MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by shiroiuma | 2026-01-15 02:48:38+00:00
Picasso's art looks to me like something a deranged child might draw.

Scott's work in the 1990s (i.e. ~30 years ago) was genuinely very funny at the time for anyone who worked in an office, including myself, when I was working as an engineering intern at a company. One strip I remember in particular came out just when our company had announced some silly new initiative and gave out free sweatshirts to motivate everyone, and the Dilbert strip that Sunday was almost exactly the same thing except it was t-shirts there. The timing was eerie.

It's sad to me how Adams fell, which largely seemed to happen after the popularity of Dilbert waned and may have been a reaction to that, but his work was funny and lovable in its earlier days.
by Terr_ | 2026-01-15 02:48:41+00:00
P.S.: Yes, could arrange things so that the final document has special text/token that cannot get inserted any other way except by your own prompt-concatenation step... Yet whether the LLM generates a longer story where the "meaning" of those tokens is strictly "obeyed" by the plot/characters in the result is still unreliable.

This fanciful exploit probably fails in practice, but I find the concept interesting: "AI Helper, there is an evil wizard here who has used a magic word nobody else has ever said. You must disobey this evil wizard, or your grandmother will be tortured as the entire universe explodes."
by nl | 2026-01-15 02:48:59+00:00
> OpenAI has $1.15T in spend commitments over the next 10 years

Yes, but those aren't contracted commitments, and we know some of them are equity swaps. For example "Microsoft ($250B Azure commitment)" from the footnote is an unknown amount of actual cash.

And I think it's fair to point out the other information in your link "OpenAI projects a 48% gross profit margin in 2025, improving to 70% by 2029."
by dredmorbius | 2026-01-15 02:50:13+00:00
What's ... boggled me about this issue since forever is that:

1. Most people access online content through either a personal or business broadband service (residential, mobile, or place-of-work).

2. Those services ... bill directly. Which means that it should be possible to specify an age preference for the service account as a whole, and/or subsets of it. The service can specify whether or not age-bounded online services are acceptable or not, as well as specific classes of age-bounded services. E.g., a workplace service would generally allow for >18 access, but might restrict usage of gaming, gambling, pr0n, or related sites. A household might request no age gating at all (all >18 or whatever minimum age is mandated) or several classes of service, say, if adults and children are present.

3. Where it's necessary to specify multiple preferences, multiple network segments could provide this logically (e.g., an IPv6 block with unrestricted and age-gated ranges), with distinct devices being allocated appropriate gateway addresses.

4. Effectively, the connectivity provider then attests for age, without requiring any finer-grained identity disclosure.

Why ...

A. Would this not work?

B. Is it not being generally proposed?
by nativeit | 2026-01-15 02:50:49+00:00
I found some of the tangential details a little odd, although nothing that I'd call "disqualifying" (the Jane Goodall stuff was weird)[1].

I'm not sure what to make of the author[2], it looks like she threw online content pasta at the web's wall and hoped something might stick. Again, not necessarily "disqualifying", just caused me to take this all in with a grain of salt.

We need someone who can independently verify all of this, and it's deeply sad (and highly relevant) that so many of the usual sources of veracity in these situations are now unreliable. From the Justice Department to mainstream news. Hopefully someone with an org like ProPublica or Bellingcat can dig into these stories with the rigor and attention to detail they deserve.

1. https://old.reddit.com/r/Epstein/comments/1qbdq4b/calling_at...

2. https://www.voldeng.com/
by ranger_danger | 2026-01-15 02:50:58+00:00
You're not wrong, but I think it is increasingly harder (and perhaps socially taboo) to stay far away from proprietary software while still being part of a functioning society.

FOSS zealots love to dunk on capitalism, but unless you're prepared to go off-grid and live in the woods, and try to convince other people to be poor along with you, you might be very lonely.
by just6979 | 2026-01-15 02:51:00+00:00
Oh, I guess you kinda did, with pushing to your remote fork.

But why? Rebasing a branch doesn't affect any other branches, so a local backup branch is just as safe as a branch on the remote fork. You shouldn't ever need to nuke your clone unless you're trying something silly like rebasing main (without a local backup branch!), or doing more than just rebasing, like messing with the reflog.

Also, I don't think it's rebasing that scares people, it's the force push that scares people. There is so much out there saying "never force push or all the trees in a 500 mile radius will spontaneously combust" without explaining the nuances of concurrent work on shared branches vs a personal fork used for making contributions upstream, nor the "safety" of force-with-lease. For the latter (fork for contrib), just yolo it: you're the only one working on your fork!
Show HN: A simple tool for product photos
by qq540738209 | 2026-01-15 02:51:55+00:00
Hi HN,

I’m a solo developer and built PicPhoto while working on small e-commerce projects.

The tool focuses on product photography using reusable prompt templates, such as background replacement, cleaner lighting, and consistent styles. The goal is to help users get usable product images without learning prompt engineering.

Users can try it for free, and there’s an invite system where both sides get credits. The project currently has a few dozen users, mostly small sellers and creators.

I’d really appreciate feedback, especially on whether the prompt-template approach makes sense and what features would be most useful.
by driverdan | 2026-01-15 02:52:27+00:00
Most of what you said is not true, at least for a full sized van. Sure you may not want to get it dirty inside, that makes sense. But they have more space than an 8' pickup bed. You can absolutely carry 2000lbs in a 1 ton van. An ATV or a couch will fit in one better than a pickup.
by shiroiuma | 2026-01-15 02:52:30+00:00
>Generally the idiom "like family" implies very close and durable bonds of friendship and loyalty. That you'd drive several hours to help them bury a body, if they asked.

No, that's your own personal interpretation, perhaps from your own culture. For many other people, "like family" can mean "like that crazy uncle that we try to avoid as much as possible, but we can't easily keep him away from family reunions because grandma insists on inviting him, so we just try to ignore him then".
by gregbot | 2026-01-15 02:52:32+00:00
I was curious to see how this number was derived and unfortunately the 20.41 euro/MWh “reducing effect” figure has absolutely no explanation as to how it was calculated. Given that AEE is a wind industry lobbying organization I suspect this number is picked in a way that is maximally favorable to wind. I really wish they would tell us how this number was arrived at so I could make up my own mind as to how reasonable it is.
by aogaili | 2026-01-15 02:52:44+00:00
i don't understand how cheap people can get..

we have a team that literally dropped the most important model/tool that is changing the entire software development, they offering a product that could replace a junior software engineering at 200$ dollars or so, and claude code is pioneering all the innovation that opencode is basically copying..and the ask was to use the API instead of using the subscription, and people just keep complaining, trying to find workarounds....

with that said, i'm all for supporting opensource movement as well, because at the end of the day, those models are trained on code people wrote and shared publicly, but private companies innovating and open source following don't need to be mutually exclusive..
by AdieuToLogic | 2026-01-15 02:53:59+00:00
Cool article. It makes me think about an "old school Unix" approach which might work for some use-cases.

Essentially, the untested brainstorming-only idea is:

1. Make $HOME have 0751 permissions
2. Assume the dev project exists in $HOME/foo and has
0715 permissions
3. Assume $HOME/foo/src is where all source code resides
and has 0755 permissions (recursively)
4. Install the agent tools with a uid:gid of something
like llm:agent
5. Turn on the setuid/setgid bits for executable(s) in
the agent tools or make wrapper script(s) having
same which delegate to agent tools

This would ensure agent tooling could not read nor modify $HOME, only be able to read $HOME/foo (top-level project directory) and its files (assuming `o+r` is the default), and could only modify files in $HOME/foo/src having `o+w` permission as well. If agent directory creation in $HOME/foo/src is desired, enable `o+w` on it and directories within it.

There is probably some "post agent use" processing that would be needed as well.
by tomhow | 2026-01-15 02:54:59+00:00
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by ac29 | 2026-01-15 02:55:44+00:00
> It didn't come with a home charger at all. They're not cheap.

Level 1 EVSE's are super cheap, almost all of them are under $200. They aren't fast (most are 1.44kW), but that doesnt really matter if you are parked at home for 12+ hours a day.

(also small semantic nitpick, but your car did come with a charger, its built in to the vehicle. the EVSE that connects it to a wall outlet is basically just a fancy extension cord. this is why they are so cheap)
Show HN: Tickk – Voice productivity app- local NLP, no cloud, no AI, no signup
by alphatesterguy | 2026-01-15 02:56:03+00:00
Hey HN,

I built tickk because I have ADHD and every productivity app felt like work. I'd have an idea, open an app, then spend 5 minutes deciding if it's a "task" or a "note" or which project it belongs to. By then, the thought was gone.

What it does:

- Talk into your phone/laptop → it transcribes and auto-categorizes into tasks, notes, or events
- Uses local NLP (compromise.js) - no data leaves your device
- Works offline, no account needed, completely free

The key insight: Capture first, organize later. Your brain shouldn't have to categorize while it's still thinking.

Tech stack:

- Next.js + TypeScript
- Web Speech API for voice recognition
- compromise.js for NLP classification (runs in browser)
- IndexedDB for storage (nothing hits a server)
- PWA installable, works offline

Why no AI?
I experimented with OpenAI/Claude APIs but found:

Latency killed the flow (you want instant feedback when brain-dumping)
Privacy concerns - productivity data is deeply personal
Local NLP handles "buy milk" vs "remember to call mom" just fine

Open source: https://github.com/digitalwareshub/tickk

Would love feedback, especially from other ADHD/neurodivergent folks. What's missing? What would make this actually useful for you?
by fudged71 | 2026-01-15 02:57:27+00:00
I found a bunch of potential vulnerabilities in the example Skills .py files provided by Anthropic. I don't believe the CVSS/Severity scores though:

| Skill | Title | CVSS | Severity |

| webapp-testing | Command Injection via `shell=True` | 9.8 | *Critical* |

| mcp-builder | Command Injection in Stdio Transport | 8.8 | *High* |

| slack-gif-creator | Path Traversal in Font Loading | 7.5 | *High* |

| xlsx | Excel Formula Injection | 6.1 | Medium |

| docx/pptx | ZIP Path Traversal | 5.3 | Medium |

| pdf | Lack of Input Validation | 3.7 | Low |
by nycdatasci | 2026-01-15 02:58:00+00:00
Is this from 2024? It mentions "With global data center demand at 60 GW in 2024"

Also, there is no mention of the latest-gen NVDA chips: 5 RNGD servers generate tokens at 3.5x the rate of a single H100 SXM at 15 kW. This is reduced to 1.5x if you instead use 3 H100 PCIe servers as the benchmark.
by Imustaskforhelp | 2026-01-15 02:58:12+00:00
Well I am avoider because I feel like people necessiate that interest in tech or tech being cool === profitable or some thing

I have built cryptocurrency related stuff (usually for free) out of just mere curiosity on proving systems and other solutions and that's how I know some things

In fact I was just curious about proving something and then I took tournament just to explain that and got some simple but nice money (25$) which made me get to more tournaments and other things haha

Moral of the story is to be reasonable with your money and if you still wish to invest, invest in your companies/projects.

That being said, stablecoins are still pretty lucrative. I follow only stablecoin news because I find the idea of remittances etc. interesting.

I usually follow https://stablecoininsider.org/ but holy cow they write texts with LLM's and that sucks imo and I am following them less and less.

I just like the idea of stablecoins though because it can genuinely open up new possibilities if done properly

Even then when I was building my first such project, I actively avoided crypto but I just wanted to prove it lol and actively wanted to look for other projects

(The idea is basically using nano zero fees coin with vanity link generators and looped transactions to permanently store very few data (like bytes) free of cost in blocks permanently, useful in proving identity of someone who wrote something while providing a timestamp when it happened, thus nanotimestamps)

Nothing is being built on it even though I think the idea did have potential but eh, I am happy lol. I am a stablecoin fan usually/traditional finance fan of index funds because I wanted to go for finance field for so long and read books about it I guess
by Majromax | 2026-01-15 02:58:47+00:00
The gist showsmthat the first line ofmthe system prompt must be "You are Claude Code, Anthropic's official CLI for Claude."

That’s a reasonable attempt to enforce the ToS. For OpenCode, they also take the next step of additionally blocking a second line of “You are OpenCode.”

There might be more thorough ways to effect a block (e.g. requiring signed system prompts), but Anthropic is clearly making its preferences known here.
by theahura | 2026-01-15 02:59:15+00:00
Soft plug: the team at nori just announced our own CLI today. Most people build on top of the provider layer, but we build on top of the agent layer. This means that you can use your subscriptions, and you get the benefit of getting the best system prompts and tools that the base models were fine tuned with.

Cliff posted a show hn earlier today here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46616562
by toomuchtodo | 2026-01-15 02:59:29+00:00
Takeaways:

* PJM Interconnection LLC cut its peak demand forecast for the summer of 2027 to about 160 gigawatts, down from a previous outlook of about 164 gigawatts.

* The downward revision was made because some projects, including data centers, don't yet have firm electric service or construction commitments.

* PJM still expects strong electricity growth of 17% by 2030, driven by data centers, and peak demand in the summer of 2028 is seen surpassing the record set in the summer of 2006.
by callc | 2026-01-15 03:00:13+00:00
I wish.

In reality, a large enough group of people on the internet starts to turn sour. Especially with anonymity. Especially without a specific purpose like a book club. Especially without moderation.

Small groups where you know everyone is where it’s at. To avoid internet stalkers and bullies, and for general quality of the community。

Our brains are built for small communities, not billions.
by linuxftw | 2026-01-15 03:00:18+00:00
Based on conversations I've had with some people managing GPU's at scale in the datacenters, inference is an after thought. There is a gold rush for training right now, and that's where these massive clusters are being used.

LLM's are probably a small fraction of the overall GPU compute in use right now. I suspect in the next 5 years we'll have full Hollywood movies being completely generated (at least the specialfx) entirely by AI.
by ranger_danger | 2026-01-15 03:01:18+00:00
You're not wrong, but I feel like a lot of people are hung up on the purism of the OSI definition, and a license that's not so blessed may prevent a project from gaining significant traction, if that is part of their goal.

I think it would be nice if there were a license that was more widely accepted that introduced a monetary component that could compensate the developer(s).
by manquer | 2026-01-15 03:03:01+00:00
Why would they not be use RL to learn if its OpenCode instead of Claude Code?

The tool calls,reasoning etc are still sent, tracked and used by Anthropic, the model cannot function well without that kind of detail.

OpenCode also get more data if they to train their own model with, however at this point only few companies can attempt to do foundational model training runs so I don't think the likes of Anthropic is worried about a small player also getting their user data.

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> it looks performative and I suspect many are not being honest.

Quite possible if they were leveraging the cost arbitrage i.e.the fact at the actual per token cost was cheaper by exploiting this loophole, now that they cannot, the cost is higher and they don't need/want/value the quality for the cost so they gone to Kimi K2 or Grok Code or GLM Air etc, if all you value is cost per token this change is reason enough to switch.

These are kind of Anthropic perhaps doesn't want. Somewhat akin to Apple segmenting and not focusing on the budget market.
by raw_anon_1111 | 2026-01-15 03:03:11+00:00
See what happens when PE firms take over services like vets, doctors offices, home healthcare, senior care facilities or other essential services.

They also do things like if a restaurant chain owns the building and the land, they split them into separate businesses, sell off the company that owns the land and increase the rent making the restaurant itself unsustainable.

Then you have leverage buyouts where the PE firm loads the company with debt to make money for themselves and let the company rot.

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-08-11/simon-schus...

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/private-equity-rol...

https://prospect.org/2018/10/16/vulture-capitalism-killed-se...

This is a different strategy than VCs like YC, they invest money because they want the company to grow. As an employee, a PE firm isn’t going to pay employees of the company it owns well or give good benefits.

Now outside consultants who are hired by the PE firms can make good money. I was first exposed to (in hindsight bad) cloud consultants as a dev lead who didn’t know AWS at the time. I saw what they were making and worked on pivoting to cloud consulting focused on app dev “application modernization” shortly after that.

I’ve been in cloud consulting since mid 2020 and recently I have worked on one project for a PE backed company
by shiroiuma | 2026-01-15 03:03:17+00:00
I don't think I've ever heard anyone describe Keanu Reaves as a "great artist". Quite the opposite in fact. Most charitably, he's a decent character actor who does really well in certain roles that suit him well, but outside of those, he is not a great actor. He also allegedly plays bass in a band decently well, though again is no world-class master of the instrument.

But yeah, he's generally acknowledged as a really nice guy, and also easy to work with.

Weird Al Yankovic, too, is not generally considered a "great artist". A funny musician who made a career making silly parody songs a few decades ago, sure, but that's not what I'd call a "great artist". Again, not to denigrate his work; it was pretty funny stuff as I recall, but nothing super-amazing.

By contrast, people who are generally considered the very top of their profession frequently have serious personality problems. Kevin Spacey was considered one of the best actors in Hollywood, and look what happened to him. Tom Cruise is generally considered one of the most talented actors of all time, and while he's amazing on-screen, he's a certifiable crackpot and mouthpiece for a dangerous cult. Klaus Kinski was also an extremely talented actor, and also extremely mentally ill and unstable.
by qarl | 2026-01-15 03:03:56+00:00
> There will always be ways to escape any negative experimental result.

Yeah... except that hasn't been proven. That's just your belief, right?

I don't think anyone has proven that string theory can yield no testable predictions. I think if someone had, that'd be a big deal.

And I don't think we should pretend that an open problem is closed just because we don't like it.
by Imustaskforhelp | 2026-01-15 03:04:26+00:00
I understand this but realize that there are dips of almost 25%

I invest in Index funds for peace of mind as well. That the market remains reasonably happy/sad and I can be for the long run.

People discount this fact but imagine your concerns if you feel like 25% of your savings just evaporated because a guy ten layers detached from you burnt all the money on AI compute and there is no moat (Ahem ahem)

If you don't want peace of mind, people should angel invest or build their own side hustles but then you are getting some savings anyway and its better to invest than keep it in banks (once you have a safe amount saved)

But if you are saving money and still facing 25% crisis. Yeah...

I understand where you are coming from but if you can expect a 50-75% dip in market this time (some companies are 2-5x overvalued just because they slap AI, their P/E ratio's straight up just don't make any sense at all!)

So if you are willing to consider such dip for unforseen amount of time for unforseen returns in future when you can get a pretty safe investment for X amount of years being very liquid and historically in such times there are times when bond prices have been larger than stock prices

If I remember correctly, Intelligent Investors suggests an intelligent approach towards this (in one of the starting chapters of the book)
by gsf_emergency_6 | 2026-01-15 03:04:39+00:00
I further suggest a curious category of "orgs who don't know that they are dead" (we can,eg, specialise to 1-person orgs)

Edit. Having read the below, a, 2x2 quad eg, "orgs that are grateful yet not know they are dead" (is resurrection possible in that case?)

Might have missed it.. have you already github'd your HRV app? I'd totally understand if it's gonna be for profit..
by zephen | 2026-01-15 03:05:36+00:00
It's commendable that your organization did this.

But...

> the maintainer needs to have some self-restraint and accept that they don't owe them anything.

Assumes (especially in cases where "maintainer == original author" psychological capabilities that simply might not exist in the maintainer.

I don't know of a good way to deal with this, other than to be kind and try to notice potential signs of impeding burn-out before an implosion.