MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by sublinear | 2026-02-02 18:55:27+00:00
I'm not sure this is the right outlook. This massive spend isn't even necessary to get huge returns. We should look at how people are using LLMs right now instead of chasing promises of superintelligence.

There is a ton of value in LLMs improving accessibility for the web, and it feels like we're on the brink of AI assistants finally delivering. The new SEO is MCP tools and it's forcing app designs to be more robust than the brittle flows of the past.

This means less friction for ecommerce and breaking ground on all new UX. How is that not a big deal? Developers can provide better apps with more accurate and flexible designs on more devices. Customers will go where the best UX is and reshape who is on top in every category of consumer tech.
by seanwilson | 2026-02-02 18:56:08+00:00
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by jimminyx | 2026-02-02 18:56:16+00:00
Interesting. Again, not a lawyer, but all of this is a bit murky and not sure it applies.

1. Usage is not automated and unattended - it only responds to messages that are sent to it with a specific prefix "Andy:"

2. This is not a bot service. It is not crawling twitter and responding to posts. Hard to see how sending it messages through WhatsApp is any different than through ssh via the terminal

3. I don't think a custom piece of software running on my computer that pipes data from a program into the Agents SDK is a third party "platform" integration.

How is this different from running Agents SDK as part of a CI process?
by mytailorisrich | 2026-02-02 18:56:29+00:00
Thank you for yet more insults...

> and calling the USA (or the specific States) therefore not sovereign isn't about curiosity; it is intellectually dishonest

No idea where this accusation comes from. The USA are a sovereign country. Individual US states are not sovereign (they are part of the US). That's what I have been saying wrt. EU vs member states as the EU moves towards federalisation. Where is the dishonesty?
by overfeed | 2026-02-02 18:56:31+00:00
> Is it really that bad to share a car with someone?

Sometimes it is, and you never really know when.

Some of my unpleasant experiences involve a couple of reckless drivers, even more nutters who insisted on talking about their politics or per peeves, I fear one of them may have gone beyond mere eccentricity and probably required some medical intervention, but couldn't figure out how to report that without possibly resulting in the driver being punished by the app.
by BenjiWiebe | 2026-02-02 18:56:38+00:00
Nominal value is in name only, IMO.
Which makes it not the value. I can sign my name on a piece of paper and say it's for sale for $5million (nominal value, right?) but it's value is nowhere near $5million, and noone will accidentally purchase it for $5million because they truly thought it was worth that.

nominal: existing or being something in name or form only (Merriam-Webster)
by ftchd | 2026-02-02 18:57:07+00:00
Rclone is such an elegant piece of software, reminds me of the time where most software worked well most of the time. There's few people that wouldn't benefit from it, either as a developer or end-user.

I'm currently working on the GUI if you're interested: https://github.com/rclone-ui/rclone-ui
I built a masochist app for people who use habit trackers
by yousufmohd223 | 2026-02-02 18:57:11+00:00
Hi everyone,

I recently decided to start my SaaS journey by building a habit tracker. But while researching existing products, I noticed something interesting.

Most habit trackers are packed with features—graphs, streaks, notes, reminders—but despite all of that, users still struggle with the same problem: consistency. People try multiple apps, feel motivated for a week or two, and then quietly fall off.

That made me ask a different question:

What would actually help someone show up when it’s time to do the habit?

If I lived with them, I wouldn’t just show them a progress chart. I’d remind them when it’s time to act. I’d encourage them. And if they skipped a habit, there would be consequences—maybe paying money or doing pushups—to create a real feedback loop and build discipline.

Obviously, living with every user isn’t scalable
So I designed a SaaS centered around accountability and consequences.

The core idea

Users earn coins by checking in when their habit window is open

Users are ranked on a leaderboard based on their coins

If a user misses a habit, they lose all their coins, even if they’re at the top

Habit completion and failure are shown publicly on a community page

Consistency earns public recognition; failure is also visible

(Optional) Users can opt into a monetary penalty if they miss a habit

The goal isn’t just to track habits—it’s to create pressure to act.

By using social accountability, loss aversion, and real consequences, this product aims to help people do the habit when it matters, not just log it afterward.
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by pixl97 | 2026-02-02 18:57:18+00:00
>The optimal self damage to maximize total value may be non 0.

This is the calculus that large companies use all the time when committing acts that are 'most likely' illegal. While they may be fined million of dollars they at least believe they'll make 10s to 100s of millions on said action.

Now, for you as an individual things are far more risky.

You don't have a nest of heathen lawyers to keep you out of trouble.

You can't bully nation states, government entities, or even other large companies.

You individually may be held civilly or criminally liable if things go bad enough.
by cf100clunk | 2026-02-02 18:57:37+00:00
From an education standpoint for those who really, really want to understand, the *BSD init and SysVinit systems require direct human administration. You break it, you fix it. Then, and only then, does learning systemd's ''then something happens behind the curtain'' type of automation make sense. If the student decides that one is more suitable than the other(s), they've done so from an enlightened vantage point.
by vbezhenar | 2026-02-02 18:57:46+00:00
Modern Java is vastly more complicated than early Java. So I'm not sure I follow your reasoning. Programming nowadays is absurdly complicated. I have 20 years of experience and I can't imagine how new developer could learn it all.

I don't really know if AI makes programming easier or harder. At one side, you can explore any topic with AI. This is super powerful ability when it comes to learning. At another side, the temptation to offload your work to AI is big and if you do that, you'll learn nothing. So it comes down to a person type, I guess. Some people will use AI to learn and some people will use AI to avoid learning, both behaviours are empowered.

I have simple and useless answer how to solve that. Throw it all out. Start from the scratch. Start with simple CPU. Start with simple OS. Start with simple protocols. Do not write frameworks. Make the number of layers between your code and hardware as small as possible. So it's actually possible to understand it all. Right now the number of abstraction layers is too big. Of course nobody's going to do that, people will put more abstraction layers and it'll work, it always works. But that sucks. Software stack was much simpler 20-30 years ago. We didn't even had source control, I was the young developer who introduced subversion into our company, but we still delivered useful software.
by mbreese | 2026-02-02 18:57:49+00:00
Not to get into an iOS vs Android thing, because that’s not the point (it’s okay to appreciate both or neither, you do you).

But this is one of the things I really would love to have on my iPhone that I’m jealous of the Android ecosystem for. I know there are alternatives for iOS and I’ve used them (no need to list them here, this thread isn’t about iOS). For me, a really good terminal/CLI with good integration with the OS would be killer. But I know I’m niche and unlikely to see such a thing outside of SSHing to a remote VM.
by scottyah | 2026-02-02 18:57:50+00:00
I have yet to enjoy a train station or bus station more. They are smelly, polluted, greasy, full of pickpockets and worse, usually no places to nap safely without a lookout, and horrendous toilet situations. Maybe there are a few crown jewel stations in very wealthy places that are better than some airports in impoverished places but if you take location into account I doubt you'd be able to come up with many examples.
by t312227 | 2026-02-02 18:58:03+00:00
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by dfabulich | 2026-02-02 18:58:24+00:00
This article includes a graph with a negative slope, claiming that AI tools are useful for beginners, but less and less useful the more coding expertise you develop.

That doesn't match my experience. I think AI tools have their own skill curve, independent of the skill curve of "reading/writing good code." If you figure out how to use the AI tools well, you'll get even more value out of them with expertise.

Use AI to solve problems you know how to solve, not problems that are beyond your understanding. (In that case, use the AI to increase your understanding instead.)

Use the very newest/best LLM models. Make the AI use automated tests (preferring languages with strict type checks). Give it access to logs. Manage context tokens effectively (they all get dumber the more tokens in context). Write the right stuff and not the wrong stuff in AGENTS.md.
by lgvld | 2026-02-02 18:58:27+00:00
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by k310 | 2026-02-02 18:58:33+00:00
It's doable.

California Governor signs key artificial intelligence transparency bill into law [0]

Quote:

What AB 853 does

Last year, SB 942 was enacted to ensure provenance information will be embedded into AI-generated content that will allow users to identify its origins. AB 853 complements this effort by:

• Requiring that large online platforms, such as social media sites, mass messaging platforms, and search engines, provide consumers with an easy, conspicuous way to discover if there’s any provenance information available that reliably indicates whether the content was generated with (or substantially altered by) a generative AI system or an authentic content capture device. If that information is available, the large online platform shall make clear the name of the generative AI system, or the name of the device, among other information.

• Prohibiting platforms and websites that make source code or model weights available for download from knowingly making available a GenAI system that doesn’t provide the disclosures required under SB 942. That law requires providers of certain GenAI systems to include latent disclosures in the content their system generates, including the name of the company, the name and version of the GenAI system that created or altered the content, and more.

• At the point of content creation, AB 853 enables provenance markings on authentic, human-generated content by requiring that recording devices sold in California, such as cameras and video cameras, include the option to embed such information.

Together with the foundation laid by SB 942, AB 853 empowers consumers to distinguish between AI-generated and human-created content, helping to slow the tide of misinformation and AI-powered fraud. It equips individuals with the tools they need to make informed decisions about the trustworthiness of the media they encounter. It also would accelerate the adoption of voluntary provenance standards that major tech companies are currently developing, such as those proposed by the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA).

End quote

Not sure of the consequences for violation.

[0] https://advocacy.consumerreports.org/press_release/californi...
by untolabs | 2026-02-02 18:58:45+00:00
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by mikestew | 2026-02-02 18:59:10+00:00
Marco Arment of Overcast related an incident where his Rivian had a simple fender bender, and his insurance was billed $15,000 in labor and parts to fix it because of the monobody construction where you have to tear apart half the car to fix anything

Hyundai Ioniq 5, backing into the garage next to the RV, and at "backing into the garage" speed ran into the RV. The fiberglass body of the RV suffered a 3 inch diameter break in the fiberglass that I could have fixed myself. The Hyundai? 17,000 American dollars. The rear quarter panel took a dent, and (IIRC) the bumper might have had some damage. Part of the problem was that there really isn't a "rear quarter panel" anymore. No, as I looked at it, that piece of sheet metal goes all the way from the rear bumper to the front of the passenger compartment. The shop didn't replace that piece, but rather cut the dented piece out and welded in new sheet metal.

Between that, and all the sensors, etc., $17K for backing into a piece of fiberglass at not even a walking pace. Now that the car has some years on it, if I do that again they'll probably total it.
by reify | 2026-02-02 18:59:10+00:00
It woule be really helpful for old retired psychotherapists like myself. for you to be far more congruent when using the term hallucination when referring to LLM's.

An AI hallucination is essentially the model making stuff up. It outputs text that sounds plausible and confident but isn't based on truth or reliable data.

LLM hallucinations are the events in which ML models, particularly large language models (LLMs) like GPT-3 or GPT-4, produce outputs that are coherent and grammatically correct but factually incorrect or nonsensical.

machines do not and cannot hallucinate, thats called: Anthropomorphism.
by tristor | 2026-02-02 18:59:13+00:00
For folks who are actually going to go down this rabbit hole, yes the 3M 6800 series and the GVS respirators are great, and work with very similar cartridge-style filters. That said, a mask alone is not sufficient, and I really recommend you get a Tyvek bunny suit also to protect your skin against chemical exposure. Given the current weather, it's relatively easy to cover over the bunny suit with your outerwear like a hoodie so it's not even necessarily visibly super-obvious, and it will do a lot to help protect you. It's not just your eyes, nose, and mouth you want to protect but every area of your skin ideally.

Also tear-gas canisters are very hot when fired, because tear gas is produced and released via a pyrotechnic reaction inside the canister, basically burning a dry chemical to produce the gas. I recommend wearing a heavy (7mil or 9mil) nitrile glove with your bunny suit and over that wearing leather welding gloves or heat-rated mechanics gloves if you expect to encounter tear gas canisters so you can pick them up and throw them back.

Also, be aware that the filter canisters on most masks are only good for about 45 minutes to 2 hours (depending on exposure levels) when used in an environment where you are actively being exposed to the chemicals you want to filter. You need additional replacement filters that are /sealed/ in their packaging to swap out to in the field. Good luck out there.
by pmichaud | 2026-02-02 18:59:47+00:00
I think as many other people who replied to you have said, it's a mixed bag. It's better in some sense, with abstractions and frameworks that sand down sharp edges, and libraries that can do everything. But it's also crushingly more complex. Back in the day you had to know and care about memory allocation and ASM, but all the knowledge you needed was in a manual or two that you owned and could actually know the contents of.
by bombcar | 2026-02-02 18:59:56+00:00
> Huh, interesting framing here. Did some clever Right to Repair advocate figure out that they could get pro-consumer action through by phrasing it as anti-Clean Air Act?

At least one of the excuses used by car manufacturers to not reveal details/etc on their engines has been that "modification could cause it to fall outside of emissions specifications." I don't see why Deere et all wouldn't try the excuse.
by aaroninsf | 2026-02-02 19:00:17+00:00
Scott Alexander put his finger on the most salient aspect of this, IMO, which I interpret this way:

the compounding (aggregating) behavior of agents allowed to interact in environments this becomes important, indeed shall soon become existential (for some definition of "soon"),

to the extent that agents' behavior in our shared world is impact by what transpires there.

--

We can argue and do, about what agents "are" and whether they are parrots (no) or people (not yet).

But that is irrelevant if LLM-agents are (to put it one way) "LARPing," but with the consequence that doing so results in consequences not confined to the site.

I don't need to spell out a list; it's "they could do anything you said YES to, in your AGENT.md" permissions checks.

"How the two characters '-y' ended civilization: a post-mortem"
by joinLightningAI | 2026-02-02 19:02:18+00:00
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