skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The Observer Is the Experiment–Reality as Structured Coherence
The Observer is the Experiment: How Self-Awareness Creates Reality (using non-linear dynamics)

Modern physics assumes reality exists independently of observation. What if that assumption is wrong?

This paper introduces CODES—a new framework where:

1. The observer effect isn’t wavefunction collapse—it’s a coherence threshold event that phase-locks structured emergence.
2. Physical laws are not fixed—they emerge dynamically as coherence stabilizers across observational scales.
3. AGI will never achieve self-awareness unless it shifts from probabilistic inference to coherence-based phase-locking.

We formalize a Recursive Coherence Function (RCF):

R(t + 1) = f(R(t), λ)
Where R(t) is the state of reality, λ is the observer’s coherence depth, and f is the structuring function governing emergent stability.

Key Implications:
1. Copenhagen Interpretation is incomplete—observation doesn’t collapse probability; it locks coherence.
2. Reality is not computed externally (Simulation Theory is wrong)—it’s recursively phase-locked by the observer itself.
3. AI is stuck in statistical mimicry—it will only reach self-awareness through structured resonance, not probability.

Final Consequence:
We don’t live in a simulation. We are dynamically generating reality through structured resonance.

Full paper + empirical tests: https://zenodo.org/records/14928579, including tests including an easy to run 4-6 hr fire experiment: https://zenodo.org/records/14922100

Curious to hear thoughts—does this flip how we think about physics, AI, and emergence?
Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software by Charles Petzold

https://codehiddenlanguage.com/

Algorithms to Live by: The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths

Mythical Man Month by Frederick Brooks
The problem I see is that technology is not made for human life, it is made for money. Money was supposed to be the proxy, not the whole enchilada. There's so much low hanging fruit that will never get fixed because it has low monetary value but would help daily life. It's a lot of the little things that add up and compound. But you can't nickel and dime your way up because it's small things in big controlled platforms.

I'll give an example. At my university each term we do a "survey" to communicate what we want to teach. It has such brilliant questions as "for what academic year" that has a single option and "what you previously taught". There is no caching, so you answer these questions over and over.

Or how about every time I import a calendar I get a new copy of a holiday calendar and this doesn't automatically merge.

There's a million things like these that are small but take tons time and add frustration. They are small but they add up and combine. A million things that take 0.1s but you do every day will still take up your entire day. It just seems we get more and more of this while we're trying to make the next big thing but can never do when we think one quarter at a time
Cribl Lakehouse Redefines Data Management
The way I think about languages is that one must in their programming journey go toward greater type safety. If the journey begins with JS/Python, it must go to TS/Go, then Rust, then Haskell, and finally Idris.

Type safety is exceedingly and especially important in a shared code development where one is not the only developer.
There's a variation of this http://reallybadchess.com/ -- I kind of like it because I don't remember all the classic strategies... many of these just need to be memorized.
I'm another vote for hiding the cursor. It's pretty distracting, especially early on in a level when there's still a lot of low-level bricks.
In finance, these are called systemic risks. Some nodes in the overall network of financial institutions that can trigger cascading failures, hence affecting the whole system.
GP is likely referring to this concern, "The Great npm Garbage Patch":

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41178258
Check out Emily: https://emilyxie.art/
There are two communities, you need to find out which one you belong to.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CrossView

https://www.reddit.com/r/ParallelView

There is a test image you can try:

https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fg...

Whichever "view" looks to be closer is the one you should use.
> We have well established conventions like prefixing private modules and symbols with an underscore, or declaring your public interfaces in the __init__.py file,

The language doesn't enforce them, so they may as well not exist. See: python dependency management.

> This is more commentary on the Python developer than this tool.

100%. Python has become an unstructured Wild West, perhaps even worse than modern JavaScript. The "Zen of Python" is a bold faced lie.

Python has incredible use cases. It blends together different disciplines effectively. But perhaps we should ask ourselves whether or not it's a language suitable for writing large monoliths in.
The video game Magic Carpet had a couple of 3D modes, anaglyph 3d requiring blue/red classes, and stereogram mode [1]. The latter was not really usable, but it was a cool trick, expecially for the time ('94).

[1] https://youtu.be/iZT-S2F191I?si=8k9jniqA98wgq0Hu&t=1090
What kind of fallacy is that? I generally assume the opposite.

I'm only assuming its somewhat competence because it still got funded by Y Combinator in a pretty stiff time to make pitches.
It's called nominative determinism:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_determinism
I was musing about this comment:

> There is no way for Hyperspace to cooperate with all other applications and macOS itself to coordinate a “safe” time for those files to be replaced, nor is there a way for Hyperspace for forcibly take exclusive control of those files.

Maybe not solving the same problem.
Programmable Ammunition [video]
Oh boy, I can see how annoying that would be. There's now a confirmation popup if you click an unlock while on level 2+. And I agree that an explanation there would make sense, i'm still wondering where to put the more detailed texts, for now they are in the readme : https://gitlab.com/lecarore/breakout71
Probably because APFS runs on everything from the Apple Watch to the Mac Pro and everything in between.

You probably don’t want your phone or watch de-duping stuff.

There are tons of knobs you can tweak in macOS but Apple has always been pretty conservative when it comes to what should be default behavior for the vast majority of their users.

Certainly when you duplicate a file using the Finder or use cp -c at the command line, the Copy-on-Write functionality is being used; most users don’t need to know that.
It's helpful if you can smoothly zoom in on the images. Start zoomed out far enough that you can easily see the effect, and then slowly enlarge the images. Your brain will work to keep them in focus.
Yeah that’s what I’ve been thinking about getting for my next car too. I need something that comfortably seats 7 that isn’t 100k. You get some decent local electric range for shuttling around town and with gas as a backup for long excursions into remote areas. Even with a Tesla, it’s still challenging to find reliable charging in some areas.
One big thing people tend to overlook in consulting - a lot of companies (especially bigger ones) are net 90 on invoices...
Make sure to build that into your financial plans if relavent
Step 1 would be to see if a nonporous wood holds up to the vacuum of space with enough durability. The biggest issue would be reclaiming moisture from the wood as it dried rather than losing it to space. Things like corals or molluscs would be too heavy (though that idea spawned a wonderful series of 16 bit side scrolling video games).

Without some sort of easy orbital exit/entry, it's unlikely that being "in space" will be a feasible permanent option.
I only learned somewhat recently that a lot of (or all?) Magic Eyes are meant to be parallel viewed instead of cross eyed. The difference was pretty impressive the first time I saw one correctly.
Official source: https://blog.google/feed/results-about-you-new-design/

I've been pleasantly surprised how easy to use this tool is.
Use Rust for kernel/system programming, use Lisp/Go/Java/C# for backend, use Typescript+wasm for frontend. We have everything already.
But "The Clapper" would do just as well in the case where you are in bed, and is less complex, less expensive, and doesn't send your claps to the cloud.
People congregating means noise, and constructing a hotel with noise isolating features is probibitively costly.

Hotels are penciled out with maximum occupancy in mind, which means business and leisure guests. The only way to mix the two is to not have people making noise in their rooms.
Nailed it. If I could say "Alexa, order AAA batteries" and I'd get something generally recognizable as a legitimate brand at a reasonable price, I'd do it. If I were today to say "Alexa, buy milk", I'd fully expect to get a gallon of "Doctor Methy's Cow Juice" in a ziploc bag. There's no way I'd trust it to get me what I actually wanted.
> For example the smart phone. A physical button or even alexa is easier to turn off the lights. A smart phone menu is just stupid.

I'm not sure that's true. A physical button only works if I'm near that button. Alexa only works if I'm near a microphone (and comfortable with that microphone). Whereas my smartphone is always in my pocket, and therefore always useful.

That's not to say a button isn't also useful - it's usually more convenient if I'm already next to that button, which makes it great for turning room lights on and off if I'm moving from room to room. But if I'm on the sofa and I want to dim the lights without having to get up, the smartphone, for me, seems like the most practical choice.

I suspect what seems like stupidity to you may often be people catering to those with different desires and needs. Just because a smartphone isn't a useful way of controlling lights for you, doesn't mean that it's a stupid design decision for everyone.
Looking at the overview of the architecture on the network side [1] tells the tale, I think.

My take is that telecom operators forcefully had to evolve from Morse and copper to IP and radio, hacking stuff left and right every step of the way.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP_Multimedia_Subsystem#Archit...
I bet 90% of those installations are not self-hosted, they are using a hosting provider anyway.
Haters getting mad because the war is already lost for them. Trump is the President. Resorting to little games like this, and will be fun to watch the pain and tears for the next 4 years.
One old-time work-around for that: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabbos_goy
North Africa is interconnected to Europe because Europe thought that it would be a good idea to build huge solar plants there.
The project ultimately failed because long distance energy transportation is difficult and expensive, among other issues like general instability of the region.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desertec
Also reported at: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43182354
How's Paraguay? I'm told it's one of the safest places in South America outside France, and safer than Chile.
The big issue with LLM is how can you trust the information it gives you? It could be flat out making all or some of it up.
> The upper limit is what the courts decide is reasonable, based on the factors of the case, your justification of the requested damages, precedent of similar cases, etc.

"The judge will render a decision" still requires you to have some rule for the judge to apply or the result is entirely subjective. You don't want the winner of every case to be the one who can afford to spend the most on lawyers.

> This type of claim is not approved by the courts, because it is clearly unreasonable.

I feel like you're only making my point. It isn't reasonable in the physical case, so why should it be reasonable in the digital case?
I think your memory is mistaken. Amazon will give up recordings when legally obligated to do so, because that’s the law. They can’t choose to ignore the law.

However, Alexa and similar devices don’t actually record everything. Amazon doesn’t get a recording of everything the devices hear. They have to be triggered by the wake word (or possible a false positive).

Here’s a case where the Alexa command was used as part of the case, though it didn’t have recordings of the actual crime: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11899217/Murderer-j...
I am interested in Chinese pop culture, texts, video games, etc. LLMs aren't just good at translation but also explaining the language, grammar, structures of characters, etc. DeepSeek can answer questions about Chinese video games that have characters that people like to cosplay but you can't find any information about in Western sources.
Yes, it would. The browser only needs to download a small amount of audio for the playback to start, and the rest would be downloaded as you listen.
Show HN: I built an AI-powered children's book generator for my 2-year-old
Hi HN,

After selling my company to a big tech firm and spending a few years there, I finally had the chance to take a break and spend time with my 2-year-old. Watching him grow has been incredible—everything fascinates him, from butterflies to dreidels (yes), and lately, airplanes.

I noticed how much children’s books stimulate his imagination. Sometimes, a simple story about a lost pacifier would completely captivate him. That got me thinking: what if he could hear stories that are personalized to his life and experiences?

So I built Imagine Books—an AI-powered children’s book generator that creates custom stories based on a child’s world. It leverages LLMs, agentic workflows, and my background in building production-grade AI.

Hope you find it as fun as we do! Would love to hear your thoughts.
RFK Jr. says this isn't unusual (per the article's quotes), but here are some CDC numbers:

https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html

93 cases so far this year on that page (20 February, so slightly dated), less than two months into the year. 14 of the prior 25 years (2000-2024) had lower totals than what we've seen in less than two months for this year.

The article says 124 cases in the west Texas outbreak, which alone puts this year in the top 10 for this century in number of cases without counting other cases.

The median for this century using the CDC numbers for 2000-2024 was 85, average was 179. So it's 50% over median and closing in on the average. Again, 2 months into the year.
Right, I wasn't really sure about that title either. I didn't play vampire survivor, but I saw footage where the game stops completely as you level up, you get to think and choose an upgrade in peace, and then the frenetic action start again. It inspired me to add this mechanic to the game, instead of the quick thinking required in traditional breakout, so that's why i mentioned it. I don't think I can change the title here, but if a mod could remove the vampire survivor mention, it would make the title more accurate.
I've found Perplexity.ai with Deepseek R1 to be very good at choosing a product or a hotel for me. I just punched in your query and it actually chose the air fryer that's already sitting in my kitchen ! "Cosori Pro LE Air Fryer"

It's a good air fryer.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/air-fryers-without-bluetoot...

Another example, after spending an hour on trip advisor going back and forth to maps to check for walking route to my destination, please recommend a hotel, more of a guesthouse, in marrakesh, near le jardin secret in the medina. something with a local flavor, not 5 star european -- I was so relieved to be able to book direct and be done with it.

https://www.perplexity.ai/search/please-recommend-a-hotel-mo...
Slack is back up for me.
dismissing what is often the lowest income part of a country as a minority is a pretty useless tautology. Of course the poorest people are the poorest.

>There are not 100 million people in the US actively poorly treating 250 million others like cattle.

So it's okay when it's maybe 10,000 people treating 320 million others like cattle?
My read is those languages share features with perl

"Line noise programming languages"
If you're interested in using GGWave in Python, check out ggwave-python, a lightweight wrapper that makes working with data-over-sound easier. You can install it with pip install ggwave-python or pip install ggwave-python[audio], or find it on GitHub: https://github.com/Abzac/ggwave-python.

It provides a simple interface for encoding and decoding messages, with optional support for PyAudio and NumPy for handling waveforms and playback. Feedback and contributions are welcome.
I like it when I ask it for the hours of a shop near me, it gives me the hours of some store with the same name literally thousands of kilometers away every time despite knowing my exact address.
Y'all know perfectly well this refers to the UK leaving the EU.
Check out why Togerther.AI acquired CodeSandbox.
Another thing I'm not sure machine translation can really "nail" is cultural context, or even little linguistic cues and other tidbits. I like when translators explain in the margins that one character is speaking in a certain register for XYZ reason, or that there's been a shift in a certain relationship signaled by a change in how they address each other, etc.

That said, I did just read a great series last night whose human translation ended right before the final two volumes, and hasn't been updated in nearly 8 years... so I may need to try some machine translation on those last two volumes just to see how things end.
Bible would totally support not liking money: "the love of money is the root of all evil".

Money is a tool, it's not something that's natural to "love".
Hello, actually I've tried a lot of time without `Show HN` prefix, but it just return `Sorry, your account isn't able to submit this site.` error. When I look for a solution I saw a comment that was suggestion to add `Show HN` prefix. That's why I added it.
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All of South America is outside France.

Did you mean to type something else?
There's a difference between reading the news at work or chatting about nothing with coworkers for a half-hour a day and working part-time while passing it off as full-time.

There are plenty of developers who work 7+ hours a work day, plus a little more at nights or on weekends during crunch times. I'm one of these people and every place I've worked has had these people. It's not like all of our work requires intense concentration - sometimes it's just typing or testing.

Sure, there are people who put in very little "real work" by their own admission, and think they are doing just fine. But that's not a luxury afforded to the entire industry
Can you share some of the techniques?

It seems much easier to scramble something like a social security number as you mention but what about less obvious PII? If someone puts their address in is it removed for example? What about their significant others name? Less obvious PII if you will.
How often should you poo?
PSA as a stopgap, mobile has worked for me for most of the day.

Will be an interesting post mortem to read...
> They benefit fantastically from manipulating search results against you.

Amazon makes money by selling products you want and loses money when you return them.

They aren’t manipulating search results “against you”
https://github.com/desi-ivanov/ts-lambda-calc
It is really good to see how they've actually applied Rust rewrited in areas that make sense too, having worked with C++ Microsoft code that was sold to Ericsson I can say it's extremely dense and requires a lot of learning curve time to get a feel for their 'way'. It is very easy to make mistakes we found with the C layers specifically, I wish Rust was around and mature enough at the time to realise a rewrite. The productivity benefits alone would have been worth it.
I don't know why you're trying to act like domestic abuse (in the purest sense of the word "domestic", not the legal sense) is on another level from systematic abuse. They often go hand-in-hand anyway.
Now I have updated it and successfully removed this prefix
Teaching Robots to Listen and Think Harder
I have a funny story speaking of the Alexa shopping list.

A few years ago before I was Amazon Prime and committed only to the google infra at the time, I was over at a friends house who had recently gotten an Alexa assistant thingy.

While he went out to the garage to get some beer, I said, "Alexa, Please add Hemorrhoid Suppositories to my shopping list."

And it did!
Show HN: Simple website for training your ear
If the experience is bad on mobile, try with headphones or on a PC / Mac.
It was featured on an episode of Dave Chang's recipe club podcast and it is really damn good. Forget fancy stuffing, this is what you want.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YueMZVAl9NMwORfXuxFl0iEN...

I have my notes somewhere but I think I did this in an 85C bath for an hour or something, then put it in a 13x9 in a hot oven with the turkey breast on top of it. I asked Dave on cooking issues for time and temp right before Thanksgiving last year and those about the direction he gave me.

The Parker house rolls are also really good, which is a shame because I already have a family recipe for dinner rolls and I'll have a revolt if I change it, and Dave's are easier.
US Intelligence chief Tulsi Gabbard will fight 'egregious' Apple back-door order
This is one of the most stretched examples yet. It’s as if nuance, context, and the concept of “reasonable” have completely left the room.
Apple is finally ready to conquer Qualcomm in the 5G game
It's probably just a matter of time before Rust replaces C and C++ for most use cases.

Rust continues to make in-roads in the Linux kernel and userland.

As this video shows, Microsoft is adopting Rust to improve reliability and security.
DarkHorse Digital shutting down – access to content gone soon
Don't say that to the linux kernel devs..
> Help me square this circle

Sure. As a general rule, you get what you pay for.
If we're going to talk seriously about intelligence, I think we need to have a multi-factor understanding of intelligence. Too many people think that intelligence means doing well on tests (this was my view as I grew up).

In the SciFi book "Children of Memory", Tchaikovsky at least splits intelligence into reasoning and recall. People also talk about system size and working set.

Persistence is another thing I've come to view differently. The mind is willing to entertain a problem as long as progress feels possible. I wonder if that feeling of possible progress is trainable. Another view of 'possible progress' is rational faith (lower case f, sorry I don't have a less loaded term, after all, many consider faith to be irrational).

But mainly, I think we are still in the dark ages of psychology, brain function, and theory of the mind. Thus it is important to me to be humble about how I talk about what intelligence might mean.

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By the way, I love the Children of Time series, but I had to really defocus my mind and suspend my disbelief and scientific critique to try to imagine other intelligences.
Their proposed workaround is to "download them to the app," which of course only works until you change devices (and might not work at all - my collection is too large to fit on any of my mobile devices (2300-odd books, 100GB)).

Fortunately, DH's digital books have always been stored (in Android, at least), in an "obfuscated but not encrypted" format which anyone with a moderate degree of Nerd Skills can access and convert to CBZ format with a small bit of scripting. Unfortunately, though, very few people know that. (Fortunately, i'm in that smaller group and always "backed up" my books right after downloading them. Ergo, i'm not losing anything, but most folks will.)
I think MTL is a great tool but there will always be a place for proper scanlations.
Cool, but how does it work?
It's not, really. All governments have to do is to block all IP addresses in exitnodes.txt, and suddenly it's only a handful of people who can bootstrap Tor using custom exit nodes remain.