MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by fc417fc802 | 2026-01-19 11:13:22+00:00
Unfortunately most P2P wireless solutions are likely to be somewhat buggy, at least in my experience. WiFi and Bluetooth chipsets are often "quirky". I will often lose the ability to ssh into my laptop across WiFi until I go to the laptop and poke the network from it. KDEConnect often temporarily loses sight of my phone, yet it still reports being connected to WiFi. Stuff like that.
by quietbritishjim | 2026-01-19 11:15:12+00:00
I suppose the subtlety is that people want to be angry if (and only if) reality demands it.

My uneducated feeling is that, in a small society, like a pre-civilisation tribal one where maybe human emotions evolved, this is useful because it helps enact change when and where it's needed.

But that doesn't mean that people want to be angry in general, in the sense that if there's nothing in reality to be angry about then that's even better. But if someone is presented with something to be angry about, then that ship has sailed so the typical reaction is to feel the need to engage.
by MrJohz | 2026-01-19 11:15:22+00:00
I bought a second hand Fairphone, and I'm very happy with it, except that my wife, a colleague of mine, and some friends of ours now also gave Fairphones, so when one buzzes we all instinctively check our pockets because they all sound the same...

I also bought headphones from the same company, and while they're probably not the best for audio quality, it was great being able to repair them when the headband broke. Generally, I'm a very happy Fairphone customer.
by benrutter | 2026-01-19 11:16:16+00:00
I guess maybe if the comparison you're looking at is the one you mentioned? Second hand normally beats everything else since it's avoiding what would other wise be waste, and there's nothing new that needs to be manufactured.

That said, I bought a fairphone about 4 years ago, in that time, I've had a bunch of issues that'd have meant replacing the phone for other non-fairphone models (this list doesn't make me look great at taking care of things):
- USB charger broke after getting mortar in it
- Screen broke after dropping the phone directly onto screen
- Battery replacement (due to age, not my fault this time!)
- Screen broken yesterday after dropping my phone onto concrete after falling over during a run.

If I'd had a Samsung, or non-repairable phone of another kind, I'd be buying my fourth phone today, instead I ordered a spare part and will repair things easily in a couple of days when it arrives.

So, hard to beat the sustainability of second hand tech, but definitely from an economical point of view, my fairphone has easily been a good call.

Of course your mileage may vary, especially if you are better at taking care of things than me.

Edit: worth saying, the fairphone 4 was discontinued a year or so ago, but that isn't the same as saying parts aren't made for it. Spare parts are still really easy to get hold of.
by lordnacho | 2026-01-19 11:16:27+00:00
You no longer have to be very specific about syntax. There's now an AI that can translate your idea into whatever language you want.

Previously, if you had an idea of what the program needed to do, you needed to learn a new language. This is so hard that we use language itself as a metaphor: It's hard to learn a new language, only a few people can translate from French to English, for example. Likewise, few people can translate English to Fortran.

Now, you can just think about your program in English, and so long as you actually know what you want, you can get a Fortran program.

The issue is now what it was originally for senior programmers: to decide what to make, not how to make it.
by scott_w | 2026-01-19 11:16:32+00:00
True unlimited PTO can exist in the UK, though the "unlimited" PTO can't, as employees can't agree to less than the statutory minimum.

That said, unscrupulous employers try to get around this by putting stupid requirements on taking PTO that practically mean taking your legal allocation aren't possible. Things like "we need minimum staff levels to cover" and, shockingly enough, you don't have enough staff to actually give out everyone's PTO. Combine this with requiring long timeframes to book it and your manager "forgetting" you had PTO booked and insecure job contracts and you have a recipe for grinding your staff to dust.
by christkv | 2026-01-19 11:17:38+00:00
Yes. The Frecciarossa 1000 (ETR 1000) is an EMU, and the trainset’s coaches/cars are equipped with braking equipment as part of the integrated braking system—so it’s not “only the power cars” doing the braking.

So my first gut instinct is that one wagons breaks malfunctioned and suddenly applied breaking power since it was the last two wagons that went off.
by masfoobar | 2026-01-19 11:17:41+00:00
I remember the first time I tried jQuery -- which was 2009.

Before jQuery, I had vanilla JS code that factored in Safari, Firefox, Opera... and... IE6, IE7, and then IE8 which was (from memory) recent at the time.

Trying to design a visual drag n' drop editing interface on the web was a chore at the time especially with the differences in IE browsers! It was suprising how many customers were still using IE6!

A lot of this is purely by memory, now. I even have shivering memories reminding myself I was using VB.NET with ASP.NET Web forms. I really HATED it!

I remember ASP.NET provided dynamic web pages with things like Placeholder tag, etc. Again, It felt bloated even back then but I made it work. It was a balance of using what was recommended by other developers, and trying to ensure performance is good.

By around end of 2009, I tried jQuery as an experimental branch and very impressed with its capabilities. Despite being a decent Javascript developer at the time I was inexperienced with AJAX (Technically I was a Junior dev in ways) but jQuery shows me the way. It was not long before I ditched certain features of .NET Web Forms for jQuery.

At the time, there may have been a little overhead replacing various javascript code I am written with jQuery but the rewards were high. It was cleaner frontend and backend code, thanks to simple AJAX calls.

Since then I've always had huge respect for jQuery!
While I don't consider myself a decent javascript as I don't use it much. However, when I do come back to web development, I cannot be asked with the modern ways. To me it's bloat. I just stick with htmx, now. If I have do some fancy things visually then I will use jQuery.
by xorcist | 2026-01-19 11:17:48+00:00
That's because in Italian, like in many other European languages, you use en-dashes to separate parenthetical clauses. The en-dash is used with space, the em-dash (mostly) without space and that's why it's longer. On old typewriters they were frequently written as "--" and "---" respectively. So yes, it's mostly an English thing. Stick to your trattinos, they're nice!
by oersted | 2026-01-19 11:18:46+00:00
I have observed that it is a recurring pattern. I am most aware of the behind the scenes in public education, but I believe it is across the board.

Massive efforts are done to implement reforms to conform to EU standards, believing that that’s how the “superior” EU members do it (Germany, NL, Nordics…). But then I go there and I see that their system has nothing to do with the standards and they are not doing much to conform.

It’s fine, these reforms are often beneficial for Spain, and I do believe that generally being in the EU is a big win-win. Although sometimes it’s just a lot of unnecessary reshuffling at great cost.

A certain segment of the Spanish population really looks up to northern EU countries, or rather they feel a sense of inferiority. In practice there is not all that much to look up to and I believe Spain should be feel more confident. Many great things are prevented by the widespread belief that we are in a shitty country and that everyone is useless, but it is just not true.
by acidburnNSA | 2026-01-19 11:19:23+00:00
If you have the compose key enabled it's trivial to write all sorts of things. Em dash is compose (right alt for me) ---

En dash is compose --.

You can type other fun things like section symbol (compose So) and fractions like ⅐ with compose 17, degree symbol (compose oo) etc.

https://itsfoss.com/compose-key-gnome-linux/

On phones you merely long press hyphen to get the longer dash options.
by bilgisoft | 2026-01-19 11:19:59+00:00
KEY FINDINGS & MATHEMATICAL INSIGHTS
Benchmark Sample :

10^14 Uniqueness - Remarkable Distribution Equivalence
The difference between twin and cousin primes at 10^14 is extraordinarily small:

Twin primes: 135,780,321,665
Cousin primes: 135,779,962,760
Difference: 358,905 pairs (only 0.0003%)
This near-perfect equivalence in distribution across 100 trillion numbers is statistically significant and unprecedented in the literature.
by jemmyw | 2026-01-19 11:20:08+00:00
I remember talking about this 10 years ago. Not as a prediction but as a sensible business move for MS. What is the value in the Windows client now? The consumer side seems like more of a liability. The parts that make money don't need to be in their own operating system. Just like the browser engine no longer made sense, does the OS make sense?

They could release all their point and click enterprise tooling on top of a Linux based client. That would be plenty of work but I'm sure enterprises would love to be able to fully manage Linux and Windows machines. Then they could just phase out their own kernel.

People point out that the NT kernel is better in several ways to Linux. But that's not really what is important to a company, it's the effort vs value. Linux is so good at running win32 apps now that a moat is drying up. MS could contribute to that effort, and benefit from the Linux development ecosystem in general.

It probably won't come to pass.
by 10xDev | 2026-01-19 11:20:08+00:00
Always has. The US serves Israel first, big tech companies second.

The Democrats could have won if they didn't support Israel unconditionally. Unfortunately when you claim to support human rights but also support what happens in the middle east it creates cognitive dissonance among the population.

Many American pro-Israeli's are more concerned about Iran at the moment than any of the ICE/Greenland news.
by brushfoot | 2026-01-19 11:20:23+00:00
Your linked site has an AI-generated blog.

If this were about grammar, it would be appropriate to translate something you wrote, not use generative AI to create it.

This whole thing is an ad. All the post's sentiments that people are engaging with ("imposter syndrome" etc.) were spit out by a clanker.

What a disheartening start to my morning.
by PurpleRamen | 2026-01-19 11:20:44+00:00
> I don't know when the meaning of "social media" went from "internet based medium for socializing with people you know IRL" to a catchall

5 minutes after the first social network became famous. It never really has been just about knowing people IRL, that was only in the beginning, until people started connecting with everyone and their mother.

Now it's about people and them connecting and socializing. If there are persons, then it's social. HN has profiles where you can "follow" people, thus, it's social on a minimal level. Though, we could dispute whether it's just media or a mature network. Because there obviously are notable differences in terms of social-related features between HN or Facebook.
by mhitza | 2026-01-19 11:20:52+00:00
I think your idea has potential, in some alternate universe, or crypto configuration (such as Monero).

From my point of view the problem is that most cryptocurrencies are used as speculation instruments, and there's a significant hoop to pay someone in crypto.

Building on top of Monero would alleviate some of those issues, while targeting an even smaller niche of people.

From a business perspective the landing page does not do any work in reassuring me. Focusing on fees rather than vetted freelancers, testimonials, and without any form of results "assurance", escrow system or dispute resolution why would any company take on the risk of hiring a freelancer this way while also gambling with all the issues crypto brings?
by bflesch | 2026-01-19 11:21:02+00:00
The are actively sabotaging supply chains within Europe since at least two years. They did the drone overflights for propaganda purposes. They burnt down warehouses and tried to kill CEOs. Many Ukrainian refugees in Germany have been killed in "random" attacks.

In 2025, sabotage attacks on German railroad system happened nearly once per week. The recent power outage in Berlin was clearly attributed to russian origin.

In Spain there have been assassinations related to the russian invasion, for example https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-spain-shooting-madrid-d25...

It's about spreading terror and showing that the government cannot protect the citizens.
by hobofan | 2026-01-19 11:21:21+00:00
> Seems like such a low-hanging fruit, especially given the very visible success of companies like Framework.

Is there very visible success of Framework? How many people in your everyday live have you encountered with a Framework laptop?

I love there mission, but Framework from all the feedback from users online seems to still be a product that you'll only buy if you put sustainability over performance/convenience.

> a YC-backed attempt

If any successful attempt would be launched, there would be no reason for it to go through YC. In the mass consumer hardware market their little funding and the network they provide doesn't do much. I would strongly assume that a challenger would appear in a similar form as it did with framework with nrp.
by defrost | 2026-01-19 11:21:25+00:00
The initial statement was:

* " Land belongs to people who can control it, and always has."

* @watwut asserted: "Nazi says that, yes."

* @YetAnotherNick expanded on that "Communist say that too as do socialist as do almost all ideology."

* @YetAnotherNick then "asked" (perhaps rhetorically) "Why do anyone want to give their power in your land to any other politically motivated entity."

* @defrost provided an example of a legal doctrine that returned significant areas of land to original first inhabitants after that land had been claimed by others with crown troops.

Now that land belongs to people that lack force to control it, and it was given to them by people that considered it their land by colonisation.

If you're interested in the answer to the question you posed "Why do anyone want to give their power in your land to any other politically motivated entity." (which isn't entirely well posed) then perhaps the reasoning of the judges in the Mabo case might give you some insight into their thinking.
by jruohonen | 2026-01-19 11:21:41+00:00
Of course, the insanity here is that European governments, banks, and even the EU enforce the duopoly and thus harm themselves.

Ref., e.g.:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44704645

https://forum.sailfishos.org/t/to-buy-or-not-to-buy-that-is-...
by dworks | 2026-01-19 11:22:45+00:00
Love the UI. I think these browser-based products are great at removing the "mystery" around music making or DJing by making it accessible. All you need to do is type a URL and click a few elements to get started and you get instant feedback. I built a similar browser app but for DJing (I was also inspired by Pocket Operators): https://dj.t-tunes.com/
by testdelacc1 | 2026-01-19 11:23:22+00:00
I feel like the price Apple charges for batteries is very reasonable. I kept my phone going for 4.5 years thanks to a battery replacement 2 years in. They’re basically doing it at cost, considering parts and labour.

Also, your information is slightly out of date. It’s possible to do the replacement yourself if you want. Here’s an ifixit guide based on apples official repair guide - https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/iPhone+17+Battery+Replacement/1...
by UltraSane | 2026-01-19 11:23:56+00:00
"If Germany had decided to build out nuclear"

This is misrepresenting what Germany did. They shut down their perfectly safe nuclear reactors with 20 to 30 years of remaining life instead of their filthy coal plants, all because of a deeply irrational and anti-intellectual fear of nuclear energy.

By what criteria can Germany's energy transition be considered a success? It has made german electricity some of the most expensive in the world while also emitting 10 times as much CO2/kwh as France. You are getting the worst of both worlds.
by pawelduda | 2026-01-19 11:23:57+00:00
No need to go that far. I bounced off weekend projects many times because I lost interest the moment I had to relive fighting the "modern" frontend ecosystem set up (or whatever else unrelated to the actual building), which is what I was already doing at the day job. In the end I just gave up because I'd rather get some rest and fun out of my time off. Now I can just skip that part entirely instead of tanning in front of <insert_webpack_or_equivalent> errors for hours on Saturday afternoon.
by jcattle | 2026-01-19 11:24:06+00:00
An interesting observation from that page:

"Thus the highly specific "inventor of the first train-coupling device" might become "a revolutionary titan of industry." It is like shouting louder and louder that a portrait shows a uniquely important person, while the portrait itself is fading from a sharp photograph into a blurry, generic sketch. The subject becomes simultaneously less specific and more exaggerated."
by guenthert | 2026-01-19 11:24:17+00:00
Not all functionality is perfectly replicated, so the user experience depends on the application being used.

I use it semi-regularly for quite a number of years and (consequently) various versions of Wine to run (a near current version of) LTspice. That works perfectly as far as I can tell, but it is my understanding that the maintainer of LTspice puts in some effort to assure compatibility with the then current version of Wine.
by happymellon | 2026-01-19 11:24:21+00:00
And each iteration is basically worse.

XMPP should be able to be a Slack replacement.

Hangouts was a proprietary reimplementation, that had most of the features in an awkward way. Group chat in columns wasn't a great idea but was fine on mobile.

Duo/Chat was weird, separation of communication for no great benefit, and wasn't really any better than Hangouts. More like Hangouts that they had given to an intern to fix up, but forgot to tell them that it still needed to work with Hangouts.

Now we have Chat and Meet, Meet "replacing" Duo, while Duo is becoming Meet?

All I know is that after Hangouts finally was retired and replaced with Chat, they hid the chat tab in gmail, and required you to unhide it, and then appeared to disable notifications so I never knew when the last couple of people using it messaged me.

1/10. Wouldn't recommend.
by crote | 2026-01-19 11:24:43+00:00
Ah, of course! I did initially consider DH as example, but discounted it because of the need for the server to store the plaintext password - the fact that you can just hash it first completely slipped my mind.

I completely agree about phishing being the main attack vector. However, I do think malware is a not-too-distant second - which makes having a single device contain both your password and TOTP secret a Really Bad Idea. Having not-perfectly-secure TOTP codes only your phone and a password manager DB only on your desktop is a pretty decent solution for that.
by puilp0502 | 2026-01-19 11:25:33+00:00
I think the parent is talking about the people who post to LinkedIn that "SWE as a profession is dead" non-stop. I fully agree with you that it massively lowered the cost to create, but I'd argue that the people who's saying that SWE is dead wouldn't be able to go past the complexity barrier that most of us are accustomed to handling. I think the real winners would be the ones with domain expertise but didn't have the capacity to code (just like OP and you).
by embedding-shape | 2026-01-19 11:25:37+00:00
> but I'd still rather be behind the wheel

Maybe if it's a trip I do once in a while. But going from Málaga to Madrid and back once a week, in a car, driving? Or Barcelona <> Madrid once a week? No, hard pass, I'd rather be driven by someone else, in a comfy carriage, where I can comfortably sleep or do other things in the meantime.

Me and thousands of others agree, otherwise we wouldn't have one of the most expansive train networks in the world. Spain might be larger than people think, driving to everywhere in the country while fun, isn't feasible for repeated trips, the distances are just too large.

With that said, every once in a while a road trip with a car is really nice, maybe every 1-2 years, and driving across Europe stopping when you see something interesting or driving towards interesting things you see in the distance. Hard to get that same "explorer" feeling with other modes of transportation :)
by tel | 2026-01-19 11:25:50+00:00
I think, yes, with greater splat density—and, critically, more and better inputs to train on, others have stated that these performances were captured with 56 RealSense D455fs—then splats will more accurately estimate light at more angles and distances. I think it's likely that during capture they had to make some choices about lighting and bake those in, so you might still run into issues matching lighting to your shots, but still.

https://www.realsenseai.com/products/real-sense-depth-camera...

That said, I don't think splats:voxels as pixels:vector graphics. Maybe a closer analogy would be pixels:vectors is the same as voxels:3d mesh modeling. You might imagine a sophisticated animated character being created and then animated using motion capture techniques.

But notice where these things fall apart, too. SVG shines when it's not just estimating the true form, but literally is it (fonts, simplified graphics made from simple strokes). If you try to estimate a photo using SVG it tends to get messy. Similar problems arise when reconstructing a 3d mesh from real-world data.

I agree that splats are a bit like pixels, though. They're samples of color and light in 3d (2d) space. They represent the source more faithfully when they're more densely sampled.

The difference is that a splat is sampled irregularly, just where it's needed within the scene. That makes it more efficient at representing most useful 3d scenes (i.e., ones where there are a few subjects and objects in mostly empty space). It just uses data where that data has an impact.
by masfoobar | 2026-01-19 11:26:06+00:00
Dont get me wrong - I really like and appreciate your comment.

However, and adding to other replies, by SDL I assume you mean the Simple Directmedia Layer?

SDL looks rather strong from my perspective and still my typical goto when having fun making a game. You could argue SDL lost some customers in favour of other libraries like RayLib - or moving away from making things from scratch to Unreal, Unity, etc.

SDL still seems popular - as SDL version 3 was officially released less than a year ago (or it feels like it)
However, I guess it depends what you need to do.
by mapotofu | 2026-01-19 11:26:47+00:00
Where does this optimism come from? Having worked with many veterans I doubt their actual commitment to the constitution over their commitment to “patriotism”, something which seems to include taking pleasure in hurting their neighbors.

This kind of talk is needlessly optimistic. We’ve already seen how you all are, or there would’ve been more action from you all in stopping us from getting where we are now.

Give us a break from the military worship BS. Most veterans don’t have the gall to stand up against this sort of thing and we all know it.