MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by GuinansEyebrows | 2026-03-04 19:36:21+00:00
> Make responsible disclosure absolve AI providers of legal responsibility (not legal advice lol).

disclaimer: OSTENSIBLY

if the sole aim was to reduce AI provider culpability, then a disclaimer would meet that requirement.

humans famously suck at acting within rational self-interest; therefore, this isn't trying to protect AI providers of legal responsibility. it's trying to mitigate unwanted results from actions taken based on decisions informed by unverified LLM output.
by westurner | 2026-03-04 19:36:54+00:00
GSMem (2015) 1-5.5m/30m with 3G from the RAM bus

TEMLEST-LoRa (2025) 87.5m with LoRa over display cables

LoPHY (2024) 700m with LoRA

MAGNETO (2021) CPU-generated magnetic fields

"Rowhammer for qubits" describes hypothetically using electron tunneling and magnetically biased bit flips in standard RAM to simulate quantum operators.

I've heard stories of ham radio clubs teaching how to make a coaxial antenna out of coaxial cable (cable TV copper cable)

"Can you hotwire this computer to transmit a tone through the radio?" —
Transformers (2007)
by articulatepang | 2026-03-04 19:38:01+00:00
I've had a similar experience with Apple Store employees many, many times: I walk in and vaguely describe what I want, and they steer me to the cheapest item they sell that could possibly meet my stated requirements.

I've also returned Apple products multiple times, once (recently) without the packaging, and once several days past the return window. They refunded me every time, no questions asked.

This makes me wonder if it's part of their training?
by Uhhrrr | 2026-03-04 19:38:04+00:00
https://www.brookings.edu/articles/macroeconomic-implication...

"There was a significant drop-off in entries to the United States in 2025 relative to 2024 and an increase in enforcement activity leading to removals and voluntary departures. We estimate that net migration was between –10,000 and –295,000 in 2025, the first time in at least half a century it has been negative."
by snailmailman | 2026-03-04 19:38:09+00:00
This is a quite scary map. They are all over my local area. It may technically be possible to route a drive around them, but if you take the most convenient path between any two points at least one camera will spot you. I'd have to leave my neighborhood through back roads and enter local shopping areas through sidestreets.

This data shouldn't even be collected in the first place, let alone consolidated into a national network that any police officer can decide to spy on me through.
by jameshilliard | 2026-03-04 19:38:15+00:00
> unprovoked is "why now?"

The protest massacres opening up an opportunity for regime change, I think that's ultimately what pushed Israel and the US to take action.

> Israel itself has funded some of those same proxies

Israel facilitating aid/funds into Gaza for humanitarian reasons which often got diverted by Hamas is not the same as Israel funding Hamas.

> the massacres also arent timely. we're months later with the unrest settled down, but its also not something unique to iran.

The war happened as soon as one could reasonably expect it to happen given the necessary logistics involved.

> including israel go about massacring civilians

Israel does not have a top down policy of deliberately targeting/massacring civilians, Iran on the other hand does.

> nothing has substantially changed in many years. not even oct 7 is timely anymore

Oct 7 drastically changed Israel's perspective on containment and deterrence being effective policies for dealing with enemies like Hamas and Iran. Part of the problem with a containment and deterrence strategy here is that groups like Hamas and the Iranian regime don't respond to incentives in the way one would expect a rational actor to respond.
by mtrovo | 2026-03-04 19:38:17+00:00
The hardware looks fine, but Apple's software vision is so confusing.

MacBook Neo is cheaper and weaker than a MacBook Air, yet shares the same price and single-app mindset as an iPad.
It uses a phone chip similar to an iPad Pro, but gets multi-user support and a keyboard.

I struggle to run Tahoe on my 16GB M2 Air and somewhat I have to believe running it on a 8GB phone chip is gonna be alright, which if true have me thinking what exactly is the role of iPadOS anyway.

Ultimately, it feels like iPadOS and Tahoe are on a crash course for a middle ground that nobody asked for.
by lazide | 2026-03-04 19:38:19+00:00
I lived in India for awhile, and in many areas (including very populated cities), clean (or even consistently available) water just isn’t a thing. At least out of a tap.

Relatively inexpensive (as in a months wages for a typical ‘middle class’ person, as much as such a person exists in India!) reverse osmosis setups for household use exist, and frankly are pretty necessary to avoid all sorts of problems.

I took a dissolved solids measurement out of my household tap in Hyderabad once, for instance, and it read over 750!

The maximum you might find in ‘acceptable’, but still very hard, water in the US is 150ish.
by tantalor | 2026-03-04 19:38:24+00:00
> I do not want a vibe-coded freeway overpass

I do. One of the reasons our infrastructure is so expensive is planning & design.

For a single freeway overpass, you could be looking at $3M (25% of the total budget) before you have even broken ground. That covers feasibility studies, traffic modeling, rough layout, environmental studies, permitting, structural engineering, blueprints, bidding, contracts, community outreach, and the list goes on.

If AI can reduce the cost of that by even 10%, that would be huge.
by fatnoah | 2026-03-04 19:38:51+00:00
FWIW, that was the second time I interviewed at Google. The first time, which resulted in strong yes across the board at L7, the first system design was to design Youtube Video Upload. The second was a more practical problem about replacing a high-volume logging component where correctness was critical but environment was space-constrained (i.e. no ability to run old + new in parallel).

Those were my favorite system design rounds ever, thanks to the problems being interesting and the interviewers also being very dynamic. It was also pre-Covid, so it was just awesome whiteboard design sessions.

sigh I miss in-person interviews.
by TeeWEE | 2026-03-04 19:38:56+00:00
We make the creator of the PR responsible for the code. Meaning they must understand it.

Also, we only allow engineers to commit (agent generated) code. Designers just come up with suggestions, engineers take it and ensure it fits our architecture.

We do have a huge codebase. We are teaching Claude Code with CLAUDE.md's and now also <feature>.spec.md (often a summary of the implementation plan).

In the end, engineers are responsible.
Ask HN: How will agents change our theories of labor?
by char_string | 2026-03-04 19:39:14+00:00
Our theories of labor are largely predicated on the idea that labor is performed by humans.

As more tasks are delivered by agents, how will our thinking about labor change? Will it not change very much, with working alongside (or for) agents become commonplace? Will we have to redefine labor to apply to machines? Do existing labor theories still even apply?
by post-it | 2026-03-04 19:39:40+00:00
> macOS 15 uses ~5GB on startup without any app open

Sort of? Mac very aggressively caches things into RAM. It should be using all of your RAM on startup. That's why they've changed the Activity Monitor to say "memory pressure" instead of something like "memory usage."

I'm typing this on an 8 GB MacBook Air and it works just fine. I've got ChatGPT, VSCode, XCode, Blender, and PrusaSlicer minimized and I'm not feeling any lag. If I open any of them it'll take half a second or so as they're loaded from swap, but when they're not in the foreground they're not using up any memory.
by gus_massa | 2026-03-04 19:40:07+00:00
> So a citation to an article in Nature isn't any better than one on arXiV.

The real problem is that nobody can grade and compare article in different topics, so there are proxies like number of articles in "serious" journals (whatever that means[1]) and number of citations in "serious" journals (whatever that means[1]).

Do we count also citations in X/Tweeter, FaceBook, WordPress [2], StackOverflow, ... ?

If links in HN also count as citations, there are 3 additional citations for my last paper:

http://www.example.com/gus_massa/very_good_paper_2026.pdf

http://www.example.com/gus_massa/very_good_paper_2026.pdf

http://www.example.com/gus_massa/very_good_paper_2026.pdf

[1] Which journals are serious and which are paper mills? In the extremes the difference is clear, but there in the middle there is a gray zone.

[2] A citation in Tao's blog in WordPress should be worth at least half official citation, or perhaps a whole point.
by gravisultra | 2026-03-04 19:40:07+00:00
> "Stop the war in Iran" is a majority position in polls. People don't vote on that, because people don't care about the war in Iran.

This is simply incorrect and pure wishful thinking on your part.

> You are just in a minority, and this is what being in a minority feels like.

Once again, I'm in the majority. The majority of people do not support Israel or the war against Iran.
by alwillis | 2026-03-04 19:40:52+00:00
> This doesn't compete with Chromebooks in schools at all.

Of course, it does. The price difference is small enough now that the Neo is in the running. There's no doubt the build quality is going to be much better than a Chromebook.

I worked in education for 20+ years; that $499 is just the starting price; a school or school district that buys them in quantity is going to get an even better price.

Sure, a Chromebook is better than nothing, and if you’re an impoverished school district, you may have no choice but to go with Chromebooks. But if there's an opportunity to get Macs at this price point, most school districts are going to take it.

Don't underestimate Apple's sales and support infrastructure. Many of the schools in the US are in areas with Apple retail stores, where sales and support work out of.

It's hard to imagine a school committee going with Chromebooks instead of Mac Neos for a little more money and likely better support. The parents aren't IT experts, but they know Apple is a trusted brand, and Macs are "better".
by aruggirello | 2026-03-04 19:41:14+00:00
I'm getting ~27 tok/s on my 5060 Ti 16Gb (just bought for ~€600) on an old 8th gen Core 7 (2017, with DDR4 memory), Kubuntu 24.04, proprietary nVidia drivers (590); I'm using the iGPU for the graphics, so the card is free for inference - I'm using Qwen3.5-27B-UD-IQ3_XXS, and almost 72k context - I went with ik_llama.cpp [0] - Qwen3.5 is very promising, I'm definitely going to use it.

I also tried ZSE [1] but experienced some issues, I was hoping I could squeeze in 4bit or 5bit quants

[0] https://github.com/ikawrakow/ik_llama.cpp

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47160526
by acaciabengo | 2026-03-04 19:41:34+00:00
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by sp1nningaway | 2026-03-04 19:42:10+00:00
Yes!
"Does an AI know how to do that? Does a coding assistant know that an app is really a giant collection of details?"

There are just so many small decisions that add up to a consistent vision for a piece of software. It doesn't seem like LLMs are going to be able to meaningfully contribute to that in the near future.

I tried vibecoding my own workout tracker, but there were so many small details to think through that it was frustrating. I gave up and found an app that is clearly made by a team of experienced, thoughtful people and AI can't replicate the sheer thoughtfulness of every decision that was made to create this app. The inputs for reps/sets, algorithms for adjusting effort on the fly, an exercise library with clear videos and explanations; there's just no way to replicate that without people who have been trainers and sport scientists for decades.

LLMs can help increase the speed that these details turn in to something tangible, but you definitely can't "skip all that crap and just jump to the end and get on with it."
by verdverm | 2026-03-04 19:42:21+00:00
> It shows that devs think that what they’ve created is good enough to post on HN

Not exactly right I think. Many of them are attempting to create a money tree and HN is seen as a place for marketing. These accounts have very little understanding of the HN community and what it takes to do well here. They have heir claw spam reading the common advice for doing well on HN without understanding the nuances of those points.

I do agree with the author, for a subset of showhn, that the quote is likely accurate.
by k310 | 2026-03-04 19:42:43+00:00
Time for an underground linux?

First, one could just smuggle TAILS isos.
That would be a real underground operation, and leave no trace on the "government approved computer"

"Psssst, mister, want a distro?"

Alternatively, compile the OS and apps on the spot (average Joes might need help) because "source code ain't an operating system" and "source code ain't apps"

And assemble computers from parts (like people used to do in order to buy personal computers when the mainframe priesthood banned them), because "parts ain't a computer"

Or just get Claude to kick a distro (?)

Ideas? This is a time when we should be protecting individuals instead of mandating what could be a backdoor doxxing tool.
by Venkymatam | 2026-03-04 19:42:50+00:00
what a move by apple! these are going to sell like hotcakes. i can imagine this putting apple even further ahead if local llms really do take off sooner rather than later. a cheap mac like this brings a lot more people into the mac ecosystem, and once you’re in it’s pretty hard to leave given how seamless everything is. over time that likely pushes people to upgrade to more powerful macs when they want to run ai locally. yet another reminder of why hardware ends up being the real moat ;)
by arcivanov | 2026-03-04 19:42:54+00:00
karellen-rr-mcp is an MCP server that lets AI coding assistants use rr for reverse debugging. Instead of the usual cycle of adding debug output, rebuilding, and re-running, the LLM records a failing test with rr, then replays it with full forward and reverse execution via GDB/MI -- stepping backwards from crashes, setting watchpoints on corrupted variables, and reverse-continuing to find the exact write that caused the problem.

Supports breakpoints, hardware watchpoints, state inspection (backtrace, locals, evaluate, memory, registers, source), checkpoints for instant time-travel within a trace, and configurable timeouts for large binaries.

I've been testing it with Claude Code on MariaDB Server and it works remarkably well -- the LLM can debug segfaults and subtle logic errors that would otherwise require extensive manual investigation.

Requires Linux x86-64, rr, and GDB.

pip install karellen-rr-mcp.
Show HN: SmartAgentKit – policy-governed smart wallets for AI agents
by martinbf | 2026-03-04 19:43:21+00:00
I built SmartAgentKit to explore a problem that is becoming more common as AI agents interact with crypto systems.

Most agent implementations simply give the agent a wallet key. That works, but it provides no constraints on what the agent can do.

SmartAgentKit introduces policy-governed wallets using ERC-4337 smart accounts and modular policy hooks.

Policies are enforced on-chain and can include things like:
- spending limits
- contract allowlists
- emergency pause
- session-based access control

The system builds on:
- Safe smart accounts
- ERC-7579 modular account architecture
- Rhinestone ModuleKit / Smart Sessions
- Pimlico bundler + permissionless.js

Developers can also deploy custom policy contracts and install them in wallets.

Docs:
https://smartagentkit.xyz

Repo:
https://github.com/smartagentkit/smartagentkit
by not_your_vase | 2026-03-04 19:43:47+00:00
For me the worst here is that the just the previous article (published 11 minutes earlier) on the website is saying that older ATI (nee AMD nee ATI) cards are still pretty capable, have lots issues with the drivers that need to be reverse engineered, and get no attention from AMD.

https://www.phoronix.com/news/ATI-R300-Occlusion-Query-Fix

Oh well.
Still, :(
by davejardim | 2026-03-04 19:43:56+00:00
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by vladvasiliu | 2026-03-04 19:44:00+00:00
> If you're large enough, you probably have a contact at Microsoft for Outlook.

For certain very large values of "large". I work for a company which has several thousand Office365 accounts with MS, many of which are the expensive one. It's nigh impossible to get support from them, you're always supposed to go through some partner, who has no idea what they're talking about. And when you do get someone through MS, it's actually still some kind of useless 3rd party who'll ask you to turn your VM off and on again when you complain that it won't turn off (this is actually a true story we had happen on azure).

In the end, after about an hour on the phone, the dude gave up and called for help higher up. It took something like a week to have a freaking VM unstuck and destroyed on Azure.

Contrast this with AWS, where we were spending much less at the time, only had the basic free support, and I was with someone on the phone in under five minutes who helped us have our direct connect issue solved in 15 minutes.
by otterley | 2026-03-04 19:44:11+00:00
> > Don't characterize your fellow participants. Criticize the idea, not the person.

> You deserve criticism for the way you have misdirected away from exploration or consideration, in a non-engaged fashion. It has been a mis-service to the topic, and a mis-service to everyone else's time.

Attempting to "double down" was the wrong move.

I think we've reached the end of this "discussion."
by freejazz | 2026-03-04 19:44:37+00:00
I didn't say it would be a huge risk, I just disagree that any of those features of the law cover what copyright does. They don't. If a trade secret is ever revealed, all protection is lost. Breach of contract is very complex compared to an infringement claim and would have to be negotiated. As a customer, why would I want to indemnify a software supplier? If there's no indemnity, it's not going to get anyone very far. CFAA basically requires that something get hacked so it's not going to cover the vast majority of scenarios...

>I really don't understand where copyright on the code itself is necessary to protect these business models, and hopefully you can help fill the gaps.

Well, did you ever try to understand? It's so exhausting coming to these threads when people are just making assumptions about how the law works without any regards to what actually happens, and then suggesting policy changes in response.

Here's a scenario - disgruntled ex-employee leaks the code. Now it's free for anyone to use because there is nothing you can do to stop anyone from using it because you have no rights in the code since the trade secret is broken. You can sue the employee. They are probably judgment proof, wont have a lot of money anyway, and will still not stop a competitor from spinning up the same exact thing.

Trade secret was your suggestion by the way... So do, you actually know how trade secrets work, or you just making things up??
by bee_rider | 2026-03-04 19:45:09+00:00
> I don't understand how anyone can rationalize this bill in the face of what OpenAI just agreed to with the DoD.

NY doesn’t have any obligation to agree with the DoD. Also the applications seems quite different, although I don’t think AI should actually be relied on for either one!

> Wouldn't this also violate the "no state my limit or restrict the use of AI" that the current administration is pushing?

No, it doesn’t violate it. States can’t violate executive orders, because executive orders aren’t instructions for the states. The instructions are for the executive branch, for example, if this becomes law the US Attorney General will try to find some way to fight against it.
by azinman2 | 2026-03-04 19:45:14+00:00
Good ideas can come from anywhere. Shutting yourself off only does a disservice. You don’t need to replicate 100% of another society to recognize individual strengths.

https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/08/09/1077567/china-ch...

That describes something very similar to what the OP suggested.
Show HN: MomentSurfer – AI Scrolling Agent for Social Media
by priyankaajsr | 2026-03-04 19:45:19+00:00
I built this after realizing I was spending 3–4 hours a day scrolling through social media (not accessible-friendly) to stay on top of my industry, clients, and interests — most of it was noise.

MomentSurfer sits on top of your social feeds and uses AI to learn your preferences, then surfaces only the posts that actually matter to you. The goal: cut daily social monitoring from hours to ~90 minutes without missing anything important.

Would love brutal feedback — especially from anyone who has tried building something similar or given up on the problem entirely.

https://www.momentsurfer.com
by beepbooptheory | 2026-03-04 19:45:42+00:00
Small note, saying "common people" in this way comes off at best anachronistic, at worst a little stuck up. Like a benevolent lord considering the feeble minds of the peasantry.

Commonality stresses something qualitative, rather than quantitative or statistical, which is probably what you meant. Just say "most"!

Cf. https://youtu.be/dxhQiiNJG74
by ysnp | 2026-03-04 19:45:53+00:00
The Google Pixel has first-class support for alternate OSes (not custom firmware like a Chromebook). The OEM has to go out of their way to support avb_custom_key as mentioned in https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/avb/+/mas... and I believe the GrapheneOS founder strcat was heavily involved in helping Google design this feature and flow for Android Verified Boot.
by forgetcolor | 2026-03-04 19:45:53+00:00
Apple, please make a new 12" Macbook for those of us who travel and want the lightest weight possible. Less than 2 lbs, thinner than the Air, but without the compromises of the Neo. I'd pay more than the Air price for this. Or, make the Air lighter and thinner (to match the iPhone Air in approach?).
by wat10000 | 2026-03-04 19:45:58+00:00
"Proper" may be doing some work here, but such a test was run last year and GPT-4.5 and LLaMa-3.1-405B both passed. Oddly, GPT-4.5 was judged as human significantly more often than chance. https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.23674
by cyberax | 2026-03-04 19:46:07+00:00
This is an exaggeration. Nobody in China cares about what you speak with each other privately, and people talk about stupid policies all the time. The government cares about _public_ actions.

In practical terms, if you're not kind of person who would want to run for an office in the US, China is incredibly comfortable. Cities are safe, with barely any violent crime. Public drug use is nonexistent. And with the US-level AI researcher income, you'd be in the top 0.1% earners.