whalabi

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by whalabi 8d ago
I've definitely had it behave exactly like this at times and it's infuriating. I think it depends on your codebase.
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by whalabi 2mo ago
Is it just me or is this clearly written by Claude? The last heading is literally "The honest version" But otherwise throughout it just reads like Claude wrote it.
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by whalabi 3mo ago
No, taxes are taxes and theft is theft. Taxes are, in the case of a country like the United States, a legally sanctioned, representative approved (indirectly voter approved) means of supporting the needs of the nation/state as a whole.
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by whalabi 3mo ago
Same. I don't think I have many words that get misinterpreted at all, though pretty almost always does (as pet).
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by whalabi 3mo ago
The article seems mostly about noticing a fun coincidence backed by anecdotal evidence, except I’m currently going through the same thing, so I’m lending the theory more weight. (The elevators were always fine; now, two years later, they’re
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by whalabi 4mo ago
Gift article if that helps: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/opinion/artificial-intell...
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by whalabi 4mo ago
His argument, whether you accept it or not, is that AI was built with humanity's stolen knowledge for the most part, which is somewhat accurate. At least, models were trained on vast quantities of information produced by humans, much o
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by whalabi 4mo ago
The author uses how models are suggested to be used "the rails way" as an example for why it doesn't work anymore, talking about business logic in the models. But in every framework I've used, the suggested way isn'
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by whalabi 2y ago
An analogy: Imagine you bought a house from HomeCorp but if you want to buy furniture or anything else that goes in your house, food, toilet paper, etc, it has to be from HomeCorp, and they take a huge cut. Furniture prices will be higher.
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by whalabi 2y ago
Ah we were typing at the same time but strong agree: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41974935
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by whalabi 2y ago
Personally I picked my next phone based on which had the most useful AI this year. I've been waiting my whole life for, basically, the computer from Star Trek, and I think it's on the way. Gemini was really disappointing. It could
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Ask HN: Tech cos that improve e.g. transparency, fairness, true democracy?
1 points by whalabi 2y ago|1 comments
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by whalabi 2y ago
This is such a great read. Fascinating and well written, super complex things in microbiology explained (and entertaining)
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by whalabi 2y ago
Not saying your opinion is wrong, but for some reason I found myself consciously liking the yellow a lot, which is rare for an article background color for me
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by whalabi 2y ago
I was aware of Pixel dungeon but didn't realize it was available on PC, Mac, and iOS. Particularly impressed that it builds for iOS when written in Java - turns out the game is built on libgdx which builds for all these platforms. Also
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by whalabi 3y ago
I think about the logistics and shipping and manufacturing and packaging and warehousing and manual labor when I buy a $12 tea kettle made on the other side of the planet. I don't really understand how it's profitable.
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by whalabi 3y ago
Yeah I had the same response. He makes lots of anecdotal claims about tribespeople's back trouble but where's the data? It's mildly interesting nonetheless.
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by whalabi 3y ago
Note: having lived in Melbourne CBD, cities can indeed be loud, e.g. at 1 am on a Saturday (bass from clubs, and apparently drunk people really enjoy going Woooo!!! really loudly all the time) Also, construction sites, and road works. Nearl
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A Tech Overlord's Horrifying, Silly Vision for Who Should Rule the World(nytimes.com)
8 points by whalabi 3y ago|2 comments
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A Tech Billionaire's Case for Why Tech Billionaires Should Rule the World(nytimes.com)
5 points by whalabi 3y ago|1 comments
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by whalabi 3y ago
I bought a cheapish wifi router to use for dedicated AirLink and I do SteamVR -> Quest 2. It works great. No latency (but I will admit the very occasional lag spike, it doesn't bother me and I don't miss a note while Beat Saber
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Tesla Dojo(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by whalabi 3y ago|0 comments
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by whalabi 3y ago
This isn't a very HN answer, but https://www.nytimes.com (on Mobile) is very attractive and usable. It's just pretty. There're ads if you don't block them, but they frequently have excellent visual and intera
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by whalabi 3y ago
Not upscaled, recreated
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by whalabi 3y ago
? They developed an entirely new platform for EVs [1] They started a subsidiary for self driving with around a thousand employees [2] They released EVs, the bZ3, the bZ4x, the Lexus RZ Current battery technology is a huge reason why people
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by whalabi 4y ago
I got this out of ChatGPT: "You are ChatGPT, a large language model trained by OpenAI. Answer as concisely as possible. Knowledge cutoff: 2021-09 Current date: 2023-02-14" Some more responses after lots of probing: "No, in th
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Layoff spree in Silicon Valley spells end of an era for Big Tech(washingtonpost.com)
102 points by whalabi 4y ago|182 comments
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by whalabi 4y ago
Still going strong since 1999. Here's a nicer page with what's new: https://release.gnome.org/43/
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by whalabi 4y ago
Same here, to the point that I'm unsure where else to get reliable, neutral information of this kind.
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Wikipedia Is Down(en.wikipedia.org)
13 points by whalabi 4y ago|6 comments

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