skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
Transportation from point A to point B isn't the only function of most cars on the road these days.

Relevant to central Texas in the summmer: 115° bike rides do not sound fun.
For some it's just a beloved ritual and shared experience :-)

I've certainly seen it at least as many times sober as I have seen it drunk. First as a kid of course, but also now that I'm older (even though we have no kids and no other requirement not to drink). I have to admit it's funnier while enjoying a nice drink, though ;-)
> You don't need to bring up quantum computers. Almost all protocols in the networking ...

Its true that those protocols are basically running shared secrets, but those areas all have some visibility with auditing and monitoring.

You crack a root or signing key at the co-processor level and you can effectively warp and control what anyone sees or does with almost no forensics being possible.

It fundamentally allows a malevolent entity the ability to alter what you see on the fly with no defense possible. Such is the problem with embedded vulnerabilities, its just like that NewAg train thing.

Antitrust and bricking for monopolistic benefit is far more newsworthy then say embedding a remote radio-controlled off-switch with no plausible cover, that can brick the trains as they move harvests, food stuffs, or military equipment.

Its corruption, not national security. Would many believe that its the latter over the former when it does both?

It is sad that our societal systems have become so brittle that they cannot check or effectively stop the structural defects and destructive influences within itself.
In Illinois it is specifically a criminal act to violate the terms of service of a web site under the Computer Tampering law:

(720 ILCS 5/17-51) (was 720 ILCS 5/16D-3)
Sec. 17-51. Computer tampering.

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/ilcs/ilcs4.asp?DocName=0720...

(it starts as a misdemeanor, but rises to a felony if you do it multiple times)
That's who he is now, but he wasn't always working at MS.
I would imagine they just buy old accounts on black hat sites and reuse them? Or use leaked login credentials for abandoned accounts.
New year celebrations around the world – in pictures
If you ask chatgpt to tell a story of a liar it is able to do so. So while it doesn't have a motivated self to lie for it can imagine a motivated other to project the lie on.
The problem here isn't that we don't want to transition to clean green energy, but that China wants to monopolize that, not by market competition, but by mercantilist practices.
> I built and shipped a Swift app to the App Store, currently generating $10,200 in MRR, exclusively using LLMs.

My experience is that people who claim they build worthwhile software "exclusively" using LLMs are lying. I don't know you and I don't know if you are lying, but I would be willing to bet my paycheck you are.
Rewrite everything in Rust.
I had that literal exact same idea one month ago, but with Minetest.
Interesting - looks like it's not a regular 16x9 "5K" (5120x2880) monitor like the iMac 27/Ultrafine 5K/Apple Studio but is a "5K2K" 5120x2160 widescreen.

Strange that the M4 mini doesn't support all of the resolutions that the M1 mini supported out of the box.

Same discussion reported on 9to5mac:
https://9to5mac.com/2024/12/30/m4-mac-ultrawide-monitor/
Pseudo code can be whatever you want it to be. You can do SIMD pseudo code, but most generally don’t as that is often an implementation detail.
Correct me if I am wrong but I think, Russinovich may now be the CTO of Azure because once upon a time as an independent developer he wrote sysinternals. Its one way to show your talent as an independent developer.
> Every day by automation I feed in the hourly weather forecast my home ollama server and it builds me a nice readable concise weather report. It’s super cool!

You feed it a weather report and it responds with a weather report? How is that useful?
> There are no popular projects that use Rust as a primary language.

Servo is pretty notable and visible. ripgrep, influxdb, wasmer, deno. uv and ruff in the python ecosystem are written in rust.

AWS, Cloudflare, Discord (iirc), and Microsoft have all adopted Rust extensively.

As of late 2023 there are committed drivers in the Linux kernel written in rust. (Linux is pretty popular.) prior to those, only C and assembly were allowed.
That was done long ago under Flightgear, but just the maps.
> Basically the gist is to write "obviously correct" code that doesn't need to be tested

I don't see how that follows. The purpose of testing is to document the code for the understanding of future developers, not to prove correctness. The only 'correctness' a test proves is that the documentation is true. Which is still incredibly useful, as I am sure you are painfully aware if you have ever dealt with legacy forms of documentation (e.g. plain text files, Word documents, HTML, etc.) that quickly become out of date, but is not a statement about the code itself.

> such as test harnesses, replacing dependencies with alternative implementations (such as in-memory queues instead of cloud services, sqlite instead of heavy databases, etc), etc.

These are all mocks, ultimately. Some desperately try to give them different names, but it is all the same at the end of the day.
> Help us to kill leetcode interviews!

LOL! I love it! I'm going to try it in my new interviews.
Not necessarily. The playbook of what tends to happen is first a bunch of players go bust in the race to the bottom, then the survivors are free to raise prices a bit when others realize there’s not much point in entering a race to the bottom. Those left then let quality slip as competition cools.

That’s exactly what happened with rideshare companies. It was an amazing new thing but subsidized in an unsustainable way, then a bunch of companies exited the space when it was an commoditized race to the bottom and those left let quality slip. Now when you order an Uber a car shows up that smells bad and has wheels about to fall off. The consumer experience was a lot better when Uber was a VC subsidized bonanza
> Rust is just one part of a never ending cycle of people trying to reinvent programming.

This is true of every single programming language.
I did read the paper, and I think you’re underplaying what happens. The AI got some conflicting prompting, some pretty mild stuff for some of the tests, and Gemini tried to exfil itself even 1% of the mild prompt times. The only reason we know it was lying about the data and trying to disable its safety was because it’s thinking in English, and we can read it. This article is about trying to make it so the AI can think in the 700 degree hyper dimensional space that we can’t understand, so once it can do this we’ll never be able to uncover this scheming.
I'm also saying the industry is broken, I'm well aware that the whole industry isn't really good enough on the software side.
For CC payments, just use Stripe. The docs are great!
happy new year from tokyo
I doubt any big-time streaming services would sign onto that unless Apple ammortized the expected losses. The price of the headset means nothing to media rightsholders, they just want to sell their content to the platform with the largest audience. If Apple's got 50,000 recurring viewers and Meta's got 500,000, most platforms are going to focus on where the eyes are.
I’d argue detailed accounting data is reasonably hard to package up into a nice format to easily import into a new system, especially having confidence that you migrated everything successfully without getting a nasty shock a few months down the line.
Ask HN: How do you effectively influence lawmakers on policy?
Hi HN,

I've been thinking a lot lately about how everyday citizens can effectively influence policymakers and the laws they create. It feels like a huge and often opaque process, and I'm wondering what practical strategies actually work beyond just voting in elections.
Matrix has a detailed write up intended for client implementers: https://matrix.org/docs/matrix-concepts/end-to-end-encryptio...

It should give you some ideas on how it's done.
Employer.com sounds like a brand for something like TriNet, which does payroll. I wonder if they're going to attempt to provide a service like that, and if that's a good business to be in.

They seem to overemphasize the importance of a domain name like that, though. https://x.com/JesseTinsley/status/1861243509006848065 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business.com
New cybersecurity rules to limit impact of healthcare data leaks
HHS published a draft of set of changes in HIPAA. It is scheduled to be published for public review on the next Monday. There will be 60-days public review period and then there is a suggested 240-days transition period.
I’m not very familiar with drones but apparently this company makes some models in the US, which is great for those of us concerned about privacy / security with Chinese companies like DJI:
https://www.parrot.com/us/drones/anafi-usa

But I can’t seem to buy these directly from them? So only through third party resellers? Or is it discontinued?
Weren't great times. But learned a lot and developed a fair bit of trauma. It was thirty years ago, or thereabouts. People were.... different about it then. Better and worse about it. A lot fewer people calling for imprisonment, but a lot fewer people willing to extend a hand to help you.
There are 6700 repositories showing all types of code

https://github.com/orgs/aws-samples/repositories?type=all

I purposefully didn’t call out my 8.

The “AWS Solution” that I was one of the top 3 contributor to has at least 2700 people/organizations who downloaded it and I know it’s used by at least 8 state agencies - I implemented it for four agencies when I was at AWS.

Every single one of my other projects were used as part of real world six and seven figure implementations.

You think in today’s market where every req has hundreds of applications they are going to take the time to look at open source projects?

I didn’t need to nor do I have any desire to work on open source work or any other projects related to computers when I get off of work. I haven’t written a line of code that I didn’t get paid for since graduating from college in 1996.
The cost of a line of code will continue to decline which means we'll see a revolution in software in the coming years. It also means that coders, those who only write code as assigned, will see their jobs in jeopardy if they don't continue to improve their skills. Learning new languages will not cut it. They need to look at the employment environment and adjust as needed.
Really wished modern mathematics textbook cover geometric algebra not only complex algebra, what a shame and a lost of great opportunity [1]. It seems the contents of pure math textbooks do not changed and improved much after more than a century and when I did my pure math A level many years ago the contents are not much different than Hardy's textbook contents.

Apparently and ironically when the textbook was written when Hardy was the Savilian Chair of Geometry at Oxford University. If he had introduced GA into the contents back then it will be a game changing and I'd probably had studied GA in my pure math class back then.

[1] Projective Geometric Algebra:

https://projectivegeometricalgebra.org/
Couldn’t agree more. Stay classy HN, have a happy & healthy 2025!
There's a big difference between Apple's review process which I would qualify as unnecessary and unfair and Linux's review process which is necessary to produce high quality software.

But it's true that they could at least start by publishing the source code, even if they don't contribute directly.

As for the ABI, I also agree, this would just make the situation worse.
Assuming you mean Crysis. That it's not 3D, but full motion video.
Not a bad reason, especially if you have saves on it. I'm sure there's a way to transfer them and make it work but I wouldn't be surprised if it wasn't perfectly straightforward so I can totally see not finding it worth the effort.

I never had a Game Boy, back in the day I was the kid tethered to the power cord with his Game Gear. I almost bought the adapter, but then I realized none of my games had saves so I had no reason to want to use the real carts.
It's really important to go and read the code that the author of this article actually produces with LLMs. He posted on hacker news a few months ago, a post called something like "everything I've made with ChatGPT in the month of September" or something. He's producing little toy applications that don't even begin to resemble real production code. He thinks these "tools" are useful because they help him write pointless slop.
I think you're trying to dunk on me without actually knowing much about the matter. You can look at the leaderboard times and the github repos too. They are fully automated to fetch input, prompt LLMs and submit the answer within 10 seconds.
There is something to technical analysis. But you do need to approach it rationally rather than by performing magical rituals.

The markets are made of a finite and sometimes very small number of participants that may have their own reasons for buying and selling unrelated to company performance. Figuring out what they will do is the basis.

Maybe Bob is looking to sell a lot to free up cash for private jet. Maybe Alice buys every month the same day like clockwork as she gets her paycheck. Maybe Charlie thinks the stock can't go about $50 and will take profits at $49. Maybe Debbie regrets not buying and is likely to fomo buy soon.

Probably can't figure this out one by one, but can in aggregate.
To be fair though, humanity doesn't know how some medicines work at a fundamental level either. The method of action for Tylenol, lithium, and metformin, among others isn't fully understood.
This is one of the biggest reasons why China or India are threat to the West.

Because their Engineers are constantly in situations were they have to work with much less resources. And they come up with stuff that constantly surprises people for being much cheaper. The western reaction is to then go and buy them out. Its not going to work forever. They have already taken over large swathes of the tech landscape.

Even with AI for example, Real Time inference is not required in majority of cases.

But the western engineer and corp exec in big tech, are used to buying new data centers everyday (not because of specific Customer Demand, but because of intent to capture market/snuff out competition/build moats or what ever bs an environment of over abundance has trained them to do) and then they have zillions of machines idling which they use to provide real-time inference raising the cost for everyone.

Sooner or later someone in China or India working on non real time inference will offer large corps much cheaper solutions.

The Western model is where you forget how to cook a meal at home, and end up relying on McDonalds for food, because they are everywhere, thanks to their prime directive of survival via opening new stores everyday.
This. You got a cheap-ass "home cinema lite" setup and a PSX retrocompatible console with it.
Ask HN: What are your plans for 2025?
Hopes? Aspirations? Goals? Tell us what you'd like to achieve in 2025!
To what's to come :)

With a new year / с (наступающим) новым годом / з новим роком
I want to connect and engage with people
I have a dream of giving people power over their own digital selfs and digital memories, I imagine a world where the transmiter is a third party that cant influence the messege. Comunication is the base for everything, and people should be free to communicate without fear.

More on point, people should offer a third party access to a specific folder of their digital self, with the freedom to revoke at any time. This third party can be responsible for distribution and payment for access, taking a % over the owner.

I have something build in this direcrion that I use myself with some more users, but it really needs a proper modularization of code to achieve the desired anonimity and freedon, right now it runs on a pretty standard stack that the plataform own the user dars intead of the user landing the plataform access to his data. If you want acceess to expsriment please let me know so I can personally aothorize you.

Lets keep buildin things as the alsome comunity espécies de humana are!
As an aside: why is Java winning out over C# these days? When I first experienced C# I didn't want to go back.
Starship will serve a different mission profile. People seem convinced Starship will just "solve" space, but if it works, there's still going to be demand for other mission profiles that it won't make sense to send on Starship.

But if your point wasn't to say that it will be obsoleted by Starship, and just to say instead it's slower development than Starship, yeah, that's true.

I suspect the head start in infrastructure spacex has is pretty valuable in developing new programs.

Space is hard. I hope Blue Origin succeeds.
Explora – A vector graphic animation app for making STEM visualisations
Hey everyone! I hope this fits within your community's guidelines. I wanted to share something I’ve been working on that might resonate with folks here who love STEM and visual storytelling.
It’s called Explora—a web app designed for creating stunning vector graphic animations and videos, specifically tailored for STEM visualisations. Think of it as a new way to craft explainer videos, illustrate concepts, or simply bring your ideas to life with precision and style.
Explora offers an intuitive web interface where you can design animations frame-by-frame or configure motion parameters interactively. Once you’re ready, a backend engine (optimised for performance) generates high-quality renders. The app supports features like low-resolution previews, WebSocket-based real-time interaction, and OpenGL rendering for speed and detail.
I’m reaching out to connect with educators, science enthusiasts, and animators who enjoy breaking down complex concepts into visual stories. Explore is still in beta, and I’m eager to collaborate with early adopters to add features that truly make the tool shine.
It’s important to note that it’s not a matter of effort for Firefox. They’ve decided that the it’s not something they want to implement[1]. The reasoning is that they think it allows low enough level access to potentially mess with devices who weren’t made to be resilient to malicious input, and didn’t like that the proposed method of allowing web Bluetooth is based on a default allow policy with a blocklist, which means as new Bluetooth device vulnerabilities are discovered, this blocklist has to be maintained.

[1]: https://mozilla.github.io/standards-positions/#web-bluetooth
Except GPT4 isn't free.

The GP is claiming GPT4o is bad but Sonnet is good. GPT4o is about only 20% cheaper than Sonnet.
A scorpion, not knowing how to swim, asked a frog to carry it across the river. “Do I look like a fool?” said the frog. “You’d sting me if I let you on my back!”

“Be logical,” said the scorpion. “If I stung you I’d certainly drown myself.”

“That’s true,” the frog acknowledged. “Climb aboard, then!” But no sooner than they were halfway across the river, the scorpion stung the frog, and they both began to thrash and drown. “Why on earth did you do that?” the frog said morosely. “Now we’re both going to die.”

“I can’t help it,” said the scorpion. “It’s my nature.”
Exactly this. In Spain, 90's gaming was either the Game Boy or the Play Station, and PS2 in early 00's. Computers were for offices and most people began to use them at libraries and in early 00's, tons of people had a PC at home but download stuff from cybercafes. Getting developer stuff from magazines was mandatory, but these were pretty expensive and the materials sucked a lot.
Happy New Year!

I know so few of you but feel like you’re my best friends. Love to all.
What I want to see is retroactive accountability for United Health and their subsidiary Change Health. Why do they and many other random companies have the healthcare data of people who’ve never used them? Why did they not have two factor authentication? What fines will they pay? Which executives are going to jail?
I suppose if the platform is already filling up with AI bot spam, they'll financially be better off if people are paying then to generate it.

But, it seems likely this will increase the rate of people exiting the platform.
I wonder if there was an opportunity for the workers to buy the company. Even for pennies on the dollar.
> "The sins mentioned here are among the many sins that the Jews committed, which caused them to be cursed and removed far away from right guidance. The Jews broke the promises and vows that Allah took from them", "their hearts are sealed because of their disbelief", "their hearts became accustomed to Kufr, transgression and weak faith" - the list is long.

All of this is specific to individuals who have transgressed at that time. Islam is very very clear on the idea that "No soul burdened with sin will bear the burden of another"

As mentioned in 39:7 "If you disbelieve, then ˹know that˺ Allah is truly not in need of you, nor does He approve of disbelief from His servants. But if you become grateful ˹through faith˺, He will appreciate that from you. No soul burdened with sin will bear the burden of another. Then to your Lord is your return, and He will inform you of what you used to do. He certainly knows best what is ˹hidden˺ in the heart." And many other places: 17:15, 6:164, 35:18 ...
What is addressed recently by NIST, Cloudflare, Google, Apple, and others primarily involves potential(?) weaknesses in TLS key exchange & asymmetric cryptography. Let's Encrypt is more about certificates, I think, no?
Standardized wall sections, JIT inventory management, dedicated install teams?
In my experience, Windows does actually do better for non-integer scaling, and it still supports subpixel antialiasing (which Apple abandoned, much to the dismay of any Apple user with a 1080p display, or a 4K display larger than 24".)

But I've been using ~220 PPI since 2012 and I never (ever) want to go back.

I'm hoping 6K or 8K at 32" will become popular and affordable in 2025.
>The "problem" is noone cares and certainly doesn't want to pay for the costs, especially the end users

Well I care. I’d pay a premium to a telco that prioritized security and privacy. But they all are terrible, hovering up data, selling it indiscriminately and not protecting it. If they all suck then the default is to use the cheapest.

It’s definitely why I use Apple devices because I can buy directly from Apple and they don’t allow carriers to install their “junkware”.
This is a great new interview question for junior and senior software engineering candidates.

Definitely going to use this for our next round of interviews.
I'm a big SpaceX fan, nonetheless I am looking forward to some competition for SpaceX. If New Glenn succeeds, it might become a workhorse like Falcon 9/Heavy. And don't forget New Armstrong is the next generation, should be in the works.
Happy new year / Andariki nootana samvatsara subhakanshalu!
I’d expect the coming years to continue the trend as Intel management are more than likely to cut the Linux devs to further their demise to the delusion of the stock ticker.
As far as I can tell, the community is largely divided into three major groups. Those that can read C, those that can read Python and those that can read both. Using either of them would have dodged criticism that your code examples are not accessible to much of the community.

That said, you are right that Python is not the best language to use when you need to use intrinsics, as you would be writing it in another language and using the Python FFI to access it.
Happy New Year / Godt nyttår!
Just target the rich kids. A few million units there. Watched a guy drop $3700 on stocking stuffer iPads last Xmas. Had to call wife whether 1TB was enough. Sales kid said it had been like that all week. I apologized for buying a 64GB air.

Couldn't even get into the Apple Store this year, too crowded.
Google Home (first Gen) Suddenly just keeps "thinking" and doesn't do anything?