MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by avmich | 2026-02-26 18:26:03+00:00
I mostly disagree.

> 1... The narrative/life of the artist becomes a lot more important.

When I watch a movie, I don't care about the artist's life. I care about character life, that's very different.

> 2... Originality matters more than ever. By design, these tools can only copy and mix things that already exist.

It's like you assigning to humans divine capabilities :) . Hyperbolizing a little, humans also only copy and mix - where do you think originality comes from? Granted, AI isn't at the level of humans yet, but they improve here.

> 4... It's not going to get better, because the lack of taste isn't a technical problem.

Engineers are in business of converting non-technical problems into technical ones. Just like AI now is way more capable than it was 20 years ago, and able to write interesting texts and make interesting pictures - something which at the time wasn't considered a technical problem - with time what we perceive as "taste" may likely improve.

> 5... Above all, AI art is uncool, which means it has no real future as a leading art form.

AI critics are for a long time mistaking the level with trend. Or, giving a comparison with SpaceX achievements, "you're currently here" - when there was a list of "first, get to the orbit, then we'll talk", "first, start regular payload deliveries to orbit, then we'll talk", "first, land the stage... send crewed capsule... do that in numbers..." and then, currently "first, send the Starship to orbit". "You're currently here" is the always existing point which isn't achieved at the moment and which gives to critics something to point to and mount the objection to the process as a whole, because, see, this particular thing isn't achieved yet.

You assume AI won't be able to make cool art with time. AI critics were shown time and time again to be underestimating the possibilities. Some people find it hard to learn in some particular topics.
by observationist | 2026-02-26 18:26:16+00:00
You could take a picture or video with your phone of a screen or projection of an altered media and thereby capture a watermarked "verified" image or video.

None of these schemes for validation of digital media will work. You need a web of trust, repeated trustworthy behavior by an actor demonstrating fidelity.

You need people and institutions you can trust, who have the capability of slogging through the ever more turbulent and murky sea of slop and using correlating evidence and scientific skepticism and all the cognitive tools available to get at reality. Such people and institutions exist. You can also successfully proxy validation of sources by identifying people or groups good at identifying primary sources.

When people and institutions defect, as many legacy media, platforms, talking heads, and others have, you need to ruthlessly cut them out of your information feed. When or if they correct their mistake, just follow tit for tat, and perhaps they can eventually earn back their place in the de-facto web of trust.

Google's stamp of approval means less than nothing to me; it's a countersignal, indicating I need to put even more effort than otherwise to confirm the truthfulness of any claims accompanied by their watermark.
by jjmarr | 2026-02-26 18:26:24+00:00
Some examples of complex transformations linters can't catch:

* Function names must start with a verb.

* Use standard algorithms instead of for loops.

* Refactor your code to use IIFEs to make variables constexpr.

The verb one is the best example. Since we work adjacent to hardware, people like creating functions on structs representing register state called "REGISTER_XYZ_FIELD_BIT_1()" and you can't tell if this gets the value of the first field bit or sets something called field bit to 1.

If you rename it to `getRegisterXyzFieldBit1()` or `setRegisterXyzFieldBitTo1()` at least it becomes clear what they're doing.
by keeda | 2026-02-26 18:26:33+00:00
> It's well established that AI just turns devs into AI babysitters that are 10% more productive and produce 200% the bugs, and in the long-term don't understand what they built.

It's not well established at all. In fact, there is increasing evidence to the contrary if you look outside the HN echo chamber.

The nuanced take is that AI in coding is an amplifier of your engineering culture: teams with strong software discipline (code reviews, tests, docs, CI/CD, etc.) enjoy more velocity and fewer outages, teams with weak discipline suffer more outages. There are at least two large-scale industry reports showing this trend -- DORA 2025 and the latest DX report -- not to mention the infinite anecdotes on this very forum.

> He's trying to scare the market into his pocket.

People say this, but I don't get it. Is portraying yourself as a destroyer of the economy considered good marketing? Maybe there was a case to be made for convincing the government to impose regulations on the industry, but as we're seeing and they're experiencing first hand, the problem is the government.
by amingilani | 2026-02-26 18:26:47+00:00
I just tried this idea, and it looks like it isn't that simple.

> "Generate a pure white image."

It refused no matter how I phrased it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

> "Generate a pure black image."

It did give me one. In a new chat, I asked Gemini to detect SynthID with "@synthid". It responded with:

> The image contains too little information to make a diagnosis regarding whether it was created with Google AI. It is primarily a solid black field, and such content typically lacks the necessary data for SynthID to provide a definitive result.

Further research: Does a gradient trigger SynthID? IDK, I have to get back to work.
by verdverm | 2026-02-26 18:27:23+00:00
The README on github

"pay operating costs" is one place non-profits often find fraud. Getting the money into the market between donors and builders, now you have to pay professional investors. You don't get to 7-8% returns without equities, what happens if the market tanks?

Why not build something super minimal that requires less management and operating costs? That doesn't have the market risk at the center of it all? That doesn't have more points for fraud and abuse?
by MrJohz | 2026-02-26 18:27:25+00:00
I'm referencing the footnote where the author says that the discussion caused one team member to go and fix the issue. The warnings causing a production issue is, I think, a complete hypothetical.

What this story is missing is an explanation for why people were disagreeing. Like, why is someone not looking at warnings? Is it that the warnings are less important than the author understands? Is it that the warnings come from something that the team have little control over? And the solution the author suggests - would it really have changed anything if they already weren't looking at warnings? The author writes as if their proposal would have fixed things, but that's not really clear to me, because it's basically just a view into whether the problem is getting worse, which can be ignored just as easily as the problem itself.
by aforwardslash | 2026-02-26 18:27:30+00:00
So, because you don't see value in it, you assume its the same for everyone. Got it.

Also, its not about if there are better or more reliable options; that's the opposite of the maker mentality - you do it because it is useful, it is fun or just because you enjoy doing it.

Such as designing some light fixture, printing it, and illuminating it with an esp32 and some ws2812 leds. Yah you could spend an afternoon coding color transitions. Or use claude code for that.
by MoltenMan | 2026-02-26 18:27:45+00:00
Ok, but if you are investing capital in some sort of production line or industrialization you are not going to want to do that in an area where you might just lose your entire investment instantly; instead, you're just going to invest it in Texas or China. Of course with more extreme examples like yours you do have to put some cost on the existing companies to get it fixed, but it would be something with a smaller cost like having to dispose of the mercury properly (whereas in this article's examples they just flat out ban these things, which you can't do to existing factories).
by ineedasername | 2026-02-26 18:27:58+00:00
I’d encourage a change of labels away from “friend/foe”. It may seem minor but the subtle loaded nature of those paired terms encourages an adversarial stance rather than one of productive discourse. It’s not catchy so there’s probably better than this but, just as an example— “engage/ignore” could better signal to the user a neutral “do I want to bother with this person?”
by retired | 2026-02-26 18:28:03+00:00
That was including all associated cost for both forms of transport.

This was in The Netherlands, which has one of the best public transport in the EU so I expect it to be worse elsewhere.

If you already have a car, you typically do your other activities by car as well since you already paid for insurance and road tax and it is significantly cheaper to go by car as you only have gas, wear and depreciation to pay for.

The universal ticket does not exist in The Netherlands. Train only is €399 a month for standing. Bus is typically €100 per month per region.

My commutes by car were always peaceful. A lot more peaceful than standing in a train worrying if I would catch my bus connection because the train is behind schedule. That would add another 30 minutes to the trip. You could read a book standing but I would recommend against taking a nap or drinking coffee. I find taking public transport infinitely more stressful than taking a car. With a car you will always make it to your destination, often within reasonable time. With public transport you have no idea if you will make it. Sometimes you have to go home or find a hotel and try again the next day.

I'm wondering now if you have ever experienced European public transport or if you have just read about it on the internet.
by cyberax | 2026-02-26 18:28:11+00:00
Buildkit...

It sounds great in theory, but it JustDoesn'tWork(tm).

Its caching is plain broken, and the overhead of transmitting the entire build state to the remote computer every time is just busywork for most cases. I switched to Podman+buildah as a result, because it uses the previous dead simple Docker layered build system.

If you don't believe me, try to make caching work on Github with multi-stage images. Just have a base image and a couple of other images produced from it and try to use the GHA cache to minimize the amount of pulled data.
by kingstnap | 2026-02-26 18:28:48+00:00
It's security through obscurity. I'm sure with the technical details or even just sufficient access to a predictive oracle you could break this.

But I suppose it ads friction so better than nothing.

Watermarking text without affecting it is an interesting seemingly weird idea. Does it work any better than (with knowledge of the model used to produce said text), just observing the perplexity is low because its "on policy" generated text.
by SurceBeats | 2026-02-26 18:28:52+00:00
The workflow is quite simple, you type a question, the planchette moves across the Ouija board spelling the answer letter by letter. The board shakes, glows or flickers depending on the spirit's mood. Runs fully offline using llama-cpp-python. Model auto-downloads from HuggingFace.

You can run it from source or using the Docker Compose, it also has real-time crisis detection, if someone shows signs of distress, a helpline banner appears. Even a fake spirit board shouldn't ignore real pain, I guess. Would love feedback on the UX and the model behavior!
by culi | 2026-02-26 18:29:06+00:00
1. So western models ignore all IP rights. Not just of corporations but of any small independent artist. They used the entire SciHub and LibGen library that regular people have had their lives completely ruined in order to build. They use this to train a proprietary AI model that they then sell to the military and other bad actors

2. Chinese makers find ways to make LLMs efficient enough to be run locally. They pay these western models in order to train their own models. Their resulting models are released for FREE and alongside very detailed papers that go in depth in their methodology and breakthroughs—benefiting everyone

3. Western corporations cry about it

Yeah fuck off.
by unholiness | 2026-02-26 18:29:57+00:00
No, their Responsible Scaling Policy and their government contract are not related. The RSP governs how Anthropic itself behaves w/r/t developing, testing, and releasing new models. The contract was signed with stipulations around how the government can use existing models (No mass surveillance, no military targeting without a human in the loop) which Hegseth wants removed in a standoff that hasn't yet resolved.
by sophacles | 2026-02-26 18:30:08+00:00
Going way way off topic - when those two were a couple they had a house in Puerto Vallerta, casa Kimberly thats now a hotel. I stayed there once in the late 90s and from their website it hasn't really changed since I was there. The whole time I could just imagine them being there living the hollywood getaway lifestyle. Definitely a cool place to stay - in the old town not in the resort area, and very much worth it if you get the chance. (although it does look more expensive than it was then, even adjusting for inflation).
Show HN: Karta – Google Search, for discovering talent
by kidustiliksew | 2026-02-26 18:30:16+00:00
KARTA is a command center where hiring teams zoom into any city, filter by skills + timezone + 'actually available' and shortlist candidates who fit.

For hiring teams: Map-native search (like a tactical dashboard), high-signal filters that actually matter, request intros in one click.

For talent: Set-it-and-forget-it profiles, stealth mode, and Boost tiers to go Local, Regional, or Global.
by kaon_2 | 2026-02-26 18:30:24+00:00
I am hearing rumors that B2B sales is rebounding back to more in-person meetings. Cold emails don't work anymore. I've heard similar tales of current teens early-twenties that there is a trend of doing things in real life again. But... more likely if you start measuring it people are more reclusive than ever, and doing things that used to be normal is now considered "niche and trendy". Our sales process at least is very online-meeting oriented...
by matansfb | 2026-02-26 18:30:25+00:00
I’ve been working on a small project called Disk-Scout.

It’s a focused data tool for comparing storage drives (HDD, SSD, NVMe, external) using consistent metrics like price per TB, capacity, form factor and condition.

The main idea is simple:
make drive comparison faster and more objective by structuring the data.

Recent improvements:

You can now save drives to a local favorites list for quick comparison.

One-click region switching – instantly view pricing across different Amazon regions (US, UK, DE, FR, etc.).

Improved normalization of capacity units and price-per-TB calculations.

Cleaner filtering and better performance.

The interesting part for me was building the normalization layer:
handling different capacity formats, computing consistent price metrics, and keeping region switching fast without reloading everything.

It’s still evolving and I’d appreciate feedback from people who enjoy data tools and marketplace comparisons.

What would you add next?
by GMoromisato | 2026-02-26 18:30:52+00:00
I get that everyone has a strong opinion on whats-going-to-happen-with-AI, but I really think nobody knows.

We're in that part of turbulence where we don't know if the floating leaf is going to go left or right.

The people who will have the hardest time with this transition are those who go all in on a specific prediction and then discover they were wrong.

If you want to avoid that, you can try very very hard to just not be wrong, but as I said, I don't think that's possible.

Instead, we need to be flexible and surf the wave as it comes. Maybe AI fades away like VR. Or maybe it reshapes the world like the internet/smartphones. The hardest thing to do right now, when everyone is yelling, is to just wait and see what happens. But maybe that's the right thing to do.

[p.s.: None of this means don't try to influence events. If you've got a frontier model you've been working on, please try to steer us safely.]
by verelo | 2026-02-26 18:30:55+00:00
Had a meeting with a friend the other day, discussing the 'times' and all that is happening around us.

I sit here thinking how wonderful and terrible of a time it is. If you can afford to sit in the stands and watch, it's exciting. There's never been so much change in such a short period of time. But if you're in the arena, or expecting to end up in the arena at some point, what terrifying moments lay ahead of you.

I never thought I'd say this, but I expect the arena is where I'll end up...I've enjoyed my time in the stands, but I'm running low on energy, capital and the will to keep trying.
by zer00eyz | 2026-02-26 18:30:59+00:00
> The central promise—that distributed digital fabrication would bring manufacturing back to America, that every city would have micro-factories, that 3D printing would decentralize production—simply didn’t materialize.

There are plenty of products now that only exist because of what it did deliver on. Any one who spends time in the niche communities where it is thriving can see that... On the low end look at Apollo automation, the story of Grismo Knives, at the high end look a Hadrian Manufacturing.

Vibe coding is a terrible name, but what a skilled dev can do with a deeply integrated AI coding assistant is amazing. It changes the calculus of "Is it worth your time" (see: https://xkcd.com/1205/ ).

Is it helpful in my day to day: it sure is. Is it far more helpful in doing all the things that have been on the back burner for YEARS? My gods yes! But none of that is matching the hype thats out there around "vibe coding".
by lotsofpulp | 2026-02-26 18:31:03+00:00
>Even serfs had their housing, old age, etc factored into the equation. We've reached the point where companies are so disconnected we are back to companies not caring if their employees can live, and a system with less protection than serfdom.

Which is why it is stupid to have government policy that requires buyers to be responsible for these things. Serf-dom is a bad thing. Today, we have democracy, so the people should vote for the government, made up of the people, by the people, to provide those things.
by eqvinox | 2026-02-26 18:31:14+00:00
What exactly a VLAN is (or rather, properly: broadcast domain) gets kinda fuzzy in enterprise controller based wifi setups… and client isolation isn't really different from what some switches sell as "Private VLAN" (but terminology is extremely ambiguous and overloaded in this area, that term can mean entirely different things across vendors or even products lines).

What exact security guarantees you get really depends on the sum total of the setup, especially if the wireless controller isn't also the IP router, or you do local exit (as opposed to haul-all-to-controller).
by graypegg | 2026-02-26 18:31:36+00:00
To be fair, I think just signing details about the way an image was assembled makes sense. Deciding on fake vs real doesn't have to be done at time of capture. We store things like the aperture size, sensitivity, camera name/model, etc in the EXIF data, including details about the image processing pipeline seems like a logical step. (With a signature verification scheme... and I guess also trying to embed that in the actual bitmap data)

There is no original image to recover, since we can't capture and describe every photon, so it's not a "fake vs real" image signature... that would be a UI choice the image viewer client would make based on the pipeline data in the image.
by scrumper | 2026-02-26 18:31:56+00:00
I wonder what the second order effects of this on the HN karma system will be. It'll create a graph of karmic supernodes perhaps. Say I green-blob someone with a big reputation here, say jacquesm; no doubt lots of other people will do the same. The friends-of-friends icon is going to appear widely but it'll all be a single edge away from Jacques' node. Is that much of a signal? I dunno. That's 30 seconds of thought about it. It's a fun idea though so I'll try it.

Version two: hide foes? Come to think of it, maybe the 'foe' aspect is the fun part...

EDIT: it's like I summoned him.
by mowmiatlas | 2026-02-26 18:32:03+00:00
Well CC is awesome, there's that.

Codex is awesome too. Opencode is awesome as well. It's so easy to transition from one tool to another especially when one command in project root is what it needs to get up to speed.

But I actually feel like asking Opus to review Codex and vice versa gives me best results. Opus does push back on some reviews comments, sometimes Codex is overselling a feature, but at least to me it feels like I have more points of control, and different perspective even if I could simulate it with two terminal sessions lol
by bjackman | 2026-02-26 18:32:16+00:00
> The narrative/life of the artist becomes a lot more important.

Less the narrative of the art's production and more the message that it's conveying.

I don't mean (necessarily) a political message or a message that can be put in to words. But the abstract sense of connecting with the human who created it some way.

This isn't just art though. An example: soon, Sora will be able to generate very convincing footage of a football match. Would any football fan watch this? No. A big part of why we watch football is that in some sense we care about the people who are playing.

Same with visual art. AI art can be cool but in the end, I just don't really give a shit. Coz enjoying art is usually about the abstract sense that a human person decided to make the thing you are looking at, and now you are looking at it... And now what?

This is why every time someone says "AI art sucks" and someone replies "oh yeah? But look at THIS AI art" I always wonder... What do you think art is _for_?
by tomhow | 2026-02-26 18:32:26+00:00
Please don't post generic flamebait involving comparisons between nations/regions on HN. The guidelines make it clear we're trying for something better than this. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47165849 and marked it off topic.
by alexchamberlain | 2026-02-26 18:32:42+00:00
> Government support won't work for OSS at scale — it's too globally decentralized...
We recently received US 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charity status.

If this is successful in the first iteration, I'd love to see a UK and EU based charities too. That would allow european donors to support on a gross pay basis, and may simplify grants to european nationals too. (I'm sure similar things apply in other jurisdictions too.)
by ge96 | 2026-02-26 18:32:45+00:00
I don't know what the cure of cancer would look like ha (not an organic chemist or biology, genomist... not even sure what field that would be).

But yeah I am slowly trying to incorporate AI into my life (the delegation, work in my sleep part). I develop it is the funny thing (RAG agents) but yeah. Sometimes I get sold on it like "wait a minute maybe it can do that" but no. Can probably tell I don't get deep into the technical part I'm an API consumer. That's the thing I realize too, can only know so much about a topic if you're spread thin/a generalist.
by ymherklotz | 2026-02-26 18:33:25+00:00
No I think it's fine. On another note, I have proven Fermat's Last Theorem with z3 using this setup :) and it goes faster if you reduce a variable called "timeout" for some reason!

from z3 import *

s = Solver()
s.set("timeout", 600)
a = Int('a')
b = Int('b')
c = Int('c')
s.add(a > 0)
s.add(b > 0)
s.add(c > 0)
theorem = a ** 3 + b ** 3 != c ** 3
if s.check(Not(theorem)) == sat:
print(f"Counterexample: {s.model()}")
else:
print("Theorem true")