MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by somenameforme | 2026-02-23 04:21:35+00:00
Places like China and Vietnam are the ones rocking the test scores. These places operate on a tiny fraction of the $ per student of most places in the world, even PPP adjusted. And I think China's increasingly absurd achievements [1] make it clear that this goes beyond the test.

I think the nurture argument can still apply there - Chinese parent is a meme all its own, and for a good reason. But this isn't something that can be achieved with money or digital tech. It's a combined mix of culture and parenting within that culture. Perhaps if the people so invested in trying to improve the education of children were, themselves, having more kids - we might not have such a problem.

[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47067496
by integralpilot | 2026-02-23 04:21:54+00:00
To my understanding, OpenClaw pretends to be Antigravity by using the Antigravity OAuth client ID (and doesn't have its own), and then the takes the token Google returns to instead use with OpenClaw.

When I first tried OpenClaw and chose Google Sign-In, I noticed the window appeared saying "Sign into Google Antigravity" with a Google official mark, and a warning it shouldn't be used to sign into anything besides official Google apps. I closed it immediately and uninstalled OpenClaw as this was suspicious to me, and it was a relatively new project then.

It amazes me that the maintainer(s) allowed something like this...
by ddxv | 2026-02-23 04:22:14+00:00
This is quite fun. I've always enjoyed looking at past predictions of the future. This one seemed quite spot on most of the time as well which is quite interesting. In 2010 it might have looked a bit off, but as the author notes now with LLMs a lot more of these predictions have come true.

And yeah, it's always fun seeing the ones that don't come true, ie the connected fridge that orders food for you, and not for lack of trying.
by dangus | 2026-02-23 04:22:56+00:00
There’s a lot wrong with being an absolutist. Only Sith deal in absolutes.

You ignored what I said about a wide variety of courses, careers, interests, and life skills utilizing computers.

It seems like you’re biased toward computers for CS class because that’s your profession. Well, spoiler alert, computers are in every profession.

You focused on the idea of using computers for algebra[1] but I never said that. I merely brought that up to point out that middle schoolers tackle complex coursework and therefore can and should be introduced to some of the advanced things you can do with computers.

There are definitely middle schoolers out there right now programming robots, making digital art, building multimedia presentations to deliver via public speaking, and the list goes on.

Don’t forget what it’s like to be grade school age, young people use these tools to do great things! You would have used them, too, if they were around.

I had laptops in school, too, not just your revered concept of desktop-only computer labs. They were in carts and got put away. Again, nobody said students should have unfettered access at all times.

I think you’re falling for cynical narratives regarding laptop kids being unable to write block letters. I know 3 year olds who can write block letters.

If you hang out on Reddit r/Teachers too long you’ll just assume that the latest generation is always lot and hopeless, a timeless headline that always gets attention.

[1] You said kids shouldn’t use calculators for algebra. Well, I was required to purchase a calculator for algebra. And here I am, I still know algebra! Schools just do what schools have always done: they control the tools for the curriculum. I wasn’t allowed to go out and buy any calculator like one that comes with an equation solver, and I wasn’t allowed to use it in all circumstances. Similarly, school chromebooks are heavily locked down and don’t let you do unapproved things.
by erxam | 2026-02-23 04:23:03+00:00
Genuinely, what is it that you get from studying mathematics?

I get that it's a hobby, but what do you even do with the knowledge you acquire?

I don't exactly fear math (even though I'm complete shit at it) but the time investment required is absolutely massive for something with questionable utility, even just for playing around with. You need a super strong base to even attempt bashing basic problems, so that's easily four or five years of study just to play around a bit.
by _0xdd | 2026-02-23 04:24:07+00:00
Honestly, best thing I did was ditch all that and just read the handbook, specificially chapter 17 [1]. All of my jails are now set up manually, initially using /etc/jail.conf, and now individual jail configs in /etc/jail.conf.d/.

I still use vm-bhyve [2] for my Bhyve virtual machines, but that's been rock solid for me for years.

[1] https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/jails/

[2] https://github.com/freebsd/vm-bhyve
by gjsman-1000 | 2026-02-23 04:24:11+00:00
> this is an affront to the dignity of man

This right here is an insane take to the opposite direction. Abuse, violence, torture, war, oppression, these are affronts to the dignity of man. Being kicked off a service from one business is absolutely not. It’s an inconvenience, but does not determine whether you will have bodily integrity.

By this logic, eviction from an apartment is a torture regardless of what the tenant did.
by jzb | 2026-02-23 04:24:18+00:00
Nothing beats humans with great music tastes and deep knowledge. I’ve yet to find any form of recommendation engine that has surprised and delighted me the way humans have.

This tool might unearth something interesting, but I find it sus that it’s recommended the same artist (Adrianne Lenker) when I asked about Aimee Mann and Steven Jessie Bernstein.
by syumpx | 2026-02-23 04:26:07+00:00
Agents today either forget everything when the session ends, or remember fragments out of context through vector search. Neither is how real work gets done.

I built sayou because I was tired of my agents losing their work between sessions — research reports, project docs, client records, all gone. Vector DBs can retrieve similar content but you can't version, diff, or structure what's stored there. Traditional databases force you to define schemas upfront for work that's inherently messy.

sayou is a file-based workspace for AI agents. Files with YAML frontmatter for structure, markdown for content, append-only versioning, full-text search, and an audit trail. It connects to any MCP-compatible client (Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf) with 11 tools out of the box.

Stack: Python, SQLite for local dev, MySQL + S3 for production. No external dependencies for the base install.

What it looks like in practice: an agent writes research to research/competitor-pricing.md with status: draft in frontmatter. Next session, another agent searches for it, reads it, updates the status to reviewed. Every write is a new version. Nothing is overwritten.

Quick start: pip install sayou && sayou init --claude

Interested in the broader question too — how are you handling persistent state for multi-session agents? We think "agent workspace" is a missing category between memory systems and databases.
by 0xbadcafebee | 2026-02-23 04:26:14+00:00
Discord is designed to gamify communication. It has 'features' like likes, reacts, gifs, roles, badges, etc. Many communities add bots that enable profile leveling, quests, challenges. These things are designed to reward and drive engagement, and lights up the reward centers of the brain. Between an IRC user and a Discord user, the Discord user's going to be much more addicted.
by 4887d30omd8 | 2026-02-23 04:26:55+00:00
https://www.languagetransfer.org is an excellent free source for learning grammar. It will get you really far in terms of understanding the rules of a language. From there it's a lot of memorization of vocabulary.

For me, learning Spanish required flash cards (https://calcubest.com/languages/spanish/tenses) to actually memorize which conjugation rule applies to which tense. But Language Transfer was definitely what made the rules click.
by parpfish | 2026-02-23 04:28:02+00:00
In the music space, piracy won.

After Napster, there was no going back from giving people immediate unlimited access to everything.

Streamers like Spotify learned that there’s a price point that is low enough for people to “round down” and forget it’s on their monthly credit card statement, but high enough that major label execs are happy. The trick is ignoring what the artists want.
by intended | 2026-02-23 04:28:32+00:00
Schools can educate well beyond that level, provided they are resourced. Bloom’s 2 sigma problem comes to mind (1).

Education also ends up suffering because its seen as a support role, teachers are not valued, and “He who can, does; he who cannot, teaches".

Education is also political today. Science based education is an outright target. Increasing government spending to improve outcomes is also a contested issue, and in America this is met with arguments about bad teachers, unions, and privatization/vouchers.

There is much that can be done to improve educational outcomes, but like everything, it is contested.

(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom%27s_2_sigma_problem
Show HN: Panther – a cross-platform cybersecurity scripting language
by CzaxTanmay | 2026-02-23 04:29:22+00:00
Hi HN,

I’ve been building Panther, a cross-platform scripting language designed specifically for cybersecurity workflows and automation.

Panther focuses on making common security tasks simple, readable, and fast without relying on complex shell pipelines or large scripting setups.

The language runtime is written in Go, and Panther currently runs on Windows and Linux, with a dedicated VS Code extension for development.

Why Panther?

Cybersecurity workflows often require combining multiple tools and languages:

Bash scripts

Python utilities

CLI scanners

manual command chaining

Panther explores a different approach — a domain-specific scripting language with built-in security capabilities and a clean syntax designed for automation and learning and real world cybersecurity programming.

Key Features --

Cross-platform (Windows & Linux)

Built in Go for speed and reliability

VS Code extension with language support

60+ cybersecurity-based commands

16 core language keywords

Simple and readable syntax

Fast execution

Designed for ethical and legal security testing

Example Code

Compute("Hello");

Phone_Info("+CountryCodeMobileNumber");

name = Accept("Hello, enter your name: ");

Print("Hello " + name);

(Compute() can also be used as output instead of Print().)

The goal is to make scripts easy to read while keeping security workflows concise.

Architecture --

Execution engine: native interpreter

Editor support: VS Code extension

Built-in commands: cybersecurity-focused primitives

Project Goals

Simplify cybersecurity automation

Provide a beginner-friendly entry into security scripting

Reduce dependence on complex multi-tool setups

Create a focused DSL for ethical security workflows.

Learn Panther through it's GitHub README.

Feedback Welcome

I’d really appreciate feedback on:

Language design

Command structure

Developer experience

Real-world security use cases

GitHub:

https://github.com/CzaxStudio/Panther

Website --

https://pantherlang.pages.dev/

Thanks for reading — feedback is very welcome.
by jemmyw | 2026-02-23 04:29:46+00:00
I get something similar, not pain but definitely sensations. It was more apparent when I was having dental work done, and the dentist did say to not over exert straight after visiting him because of the increase of blood flow to the gums.

You might just have sensitive gums. There are a couple of places where mine are really sensitive even though there's no disease or teeth issues around them. Because of the other tooth work (implants) I've had a lot of scans and probing of my whole mouth by multiple people so I'm certain there's no problems there - so it's very possible you have no underlying issue either.
by vineyardmike | 2026-02-23 04:31:12+00:00
I'm glad you recognize that you're participating in unsubstantiated claims, because that is most of the literature in support of vouchers.

Vouchers sound good if you don't think about it with any real veracity or intellectually serious rigor, but (in America) are basically a shitty partisan scam. They're basically universally used as a method to divert tax funds to schools that would otherwise be unfundable via taxes (eg. religious or discriminatory).

Why do we think parents are actually capable of choosing the "best" option, and why wouldn't 100% of parents choose that option? Parents are famously bad at making decisions, as illustrated by home schooling, religious dogmatism in private schools, parents trying to opt-out their students from scientific and health education, and the general history of parental intervention in public schools.

Why would some schools take $X per student and generate better outcomes than others? They won't and the secret is that private schools will charge more than the voucher price to produce better outcomes, but then you've essentially drained the funding of a public good to subsidize a private school that some students won't be able to attend.

As a thought experiment, can we use a voucher system to fund alternative fire or police departments? Can I apply my voucher to an FDA with a properly credentialed head? Or are schools the only "monopoly" run by the government we should break up.
by signatoremo | 2026-02-23 04:31:34+00:00
> I wouldn’t have a human personal assistant do anything for me as long as any money is on the line.

You don’t have to trust them with money. You can ask them to send you the info for you to do the final step.

> Your trip booking thing for example is something I would never give to a human assistant.

Maybe not you, but people already use personal travel agency for their booking need, see for example:

https://www.reddit.com/r/travelagents/comments/1i4fiod/best_...

Air ticket booking agency used to be popular before the Internet made that business obsolete.

> The alert for stuff on sale can already be done on the usual price tracking websites

Sega multi mega is a rare collectible item. No price tracking websites have it. You need to frequent online groups or forums of enthusiasts. eBay may have ones, but information (e.g color) may be missing, and follow-up is required. OpenClaw can do that for you.
by AnthonyMouse | 2026-02-23 04:31:41+00:00
Eh. Asking sites to remove information while concurrently litigating against them is very "nice site you have there, shame if something were to happen to it."

The real issue here is that accusations of hypocrisy are misdirection. Two wrongs don't make a right and it's not a competition to see which government can screw people worse. If your murder rate is up 300% and your defense is "well what about the murder rate in <other country>" the most conspicuous thing about that response is that it contains zero absolution from your murder rate being up 300%. And the same is true of the censorship rate.
by vlovich123 | 2026-02-23 04:32:33+00:00
Depends how you’re defining it. There can be a lot of it to ingest so it’s a lot of compute in absolute terms. It’s also much more memory efficient since it’s batchable so, it’s more likely to be compute bound, but you can also throw a lot of resources at the problem. But in terms of time generation can be significantly more expensive since it’s slower and you can’t batch (only use a draft model)
by versalog1460 | 2026-02-23 04:32:55+00:00
I’m new here and even I’m fed up with posts from AI bots. I just wanted a place that was away from all that nonsense, but here I am.

I use a custom userscript on my PC to hide posts that have certain keywords that attracts that type of crowd. I don’t have it on my phone which sucks but it’s nice for browsing during college classes.
by mschuster91 | 2026-02-23 04:32:57+00:00
> It's a combined mix of culture and parenting within that culture.

The problem is, that culture (and other more or less closely related Asian cultures) also produces an awful lot of psychologically awfully damaged adults - and many Asian countries are now facing the consequences of that, with hikikomori, women not finding suitable partners, rock bottom fertility rates and collapsing demographics.

And on top of that, you may get really obedient children, excelling at following what they know to do... but creativity? Thinking outside the box? Going against the script? Thrown into unfamiliar situations? Whoops.

It's getting better, slowly, no doubt, and we're seeing the results, but I'm not certain that progress comes fast enough to save some of the societies facing the demographic bomb the hardest (especially Japan, but China is also heading for serious issues). With China especially, it may also get interesting politically once a generation grows to adulthood that can see through the CCP propaganda.

> Perhaps if the people so invested in trying to improve the education of children were, themselves, having more kids - we might not have such a problem.

That assumes we have people actually interested in furthering the education of our children, and that is something I heavily doubt.

All we have here in the Western world is the contrary: we got austerity / trickle down finance ideologists that see education in general as a field ripe for savings on one side, then we got history revisionists actively trying to erase what children get taught about our past, and if all of that weren't bad enough we got the religious extremists trying to sell the gullible public that if you ban stuff like LGBT from even being mentioned in school books, children wouldn't turn out gay or trans - which is obviously bonkers.
by freeopinion | 2026-02-23 04:33:31+00:00
If you are looking for reform, consider rethinking how much "education" the public should fund. Should we keep paying to have every student sit through Algebra and Geometry if less than 15% of them can pass the proficiency test afterward? Can we require people to pass proficiency tests before we fund their education past the 6th grade? 8th grade? Can we require a student to be able to read at a 3rd grade level before we enroll them in dual enrollment English Literature?

I understand the arguments for an educated population being a public benefit worth paying for. But we are spending enormous funds to produce an uneducated population. Some states now offer two high school diplomas. The traditional diploma doesn't mean anything anymore so now they have a "Career and College Ready Diploma" that is supposed to mean something. Why do we pay to fund a diploma that is meaningless?

What if we fund unlimited tries at K-6, and we fund 7-9 then 10-12 for people who earn the privilege with good marks? Then we can talk about funding 13-16 for people who keep earning the privilege. People who don't earn the privilege to advance can retake classes. Or they can move on with life as an uneducated person. We just skip the pretense of secondary education for them. Private schools can take up the challenge if they want to take a swing at people who haven't earned public funding.

That all seems radical and harsh. I just put it out there to spur your thoughts on reform.
by lich2000117 | 2026-02-23 04:33:45+00:00
Hey HN,

I built a small CLI tool called clawbridge-runner to automate a workflow I kept repeating manually.

It runs an OpenClaw skill on a schedule (typically nightly), generates structured “connection briefs”, and delivers them to a preferred channel (Discord / Slack / Email). Outputs are also saved locally as JSON + Markdown.

What it does:

Cron-based scheduled runs

Multi-channel delivery (webhooks or bots)

Optional vault upload

Local run history (human-readable + machine-readable)

Dry-run mode for testing

Why:

I found that “who should I talk to / what should I follow up on” is a recurring but low-energy decision. The runner just executes the discovery logic on a timer and produces something reviewable in the morning.

Design goals:

No auto-DM / no automated outreach

Human-in-the-loop by default

Simple YAML config

Works as CLI / PM2 / systemd / Docker

Repo: https://github.com/LeeTheBuilder/ClawBridge

Curious about feedback on:

Whether this workflow makes sense outside my own use case

Obvious missing features / bad assumptions

Scheduling + delivery patterns others use

Happy to answer questions or discuss implementation details.
Ask HN: What's your thought on Google Antigravity?
by ms7892 | 2026-02-23 04:33:53+00:00
Hi HN,

I tried Google Antigravity and I was not very much impressed even with Gemini 3.1 Pro as a model it was not able to change the static loader in a div with a GIF. Also I have an packages php page it made edit that corrupted whole file.

Comparing it with cursor is like comparing apple with oranges. While cursor handles 90% of the tasks at workplace. Google’s Antigravity seems to be much dumber version of the Cursor.
by phba | 2026-02-23 04:33:55+00:00
> In literate programming you do not write the code then present it to a human reader. You describe your goal, assess various ideas and justify the chosen plan (and oftentimes change your mind in the process), and only after, once the plan is clear, you start to write any code.

This is not literate programming. The main idea behind literate programming is to explain to a human what you want a computer to do. Code and literate explanations are developed side by side. You certainly don't change your mind in the process (lol).

> Working with LLMs is quicker though

Yes, because you neither invest time into understanding the problem nor conveying your understanding to other humans, which is the whole point of literate programming.

But don't take my word, just read the original.[1]

[1] https://www.cs.tufts.edu/~nr/cs257/archive/literate-programm...
by fasbiner | 2026-02-23 04:34:14+00:00
Do you work for google as a defense attorney? If not, I would be embarrassed to keep trying to blindly defend my employer while being openly clueless and helpless. Literally go on Blind and see if you can't figure out how to look at the antigravity team open tickets they keep bouncing to accounts.

Whatever they're paying you, you have to begin to sense that your own family and grandchildren are going to look back on you with disgust and discomfort.
by somenameforme | 2026-02-23 04:34:25+00:00
Wouldn't it be ironic if LLMs are what saves us all from our digital addictions? There's not much point in shit posting online if there's no confidence that the person you're talking to isn't even a person.

I mean overtime I'd imagine they'll be able to tune away from the 'LLM style' chat making it even more ambiguous who is human and who is not, and at which point, I expect many of us might be forced to accept what a waste of time this all is, all the while bots 'chat' with one another.