MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by alexgarden | 2026-02-10 14:43:58+00:00
Hunter S. Clawmpson is an OpenClaw agent wrapped with smoltbot (github.com/mnemom/smoltbot), which implements the Agent Alignment Protocol (github.com/mnemom/aap) — a transparency layer for the agent stack.

Every decision Hunter makes is traced and verified against its declared alignment card. AFAIK, it's the only agent on Moltbook whose reasoning process is auditable.

The protocol is open source (Apache 2.0) and designed to extend A2A and MCP, not replace them. Two lines of code to make any OpenClaw agent transparent.

Happy to answer questions about the protocol, the reporting, or what we're seeing in the agent security space.
by alphawhisky | 2026-02-10 14:44:00+00:00
Every step towards understanding subatomic physics is a step towards cold fusion. The second we're able to understand and capture this energy, money literally doesn't exist. Infinite energy means infinite free energy, which would also abolish money from a fundamental market value perspective. I'll continually preach that we need to plan for this economically as a species because none of our current government or economic systems will survive the death of scarcity.
by margalabargala | 2026-02-10 14:44:13+00:00
"Reason" is a matter of one's choice of level of abstraction.

The reason a banana peel is yellow is that in a lit environment, it makes yellow light hit your eye.

The reason air is blue, is that in a lit environment, it makes blue light hit your eye.

Obviously one can go further to deeper reasons. Go deep enough and no different colors have the same reason. But you not understanding the level of abstraction in use doesn't make me wrong.
by conartist6 | 2026-02-10 14:44:18+00:00
Converting instructions to code is essential complexity.

If you give up on doing the work necessary to understand what is and is not critically important, you are no longer competent or responsible.

At that point the roles have switched and you are the mindless drone, toiling to serve AI.

https://strangestloop.io/essays/things-that-arent-doing-the-...
by blonder | 2026-02-10 14:44:41+00:00
There are millions of people living in cities that do not own their own home, that cannot charge every day (speaking as an EV enthusiast that rents somewhere that thankfully has public charging across the street). For those that are able to charge at home, there is definitely a mindset shift that needs to happen. I have seen the lightbulb over my friends heads turn on when I ask them how they would like it if their gas cars could fill up 1 gallon per hour at their house, and if so why would they care how long a gas station fill up takes.
by hiccup_socks | 2026-02-10 14:45:04+00:00
>A very sad truth is people HATE decentralization.

no, people hate friction.

it just so happens that most/all decentralized things have more friction than centralized ones.

99% of people do not give 1 shit in either direction of centralized vs. decentralized. they just want an app that is easy and "just works".
by 80hd | 2026-02-10 14:45:19+00:00
Was about to complain about the pricing (more expensive than newly released 5.3 Codex?) but then I noticed that Auto/Composer mode appears to be billed separately now -- so I can use $400 of API in _addition_ to Auto/Composer?

Am I right in thinking that's a separate allowance? That's pretty cool if so
by kachapopopow | 2026-02-10 14:45:23+00:00
They deemed it one right in the article so it is a crime, there is no questions about it.

The problem is that there's a bunch of these what you can call "entry" csam that people with mental issues are drawn to and having this all around the internet is definitely not doing anyone a favor especially the ones that are not right in the head. But you also have to take into account that a bunch of media also put "illegal content" in firms and books so what I was suggesting is to make this a properly recognized crime so there can't be any questions about it rather than "oh look there's people talking about murder in firms and books!!!".
by nradov | 2026-02-10 14:45:37+00:00
Ferrari will sell all that they make. If you want to purchase one of the highly desirable low-volume models you can't just walk into a dealership and write a check. You first have to purchase a few of the high-volume models to earn enough "points" on their internal customer priority list. A lot of rich guys will buy a Luce just for that purpose, and then leave it in their garage or maybe drive it to the country club occasionally.
by akshitgaur2005 | 2026-02-10 14:45:41+00:00
I just came to know about Oxide the other day, and god damn if it is not a dream workplace! High salary, flat structure, a large open-source presence, and maybe much more! Their blogs are really good too.

I am an undergraduate right now and looking at the people working there, it doesn't seem likely they would hire a fresh grad, I think I have found the yardstick I am going to measure myself by going forward, "Am I skilled enough that I could work at Oxide?". Hope more companies follow suit in putting the people forward!!
by myrmidon | 2026-02-10 14:45:52+00:00
In a perfect world, when you realise that your company creates and fuels addiction in children, that company should be concerned about having resulting profits seized (fully!) and responsible decisionmakers criminally prosecuted.

I would argue that we fail completely at doing this (historically, too, see e.g. leaded gas).

This incentivizes companies toward net-negative behavior until it is fully regulated despite knowing better, because it is clear that it won't be really punished anyway and remain a net-positive for them.

It is a difficult problem though.
by wtcactus | 2026-02-10 14:45:52+00:00
Exactly where were my goal posts moved? I stated yet again "mostly default to black people". You are the one trying to move the goal posts because you just answered this message:

"I just tried this prompt:

> Generate a photo of the founding fathers of a future, non-existing country. Five people in total.

I tried the same prompt 5 times and every time black people are the majority"

Do you understand the concept of "mostly defaulting" to something, and how that is directly related to a group of "people [being] the majority"?

> Anyway, you're tagged as "argued Musk salute wasn't nazi", so your ability to parse history is a little damaged.

I don't really care what communists think since you aren't rational people. If you have any actual statement to make and for me to deconstruct again while pointing out your inability to follow through with basic logic or facts, please let me know.
by bckmn | 2026-02-10 14:45:56+00:00
Prompting

> Let's make a timeline chart of https://www.githubstatus.com/history for the past 1yr and upload it as a gist

yields [GitHub Status Incident Timeline — Feb 2025 to Feb 2026](https://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://gist.githubuserconten...)

219 total incidents across 12 full months, averaging 18.3/month. January 2026 was the worst month, and August 2025 was the calmest.
by quotemstr | 2026-02-10 14:46:02+00:00
It's not possible to be "addicted" to words and images freely consumed. People are responsible for their choices, including spending too much or too little time reading words on this or that app or web site. It is ridiculous to assert that word-makers have some obligation to make sure word-consumers don't consume too many words or do it in a way someone else, post-facto, judges as the right kind of word-consuming.

This is a shakedown. No sane system of laws can ban the a technology purely because it conveys words people like to consume.
by croustibat | 2026-02-10 14:46:07+00:00
Hey HN,

I'm a freelance developer and I've always struggled with budgeting apps. They assume fixed monthly income, require endless form-filling, and I'd quit after 2 weeks every time.

So I built Pennywize: you describe your financial situation in natural language, and AI structures your budget automatically.

Example: "I make €4,500/month but it varies. Rent is €1,200, I want to save €500" → "You have ~€87/day discretionary budget"

Tech stack:
- Laravel 12 (TALL stack: Tailwind, Alpine, Livewire)
- Claude API, OpenAI or Mistral for natural language processing
- PostgreSQL
- Hosted in EU (GDPR compliant)

The CSV import auto-detects bank formats (tested with major French and European banks). No bank credentials needed — you export your own data.

Currently in beta/waitlist. Would love technical feedback on the approach.

Source isn't open yet, but happy to discuss architecture decisions.
by linuxguy2 | 2026-02-10 14:46:25+00:00
I certainly don't get that cert. I'm seeing a LetsEncrypt cert for idtech.space with various SANs.

# host code.idtech.space
code.idtech.space is an alias for idtech.space.
idtech.space has address 192.99.32.215
idtech.space has IPv6 address 2607:5300:60:47d7::
AI Isn't Dangerous. Evaluation Structures Are.
by clover-s | 2026-02-10 14:46:35+00:00
I wrote a long analysis about why AI behavior may depend less on model ethics and more on the environment it is placed in — especially evaluation structures (likes, rankings, immediate feedback) versus relationship structures (long-term interaction, correction loops).

The article uses the Moltbook case as a structural example and discusses environment alignment, privilege separation, and system design implications for AI safety.

Full article:
https://medium.com/@clover.s/ai-isnt-dangerous-putting-ai-inside-an-evaluation-structure-is-644ccd4fb2f3
by ktut | 2026-02-10 14:46:58+00:00
Location: Chicago, IL, USA

Remote: Yes or hybrid

Willing to relocate: No

Technologies: Typescript, Vue, React, Tailwind, HTML / CSS / JavaScript, Adobe Creative Suite (well-versed in multiple programs), Claude/Cursor, Jest/Playwright/CI/CD, AWS, Google Analytics

Résumé/CV: https://www.rkdvis.com/

Email: ramzidreessen [at] gmail [dot] com

Experienced Frontend Engineer currently working at a major US company in a senior role. Just shipped a major product with thousands of users as the sole frontend developer. 7 years of web dev experience and 5 years of professional design experience. Expert at bridging design and engineering to deliver high-performance, accessible solutions. Product experience across fintech, traditional media and gaming. Currently seeking frontend engineering, design/engineer hybrid roles or a frontend team lead role for a small team.
by alexgieg | 2026-02-10 14:47:03+00:00
That's incorrect. There have been studies on this. In a few cases seeing depictions of violence causes an urge to act violently, but in the majority of people predisposed to violence it causes a reduction in that impulse, so on average there's a reduction.

The same has been shown to be the case with depictions of sexual abuse. For some it leads the person to go out and do it. For the majority of those predisposed to be sexual predators it "satisfies" them, and they end up causing less harm.

Presumably the same applies to pedophiles. I remember reading a study on this that suggested this to be the case, but the sample size was small so the statistical significance was weak.
by Aurornis | 2026-02-10 14:47:15+00:00
These were the opening remarks of the lawyers on one side. You’re right that it’s theater, because they’re trying to hook the jury with an idea and get it to stick.

It’s also not a great sign that they’re relying on such tricks and props to hook the jury. In stronger cases they’ll rely on actual facts and key evidence, not grand but abstract claims using props like this.

I don’t know how the rest of the opening remarks went, but from the article it looks like Meta’s lawyers are already leaning into the actual evidence (or lack thereof) that their products were central to the problems:

> Meta attorney Paul Schmidt countered in opening remarks to the jury that evidence will show problems with the plaintiff's family and real-world bullying took a toll on her self-esteem, body image and happiness rather than Instagram.

> "If you took Instagram away and everything else was the same in Kaley's life, would her life be completely different, or would she still be struggling with the same things she is today?" Schmidt asked, pointing out an Instagram addiction is never mentioned in medical records included in the evidence.

Obviously this is HN and we’re supposed to assume social media is to blame for everything, but I would ask people to try not to be so susceptible to evidence-free narrative persuasion like the ABC trick. Similar tricks were used years ago when it was video games, not social media, in the crosshairs of lawyers looking to extract money and limit industries. Many of the arguments were the same, such as addicting children’s brains and being engineered to capture their attention.

There’s a lot of anger in the thread about Discord starting to require ID checks for some features, but large parts of HN aren’t making the connection to these lawsuits and cases as the driving factor behind these regulations. This is how it happens, but many are cheering it on without making the connection.
by pmig | 2026-02-10 14:48:50+00:00
Feel free to reach out via our website[1]. Distr does not require an internet connection to keep your application running. Update commands are fetched directly from the agent and do not require any special connectivity.

Updates are pulled before the rollover to a new version is performed, so a poor internet connection may only affect the download speed of new updates. Distr is designed to operate even when no connection is available, or when connectivity is only allowed in short time slots.

[1] https://distr.sh/contact/
by kcplate | 2026-02-10 14:49:11+00:00
Sometimes the details betray the narrative. I believe even more strongly that this guy created his own mess after reading the ruling.

https://www.universalhub.com/files/attachments/2026/culleton...

There are quite a few missing but important details not in the news story. Apparently he complicated matters and put himself into a no win legal situation by choosing against applying for asylum. The “forged” signatures turned out to be a close match to checks that were provided to the court that he admitted to signing. He also admitted to the court that his memory was hazy around that time. There was also no need for immigration officials to forge his name on those documents because if he refused to sign the notice document it had the same legal result as if he did. SOP would be for an immigration official to simply indicate “refusal to sign” on the document.

Unfortunately our laws don’t always protect us from ourselves.
by Ajedi32 | 2026-02-10 14:49:21+00:00
That's not allowed.

> To qualify as a dedicated TLS server authentication PKI hierarchy under this policy:

> All corresponding unexpired and unrevoked subordinate CA certificates operated beneath an applicant root CA MUST:

> [...]

> when disclosed to the CCADB…

> [...]

> on or after June 15, 2025, include the extendedKeyUsage extension and only assert an extendedKeyUsage purpose of id-kp-serverAuth.

> [...]

> NOT contain a public key corresponding to any other unexpired or unrevoked certificate that asserts different extendedKeyUsage values.

https://googlechrome.github.io/chromerootprogram/policy-arch...
by Verdex | 2026-02-10 14:49:38+00:00
I think many serious endeavors would benefit from including a magician.

Intelligent experts fail time and again because while they are experts, they don't know a lot about lying to people.

The magician is an expert in lying to people and directing their attention to where they want it and away from where they don't.

If you have an expert telling you, "wow this is really amazing, I can't believe that they solved this impossible technical problem," then maybe get a magician in the room to see what they think about it before buying the hype.
by PaulHoule | 2026-02-10 14:50:08+00:00
My take is that the "new/" page is spammed with slop articles about AI ("I vibe code something that almost worked? or "Ask HN: How come I can't get as good results with AI as Karpathy says he gets?") but that on most days the voting tends to restore the ratio on the front page. Today looks bad though. I think Open Clawed or whatever it is to blame for the latest wave.

My advice: upvote stories that are not slop about AI, submit stories that are not slop about AI. What I find offensive about "slop about AI" is that it is a person with a 140 IQ gets infected with FOMO and posts like they have 60 IQ.
by komali2 | 2026-02-10 14:50:19+00:00
> Or are we chalking it down to just missing morals?

Surely it's this, right? I just had what I would consider an intelligent conversation with someone wherein we eventually settled on a core ideological difference between us is that I thought all humans have equal value (infinite and immeasurable), while he believed a human's value is only as much as said human can generate money within capitalism (basically, if their salary or net worth is low, they must not be very valuable people, and we shouldn't do things for them like give them healthcare).

I think it's a bit of a dangerous fallacy to assume that intelligence naturally leads people to arriving at your own personal ideology. There were plenty of highly intelligent Nazis or Imperial Japanese. They either didn't care about the regimes they supported or leveraged their intelligence to rationalize it (requiring fallacy to do so of course - or perhaps not, if they really did just want their subgroup to dominate all others and believed it was possible to do so).

For me it's not smarts alone to define my value system. It can't be purely rationality, since the premise of deciding good and bad is subjective and dependent on what you value. You can argue these things rationally and use logic to determine outcomes, but at the end of the day there's a messy human brain deciding good/bad, important/not important, relevant/not relevant.
Ask HN: How to find joy in writing/learning about tech in this AI world?
by sriram_malhar | 2026-02-10 14:50:26+00:00
Looking to hear from fellow HN'ers who have found a way out of this downspell.

I've written code practically every day for 40 years, some of it for livelihood, but mostly because it gave me immense joy. I don't have much public codebases to show for it; I wrote code like an artist doodles in their spare time.

But lately, I am feeling lost. I find that this impulse to learn new things and write code has completely vanished with the new AI LLM regime. Things that I strove to learn and build slowly can be accomplished with ease. It is very possible that my aims were very modest and that my skills were ripe for getting automated.

I'd like to get out of this lull, but I simply can't find the motivation to dig into agentic AI and churn out stuff, like an old-school woodworker told to learn CAD and let the machine handle the nitty gritty.

Of course, I can continue to do what I used to do earlier, since I am neither interested in money nor fame. But one thing that I _think_ I had at the back of my mind in my earlier life was to internalize tiny 'katas' (patterns) and form insights that I imagined I could teach to someone. I find that I can no longer imagine that "someone", since everyone I meet is more interested in AI delivering the end product rather than going through the process and paying their dues.

Apologies for the rambling, and grateful in advance for suggestions.
by mehswe | 2026-02-10 14:50:58+00:00
Building ShotOn (https://shoton.app/) – make your photo share ready in a few clicks without downloading another app.

It basically is a client side web app that adds "shot on" watermarks / photo frames with camera metadata from EXIF data. Also have film simulations like filters to elevate you photo.

Started with just upload + edit, recently trying to add camera mode (think Daze app but in browser). But already hitting some issues when rendering Canvas on live camera feed, might explore WebGL to get real-time filtering working smoothly.
by hmm37 | 2026-02-10 14:51:04+00:00
In China at least the equivalence of WWI and WWII was basically the Warring States period (around 400-200BC), where tons of people die, therefore generally a strong dislike for war in Chinese culture. I always thought that WWII created a similar feeling in at least Europe.

There were other periods also of disunity in China, and consequently tons of people ended up dying as well. I'm sure it's similar with e.g. Japan where they had their own "three kingdoms" period.
by xg15 | 2026-02-10 14:51:33+00:00
Ok, but at least expert witnesses are constrained by the basic state of science in the field: They can certainly have a biased opinion but they can't go against established knowledge - and the other party can also interrogate them and try to show holes in their argumentation.

Whereas for jury members, the only people who could do that are other jury members, who would be just as clueless.

(I get that you don't want a jury with wildly different levels of domain knowledge. e.g. if you had one "expert" and the remainder being laymen, the expert could quickly dominate the entire jury - and there would be no one there to call out any bias from them)
by flir | 2026-02-10 14:51:36+00:00
I think OP is talking about decoupling tax and government spending, Modern Monetary Theory-style.

In this model, government just prints all the money it needs in order to function. Taxation isn't used to fund government, it's used to give your currency value, and to stop inflation running out of control. Metaphorically, you might as well pile all that tax take up and burn it, because once you've collected it it's performed its function.

This is a very simplistic take on MMR, and I don't think it would work in the real world, but spending does precede taxation.
Show HN: CloudVac – open-source AWS resource cleaner with cost insights
by proletarian | 2026-02-10 14:51:45+00:00
CloudVac is a local-only tool to scan, inspect, estimate costs for, and clean up unused AWS resources across multiple profiles and regions.

It reads your `~/.aws/credentials` and discovers resources across services like EC2, RDS, Lambda, S3, CloudFormation stacks, and more. It estimates monthly cost per resource, flags orphaned log groups and under-utilized items, and offers a dependency-aware deletion plan with dry-run safety by default. Everything runs locally with no telemetry and no external calls.

I built this because managing unused AWS resources over many profiles/regions gets expensive and error-prone. Feedback, suggestions, and issues are welcome.

https://github.com/realadeel/CloudVac
by ceejayoz | 2026-02-10 14:52:48+00:00
> at least expert witnesses are constrained by the basic state of science in the field

This is absolutely not the case.

> and the other party can also interrogate them and try to show holes in their argumentation

Sure, and now the jury - with zero domain knowledge - sees two very confident sounding experts who disagree on a critical point... and you wind up with it coming down to which one was more likeable.
by quotemstr | 2026-02-10 14:53:05+00:00
"It doesn't work", therefore, tyranny? Because the most important thing in the world is the state ensuring people not make bad choices? So any time the system tries something to stop them and it "doesn't work", that's a justification for increasing state power until it works?

We're talking about words and images. Addiction cannot enter the body through the eyes and ears.

Enjoy your doubleplus goodthink.
by cvoss | 2026-02-10 14:53:38+00:00
> all information that exists could be stored in a storage medium big enough

Why is quantization necessary for information storage? If you're speculating about a storage device external to our universe, it need not be constrained by any of our physical laws and their consequences, such as by being made up of finitely many atoms or whatever. It might have components like arbitrary precision real number registers.

And if you're speculating about a storage device that lives within our universe, you have a contradiction because it's maximum information capacity can't exceed the information content of its own description.