MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by cinci | 2026-02-06 17:12:04+00:00
Location: Dubai, UAE (EU citizen)

Remote: Yes

Willing to relocate: Yes

Technologies: Python/C/Assembly, Linux/Unix/*BSD/Windows, penetration testing, reverse engineering, bare-metal development, emulation, embedded, electronics, gnuradio

GitHub: https://github.com/chris-pcguy

Email: chris.jobshn2602@broke-the-inter.net

Spare time project: https://github.com/ChefKissInc/Inferno (co-developing an open-source Apple Silicon emulator)
by spruce_tips | 2026-02-06 17:12:07+00:00
Opus is a superior brand line to Sonnet because historically it’s been a more powerful model. I think the thinking behind a rebrand is that people wouldn’t have as willingly switched their usage over from opus 4.5 since that model has been so popular since December 2025.

Calling it part of the Sonnet line would not provide the same level of blind buy in as calling it part of the Opus line does
by silisili | 2026-02-06 17:12:23+00:00
I don't do devops/sysadmin anymore, so this would have been before the age of k8s for everything. But I once interviewed for a company hiring specifically because their deployment process lasted hours, and rollbacks even longer.

In the interview when they were describing this problem, I asked why the didn't just put all of the new release in a new dir, and use symlinks to roll forward and backwards as needed. They kind of froze and looked at each other and all had the same 'aha' moment. I ended up not being interested in taking the job, but they still made sure to thank me for the idea which I thought was nice.

Not that I'm a genius or anything, it's something I'd done previously for years, and I'm sure I learned it from someone else who'd been doing it for years. It's a very valid deployment mechanism IMO, of course depending on your architecture.
by jedberg | 2026-02-06 17:12:26+00:00
The biggest issue with DNS is not the protocol, or even the reference implementation. It's the people who think they are clever and try to make things better by making them worse.

The most egregious of course is ISPs rewriting TTLs (or resolvers that just ignore them). But there are other implementation issues too, like caching things that shouldn't be or doing it wrong. I've seen resolvers that cache a CNAME and the A record it resolves to with the TTL of the CNAME (which is wrong).

I'm also very concerned about the "WHY DNS MATTERS FOR SYSTEM DESIGN" section. While everything there is correct enough, it doesn't dive into the implication of each and how things go wrong.

For example, using DNS for round robin balancing is an awful idea in practice. Because Comcast will cache one IP of three, and all of a sudden 60% of your traffic is going to one IP. Similar issue with regional IPs. There are so many ways for the wrong IP to get into a cache.

There is a reason we say "it's always DNS".
by pedromendonca | 2026-02-06 17:12:31+00:00
Location: Miami, FL, USA

Remote: Yes (US time zones preferred)

Willing to relocate: Yes (US)

Technologies:
Operations, BizOps, Program Management, GTM Operations, Market Expansion, Cross-functional Execution, Process Design, Founder Support, Venture-backed Companies

Résumé/CV:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/12vGTYtepNrDLaG_uxZCERH1eKKN...

Email:
pedroasmendonca@gmail.com
by alangibson | 2026-02-06 17:13:39+00:00
Give a kid a phone with TikTok on it and observe them for a while. It's genuinely upsetting.

They'll spend hours with their heads down just silently looking at the thing. All desire to do anything else just vanishes. Then they freak out when you try to take it away from them.

The only obvious difference between them and someone on fent is the verticality of their posture.
by Jensson | 2026-02-06 17:13:45+00:00
> I guess I needed to rail against every type of capitalism at the start for you to appreciate my position earlier.

No, your position earlier was wrong according to what you are saying here, you said Facebook and Myspace didn't have these issues so its not capitalisms fault. But Facebook and Myspace existed under much less regulated circumstances than exists today, so your original statement would make it seem you want less regulations and think things will just sort out themselves.

Or do you really think going back to 2005's regulations would fix things because internet was less toxic then? Internet wasn't less toxic then since capitalism was different, internet was less toxic then since it takes time for capitalism to optimize a system.
by jihadjihad | 2026-02-06 17:14:00+00:00
Heroku (YC W08) was acquired by Salesforce all the way back in 2010 [0], a little over 15 years ago. A lot of people forget that, and assume the acquisition was somewhat recent.

Pretty illuminating reading the thread from 2010, it was big news at the time.

0: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1982489
by anovikov | 2026-02-06 17:14:39+00:00
All ads are scams. That's life. Only children and the elderly click on them anyway, and they are optimised to be clicked on by those since otherwise it just doesn't work at all.

More to that - many of the ads today aren't even scams. They merely exist as a deliberate source of annoyance to compel the person to pay for an ad-free premium version, like 90s era "nag screens" on shareware.

Times when ads could give a legit business any positive conversion, are long gone.
by randycupertino | 2026-02-06 17:14:43+00:00
Cell-collection continues to be challenging for gene-editing companies to execute clinically.

“Some patients have had to come in for five different hospital stays. A small percentage have given up during the journey or been told by physicians that they are unlikely to ever have enough cells to be treated, devastating news for patients who were hoping to be cured.

A spokesperson added that Vertex tells centers to expect roughly 24 weeks from the first collection to finished product and that ‘in the vast majority of cases, this target is hit’ and that ‘the turnaround is usually shorter.’ But the company declined to share actual data.”

One advantage Bluebird's Lyfgenia has over Vertex’s Casgevy in that it requires fewer cells to be collected for gene correction, although they also has issues with collection. Effectively collecting HSCs remains a sticking point despite developments in mobilization and collection techniques. Multiple collections and collection cycles is always going to be tough to operationalize on actual patients.
by rconti | 2026-02-06 17:14:49+00:00
Sure they can be enforced. Your comment seems to be based on the idea of detecting AI writing from the output. But you can enforce this law based on the way content is created. The same way you can enforce food safety laws from conditions of the kitchen, not the taste of the food. Child labor laws can be enforced. And so on.

Unless you're trying to tell me that writers won't report on their business that's trying to replace them with AI.
by Quarrelsome | 2026-02-06 17:15:18+00:00
Which is why our democratic systems need to provide solutions because they're places where we still have power. I'm from the UK and an increasing amount of our economy is locked up in exploitive equity extraction, much of it US based. Its really bad in some fields (e.g. care homes, foster homes), where the entities are straddled with such debt that the orgs "have no choice" but to charge sky high rates while paying peanuts. At some point I'm sure it will break and our politicians will "break the rules" in order to reign in private equity and sour their investments.

It used to be the case that we permitted these excesses because they guaranteed our security, but now that recent US governments have shit the bed on that one; there's considerably less of a need to tolerate it.
by ginko | 2026-02-06 17:15:53+00:00
"user" feels quite descriptive and neutral to me. It's a person that uses the device they own or are given access to. That's it.

I'm the (super-)user of my Linux PC. I have total ownership and control over it.

Arguably "customer" makes the business relation to the provider of a service/device clearer.

The term I hate with a burning passion is "consumer".
by seanhunter | 2026-02-06 17:16:03+00:00
As a Londoner who used to have to ride up Abbey Road at least once per week there are people on that crossing pretty much all day every day reproducing that picture. So now Waymo are in Beta in London[1] they have only to drive up there and they'll get plenty of footage they could use for taht.

[1] I've seen a couple of them but they're not available to hire yet and are still very rare.
by WarmWash | 2026-02-06 17:16:06+00:00
Correct, not sure what point you are trying to make.

People who live in the community don't want unaffiliated outsiders lobbying their town leaders. Those people doing the lobbying would be "Yes In Your Backyard" people. They would be this because it is not their backyard they are lobbying for, but yours.

I cannot be more straightforward in explaining the term YIYBY than that, heh
by atoav | 2026-02-06 17:16:06+00:00
Well it isn't as if we don't have historical evidence on thousands of political leaders including private diaries etc. Robespierre, Lenin, Mao Zedong, Castro, Napoleon to name only some of the very high profile ones.

Not that there is any specific number we can attach to this, but yes, there are actual idealists who then abused their powers and we know that because there is ample historical evidence of it.

On top of that I know some people personally who were part of the 68 student movement who also have been true idealists in their youth, but since them became defenders of their own order.
by mindslight | 2026-02-06 17:16:14+00:00
Oh no, not residential proxy networks. Gasp.

I would much prefer a world where people installed communications privacy tools of their own volition, forming a critical mass of users that creates market pressure against companies that demand ever-invasive surveillance. But since that is apparently too much self-actualization to ask for, then I will settle for the world in which people are unwittingly induced to set up privacy tools for others, by dodgy companies promising free TV.
by verdverm | 2026-02-06 17:16:18+00:00
Gemini 3 is so new, that it's still in preview

Just because two big AI announced new models this week doesn't mean Google is behind. Gemini 3 isn't even 2 months old

Gemini is used in a lot of agentic setups. It's my primary.

Gemini users don't act like a cult like Claude users

Also look at how Google is now selling their TPU, everyone wants that more than Nvidia chips now, but only a very select few will ever get them
by subscribed | 2026-02-06 17:16:36+00:00
A year since Android 16 release, and they're still selling outdated, not fully secure Android 15?

https://shop.fairphone.com/the-fairphone-gen-6

Im afraid if you value security (and in the consequence, privacy), this is not a phone for you.

Shame. I like the hardware (beyond the security parts, which are predictably..... well.... Not up to the current political climate and raging attacks).
by pob944 | 2026-02-06 17:16:48+00:00
I’m building a tool at Pilote.fund to model real-time intrinsic value for crypto-treasury companies like MicroStrategy (MSTR) and BitMine Immersion (BMNR). These stocks now behave more like leveraged crypto balance sheets than operating companies. The model tracks live crypto NAV, dilution from capital raises, and an implied premium/discount multiple (“5% alchemy”). Early results show persistent gaps between equity value and on-chain value. Looking for feedback on better ways to price dilution and staking yield.
by par | 2026-02-06 17:17:15+00:00
Damn dude this hurts. My friend took his own life last year, and Hackers was our absolute favorite movie back in high school. I mean even as late as 2022 we were messaging each other the Hacker manifesto, hack the planet, you know all the good stuff. Sam Singh, you would've loved this man. I miss you homie. hack the planet.
by SecretDreams | 2026-02-06 17:17:48+00:00
> Humans do this, just in the sense of depth perception with both eyes.

Humans do this with vibes and instincts, not just depth perception. When I can't see the lines on the road because there's too much slow, I can still interpret where they would be based on my familiarity with the roads and my implicit knowledge of how roads work, e.g. We do similar things for heavy rain or fog, although, sometimes those situations truly necessitate pulling over or slowing down and turning on your 4s - lidar might genuinely given an advantage there.
by deesix | 2026-02-06 17:18:08+00:00
Founder and CEO here. Great question. Right now, since you are linking MySQL files that means that all the extenions need to be GLPv2 or compatible license. In the future, we are hoping to have a stable SDK that is indepedent of the MySQL files so that if you run it out of process, that would give more licensing options to folks. There is a proof of concept of an out-of-process mode for the extensions in the alpha, but we haven't spent much time on proving it out.
by dlcarrier | 2026-02-06 17:18:17+00:00
It's a common tactic to gain state enforcement of gate keeping and protectionism. It's extremely useful at both preventing individuals from acting for themselves but also limiting individuals from recourse against the misdeeds of those who are licensed. See also, The Licensing Racket by Rebecca Haw Allensworth: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/217564698-the-licensing-...
by joriJordan | 2026-02-06 17:19:13+00:00
Two differences between the generations this time; inequality and job opportunities

The old snark doesn't seem to apply as Boomers and GenX were able to launch their adult lives 20-30 years ago.

The olds aren't even hiding their ageism. Hilarious watching them complain about virtual reality while popping blue pills to simulate virility.
by sdellis | 2026-02-06 17:19:29+00:00
We can see that the two-party democracy in the United States has been one of the primary power tools of the 1%. They buy politicians from both parties and then sit back and laugh on their yachts while everyone else goes red in the face, outraged, arguing, and distracted. We are indeed the suckers yet again, but maybe, just maybe this time will be different?
by Quarrelsome | 2026-02-06 17:19:32+00:00
> So they did out-compete them?

Having more money doesn't necessarily mean "out-compete". Its not that they're delivering a better product, more loyal customers or better branding. Its simply that they put down more capital at a given point, and were allowed to buy the company, despite its owners not wanting to sell. In most cases they didn't even have money, its simply because they obtained significant financing from money brokers by selling them on plans of sociopathy.

> I don't understand why you try to argue against this.

because you're trying to squash this into "capitalism bad". We get to make choices, we're making shit choices. You don't have to upend the whole system to undo these choices, you just have to have the spine to regulate and break up existing structures.
by sm123 | 2026-02-06 17:20:05+00:00
Build.io came out of this exact problem a few years ago (I joined in 25Q4) - trying to be what Heroku could have been if it had continued to evolve.

We offer the same default simplicity/speed, but with the ability to go deeper once teams hit scale, cost, or workflow limits. Plus a pricing model that stays understandable and improves as teams scale rather than punishing them for it.

Fair warning: the website is pretty light right now. It’s mostly a placeholder while we prep a broader push over the few months. Happy to answer questions here if helpful.
by elAhmo | 2026-02-06 17:20:08+00:00
Just because Antropic made you think they are doing very complex thing with this tool, doesn't mean it is true. Claude Code is not even comparable to massive software which is probably an order of magnitudes more complex, such as IntelliJ stuff as an example.

Tools like https://github.com/badlogic/pi-mono implement most of the functionality Claude Code has, even adding loads of stuff Claude doesn't have and can actually scroll without flickering inside terminal, all built by a single guy as a side project. I guess we can't ask that much from a 250B USD company.

Be careful with the coffee.
by tzs | 2026-02-06 17:20:24+00:00
> Last night, I was taken aback to discover that my name appears in the Epstein Files, in 26 different documents

I'm kind of disappointed that my name is not in there. (Well the name is in there but not as my name. When you have a last name that has been in the top 5 in the US for over 230 years and a first name that was top 20 when people in the age group most likely to be in those files were born, you get a lot of false positives).

The bar to ending up in those files for perfectly innocent reasons is pretty low. Epstein was involved in a lot of legitimate things, probably to draw attention away from the illegitimate things.

Do some interesting research that gets some attention in the popular science press and Epstein might want to talk about funding you. Write an interesting book or article that comes to his attention and he might mention it in an email. Heck, write an interesting answer on Quora and you might end up in the files, because Epstein was subscribed to Quora's digest email.

If even 5% of what 15 year old tzs planned to accomplish with his life had happened, I'd be in there in at least one of those innocent ways. It highlights how mundane my life turned out.
by m0llusk | 2026-02-06 17:20:38+00:00
Seems interesting, but why is it broken. Waymo repeatedly directed multiple automated vehicles into the private alley off of 5th near Brannan in SF even after being told none of them have any business there ever, period. If they can sense the weather and stuff then maybe they could put out a virtual sign or fence that notes what appears to be a road is neither a through way nor open to the public? I'm really bullish on automated driving long term, but now that vehicles are present for real we need to start to think about potentially getting serious about finding some way to get them to comply with the same laws that limit what people can do.
by autoexec | 2026-02-06 17:20:48+00:00
Microsoft doesn't have a very good track record with security or privacy. Maybe it works, but yeah you'll probably get screwed over at some point.

Still, the fact that it's open source is a good thing. People can now take that code and make something better (ripping out the AI for example) or just use bits and pieces for their own totally unrelated projects. I can't see that as anything but a win. I have no problem giving shitty companies credit where its due and they've done a good thing here.
by qwerpy | 2026-02-06 17:20:48+00:00
Apple stocks app has a similar obnoxious pattern. It’s a genius UX. Why is this stock up/down today? Conveniently a bunch of articles are displayed that explain it. But there’s no way to block news sources that are paywalled. But there was a workaround in which you could individually block each news source. But then Apple gave themselves a way out. If “Apple editors” choose to highlight an article then you’ll be forced to see it regardless of your preferences. Coincidentally they do love to highlight paywalled articles.

I attempted to find a stocks app replacement but nothing else has such a slick interface and wasn’t also crammed full of ads.
by epistasis | 2026-02-06 17:21:15+00:00
Public polling is very YIMBY too, they are the majority.

It's just the public input process is a filter that selects for extremely high activation, interest, and agency. So if a democratic vote ruled these decisions, YIMBYism would rule the day, but if you go to the meetings it's NIMBYs who are prevalent.

There are definitely centralized NIMBY groups, like Livable California:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-26/how-to-br...

And there are tons of smaller groups that organize locally, far more than YIMBY groups. In my city there are 2-3 people that typically organize a group, give it a new name, make a web page, and act like they have the backing of everybody in the city when they talk even though most people disagree with them. They've been doing it for decades, and have found many tactics to amplify their voice to be much larger than the sum of the individual group members. YIMBYs are far behind on doing this, though they are getting better at it.

When I first joined NextDoor about a decade ago I dared speak up in favor of a plan to allow apartments to be built on a commercial thoroughfare, and the onslaught of a single person in their replies and direct messages was completely overwhelming (If people here think I'm loquacious, well, I have been far bested in that....). That was my first entrance into city politics, and I quickly learned that this person was in charge of a large "group" that mostly consisted of that single person. They had also been doing it for years, with creative group names, the best of which was probably "Don't Morph the Wharf" which even launched lawsuits to prevent changes to the wharf, delaying necessary maintenance and repairs which a few years ago resulted in the front falling off of the wharf. Individuals can have very undemocratic impacts on local politics.
by idle_zealot | 2026-02-06 17:21:22+00:00
If you assume the use of law will be that capricious in general, then any law at all would be considered too dangerous for fear of use as a partisan tool.

Why accuse your enemies of using AI-generated content in posts? Just call them domestic terrorists for violently misleading the public via the content of their posts and send the FBI or DHS after them. A new law or lack thereof changes nothing.
by jakewins | 2026-02-06 17:21:24+00:00
I am surprised by the number of comments that say the assembler is trivial - it is admittedly perhaps simpler than some other parts of the compiler chain, but it’s not trivial.

What you are doing is kinda serialising a self-referential graph structure of machine code entries that reference each others addresses, but you don’t know the addresses because the (x86) instructions are variable-length, so you can’t know them until you generate the machine code, chicken-and-egg problem.

Personally I find writing parsers much much simpler than writing assemblers.
by zdw | 2026-02-06 17:21:52+00:00
I'm one of the people who posted about using scripts/make in the HN comment thread on the previous blogpost, and I really appreciate the nuance in this followup.

I think what I and others are tripping on in the argument is that the articles seem to be trying to encapsulate everything a CI system can do into one global digraph that includes all build steps for creating artifacts and then all test steps (including unit and integration test).

I would argue that in the quite excellent Build Systems à la Carte paper referenced, the focus is on the first build part, not one all encompassing katamari. Separating build from test has some great advantages, such as being able to reuse build artifacts. Local tools like scripts/make are great for this as they're self contained. That's really the entirety of the past comment, and seems to concur with this article.

Much of the later part is on shared resource issues. If you need an orchestrator because tools are badly behaved and try to grab and hold finite resources, is that the right decision? Or is it the tools that should be fixed or avoided?
by Jensson | 2026-02-06 17:21:59+00:00
I don't see any harm that could come from saying "a less addictive algorithm needs to be available to users"? For example, lets say there is an option to only recommend videos from channels you subscribe to, that would be much less addictive, why isn't that an option? A regulation that forces these companies to add such a feature would only make the world a better place.
by kccqzy | 2026-02-06 17:22:04+00:00
> So for example with this project, you could take a Linux application's codebase, recompile it linked to LiteBox

If you have to recompile, you might as well choose to recompile to WASM+WASI. The sandboxing story here is excellent due to its web origins. I thought the point of LiteBox is that recompilation isn’t needed.