MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by JasonADrury | 2026-03-02 14:53:44+00:00
>An even more important question is: why does Microsoft care so much about a handful of people using that term that they are willing to risk getting Streisanded over it?

Because the decision was made by some normal adult without mental health issues who hasn't internalized just how disturbed some people on the internet are?

It really shouldn't be unreasonable for moderators to try to maintain a professional tone. Although in this case they certainly picked the wrong platform if "professional" was what they were going for.
by ryanmcl | 2026-03-02 14:53:49+00:00
This is fascinating and I wish I'd started with something like this from day one.

I'm 8 months into my first app as a self-taught developer and my biggest regret is having no artifact trail. I can describe what every piece of my app does, but if you asked me WHY I made specific architectural decisions, I'd struggle. Those conversations happened in Claude chat windows that are long gone.

The plan.md approach solves something I didn't realize was a problem until it was/whom [your future self] (or your future model) needs to understand not just what was built but what was considered and rejected. I've lost count of the times I've asked Claude "why does this work this way?" about my own code and neither of us could remember.

Starting a project.md for every feature going forward. Better late than never.
by monster_truck | 2026-03-02 14:54:00+00:00
I've always done this. Used to drive my mom nuts at the grocery store just asking people random shit about the stuff they're buying. Have lived all over the US in various downtowns. You can learn so much about a city, what's actually good there, just by asking everyone you can.

Unsure of what a lot of people in this thread are talking about, they have been misled into believing some very antisocial things and do not seem pleasant. Perhaps it is best they stay inside and do not talk to anyone.

I am not an old british lady or a 7ft tall underwear model / pro athlete, I'm just some dude. The closest thing to a change I've experienced is having to be more proactive about smiling or demonstrating that I am not what others have very legitimate cause to fear as of recent. That sucks a lot and makes me quite sad.

Not saying bad things don't happen, but I've certainly never worried about violence up until recently. Unspoken social contracts are being broken by people who have not considered the consequences, my heart breaks for them and what will have to happen next.

The world is much smaller than you realize. If 90% of everyone was crooks or criminals, you would not be posting that shit right now, because you would not be alive. They don't do that because it's bad for business. A lot of what is happening right now is predicated on the concept of there being some amount of business that is okay to lose in exchange for... problematic ideals. Business will win
by Zak | 2026-03-02 14:54:06+00:00
It's less surprising to me that a developer would choose a Macbook than an iPhone. You can have root on a Macbook and install software without permission from Apple (though I hear of late it may require using the command line).

The hardware performance is outstanding, and while opinions are split about the OS, a lot of people who display good taste in other technical matters like it. I've chosen to spend my own money on a different laptop, but if someone offered me a high-spec Macbook Pro on the condition that I use it for a year, I'd accept.
by naasking | 2026-03-02 14:54:44+00:00
> The entire legal system has to be radically changed with far less punishments for almost everything if you have perfect, or even 30% of the way to perfect, surveillance.

Prosecutorial discretion means they can just collect evidence and choose not to charge you unless they want to leverage you for something. This already happens, but universal surveillance means it can literally happen to anybody, because everybody breaks the law in some way due to how many laws we have.

Discretion is the real problem I think. It seems extreme, but maybe discretion should be eliminated: if you commit a crime you will be charged. This will at first result in way too much prosecution, which will lead to protests and hopefully repealing laws and we'd end up in a better place where the law is understandable and predictable by mortals.
by lo_zamoyski | 2026-03-02 14:54:55+00:00
I am noting two extremes in the comments which miss essential truths.

The first extreme begins with a true premise, but arrives at a false conclusion. The premise: as with manufacturing, the US should be minting more of its own scientists.

This is true. The US should have a more robust manufacturing base of its own. It should be educating more scientists.

However, the conclusion does not follow, namely, that the US should ban collaboration with, invitation, or employment of foreign scientists.

You don't build such things by going cold turkey. You cannot rebuild American manufacturing overnight, and you can't increase the number of home-grown scientists overnight either. This takes time and requires deeper shifts in the culture.

The second extreme is one that denies the premise above, or at least seems to deny its importance.

Collaboration with foreign scientists is good. That is unquestionable. There's also nothing wrong with attracting scientists. The problem is not collaboration or attracting talent, but rather a kind of parasitism that tries to make up for a country's own deficiencies in this manner as a permanent policy.
by datsci_est_2015 | 2026-03-02 14:54:55+00:00
Love this, thanks for providing a succinct sentiment that matches my feelings on the subject:

> one ultimate ending where everything is done for the betting

It really does seem that gambling has this sinister power to cannibalize whatever is being gambled upon, twisting it and transforming it into whatever maximizes the ability for market-makers to generate profit, sharps to extract alpha, and addicts to get their hit of dopamine.
by TheJoeMan | 2026-03-02 14:55:18+00:00
I'm sorry for not elaborating. My original complaint is with Anthropic! The article is about how Anthropic's published "tips" are incorrect, but I am saying of course it's flawed because there is no way for the AI to already have latent knowledge about how to use itself since that wouldn't have been part of the internet/books/github training material.
by ecshafer | 2026-03-02 14:55:32+00:00
For me when there is a library or framework or "engine". You are often having to learn the specifics of how this thing works, and ALSO map your mind to the way it works. When you write things yourself you are only in your own mindset. So you can write your 90% self implementation in less time than learning this new mindset. Then you can build everything together without special ways of piping things together. Adding more frameworks or libraries is an exponential explosion in complexity, and more and more of your time is spent with glue code. When you write everything yourself, you are in one design space and things flow more naturally.
by Jcampuzano2 | 2026-03-02 14:55:32+00:00
I don't doubt that there are people using it for legitimate stuff, but I'd wager the vast majority just set it up for the hype and to feel in the "in crowd".

I set it up, and had it do a few things, then decided its too risky after seeing some of the drastic failures it had caused some people.

Sure I understand you can sandbox it and all, but even then I couldn't think of much stuff I wouldn't want to do myself just nor justify the cost to run it.
by Pxtl | 2026-03-02 14:56:07+00:00
I actually think things have changed slightly. With the sudden shift to political extremism of the US government there's growing mistrust of US-owned software products... and anybody who thinks hard about that will have similar concerns about a Chinese company like Motorola/Lenovo.

Now I don't know how big the public market is. And you'd have to do a lot of conspiracy-based marketing to pull it off, which is kind of gross.

But commitment to auditable, hackable OSS would target a different market of people looking for devices agencies trying to get off of MS products.

"Hey, do you know if the NSA is spying on your devices? PLA intelligence? Would you like to be able to build all your phone's code from source to be sure?"
by bachittle | 2026-03-02 14:56:20+00:00
Yup it uses Apple Virtualization framework for virtualization. It makes it so I can't use the Claude Cowork within my VMs and that's when I found out it was running a VM, because it caused a nested VM error. All it does is limit functionality, add extra space and cause lag. A better sandbox environment would be Apple seatbelt, which is what OpenAI uses, but even that isn't perfect: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44283454
by ErroneousBosh | 2026-03-02 14:57:04+00:00
For me, using Linux (mostly - occasionally Haiku or some sort of *BSD) then it's VSCode if I need to do it all day, and Vim if I need to do it right now.

I wish I could get out of the habit of opening Vim in VSCode's terminal window but sometimes I'm tweaking something that's "not part of this thing" and it kind of makes sense that way.
by ToucanLoucan | 2026-03-02 14:57:20+00:00
Been in this industry since I graduated college, I have never stopped using Micro$oft or Microshaft. Also a fan of M$, Winblows…

Thank goodness their employees have time to crack down on people making fun of them on fucking Discord. That should definitely be the priority of a multi-trillion dollar software company, is making sure your users aren’t mocking you. We don’t need a taskbar that works reliably or anything.
by xantronix | 2026-03-02 14:57:46+00:00
I feel this article genuinely represents the gold standard for all such posts in this current genre and zeitgeist. It really does feel like a Spirit Bomb that Goku asked the entire planet to lend their energy to build, a collection of all the hopes and dreams against a mind-rending and incalculable opponent that seeks to eradicate the last remaining few shreds of the craft of software development that feel noble and decent.

I find myself wondering what to do with this article and the incredibly well-condensed collection of sentiments therein. Do I drop a furtive link in that #ai-enthusiasts Slack channel, in full view of everybody, including that CTO of mine who is REALLY excited about this stuff, and isn't quite ready to issue an AI usage mandate? Or do I keep this secreted away, like a bible in my left jacket pocket in case one of "their" sharpshooters attempts to assassinate me with an AI silver bullet, as though I were some wild and reckless heathen that seeks to abandon all good sense in the selfish pursuit of personal pride?

I don't mean to be hyperbolic, but I never envisioned this moment of feeling bizarre, feckless and iconoclast for wanting to do what feels like the reasonable thing. The circular finances propping this stuff up don't add up. Do I really want to be left dependent on a thing that only really feels like it just flashed into precarious existence, that will almost without a doubt be propped up, classed as "too big to fail" by one particular nation-state, whose actual intent and interests are to subjugate its subjects into a quivering oblivion when it's finally acknowledged the whole thing is in arrears? No, goddammit, I shouldn't have to accept this barrage against and wholesale weakening of my strongest assets: My mind and my discipline. At least that's how I feel about it anyway.
by OgsyedIE | 2026-03-02 14:57:57+00:00
There's a lot of clarity to be gained by decomposing the question of "a living" into its parts.

How do you plan to continue the processes of gaining sustenance and economic power as needed? Do you own the land or capital needed for your sustenance or do you need to trade for them? If you need to trade, what assets or capabilities do you have to trade?

How well are these guarded against theft, cyberattack, romance scams against you, quasi-legal expropriation and changes in the legal system that eliminate your status of having property rights?

We'd better hope that robotic replacements for human hands aren't soon in coming.
by Andromxda | 2026-03-02 14:57:58+00:00
> Are you sure about this? It was my understanding that NFC passes for gyms and stuff worked

This is only true for Google Wallet. It can be used as a normal wallet app for stuff like plane tickets, etc., but Google Pay requires the OS to be specifically whitelisted by Google. This is an incredibly anti-competitive move aimed at supporting Google's monopoly by deliberately disabling functionality on alternative (including much more secure) operating systems like GrapheneOS under the guise of security.

Curve Pay works fine on GrapheneOS, there's even an article by a community member talking about it: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/06/contactless-payments-with-g...
by mytailorisrich | 2026-03-02 14:57:59+00:00
You can disagree but at least try to make an analogy that makes a modicum of sense...

The main issue is that "Europe" cannot make a phone. They have the choice between American and Chinese at large (mainland and Taiwan) platforms, including cellular stacks.

So indeed, the "full stack" claim here is to be taken in the narrowest sense possible, i.e. the apps software on top of the Linux kernel (and still from other comments it seems they also use Android drivers).
by samgranieri | 2026-03-02 14:58:12+00:00
I’m at the point to tell people (friends, neighbors, fellow parents, family, ie, not HN readers) to prolong the life of their existing computers and install what I think is the easiest windows equivalent on their computers: kubuntu.

Gnome is nice and all, but the default ui, and remember defaults matter for a lot of people, is just too jarring.

The people I am talking about just wanna browse the web, go on Facebook and use their gmail. Look at funny YouTube videos. The default KDE ui has that windows start menu and looks roughly the same so they can hit the ground running.
by hnfong | 2026-03-02 14:58:15+00:00
An analogy isn't an answer to "why", it's a literary device to make it easier to understand a concept.

Even if talking to people is beneficial (I can accept that), you're also shaming people for being introverts. Nobody should be faulted for enjoying me-time. It isn't even harmful. No, it's not like eating too many sweets.
by greedo | 2026-03-02 14:58:42+00:00
A lot of symbolic actions were taken, but the majority (not "a bunch") of Nazis continued to hold positions of power in both the GDR and FRG.

Justice was never served for what the Nazis did. Both the US and the USSR scooped up Nazi scientists (Operation Paperclip), and with the advent of the Cold War, the West quickly decided that it cared more about contesting Europe with the Soviets than seeking justice.
by pjmlp | 2026-03-02 14:58:47+00:00
I won't spill any beans, some stuff is easy to find online, the other I usually keep my NDAs.

Nokia is still pretty much around, and owns where UNIX was born in case you missed that part of history.

While we had issues, the burning memo platform was the killer for the third party developer ecosystem, just coming around the hill to move from classical Symbian into Qt/PIPS, in a UNIX culture, to be told to go Windows.
by afavour | 2026-03-02 14:59:13+00:00
> I continue to be surprised that so many developers and other tech nerds - the type who post on HN - chose and continue to choose the iPhone over Android when Apple dictates what apps they can install and locks third-party accessories out of certain features.

I bought a Nexus One the day it became available, installed endless third party ROMs on it, tweaked it to my heart's desire. Got a Nexus 4, then 5. Today I have an iPhone.

I just need something that works, just because I can tweak endlessly doesn't mean it's a good use of my time. Honestly one of the original biggest motivators was iMessage. A rock solid messaging system ought to be table stakes for a mobile OS but Google has reinvented the wheel so many times I've lost track. Also FaceTime for calling distant relatives. Sad to say, I don't find myself missing the relative openness of Android at all.
by ajsnigrutin | 2026-03-02 14:59:20+00:00
Developing countries also care about blocking ads, installing pirated games, and apps for pirated streaming of music and video.

As someone born in a country that used to be "the leader" of the third world, computers here won over consoles only because we could pirate expensive games that we couldn't afford. Expensive cartridge vs two tape recorders and some fiddling with the tapes? The tapes win!
by stetrain | 2026-03-02 14:59:29+00:00
There are some decently powerful apps available, like Final Cut Pro, and there is multi-window support including external displays.

I think the percentage of iPad users actually using this level of processing power is small, but there are some ways to do it.

I do really wish they would just allow running a VM on an iPad though at this point. Running a linux or even MacOS VM would be a nice escape valve for a lot of things that can't be done natively.
by mannanj | 2026-03-02 14:59:55+00:00
OK continuing to play Devil's advocate: In my country my mom fell to a sophisticated spear phishing attack and whilst on the phone with the scammer and he leveraged her app's login to make it easier and more convenient to attempt to send her money via Zelle.

I wonder if there's really evidence to support that the app's protect you from phishing attacks.

I personally think notifications suck and are spam and not needed, and that we could make something new and better we don't have that today though. What do you use the bank authentication for in your country if you don't mind my asking?
by hobofan | 2026-03-02 15:00:24+00:00
Which one? None of those that came up when I searched were really containing a lot of real uses. Both top threads[0][1] don't really contain much of substance.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46838946
[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47147183
by ralferoo | 2026-03-02 15:00:26+00:00
I think I was wrong. Googling suggest that Qwant is owned by Octave Klaba, the founder and majority owner of OVH. Murena seems to be owned by Gaël Duval.

It's just from their website a lot of mentions of Murena seemed to say powered by Qwant, or similar, and so it looked like they were closely linked.
by pickleglitch | 2026-03-02 15:00:27+00:00
There's a little neighborhood park where I live, just down the street, where there have been 2 attempts to setup one of these. The first one was poorly constructed and the door fell off after just a couple of weeks. The second one I think the neighborhood kids broke on purpose. This, of course, after taking the books out and lighting them on fire for fun. There were charred pages all over for days. We're lucky they didn't catch the brush, of which there is plenty, on fire.

I've considered trying to build one myself, but I know it would just end up the same way.
Show HN: Dungeon Coverage – Unit testing as a dungeon crawler
by arvindrajnaidu | 2026-03-02 15:00:33+00:00
Each level is a JS function turned into a dungeon. if/else = forking paths, loops = corridors, try/catch = parallel chambers.

You forge test inputs as weapons, drag them into parameter slots, and run. Your hero walks the code path. Gems = covered statements. 100% = level complete.

Six levels, from simple branches to async functions with stubs.

Play: https://arvindrajnaidu.github.io/dungeon-coverage/
Source: https://github.com/arvindrajnaidu/dungeon-coverage

Built with PIXI.js, Istanbul for coverage, and [maineffectjs](https://github.com/arvindrajnaidu/maineffect) for isolated function execution.
by joering2 | 2026-03-02 15:00:43+00:00
I don't think its about hate, its more like he doesn't believe in taking away something he cannot see with his own eye. Here his idea is that research and development will still continue happening even if overwhelming majority of people responsible for it in the past, will be gone.

Take COVID for example. We were fine with minor breakouts prior to Trump administration. They came in and Trump saw we are spending $3.7 million on safety measures in Wuhan Lab, fund designated by Obama (here comes first red flag right?) By his standard you could not SEE the protection so he wanted to look like Champion and save tax payers 3.7 million by removing that protection. We all know what came next and boy was damage more financially painful than mere 3.7 mil?

Its like a person who doesn't wear a seat belt because they never been in a car accident so they don't see the point. If given power they would remove mandates to wear seatbelts and have insurance companies deal with the outcome.
by siffland | 2026-03-02 15:01:04+00:00
My issues is with false arrests due to people blindly following AI. People pulled out of their cars are gunpoint due to the AI misreading a single letter on the plate, the lady who was arrested for stealing amazon packages just because flock saw her enter and exit a neighborhood and she had to get doorbell camera to prove her innocence.

Also i think it should be public record about every single point of data flock collects and retention period. I am not saying they have to release the data itself, but I want to know what my tax dollars are collecting, how long they are keeping it, who can access it and who they are selling, er i mean sharing it with.
by beaker52 | 2026-03-02 15:01:36+00:00
Serious boundary? He put tits in front of my eyes. Am I supposed to remember to keep my eyes pinned to the floor when out in public? What a terrible way you must live.

I’m afraid to say, that if you want a boundary, go home. Otherwise, accept that you’re in public, and people can and will speak to you.

Also, you’ve just justified being violent in response to someone making sounds with their mouth. I bet you’re a calm person to be around, when everyone does what you want.
by ndsipa_pomu | 2026-03-02 15:01:42+00:00
Also some info here: https://rudevulture.com/norwegian-goverment-is-trying-to-sto...

> The Norwegian Consumer Council has released a video that takes direct aim at what tech repair advocate Louis Rossmann calls “ensh*tification.” It is the practice of degrading products and services after purchase to extract more money from consumers.

> The satirical video features a fictional “ens*ttificator” who proudly describes his work making products worse, highlighting a problem that has become increasingly pervasive in the digital age.
by mghackerlady | 2026-03-02 15:01:48+00:00
It's mainly to let you know that theres a program that's running in the background but not open so you can get to it easier. For example, I know a lot of chat clients will live in the system tray so they can show a little dot with your missed messages. Also, VPNs specifically use them to provide easy dropdown menus to change things like server location
by jgwil2 | 2026-03-02 15:01:51+00:00
It's interesting because it's undoubtedly true that bias and prejudice affect one's interactions with the world. At the same time, it's true to that this can contribute to a vicious cycle via self-fulfilling prophecy.

I would say that sometimes you have to make a distinction between truths about the world and beliefs that can be helpful to you personally; sometimes these are in contradiction with each other, so you may find that you have to prefer to fiction to the truth in order to achieve better results.

This seems to be very common and accepted wisdom in the world of sports: a weaker opponent going against a stronger opponent may have virtually no chance of success, but they can marginally improve those chances via "belief."