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_justinfunk··on Language models can explain neurons in language models
There are two tubes.
_justinfunk··on Starship Flight Test [video]
Yes, the "F" definitely stands for Falcon
_justinfunk··on AAD misconfiguration led to Bing.com results manipulation, account takeover
Authorization != Authentication
_justinfunk··on AI vs. AGI vs. Consciousness vs. Super-Intelligence vs. Agency
This is all nonsense. You could argue that it's possible (which certainly has not been shown to be true) but it certainly not true to say it is "not hard".

If there are LLM projects with "do whatever you want" agency - please provide links.

_justinfunk··on One AI Tutor Per Child: Personalized learning is finally here
I think we've tried the "we could make education better by spending more on it" method. Based on the current state of public education, I don't know that this approach has been proven correct.
_justinfunk··on Ring LLC home security company ransomed by ALPHV ransomware
You think he's so stupid he goes out his own front door? /butchered sg-1 reference
_justinfunk··on What time is it on moon? Europe pushing for lunar time zone
Previously in the lunar time discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34525701
_justinfunk··on Apple is convinced my dog is stalking me
I appreciate the opposite notifications saying "You have left your AirPods behind" while I am listening to my AirPods.
_justinfunk··on Replacing my MacBook Air M1 with a ThinkPad T480
You know why.
_justinfunk··on Gitlab to lay off 7% of staff
I don't think HN posts are why most people feel like there is a recession.
_justinfunk··on Show HN: A simple world flags game, my first web dev project as a beginner
So many comments in your Javascript. You are clearly a beginner. /s

Nice work, the code was very readable and reasonable.

_justinfunk··on Show HN: Turning books into chatbots with GPT-3
I wonder why the books are all non-fiction. I could imagine it would be entertaining to chat with large works of fiction.
_justinfunk··on Tweetbot. April 2011 – January 2023
> On January 12th, 2023, without warning, Elon Musk ordered his employees at Twitter to suspend access to 3rd party clients which instantly locked out hundreds of thousands of users from accessing Twitter from their favorite clients.

Is the claim that 'Elon ordered his employees" in evidence? I haven't seen Elon say he made the decision or try to explain it. I'm not defending Elon, just can't find the source.

_justinfunk··on Twitterrific has been discontinued
Are there any open-source options where I can have a non-algorithmic timeline with my own API key?
_justinfunk··on US Supreme Court releases leak investigation report
Are you all trying to make reference to the American Republic? We aren't a democracy, although our system does have democratic features.
_justinfunk··on Show HN: I gained 50k users for my app with NO marketing
How did I get 50k users with no marketing? I was hoping that posting a Show HN saying I did would help get me there. /s
_justinfunk··on JFK Assassination Records – 2022 Additional Documents Release
"convince anyone" of what?
_justinfunk··on JFK Assassination Records – 2022 Additional Documents Release
I think it's cool to see the real life 60s era top-secret paperwork.
_justinfunk··on Show HN: I made an OpenAI-powered tamagotchi that reacts to what you read online
Everything I read online? Uh oh. clears browser history
_justinfunk··on Show HN: I'm challenging your clicking speed with this game I rebuilt
Maybe add a sentence saying what to do... I was waiting for some kind of prompt to tell me what number to click before I just starting clicking.
_justinfunk··on A Linux Evening
I used to hear "Linux is only free if you don't value your time." - this article seems to validate that this is still the case. Am I getting the wrong impression?
_justinfunk··on Binance is fucked
It looks like people assumed Binance was in the same position as FTX, there was a run on Binance and they seemed to weather it just fine, perhaps they got lucky or perhaps they aren't committing fraud like SBF.
_justinfunk··on Ask HN: How do I thrive in an AI dominated future?
Since you are thinking about this in highschool, you are on the right track. There is not a AI dominated future that isn't driven by Software Engineers. You can either be an engineer creating AI/ML tech or an engineer using the AI/ML tech.

There will also be a very long tail of "traditional" software engineering. But if you are still 4-5 years out from your "career" - you probably wont want to count on a traditional software engineering job.

_justinfunk··on Never used a VPN before, is there a good one to use?
You can run your own VPN server easily enough.
_justinfunk··on Is low code a dead end?
Based on the success of GitHub Co-Pilot and OpenGPT... I would steer clear of specializing in low-code applications. A model that can chat a non-tech person through the creation of low-code type applications is only a training data-set away.
_justinfunk··on Medium bans user for Chrome extension that opened articles in incognito mode
Extension downloaded immediately. Thanks @HenryLim96
_justinfunk··on Secretary Granholm to announce major scientific breakthrough by DOE [video]
My perspective on why this is so contentious is because two things are true: 1) This is one more step on a long road to viable fusion power plants. Every step is important and we've been taking steps like this for a long time and will continue for a long time. 2) This step is being cheer-leaded as the step in order to score political points. Since #2 is happening, it is preventing reasonable celebration about #1.

just my persepective.

_justinfunk··on Tell HN: AWS connectivity issues, but health dashboard says everything fine
It does seem to be a networking issue. I have a ec2 instance in us-east-2 that is accessible through a "Global Accelerator" but not externally through my ISP.

That ec2 instance can talk to other ec2 instances that are on us-east-2 - but none of those other instances are accessible externally.

_justinfunk··on Using a date-modified header to detect unique visitors without using cookies
This is also my question that all the people wearing their smart lawyer hats seem to be claiming but not explaining.
_justinfunk··on Astronomers Discover Closest Black Hole to Earth
Closet black hole to earth so far
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