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How to shoot yourself in the foot – 2026 edition

https://github.com/aweussom/HowToShootYourselfInTheFoot
1•aweussom•19s ago•0 comments

Eight More Months of Agents

https://crawshaw.io/blog/eight-more-months-of-agents
1•archb•2m ago•0 comments

From Human Thought to Machine Coordination

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-digital-self/202602/from-human-thought-to-machine-coo...
1•walterbell•2m ago•0 comments

The new X API pricing must be a joke

https://developer.x.com/
1•danver0•3m ago•0 comments

Show HN: RMA Dashboard fast SAST results for monorepos (SARIF and triage)

https://rma-dashboard.bukhari-kibuka7.workers.dev/
1•bumahkib7•3m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Source code graphRAG for Java/Kotlin development based on jQAssistant

https://github.com/2015xli/jqassistant-graph-rag
1•artigent•8m ago•0 comments

Python Only Has One Real Competitor

https://mccue.dev/pages/2-6-26-python-competitor
2•dragandj•10m ago•0 comments

Tmux to Zellij (and Back)

https://www.mauriciopoppe.com/notes/tmux-to-zellij/
1•maurizzzio•11m ago•1 comments

Ask HN: How are you using specialized agents to accelerate your work?

1•otterley•12m ago•0 comments

Passing user_id through 6 services? OTel Baggage fixes this

https://signoz.io/blog/otel-baggage/
1•pranay01•13m ago•0 comments

DavMail Pop/IMAP/SMTP/Caldav/Carddav/LDAP Exchange Gateway

https://davmail.sourceforge.net/
1•todsacerdoti•13m ago•0 comments

Visual data modelling in the browser (open source)

https://github.com/sqlmodel/sqlmodel
1•Sean766•15m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Tharos – CLI to find and autofix security bugs using local LLMs

https://github.com/chinonsochikelue/tharos
1•fluantix•16m ago•0 comments

Oddly Simple GUI Programs

https://simonsafar.com/2024/win32_lights/
1•MaximilianEmel•16m ago•0 comments

The New Playbook for Leaders [pdf]

https://www.ibli.com/IBLI%20OnePagers%20The%20Plays%20Summarized.pdf
1•mooreds•17m ago•0 comments

Interactive Unboxing of J Dilla's Donuts

https://donuts20.vercel.app
1•sngahane•18m ago•0 comments

OneCourt helps blind and low-vision fans to track Super Bowl live

https://www.dezeen.com/2026/02/06/onecourt-tactile-device-super-bowl-blind-low-vision-fans/
1•gaws•20m ago•0 comments

Rudolf Vrba

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Vrba
1•mooreds•20m ago•0 comments

Autism Incidence in Girls and Boys May Be Nearly Equal, Study Suggests

https://www.medpagetoday.com/neurology/autism/119747
1•paulpauper•21m ago•0 comments

Wellness Hotels Discovery Application

https://aurio.place/
1•cherrylinedev•22m ago•1 comments

NASA delays moon rocket launch by a month after fuel leaks during test

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/feb/03/nasa-delays-moon-rocket-launch-month-fuel-leaks-a...
1•mooreds•22m ago•0 comments

Sebastian Galiani on the Marginal Revolution

https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2026/02/sebastian-galiani-on-the-marginal-revol...
2•paulpauper•26m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Are we at the point where software can improve itself?

1•ManuelKiessling•26m ago•1 comments

Binance Gives Trump Family's Crypto Firm a Leg Up

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/business/binance-trump-crypto.html
1•paulpauper•26m ago•1 comments

Reverse engineering Chinese 'shit-program' for absolute glory: R/ClaudeCode

https://old.reddit.com/r/ClaudeCode/comments/1qy5l0n/reverse_engineering_chinese_shitprogram_for/
1•edward•26m ago•0 comments

Indian Culture

https://indianculture.gov.in/
1•saikatsg•29m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Maravel-Framework 10.61 prevents circular dependency

https://marius-ciclistu.medium.com/maravel-framework-10-61-0-prevents-circular-dependency-cdb5d25...
1•marius-ciclistu•29m ago•0 comments

The age of a treacherous, falling dollar

https://www.economist.com/leaders/2026/02/05/the-age-of-a-treacherous-falling-dollar
2•stopbulying•29m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: AI Generated Diagrams

1•voidhorse•32m ago•0 comments

Microsoft Account bugs locked me out of Notepad – are Thin Clients ruining PCs?

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/windows-locked-me-out-of-notepad-is-the-thin-...
8•josephcsible•33m ago•3 comments
Open in hackernews

Zuckerberg says Meta will build a data center the size of Manhattan in AI push

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jul/16/zuckerberg-meta-data-center-ai-manhattan
27•c420•6mo ago

Comments

bediger4000•6mo ago
For a single, square building, this area would be about 5 miles on a side. That's ridiculous, and you'd have a hard time getting rid of the heat

If you're putting up fences, include no-go zones, curvy roads with check points and bollards, etc etc to protect a number of large but not absurdly large buildings, maybe. Still seems on the big size.

dskhatri•6mo ago
Some of the graphics indicate a contiguous building but it makes no sense to be constructed that way. The footprint probably includes power generation, power conversion, cooling systems, and compute centers as distinct blocks/buildings within the site.
quickthrowman•6mo ago
It likely won’t be a single building the size of Manhattan, Facebook doesn’t build their data centers like that now.

Each Facebook data center has multiple buildings on each site, at least at the three sites I am familiar with.

joules77•6mo ago
He has to go on signaling to attract people (at this stage its mostly opportunists having a field day).
Melatonic•6mo ago
Lot of eggs to put in one basket. What happens if there is some type of natural disaster in the area?
quantified•6mo ago
The title is pure clickbait, Zuck didn't say that. "A significant part of the footprint" could be 2%.
tootie•6mo ago
https://www.threads.com/@zuck/post/DMF6tMAxkX8

He has a little animation of the building overlayed on Manhattan. Looks like it would cover maybe 1/3 to 1/2 of the land.

krunck•6mo ago
But, Oh the replies!
xg15•6mo ago
According to that animation, it would also be taller than the Empire State Building across the entire area.
lisbbb•6mo ago
If AI crap needs that much footprint I'm pretty sure it's just not worth it.
Tarsul•6mo ago
problem is that Big Tech has the money and wants to spend it. Maybe only a downturn can stop (or slow) this.
dmitrygr•6mo ago
How many elephants will it weigh? How many times faster than a cheetah will it be?
cosmicgadget•6mo ago
What is the compute power in metaflops???
seydor•6mo ago
i m not sure it's a good investment. As soon as ASI is invented, it will make the investment obsolete. Maybe i should sell my Meta stock.

I find it ridiculous to think that we will be able to exploit ASI for our benefit. It's like a bunch of ants plotting to enslave and exploit humans.

Also Elon is smarter - he s spending Saudi money instead of his own

rsynnott•6mo ago
> while another, called Hyperion, will be able to scale up to 5 gigawatts over the coming years, Zuckerberg said.

Someone hasn't read the Dan Simmons novel, it seems. Well, one would hope, anyway.

IvyMike•6mo ago
From the classic tweet[0]:

> Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale

> Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

[0]: https://x.com/AlexBlechman/status/1457842724128833538?lang=e...

AlwaysRock•6mo ago
Palantir Technologies is named after the "palantír" from Lord of the Rings. Famously, a well-used and safe technology.
jordanb•6mo ago
Really takes a special guy to read a fantasy novel and identify with the villain.
defrost•6mo ago
The official video for the Laibach cover of Sympathy for the Devil comes to mind.

( The Robert Fripp, Toyah Wilcox Sunday Lunch cover Sympathy is just a distracting nod to growing old disgracefully )

palmotea•6mo ago
> Really takes a special guy to read a fantasy novel and identify with the villain.

IIRC, the palantír were kind of neutral, and created by elves.

Honestly, I think these techlord LOTR fans identify with the heroes, and lack the insight to realize they'd actually be the villains. They're totally Sarumans raping the forest to build an Orc army to conquer the world.

BoredPositron•6mo ago
Zuck is so reactive in everything and even as last mover he always misses. Would make me icky working for meta.
JumpCrisscross•6mo ago
> even as last mover he always misses

Instagram. WhatsApp.

BoredPositron•6mo ago
Talking about original ideas/ip.
JumpCrisscross•6mo ago
Isn’t the definition of last mover that it isn’t an original idea?
longfingers•6mo ago
Managing his own companies with copies of ideas hasn't gone very well for him AFA I remember, acquiring companies that are good in their field and not ruining them has been a talent compared to other Techs.
BoredPositron•6mo ago
They weren't last movers in both examples. They had a product, it failed to get a userbase... they bought the users.
gorjusborg•6mo ago
He renamed his company Meta, as in metaverse.

I understand you are responding to the 'always', but can we agree that at least his level of confidence in an idea isn't a great indicator?

xg15•6mo ago
He bought those after they were already big. He can claim Facebook obviously, but not much else.
beAbU•6mo ago
He bought those, they were not built by meta.
moneycantbuy•6mo ago
see https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44562052

basically zuck destroys the surrounding neighborhood without consequence.

londons_explore•6mo ago
There is only a fixed amount of silicon production capacity. That can't be scaled up quickly.

Powering all produced chips 24x7 is therefore the maximum energy use.

I suspect these huge AI datacenter proposals are bigger than that - and therefore either aren't going to happen, or will be delayed many years.

MichaelRazum•6mo ago
Grok4 was trained on 100k or 200k GPUs (as far as I understand)

Grok5 might need 1MM or 2MM.

So the question is what about metas / zucks plans? How many GPUs will Manhattan get? Looks like, that to get the next unlock you need crazy amounts of compute.

jiggawatts•6mo ago
Meta had the equivalent of about 600K H100 cards a year ago, but they were geographically distributed and used mostly for inference.

These giant data centres will allow these companies to put about a million in one location and possibly into a single giant training cluster.

syeare•6mo ago
Better make your own powerplant Unsurprising if they steal from the same source as taxpayers' electricity, get subsidized for it because "jobs" (that no one gets), finally resulting in raised bills for the rest