MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by yieldcrv | 2026-01-25 20:28:55+00:00
.gitignore
> # Claude Code
> .claude/

Congratulations! I love seeing people express themselves to release things that were previously not economically viable to prioritize

Forget worrying about a 10x dev, Claude Code with the Opus 4.5 model has turned me into a 100x developer even in software stacks I'm not even familiar with. And with playwright-mcp its completely absolved the need for UX designers in my workflow because I just point playwright-mcp at an already established and A/B tested website for its UX principles. This gives me results far beyond what v0, lovable or Claude Code would come up with on its own.
by wolvoleo | 2026-01-25 20:29:29+00:00
The thing is, it wouldn't have to cost a lot.

Signal spends $50M a year for about 100 million active users. That's 50 cents per user per year. Or 4 cents per month :) Even with a bit of profit it's still nonsense money.

And 6 million of that alone is going up in sms validation because they insist on using mobile numbers as an identifier. They could save that if they used other methods.
by zugi | 2026-01-25 20:29:48+00:00
Often institutions develop fundamental problems because individuals gradually adjust their behaviors away from the official norms. If it goes uncorrected, the new behavior becomes the unofficial norm.

One strategy for correcting the institution is to start holding individuals accountable. The military does this often. They'll "make an example" of someone violating the norms and step up enforcement to steer the institutional norms back.

Sure it can feel unfair, and "everyone else is doing it" is a common refrain, but holding individuals accountable is one way to fix the institution.
by dgently7 | 2026-01-25 20:29:58+00:00
if we dont want it we need to vote with your wallet then, buy a slate truck when they come out. if you dont want a pickup thing buy it anyway so they eventually make a car in the shape you like when they learn there is a huge market for simple cars.

(yes i know its not as dumb a 90s toyota or whatever, but its the dumbest you can probaby get that is ev* and complies with modern regulations)

*not from some ecovangalist pov but because by almost every measure of what a car needs to do for most people ev is better at that, but thats an argument for another thread.
by paganel | 2026-01-25 20:30:03+00:00
I don't comment on GitHub issues.

I think that forums like this one should discuss politics as affected by computer code seeing as HN is one of the main (for lack of a better word) computer programmers' forums based/located in/with a focus on SV, it's not some random computer forum which specializes in some random computer programming issue.

Hacker News is not lambda-the-ultimate.org, seeing them as similar is part of that hiding behind the bush, people commenting on here actually work at companies like Palantir, Alphabet, Meta and the like, companies whose recent involvement in politics affects us all, at a worldwide level. Also see this recent FT article [1] in connection with how the leaders of those companies have gotten a lot reacher since Trump ascended to power for a second time.

> Tech titans lined up for Trump’s second inauguration. Now they’re even richer

> Silicon Valley bosses who lined up behind the US president for his inauguration have fared well under his administration

[1] https://archive.ph/https://www.ft.com/content/674b700e-765d-...
by sa-code | 2026-01-25 20:31:16+00:00
Can confirm. With a setup that works offline, one can

- start small on a laptop. Going through procurement at companies is a pain

- test things in CI reliably. Outages don’t break builds

- transition from laptop scale to web scale easily with the same API with just a different backend

Otherwise it’s really hard to justify not using S3 vectors here

The current dev experience is to start with faiss for PoCs, move to pgvector and then something heavy duty like one of the Lucene wrappers.
by dangus | 2026-01-25 20:33:06+00:00
The 180 days is documented for iCloud device backups, but not documented for iCloud Drive.

I also don’t think you can make that assumption. I’ve worked for many companies where we had recovery tools we didn’t advertise to customers especially since it wasn’t a guarantee that they would work, and they involved manual recovery effort. We didn’t want to just give customers the idea that they could be sloppy and delete their data and depend on us to do a low level database restore.
by wongarsu | 2026-01-25 20:33:12+00:00
I don't think that picture indicates in any way that there are no Google Services on those phones. I've had multiple Chinese phones, and all of them had both their in-house app store (every brand seems to have their own) and also the Google Play Store. And obviously things like Google Play Services and Google Maps are installed too, way too many Android apps wouldn't work without them

This isn't even a China-exclusive strategy, Samsung does the same with their Galaxy Store.
by rustyhancock | 2026-01-25 20:33:55+00:00
It's not restricted. NIH won't allow you to use the datasets they control for it. It is practically and pragmatically reasonable for them to do that. It's also ethically sound to not let the data subjects data be used for something they wouldn't want as the data controller.

If a scientist wants to do the research then they can pursue it and find a journal to publish it in. The reputable journals are unlikely to find it of interest unless it was a huge effect size.

They'd have to take samples and basically tell the person the intension was to check if some races were genetically inferior let's see how well they do with recruitment. I wouldn't give a sample.

Or just do a GWAS study and then develop metrics for estimating risk for individuals which can make use of ethnicity.
by orochimaaru | 2026-01-25 20:33:59+00:00
I think the publish or perish academic culture makes it extremely susceptible to glossing over things like this - especially for statistical analysis. Sharing data, algorithms, code and methods for scientific publications will help. For papers above a certain citation count, which makes them seem "significant", I'm hoping google scholar can provide an annotation of whether the paper is reproducible and to what degree. While it won't avoid situations like what the author is talking about, it may force journal editors to take rebuttals and revisions more seriously.

From the perspective of the academic community, there will be lower incentive to publish incorrect results if data and code is shared.
by tines | 2026-01-25 20:34:14+00:00
I have often thought that all good fiction is mystery. This is obviously an overstatement, but I think it’s not too far off. Humans are mystery solvers. If I don’t have a compelling mystery to solve—something like the “what’s going on beneath the surface in this town?” that David Lynch does so well—when I’m reading your book or watching your tv show or playing your game, I’m usually out unless I have a strong prior interest (which simply means that I brought my own mystery).
by jraph | 2026-01-25 20:34:42+00:00
> More broadly, I think this discussion is a stupid one

Mostly agree (although reasoning about these things can be interesting). More on this at the end of the comment.

> So if we're not arguing about a formal definition, then we're arguing about essentially our favourite dictionaries

It's also a matter of the most widely accepted definitions, not just what definition one prefers. And it seems to me not considering HTML as a programming language is what's most accepted and for good reasons.

We need a common understanding to communicate.

> I don't think the author could have been any clearer at all about what they were trying to communicate.

They just make their expression more confusing and more complicated by needlessly qualifying HTML and putting this footnote when they could have skipped both the footnote and the qualifier.

Here I was in fact mostly concerned about the clarity and the presentation. That page seems to be written for newcomers, qualifying HTML as a programming language doesn't seem quite optimal given the (supposed) target, I think it would do a disservice to someone who has not a great understanding of those things.

So the better way of exposing things IMHO is just not mentioning it at all, and if someone wonders whether HTML is a programming language, they can do their own research.

> An HTML file is a set of instructions to execute

I believe it's a stretch to describe HTML like this. Your explanation makes it work, but I don't think it's a usual way of viewing HTML. In any case it seems to me presenting HTML like a set of instruction to execute to a newcomer would just be weird.

Now, this discussion wouldn't matter much between people who have such a clear understanding of these things as you. When everything is this clear, deciding whether HTML is a programming language is indeed a purely intellectual exercise that can totally feel pointless and where both positions are probably reasonable depending on the perspectives, and yes, on the exact, clarified definition one uses.

So I was wrong: there is a debate. It was incautious of me to state otherwise. And the debate is mostly pointless for whoever clearly understands the involved concepts. And I should have focused on the pedagogical aspect of this stuff, not on whether it's wrong.

I will definitely handle such a discussion differently next time, if I don't outright skip it.
by linuxhansl | 2026-01-25 20:34:48+00:00
Can we stop calling this "side loading" please.

There is nothing sleazy happening "on the side", I am simply installing an application of my choosing on some hardware that I purchased.

As long as it remains possible (without extra developer verification, etc, etc), a bit of extra friction is probably OK, as is assigning accountability to the person who chose to install an app outside of the "official" store.

But it has to remain possible. Otherwise can someone name any advantage that Android has over iOS?
by gretch | 2026-01-25 20:34:50+00:00
You are punished one way or the other.

These scammers are parasites on society, they add nothing while draining resources away from honest people.

If you participate in society, that net drag will affect you in subtle ways. Like if you have money invested in something, that thing doesn’t go up in value as much as it would have if x% of society isn’t simply parasitic.
by oarfish | 2026-01-25 20:35:04+00:00
I guess it's technically cool, but one should be aware that there is no such thing as "good posture" or no accepted definition that lends itself to good science.
slouching isnt bad, remaining in the same posture for a long time is, or at least it can lead to discomfort. people that sit up straight all the time still get back pain. i slouch all the time and i don't. The popular attachment to specific configurationa of your joints that look aeathetically acceptable os orthorexia, not science.
by dyauspitr | 2026-01-25 20:35:05+00:00
I believe we need 700-800 miles of stated range which will result in 400-500 miles of actual range in the worst possible conditions. That’s about what you get from a tank of gas and what it would take to reduce range anxiety. Stopping every 2 hours for 40 minutes doesn’t make sense, stopping every 4 hours for 40 minutes is much, much better.
by gatekeeperops | 2026-01-25 20:35:31+00:00
We published a minimal “Proof Pack” for operational AI claims: download bundle + run a read-only verifier → PASS/FAIL.

Includes: decision receipts, append-only audit chain, ROI ledger (baseline vs actual vs counterfactual), deterministic replay.

Release: https://github.com/Sc691583/gatekeeper-proofpack-demo/releas...
Spec: https://github.com/Sc691583/gatekeeper-proof-spec
Benchmark: https://github.com/Sc691583/gatekeeper-proof-benchmark
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by bluGill | 2026-01-25 20:35:32+00:00
Any alarm that causes to take the correct action is good. However if it causes you to take the wrong action it is bad. If the engine lost all oil but you choose to fill the tires because that is the alarm you choose to pay attention to that is bad. Normally engines don't lose oil and so going to fill the low tire is the right call. (If the tire is very low stop now is the right answer)
by tombert | 2026-01-25 20:35:43+00:00
This is part of why I hate TikTok so much.

I recently started doing SiriusXM again a lot. The reason I do this is actually specifically because it gives me less choice than something like Spotify or YouTube Music.

A lot of time when I do the autoplay of YouTube Music, if I don't like the song in the first 15-20 seconds, I skip it to something else. I eventually realized that a lot of songs that I end up really liking require you listening to the entire song to come together. The inability to skip to the next song on SiriusXM forces me to listen to the song, and I've found a ton of songs that I likely would have otherwise skipped with anything else.

I feel like with TikTok, we're effectively training ourselves to ignore things that don't immediately grab our attention.

Maybe this is just my "Old Man Yells At Cloud" moment though.
by cryptonector | 2026-01-25 20:35:45+00:00
> Estimates are political tools for non-engineers in the organization. They help managers, VPs, directors, and C-staff decide on which projects get funded and which projects get cancelled.

> Estimates define the work, not the other way around

> The standard way of thinking about estimates is that you start with a proposed piece of software work, and you then go and figure out how long it will take. This is entirely backwards. Instead, teams will often start with the estimate, and then go and figure out what kind of software work they can do to meet it.

So true. But there are times when the thing to be built is known and an estimate is needed [for political reasons, as TFA explains], which is why sometimes it's the other way around.
by wronex | 2026-01-25 20:35:51+00:00
Volvo cars (not AB Volvo, the trucks, boats, and excavators maker) was sold to Ford and then to Chinese Geely. A lot of modern Volvo cars are therefore designed and engineered elsewhere to various degrees. Some are even wholly designed and produced in China. Others are not. I’ve heard this new one is more on the Swedish side. Even the motor is supposedly made here, at-least for the once produced in Gothenburg.
by user_7832 | 2026-01-25 20:36:06+00:00
> These acronyms are a nightmare, what the hell is a PHEV? EREV? PZEV?

PHEV is the old term, it's a plug in hybrid EV. I.e., you can plug it in and use the battery, or use the ICE engine via petrol (gasoline).

(B)EVs are pure battery EVs. Think Tesla.

REEV/EREV is range extender EV. Essentially an EV that has a small ICE engine that's very handy for making the 50 or 100km battery "run" for 500km if the need arises, by using the ICE as a generator.

In some countries, you also have "strong" and "weak" hybrids - these are not cars you can plug in (they only take petrol), but they use some motors and battery to vastly improve the efficiency of the engine. Think doubling your mileage levels of good.

> Consumers are just expected to know this stuff somehow, it’s nuts.

Yeah no I don't think that's good design either. May I ask what kind of parts do you buy that makes it so confusing? Our car (Honda) has a very simple model name, there's not a lot of variations or options to confuse to begin with.

Btw, if you want a real fun doozy, look up the parallel series hybrid system that iirc GM had. It was a beautiful beast - it could basically take any power source, and do anything with it (charge battery, run wheels etc).
There's a good YouTube video on it if you search for it.
by paulryanrogers | 2026-01-25 20:36:20+00:00
These states may be fundamentally too resource poor to effectively maintain their populations. So collectively we agreed that richer states should subsidize them, because no one wants to see their neighbors suffer unnecessarily. And in the hope that newer generations may invent or unlock other resources to break the cycles of poverty.

My fear is that many of these states are locked in a bubble of lies, a culture that longs for an imaginary and idealized past that never existed. That they'll continue raising generations of people who think they need to be an independent, 'rudged' individualist when that's never been possible anywhere. And once they fail they'll settle for punching down on people different than them.
by direwolf20 | 2026-01-25 20:36:54+00:00
I think it would. They crashed out over a single cancelled hotel reservation. These aren't hardened troops that can set up a bivouac in a random clearing, they're accustomed to all the niceties of modern life. If all hotels refused to serve them, if they couldn't buy groceries because their cards were declined, if the state blockaded their detention centers, they'd find their job much harder.
by BLKNSLVR | 2026-01-25 20:37:52+00:00
Sometimes the phone is warm, I wouldn't even say hot. Could be because I bought lower wattage wireless chargers - I don't need it to charge fast, I just need it to top up the battery.

The only time my phone has given me a message about heat was, indeed, in a phone holder in the car, but it wasn't even charging. We are experiencing a heat wave in Australia right now though, and the car had been sitting in the sun in a car park for an hour.
by fugalfervor | 2026-01-25 20:37:55+00:00
I am so terribly disturbed by the ICE shootings (and killings). There is no justification for them. This is supposed to be a nation of laws and the rights of those shot (to say nothing of those abducted and harassed, beaten, or removed without due process) has been so grossly violated that it's hard to believe.

My heart aches for the countless victims of this band of fascists in the executive branch.
by sva_ | 2026-01-25 20:37:55+00:00
I wonder how common it is for train tracks to fracture? And what systems are in place to actually detect this. There was recently a post on a German subreddit where the OP found a fracture in the German rail[0], albeit much smaller.

0. https://old.reddit.com/r/drehscheibe/comments/1qe9ko2/ich_gl...
by CamperBob2 | 2026-01-25 20:38:07+00:00
I just had too much experience trying to get around these restrictions to actually believe that they'd drop the geofencing, especially after a consumer drone ban.

DJI has got to be pretty sore about the ban. The geofencing was always voluntary on their part as I understand it, basically an attempt to proactively engage with the US and other aviation authorities in good faith. Then, when Trump blew up the truce by ordering the FCC not to approve future products, they may have felt they had no reason to continue to cooperate.

That's what I was wondering -- whether or not that speculation really does describe the situation accurately. If it does, it sounds like good news for you, since that hardware may now be usable after a firmware update. I only have a 249g first-gen Mini, myself... and being out in the middle of nowhere, I don't know if it ever had those restrictions to begin with.
I'm posting this from a memory safe web browser
by pizlonator | 2026-01-25 20:38:08+00:00
Hi everyone! I'm posting this from a memory safe browser: WebKitGTK MiniBrowser compiled with Fil-C, plus all dependencies compiled with Fil-C

Still dealing with a tail of bugs, some of which look like overzealous optimizations leading to loss of pointer capability (leading to a filc panic). But it works well enough that I can say "hi" on here.
by reify | 2026-01-25 20:38:28+00:00
A classic case of denial

Denial is a defense mechanism in which an individual refuses to recognize or acknowledge objective facts or experiences. It’s an unconscious process that serves to protect the person from discomfort or anxiety.

Denial unconsciously protects the ego from discomfort and distress by rejecting aspects of reality itself.

signs of denial

You find ways to justify your behavior.
You blame other people or outside forces for causing the problem.
You persist in a behavior despite negative consequences.
You avoid thinking about the problem.
by wolvoleo | 2026-01-25 20:39:18+00:00
Yes but also Doom is very very old.

I bought a kodak camera in 2000 (640x480 resolution) and even that could run Doom on it. Way back when. Actually playable with sounds and everything.

Here's an even older one running it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k-AnvqiKzjY
by gruez | 2026-01-25 20:39:21+00:00
So the is implication is that we should get rid of airport checkpoints, because our actual goal is to catch terrorists? What about speed enforcement cameras? The law might be that you drive 20 in a school zone, but isn't our goal to actually stop dangerous drivers? Actually, why even bother stopping dangerous drivers? The actual thing we care about is stopping accidents. If you're doing street racing at 4am, who's going to get hit?
by pibaker | 2026-01-25 20:39:26+00:00
I am not sure what conclusion can we draw from, as you said, two very rare incidents over a long period of time.

Reminds me of when Malaysian airlines crashed two planes in a short period of time. It was a good time to get cheap flights from Europe to south east Asia as long as you can withstand relatives thinking you are literally going to die in their third crash.
by manuelabeledo | 2026-01-25 20:39:32+00:00
That’s demonstrably untrue.

You could say that there are Apple devices that do not work well or don’t work at all without another Apple device, and off the top of my head I would say the only ones are the Watch and the HomePod, but most alternative devices work fine with Apple ones, e.g Chromecast, Garmin watches, Google Home hubs, etc.

And even so, the same could be said about Android only features and devices, e.g. Samsung Watch doesn’t work without an Android phone, Google Earbuds are feature capped on iPhone, etc.

IMO, if we are looking at rent seeking behaviors, Google shoving Gemini down the throats of Google Home users, with no chance of rolling back if they don’t like it, is way worse.
by dangus | 2026-01-25 20:39:57+00:00
I disagree that online classifieds have diminished in value and usage. Almost all of their functionality has been replaced by something else that is still heavily used.

Facebook Marketplace is huge. eBay is huge. Autotrader is huge. Poshmark is huge. Backmarket and Swappa are big too.

People definitely buy stuff second hand, especially automobiles, which were a huge classified and advertisement pillar of newspapers (local dealership ads took up whole pages with listings of specific cars in their inventory!)

A lot of what you’re saying about content being a race to the bottom is true, there was a paywall catch-22 where you needed site traffic from Google but you needed the paywall to get your subscription revenue.

Your three pillars of revenue were classified ads, advertisements, and subscriptions.

You could only choose one of two for advertisements and subscriptions thanks to the Google aggregator effect (either get clicks with no subscription revenue or get subscribers but no clicks), and classifieds were a lost cause.

Outlets like NYT figured out how to create new revenue pillars, but that doesn’t really work for small regional outlets.

Most small regional journalism is simply supported by having barebones costs.
by greggoB | 2026-01-25 20:39:58+00:00
So you're referring to the end of the Bretton Woods System, which is its formal name.

> The US cheated by printing more IOUs than the amount of gold it had.

From the article you posted, it looks like the US was dealing with an issue whereby their reduction in global output meant that a reducing demand for dollars could cause a run on gold. I don't know if I would characterise this as "cheating" per se. The article states that there were many efforts, jointly between the US and other countries, to maintain the system, but these ultimately failed.

So I don't really get how this backs your claim that the US cheated? Sure it was controversial, and I'm sure there were many peoole who were unhappy about it, but it looks like they had little choice, given the system was failing and they were dealing with an extraordinary inflation crisis to boot.