MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by josefx | 2026-01-01 16:27:28+00:00
That sounds funny, until you realize that there are people who pull ingredients from the waste bin if they still look "good enough". At least one restaurant chain owner in germany was banned from entering his own restaurants after he was caught on camera instructing his staff to do just that, apparently only one instance of a long chain of food safety violations his "frugal" business practices caused.
by exitb | 2026-01-01 16:28:33+00:00
There’s also a very real utility to non-streaming media. It turns out that a system that lets you listen to anything is terrible for actually building a collection. Your „library” fills up with tons of stuff you „liked” at some point and saved as some sort of a bookmark. Over time it actually works against the goal of keeping track of the group of records you enjoy. When you introduce friction to the system, whether it’s having to buy something, or even hunt down and download an mp3, it results in better libraries.
by kuschku | 2026-01-01 16:28:34+00:00
At least in broadcast/cinema, no one uses CNN for debayering, because why would you?

In cinema, you just use a 6K sensor and use conventional debayering for a perfect 4K image. Even the $2000 Sony FX-30 ships with that feature nowadays. Combined with a good optical low pass filter, that'll also avoid any and all moiré noise.

In broadcast, if you worry about moiré noise or debayering quality, you just buy a Sony Z750 with a three-chip prism design, which avoids the problem entirely by just having three separate full-resolution sensors.
by mlrtime | 2026-01-01 16:28:48+00:00
Texas overreaching doesn't invalidate the underlying principle. The Supreme Court was right to allow age verification for porn, and Texas writing an overly broad law that tries to age-gate news sites and fitness apps just means Texas wrote a bad law. The solution is striking down the overreach and writing narrower statutes that target actual age-restricted content, not abandoning age verification entirely. Courts exist to enforce those distinctions.
by troupo | 2026-01-01 16:28:54+00:00
> Big Tech lobbyists helped design the GDPR to stifle smaller competitors who couldn't laugh at the occasional fine for malicious compliance

It is actually trivial to comply with GDPR for smaller companies than for incumbents simply because smaller companies don't collect and sell copious amounts of user data.

What people are tired about is "technologists" completely absolving the tech (that they are a part of) of any wrongoping in this. "Oh, the EU made these mandatory" they cry and happily impöement dark patterns to collect and indefinitely store all your data.

The only blame you can lay on EU is not enough enforcement.
by shaky-carrousel | 2026-01-01 16:29:17+00:00
Right. Then the accurate description is that it's a state-owned commercial company, not a government agency.

Ownership by states doesn't make it a public service. It makes it a company whose shareholders happen to be governments. It still operates under corporate law, not administrative law, and it was explicitly removed from being a state service.

Calling that "not really private" is just rhetorical framing, not a legal or operational distinction.
by solumunus | 2026-01-01 16:29:22+00:00
It’s infuriating that this gets parroted so often. The study you’re referring to measures “fat free mass”. Anabolic steroids acutely increase water and glycogen retention. All that study is showing is that taking steroids increases your body weight due to increased muscle fullness.

You won’t gain any significant amount of muscle tissue from taking steroids without training.
by stinkytaco | 2026-01-01 16:29:59+00:00
> I didn't accept any deal by clicking a link that took me to a webpage. I don't think anyone using Python, which is GPL-compatible, expects it to come with a "and you'll see our popup advertising for donations if you visit our site".

On the other hand, they didn't make any deal not to show you pop-ups. And they have no obligation to you as a user, nor does it seem they have incentive to change their approach.

In the physical world, common spaces can be regulated. Signs, billboards, radio waves, public right of way and similar goods are public property and often the government will lease common space in exchange for some benefit to the commons. This might be revenue (collecting some fee for the license to put billboards on the highway) or a more abstract benefits (the public benefit of information dissemination when leasing radio spectrum). This at least allows citizens to participate in the process and benefit from the outcomes, even indirectly. In exchange, private companies use various methods (including ads) to recoup their costs.

On the internet, though, it feels like the balance has been disturbed. The benefits the public get from the maintenance of the infrastructure that provides these services (cables running through public and private lands, radio spectrum for wireless services, maintenance of domain services, etc.) isn't really commensurate with the massive profit organizations get from using them. I'm not sure how we got to the point where Google can cash in so much on the commons and we get popup ads as a thank you. I don't know what regulatory framework will work, but I hope we find one.
by thechao | 2026-01-01 16:30:03+00:00
I was in academia for only a few years. I did a lot of reviewing (one of the chores for graduate students). I don't know what to say, here; there needs to be an economically based gate keeper for publication & review. Otherwise you'll get spammed by hundreds (per graduate student) of crazy-people papers. I was in a niche PL subfield (generic programming in the mid-2000s), and there was this one guy I called "guitar dude" that kept submitting PL papers using "guitar theory". The basis of the theory was an "algorithm" he developed to determine if a number was prime in O(1) (constant!!?) time in the size of the number. He was by far the most determined; he had a "swap" scam he ran to get his papers in. OTOH, submissions to the editor (my PI) numbered in the THOUSANDS, and we only had, like, 35 attendees at GPCE? I can't imagine what Nature or Science have to deal with.

I don't know how submission works for non-Western subsidized countries; but, just wading through the pre-AI submission process was a 50+-hour a week job for one, tiny, niche conference. Making the cost $1000 cuts that down by at least 2 orders of magnitude.

On the flip side ... paying the reviewers just seems like a bad idea? Reviewers need to be skeptical AF. Even the best scientists can throw out turds every now and then.
by machomaster | 2026-01-01 16:30:16+00:00
Steroids, the main excuse of lazy people who are searching for excuses, without realizing that the main problem is their own attitude based on the mistaken pattern of comparing yourself to unreachable elite instead of to ordinary folks and to your former self.

1. Compare only to former yourself (you can't even know your genetic potential until you start training). Did you improve? Yes? Great, continue. No? Change something.

2. Go 2-3 times a week consistently for years, hitting major muscle groups 2-4 times a week.

3. Work as hard as you can (with safe technique). Consistency and effort is the biggest problem why people don't see results. Most people in the commercial gyms are not training hard enough.

4. Progressive overload. Once you get stronger, your weights/reps/sets should also increase.

5. Eat enough protein. Eat calories according to your goal (gaining muscle or losing fat).

6. Reduce stress. Recover. Sleep, sleep, sleep.

It's really quite simple. Tedious, but simple.
by xlii | 2026-01-01 16:30:35+00:00
I had multiple implementation for myself, it's not worth it. In general task lists are all about motivation to do something not a "sweep" to find some work. At the beginning new systems hit home, but once novely wears down I found them pointless.

You can check Amazing Marvin, which has plenty of various gadgets available and have REST API client for integration. In business setting software like Linear with its integration is usually the way to go.
by oogali | 2026-01-01 16:31:26+00:00
If it really is cargo culting, and the people buying the physical product are not keeping the manufacturers in check because they never play the vinyl, then I can see a potential situation where manufacturers ramp up to meet "demand" but at lower quality (improved profits).

The secondhand market becomes saturated with inferior pressings that are inevitably bound for landfills since they don't meet the quality/expectations of the people who actually play vinyl.

Hypothetically.
by Yokohiii | 2026-01-01 16:31:33+00:00
> And what makes you think that you (or any other human) are somehow morally superior and would do a better job if subject to the same environment and pressures?

Morals are necessary for humans to live together. We all shape them, we are all entitled to do so, they are inevitable. We encode morals into laws if we deem it necessary. But that doesn't originate from an individual in a functioning democracy. It's a process, not a individual decision. Each individual can decide to stand for it's own morals. A large public backlash is a sign that you acted against public morals, you don't have to agree, but you have to deal with it. That's how a society works if everyone is free to speak and has a tiny bit of power.

> Sure, but the overwhelming majority of people who steal cars are not starving. And thinking that being poor makes someone morally superior is simply an argumentum ad lazarum, one of the oldest logical fallacies going back to biblical times.

I didn't mean any of that, I don't even know how you come up with that conclusion. My example simply expresses that a simple act of theft can ruin a persons life, while powerful people cause much more damage and get away with it.
by cassepipe | 2026-01-01 16:31:58+00:00
I don't think so. They are deliberately ignoring the side of the coin they don't like (a non ethno-state based on freedom and equality who has had a positive role in the history of mankind) because they are afraid that we don't take into account the side of the coin they care about, namely that all those rights and laws are mostly paper until some decide to make them more real.

If anything those perspectives need to be reunited rather than ignoring one for the other.

The history of humanity is filled with horrors and humans have done the worst to other humans but it is also true that nowhere in history has humanity been, on average, safer.

For that we have to thank all of those who believed in something better and made actual efforts to make a difference
by Wowfunhappy | 2026-01-01 16:32:04+00:00
I know this isn't new for Japan, but this requirement caught my eye:

> Use memory-safe programming languages, or features that improve memory safety within other languages, within the alternative web browser engine at a minimum for all code that processes web content

Would Apple themselves meet this requirement? Isn't WebKit C++? Of course, I'm not sure what would be considered "features that improve memory safety within other languages," that's kind of vague.
by mattsolle | 2026-01-01 16:32:10+00:00
I was in this demographic for a log time. I wanted to support small artists in ways past just going to their shows. This seemed like a nice way to do that (not a big shirt guy for bands). It also helps that you are not only getting music but a large(ish) art piece as well with the vinyl covers. It also feels good to physically have and own something. I recently bought a Portable CD player as well. I think a lot of the Gen Z folks I talk to are starting to (if just wishfully) drift back towards physicality in some ways.
by max_lt | 2026-01-01 16:32:16+00:00
Fair point. The V8 isolate provides memory isolation, and we enforce CPU limits (100ms) and memory caps (128MB). Workers run in separate isolates, not separate processes, so it's similar to Cloudflare's model. That said, for truly untrusted third-party code, I'd recommend running the whole thing in a container/VM as an extra layer. The sandboxing is more about resource isolation than security-grade multi-tenancy.
by nelgaard | 2026-01-01 16:32:25+00:00
Pet food might be more lucrative. Or fish food.

But it is not a goldmine. Dogs, cats etc have better teeth and like to eat a lot of meat, that humans generally does not eat: rabbit ears, tendons, throats, noses, etc.

Insect food is not that cheap. A lot of pet stores give out free treat samples. My dog normally loves all treats, but refuses to eat the the insect treats (before I realize they are made from insects).

I am sure there are companies making a good living making insect pet food. But it is probably not that obvious a choice.
by ranyume | 2026-01-01 16:32:32+00:00
Does france really prosecute people for only showing nazi symbols, independent of context? So for example, documentary series are forbidden?

To be clear, I still stand by what I said, but I don't think it's fair to equate "pedophile art" with nazi symbology. What I said is meant to be taken as a powerful but general rule that cautions against restricting art (and thus, restricting thought and expression) on the basis of fuzzy logic, hatred towards the content, racism, or any other sort of bias not supported by reality. In this regard, I don't think the logic behind restricting "pedophile art" has the same weight as the logic behind restricting nazi symbology (not even close).
by larusso | 2026-01-01 16:32:54+00:00
I still have my old BluRay collection which I build up from the mid 2000. This already was the replacement of the DVDs I had before. They still sit in the shelve because I don’t know what else to do with the space. Same goes for books etc. I mean I really like the covers etc and the fact one has a physical token. But I simply have too much of it in my house already. And replacing the stuff yet again feels useless. I also like the feeling that if I wanted I could simply let go.
Before someone asks: The unit the BluRays are located is a TV unit. And getting rid of them would mean I have an empty shelve. They also cover the cable / power cord mess behind it a bit. So removing is actually not a solution. I would either need a replacement to put there as a cover or get rid of the TV unit shelve thing :). Typical 1st world problem that is.
by maxandersen | 2026-01-01 16:32:57+00:00
I guess I should never use Go because I was stuck not having a working debugger, complain about Python because it is single threaded, or javascript because its a typeless mess, or C# for only running on Windows?

I'm happy to say I think all have their upsides and downsides and all of them evolve and should all try not to be stuck in old perceptions. And yes Java is held back by those perceptions and I'm saying lets not get bogged down by perceptions like yours from trying to evolve and improve.
by jfengel | 2026-01-01 16:33:12+00:00
Because companies have only existed for a few hundred years and we still haven't caught up with the idea of making things they do illegal. We tend to pass responsibility to the people who make up the company, rather than the corporation, but the people have gotten pretty good at making it impossible to assign blame to any individual. And you can't cost the owners (shareholders), because of course none of them are at fault, either.

Who at Meta is responsible for posting scam ads? Nobody. But Meta isn't responsible, either. So some executive makes a halfhearted promise to do something about it, but without any accountability.

The "limited liability" was just supposed to be for debts, but it turned out to be good for laundering responsibility, too. Originally, corporations had fixed term charters. And it might be worth looking at that again.
by cjdell | 2026-01-01 16:33:22+00:00
Joining a hackspace/makerspace suddenly introduced me to a high quality real-life social network. It's an excuse to engage with your hobbies but also hangout with like minds and pick up new skills.

This won't be an option for everyone. I have to travel for an hour each way to get to mine, but it's worth it. If I had more energy I would start one in the city where I live.
by timcobb | 2026-01-01 16:34:07+00:00
> I would also argue that imposing the jizya/dhimmi status, creating "second class citizen status" for non-Muslims was, in and of itself, a form of Muslim-supremacist society in Palestine before Israel existed. Either convert to being a Muslim, or be stuck as a second-class citizen.

100 percent. I've gotten the impression that this not being the case anymore is extremely irritating to extremist Muslims. This issue alone will fuel the conflict forever.
by DavidWishengrad | 2026-01-01 16:34:18+00:00
Not everyone wants the cure and that is revealed when they are shared it and then don't choose to share it. It's the fastest way I know of to quickly determine if a person or organization is really choosing life or death for those that say that they love. One need only place this paper in their hands and then ask them about it. Did they choose to read it or not. Do they agree with it or not. etc.
by hypeatei | 2026-01-01 16:34:47+00:00
How did the keys get leaked and where are they sourcing this from? Did Sony get compromised, disgruntled employee, what?

If there was a breach, I'd expect keys for the PS4 to be leaked as well which would be quite handy. There are soft jailbreaks you can do currently on the PS4, but they're not full on CFW (custom firmware) and don't persist reboots.
by transcriptase | 2026-01-01 16:34:49+00:00
I suspect there are either employees or contractors getting a cut because even getting a legitimate ad that doesn’t break any rules through review can be an exercise in frustration.

I once spent days getting rejection after rejection for ads for a Christmas light show event at a vineyard (not winery, it was a dry event), on the grounds that I was apparently selling alcohol.

Meanwhile I get ads for black market cigarettes, shrooms, roids, cannabis, and anything else you can imagine.
by tyleo | 2026-01-01 16:35:08+00:00
This feels strange and biased, and I’m not sure it belongs on HN.

The only context in which DHS claims Real ID is “unreliable” appears to be during mass detentions. That framing reads less like a genuine critique of Real ID and more like a convenient justification: “Sorry, we detained you because you look Mexican. Your Real ID isn’t sufficient.”

The author then shifts blame onto Real ID itself, rather than on DHS agents who are choosing to ignore it.
Show HN: Downmark – Turn webpages into distraction-free Markdown
by AdhipKashyap | 2026-01-01 16:35:19+00:00
Extracts main content from web pages and converts to Markdown.
Uses Puppeteer for JS-heavy sites and Pandoc for conversion quality.

Demo: https://downmark.fly.dev

API: curl "https://downmark.fly.dev/markdown?q=URL"
Code: https://github.com/adhipk/downmark

Feedback welcome.
by imcritic | 2026-01-01 16:35:22+00:00
I don't think what you want us even possible. How would such guarantees even look like? "Hello, we are a serious cybersec firm and we have evaluated the code and it's pretty sound, trust us!"?

"Hello, we are a serious cybersec firm and we have evaluated the code and here are our test with results that proof that we didn't find anything, the code is sound; Have we been through? We have, trust us!"
by tgv | 2026-01-01 16:35:26+00:00
I doubt list and string concatenation operate in constant time, or else they affect another benchmark. E.g., you can concatenate two lists in the same time, regardless of their size, but at the cost of slower access to the second one (or both).

More contentiously: don't fret too much over performance in Python. It's a slow language (except for some external libraries, but that's not the point of the OP).
by Izkata | 2026-01-01 16:36:06+00:00
More specifically on that last point, I remember reading something like Google's biggest contribution hardware-wise was using lots of cheap, easliy-replaced distributed storage with redundancy instead of expensive large singular storage with error-correction? Or maybe it was memory and not storage. Whatever it was I remember them not caring as much about error correction as others, and being able to use relatively cheap hardware because of it.
by JohnFen | 2026-01-01 16:36:20+00:00
> do you believe some people are just naturally lucky and everything they touch turns to gold?

No. What I do believe is that all of us are surrounded by opportunity of all sorts, all the time, and we generally don't even see it. The trick is to be able spot the opportunities that are relevant and interesting, and to be able to follow them. Some people are much better at this than others, and that can look like luck.

> are you a firm believer that with enough resilience and perseverance you'll finally make it?

Resilience, perseverance, luck and skill are all necessary ingredients to success, but success is never guaranteed on any time scale.

> how much would you say luck or natural privileges make their way into someone's success?

Not sure how to answer that. Luck has significant impact, as does whatever additional resources you can bring to the table. But I don't think those are determinative. There are a ton of variables that go into this.

> do you think you could build a successful business above and beyond 6-7 figures just by working hard and not giving up?

No. You also have to be alert, perceptive, flexible, smart, and lucky.
by HarHarVeryFunny | 2026-01-01 16:36:30+00:00
There's a big difference between building an ML framework like Tensorflow or PyTorch (I built a Lua Torch-like one in C++ myself) and just using it to build/train a model.

Building the model may range from very simple if you are just recreating a standard architecture, or be a research endeavor if you are designing something completely new.

The difficulty/complexity of training the model depends on what it is. For something simple like a CNN for image recognition it's really just a matter of selecting a few hyperparameters and letting it rip. At the other end of the spectrum you've got LLMs where training (and coping with instabilities) is something of a black art, with RL training completely different from pre-training, and there is also the issue of designing/discovering a pre/mid/post training curriculum.

But anyways, the actual training part can be very simple, not requiring too much knowledge of what's going on under the hood, depending on the model.
by toast0 | 2026-01-01 16:37:10+00:00
Size of the ferry will make a big difference. A small ferry is going to cost a lot less than this 225 car ferry. My quick reading is the Azore ferries hold about 8 cars; that's a totally different class of vehicle.

My local ferry system has an electrification project[1]; the current active project is three 160-car hybrid-electric ferries for a total cost of $714.5 million. A NZ shipbuilder is probably more competitive than a US shipbuilder, and details matter....

This article says $200M [2] which is a lot lower than I expected, given it's a one-off and larger (I think) than the WSDOT 160-car ferries.

[1] https://wsdot.wa.gov/construction-planning/major-projects/fe...

[2] https://www.ro.com.uy/2025/10/16/nuevo-barco-china-zorrilla-...
by thechao | 2026-01-01 16:38:02+00:00
Let's be real: graduate students are not paid well. Even a modest payment scheme would be a dramatic boost in their income. What payment schedule would you use for review? By paper? By journal? If it's "by paper" then the students will be motivated to churn through the papers to get paid. I'm not sure what the incentive structure is there, but it doesn't sound right.

I guess the journals could turn around and pay the PI? But, then what? The "reviewers" still aren't being paid; just the PI? The incentive then is for the PI to have as many grad students as possible just reviewing papers. (FREE. MONEY.) If there was ever a dynamic I've been in where one agent doesn't need MORE power, it's the PI-grad-student one.

And, I've not even considered (in depth) the Bad Actors™ in such a situation. I'm just thinking about basic humans humaning along...