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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: My university wants all my IP (PhD Student) is there anything I can do?

Ask HN: My university wants all my IP (PhD Student) is there anything I can do? 4 by thrownaway98723 | 6 comments on Hacker News. I'm close to being finished with my PhD. I've created the foundations for new type of medical device, and I've recently proved that it works. This device was my own idea that I submitted to the university before even starting the PhD. The university (this is in the USA) is now claiming all of my IP because of an intellectual policy agreement that was referenced in a handbook that was referenced in a paper I signed when I started. The thing is, the University has given me so little during my time here. The pay is terrible, they've given me no office or lab space. Everything I've done has been on my own computers at home. The idea was mine and my advisor has only served to guide me at different times. My advisor is actually on my side wants me to have all the IP. The reason the university has a claim to my IP is because half of my salary...
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New ask Hacker News story: HoLa B-Rep a.k.a. AI CAD shenanigans?

HoLa B-Rep a.k.a. AI CAD shenanigans? 2 by itstransfigure | 2 comments on Hacker News. Anyone try this? HoLa-BRep Generation using a Holistic Latent Representation: https://ift.tt/tUHnLMI Same weird/un-usable results as Spectral Labs SGS-1? https://ift.tt/may8zhT Transfigure does not use weird DeepCAD training data (kindergarten level) We are using real data, born from hardware engineers who design CAD like their life depends on it (because it pays my rent) http://xfgr.ai
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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Beta testers for a free AI crawler analytics dashboard

Ask HN: Beta testers for a free AI crawler analytics dashboard 2 by vieews | 0 comments on Hacker News. I'm building a free dashboard to track AI crawlers and non-human visitors on websites. It's designed for developers, SEOs, and marketers who want to understand how AI agents (like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and others) interact with their sites. I'm looking for beta testers to try it out, provide feedback, and help shape the tool. No cost, no commitment. Would love to hear your thoughts and feedback!
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New ask Hacker News story: Open-source MCP Security scanner

Open-source MCP Security scanner 2 by vimokumar | 0 comments on Hacker News. Most MCP security scanners we have tried are noisy, endless alerts and false positives. We think developers deserve better. We are looking for early adopters who want to try and help shape something that actually works. We are building an open-source security scanner to catch below issues: - Prompt Injection - Indirect Prompt Injection - Cross-Origin Escalation - Tool Poisoning - Tool Name Ambiguity - Command Injection - Excessive Permission - PIl Detection If this sounds interesting, drop a comment.
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New ask Hacker News story: Reuters.com no longer works with JavaScript disabled

Reuters.com no longer works with JavaScript disabled 5 by rkagerer | 4 comments on Hacker News. It used to show a page with wrong-sized images, but at least you could read the headlines and click into the articles. Now it just has the text "Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker"
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New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: A service for dating through escape rooms with strangers?

Ask HN: A service for dating through escape rooms with strangers? 5 by amichail | 1 comments on Hacker News. What if you could meet potential dates by teaming up with strangers in an escape room challenge? You’d get thrown into a fun, high-pressure puzzle scenario with 4–6 other singles. You’d see how people actually think, communicate, and cooperate. This is way more revealing than a typical first date. After the escape room, everyone fills out a private questionnaire about whom they’d like to go on a date with (if anyone). Only mutual matches are notified afterward. No awkward “asking out” moments, no pressure. It’s kind of a blend between speed dating and team-based problem solving, but more memorable and revealing than either. Do you think this would be a good idea?
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New ask Hacker News story: The amount of fear in bullish investors and bubble companies is unreal

The amount of fear in bullish investors and bubble companies is unreal 10 by zerosizedweasle | 4 comments on Hacker News. It’s like animal feral fear. The OpenAi post on Wallstreetbets had a mod delete it. All over they’ve been suppressing what was a freely given quote from their CFO. But you can also see it in the same way investors are acting in sheer terror when there is a tiny 1% drop. They’ve put gasoline and dynamite all over, so even the smallest stuff terrifies them. You should not be this terrified by these bumps, so if they are, what does that say about them.
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