skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
The article is not about growing a genuinely thousand year old tree.

The article is about human deforestation meaning there is an age gap of trees so there is no generation turning a thousand for the first time — no trees that will become ancient before the current ancients die. They are trying techniques to make younger trees have characteristics of older trees in order to keep the ecological presence.
now just to look up how many kids one Elon Musk has
I never used Eclipse so can't speak to that, but compared to VScode, it's got a lot of great built-ins: symbol lookup and searches work well, Typescript support is great, the debugger works well, built-in Gutlens-style version control GUI, a good 3-way diff and merge tool, linters, refactoring tools, etc. Also database browser, diagrammer, multi language support...

Most of that is also available in some form with VScode plug-ins, but I prefer Jetbrains's monolithic approach with batteries included. It's what I want from my IDE (everything out of the box).

And aren't Maven and Gradle build tools, not IDEs? (Sorry for the noob question; JS dev here)
> whether they actually did it for the reason of trying to save failing batteries

It did for me. I had a phone that would suddenly die whenever I used it for anything too intensive, especially whenever the battery was under 40%.

The update fixed it.
oh I know. And considering the CLOUD act that's how it should be. Maybe I shouldn't have written "easy to follow" since stuff like backups can get tricky and DSARs can be a pain on the receiving side, but it is certainly easy to understand. I do hope that GDPR does add a wedge for getting less dependent on US companies that obviously do not care about privacy at all.

But please also share the more nuanced take on the GDPR of your lawyer. You can't go around making claims like that without substantiating them ;).
Not as much as you take being born Palestinian and staying there.
I don't know what "Bad Person" means, I was just pointing out the ridiculousness of saying "he only wants to get rid of empathy in the extreme when it leads to (essentially) suicide" when he's actively working to dismantle programs that benefit the economy just because he perceives them as having some modicum of "empathy" related to them.

I'm also not sure what your comment about DOGE is trying to say. He has commented many times on wanting smaller government, and is working actively to achieve that with DOGE. What am I missing there?
I don't count LLMs as intelligent. To a certain degree they can be a component of intelligence, but I don't count an LLM on its own.
> Wow it's pretty difficult to try talking with you.

i.e. resort to personal attacks? If you have a valid point I genuinely don't understand why you can't discuss the actual matter at hand.

> don't understand that there may be nuance in what I am saying, or if you're just manipulating for the sport

The problem is you're taking Western media reports at face value and for granted. There are nuances and it is in what you see and hear. I mean the Chinese at some point loved Western goods - likely way more than your "allies". Tesla had a large % of sales there.

> Europe/Canada much less so, because until 2025 they considered the US as allies!

Will Captain America come around? It's not a movie. The real world never works like this. No 1 blindly assume as so and the EU themselves have gladly in the past gone against "their ally" on many policies including on China. US has never really helped any nation "for free". You just might not know what they want or got out of it.
Update: In the afternoon I regained access and mails are restored.
This is the most important question. What's the best practice? Firefox? Something else?
>6 months

>work below minimum wage

>all that cash

~$6000?
Crop failures are natural disasters. Famine's are political disasters.

The Indian economist Amartya Sen wrote a book in 1999, _Development as Freedom_ which argues, relatively convincingly, that famine's don't happen in functioning democracies among their own citizens. The book makes the observation that famines happened regularly in British colonial India, every few decades, but basically stopped in democratic, self-governing India. (1) And, as far back as the Romans, Egyptians, and Chinese many of the stories told about what good governance looked like involved beating famines- either because they were able to organize shipments of food from unaffected areas or because they stored up enough grain in the good times to survive the crop failures.

It is the general consensus among people who study this sort of thing that, as the United Nations OHCHR wrote in 2023, "Hunger and famine did not arise because there was not enough food to go around; they were caused by political failures, meaning that hunger and famine could only be addressed through political action." (2) Yes, a particular crop failure can be a natural disaster, but a famine happening requires a political failure on top of that (and the research does seem to indicate causation: the political failure is not caused by the crop failure but was pre-existing, and caused the crop failure to turn into a famine).

So, basically, yeah, the general consensus of people who study famines today and in the past is that the British government made choices that turned a crop failure into a famine. The same with the Great Famine of India, the Bengal Famine, the Soviets and the Holdomor, etc.

1: Generally, my understanding is that people who look at this think that Sen was basically correct. There might be a couple of occasions where a democracy failed to govern and suffered a famine, but, the way that democracies distribute power makes it far more unusual for them to fail so catastrophically that they can't deliver food to an area experiencing crop failure. This is one of the reasons that democracies are better than authoritarian governments!

2: https://www.ohchr.org/en/news/2023/03/conflict-and-violence-...
Why? I have started two small businesses in Canada with reasonable success (not enough to retire, but a nice payday each time), there was nothing particularly onerous either time.
You absolutely can. Deterministic inference is achievable, but it isn't as performant. The reason why sadly boils down to floating point math.
Going to a country for work on a tourist visa (waiver) and without a working permit is ridiculous on top of staying longer than the usually allowed 90 days in any sequence of 180 consecutive days. Do not put yourself in a position for a foreign government to put you in detention and "hope for the best".
Show HN: Chrome Extension for ChatGPT to organize conversations into folders
Hi HN, I'm Alex, a full-stack developer from Toronto, Canada. I recently built a Chrome extension that organizes ChatGPT conversations into folders, allowing users to sort and save important information for easy reference.

The idea for this extension came from a friend who highlighted the lack of good (and affordable) ChatGPT organizers. Many existing tools were either low-quality or overpriced, so I decided to create one that was both reliable and accessible. I built the extension using plain JavaScript and developed a backend with Express to handle Google authentication. For storage, I used MongoDB, enabling all users with an account to save their folder structures and conversation data. Initially, I planned to charge $5 per month to cover costs since originally this extension was intended as a portfolio project addressing a real-world problem.

However, just as I finished the main functionality and was about to implement payments, ChatGPT announced an official feature similar to one my extension was providing. Rather than continue competing in a market with an "official" solution, I decided to stop development. But I didn't want my work to go to waste, so I chose to release it for free, motivated by a desire to share it with the community.

I made some changes to eliminate the backend. Now the extension stores all folder structures and content locally in Chrome storage. Luckily, I had some old code to reuse for this. The extension is now live on the Chrome Web Store.

This project introduced me to a lot of new challenges with technologies I hadn’t used before, but I’m grateful for the experience and the skills I gained along the way.

I hope you find it useful!
Links to the extension and its website:
https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/chatgpt-folders/akg...
https://chatgpt-folders.netlify.app/

If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to reach out in the comments or via email at georgepozdman@gmail.com.
(2022)

You've turned your/rriepe's substack series (https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=yousuckatcss.substack...) into a book? Or actually maybe it's the other way around (based on rriepe's profile[0])

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=rriepe
I'd say it's closer to emulating human documents.

In most cases, The LLM itself is a name-less and ego-less clockwork Document-Maker-Bigger. It is being run against a hidden theater-play script. The "AI assistant" (of whatever brand-name) is a fictional character seeded into the script, and the human unwittingly provides lines for a "User" character to "speak". Fresh lines for the other character are parsed and "acted out" by conventional computer code.

That character is "helpful and kind and patient" in much the same way way that another character named Dracula is a "devious bloodsucker". Even when form is really good, it isn't quite the same as substance.

The author/character difference may seem subtle, but I believe it's important: We are not training LLMs to be people we like, we are training them to emit text describing characters and lines that we like. It also helps in understanding prompt injection and "hallucinations", which are both much closer to mandatory features than bugs.
Anna's Archive is on the path to this, for written works at least. The main idea is open source code + distributed data in torrents + anonymous contributors that are dedicated to the project.

https://annas-archive.li/blog
That site is mistaken. I live in Massachusetts and can tell you with certainty you are not banned from having a clothesline, notwithstanding an HOA rule in place.

In fact, the states given by that page are all listed as “right to dry” states - meaning associations do not have the right to ban clotheslines:

https://www.abajournal.com/news/article/20_right_to_dry_stat...

Although note this information isn’t accurate either - because Massachusetts never passed it’s right to dry law - it got stuck in committee:

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S1117

There seems to be a circle of sites here regurgitating the same incorrect information.

Regardless, I don’t understand how any state or municipality can ban clotheslines.
I heard of porkbun as well, but haven't tried yet. Seems like all in one.

So far my registrar is Gandi (don't have enough reason to change it), DNS server is CloudFlare, websites are GH pages and mails will be FastMail so it seems.
We have a judicial system that exists precisely to answer these questions. However, despite repeated attempts to utilize that judicial system, Khalil's lawyers have been stonewalled from their charge by the government.

THAT is the most important thing. Everything else is downstream of that -- you cannot have a fair evaluation of any of the things you are talking about without a fair trial, and that's not happening.
> deep tech work in physics

And how long did they have funding for to continue doing this work? Is there some part of "it's expensive to do deep work" that you disagree with?

> Would you say every programming language is fungible? If so, then why are there so many? How many should there be?

This is a complete non-sequitur.
There's another book namely the RFSoC book complementing this SDR book that's also available for free download.

This newer book focus on the more powerful RFSoC from AMD rather the less powerful but the very popular Adalm Pluto kit by Analog Devices that's being covered in this SDR book.

[1] RFSoC book:

https://www.rfsocbook.com/
I'm new to the world of graph, and I just started building with SurrealDB in embedded mode.

If you don't mind taking a few minutes, what are the main reasons to use Kuzu instead?
Based just on the details in the report, it seems refusing entry is justified. Or at least not very strange.

What I don't understand is, why not just send her back home vs detaining her? Maybe someone that's more knowledgeable here can chime in. Is it standard practice to detain someone, especially for an extended period, vs just putting them on the first plane back home?
Yeah, that's a big reason that I wanted to (hypothetically speaking) rip all my blu-rays and DVDs.

Rip them while they're still good, and store them on a RAID hard drive cluster with proper error correction, and I think that as long as I'm a little vigilant with scrubbing and replacing drives when they fail, it should last quite awhile.
No, declaring a variable in a `for` loop is supported in C99 but you can't do if-init.
Sorry got my code blocks swapped around and didn't proof-read carefully enough.

It was utterly mundane code.
That's all well and good, but 4 is actually the most random number, because it was chosen by fair dice roll.
> The last big driver of time-wasting in CSS is the drive for pixel perfection

I agree. Also users/product managers do not care. They will see UI that is a little bit “off” and think negatively about your brand. Congrats, now you have a ticket to make the UI look pixel perfect.

I suppose the audience for this isn’t people who actually get paid to write CSS, but instead casual blog writers. It’s definitely ok and normal to have little blips on your side project.
Still a $700bn market cap compared with $300bn for Toyota and something like $140bn for BYD so there's some room to go down more.
best acronym of 2025 (so far)
She had an airline ticket. She missed that flight now.

> Brösche had her German passport, confirmation of her visa waiver to enter the country, and a copy of her return ticket back to Berlin
Thanks for the context. Agreed it's amazing what people can do it such an unforgiving environment.
If I want to do numerical computing (to solve a problem that needs it), which languages should I consider? Which should I not? Is any language appropriate?

Which languages do you reach for most often (whatever the reason for doing so)?
"Legal protest"

"A permanent resident"

He has a wife who is eight months pregnant, I think.

Is this not a free speech issue?

I live in Florida where your free speech rights are interesting already (https://www.aclufl.org/en/know-your-rights/demonstrations-an...). You don't have to fully outlaw it to curtail it.

I don't believe he has been charged with anything. It feels like we are slipping away from the rule of law governing our governors.
Their 2D engine was incredible for the time as well, implementing 100% of the Windows GDI functions in hardware.
It isn't apologetic. It is a statement of "we're still not able to fix/avoid it or similar to it" almost 200 years later.

> At some point you need to hold the people who perpetuate the system accountable for the devastation it causes.

Naturally, that beyond the debate. Unfortunately we still fail to effectively unwind the system behavior back to responsible people (and there is whole theory on whether in general it is possible at all and to what extent)
A nice writeup.

Here's a simple hack in this direction. In an issue tracker like github's, add "bug" or "wish" labels to all issues (except the few which turn out to be neither, eg support requests). "Bugs" are accepted defects (facts), "wishes" are enhancement requests/proposals (plans, or less than plans).

Actually I use A-BUG and A-WISH, and colour code them, to make them stand out and always be clearly visible at the start of the labels.

(I get about 60% bugs, 40% wishes).
I stopped subscribing to the NYTimes, when 8 out of 10 "news items" promoted to me through the app were from the opinion columns. Super annoying. I know they rank and promote stuff that's popular, but we don't really need editorials/opinions in the news. It's why all those Fox/MSNBC viewers are confused by their favorite pundits, and mistaking what they say for "news" and "facts".

The other annoying thing now, even publications like NYTimes does is A/B ing inflammatory headlines to get the clicks, even though when you read the article, the facts presented are often different or opposite than the headline enticement.
Racing against an ASG/ALB combo is always a horrifying adrenaline rush.
What are the best ways for citizens to get their own p2p internet going?
On social media, maybe.

I would expect HN to maintain the distinction where "brick" means it won't work at all due to a software malfunction, and can't be restored to a working state via a hard reset button or software update via WiFi/USB.

Its technical meaning to engineers hasn't changed, and HN is a technical site full of engineers.
If that is that statute Trump is deporting him over, that’s both hilarious and extremely sad at the same time.

I doubt there is any single person in US history that has been more damaging to foreign relations.
What is your ultimate goal with this analysis?
Gun control:

The CDC once did [studies to prevent gun violence] – until 1997, when the NRA convinced Congress to cut all of the CDC’s funding for gun research, a loss equivalent to millions of dollars a year.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/27/health/cdc-gun-research-walen...
You install NextDNS from the App Store.
Show HN: Waypoints – A Gamified Local Discovery and Loyalty App
Hey HN!

I’m working on Waypoints, a mobile app that gamifies visiting local restaurants, bars, and shops. Users earn points, unlock achievements, and complete challenges (like “Visit 3 coffee shops” or “Try 5 different cocktails”) to redeem real rewards like discounts and freebies.

How it works:

Check in at businesses via GPS, QR, or NFC
Complete challenges to earn points & achievements
Redeem rewards like discounts, free items, and exclusive perks
Businesses attract more customers with gamified incentives
We’re starting in Charlotte, NC, and I’d love to get your feedback:

What do you think about the concept?
Have you seen similar models work before?
Any ideas on making the incentives more engaging?
Would love your thoughts!
Has always been a cat and mouse game for more than 6 years. There will always be a way as long as google doesn't implement something like "device integrity" in order to watch youtube videos.
It's an ETF, so it boils down to whether you have access to a particular stock exchange. European brokers support trading on US stock exchanges, so I'm sure it works the other way around too. I use Amundi and Xtrackers because they have large fund sizes, low TER, and that's what's available at the brokers I use, though not all of my brokers have Amundi, for example. The availability outside the EU shouldn't be a problem, since most funds are also at the London Stock Exchange in either USD or GBP.
Not necessarily a rug pull, just a really good example of Enshittification.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification
What is your measure of intelligence?
What are you on about? I can ask an llm (which amusingly autocorrects to “lol”) or a search engine, stocks that retained and grew their value over decades. There’s lots.

Would you rather a centrally planned government where companies no longer care about their value? That, in a nutshell, is socialism.
I only trust people who don’t have initials
I would be cautious about using this assumption or analysis to answer those questions, and your phrasing.

Cash is different than realized value, as anyone who has watched their cash inflate away will tell you as they use it for kindling.

Similarly, money tied up in the stock market doesn't mean it could be used in the economy. In many ways, the economy is not money limited and adding more does nothing.
You are correct, food was exported outside of Ireland during this time period. This time was called the Hungry 40's and crop failures were happening all over Europe. It lead to the Revolutions of 1848. Food was only available at prices that the poor could no longer afford.
Any TV client that has an official YouTube app has been required to have DRM hardware for seven or eight years now, it's literally part of the terms for carrying it.
Just like the myth of them being the party concerned with responsible government spending. A simple chart of the annual deficit overlain with the party in power makes it clear that reality is the exact opposite and has been for many decades, but they are better at marketing that stuff than the Dems.
If they're expunging images of the Enola Gay, we can guess no. (Unless the courts intervene. And even then...)
It's worth noting that while that's a fair comparison to the wine bottle, it's not necessarily true to say that either the bottle of wine or the Gesha coffee are inherently higher quality or more premium, they're just rarer or more expensive to produce and somewhat more novel than what a person would get most of the time. You can probably brew equally as satisfying and flavorful coffee by spending significantly less than half that rate, it just won't be as fancy feeling.
What do you wish you knew about dsp and frequency back then that you know mow?
Hot prompting boosts LLM accuracy with fact highlights
Outside the ~ 5 Trillion USD that went to primary market (IPOs, secondary offerings and share issuances) since 1970 and flowed to the actual companies, there is a significant amount of cash that is tied in the secondary market speculating the value of the stocks instead of e.g. providing liquidity to the economy. I am trying to understand how much is that.
As I noted, this post is saying AI can't achieve "genius" level creativity. Just a year ago the criticisms were that it couldn't match a human. How is that not moving the goalposts?
How much would Google even lose if Apple didn't make Google the default search engine? People would almost certainly just use Google anyway. If Apple switched to Bing most people would use it once, get pissed off, and then switch it back to Google.

It's not that weird that people are a bit suspicious that it's really worth Google $20B/year.
> And we will get to the point that we both agree it's just our interpretations of facts.

You're trying to prove something with a much higher requirement than mine. Where are the facts to begin with?

I'm saying it's "not" what they voted for, the equivalent of trying to prove "not guilty". So as long as there are suspicions that's easily done.

What you're trying to prove is that everyone is "guilty", which is a lot harder, e.g. you'd need a high majority in court.

> I live among such people.
> These are 2 examples out of dozens.

i.e. your reply is you live potentially in a bubble that might not even be statistically enough to prove any point and because of that you've concluded.

So if my friends at school all buy the same game, somewhere this game is popular in my country or even the world? For all I know it could only be my school or my state. E.g. many US states swing differently.
Citizens from developed countries think that the immigration rules applied to folks from developing and poorer countries may not be seriously interpreted for them. This is just a good example where crackdown has occurred according to the letter of the law.
Edited the year into the title. CASS (the CSS library) and YSAC (this book) have been a huge marketing mess, to be honest. And yeah the substack was part of it-- I think the book came first though. Kyle Yeats (rhymes with stylesheets) was going to be a Youtube persona but I could never really get the feel of it right.

The book morphed into being more about project management. I think there's a lot of value in it still, in that respect, so I'm putting it all online for free.
Woah coming from a dsp / synth background that’s wild to hear.
I heard a story the other day where kids tried to steal either a Bentley or a Porsche, and could not figure out how to get it into drive.

Is that a feature or a bug?
Amphibians bounce-back from Earth's greatest mass extinction