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Ask HN: Has ChatGPT been trained on Hacker News comments?
I was curious to see if HN comments are something ChatGPT also has access to. Apparently it does.Prompt 1:who said this on hackernews: For a Linux user, you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem. From Windows or Mac, this FTP account could be accessed through built-in software. (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224)Prompt 2:"Meta is danger
Show HN: Heynds – Write Faster – AI Voice and Writing Assistant (Mac/Windows)
Hey everyone,I'm excited to share Heynds, a new desktop app for macOS and Windows (Linux coming soon!) that combines voice dictation with a powerful AI writing assistant to significantly boost your productivity.First and foremost, I know that many solutions like this already exist, but I needed my own, something faster than all the others, that both integrates speech-to-text and a writing assistant in an all-in-one app.The core idea is to let you work much faster by:
* Voice-to-Text: Speak
Show HN: Ask-human-mcp – zero-config human-in-loop hatch to stop hallucinations
While building my startup i kept running into the issue where ai agents in cursor create endpoints or code that shouldn't exist, hallucinates strings, or just don't understand the code.ask-human-mcp pauses your agent whenever it’s stuck, logs a question into ask_human.md in your root directory with answer: PENDING, and then resumes as soon as you fill in the correct answer.the pain:your agent screams out an endpoint that never existed
it makes confident assumptions and you spend hours
Simple cross platform TCP tunnel
we were tired of having to deal with iptables and netsh for proxing two network interfaces on the same machine, so we did this small utility that can be installed on Windows,Mac,Linux and does not require depedencies.<p>https://github.com/ZeroData-Dev/gotunnel<p>Suggestions accepted.
Windows Measured Below 10% in Afghanistan, GNU/Linux Gaining a Lot
Windows Measured Below 10% in Afghanistan, GNU/Linux Gaining a Lot. . A new month began with statistics favourable to GNU/Linux (many site ...
Run Windows on Linux Without Dual-Booting with VirtualBox Magic
Learn how to run Windows on Linux using VirtualBox. This step-by-step guide covers setup, optimization, and seamless integration.
Chaos RAT Malware Targets Windows and Linux via Fake Network Tool Downloads
Acronis said that the Linux variants of the malware have since been detected in the wild, often in connection with ...
After 25 Years, Linux Format Magazine is No More
The final issue of Linux Format, the UK's best selling monthly Linux magazine, has gone on sale. The first issue launched in May 2000.
Linux share on Steam grows rapidly, Windows 11 reaches 60%, NVIDIA RTX 3060 and both 4060s top the list
May Steam survey adds the NVIDIA RTX 5060 Ti to the list of the most popular graphics cards, Linux grew by a huge half a percent, and Windows 11 is us
Stretch Break Linux App Reminds You to Stop Pixel-Gawping
Stretch Break is a simple reminder app for Linux that prompts you to take a break, helping prevent eye strain and promote healthy screen habits.
How Red Hat just quietly, radically transformed enterprise server Linux
RHEL 10 becomes the first major enterprise Linux distro to discard traditional packaging and embrace immutable. See how we got here.
Linux enjoys a small usage uptick with Steam users, though at 2.69% it still has a long way to go to topple Windows
Just for starters, I may not be able to afford the latest Nvidia card, but I can still feel a wee bit smug that neither you ...
Microsoft accused of ‘tech extortion’ over Windows 10 support ending in campaign to get people to upgrade to Linux
KDE then points out that if it’s unpatched, which is what happens when support ceases, Windows 10 is insecure, and you open ...
Linux kernel 6.15: A closer look at new features
Linux 6.15 once again improves performance, offers standardized firmware management and clears the way for x86.
I finally found a visually pleasing Linux distro that doesn't skimp on performance
If you're looking for a new distribution that's as functional as it is beautiful, BlueStar Linux should be on your radar.
Linux Kernel Chaos Caused By A Broken Script
When anything even remotely shady happens in the kernel, people have to take it very seriously just in case something malicious ...
My "tiny" Product Hunt alternative made $5.6k in revenue last month
I run a small Product Hunt alternative called Tiny Startups.I've been running it as a newsletter for a few years and have grown it to around ~20k subscribers but I decided to go ahead with a soft pivot and build it into a "launch platform" in April to try and compete with the big boys like Product Hunt.I made $4.9k in revenue in April - my first month as a launch platform.In May revenue jumped from $4.9k to $5.6k -- most of this is from promoted submissions, even though a very hig
Ask HN: Is FAANG job dream dead?
As a reality check would like to ask your honest opinions.How it was 20-10 years ago: you have to learn hard, work hard to get into the top league, have a chance not only to* close your financial issues for life, but what is more important, get a chance to* work with the best of the best, creme de la creme engineers on (what’s arguably is even more important)* unique, ambitios, challenging and very valuable problems.What I see now both from inside of some companies (big and small, startups or no
Ask HN: How do middle schoolers talk to each other if they don't have phones?
I have a kid starting middle school in the fall. She does not have her own phone and neither do any of her friends. None of her friends have home phones, either. So how do middle schoolers talk to each other over summer break? I'm assuming her situation is not unique, so this is a general question.
Ask HN: What is your current LLM-assisted coding tool?
Hello everyone, I’m testing and comparing various LLM-assisted coding tools, and I want to know which tool you are currently using in your daily development workflow. Here are some observations and questions I have:1. Cursor and Windsurf - Both work nicely on local, but they use token-saving strategies:
- With very long context, they may truncate important information, causing the suggested code to miss key details.
- Even in normal scenarios, complex cases might exceed context or