MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by cucumber3732842 | 2026-03-03 17:46:03+00:00
>I don’t understand who this “next judge” is that you’re referring to.

If you do something slimy like dismiss a huge fraction of the juror pool because you don't like their demographics (vs for example having to dismiss the half of the population that had their opinion biased by the news or some other non-slimy reason to cause the same outcome) there will be an appeal and that appeal will be presided over by a judge.
by mothballed | 2026-03-03 17:46:05+00:00
What I find extraordinary is y'alls bullshit theory that it is extraordinary to claim the CPS apparatus wasn't used more before when it didn't even exist until like ~1974, and before then as a much different process.

As usual, just blame the victim, then complain they don't provide evidence knowing full damn well child and family welfare services complaints are sealed and hidden from public oversight. This is how vampires with these theories operate, first they make it illegal to get the records, then they make it illegal to even find out who the accuser is, then when you call them on it they say "ha ha, you don't have the evidence, that we made it illegal for you to get!" The whole system is designed to evade oversight, so what we are all left with is anecdotes that we have about our own childhood being so much different than the ones our children have after interactions with the authorities that have placed these restraints. But of course when you share them, they are only used against you by persons such as yourself (judging me for where I live, as if it's not going on all over the US).

Personally I find it absolutely fucking hilarious that as much or more CPS induced restraint existed ... before CPS did.

>Yeah, except the now redacted comments didn't indicate that was the case which is why I was asking more questions.

Lol you responded to my comment saying it was an easement.
by hecifato | 2026-03-03 17:46:33+00:00
Is there any details on from whom Apple is sourcing the panel from? LG and MSI have both shown off 5K monitors at 165hz and 2304 dimming zones recently.

I said about two years back I’d wait to upgrade my 1080p monitor until Apple shipped a high refresh rate one. I knew the monkey’s paw would curl but at nearly $5000 CAD that’s a hard no.
by ChrisArchitect | 2026-03-03 17:46:39+00:00
It's not entirely the bad UX/ad-riddled layouts, it's the content. Other than Verge and Wired maybe, all of the listed publications are mostly putting out late, regurgitated stories. They're not on the ball, and so have dropped it. We're more likely to get a breaking tech story out of CNBC, Reuters or NYT and go from there. And that's not even getting into Verge and Wired's paywalls or syndication over to outrage-farm 404 media in the case of the latter. And where's Ars in all this? (which suffers from some of the same problems/quality/timing)
by compacct27 | 2026-03-03 17:47:06+00:00
This isn't it. After spending my morning on a code review and catching several major issues despite it being a +7kloc diff, the real question is--how do we make the tooling around code reviews better? Intentions aren't enough, they're vague and the implementation details matter. They help, though, and this is closer to the answer to code reviews: check out the intentions, get an AI-assisted overview of the architecture of the code, then dive into the more important parts of the architecture.

Maybe it's because I'm in UI dev, but intentions aren't enough at all
by raw_anon_1111 | 2026-03-03 17:47:07+00:00
Line level managers are the most easily replaceable and in my experience powerless people in an organization. When I was being hired as an IC in product companies before to lead major initiatives. One of my requirements was to report to either the director or CTO (startup). Even after the startup grew and they hired a EM, the CTO carved out a position for me so I wouldn’t report to an EM.
by jackmenotti | 2026-03-03 17:47:21+00:00
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You have a Web/Mobile app that's a mess? That needs some love and a responsible maintainer? Or need to migrate an old codebase to something more modern? A web app that's not responsive for a mobile screen and needs some optimizations?

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by cm2012 | 2026-03-03 17:47:27+00:00
This shows a really fascinating dynamic.

In theory, the government doesn't need the ad exchanges which have very lossy information. They have access to the ISPs and cell service providers, etc, with a warrant. Dictatorships like China and Russia don't need ad network data to be police states, they just use the core phone, internet and computer data.

But in this case, the US gov are using the insecure private data as a run-around to the warrant process. This is definitely unfortunate, and I think laws should be amended to prevent this workaround.
by palata | 2026-03-03 17:47:33+00:00
> Each company has their own numbers and names but it generally progresses like that.

But the big difference, I believe, is that being at the top of a ladder in one company may be completely different from being at the top in another one.

It's easy to be the CTO of a company of 2, much harder for BigTech. Even if the company of 2 has the same levels.

I have met people being very very proud of their title of CTO, and when I asked, their company had a handful of developers.
by rtkwe | 2026-03-03 17:47:41+00:00
Nah that's just the effect of turning on the simulation. The initial version isn't the same as the first steps because there's no weight. If you look closely after you click the blocks overlap slightly.

Something similar happens all the time in games when you go from a static version of something to the higher level of detail version with physics enabled, if the transition isn't handled gracefully or early enough you can get snapping.
by ttd | 2026-03-03 17:47:56+00:00
Some random thoughts, since I've had a similar train of thought for a while now.

On one hand I also lament the amount of hardware-potential wastage that occurs with deep stacks of abstractions. On the other hand, I've evolved my perspective into feeling that the medium doesn't really matter as much as the result... and most software is about achieving a result. I still take personal joy in writing what I think is well-crafted code, and I also accept that that may become more niche as time goes on.

To me this shift from software-as-craft to software-as-bulk-product has some similarities to the "pets vs cattle" mindset change when thinking about server / process orchestration and provisioning.

Then also on the dismay of JS becoming even more entrenched as the lingua franca. There's every possibility that in a software-as-bulk-product world, LLM-driven development could land on a safer language due to efficiency gains from e.g. static type checking. Economically I wonder if an adoption of a different lingua franca could manifest by way of increasing LLM development speed / throughput.
by mminer237 | 2026-03-03 17:48:34+00:00
To be fair, that's a problem with human authors too. Wikipedia is really well-cited, but it's common to check a citation and find it only says half of what a sentence does, while the rest seemingly has no basis in fact. Judges are supposed to actually read the citations to not only confirm the case exists and says what's being claimed, but often to also compare & contrast the situations to ensure that principle is applicable to the case at hand.
by iamacyborg | 2026-03-03 17:48:40+00:00
Google is absolutely idiotic sometimes.

We (as in the team that helped fork and migrate the PoE1 wiki) setup a new domain for the Path of Exile 2 wiki, which is being hosted by the folks at Grinding Gear Games and linked on the official website and in multiple places on the highly trafficked subreddit.

Despite this, Google has decided that the site is not relevant and shouldn't appear anywhere in search results, despite the wiki for the first game appearing everywhere.
by s1artibartfast | 2026-03-03 17:49:12+00:00
It doesnt have to be perfect, just better than the next alternative.

If we take 4 million per interceptor at fact value, you can compare them on cost basis. More area coverage for less money would be a potential benefit. Alternatively, reusability could be a benefit if we expect prolonged conflicts or many more of these situations in the future.

perfect is the enemy of the good
by cguess | 2026-03-03 17:49:21+00:00
> If "just hotspot your phone" was hunky dory why does Apple sell iPads with cellular modems?

Because iPads are fundamentally different than laptops. Workers use tablets in the field all the time, often for shorter, quick, one-off checks and such. If you're in a fleet truck or on a job site, having a tablet on the passenger seat to check on work orders is easy. Pulling out a laptop is a much bigger pull, and more awkward.
by cjcole | 2026-03-03 17:49:36+00:00
I'm not an enthusiast. I'm a Butlerian.

Imagine hearing pre-attention-is-all-you-need that "AI" could do something that Donald Knuth could not (quickly solve the stated problem in collaboration with his friend).

The idea that this (Putnam perfect, IMO gold, etc) is all just "statistical parrot" stuff is wearing a little thin.
by ceejayoz | 2026-03-03 17:49:41+00:00
So that's not true. A few months ago:

https://www.npr.org/2025/09/19/nx-s1-5539547/grocery-prices-...

> What's the item? Groceries

> How has the price changed since before the pandemic?

> Up 29% since February 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Ask HN: How do solo founders find academic co-founders for STTR grants?
by Rao_Atreya | 2026-03-03 17:49:45+00:00
I am a solo software founder building an open-source AI pipeline for the HVAC industry. Specifically, I've bridged a Deep Reinforcement Learning agent (PyTorch) with a native physics solver (FEniCSx) to autonomously generate fatigue-resistant, 3D-printable elastocaloric heat exchangers.

The software architecture and manufacturing constraints (0.2mm LPBF limit) are fully functional [1].

However, to upgrade the physics from linear elasticity to true non-linear hyperelasticity/phase-field modeling (so the AI can learn Nitinol's hysteresis loop), I need a domain expert in shape memory alloys.

My goal is to partner with a US-based academic lab to jointly apply for a DOE/NSF STTR Phase 1 grant. I bring the AI architecture and startup vehicle; they bring the non-linear math and physical testing lab.

Has anyone here successfully navigated finding an academic co-founder for an STTR grant? Do cold emails to university PIs actually work, or should I be looking at specific deep-tech accelerators? Any advice is appreciated.

[1] GitHub repo:https://github.com/rao-atreya-01/elastocaloric-ai-optimization
by duckkg5 | 2026-03-03 17:49:54+00:00
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by FlynnLachendro | 2026-03-03 17:49:55+00:00
Hi HN, I'm Flynn. I built Arbor because literature review was the most painful part of my PhD.

Arbor takes a research question and builds a knowledge graph:

1. Decomposes the question into 4 focused sub-inquiries
2. Searches arXiv + Semantic Scholar in parallel
3. Screens papers for relevance and extracts findings
4. Synthesizes everything into structured markdown

All stages stream in real-time via SSE. The graph is interactive — click any node to see sources, findings, and connections.

Stack: React 19 + TypeScript + React Flow (frontend), FastAPI + SQLAlchemy + aiosqlite (backend), hosted on Vercel + Railway.

It's free, no signup, no login. Rate limited to 5 queries/hour per IP.

Limitations I'm aware of: only searches arXiv and Semantic Scholar (no PubMed, no Google Scholar), graph layout can get crowded on large queries, and LLM extraction quality varies.

I'd love feedback on: research quality, graph UX, missing features, anything. What would make this useful for your work?
by tstrimple | 2026-03-03 17:50:05+00:00
I don't think it really matters what Democratic messaging is when Republicans effectively control all broadcast media. It didn't matter how much Kamala didn't talk about trans issues. It was how much Republicans said she did. No basis in reality like most things they push. But they can push it effectively because the billionaire owners of large media corporations support it. Stephen Colbert can't even interview James Talerico on CBS. Part of the so-called "Liberal Media" owned and controlled by right wing billionaires.
by izendejas | 2026-03-03 17:50:41+00:00
The thing too many forget is that if we didn't flatten the curve our entire medical system was going to collapse. It's insane that people don't yet understand this concept and can't even empathize with medical professionals. Yes, we all struggled, but try talking to medical professionals to see how they did.

When something doesn't happen because enough measures were taken, then it wasn't worth it because it didn't happen?
by Ajakks | 2026-03-03 17:50:50+00:00
Every time I open my phone and find myself back on this comment thread, I find new nonsense.

If you are "anti-AI" and you’ve never changed or evolved your argument - I suggest a pause, a step back and a substantial revaluation.

Some of these comments in this thread - have me wondering if they have actually interacted with an AI.

You are not correct on "principle" - this isn't a moral thing, if you have taken an ethical position - its bc you dont have a functional understanding of how to make it function.

If you were functionally interacting with AI, you would have a more substantial postion, with actual criticism that would have value.

I'm reading a lot of sloppy- written by people, about AI slop.
by vladms | 2026-03-03 17:51:04+00:00
In the end money move around. If - for example - the government would just give the citizens the money from the tariffs in equal share (I mean not that I suggest they would, but technically possible), it would be like taking from the citizens that consume more and give it to the citizens that consume less.

So, yes, it is correct in a practical immediate sense that "the exporters pay the tariff" but that excludes many relevant issues like how prices evolve (which are paid by the consumers), what the government does with the money (it could share or not) and what others decide to produce (to avoid tariffs). But definitely many people didn't thought of all that ...
by jtfrench | 2026-03-03 17:51:35+00:00
Was hoping to see Apple break the 128GB barrier in a laptop that they previously set, though 128GB is still pretty sweet for local LLM inference on consumer hardware. My 128GB M3 Max is still shredding tokens pretty well (with that annoying slow initial prompt processing), so no major complaints there. I guess the question is, given access to the same amount of RAM, does the M5 really do an order-of-magnitude better than 128GB on a M3 or M4?
by hypeatei | 2026-03-03 17:51:56+00:00
Carr threatened ABC's broadcasting license by saying they could go "the easy way or the hard way" after Jimmy Kimmel made a joke that offended MAGA. Why would we give the administration the benefit of the doubt here?

They're obviously not a unifying force looking to make people love America again by making it better; I would liken them to a North Korean PR team.
by aurareturn | 2026-03-03 17:51:57+00:00
Whoah, both the Pro and Max CPUs feature 18 cores. This hasn't happened since M1 Pro/Max. This is a surprise.

Replying to my own post. In hindsight, this shouldn't be any surprise because these chips are now chiplets. Apple is connecting a CPU die with a GPU die. This means they're designing just one CPU die rather than two. An Ultra would just be two of these CPU dies.
by rnxrx | 2026-03-03 17:52:15+00:00
Maybe there's an analogy to our long and short term memory - immediate stimuli is processed in the context deep patterns that have accreted over a lifetime. The effect of new information can absolutely challenge a lot of those patterns but to have that information reshape how we basically think takes a lot longer - more processing, more practice, etc.

In the case of the LLM that longer-term learning / fundamental structure is a proxy for the static weights produced by a finite training process, and that the ability to use tools and store new insights and facts is analogous to shorter-term memory and "shallow" learning.

Perhaps periodic fine-tuning has an analogy in sleep or even our time spent in contemplation or practice (..or even repetition) to truly "master" a new idea and incorporate it into our broader cognitive processing. We do an amazing job of doing this kind of thing on a continuous basis while the machines (at least at this point) perform this process in discrete steps.

If our own learning process is a curve then the LLM's is a step function trying to model it. Digital vs analog.
by GlibMonkeyDeath | 2026-03-03 17:52:21+00:00
I agree at the first-line manager level (which this article is about), it's tough to get hired from outside, so getting the same position somewhere else after a layoff will be a tough job search.

My comment was more on the next levels - there seemed to be about as many high-level technical roles as managers (paid similarly) where I worked in biotech (that might be a different situation for software-only companies.) And there were more Directors/VP's than Principals/Fellows for sure. So at some point the "ladder width" crosses over.

And if you get laid off as a senior IC, good luck getting hired into another IC position. Age discrimination is real. The robust network is a must for anyone, manager or IC, in this case.
by OscarCunningham | 2026-03-03 17:52:38+00:00
This is a deliberate choice by Congress to give the Fed a mandate to target 2% inflation. In particular Congress hasn't given them any instruction to try to make up for mistakes. If inflation overshoots in one year then they don't try to undershoot in the next year. They just keep trying to hit 2% inflation.

So if retailers tried to lower prices to pre-COVID levels then they would fail. The Fed would see the falling prices and cut rates until 2% inflation was achieved.
by lenerdenator | 2026-03-03 17:52:45+00:00
I barely push my M2 Pro MBPs. Most of my wants aren't hardware-related, they're software-related. How it runs some games from 10-20 years ago very well, but only through hacky compatibility layers that shouldn't be necessary. How some parts of the OS have gotten "out of sync" with each other.

Actually, I can think of one hardware want: have they gotten it to where you can do external GPUs and the like more easily?

Would still buy one over any other laptop on the market today for what I use them for.
by marcomezzavilla | 2026-03-03 17:52:46+00:00
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Show HN: MuninnDB – ACT-R decay and Hebbian memory for AI agents
by mjbonanno | 2026-03-03 17:53:00+00:00
Hi HN,

After building several AI agent systems, I kept running into the same frustration: memory layers that are either static vector stores or fragile prompt hacks. Retrieval is opaque, forgetting happens at the wrong time, and associations don’t form naturally.

So I threw away the two production memory systems I had and built something different. MuninnDB is a purpose-built cognitive memory database where memories (called engrams) are first-class citizens that:

- Strengthen with repeated co-activation (Hebbian learning)
- Decay over time using a verbatim ACT-R formula
- Automatically form bidirectional associations
- Track their own Bayesian confidence
- Return a full mathematical “Why” explanation on every retrieval

Everything runs as a single static Go binary (embedded Pebble LSM storage + HNSW + BM25). No external services, no Redis/Postgres/Pinecone, and no LLM in the hot path. One command (muninn init) auto-configures it with Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and any other MCP-compatible tool.

The core call is dead simple: Activate(context) returns ranked results + explainable scoring. Background workers handle learning and decay on every read.

GitHub: https://github.com/scrypster/muninndb
Website + docs + install (one-liner): https://muninndb.com
Quick 13-minute demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b29wl0ehrQI

It’s very early (alpha, ~10 days old), but already functional and I’m using it daily. Would love honest feedback or questions from anyone working on agent memory, long-term RAG, or cognitive architectures.

Thanks!
by hedora | 2026-03-03 17:53:23+00:00
Well, at least they're creating an easy litmus test the majority of the population can use to filter out propaganda sources.

Ratings of news networks with Trump-mandated censors are already in free-fall. This pledge will provide additional public signal to help viewers know which channel to switch to.

It's amazing to me that censors still don't understand the Streisand Effect. I guess we should just take the small wins at this point.