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bagels··on Sycophancy in GPT-4o
I wish we could pick for ourselves.
bagels··on Waymo and Toyota outline partnership to advance autonomous driving deployment
This is at the other extreme end though. They could do nothing and call the agreement to explore satisfied. Would rather they wait till they've removed at least three of the hedging words.
bagels··on Wikipedia’s nonprofit status questioned by D.C. U.S. attorney
Why? Bots reverse every edit.
bagels··on Wikipedia’s nonprofit status questioned by D.C. U.S. attorney
Not majority, under 50%
bagels··on DOGE worker’s code supports NLRB whistleblower
Supreme court gave Trump a pass on all his crimes. We have already seen. No more waiting is necessary to find out.
bagels··on Show HN: JuryNow – Get an anonymous instant verdict from 12 real people
It's really unsatisfying as a 'juror' to not see the 'verdict'.

It's not objective, because the questions are biased.

It's really just an (I assume) real-time online opinion poll with a low sample size.

After asking a question, I was 'juror' for the same question approximately 10 times in a row.

bagels··on 15,000 lines of verified cryptography now in Python
Boo to you. I've up-streamed patches to scipy and a few other python packages. Nobody ever said no to genuine high quality bug reports that were coupled with good fixes. Not saying that will happen every time, but if you're unsure, ask how receptive they are.
bagels··on 15,000 lines of verified cryptography now in Python
You're missing

5) Do 1, 2, and 3

6) Submit a a tested pull request with a fix

bagels··on Fedora change aims for 99% package reproducibility
It's one tool of many that can be used to prevent malicious software from sneaking in to the supply chain.
bagels··on Saturn's moon Titan could harbor life, but only a tiny amount
How do they know that there wasn't already abundant amino acids in the ocean before accounting for current transfer?
bagels··on Locating Stealth Fighters with Cheap Cameras Without Using AI or Radar [video]
I thought: airplanes, the sun, the moon could all work
bagels··on Show HN: I built a word game. My mom thinks it's great. What do you think?
I agree about the timer. I almost quit after 10 seconds because of the timer.
bagels··on Dow plunges 2,200 points, Nasdaq enters bear market
Right, so we can get some concessions from Vietnam, but completely get cut off from Europe and China. Great trade.
bagels··on Sailing from Berkeley to Hawaii in a 19ft Sailboat
Water comes over the sides/top in choppy seas. It rains on the deck, and the cabin has a door. It's normal. Bigger boats have taller sides. That's the difference with size, which waves will spray you. Keeping things dry is a challenge.
bagels··on US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, 20% on EU
Had, past tense.
bagels··on US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, 20% on EU
You can believe in democracy all you want, but disenfranchisement really has a way of undermining it.
bagels··on US Administration announces 34% tariffs on China, 20% on EU
Pass legislation? That will be vetoed or ignored?
bagels··on Sailing from Berkeley to Hawaii in a 19ft Sailboat
You sleep for 20-30 minutes at a time, looking for traffic in between. Seems miserable.
bagels··on Sailing from Berkeley to Hawaii in a 19ft Sailboat
Tiny boat, probably got considerable water onboard.
bagels··on Sailing from Berkeley to Hawaii in a 19ft Sailboat
Better would be active radar, but it all helps, especially when you have to sleep.
bagels··on Sailing from Berkeley to Hawaii in a 19ft Sailboat
Bacteria is everywhere.
bagels··on CIA Director Reveals Signal Comes Installed on Agency Computers
I'm not opening the url. You can turn on showdead to see the url.
bagels··on CIA Director Reveals Signal Comes Installed on Agency Computers
This is the most suspect looking thing I've seen on Hacker News. Congrats!
bagels··on Volkswagen's cheapest EV ever is the first to use Rivian software
Might as well move to China. This is not useful.
bagels··on Volkswagen's cheapest EV ever is the first to use Rivian software
It's probably not going to be sold in the US, like every other more affordable electric car.
bagels··on US appeals court rules AI generated art cannot be copyrighted
If you pay someone to paint a picture, who owns the copyright?

If you pay for an AI to paint a picture according to your specifications?

bagels··on FTC Removes Posts Critical of Amazon, Microsoft, and AI Companies
It's not just "has no use for", but he's seeking revenge for being regulated. FTC for telling him he can't do securities fraud, FAA & FCC for telling him he has to launch rockets responsibly, etc.
bagels··on Alphabet spins out Taara – Internet over lasers
The fission primary is used to trigger a secondary fusion reaction in modern weapons.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermonuclear_weapon

bagels··on Alphabet spins out Taara – Internet over lasers
Why is this meme always pasted in to threads about missile guidance?
bagels··on Amazon plans to lay off 14,000 managerial positions to save $3.5B yearly
Who lays off the engineers now?
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