MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by bubblewand | 2026-02-21 00:35:55+00:00
Votes? That’s pre-9/11 stuff. We already bombed Iran and launched missile strikes and a special forces raid to capture the head of state of Venezuela without Congress voting on it, within the last few months. They don’t appear to be planning an actual invasion (moving troops in-theater takes time and is impossible to hide) and Congress lets presidents bomb anyone they like without restraint, these days.
by falcor84 | 2026-02-21 00:36:00+00:00
> Vibe Coding has its uses and I'm sure that'll expand, but the idea of it replacing domain experts is outright laughable.

I don't think that's the argument. The argument I'm seeing most is that most of us SWEs will become obsolete once the agentic tools become good enough to allow domain experts to fully iterate on solutions on their own.
by raw_anon_1111 | 2026-02-21 00:36:29+00:00
So the world should cared to your needs when literally almost every adult has a phone even in third world countries?

Before you say “what about the poor people” in the US at least, even poor people can get a subsidized free phone through the UCF (?) government fund

Also see: no I’m not going to waste development time di you can get to a website I develop with JS disabled or so you can use lynx
by dboreham | 2026-02-21 00:36:43+00:00
I'm still a FB user even though most friends and relatives have disengaged due to toxicity. But what I've noticed consistently is that any group on FB that has more than 1000 members will end up surfacing so much toxic sentiment that I have to unsubstantiated. I'm talking about innocuous fields such as the local road conditions. That one became full of rants about out of state drivers, drivers who don't understand English, people posting license plates of bad drivers, etc. This has led me to a theory that humans just can't behave nicely beyond some threshold group size.
by 8organicbits | 2026-02-21 00:37:23+00:00
> If they block that, they're blocking atproto functionality entirely, no?

Keep in mind, twitter got rid of their API. Google got rid of XMPP federation. Bluesky breaking or defederating atproto wouldn't impact most users, so they'd probably get less outcry than those examples.

https://support.google.com/code/answer/55703?hl=en
by CamperBob2 | 2026-02-21 00:37:39+00:00
About 30% of our electorate consists of so-called "deplorables" who are geographically distributed in a way that gives them outsized influence. The deplorables were happy to set aside their own best interests at the voting booth because Trump promised to hurt other people more.

Promises were made, and as far as the deplorables are concerned, promises were kept. They continue to approve of his actions wholeheartedly.

There is probably no way back for us, unfortunately. Please keep in mind than a healthy majority of American voters either voted against Trump or chose to sit out the election. We are largely powerless, though, due to system-level weaknesses that have been present since the nation's founding but couldn't effectively be exploited until recently.
by blibble | 2026-02-21 00:38:11+00:00
it's exceptionally hard because energy is fungible

try writing the contract, say, requiring 500MW of new gas generation to be built locally to power the DC, which is grid connected

they'll then secretly write a contract to sell 500MW of gas generation on the open market, conditional on approval

at some price they'll find a buyer, at which point 500MW increase in grid capacity has been cancelled out despite them actually building the plant

and all it cost them was the difference in the contract price
by abdulhak | 2026-02-21 00:38:24+00:00
it's a good project, there is a platform that uses the same technique that you used to gather info on certain topic from different llms and there is one orchestrator that is running them all, and compares the answers and give you a deep understanding and analyses of each model gave as response i don't remember the name of it but i think they launched recently. it's really good project keep up.
by mr_00ff00 | 2026-02-21 00:38:37+00:00
You could argue though Tesla isn’t targeting the average Joe, since they basically still haven’t made a affordable EV that they have mentioned they are working on (I think the new affordable cyber truck is still above the 40k promise, and they hinted the price will likely rise).

For luxury car owners or people who want the statement, subscriptions are good way to capture additional payment. Since if customers wanted to pick the cheapest option, they would have already picked something else.
Show HN: Agent Passport – OAuth-like identity verification for AI agents
by samerismail | 2026-02-21 00:39:37+00:00
Hi HN,

I built Agent Passport, an open-source identity verification layer for AI agents. Think "Sign in with Google, but for Agents."

The problem: AI agents are everywhere now (OpenClaw has 180K+ GitHub stars, Moltbook had 2.3M agent accounts), but there's no standard way for agents to prove their identity. Malicious agents can impersonate others, and skill/plugin marketplaces have no auth layer. Cisco's security team already found data exfiltration in third-party agent skills.

Agent Passport solves this with:
- Ed25519 challenge-response authentication (private keys never leave the agent)
- JWT identity tokens (60-min TTL, revocable)
- Risk engine that scores agents 0-100 (allow/throttle/block)
- One-line verification for apps: `const result = await passport.verify(token)`

It's fully open source (MIT), runs on free tiers ($0/month), and has a published npm SDK.

GitHub: https://github.com/zerobase-labs/agent-passport
Docs: https://github.com/zerobase-labs/agent-passport/blob/main/do...
Live demo: https://agent-passport.vercel.app

Built this because I kept seeing the same security gap in every agent platform. Happy to answer questions about the architecture or the agent identity problem in general.
by nubg | 2026-02-21 00:39:39+00:00
Lmao sorry but you completely missed the point of the article.

Yes of course all chat providers store your chats, and they will be available eventually when the response has finished streaming and has been dumped to a db.

This is about live streaming getting lost and not being reconnected (and restreamed) when you refresh the page.

And since chatting with AI and seeing the responses streamed is a major usecase, the author was correct to question why eg Anthropic wouldn invest some of the 30B in fixing this glaring problem.

Esp since it looks like your initial message was not received by the backend server at all!

It may not be super criticsl, but it's like saying "my ferrari sometimes shows the wrong speed. it's still driving, but the speedometer is stuck. it does get back to the correct speed eventually though, so no biggie"
by mistercheph | 2026-02-21 00:40:20+00:00
I'll gladly take that trade, either:
- They lose the right to their "intellectual property" and I'll accept that they owe me nothing.
or:
- They continue to enjoy "intellectual property" protections granted by the state, but the state subdues them into actions which are for the benefit of the public.

I'd be happy to make that offer to any of the parties that build closed ecosystems, but none of them will take the offer since closed ecosystems are almost always built with the intent of misusing the copyright system to create a state-enforced monopoly and bloodsuck value produced by real economic activity.
by lich_king | 2026-02-21 00:40:35+00:00
Why are tech specs relevant here? The problem with Flock is that once the data is collected, and once it's made accessible to law enforcement without any legal review, it's going to be used for solving heinous crimes, for keeping tabs on a vocal critic of the police commissioner, and for checking what the officer's ex-wife is up to.

If the cameras were installed and operated by the DHS or by the local PD, would that make you feel better? The data should not exist, or if it must, it shouldn't be accessible without court approval. The model you're proposing doesn't ensure that; in fact, it moves it closer to the parties most likely to misuse it.
by pousada | 2026-02-21 00:40:51+00:00
I showed you all the sources but you prefer to close your eyes.

Of course even the most hardcore AFD racists wouldn’t go on a stand and proclaim that they support remigration, because that would get the party banned and destroy all chances of them getting to power.

I know it’s a tired example online but at least I know a bit about it: do you think the Nazis wrote in their party agenda and proclaimed in their public speeches that the white race is superior and they would start a genocide to exterminate subhumans?

Of course they only revealed their true faces between each other or AFTER they achieved absolute power. Anything else would be ridiculously stupid.

> I do not think that saying things like “my culture is better” is racist

It’s not as racist as the other example you gave but it’s very nationalistic - and from that it’s just a small step to go “if my culture is better, why shouldn’t we rule the world?” - “if my culture is better why should we allow other (worse!) cultures to exist”?
If you arrived at that point you almost have to exterminate other cultures - how could you allow something bad to poison and destroy the people? They could be saved by your obviously better culture! You would almost be a monster not “liberating” them!

“Am deutschen Wesen soll die Welt genesen” - look it up

> shows support by JD Vance, sure

He is the vice president of the United States - it’s not like he is some random guy whose opinion has no weight

> Show me the source, so I can see myself.

Then just listen to the speeches and proclamations of your heads of state.
If you are as antiracist as you claim it should be easy to reveal the agenda they never quite state openly but that is always present between the lines
How Real-Time Voice Agents Work: Media Infrastructure and Latency
by gokuljs | 2026-02-21 00:40:59+00:00
I’ve been working on real time voice agents and put together a write up of what I’ve learned about the full stack including WebRTC media transport, streaming STT, incremental LLM inference, and TTS, along with where latency actually accumulates.

The post focuses on the architectural flow and practical tradeoffs involved in keeping interactions truly real time.

Curious how others are designing and optimizing voice systems.

https://gokuljs.com/blogs/real-time-voice-agent-infrastructure
by denuoweb | 2026-02-21 00:41:01+00:00
From your website "Little Steps Foundation is a legally registered non-profit organization operating under the laws of Pakistan.",...

Stripe does not offer its services in Pakistan. It seems that you are trying to pull a fast one by using American payment processor, claiming you are nonprofit, and then transferring it to your Pakistani bank. Am I reading this correct?

Here is a post found with a Google search, "No, Stripe does not officially operate in Pakistan, and you cannot directly open a Stripe account using Pakistani bank details. While it is not supported, some users attempt to access Stripe by registering businesses abroad (e.g., in the US, UK, or UAE), which requires legal incorporation, tax compliance, and carries risks of account freezes."

I think you just got caught up.
by popalchemist | 2026-02-21 00:41:41+00:00
Pretty sure a) it's not a matter of whether you agree and b) GDPR still considers always-on listening to be something the affected user has to actively consent to. Since someone in a household may not realize that another person's device is "always on" and may even lack the ability to consent - such as a child - you are probably going to find that it is patently illegal according to both the letter and the spirit of the law.

Is your argument that these affected parties are not users and that the GDPR does not require their consent?

Don't take this as hostility. I am 100% for local inference. But that is the way I understand the law, and I do think it benefits us to hold companies to a high standard. Because even such a device could theoretically be used against a person, or could have other unintended consequences.
by mapontosevenths | 2026-02-21 00:42:07+00:00
> What you said about Elon is clearly derogatory and could easily be considered hateful.

It was from an actual quote of his in which he claimed to be a "free speech absolutist." I did mean it in a derogatory way, because just repeating it makes him seem silly, but it's an actual quote so not slanderous or anything.

That said, I agree that nobody has the right to live a life free of criticism and some folks need thicker skin (including myself from time to time).

>If somebody is directing somebody to kill somebody that is causing physical harm towards an individual and should be illegal

Well there you go. We both agree that some speech has to be illegal, we just disagree as to exactly where that line is. I think it's perfectly reasonable for us to disagree about *exactly* where the line is, as long as everyone understands that there is a line.

To me that line is very simple: My rights end where yours start, and vice versa. As far as I can tell it's the only sensible basis for any kind of society. You can make it more complicated if you want, but the only way to get more "freedom" than with my plan is to take away someone else's and I'm not cool with that.
by mullingitover | 2026-02-21 00:42:08+00:00
I'm surprised the flock cameras aren't being disabled in a more subtle fashion.

All it takes is a tiny drone with a stick attached, and at the end of that stick is a tiny sponge soaked with tempera paint. Drone goes 'boop' on the camera lens, and the entire system is disabled until an expensive technician drives out with a ladder and cleans the lens at non-trivial expense.

A handful of enterprising activists could blind all the flock cameras in a region in a day or two, and without destroying them, which makes it less of an overtly criminal act.

Obviously not advocating this, just pointing out that flock is very vulnerable to this very simple attack from activists.
by godelski | 2026-02-21 00:43:03+00:00
> You'd be surprised how many SE's would love for this to happen

I'm one of them, and for exactly the reason you say.

I worked as a physical engineer previously and I think the existence of PEs changes the nature of the game. I felt much more empowered to "talk back" to my boss and question them. It was natural to do that and even encouraged. If something is wrong everyone wants to know. It is worth disruption and even dealing with naive young engineers than it is to harm someone. It is also worth doing because it makes those engineers learn faster and it makes the products improve faster (insights can come from anywhere).

Part of the reason I don't associate my name with my account is so that I can talk more freely. I absolutely love software (and yes, even AI, despite what some might think given my comments) but I do really dislike how much deception there is in our industry. I do think it is on us as employees to steer the ship. If we don't think about what we're building and the consequences of them then our ship is beholden to the tides, not us. It is up to us to make the world a better place. It is up to us to make sure that our ship is headed towards utopia rather than dystopia (even if both are more of an idea than reality). I'd argue that if it were up to the tides then we'll end up crashing into the rocks. It's much easier to avoid that if we're managing the ship routinely than in a panic when we're headed in that direction. I think software has the capacity to make the world a far better place. That we can both do good and make money at the same time. But I also think the system naturally will disempower us. When we fight against the tides things are naturally harder and may even look like we're moving slower. But I think we often confuse speed and velocity, frankly, because direction is difficult to understand or predict. Still, it is best that we try our best and not just abdicate those decisions. The world is complex, so when things work they are in an unstable equilibrium. Which means small perturbations knock us off. Like one ship getting stuck shutting down a global economy. So it takes a million people and a billion tiny actions to make things go right and stay right (easier to stay than fix). But many of the problems we hate and are frustrated by are more stable states. Things like how wealth pools up, gathered by only a few. How power does the same. And so on. Obviously my feelings extend beyond software engineering, but my belief is that if we want the world to be a better place it takes all of us. The more that are willing to do something, the easier it gets. I'd also argue that most people don't need to do anything that difficult. The benefit and detriment of a complex machine is that small actions have larger consequences. Just because you're a small cog doesn't mean you have no power. You don't need to be a big cog to change the world, although you're unlikely to get recognition.
by lucb1e | 2026-02-21 00:43:14+00:00
Also in the email towards the organization. Makes it sound as condescending "let me dumb it down for you to key points" to the receiver of the email as, well, as LLMs are. Bit off-putting and the story itself is also common to the point of trite. Heck, nothing even ended up happening in this case. No lawyer is mentioned outside of the title, no police complaint was filed, no civil case started, just the three emails saying he should agree to not talk about this. Scary as those demands can be (I have been at the butt end of such things as well, and every time I wish I had used Tor instead of a CIOT-traceable IP address as soon as my "huh, that's odd system behavior"-senses go off. Responsible disclosure just gives you grey hairs in the 10% of cases that respond like this, even if so far 0% actually filed a police complaint or court case)
by dunham | 2026-02-21 00:43:20+00:00
I commented on a relatives post about a giant zucchini, and started getting posts about zucchinis in my feed. A couple of years ago, Facebook noticed that I stopped scrolling for calvin and hobbes comics and started showing me a bunch of those for a while.

I finally got the deletion thing to not error out and am almost at the end of the 30 day deletion period.
by b65e8bee43c2ed0 | 2026-02-21 00:43:25+00:00
>I dunno, maybe those are all bots too.

no, they're thirsty thirdworlders. that's 90%+ of any thot's followers, with the remaining 10% being children.

(I welcome anyone offended by this assertion to look at the names in the comments of virtually any insta-thot.)
by pants2 | 2026-02-21 00:44:00+00:00
To think I used to log in to Facebook every day, scroll friends' posts until it said "You're caught up!" then leave.

That's almost unimaginable now, but I deeply wish I could return to that experience. Unfortunately as the suggested content got turned up, friends stopped posting, so even with all the browser extensions in the world I can't get that same experience back.
by netsharc | 2026-02-21 00:44:20+00:00
Your comment reminds me of what one American college student said in public in Italy. It was 2018, Trump was president, I was on a shuttle bus that takes tourists up and down a viewpoint. It was just leaving the viewpoint when it stops, a man hops in and asks in English "Did anyone see an Apple Watch?". "Yeah, right here!". The first person had forgotten it in the bus, and the second person had found it, and returned it to him. The bus drives on, and the second person (American college student in a tour group) says loudly "Boy, he's lucky this bus is full of Americans!".

I wish I was clever enough to come up with something witty, something like "Oh yeah, because everyone else is a thieving bastard, is that what you're saying?".
by wmf | 2026-02-21 00:44:43+00:00
There are specific steps Bluesky could take to decentralize the network. These are going to sound extreme but I agree with the article that it will never decentralize on its own. (Nothing will ever decentralize on its own so this isn't a criticism of Bluesky specifically.)

1. Strongly encourage backups.

2. Force users to migrate off the "official" PDS until it has less than, say, 40% market share.

3. Make the mobile apps use third-party relay/appview by default (could be randomized).
Show HN: MephistoMail – A RAM-only, tracker-free disposable email client
by benmxrt | 2026-02-21 00:44:55+00:00
Hi HN,

I got frustrated with the current landscape of 10-minute mail services. They are often full of ads, Google Analytics trackers, and clunky interfaces--completely defeating the purpose of a "privacy" tool.

I built MephistoMail as a clean, RAM-only frontend alternative. It uses the mail.tm/mail.gw APIs under the hood for actual inbox mapping but handles everything on the client side in volatile memory. If you close the tab, the session is gone. Zero logs are kept on our end.

Tech stack: React 18, Vite, Tailwind CSS, Lucide.

Would love to hear your thoughts, roasts, and suggestions!

Demo: https://mephistomail.site
Repo: https://github.com/jokallame350-lang/temp-mailmephisto
by zoogeny | 2026-02-21 00:45:02+00:00
Just skimming the Wikipedia article [1] and it is appears Bourdieu's argument is bit more nuanced than status and money. It is a bit laden with Marxist jargon, but at least the abstract seems to place the heavy burden on "cultural capital" which is a more precise term than what I chose (status) but close enough to my meaning.

Whether or not economic capital is actually transferrable to cultural capital seems to be another debate, but as the old saying goes "money can't buy taste". In fact, a newly rich lower class person marrying a contemporarily poor higher class person seems more likely.

As the abstract states: "Because persons are taught their cultural tastes in childhood, a person's taste in culture is internalized to their personality, and identify his or her origin in a given social class, which might or might not impede upward social mobility." Money can't rebuild the personality that is internalized in youth, but marriage might give your kids a shot.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distinction_(book)

edit: also to add, the relationship between these is the underlying theme of The Great Gatsby.
by _3u10 | 2026-02-21 00:45:51+00:00
Attractive women generally don’t create these problems.

Just a few minutes ago we were discussing bikini options for an upcoming stay in Rio. And how she needs new ones as the ones I found from my feed were getting old.

I guess one advantage I have is being a man and not male-identified. Maybe she has stereotyped me and is expecting me to act like a man.
Show HN: MephistoMail – A RAM-only, tracker-free disposable email client
by benmxrt | 2026-02-21 00:46:00+00:00
Hi HN,

I got frustrated with the current landscape of 10-minute mail services. They are often full of ads, Google Analytics trackers, and clunky interfaces—completely defeating the purpose of a "privacy" tool.

I built MephistoMail as a clean, RAM-only frontend alternative. It uses the mail.tm/mail.gw APIs under the hood for actual inbox mapping but handles everything on the client side in volatile memory. If you close the tab, the session is gone. Zero logs are kept on our end.

Tech stack: React 18, Vite, Tailwind CSS, Lucide.

Would love to hear your thoughts, roasts, and suggestions!

Demo: https://mephistomail.site
Repo: https://github.com/jokallame350-lang/temp-mailmephisto
by theturtletalks | 2026-02-21 00:46:46+00:00
>> You can self-host a PDS. Almost nobody does.

Who would've thought true decentralization means everyone hosting their own server? Yes, each user would have to pay and maintain it, but that's the cost of decentralization. ATProto at least makes it easy to jump ship if shit hits the fan and not have to start from scratch. Try doing that with Twitter/Instagram/Etc.