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Achieving Ultra-Fast AI Chat Widgets

https://www.cjroth.com/blog/2026-02-06-chat-widgets
1•thoughtfulchris•45s ago•0 comments

Show HN: Runtime Fence – Kill switch for AI agents

https://github.com/RunTimeAdmin/ai-agent-killswitch
1•ccie14019•3m ago•1 comments

Researchers surprised by the brain benefits of cannabis usage in adults over 40

https://nypost.com/2026/02/07/health/cannabis-may-benefit-aging-brains-study-finds/
1•SirLJ•5m ago•0 comments

Peter Thiel warns the Antichrist, apocalypse linked to the 'end of modernity'

https://fortune.com/2026/02/04/peter-thiel-antichrist-greta-thunberg-end-of-modernity-billionaires/
1•randycupertino•5m ago•1 comments

USS Preble Used Helios Laser to Zap Four Drones in Expanding Testing

https://www.twz.com/sea/uss-preble-used-helios-laser-to-zap-four-drones-in-expanding-testing
2•breve•11m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Animated beach scene, made with CSS

https://ahmed-machine.github.io/beach-scene/
1•ahmedoo•11m ago•0 comments

An update on unredacting select Epstein files – DBC12.pdf liberated

https://neosmart.net/blog/efta00400459-has-been-cracked-dbc12-pdf-liberated/
1•ks2048•11m ago•0 comments

Was going to share my work

1•hiddenarchitect•15m ago•0 comments

Pitchfork: A devilishly good process manager for developers

https://pitchfork.jdx.dev/
1•ahamez•15m ago•0 comments

You Are Here

https://brooker.co.za/blog/2026/02/07/you-are-here.html
3•mltvc•19m ago•0 comments

Why social apps need to become proactive, not reactive

https://www.heyflare.app/blog/from-reactive-to-proactive-how-ai-agents-will-reshape-social-apps
1•JoanMDuarte•20m ago•1 comments

How patient are AI scrapers, anyway? – Random Thoughts

https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2026/02/07/how-patient-are-ai-scrapers-anyway/
1•samtrack2019•20m ago•0 comments

Vouch: A contributor trust management system

https://github.com/mitchellh/vouch
2•SchwKatze•20m ago•0 comments

I built a terminal monitoring app and custom firmware for a clock with Claude

https://duggan.ie/posts/i-built-a-terminal-monitoring-app-and-custom-firmware-for-a-desktop-clock...
1•duggan•21m ago•0 comments

Tiny C Compiler

https://bellard.org/tcc/
1•guerrilla•23m ago•0 comments

Y Combinator Founder Organizes 'March for Billionaires'

https://mlq.ai/news/ai-startup-founder-organizes-march-for-billionaires-protest-against-californi...
1•hidden80•23m ago•2 comments

Ask HN: Need feedback on the idea I'm working on

1•Yogender78•24m ago•0 comments

OpenClaw Addresses Security Risks

https://thebiggish.com/news/openclaw-s-security-flaws-expose-enterprise-risk-22-of-deployments-un...
2•vedantnair•24m ago•0 comments

Apple finalizes Gemini / Siri deal

https://www.engadget.com/ai/apple-reportedly-plans-to-reveal-its-gemini-powered-siri-in-february-...
1•vedantnair•25m ago•0 comments

Italy Railways Sabotaged

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czr4rx04xjpo
4•vedantnair•25m ago•0 comments

Emacs-tramp-RPC: high-performance TRAMP back end using MsgPack-RPC

https://github.com/ArthurHeymans/emacs-tramp-rpc
1•fanf2•27m ago•0 comments

Nintendo Wii Themed Portfolio

https://akiraux.vercel.app/
2•s4074433•31m ago•2 comments

"There must be something like the opposite of suicide "

https://post.substack.com/p/there-must-be-something-like-the
1•rbanffy•33m ago•0 comments

Ask HN: Why doesn't Netflix add a “Theater Mode” that recreates the worst parts?

2•amichail•34m ago•0 comments

Show HN: Engineering Perception with Combinatorial Memetics

1•alan_sass•40m ago•2 comments

Show HN: Steam Daily – A Wordle-like daily puzzle game for Steam fans

https://steamdaily.xyz
1•itshellboy•42m ago•0 comments

The Anthropic Hive Mind

https://steve-yegge.medium.com/the-anthropic-hive-mind-d01f768f3d7b
1•spenvo•42m ago•0 comments

Just Started Using AmpCode

https://intelligenttools.co/blog/ampcode-multi-agent-production
1•BojanTomic•43m ago•0 comments

LLM as an Engineer vs. a Founder?

1•dm03514•44m ago•0 comments

Crosstalk inside cells helps pathogens evade drugs, study finds

https://phys.org/news/2026-01-crosstalk-cells-pathogens-evade-drugs.html
2•PaulHoule•45m ago•0 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