- Healthcare (Medicare and Medicaid): 24% \n- Social Security: 23%\n- Net Interest on Federal Debt: 15% \n- National Defense: 13%
So I guess healthcare and Social Security don't qualify as "real" expenditures to you?
And I'll point out that the enormous bill for the interest on debt is a pretty good reason to avoid ringing up so much debt in the first place."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"I'm 38 and I Can't Support Myself Anymore"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://itsmevox.substack.com/p/im-38-and-i-cant-support-myself-anymore"}},"_tags":["comment","author_nate_meurer","story_49082857"],"author":"nate_meurer","comment_text":"It's so tiresome to have to reply to useless, bad-faith posts like this, but in the interest of education here are the rough proportions of the top US federal budget expenditures according to the Treasury Department:
- Healthcare (Medicare and Medicaid): 24% \n- Social Security: 23%\n- Net Interest on Federal Debt: 15% \n- National Defense: 13%
So I guess healthcare and Social Security don't qualify as "real" expenditures to you?
And I'll point out that the enormous bill for the interest on debt is a pretty good reason to avoid ringing up so much debt in the first place.","created_at":"2026-07-30T00:12:06Z","created_at_i":1785370326,"objectID":"49104696","parent_id":49103584,"story_id":49082857,"story_title":"I'm 38 and I Can't Support Myself Anymore","story_url":"https://itsmevox.substack.com/p/im-38-and-i-cant-support-myself-anymore","updated_at":"2026-07-30T00:12:41Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"tensor"},"comment_text":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"The only thing I agree with you about is that I'd have preferred Apple to not have approved your app because of the nag. I don't care if it's a screen or just a constant message. It's a nag."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Apple's hostile App Store rating system"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/7/14.html"}},"_tags":["comment","author_tensor","story_49098803"],"author":"tensor","comment_text":"The only thing I agree with you about is that I'd have preferred Apple to not have approved your app because of the nag. I don't care if it's a screen or just a constant message. It's a nag.","created_at":"2026-07-30T00:11:59Z","created_at_i":1785370319,"objectID":"49104694","parent_id":49104349,"story_id":49098803,"story_title":"Apple's hostile App Store rating system","story_url":"https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/7/14.html","updated_at":"2026-07-30T00:12:41Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"potsandpans"},"comment_text":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"You can always tell an effective altruist by the distinct tone of disdain they have for people they deem less educated. (Quick Google search, "lesswrong 'reducesuffering'", yep.)
As if to say, look at all these animals with these instinctual reactions to a thing that only my group understands and comprehends.
You have zero evidence of what the future might entail as it relates to the dangers of ai. Zero. Forgive the rest of us unwashed for not trusting the whims of the anxious.
> climate change which is less severe
Is really the icing on the cake. Demonstrative of how incorrect your priorities are."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Anatomy of a Frontier Lab Agent Intrusion: A Timeline of the July 2026 Incident"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://huggingface.co/blog/agent-intrusion-technical-timeline"}},"_tags":["comment","author_potsandpans","story_49089500"],"author":"potsandpans","comment_text":"You can always tell an effective altruist by the distinct tone of disdain they have for people they deem less educated. (Quick Google search, "lesswrong 'reducesuffering'", yep.)
As if to say, look at all these animals with these instinctual reactions to a thing that only my group understands and comprehends.
You have zero evidence of what the future might entail as it relates to the dangers of ai. Zero. Forgive the rest of us unwashed for not trusting the whims of the anxious.
> climate change which is less severe
Is really the icing on the cake. Demonstrative of how incorrect your priorities are.","created_at":"2026-07-30T00:11:55Z","created_at_i":1785370315,"objectID":"49104693","parent_id":49101777,"story_id":49089500,"story_title":"Anatomy of a Frontier Lab Agent Intrusion: A Timeline of the July 2026 Incident","story_url":"https://huggingface.co/blog/agent-intrusion-technical-timeline","updated_at":"2026-07-30T00:12:41Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"ninkendo"},"comment_text":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"[delayed]"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Staging patches with git add (2024)"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://www.simonholywell.com/post/git-add-p/"}},"_tags":["comment","author_ninkendo","story_49048570"],"author":"ninkendo","comment_text":"[delayed]","created_at":"2026-07-30T00:11:54Z","created_at_i":1785370314,"objectID":"49104692","parent_id":49104348,"story_id":49048570,"story_title":"Staging patches with git add (2024)","story_url":"https://www.simonholywell.com/post/git-add-p/","updated_at":"2026-07-30T00:12:41Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"subarctic"},"comment_text":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"I know very little about this but it seems like the kind of thing that can and eventually will be solved computationally, not by people figuring out what a parameter or group of parameters represent"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Show HN: Open-source engine running Gemma 4 26B in 2 GB RAM on any M-series Mac"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://github.com/drumih/turbo-fieldfare"}},"_tags":["comment","author_subarctic","story_49098510"],"author":"subarctic","comment_text":"I know very little about this but it seems like the kind of thing that can and eventually will be solved computationally, not by people figuring out what a parameter or group of parameters represent","created_at":"2026-07-30T00:11:52Z","created_at_i":1785370312,"objectID":"49104691","parent_id":49102661,"story_id":49098510,"story_title":"Show HN: Open-source engine running Gemma 4 26B in 2 GB RAM on any M-series Mac","story_url":"https://github.com/drumih/turbo-fieldfare","updated_at":"2026-07-30T00:12:41Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"lbrito"},"comment_text":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"That was somewhat my first point - kids, especially younger, want things all the time. Its fine to ignore most of it. Catering to every wish of a toddler is silly. Unfortunately it seems a lot of parents tend to do more of that than seems healthy."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"A Trampoline"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://dogdogfish.com/blog/2026/07/29/a-trampoline/"}},"_tags":["comment","author_lbrito","story_49102425"],"author":"lbrito","comment_text":"That was somewhat my first point - kids, especially younger, want things all the time. Its fine to ignore most of it. Catering to every wish of a toddler is silly. Unfortunately it seems a lot of parents tend to do more of that than seems healthy.","created_at":"2026-07-30T00:11:48Z","created_at_i":1785370308,"objectID":"49104690","parent_id":49104464,"story_id":49102425,"story_title":"A Trampoline","story_url":"https://dogdogfish.com/blog/2026/07/29/a-trampoline/","updated_at":"2026-07-30T00:12:41Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"lukan"},"comment_text":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"It's a joke."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"LLM Honeypot"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://llm2human.pages.dev/"}},"_tags":["comment","author_lukan","story_49104117"],"author":"lukan","comment_text":"It's a joke.","created_at":"2026-07-30T00:11:38Z","created_at_i":1785370298,"objectID":"49104688","parent_id":49104520,"story_id":49104117,"story_title":"LLM Honeypot","story_url":"https://llm2human.pages.dev/","updated_at":"2026-07-30T00:12:41Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"dennispi"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"If Claude/Codex can connect via, what do we need a context layer for?"},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://getunblocked.com/blog/mcp-connectors-are-not-a-context-engine/"}},"_tags":["story","author_dennispi","story_49104686"],"author":"dennispi","children":[49104687],"created_at":"2026-07-30T00:11:34Z","created_at_i":1785370294,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"49104686","points":1,"story_id":49104686,"title":"If Claude/Codex can connect via, what do we need a context layer for?","updated_at":"2026-07-30T00:12:41Z","url":"https://getunblocked.com/blog/mcp-connectors-are-not-a-context-engine/"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"fg137"},"comment_text":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Seeing the title and the upvotes, I thought the author just discovered a use case that justifies the ~~$3500~~ $3700 price tag.
To say I am disappointed is an understatement."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"The coolest use for the Vision Pro"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://christianselig.com/2026/07/vision-pro-house/"}},"_tags":["comment","author_fg137","story_49102774"],"author":"fg137","comment_text":"Seeing the title and the upvotes, I thought the author just discovered a use case that justifies the ~~$3500~~ $3700 price tag.
To say I am disappointed is an understatement.","created_at":"2026-07-30T00:11:22Z","created_at_i":1785370282,"objectID":"49104685","parent_id":49103362,"story_id":49102774,"story_title":"The coolest use for the Vision Pro","story_url":"https://christianselig.com/2026/07/vision-pro-house/","updated_at":"2026-07-30T00:12:41Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"SchemaLoad"},"comment_text":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":">A lot of words, but essentially says nothing useful.
This is essentially the state of all blog posts now. As well as much code. Lots of content, not a lot of value."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"GitHub is the wrong shape for this new world"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://depot.dev/blog/github-is-the-wrong-shape-for-this-new-world"}},"_tags":["comment","author_SchemaLoad","story_49103910"],"author":"SchemaLoad","comment_text":">A lot of words, but essentially says nothing useful.
This is essentially the state of all blog posts now. As well as much code. Lots of content, not a lot of value.","created_at":"2026-07-30T00:11:04Z","created_at_i":1785370264,"objectID":"49104684","parent_id":49104609,"story_id":49103910,"story_title":"GitHub is the wrong shape for this new world","story_url":"https://depot.dev/blog/github-is-the-wrong-shape-for-this-new-world","updated_at":"2026-07-30T00:12:41Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"kloop"},"comment_text":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Yeah, but that capture is usually just hosted spark usage.
The AI usage has mostly been getting it to explain error messages"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"AI's top startups are barely publishing their research"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://www.science.org/content/article/ai-s-top-startups-are-barely-publishing-their-research"}},"_tags":["comment","author_kloop","story_49103285"],"author":"kloop","comment_text":"Yeah, but that capture is usually just hosted spark usage.
The AI usage has mostly been getting it to explain error messages","created_at":"2026-07-30T00:11:03Z","created_at_i":1785370263,"objectID":"49104683","parent_id":49103925,"story_id":49103285,"story_title":"AI's top startups are barely publishing their research","story_url":"https://www.science.org/content/article/ai-s-top-startups-are-barely-publishing-their-research","updated_at":"2026-07-30T00:11:57Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"LostMyLogin"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Ask HN: Is Claude (code) taking significantly longer to run tasks for anyone?"}},"_tags":["story","author_LostMyLogin","story_49104682","ask_hn"],"author":"LostMyLogin","created_at":"2026-07-30T00:10:56Z","created_at_i":1785370256,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"49104682","points":1,"story_id":49104682,"title":"Ask HN: Is Claude (code) taking significantly longer to run tasks for anyone?","updated_at":"2026-07-30T00:11:57Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"scarmig"},"comment_text":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"> I'm surprised there are comments here that aren't impressed about what was accomplished here.
The phrase to describe it is anti-AI psychosis. Which isn't about providing thoughtful critiques of AI, which are good and we need more of. But anytime an LLM does anything--prove a major math problem, create a successful hack against multiple corporations simultaneously--people feel compelled to start minimizing it in ridiculous terms. It's just a script kiddy; the Jacobian conjecture counterexample was something anyone could have done in a weekend; etc. It has to just be a stochastic parrot, because it's scary to imagine a non-anthropocentric world. And it's rightly scary, and we should slow down and try to better prepare for it. But blanket denial is not a strategy that will lead to success."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Anatomy of a Frontier Lab Agent Intrusion: A Timeline of the July 2026 Incident"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://huggingface.co/blog/agent-intrusion-technical-timeline"}},"_tags":["comment","author_scarmig","story_49089500"],"author":"scarmig","comment_text":"> I'm surprised there are comments here that aren't impressed about what was accomplished here.
The phrase to describe it is anti-AI psychosis. Which isn't about providing thoughtful critiques of AI, which are good and we need more of. But anytime an LLM does anything--prove a major math problem, create a successful hack against multiple corporations simultaneously--people feel compelled to start minimizing it in ridiculous terms. It's just a script kiddy; the Jacobian conjecture counterexample was something anyone could have done in a weekend; etc. It has to just be a stochastic parrot, because it's scary to imagine a non-anthropocentric world. And it's rightly scary, and we should slow down and try to better prepare for it. But blanket denial is not a strategy that will lead to success.","created_at":"2026-07-30T00:10:52Z","created_at_i":1785370252,"objectID":"49104681","parent_id":49102003,"story_id":49089500,"story_title":"Anatomy of a Frontier Lab Agent Intrusion: A Timeline of the July 2026 Incident","story_url":"https://huggingface.co/blog/agent-intrusion-technical-timeline","updated_at":"2026-07-30T00:11:57Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"nirvanist"},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Show HN: Karrouet \u2013 Dots and Boxes game we used to play as kids in Tunisia"},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://www.reddit.com/r/karrouet/"}},"_tags":["story","author_nirvanist","story_49104680","show_hn"],"author":"nirvanist","created_at":"2026-07-30T00:10:51Z","created_at_i":1785370251,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"49104680","points":1,"story_id":49104680,"title":"Show HN: Karrouet \u2013 Dots and Boxes game we used to play as kids in Tunisia","updated_at":"2026-07-30T00:11:57Z","url":"https://www.reddit.com/r/karrouet/"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"zzzeek"},"comment_text":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Insurance does not cover them and if they find out you have one they are likely to cancel your coverage.
I'm not sure why "you can lose your home insurance for having one of these" isn't being brought up more."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"A Trampoline"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://dogdogfish.com/blog/2026/07/29/a-trampoline/"}},"_tags":["comment","author_zzzeek","story_49102425"],"author":"zzzeek","comment_text":"Insurance does not cover them and if they find out you have one they are likely to cancel your coverage.
I'm not sure why "you can lose your home insurance for having one of these" isn't being brought up more.","created_at":"2026-07-30T00:10:23Z","created_at_i":1785370223,"objectID":"49104679","parent_id":49104094,"story_id":49102425,"story_title":"A Trampoline","story_url":"https://dogdogfish.com/blog/2026/07/29/a-trampoline/","updated_at":"2026-07-30T00:11:57Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"comrade1234"},"comment_text":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"I did this in a iPad when we were designing our apartment that we were buying, including furniture and kitchen."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"The coolest use for the Vision Pro"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://christianselig.com/2026/07/vision-pro-house/"}},"_tags":["comment","author_comrade1234","story_49102774"],"author":"comrade1234","comment_text":"I did this in a iPad when we were designing our apartment that we were buying, including furniture and kitchen.","created_at":"2026-07-30T00:10:22Z","created_at_i":1785370222,"objectID":"49104678","parent_id":49102774,"story_id":49102774,"story_title":"The coolest use for the Vision Pro","story_url":"https://christianselig.com/2026/07/vision-pro-house/","updated_at":"2026-07-30T00:11:57Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"4d4m"},"comment_text":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"over before things even started if that's the point at which one's aware"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"A.I. companies are recruiting electricians and carpenters by the thousands"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/business/economy/data-center-electricians-training.html"}},"_tags":["comment","author_4d4m","story_49098198"],"author":"4d4m","comment_text":"over before things even started if that's the point at which one's aware","created_at":"2026-07-30T00:10:17Z","created_at_i":1785370217,"objectID":"49104677","parent_id":49100917,"story_id":49098198,"story_title":"A.I. companies are recruiting electricians and carpenters by the thousands","story_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/business/economy/data-center-electricians-training.html","updated_at":"2026-07-30T00:11:57Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"stasomatic"},"comment_text":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"I think that Keychron is a meme brand surfing on the long tail of custom drops. I have a couple of them a Q1 Pro something, a K* whatever. They are just decent keyboards, a middle of the road. The constant accidental invocation of flashing lights is annoying and then you have to cycle through the presets. Not unique enough for geeks. Their marketing is good.
My Moonlander is gathering dust, can't find time to put it up on Ebay. Bought it 3 years ago, used for a week. QWERTY is hard to quit. I like the EPOMAKER Magicforce Smart2 68-Key layout [0] . No QMK, but I get by with Karabiner, etc.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0836T2Y17"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Keychron announces first open-source firmware for gaming mice"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/07/keychron-announces-first-open-source-firmware-for-gaming-mice"}},"_tags":["comment","author_stasomatic","story_49099715"],"author":"stasomatic","comment_text":"I think that Keychron is a meme brand surfing on the long tail of custom drops. I have a couple of them a Q1 Pro something, a K* whatever. They are just decent keyboards, a middle of the road. The constant accidental invocation of flashing lights is annoying and then you have to cycle through the presets. Not unique enough for geeks. Their marketing is good.
My Moonlander is gathering dust, can't find time to put it up on Ebay. Bought it 3 years ago, used for a week. QWERTY is hard to quit. I like the EPOMAKER Magicforce Smart2 68-Key layout [0] . No QMK, but I get by with Karabiner, etc.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0836T2Y17","created_at":"2026-07-30T00:10:15Z","created_at_i":1785370215,"objectID":"49104676","parent_id":49100182,"story_id":49099715,"story_title":"Keychron announces first open-source firmware for gaming mice","story_url":"https://www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2026/07/keychron-announces-first-open-source-firmware-for-gaming-mice","updated_at":"2026-07-30T00:11:57Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"8note"},"comment_text":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"mechanical is pretty famously bad at things that dont include gears"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"A.I. companies are recruiting electricians and carpenters by the thousands"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/business/economy/data-center-electricians-training.html"}},"_tags":["comment","author_8note","story_49098198"],"author":"8note","comment_text":"mechanical is pretty famously bad at things that dont include gears","created_at":"2026-07-30T00:09:57Z","created_at_i":1785370197,"objectID":"49104675","parent_id":49102378,"story_id":49098198,"story_title":"A.I. companies are recruiting electricians and carpenters by the thousands","story_url":"https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/business/economy/data-center-electricians-training.html","updated_at":"2026-07-30T00:11:57Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"yeswecatan"},"comment_text":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"How are you handling subagents?"},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Kimi K3-256k"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://www.kimi.com/code/docs/en/kimi-code/models"}},"_tags":["comment","author_yeswecatan","story_49101852"],"author":"yeswecatan","comment_text":"How are you handling subagents?","created_at":"2026-07-30T00:09:56Z","created_at_i":1785370196,"objectID":"49104674","parent_id":49103488,"story_id":49101852,"story_title":"Kimi K3-256k","story_url":"https://www.kimi.com/code/docs/en/kimi-code/models","updated_at":"2026-07-30T00:11:57Z"}],"hitsPerPage":20,"nbHits":45541035,"nbPages":50,"page":0,"params":"advancedSyntax=true&analyticsTags=backend","processingTimeMS":1,"processingTimingsMS":{"_request":{"queue":23,"roundTrip":24},"total":0},"query":"","serverTimeMS":24}