MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by ksec | 2026-02-05 08:35:24+00:00
Just when 100"+ TV are coming out and gaining traction. To put this into perspective, an upcoming 130" LCD TV would 8K would have 68PPI, on 98" would have 90 PPI, and 80" would be 110".

Depending on whether you want a TV experience sitting further back or Cinema is coming Home as Sony's tag line. I believe there is room for something greater than 4K. Especially when TV industry trend suggest TV purchase size is increasing every year. 40" used to be big, then it became entry level, now all top of the line TV dont even offer anything before 50", and the median is moving closer to 65".
80"+ price will come down in the next 5 years as LCD takes over again from OLED. I dont understand why but also wont be surprised if median size move pass 70".

In 2015 I wrote on AVSforum how 8K makes zero sense from Codec, computation, network, transport and TV. However I would never imagine median TV size moved up so quickly, and also I cant see how we could afford 100"+ TV at the time. Turns out I am dead wrong. TCL / CSOT will produce its first 130" TV in 2 years time. For those ultra wealthy they could afford 160" to 220" MicroLED made out of many panels. There will be 10% of population who could afford ultra large screen size. And I am sure there is a market for premium 4K + content.

There is definitely a future with 4K+ content and panel. I just hope we dont give up too early.
by darkwater | 2026-02-05 08:35:49+00:00
+1 to ProxySQL, especially in RDS environments with huge monoliths attached that open a shitload of threads. RDS has fixed max_connections depending on the instance size so if you don't want to pay $$$$ for bigger but underused instances - and while you are trying to get the devs update all the hundreds old dependencies in the monolith to improve it, ProxySQL - can save your day. It did, for me.
And yes, it's a self-managed system but it's pretty easy to operate and very stable.
by EagnaIonat | 2026-02-05 08:36:15+00:00
https://ollama.com

Although I'm starting to like LMStudio more, as it has more features that Ollama is missing.

https://lmstudio.ai

You can then get Claude to create the MCP server to talk to either. Then a CLAUDE.md that tells it to read the models you have downloaded, determine their use and when to offload. Claude will make all that for you as well.
by risyachka | 2026-02-05 08:36:25+00:00
Twitter wasn't built by 1000 engineers at 350k/yr.

It had to hire them later on. Because when there are users - you need support, take out fires etc.

And this exact thing will happen with any homebrewed SaaS.

You either run a business or play tech company making your own saas instead of focusing on your business.

Sure you can do both in very rare cases - if you are SpaceX or similar, otherwise you are shooting yourself in the foot.
by Cthulhu_ | 2026-02-05 08:36:25+00:00
I suspect they only notified users today because a party has started using them - I received a bunch of "email verification" mails today from uh. "ADHD Online", "Headspace", "Clearpay" and "Pornhub Help", all made 3-4 hours before receiving the Substack email. Of note is that all of these seem to be from Zendesk, so that's the only thing this particular bot seems to support.

But this is super weird because it's not like my email is super private or obscure, plus it's been in various breaches over the years.
by dns_snek | 2026-02-05 08:36:59+00:00
No because employees are making the actual thing that inflicts harm while consumers' actions are completely diffused and many steps removed from the harm they cause. That's why ad-tech is so effective in the first place.

Consumer pays $1.10 for a can of coke, $0.10 of that goes to ad-tech, the consumer watches some coke ads, ad-tech pays $0.05 to the publisher and the consumer receives $0.05 in benefits in the form of "free ad-supported content" (which they already paid $0.10 for).

The only way for consumers to avoid this is to just stop spending money with any brand that advertises online, which is completely unrealistic and a much taller ask than asking employees to give up their deal with the devil (and work for just about anyone else except big tech).
by jeroenhd | 2026-02-05 08:37:08+00:00
My employer uses Sentry for (backend) metrics collection so I had to unblock it to do my job. I wish Sentry would have separate infra for "operating on data collected by Sentry" and "submit every mouse click to Sentry" so I could block their mass surveillance and still do my job, but I suppose that would cut into their profit margins.

My current solution is a massive hack that breaks down every now and then.
by EvansWilson | 2026-02-05 08:37:39+00:00
When Apple talks, the world listens. But when Apple’s top brass acts in the stock market, investors lean in even closer. As the most scrutinized company on the planet, Apple’s internal moves are often viewed as a proxy for the tech sector's health.

Lately, if you’ve been tracking the data on 13Radar, you might have noticed a recurring theme: the "Sell" button is getting a lot of traction at Apple Park.

AAPL Insider Trading: Red Flags or Business as Usual?

For retail investors, seeing names like Tim Cook or Jeff Williams offloading shares can trigger a bit of "ticker shock." However, understanding the context behind AAPL insider trading is crucial before you hit the panic button.

In recent quarters, we’ve seen a consistent pattern of executive sales. But here is the reality check: these aren't frantic exits. Most of these transactions are executed under Rule 10b5-1, which is essentially a "set it and forget it" plan. High-level insiders schedule these sales months in advance to avoid any accusations of trading on non-public, market-moving information.

When analyzing AAPL insider trading patterns, we have to look at the "why." Often, these sales are triggered to cover tax obligations associated with vesting restricted stock units (RSUs) or simply to diversify a wealth portfolio that is—understandably—over-concentrated in Apple stock.

The Lack of "Buy" Signals: Should We Care?

If you browse the insider history, you’ll notice a glaring absence of "Buy" orders from the executive suite. In the world of finance, there’s an old saying: "Insiders sell for many reasons, but they only buy for one: they think the price is going up."

So, why aren't they buying?

Saturation: Most Apple VPs already hold millions in equity. Buying more on the open market would be like adding a bucket of water to a swimming pool.

Valuation: At current multiples, insiders might see the stock as "fairly valued" rather than a screaming bargain. They aren't betting against the company; they are simply managing their massive existing stakes.

The Bottom Line for Investors

While it’s easy to get spooked by a multi-million dollar sell order, the macro picture for Apple remains focused on its AI pivot and services growth. Insider selling is a data point, but it isn't the whole story.

As long as the sales remain programmatic and tied to scheduled vestings, the "insider threat" is more of a distraction than a danger. Keep an eye on the frequency—if the selling volume spikes outside of scheduled windows, that is when you should start asking the tough questions.
by FrostKiwi | 2026-02-05 08:38:18+00:00
> and it won't work without Steam running. Such a disappointment

I assume it will be like Steam Controller 1: Given no Steam and no special driver, the Controller is a Mouse + Keyboard, also referred to as "lizard mode".

I am also anti-DRM, but I don't think this can be solved easily. Consider the Dual Shock 2: Either it's explicitly supported or requires a custom diver to emulate into XInput or DirectInput. Even using XInput directly is cross platform a driver nightmare.
Valve has done good work I think with their libSDL based Steam Overlay, becoming a kind of universal Input equalizer, going so far as to patch their games with updated tutorial input prompts based on controller like Dual Shock 2 vs XBox Controllers.

A firmware level solution is not really realistic at this point. Controller Manufacturer 8BitDo went this approach, with many device restart firmware modes per target platform. It's just not a good user experience.
by wobfan | 2026-02-05 08:38:21+00:00
To be fair, I think people are vastly over estimating the work they would have and the power they would need. Yes, if you have to massively scale up, then it'll take some work, but most of it is one-time work. You do it, and when it runs, you only have a fraction of work over the next months to maintain it. And with fraction, I mean below 5%. And keep in mind that >99% of startups who think of "yeah we need this and that cloud, because we need to scale" will never scale. Instead they are happily locking themselves into a cloud service. And if they actually scale at some point, this service will be massively more expensive.
by surgical_fire | 2026-02-05 08:38:46+00:00
When the bank reposseses the house because you are not paying the mortgage, this will bite you and your kids too.

You can call it an "easy buck", and it is just coping. An easy way to make some poor schlemiel creating a miserable report with user location data during his sprint into a greedy bastard that is just enriching his bank account out of the suffering of plenty.
by tombert | 2026-02-05 08:39:10+00:00
I’m a good bit younger than you (not assuming, I recognize the username :), and I think they have gotten considerably better at putting more advanced kids into classes that challenge them. I grew up in Orlando which historically has pretty poorly rated schools, but I think they were active in making sure the children are put into the right courses. I also think that there’s just more granularity now.

When I went to college, it was definitely tougher, but I was able to pass the freshman physics and multi variable calculus courses first time around, without significant tutoring.
by alkonaut | 2026-02-05 08:39:34+00:00
Yeah did they test any of this? Did they run a pilot and ask 1000 users did you use it? Did you like it? Is it better with this than without it?

It's as though they think some "AI revolution" will come, and all they need to do is just make sure that by the time it does, they will have sprinkled enough AI pixie dust on their products and services. And then they added some KPI's in the organization and called it a day.

Most of all the whole strategy feels extremely faceless. Who is the visionary here? Where are the proud product launches and visionary blog posts about how all this happens?
by bandrami | 2026-02-05 08:39:44+00:00
https://www.housingwire.com/articles/38536-failed-bank-ceo-g...

https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/former-president-and-ceo-...

https://oig.federalreserve.gov/releases/news-bekkedam-senten...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2015/09/02/b...
by michaelsshaw | 2026-02-05 08:39:55+00:00
>Do the right thing, ditch the modern day equivalents of IBM collaborating with the enemies of freedom, human dignity, and human prosperity.

I think it needs to go a bit further than that. We need names, for purposes of blacklisting but also future prosecution. Collaborators should not be tolerated.

I'm sure it's not popular, but quite a few of our colleagues and fellow HN readers do belong in cells.
by xp84 | 2026-02-05 08:40:15+00:00
What if we believe that those shootings are completely unacceptable (probably criminal), but that “have no immigration enforcement and permanently halt deportations” is also unacceptable? The latter seems to be the solution being pushed by one party.

Like always, the left’s problem is that their proposed solutions read like they were written by teenagers, based on emotions and dismissive of the reasons why their supposed “enemies” disagree with them.

Most Americans would support having ICE operate perhaps even entirely with nonlethal weapons. That would be a smart thing to push for! And popular too. But the party line is instead “Abolish ICE.” And of course nobody (who isn’t pro-open-borders) trusts that there’s any Democratic plan besides look-the-other-way and maybe amnesty.
by bandrami | 2026-02-05 08:40:47+00:00
I didn't really expect people to lose the ability to Google this quickly:

https://www.housingwire.com/articles/38536-failed-bank-ceo-g...
https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/former-president-and-ceo-...

https://oig.federalreserve.gov/releases/news-bekkedam-senten...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2015/09/02/b...
by petesergeant | 2026-02-05 08:41:04+00:00
One thing I don't really understand here is why they're incurring the costs of having this physically in San Diego, rather than further afield with a full-time server tech essentially living on-prem, especially if their power numbers are correct. Is everyone being able to physically show up on site immediately that much better than a 24/7 pair of remote hands + occasional trips for more team members if needed?
by coreylane | 2026-02-05 08:41:07+00:00
Working on https://dataraven.io/ - a low-cost cloud native data movement platform, focusing on object storage initially

RClone is doing the heavy lifting (amazing project). I'm adding some bells and whistles clients have asked me for over the years

- Team workspaces with role-based access control
- Notifications – Alerts on transfer failure or resource changes via Slack, Teams, Discord, etc.
- Centralized log storage
- Vault integrations – Connect 1Password, Doppler, or Infisical for zero-knowledge credential handling (no more plain text files with credentials)
- 10 Gbps connected infrastructure (Pro tier) – High-throughput Linux systems for large transfers
by andsoitis | 2026-02-05 08:41:29+00:00
Similarly, people are irrational when they speed on the road. It might feel in the moment like you’re getting to your destination faster, but you really aren’t.

Instead of racing at 80mph on 280, try 65mph instead. You won’t be later, it is safer, and you’re more fuel efficient.

Or instead of racing from red traffic light to red traffic light in Manhattan, cruise slower. Everything will be better.
by habinero | 2026-02-05 08:41:34+00:00
Startups have no users and no data to start with, and if they fuck up security, well, they just fail sooner than expected.

Once you get past a certain size, you have very different sorts of problems. Any idiot can vibe code a facebook lookalike, but the real one has to handle hundreds of millions of users and posts while being a target for state actors.

TLDR; yes you do need that many
Ask HN: How was enterprise software developed in 1980s?
by theanonymousone | 2026-02-05 08:41:46+00:00
Hi. This a history question to the older folk here.

We know that VB, FoxPro, Delphi etc were developed in early 90s. Now, for the type of software where e.g. Visual Basic was the perfect development choice in 1990s, what would be the options in 1908s?

(Turbo) Pascal? dBase, Lotus etc? Something else?

Thanks!
by zaptheimpaler | 2026-02-05 08:42:15+00:00
Clueless lol. This is not about any of that. I run Plex on my local network at plex.domain.com. Plex sends logs to the internet with its local domain in the string. Leak. There is no easy way to solve this without deeply inspecting each packet a service sends outside your network, and even that doesn't work when services use SSL certificates and certificate pinning preventing MITMs.
by s_m_r | 2026-02-05 08:42:27+00:00
Short answer: because of Islam ([Shia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shia_Islam), specifically).

More detail: most people were uneducated and mostly Muslim, so [Khomeini](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhollah_Khomeini) used this to provoke people against [Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (king of Iran)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Reza_Pahlavi).

A few years before Khomeini came to power, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi implemented the [White Revolution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Revolution) to modernize Iran (including granting women the vote, land reform, etc.).
Khomeini opposed these reforms and considered them contrary to Islam.
Eventually, with support from some [communist parties](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tudeh_Party_of_Iran) and promises of free buses, electricity, and similar benefits to peoples (like what Zohran Mamdani did), the king was overthrown and Khomeini took control.

Interestingly, Khomeini subsequently suppressed and eliminated the communist parties, seized factories and homes of those who opposed the Islamic Republic, and labeled many opponents as terrorists and enemies of Islam.

To understand what Khomeini and the Islamic Republic enacted:
- Chess was banned for a period as being against Islam.
- Sexual relations with children were publicly condoned by Khomeini in his writings.
- ...
by Lerc | 2026-02-05 08:42:33+00:00
I shall take that as a no, then.

I don't think it takes pedantry to think advertising in order to solicit funds for a non-profit is still advertising.

If anything the criteria I would apply is does it diminish the user experience while attempting to motivate the viewer to act in a manner that benefits the advertiser.

May I ask why you do not consider it advertising? Is it because it is asking for donations? Because it is a non-profit? If so, why would those factors exempt them?

I am certainly not alone in thinking their fundraising campaigns are intrusive https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33175098
by bandrami | 2026-02-05 08:42:44+00:00
https://www.housingwire.com/articles/38536-failed-bank-ceo-g...
https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/former-president-and-ceo-...

https://oig.federalreserve.gov/releases/news-bekkedam-senten...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2015/09/02/b...

JFC you guys need to work on your web literacy
by OJFord | 2026-02-05 08:43:11+00:00
You mention AVSforum, I'm sure you're watching BluRays (or, err, via a home backup/local streaming solution), of course it makes sense to you.

The median (and roughly 99th percentile for that matter) TV as well as being 65" is being used with Netflix et al. though, and that content already looks worse than you can buy on disc.

8k doesn't need to wait for TV sizes any more, right, but now it needs to wait for home internet speeds (and streaming provider infrastructure/egress costs) for it to make sense.
by yrro | 2026-02-05 08:43:29+00:00
> So I connected it to the computer with the USB to NVME M.2 converter

> blkdiscard: /dev/nvme0n1: BLKSECDISCARD ioctl failed: Operation not supported

I've got a USB-to-NVME adapter that exposes the NVME namespaces as SCSI disks. `blkdiscard` did not work with these by default, however it worked fine after I changed the `provisioning_mode` attribute of the disk.

This can be done by identifying the SCSI device ID of the disk (lsscsi) and then changing it with:

# echo unmap > /sys/class/scsi_disk/a:b:c:d/provisioning_mode

`lsblk -D` will show which block devices support the discard operation; run it before and after changing provisioning_mode to see the difference.

Overall, I've found dealing with nvme a frustrating experience. In theory it's nice to have NVME controller firmware be responsible for executing commands from the host (sanitize! change LBA size! underprovision by 30%!) but in practice, it's complete hit or miss whether controllers support a command or will reject it, or maybe they claim to support it but it doesn't work because the controller firmware is buggy shit.

I would like to have raw NAND devices and have the kernel be in charge of everything, but sadly that wouldn't work for Windows so we're stuck in proprietary firmware hell.
by PeterStuer | 2026-02-05 08:43:33+00:00
My very first tests of local Qwen-coder-next yesterday found it quite capable of acceptably improving Python functions when given clear objectives.

I'm not looking for a vibe coding "one-shot" full project model. I'm not looking to replace GPT 5.2 or Opus 4.5. But having a local instance running some Ralph loop overnight on a specific aspect for the price of electricity is alluring.
by bildung | 2026-02-05 08:43:41+00:00
Further down:

> there was a single brain region where we saw that higher cannabis use was actually associated with lower brain volume – the posterior cingulate, which is part of the limbic system and is implicated in processes like memory, learning, and emotion. That said, some research suggests smaller posterior cingulate volume is actually associated with better working memory, so it’s a little unclear what this means.
by jrvarela56 | 2026-02-05 08:44:12+00:00
The problem we have as software engineers (from an entrepreneur's pov) is that we mostly struggle with stuff that's removed from the client's problem.

I mean it in terms of owning the solution to a problem, being accountable/responsible for something working e2e not just the software or even the product - the service/experience of the customer that makes them want to give you money. Once you put on another hat - guess what - you'd probably be the star of some operations team or a great supervisor of some department. You would automate everything around you to a point others think you're the most capable person they've ever seen in that role.
by _DeadFred_ | 2026-02-05 08:44:18+00:00
ICE is normalizing police hiding behind masks. ICE is normalizing violating people's (hard fought and won in the Supreme Court) 1st amendment right to film the police, so that ICE can do their work in secret.

ICE is using biometrics on people who have not broken any law, then saying the federal government will be doing whatever it can in its power to penalize those people now that they have been identified as doing... absolutely nothing illegal but stuff the impedes ICE's ability to operate in secret (among other things a violate of those people's due process rights).

We don't do the whole 'secret police' thing in the USA, and we tend to get angry when the Government violates our Constitutional rights.
by smikxy | 2026-02-05 08:44:23+00:00
I flip PCs as a hobby. I buy parts and then either resell individual components or build complete rigs and sell those.

For over a year I tracked everything in Google Sheets. It worked until it didn't. I'd find parts in a drawer with no memory of what I paid. I never subtracted eBay's fee from my "profit." I had no idea how much money was tied up in unsold inventory.

So I built Rig Flip to fix my own problem. It does three things:
- Inventory, log parts with purchase price, source, photos, storage location. Always know what's in stock.
- Builds, group parts into complete rigs. Total cost rolls up from each component.
- Profit, record sales with platform-specific fees. See actual profit per sale, not just revenue minus purchase price.

There's a dashboard showing total profit, profit over time, inventory value, and a CSV export for taxes.

Pricing: Free tier (50 parts, no credit card). Pro at $7/mo for unlimited. Lifetime at $99 as a launch price.

The free tier is fully functional. You can try it without creating a paid account. I'd appreciate any feedback on the UX, the data model, or whether this is useful beyond my own workflow.

Happy to answer questions about the tech choices, the PC flipping niche, or the business model.
by zaptheimpaler | 2026-02-05 08:44:46+00:00
Actually I host everything on a linux PC/server, but a different box runs PFSense and a local DNS resolver so I was talking about setting up a split-brain DNS there. So I don't have to manually edit the hosts file on every machine and keep it up to date with IP changes. Personally I really like docker compose, its made running the little homeserver very easy.
by tim333 | 2026-02-05 08:45:16+00:00
>SyrianGirl and others in the same space on X

I think those spread Russian propaganda. I can see why the Russian dictatorship would want people rising up against dictators shot but it's not representative of general support for palestinians.

(Wikipedia on SyrianGirl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maram_Susli)
by maccard | 2026-02-05 08:45:26+00:00
We have two on site servers that we use. For various reasons (power cuts, internet outages, cleaners unplugging them) I’d say we have to intervene with them physically about once a month. It’s a total pain in the ass, especially when you don’t have _an_ it person sitting in the office to mind it. I’m in the Uk and our office is in Spain…

But it is significantly cheaper and faster