MurphyA/hacker-news huggingface dataset:
by ineedasername | 2026-03-13 03:33:30+00:00
>sufficient as a primary control.

My apologies, it wasn’t my intent to convey that as a primary. It isn’t one. It’s simply the first thing you should do, apart from vetting your documents as much as practicality allows, to at least start from a foundation where transparency of such results is possible. In any system whose main functionality is to surface information, transparency and provenance and a chain of custody are paramount.

I can’t stop all bad data, I can maximize the ability to recognize it on site. A model that has a dozen RAG results dropped on its context needs to have a solid capability in doing the same. Depending on a lot of different details of the implementation, the smaller the model, the more important it is that it be one with a “thinking” capability to have some minimal adequacy in this area. The “wait-…” loop and similar that it will do can catch some of this. But the smaller the model and more complex the document—- forget about context size alone, perplexity matters quite a bit— the more a small model’s limited attention budget will get eaten up too much to catch contradictions or factual inaccuracies whose accurate forms were somewhere in its training set or the RAG results.

I’m not sure the extent to which it’s generally understood that complexity of content is a key factor in context decay and collapse. By all means optimize “context engineering” for quota and API calls and cost. But reducing token count without reducing much in the way of information, that increased density in context will still contribute significantly to context decay, not reducing it in a linear 1:1 relationship.

If you aren’t accounting for this sort of dynamic when constructing your workflows and pipelines then— well, if you’re having unexpected failures that don’t seem like they should be happening, but you’re doing some variety of aggressive “context engineering”, that is one very reasonable element to consider in trying to chase down the issue.
by danans | 2026-03-13 03:33:47+00:00
> Is the value in the outcome of receiving medical advice and care, and becoming educated,

Absorbing information doesn't make you "educated". Learning how to employ knowledge with accountability and trust with beings in the real world is what's important, and a machine can't teach you how to do that.

> or is the value just in the co-opting of another human being's attention?

Why is it "co-opting" if it involves a mutually consenting exchange?
by dangus | 2026-03-13 03:34:55+00:00
They are bigger screens, which many people may prefer. They also have touchscreens, which many people may prefer.

The Lenovo Yoga has an OLED screen, I am somewhat doubtful the average person would find it worse than the screen on the Neo.

https://www.cpu-monkey.com/en/compare_cpu-apple_a18_pro-vs-a...

The Ryzen AI 340 isn't a bad match against the A18 Pro. It's actually ahead of the A18 Pro on multicore performance, and only 20% behind on single core benchmarks, not enough for anyone to notice. Yeah, it's true you're losing a lot of integrated GPU performance. Integrated GPUs do need more RAM, though, and I doubt the Neo is going to be handle a lot in the realm of "high school kids who want to game on the side" between that and the software compatibility situation.
by adyavanapalli | 2026-03-13 03:35:01+00:00
It definitely _could be_ an agent harness issue. For example, this is the logic opencode uses:

1. Agent is "plan" -> inject PROMPT_PLAN

2. Agent is "build" AND a previous assistant message was from "plan" -> inject BUILD_SWITCH

3. Otherwise -> nothing injected

And these are the prompts used for the above.

PROMPT_PLAN: https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/blob/dev/packages/open...

BUILD_SWITCH: https://github.com/anomalyco/opencode/blob/dev/packages/open...

Specifically, it has the following lines:

> You are permitted to make file changes, run shell commands, and utilize your arsenal of tools as needed.

I feel like that's probably enough to cause an LLM to change it's behavior.
by rafram | 2026-03-13 03:36:19+00:00
> You can't recompile the kernel or build your own device drivers.

I just don’t think this is what, like, nine-year-olds are looking for in a computer.

In any case, at least it’s good that they’re starting with macOS over Windows! Puts them on a good path to understanding that POSIX is the One True Paradigm and therefore makes them much more likely to compile their own kernel in the future.
by breezyryan | 2026-03-13 03:37:00+00:00
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by curio_Pol_curio | 2026-03-13 03:37:41+00:00
Sorry to cut in. This debate made me wonder whether the Feds' inflation target is orthodox economists' idea of a positive-sum game. (Let's assume for the sake of curiosity that political-economists don't yet know about the second Law of thermodynamics, AND that exogenous factors like Fords/Jobs are highly unlikely-- see Paul Romer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endogenous_growth_theory#Versu...

)

Consider that UBI (or wage increases) can be either inflationary or deflationary, contingent on implementation.
Although commenters tend to assume one or the other.

Consider also that Japan is moving into an inflationary regime (whether premeditated or not, we will soon have data with which to compare JP, PRC _and_ ROC, the last one to be taken as a continuation of Abenomics)
by littlestymaar | 2026-03-13 03:38:25+00:00
There's no “two body problem” here, the solar system is an n-body problem.

And the “three-body problem” is overblown in pop culture: even n-body problems are fairly predictable in the short-ish term, it's just that you cannot predict things over a long period because measurement imprecisions have a snowball effect, but it's not particularly unintuitive (I'd say it's more intuitive than the idea that we could predict things with perfect precision over billions of years).
by _wire_ | 2026-03-13 03:38:54+00:00
I think these user-contributed links to a single archive site are goofy: HN could generate these references automatically, or keep a FAQ-- OMG how radical! It's like modern-day samizdat!

This strange caveman presentation of HN where the same article is posted many times, and vigilant users try to condense previous references, make archive links etc by hand... except who cares bc the half-life of a post is 15 minutes and then immediately dumped down the memory hole!

How can a bastion of elite tech awareness be trapped in web of 1995?

Ye, it's quant. How pure and delightful: we're the most savvy Luddites in the world! Blow me
by d--b | 2026-03-13 03:39:24+00:00
To be honest “no dummy” is how you would swear at a 4-year-old.

I often use things like: “I’ve told you no a bilion times, you useless piece of shit”, or “what goes through your stipid ass brain, you headless moron”

I am in full Westworld mode.

But at least when that thing gets me fired for being way faster at coding than I am, at least I’d haves that much frustration less. Maybe?

mostly kidding here
by throwaway17_17 | 2026-03-13 03:39:29+00:00
Do you mean hypothetically could society hold law enforcement personnel accountable for mistakes, bad judgement, flagrant criminal conduct, horrendous abuse of any and everyone? Certainly, a large scale and comprehensive restructuring of America’s law enforcement and prosecutorial system is legally possible.

However, I hold to the opinion that if you are discussing actual reality, based on decades (if not the entire period post civil war, for near certainty) of historical examples and the current “majority” position of the US electorate: there is a nearly unqualified NO. We cannot, or will not, hold law enforcement accountable for even intentional, planned, and malicious conduct in a vast majority of cases. There is practically no accountability at all, and that’s just for thoroughly proven intentional conduct. Bad judgement, alleged mistakes, etc are even less able to result in any action.

The reality of the legislation and precedent ensure it. It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.
by zamadatix | 2026-03-13 03:39:42+00:00
Chromebooks themselves can actually be great machines for hacking (in the traditional sense, not the modern security/jailbreaking sense). E.g. https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en is arguably better than a direct typical Linux install because it's an isolated environment which won't break the main function of the device as you tinker.

As the page notes though, the real problem for kids is the devices are of course locked down:

> Important: If you use your Chromebook at work or school, you might not be able to use Linux. For more information, contact your administrator.
by MBCook | 2026-03-13 03:39:47+00:00
Yep everyone has their preference. A lot of us have done both. I’ve run multiple distros. I’ve played with low level software. I have used and continue to use open source tools in places.

And I prefer my Mac to this day as my main machine.

Consumer user or Linux hacker is a false dichotomy people sometimes like to try to slot people into (not accusing you GianFabien).
by wolvoleo | 2026-03-13 03:39:47+00:00
Oh I'd take them seriously alright. All they have to do is put one inside a ship and sail it inside a harbour. Or in the back of a semi.

That's a risk not worth taking. They have exploded several, they're a credible threat now. But they only seem to be interested in using it as a deterrent, which is the sane choice given mutually assured destruction. If they had been attacked I'm sure many people in Seoul would have died from artillery attacks and perhaps China would have got into a war with the US. I think we're better off that it didn't.

I'm pretty sure Iran would have done the same thing.. They're pretty sane too. Evil and terrible murderers to their citizens but they're not going to play nuclear chicken with a thousand times more powerful enemy.
by TheDong | 2026-03-13 03:40:04+00:00
The parent commenter said "learning about computers". Most "professional developers" don't learn about computers, they learn enough react to get a paycheck, but don't have an insatiable curiosity about how the whole computer works (i.e. the "hacker spirit").

Professional developers are not what this thread is about. It's about curious kids, about hackers, and that group does peek at kernel source code (as well as everything else).
by layla5alive | 2026-03-13 03:40:50+00:00
That's not a bad idea, sending mail could simply be an authorization for a $1 or $10 charge. And if the receiver said the message was unwanted, then the charge would go through.

There's just the pesky problem of incentives on the other side of the coin - who gets the $? The spammee? But there would be enshitification issues like:

1. Those who are incentivized to take as big a cut as possible.

2. Those who would put it in their EULA that you must accept their spam and not chargeback or else you lose access to something you value like their services (EULA Ransom... not much different to today "accept our EULA or lose access to what you've already paid for!")

I'm sure there are many other perverse incentives which would creep in..
by brendoelfrendo | 2026-03-13 03:41:02+00:00
If the Heritage Foundation's goal was to merely demonstrate the possibility of voter fraud, then they should have saved themselves the effort. Of course it's possible, and of course it happens; and when it happens, it tends to get discovered and handled. They have a much higher bar to clear to convince me that the issue warrants any greater scrutiny than it already receives.

As for the removal of millions from various voter rolls, you'll have to be more specific; most of these are administrative tasks being performed as they are meant to be performed, and very few of the millions removed are non-citizens. Most are removed because they've died, or moved, or failed to respond to inquiries, etc. Oregon, for example, recently moved to remove 800,000 voters from their rolls, but again, this was an administrative move; the voters were already marked as inactive and inactive voters in Oregon do not receive ballots. Removing them wasn't a priority, but now it is, so they're doing it. The point is that millions being removed is not really a cause for alarm or a sign of fraud; it's just a sign that you're unaware of how the system works.
by lotsofpulp | 2026-03-13 03:41:19+00:00
Participating in a market is work, the only way a market (or life in general) works is if you hold your counterparties accountable.

> I don't want a "free market" solution where I need to switch providers every 6 months because some rich dude is being a dick.

Nature does not have a mandate that good quality services and products be available at low prices at all times. The rich dude being a “dick” was a tired vet owner who wanted to sell their equity, just like anyone else who sells their SP500 shares or their house.

The only thing that can be done is encourage government policies to ensure more sellers exist.
Enabling Media Router by default undermines Brave's privacy claims
by noguff | 2026-03-13 03:41:51+00:00
So, Brave now enables Casting by default on desktop — and does so silently, without explicit notification or consent after an update? What fresh hell is this?

A browser that markets itself as privacy‑first should not be turning on a network discovery feature by default as if it were a trivial setting. If the Brave team’s operational goal is to expand the browser’s attack surface (more than they already have) they’ve made a strong start. Forcing users to manually opt out of Media Router to protect their systems and data directly contradicts the principle of “privacy by default.” This is exactly the kind of behavior many users left Chrome to avoid.

Media Router is not a harmless convenience toggle. Under the hood, it relies on automatic device discovery protocols such as SSDP and UPnP on the local network. That means the browser is actively participating in multicast discovery traffic and probing for devices that advertise casting endpoints. Enabling this behavior by default alters the browser’s network footprint and introduces additional code paths and interactions that would otherwise not exist.

Any feature that performs automated device discovery should be treated as a security‑sensitive capability. SSDP has a long history of being abused in poorly configured environments, and expanding the browser’s participation in that ecosystem increases the potential attack surface. At a minimum, it amplifies observable network activity and exposes extra logic that can be triggered by devices on the local network.

Quietly turning this on without user knowledge or explanation is the opposite of responsible security design. Users were not warned, not asked, and not given any transparency about what the feature does or which protocols it uses. That is not what “privacy by default” looks like.

If Brave wants its privacy claims to remain credible, this needs to change. Apparently Brave’s privacy branding is negotiable when convenience features are involved. Quietly enabling network discovery features in the background is exactly the sort of practice Brave claims to stand against.
by hazelnut | 2026-03-13 03:41:58+00:00
second that.

for smaller start ups, it's easier to go through one provider (OpenRouter) instead of having the hassle of managing different endpoints and accounts. you might get access to many more users that way.

mid to large companies might want to go directly to the source (you) if they want to really optimize the last mile but even that is debatable for many.
by scuff3d | 2026-03-13 03:42:04+00:00
In this same vein, plan mode is a trap. It makes you feel like you're actually engineering a solution. Like you're making measured choices about implementation details. You're not, your just vibe coding with extra steps.

I come from an electrical engineering background originally, and I've worked in aerospace most of my career. Most software devs don't know what planning is. The mechanical, electrical, and aerospace engineering teams plan for literal years. Countless reviews and re-reviews, trade studies, down selects, requirement derivations, MBSE diagrams, and God knows what else before anything that will end up in the final product is built. It's meticulous, detailed, time consuming work, and bloody expensive.

That's the world software engineering has been trying to leave behind for at least two decades, and now with LLMs people think they can move back to it with a weekend of "planning", answering a handful of questions, and a task list.

Even if LLMs could actually execute on a spec to the degree people claim (they can't), it would take as long to properly define as it would to just write it with AI assistance in the first place.
by raw_anon_1111 | 2026-03-13 03:42:26+00:00
I had no personal computer for years except what only served as my Plex Server until I took it down.

I bought a 16GB M2 MacBook Air after I was Amazoned to work on a side contract when I was between jobs. I used it for four weeks and the only thing I ran on it was VSCode, Safari and Zoom. I would have been fine with the MacBook Neo. Right now with a job, it’s about the same - we use GSuite in a browser.
by shunia_huang | 2026-03-13 03:42:26+00:00
To me this is just "fake test". As I have said really world cases involves consistent IO loads and/or rendering loops, for example in my case I need to load tons of pixel data and decode them in works, then at the same time use canvas to render the decoded image and huge chunk of array data, they are real world high loads, there are tons of objects created during the process and way less counts than the "fake test", yet still optimizing the object counts made huge difference to the final performance.

Let's say talk about this in another more general case: virtual windowing. If anyone has tried to implement stuff and hit performance bottle neck and then find virtual windowing could help, it definitely involves two problems to solve, first is the UI responsiveness when more and more stuff got created and rendered, the object count usually should be way less than "10,000,000", yet still you could hit the wall.

I think I might be too negative about it, but I just want to share the real cases here.
by joshuakcockrell | 2026-03-13 03:42:30+00:00
Cofounder at Envelope here. Yes, a well polished banking app is much easier to use for many tasks

- Push notifications within seconds of swiping your card
- Frictionless to check your balance/budget/cards with bio auth
- Mobile check deposit (as others here have stated)
- Instantly locking/unlocking your cards
- Budgeting built-in

If, to you, "doing online banking" means "sitting down at my computer and scrolling through the PDF statements on Chase's website" (I don't blame you, I've been there), then yes, doing that on a desktop is much easier. I'd encourage you to take a look at how far banking apps have come recently.
by artimaeis | 2026-03-13 03:43:45+00:00
You make some great points here. Here’s one of the places I’m coming from that seems to be aligned with the author of this.

I find macOS to be a superior OS for doing computer work to all the alternatives. It still sucks for a lot of reasons, but to my taste it generally sucks less. I’m a web dev, so I host a lot of crap in Linux, and I’m pretty confident in using it as a desktop. But the general day to day experience I find macOS superior.

There’s plenty of people in similar boats, and this is the
most affordable machine (new, not used) that lets someone get to use macOS.

For a lot of people with budget limits I’d point them to used MacBook Air models rather than the Neo, but having this as a new model is a really nice option for some people.

Also you can call the Neo CPU slow but its benchmarks run circles around anything you find at its price range. Those machines have more RAM and storage, but the Neo will likely provide a more responsive experience than anything in its price range.
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by LoganDark | 2026-03-13 03:45:04+00:00
When I started ADHD medication, I started to be able to wake up on time without an alarm. All I need is a nearby source of the current time and somehow I can just wake up when I plan to.

I do still use alarms sometimes when I don't expect I'll be able to check the time and continue to fully waking up, but mostly I haven't needed them nearly as much as I used to.
by JohnTHaller | 2026-03-13 03:47:22+00:00
I don't get the folks referring to this as a "Chromebook killer". Chromebooks start at around US$150 new. The MacBook Neo is 4 times the price at US$599. There are premium Chromebooks like the Chromebook Plus line that are more in the Neo price range, but those aren't the ones being bought for schools and such. Doesn't make the Neo a bad thing, of course, I think it's a solid basic laptop from the reviews.
by throwaway17_17 | 2026-03-13 03:48:19+00:00
Not that it changes your point, but, um actually:

While the origins of qualified immunity are judicial, some State loved the idea so much the went and made it statutory too. Louisiana’s 2024 bill explicitly removes negligence as an exception (which is a valid method to circumvent qualified immunity based on jurisprudence at the federal and most state levels). Louisiana requires intentional violations or criminal actions to even be able to bring a claim.
by fc417fc802 | 2026-03-13 03:48:19+00:00
I don't think it's a sensible interpretation of the constitution given the massive asymmetry of the situation. The state should be obligated without exception to either provide for a speedy trial or to release the defendant while the state figures its shit out. It should not be a right that can be waived. Meanwhile a defendant who's been arrested should generally be given as much time as he'd like to put together his defense.