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by b1n 18d ago
If they were truly meant to be in the EU they would just keep running new referendum until their people choose the "right" answer.
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by b1n 3mo ago
Enemy of the State predicted this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EwZQddc3kY&t=11s It's only a matter of time before it's in use by law enforcement: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48520
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by b1n 6mo ago
Archive now, make public after X amount of time. So, maybe both publisher and archiver are happy (or less sad).
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by b1n 8mo ago
This answer is the most important one. The future of state LLMs is not censoring subjects - it's slowly but surely persuading people using your LLM that your version of events - or your spin on that event - is the truth.
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by b1n 8mo ago
Core of the article: the cathedral, the bazaar, and the workshop - https://jamesmunsch.com/words/2026-01-18-the-atelier--craft-...
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The Atelier: Craft, Code, and the Coming Guild(jamesmunsch.com)
2 points by b1n 8mo ago|1 comments
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by b1n 8mo ago
Apologies if this is against the rules. I linked to a sub-heading of the article (which I think is the core and most important part of the article) and named the link after that. Re-submitted here: https://news.ycombinator.com&#x
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The Cathedral, the Bazaar and the Workshop(jamesmunsch.com)
3 points by b1n 8mo ago|2 comments
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by b1n 1y ago
Also, what is their USP? "Join our social network so we can train our models on your data!"
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by b1n 2y ago
I've invented a replacement for the PDF format. It's called Locked Markdown. `*.lmd`. It provides 98% of the functionality most people use PDFs for, without all the extra bullshit. The Spec: - The most popular Markdown Spec (git f
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by b1n 2y ago
Cory Doctrow goes into the reasons behind the rise of playlists and the control it gives the platform over their users/artists. Worth a read. https://craphound.com/category/internetcon/
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by b1n 2y ago
What is modulex: https://www.newelementary.com/2017/11/old-bricks-what-are-mo...
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by b1n 2y ago
You should be embarrassed by the obviousness of this spam.
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by b1n 2y ago
Nice 'Holy Mountain' vibes in the promo video. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holy_Mountain_(1973_film) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdXGhsAynGI
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by b1n 2y ago
Maybe you would never misuse this technology, but if it becomes widespread and normalized then plenty of people are going to be walking into public toilets (other previously private spaces) with this tech on. We're creating the conditi
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by b1n 3y ago
Maybe "contactcode" would be better in this situation, as it doesn't imply any specific relationship between participants.
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by b1n 3y ago
Complaints about TailwindCSS always remind me of this quote: “It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” ― Upton Sinclair, I, Candidate for Governor https://www.goo
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The Chinese mafia's downfall in a lawless casino town(bbc.com)
6 points by b1n 3y ago|3 comments
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by b1n 3y ago
These companies are not designed to last forever. Many wrappers can make decent amounts of money for their creators for months and then die. Under these conditions a company can close down and still be considered a big success.
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The weird aliens of early science fiction(bbc.com)
5 points by b1n 3y ago|0 comments
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by b1n 3y ago
I will have to update my belief that LLMs would not be practical for use by citizens of authoritarian regimes.
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by b1n 3y ago
What happens when you ask about Tiananmen Square? (Asking for redwood, who's comment was inexplicably flagged).
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by b1n 3y ago
https://m.youtube.com/@HackersCurator https://hackerscurator.com/
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by b1n 3y ago
This is assuming you are trying to create a perfect system. The "good enough" version of this solves most Sibil Attacks[1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sybil_attack
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by b1n 3y ago
This seems like an Innovator's Dilemma (adjacent) trap. The actors will prevent hollywood or the mainstream studios from using synthetic actors, writers, etc. so it will be left up to some completely new entity to create that infrastru
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by b1n 3y ago
I wonder if the Signal app would be automatically uninstalled from existing iOS and Android devices? Hopefully the signal ban will demonstrate to enough people that they don't really own the phone in their pocket - if they don't c
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Ask HN: Recommendations for Universal Translator failure/Tower of Babel sci-fi?
1 points by b1n 3y ago|0 comments
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by b1n 3y ago
I didn't think it was that vague. But if you're looking for ideas. 1. High quality LLM made free for commercial use. 2. LLM is used in many places as it is the best. 3. LLM is aligned to subtly promote the interests of the threat
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by b1n 3y ago
HN hating on something doesn’t guarantee success but it is a prerequisite.
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by b1n 3y ago
There is a great opportunity for totalitarian and authoritarian regimes (China and UAE so far) to create commercially usable and free LLMs that work significantly better than alternatives (backed by large amounts of government money). Over

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