Yanna, and the simplest way to explain it is:

It’s Cursor for documents.

Not “AI writes a doc and you copy/paste it into Google Docs and then into DocuSign.”
More like: you open a document, and the AI is inside the editor with you — helping you draft, rewrite, spot issues, and then send it to get signed without leaving the page.

Why I built this

Every contract workflow I’ve seen is still stitched together:

generate in a chat tool,

edit in a doc tool,

review in a different tool,

send via an e-sign tool,

track status somewhere else.

Even when each piece is “good,” the overall experience feels clunky especially when you’re iterating quickly or working off an existing contract.

I wanted one flow where the doc is the source of truth, and AI actions feel like “apply this change” instead of “here’s a paragraph, good luck.”

What Yanna does today

1) Cursor-style editing for contracts

A real document editor (not just a chat box)

Chat on the side with commands like:

“Rewrite this clause to be mutual”

“Shorten this section but keep meaning”

“Add a termination clause that’s fair”

The important part: edits can be applied directly to the doc, not pasted manually.

2) AI redline / review for existing PDFs

Upload an agreement you already have

Yanna gives you a structured review: key terms, risk areas, unusual clauses, missing basics

More “here’s what to worry about and where” and less “generic summary”

3) Send for e-sign (from the same workspace)

Once you’re happy with the doc, you send it for signature

Track status in the same place you edited it

What I’m trying to get right

The hard part isn’t “AI can write text.” It’s making the AI behave like a tool you trust:

changes are specific and reversible

the output is structured instead of rambly

it doesn’t hallucinate edits into the wrong spot

it feels like a copilot inside the doc, not a separate app you talk to

Where I want feedback

I’m posting because HN is great at calling out what’s real vs what’s marketing.

I’d love feedback on:

Does “Cursor for documents” instantly make sense, or is it confusing?

For contracts specifically, what’s the most painful part: drafting, redlining, or sending/collecting signatures?

If you’ve used AI contract tools — what did they get wrong?

Also: if you want to try it and break it, I’ll share a demo link / access in the comments.

Abem
by devmor | 2026-01-29 21:12:06+00:00
Creators on Patreon are already loosely bound to the market of other creators. Not all creators are affected by this change.

The app store payment cut harms only creators who have disproportionately high percentages of patrons that primarily consume their content from iPhones - a demographic that they have no control over.

If they wish to increase their price to make up for this, they then are forced to risk turning away their other, non-iPhone-primary patrons. Notably, Patreon is forbidden by Apple from making this pricing scheme transparent and up-charging only iPhone users to keep the creator whole.

The only party with power here is Apple - and they are using it to strongarm.
by scottyah | 2026-01-29 21:12:35+00:00
Or, digging tunnels is a lot harder than expected and there have been no big technical leaps to change that. The idea is great, but only if the cost goes down and digging speed goes up by a lot.

I assume you got a cut of the $23bn my state took with the promise of a high-speed rail, which afaik is the only "viable(?!)" transportation project that could have been affected by this, or you just hate subways/subterranean transportation progress?
by shoaibmerchant | 2026-01-29 21:12:58+00:00
The LTE modem will be available on the Pledge Manager. We are currently testing with Quectel EM05, works really well - calling, messaging, data all have been tested. PlaMo dialer app already works, there is a demo somewhere on the KS page. We need some time to design the internal flex pcb antennas but provisions have been made already.

Also, you are free to bring your own modem too - and only opt for the antennas pre-assembled in your unit.
by pedalpete | 2026-01-29 21:13:00+00:00
This is what we were building in 2018 with Ayvri, starting from 3d tiles with the aim of building a real-world view by using AI to essentailly re-paint and add detail to what was essentially a high-resolution and faster loading Google Earth (for outside cities, we didn't have building data).

We saw a very diverse group of users, the common uses was paragliders, gliders, and pilots who wanted to view their or other peoples flights. Ultramarathons, mountain bike and some road-races where it provided an interactive way to visualize the course from any angle and distance. Transportation infrastructure to display train routes to be built. The list goes on.
by wilkommen | 2026-01-29 21:13:15+00:00
College-taught "best practices" and especially "software development patterns" can pretty much go straight into the trash bin when you start your real software development job. They're not inherently bad, they're just usually not relevant inside the context of whatever applications you end up working on after college. If you try to fit whatever you're doing at work into the patterns you learned in school, it will probably not be helpful. If you do find a chance to apply a pattern you learned in college to something you're doing at work, that's great, but don't try to force it when it's not fitting. It's more important to match the existing patterns inside the software project you're working on than to apply best practices and patterns you learned in school.
by 3rodents | 2026-01-29 21:13:18+00:00
Does it? Russia has 1/10th the purported population of China, lost most of their military aged men in a conflict that has exposed Russia's supposed military might as a work of fiction and yet the west remains scared senseless of Russia because of the nuclear threat. China has nuclear weapons, whether they have 10 million or 100 million men they can send to the frontlines to absorb bullets is irrelevant to their national security.
by Rendello | 2026-01-29 21:13:19+00:00
The CoRecursive episode with SQLite creator D. Richard Hipp goes through it. I've linked to the part of the transcript that covers it, the key quote being:

> We still maintain the first one, the TCL tests. They’re still maintained. They’re still out there in the public. They’re part of the source tree. Anybody can download the source code and run my test and run all those. They don’t provide 100% test coverage but they do test all the features very thoroughly. The 100% MCD tests, that’s called TH3. That’s proprietary. I had the idea that we would sell those tests to avionics manufacturers and make money that way. We’ve sold exactly zero copies of that so that didn’t really work out. It did work out really well for us in that it keeps our product really solid and it enables us to turn around new features and new bug fixes very fast.

https://corecursive.com/066-sqlite-with-richard-hipp/#testin...
by motohagiography | 2026-01-29 21:13:34+00:00
I doubt it is a thing anymore, but if you were in a NOC and said, "...there is no cabal." you could expect at least some portion of the people present to turn around and hail, "Long Live The Cabal!" It was a usenet admin shibboleth that I still laugh at every time I hear it.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_Is_No_Cabal