skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
> two dozen companies that have filed at least 72 liens since 2019 against sites developed by SpaceX and its contractors

Curious what is the rate of liens for other businesses with a similar amount of construction. Disputes are not exactly uncommon in the construction industry…
Check out the short story Manna by Marshall Brain for some speculative fiction on exactly these subjects.

https://marshallbrain.com/manna1
That probably includes one-off development and manufacturing costs
I was able to set a local file for new windows, but it looks like there's no built-in way to set a custom URL for new pages, not even in about:config (v125.0.3, Fedora). :/

I may have to simply use the URL bar with data collection opted-out, as I'd rather not bother with vetting and installing a custom open source extension to override the new tab behavior.
Isn't this a success of the commons? Apple decided on behalf of everyone else to use THEIR phones to find YOUR missing thing. That's a win for you as the owner of the AirPod. In order to make that decision palatable to the crowd, they tried to make sure your ability to use their phones without asking had minimal opportunity for abuse (they don't want you to be able to track them with their own phone).
Take this gel at the end of the night so that you don't have a hangover the next day?
The 'Hidden' Cost of Using ZFS for Your Home NAS
Ask HN: A HN like site for small businesses?
Is there any sort of HN like site for small businesses? Something not as focused on tech or tech startups but more on things that small businesses consider important topics?
Only 2% of Tesla Full Self-Driving trial users end up buying it
I ended up basically disabling all of my chat app notifications— there's enough sensitive stuff in there and I don't want some spicy meme popping up when my kid is looking over my shoulder or using my phone to play a game, or worse it's being Carplay-mirrored.

Guided access covers some of that, but I really don't think it's the whole story. Rather than locking everything to a single app, I'd rather something more like a guest session that sees all the apps, just all of them in a logged-out state... no messages, no emails, no calendar, no banking info, no history for Google Maps or open tabs/autocomplete in the browser, none of it.

But perhaps that feature is really just a subset of the broader users/profiles request that is being made here, because then I could have separate users for "primary" and "family" on my phone, and the "family" user would still enjoy continuity from session to session (game progress, previously visited YouTube videos, whatever) but in a separate universe from the continuity of the primary user.
Agreed. And ideally that shouldn't matter. But in the real world there are other consequences and side effects. Maybe I don't want to make them uncomfortable. Maybe I just don't want to deal with the nagging, "busting my chops", or the questions about why I'm not drinking. Maybe I want to avoid some preconceived notions certain people may have about people who don't drink. So even if it's on them, there are still personal reasons I may want to avoid the situation.
You're highlighting the absurdity of claiming the $100k loss per vehicle - except for Tesla, the auto industry is one of the few that amortizes all of their R&D for a new model into the COGS. So if Ford spends $1 billion on R&D and $1 billion on advertising for a new model they expect to sell for 10 years, they'll claim $200M/year in expense - so if they only sell 1 car with an actual materials cost of $25k - in their financials, that car will "cost" $200,025,000.
That demo only uses docker compose: https://github.com/andydunstall/pico/blob/main/docs/demo/doc...
It seems like the goal is a cross platform engine?
With a readily available (and some would argue superior) protocol just sitting right there it was the most boneheaded of decisions. It was worse than when Unisys started getting all litigious with GIF and forced the creation of PNG, in this case the obvious alternative was already in widespread use which made the switch extremely easy.
Remember, it's not illegal if you don't get called out and caught. The world isn't as perfect a surveillance state and some would want you to believe. Plenty of little evils in the corner that are simply that.

>They're not getting hauled into court. Because it's not unlawful to do so

They're in fact being hauled to court all the time. Because it is unlawful to do so.

You're not hearing about it becase they know they fuck up, so it's easier to settle, and then fire the manager. Why do you think these companies have full time lawyers? They are being sued all the time, in small claims and high profile cases.
Another comment pointed out that the Reddit poster was probably just making the whole thing up, the account had made a bunch of different posts indicating they had a bunch of incompatible high-ranking jobs. The creative writing on that site is very odd.
Dodge Unlocks Active Aero Potential for Charger Daytona's Nose-Mounted Wing
Younger children are different. Their greater plasticity means that they can learn languages without much conscious effort, as long as the volume of information is high enough. A child doesn’t learn a language 10 words a day like an adult does. It may be volume rather than spacing that is more important in children.

What are the practical implications of that for, e.g. learning a second language without immersion? My son (7.5yo) has Spanish lessons at school 2-3 times per week, and uses Duolingo every day. Both of these introduce vocabulary and grammar quite gradually. What would be a way for him to learn a new language without much conscious effort, assuming we can't create a Spanish-only immersive environment?
> Ford is accelerating the development of smaller electric vehicles, which are expected to debut in 2026. The first models are expected to be a smaller electric truck and SUV with a starting price of around $25,000.

A small truck is what everyone wants. The old shit box pickups that could haul a sheet of plywood were amazing. Bring those back, make them cheep, dont pile on nonsense features. I'll buy one.
Would you rather be forced to scour a dozen hotel sites individually to find a place to stay? Arguably "Middle men like Hotels.com etc" are providing a valuable service by allowing consumers to comparison shop in one place. Unless you think such sites should be government funded, it's only fair that they charge a fee for their service.
I was a chrome user for over a decade and just last year switched to Firefox when googles decision to just flat share my data with ad brokers and call it a security feature finally pushed me over the edge and I switched to Firefox.

I still think chrome is the better browser both in functionality and performance, but at least Firefox was 90-95% of the way there, and respected my desire to not sell my data.

While this in of itself isn’t super egregious and has an easy opt out, what alternatives are there? I know there’s a bunch of chrome clones, but at that point why not just use raw chromium?
That's really cool, do you think this might be the basis for potential natural language navigation? (when going over a document, instead of having to search by keyword or regex, one can search for more complicated concepts using English)

If not, what extra work is needed to bring it to that level?
Really only because they’re so goddamn easy. I find myself using linked lists a lot less since adopting rust for embedded code (even with no_std and no allocator, but especially when alloc-only std data structures are within reach).
Stop giving in to peer pressure. You'll be happier.
Given that this is owned Broadcom now, and they are going all in with squeezing every last drop from ESXi and similar offerings, I wonder what's gonna happen with Fusion in the future; while now you only pay for commercial usage, maybe they are going to let it rot over the years until it's no longer cutting edge software? Would they keep it as a loss-leader?
Ever been to San Francisco? Portland? Seattle?
Good idea - will do that!
There's this Danish startup that claims they can put the missing flavour back into the beer using their enzymes:

https://evodiabio.com/yops/
https://science.ku.dk/english/press/news/2022/researchers-ma...
You're assuming that the batteries come from China, obviously, and that, say, RFKs tariffs would be, like, zero?

Because if you're counting on Trump to save you, I've got some possibly sobering news: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-says-us-china-tariffs...
So it is possible. They just disable for the average consumer.

To compel families to more iPads.
The US and the EU did shot their traditional car manufacturers in the head with the push towards EVs (which is mandatory, by law, in the entire EU: manufacturers aren't supposed to sell any ICE car anymore in... 2035: that's way too soon).

Green is all fine and well but at the cost of killing BMW, Mercedes, VW, Audi, Ford, etc. and handing their customers to... Chinese manufacturers?

Is it worth it? Is the push to EV, as it's done today, worth destroying national companies at the benefits of new chinese brands?
The compose file is in the demo folder, you don't need to guess what it's going to do. https://github.com/andydunstall/pico/blob/main/docs/demo/doc... Looks like it's spinning up three replicas of Pico
Disruptions Loom as 17 Air Traffic Controllers Balk at Job Relocation
They have been working on ARM64, but avoided touching the Pi.
Ahh, nostalgia! The very first microcomputer I designed and built used the 8085A. I spent a lot of fun times exploring it for undocumented instructions.
It's possible to let the employees know of the actual game plan, but not the CTO, then execute the structured dissolution of the company. I know this, my former cofounder tried this against me, the only difference being I still had the support of the angel investor and the other cofounder, which contradicted the co-founder's assertions. But I guess it would work in this scenario. The investor is the key player here and he should steadfastly ensure he won't pay a penny more into the current entity and is willing to write it off completely.
There are a lot of managers who believe you should always put a squeeze on devs and keep the org in constant panic mode. Nothing will ever be good enough. If you achieve one goal, you get hit with another crazy deadline. It never ends.
To be fair, lack of concurrency safety never stopped C and C++ devs from boldly doing just that, anyway!
Not to mention the dealerships don't want to sell these things, they fear the changes Ford wants to implement with structure to pricing and the whole dealership concept.
I’m not sure about Texas, but in many other places, liens are one of the first things a contractor does (often before they start work).
"Reuters couldn't determine for every lien whether outstanding bills were owed by SpaceX or by one of its contractors who commissioned work or materials on its behalf."
Show HN: Personalized Accountability Tool that'll kick your a*
So, I built this tool called Selftalk.ing

While you may call it a ‘wrapper’, it is more than that. "Self talk" means the way you talk to yourself, or your inner voice. Research indicates that engaging in self-talk can reduce anxiety, enhance self-esteem, and boost productivity.

It lets you track your goal with daily logs & provides personalized guidance with regular check-ins that keeps you accountable.

Thoughts, feedback, opinion are welcome.
The design still needs regulatory approval, and this is where a specific level of safety can be mandated.
Most people who take data structures courses or perform tech interviews don't end up working on kernels, drivers, or embedded systems though. To me, it sounds like the point being made is that there are a large number of programmers who have learned about linked lists but haven't run into many cases where they needed them in the world world, and I think it's accurate.
Club soda with lime. No one knows there's not vodka in it but you.
20-Year-Old's Grit earns $20K monthly cleaning windows
Multi-millionaire real estate agent and investor Graham Stephan started his journey in the property space when he was 18. By 30, he had almost $130 million in residential property sales.

He runs one of the biggest YouTube channels on personal finance, with 4.27 million subscribers and over 10 million monthly views. He shares his business experiences and economic outlook to help people stay on top of financial trends.
amen brother. give us the kei trucks!
If you wanna talk about incentives, board games are the place to be. There's no shiny graphics and baubles to use as crutches for a stale design (or not nearly to the same degree as video games).
If you're egalitarian, it makes sense to protest when copyright is abolished only for the rich corporations but not for actual people, don't you think? Part of the injustice here is that you can't get access to windows source code, or you can't use Disney characters, or copy most copyrighted material... But OpenAI and github and whatnot can just siphon all data with impunity. Double standard.
If you understand the first thing about LLMs you'll know it'll never be less stupid, just better at hiding its stupidity.
It's probably a good idea in general to have clear-ish boundaries between real and not real unless someone is knowingly opting into an experience that is designed to blur those boundaries.
Copper scrappers hit Tesla Supercharger stations
Glad to see that this is being understood now.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28047376

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29926509
New production line and tooling fixed costs are included in the per vehicle costs. Ford is missing their delivery estimates so the fixed costs get spread out across significantly less vehicles.
Why do old people need an iPhone or iPad just to call someone?

My mother in law insists on having the newest iPhone every year. It spends 95% of its time in the bottom of her purse, turned off. 1% of time is phone calls. The other 4% of its time is my MIL complaining about how complex it is while she laboriously dials a number. Realistically, she should just buy a dumb phone[0].

A complex tool like a smart phone or a computer has a duty to provide its user with the capabilities they need, even if providing such capabilities requires a complex UI. You can only make something as user friendly as possible. After a certain point, making something easier to use requires you to remove features.

This is why professional software, like CAD software or DAWs or programming languages, has a leaning curve. It is a tool that you are expected to have to learn to use. If your tool is too complex for your needs, return it and buy a simpler tool. Buying an iPad or iPhone just to make phone calls is like buying a stand mixer with all of the attachments when all you needed was a wooden spoon.

[0] Except that the iPhone is a status symbol now
Nope, tariffs are a bad idea no matter which side does it. Biden campaigned on getting rid of Trump’s tariffs, but is only doubling down after 4 years. I think it’s fair to put it on him now.
IMHO Workplace was a fantastic product that filled a gap that is really is not filled by anything else today (although a lot of other tools might seem similar).

Probably, most people had and still have no real idea of the product's existence. And once people do learn of it, they still really have no idea what this kind of product can do for orgs (that is, how they could really use it).

I have to think that some of the magic comes from having an org and people in the org who know how to use such a tool?

It seemed an honest shot at really improving orgs based on communication and I was pretty jazzed about it. The remaining options are seem far sub-par in some ways (even if features look/seem similar, the overall gestalt is not the same IMO).
> Also, not all proof is good

Yes and people are excellent at deciding which proof is good. Turns out the good proof is the proof that supports what I already think.
> 23 year old boomer

Can this ageist bullshit just die already? Hating on a whole generation is just fucking stupid.
Alcohol is a solvent for many flavours. That's why you have a lot of it in perfumes, and that's why alcohol-free drinks don't taste as good as the originals. In Europe, we drink a lot of alcohol with food exactly for that reason (wine dissolves the fats of the sauce or just the meat and mixes and enhances the taste).

I'd really like to enjoy it without any drunkenness afterwards nor any effect on my health.
The predictions of that book didn't come true because the book was wrong---they didn't come true because the book was right, and the human race did things to prevent them from coming true. We owe China an enormous debt of gratitude for its 1-child policy.

Suppose I go to my doctor, he say, "You need to quit smoking, lose 100 lbs, and exercise regularly, or you will die before you retire."

So I quit smoking, lose 100 lbs, and exercise twice a week. When my retirement comes around, I find that--far from dying--I'm actually healthy enough to enjoy it.

Should I then say to myself, "Well, I don't know why I ever listened to that Dr, none of his predictions have come true...."
I don't understand this. Batteries may be better on the environment than gas, but they are impact-free. If you care about the environment, get the smallest car you can manage with. A larger battery means you are using more resources thus slowing down the number of electric cars that can get built. You are burning energy just dragging that larger batter around. Get a small car for city driving. Rent a gas car when you need the range.

If it's just a toy, then it's just better to not buy it at all. And if you don't care about the environment why care if it's electric?

I don't have the numbers on hand, but I'm certain a used Smart car is better for the planet than buying a new Tesla.
> inconveniencing those losers outweighs abetting thieves

This feels incredibly minimizing for people who have been stalked. Or people fleeing domestic abuse, human trafficking, or other forms of abuse where controlling a person’s movement is a large part of the harm being inflicted.

Stalking covers a wide range of activity that impacts people who are usually in a vulnerable or dangerous situation. The people who would use tags to track people aren’t just “losers”, they’re pimps, rapists, murderers, abusive spouses, and so many other awful things.

Inconveniencing them far outweighs someone stealing your luggage.
It's not a sponsorship, it's a sale.It's also made such deals with Yandex, Baidu, and Yahoo before. The sale is for eyeballs on your search (ad) service. Firefox is getting in a precarious situation with it though as the number of users on Firefox has been decreasing (in absolute terms) despite the number of web users increasing.
Gemini 1.5: Multimodal understanding across tokens of context
Probably includes R&D and plant setup. I am not an accountant, but under GAAP (most common set of accounting rules), I have heard that a lot of R&D is treated as an expense.
Yeah, that's indeed absurd, and something that if I were to try that, I'd probably go to jail for...
Seems like the tech is still likely alive and kicking in the military space: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20200041236A1/

US Navy submitted a patent in 2018 for a jet-mounted plasma decoy projector, I'm sure they have many more applications that I wasn't able to find as well
2025 Mercedes-Benz G580 EQ First Drive Review: The E-Wagen Is a Better G-Wagen
The primary question. I think he got his valuations f**ed up while drawing up the cap table. 250k at a 1 million valuation is 25% for the investor, not 70%!!

And if he paid $84k to the CTO each year, I would love to be his next cofounder.
I tried to drive one. The huge screen seems to be a mistake. The car had none of the smart features of the Korean cars.

Why would anyone buy one while clearly better EVs exist? The car itself seems so boring when compared with for instance a Kia.
Yes, those are great for NA beers (De Halve Maan's Brugse Sportzot is better). Unfortunately, they're mediocre among normal beers.
I'm surprised they're making Workstation and Fusion free, given that they killed off the free ESXi/vSphere hypervisor. Seems strange?
It depends on what type (and also whether you distinguish computational biology from bioinformatics). The people who create new algorithms for sequence assembly, protein folding, etc. tend to be computer scientists who got into biology. On the other hand, the people who analyze biological data computationally tend to be biologists who got into computing.
Because it's inherently anti-consumer (not something that anyone would voluntarily opt into) and the EU would have their balls in vices instantaneously?
What fascinates me is that if you had enough cotton candy, it would be a black hole. I don't mean it would collapse into a black hole, I mean even at a uniform density of 0.05 grams per cubic centimeter, it would already be a black hole.

We're so used to surface area scaling at r^2 and volume scaling at r^3 and the weird effects that can have (never scale up an exothermic reaction), but the maximum amount of matter that can exist in a volume without creating a black hole scales by r^1. Even with cotton candy, that r^3 is going to out-scale r^1 at some point.

It's an interesting thought experiment for algorithm complexity as well. Can you actually retrieve an element from an array in constant time regardless of the size of the array? In the extreme case, the drive containing the array must have r proportional to the size of the array to avoid becoming a black hole. Assuming the query and element travel along the drive at the speed of light, retrieving the element still takes time proportional to the size of the array.
>In kernels, drivers, and embedded systems they are very common.

Out of all the programmers in the world, what percentage of them do you think work in the kernel/driver/embedded spaces?
Breaking Down Japan's Food Culture
He's not affecting my local political discourse nor national defense, I am from Europe - you deal with that.

What form of examples would you like? It's not really something that would be in the international English speaking news - not even municipal news, it's just normal life, except when Musk does it to a bunch of overpaid engineers apparently. The rest of us don't matter that much to anybody.

Don't tell me you have never heard about a company closing a branch or a department, I have very hard time believing that. I can't believe nobody around you - family, friends, colleagues - ever experienced that. If it's true, you live in a social bubble that's very distant from what the average person experiences.

Or alternatively, all that talk about EU vs US job safety is the exact opposite of reality and US jobs are incredibly safe - but I don't really think so.
Due to your recent brainwave activity patterns the pod doors will need to remain shut while I increase the nitrogen concentration to 100%. Have a good night.
When I go to the Lowe's website, the homepage itself is covered in ads. "Spring Into Deals", "Lowe's and Messi are assisting you with 100 points! Join Our Loyalty Program". "Get up to 35% off select major appliances"... the more I scroll, the more ads come up.

Companies can inject ads into their own LLMs, sure. But ChatGPT is somebody else's LLM.

Your point about retailers exposing stock/aisle number via a public API surprises me. What do you mean by public? What's the EULA look like? Exposing stock/aisle number via API for the purpose of inventory management is not a use case that would require making API access public.
I'm trying to figure out exactly how Broadcom expects to profit from this, and what this says for their development and support roadmap.
Comparisons between unsigned bytes can be done natively with JC, JNC and JZ, JNZ instructions. Things are more complicated with signed comparisons as there is no overflow flag. It is possible but requires more instructions.