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by al11588 | 2026-03-03 06:57:25+00:00
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by Arainach | 2026-03-03 06:58:52+00:00
>Or is the underlying 'brainrot' actually destructive to creative potential?

Creativity comes from constraints. Writing code hasn't been the hard part since the 90s. Deciding which things make for a good game and are worth spending your limited time on is where fun comes from.

AI makes it easy to spit things out, but it doesn't make things fun or good at all.
by simula67 | 2026-03-03 06:59:22+00:00
RFC 4180 [1] Section 2.6 says:

"Fields containing line breaks (CRLF), double quotes, and commas should be enclosed in double-quotes."

If the DMS output isn’t quoting fields that contain commas, that’s technically invalid CSV.

A small normalization step before COPY (or ensuring the writer emits RFC-compliant CSV in the first place) would make the pipeline robust without renaming countries or changing delimiters.

That way, if/when the DMS output is fixed upstream, nothing downstream needs to change.

[1] https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4180.html
by cocoto | 2026-03-03 06:59:23+00:00
Personally I would just love Apple to be forced by governments to open up their hardware by releasing complete documentation of their hardware and allowing to install another os or dual boot. iPhones hardware is really good and would love booting Linux on theses. And then force every services company to provide an API to their services so we have an alternative to their app. I guess Motorola partnering with GrapheneOS will not change anything in this space because contactless payments and some apps will not work and fundamentally because the sales will be way below mainstream brands like Apple/Samsung. Governments need to step up here.
by alwillis | 2026-03-03 06:59:25+00:00
The huge advantage for some people: you can get a cellular data connection for an iPad.

If you need internet connectivity on the road regardless if Wi-Fi is available, only the iPad has that option.

Yes, you can use a Mac laptop with your phone acting as a hotspot but unless you have unlimited data, that gets expensive real fast.

Now that Apple makes their own cellular modems, it should be feasible to add them to MacBooks in the near future.
by armchairhacker | 2026-03-03 07:00:02+00:00
I know Haskell’s LSP years ago just stopped on broken syntax, so the only diagnostic would be the syntax error and you would lose code actions. That was annoying, especially because the LSP was slow.

JetBrains (not an LSP) works up to the syntax error, then recovers and works after. In some cases that are not hard to trigger (e.g. after a closing delimiter), the recovery is wrong and everything after is messed up. But in practice that has rarely been an issue; if I want those later diagnostics and code actions, I fix the delimiters, and the analysis updates quickly.
by aurareturn | 2026-03-03 07:00:06+00:00
This is why almost no technical software people I know voluntarily use smart home devices.

We all know how insecure these cloud products are and how easy it is for employees to see customer data - because anyone who has worked in tech have seen how open customer data is in the database.

Select * from customer_data where customer_name = 'My ex's name'
by tda | 2026-03-03 07:00:47+00:00
I love these kind of stories, and I appreciate the effort to write these histories down.

I do think the interview could use a bit more editing, it now reads more like a literal transcript and that is somewhat exhausting to read. Take this excerpt:

>> "Like it just fit my brain. It’s one of those where I don’t have to think about it, it just automatically makes sense to me. Much more than any other programming language. Even though I quite like C, I quite like all the pitfalls in C, I’m very comfortable in C and C++ and pretty comfortable in Java and PHP, but Python is just fun and it’s enjoyable and it makes sense. And this was the Usenet days, of course. I think the Python list, yeah, the email list gateway existed as well. So I think I just subscribed to Python-List and learned a lot about Python just from using it, following along."
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by mitjam | 2026-03-03 07:00:52+00:00
From personal experience, SW that was developed with agent does not hit the road because:

a) learning and adapting is at first more effort, not less,
b) learning with experiments is faster,
c) experiencing the acceleration first hand is demoralising,
d) distribution/marketing is on an accelerated declining efficiency trajectory (if you want to keep it human-generated)
e) maintenance effort is not decelerating as fast as creation effort

Yet, I believe your statement is wrong, in the first place. A lot of new code is created with AI assistance, already and part of the acceleration in AI itself can be attributed to increased use of ai in software engineering (from research to planning to execution).
by reavid | 2026-03-03 07:01:07+00:00
The EU AI Act main obligations kick in August 2, 2026. If you ship AI products that touch EU users, you probably need to figure out your risk tier.

I found the official text hard to navigate, so I built a 5-question self-check that sorts you into a risk band and points you to the relevant articles. The whole thing is a static HTML page with no dependencies -- source is plain JS, no framework.

A few things it does beyond the quiz:

- News feed tracking official EC announcements
- Reddit community questions matched against official regulation text
- Chapter-by-chapter explorer with direct links

No email, no login, no tracking beyond basic pageviews.

Curious if others here have started thinking about AI Act compliance, and what parts are confusing. The GPAI obligations section in particular seems to trip people up.
by riedel | 2026-03-03 07:02:07+00:00
Wallet was one of the reasons I abandoned my well working lineageOS phone on a redmi note 10 as it was a cat and mouse game over month. I feel as long as a vendor does not support an os and Google is so hostile against modifications, it is not a good feeling that they can pull the rug at any time. I was multiple times in the situation when I wanted to pay with the phone and was in the end rejected. I think we need to take NFC wallets and esims away from phone/os vendors again. A seperate NFC enabled vendor independent trusted platform would be IMHO the way to go. Especially with ID wallets and universal bank wallets on the way in Europe. This that they cannot use security as a killer argument to keep us in their walled gardens. I know the solution is cards or a second phone, but affordance counts.
by solid_fuel | 2026-03-03 07:02:16+00:00
> That said, this business model has historically proven effective for companies such as IBM.

It is until it isn't, but I think this is the same trap as not training up junior engineers. The consumer market is often where future engineers and professionals first interact with technology, being exposed to Windows early and being able to use it at school and at home have always been major drivers of adoption at work.

Linux is another perfect example - devs who wanted a unix-ish system landed on it early in their own work and education (partly due to the BSD licensing stuff too) - and over time it became one of the most commonly used server operating systems.

I think this is Microsoft optimizing for predictable growth, just like everyone else is doing right now, but this is shortsighted and ultimately a defensive posture, not one suited for the future.
by eu-tech-tak | 2026-03-03 07:02:47+00:00
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by breppp | 2026-03-03 07:03:11+00:00
Take the language issue with the BBC, which is hardly for this war

In any case a contrarian opinion might be that Iran promised to yield on negotiations following the previous war as mentioned here:

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-asks-gulf-ara...

And Iran instead opted for their years old tactic of stalling the negotiations
by jmward01 | 2026-03-03 07:03:52+00:00
I care about the future. I care that actions taken help improve the future. If someone makes a mistake the question shouldn't ever be 'how do we punish them' but instead 'what actions can best improve the future'. Sometimes that does mean firing a person. If the effort to fix their behavior is more than the expected gain then that is an option to consider (not the only thing to consider though). In this case though I think there is likely more to it. What were their policies? Have they been pushing their journalists to accept more AI tools? Even without pushing AI tools, have they been implying that speed is more important than accuracy? Was this truly JUST this journalist's mistake or are their culture elements that are missing in the newsroom? I would expect the head of that news room to have a detailed rational of why firing this person was the right choice. How does it help them move forward and improve? Why this isn't just a decision to try to deflect blame from their internal culture problems. As is this looks like a case of 'the internet got mad. Do something to make them happy'.
by armchairhacker | 2026-03-03 07:04:03+00:00
Also in Java, and one of the (few) features they added was “module imports” (https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/24/language/module-im...). I’m curious why, my guess is that it’s for beginners and scripts (same with “unnamed classes and instance main” (https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/21/language/implicitl...)).
by jspdown | 2026-03-03 07:04:07+00:00
Don't you need to obtain consent before filming random people in the street? I already feel uncomfortable when someone takes a photo in public and I happen to be in it, but this type of device takes things to an entirely different level. With smart glasses, there's no visible cue that you're being recorded. No phone held up, no camera in sight. I'm questioning the legality of this in Europe, where privacy laws tend to be stricter. In the meantime, should I just assume that anyone wearing these glasses is always filming? And would I be within my rights to ask them to stop the moment I notice them?
by socalgal2 | 2026-03-03 07:04:37+00:00
I'm mixed. I always wanted a dog as an adult because I grew up with dogs. But, maybe because it was a different time, the dogs didn't run our lives. Serially, they lived in our backyard. They had access to a dog house in the garage. And we gave them food and played with them. I was also a kid so no idea what my parents went through but I certainly didn't see them fretting over the dog and we rarely if ever took them for a walk.

But now I see any of my friend and family that have dogs re-arrange their lives around them. One friend will never stay out more than 2 hours because "gotta get back to the dogs". So, dinner and a movie is out since that would be more than 2 hours. A family member is similar, gotta get home for the dogs. This family member would also not be ok to check them into a dog hotel for a longer family vacation so we haven't had one in 10 years.

So, seeing examples like these and others, I haven't been able to convince myself to do it. I kept waiting until I had a house with a yard like I grew up in but that never happened.
Ask HN: How to get traction for Open-Source Projects
by human_hack3r | 2026-03-03 07:05:19+00:00
Hey HN Community,

I am curious to know how to get traction for an open-source project on Agentic AI Infra?

I keep posting in Reddit and Dev.to but the traction is not rapid its gradual. I am amazed by the traction that some projects like x*Claw are getting and some AI Projects. They get around thousands of likes in couple of days.

Curious to know the insider tricks or insights to promote open source projects. I truly believe AI should be open, But to continue building such projects traction is also equally important if we don't want the project to be a abandoned.

Thanks
by ilaksh | 2026-03-03 07:06:38+00:00
I tried to use Cerebras and it was unbeatable at first, but the client didn't want to pay $1300 a month and the $50/month or pay as you go was just not reliable. It would give service unavailable errors or falsely claim we were over our rate limit.

Also Groq is very fast, but the latency wasn't always consistent and I saw some very strange responses on a few calls that I had to attribute to quantization.
by jllyhill | 2026-03-03 07:06:59+00:00
> The disappearance of these kinds of interactions from day-to-day life – in pubs, restaurants, shops, queues, on public transport – is striking.

> We are losing a basic human skill. The ability to speak to others and understand them is being compromised.

I fail to see how these two ideas are connected. How is my ability to speak and listen to the people I care about—my parrnts, my friends, my spouse and kids—hindered by my unwillingness to talk to a complete stranger in a supermarket line? I don't hate or hold any ill feelings towards them, it's just that I'm more comfortable being to myself and I have only so much capacity to talk and too many people in the city I live in. I would understand if the article was focused on the reluctancy to bond with people in more or less stable groups (at work or at school) but I don't buy the "strangers" argument.
by bigyabai | 2026-03-03 07:08:04+00:00
I fail to see the irony there. Anthropic had a preexisting contract with the DoD, and drew a line they don't have the authority to enforce.
Now Anthropic is being strongarmed regardless of how they feel, because the fed doesn't give a shit about their marketing spiel. It's the exact same playbook we saw used on Apple when they took the moral high road after San Bernardino. Nobody should be surprised by this stuff anymore, nor assume it's a single administration's problem.

The particularly detestable part of this admin is that they won't hide Anthropic's helplessness for the benefit of their marketing. They'll leak it right to the press and brag about how powerless Dario's words are.
by jorams | 2026-03-03 07:08:16+00:00
I'd go so far as to say any implementation that doesn't conform to RFC 4180[1] is broken and should be fixed. The vast majority of implementations get this right, it's just that some that don't are so high profile it causes people to throw up their hands and give up.

[1]: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4180
by rkomorn | 2026-03-03 07:08:16+00:00
I don't get how having "random" things change opening hours is any better than changing clocks.

I'm not a parent, but I can imagine that if some of my schedule had to change by 30 minutes some months out of the year, I'd find it more inconvenient.

What if school starts/ends at a different time but my job does not?

What if I have a standing appointment at a business that keeps its hours year round that now conflicts with one that changed to winter hours?

It seems more like a different set of problems than a solution.
by catoc | 2026-03-03 07:09:09+00:00
That was exactly my point.

GP mentioned ‘chasing null pointer exceptions’, then parent mentioned that the language ’now does have nonnull annotation’, prompting me to explain that that does not prevent null pointer exceptions.

So, not living a dangerously. All that can be held against me is being “dangerously” imprecise on HN - definitely not good either
by razingeden | 2026-03-03 07:09:18+00:00
eSIMs survive the grapheneOS install…

Because when I had set it up, grapheneOS itself couldn’t install or set one up unless it was previously installed under the old OS.

So I had to set up my carrier and then install grapheneOS.

It can install eSIMs on its own now so this doesn’t matter other than confirming the eSIM carries over.

I’ve never reverted to stock android and I’m never looking back so idk if the eSIM survives the round trip.
by lucfranken | 2026-03-03 07:09:42+00:00
This is interesting to see from multiple sides. The method (voice/chat/whatever) is one piece but the other is:

You already show many questions on one issue (a ticket).

Would you need to think about those? With the secretary the task is split: you decide you need the ticket, the secretary handles the rest while you focus on what you do.

Presenting all options, getting all callbacks, confirm e-mails etc does not change that. It puts all load on you.
by Arainach | 2026-03-03 07:09:44+00:00
> This is obviously false. It's the sort of thing anyone can look up on the internet before buying one.

It's not something that's quantifiable, and it's easily manipulable. The iPhone(tm) has a twelth-generation quantum superconducting wonderflonium chip that enables (pile of technobabble garbage) and "privacy".

This Motorola thing has (pile of technobabble garbage) and "privacy".

Consumers don't understand and they don't care. Even the ones with technologically savvy friends don't want the hassle, they want something that works.

How has 30 years of "Microsoft is anti-consumer and <pile of complaints>, you should use Linux" worked out for consumer market share?

> Indeed, it immediately lets them know that their bank sucks and they need a better one.

If you think even 0.1% of consumers would switch banks to buy some new phone, this conversation is not worth continuing as you and I don't live in the same reality.
by IshKebab | 2026-03-03 07:10:31+00:00
The BBC reports on itself quite well (maybe too much even). Here's an example:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly51dzw86wo

I think they're an outlier, but still I was disappointed by Ars's response. They deleted the article and didn't detail what was wrong with it at all. Felt like a cover-up.
by lucumo | 2026-03-03 07:10:42+00:00
So because we're used to it? I know perfectly how those C numbers will feel. Haven't got a clue about the F numbers.

Anyway, I doubt that that analogy goes for noon. I eat lunch by the clock, not when the sun's highest. I expect most people do. Especially the ones that are cooped up in an office during the daytime.
by ilaksh | 2026-03-03 07:11:12+00:00
It just about works for our current use case but can't comprehend the concept of an outgoing call. So I am trying to fine tune it. Tricky thing is personaplex forked some of the kyutai code and has not integrated the LoRA stuff they added. So we tried to do update personaplex with the fine tuning stuff. Going to find out tonight or tomorrow whether it's actually feasible when I finish debugg/testing.
by andreagrandi | 2026-03-03 07:12:02+00:00
I must have missed something: why are people moving from OpenAI? Since they released gpt-5.3-codex I'be been using it and claude with opus-4.6 and Codex has always been better, more accurate, less prone to allucinations. I can do more with a 20$ OpenAI pland than with a Claude Max 100
by bayindirh | 2026-03-03 07:12:25+00:00
Yes. Normally, and Ars is generally up to that standard, the editorial staff (or Editor in Chief) updates the article, adds a note about the correction, and further adds that the original author of the article is not working with Ars anymore.

It stays as a mark, immortalizing the error, but it's a better scar than deleting and acting like it never happened.

I also want to note that, this last incident response is not typical of the Ars I'm used to.
by Barbing | 2026-03-03 07:12:42+00:00
>his whole job

Possibly akin to a roofer taking a shortcut up there, then taking a spill? You knew better but unfortunately let the fact that you could probably get away with it with zero impact decide for you.

IIRC hallucinations were essentially kicked off initially by user error, or rather… let’s say at least: a journalist using the best available technologies should have been able to reduce the chance of this big of an issue to near zero, even with language models in the loop & without human review.

(e.g. imagine Karpathy’s llm-council with extra harnessing/scripting, so even MORE expensive, but still. Or some RegEx!)
by Andromxda | 2026-03-03 07:12:57+00:00
> you can inspect the code it's running

That's only true for microG itself, not the Google blobs it needs to download and execute in order to function.
GmsCompat on GrapheneOS is also fully open source.[1]

> For example you can replace the location service with a privacy respecting one.

GrapheneOS literally does that.[2] It's currently not perfect in regard to privacy because they are using Apple's Wi-Fi positioning service, but proxying it through their own servers, so Apple never gets the user's IP address or any unique identifiers, and link the location information to any other data. One thing Apple currently does better than most network location providers is the fact that they don't just return position data for one BSSID, they actually give you the data for hundreds of nearby BSSIDs as well[3], which is more private, and means that much fewer requests need to be made to the service.

Because of this aforementioned aspect, Apple's Wi-Fi positioning system is also incredibly easy to scrape. GrapheneOS plans to build their own database, and let users download it, so Wi-Fi positioning could be performed fully locally.

> It would be amazing if grapheneos would support microG as an option. But they are too much "not invented here" for that to happen.

GrapheneOS doesn't support microG, because it has worse app compatibility than Sandboxed Google Play, and requires elevated privileges, unlike SGP.

[1] https://github.com/GrapheneOS/platform_packages_apps_GmsComp...

[2] https://grapheneos.org/features#network-location

[3] https://github.com/acheong08/apple-corelocation-experiments
by globular-toast | 2026-03-03 07:13:53+00:00
Lame. I'm convinced that people think DST actually creates more daylight. If people want more daylight, leave work earlier. Work less. Most of your jobs don't matter anyway. For people who have jobs that do matter, like teachers, nurses etc. the choice between 0 or +1 hardly makes a difference. Should have just gone with 0.
by nineteen999 | 2026-03-03 07:14:07+00:00
Im using UE5 which is arguably GUI heavier than Unity.
You can get around a lot of the GUI-heavy stuff by using C++ in preference to Blueprint, and/or developing some tools to help you decompile/recompile Blueprints.

It has a pretty cool remote control plugin you can install which can be used to simplify a lot of test cases through automation.

I have a relatively large amount of experience with UE4/UE5 and C++ though, so it's probably not for the absolute beginner or the faint of heart.