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First off, I find it highly unlikely the Republicans will win the midterms. I fundamentally am opposed to anything that could be interpreted as buying votes.

It looks like a hardware, but I’ll never buy it because it’s associated with Meta. They have lost my privacy trust.

Is your computer compromised? I see no banners.

I think he should me more concerned about the midterms.

You go where your people are. I think it’s very reasonable to post updates on Facebook and X.

Yea, that’s a cool idea. You could even make some fun animations.

This sounds like a mistake and a part of Automatic. This is not a good look for the brand.

Dario does a good job of addressing that in this essay. He lists several potential levels of global agreements that could be beneficial to all parties. For example, having models capable of bioterrorism hurts both the US and its “adversaries”. It’s likely we could get global agreement that these capabilities benefit nobody.

I believe Dario has good intentions regarding global agreements. However, I find it difficult believing government’s public statements will match their private behaviors. I would bet that the US government is developing models with potentially devastating capabilities because they cannot guarantee that other countries won’t do the same. Maybe we’ll end up having something like mutually assured destruction with AI models similar to what we have today with nuclear weapons.

I don’t have any skin in the game with this, and I don’t use WP. It appears Matt needs help right now. I don’t think he’s reacting rationally based on what he’s posting online or allegedly inside his former organization. I don’t know him, but it’s hard seeing people in a difficult time who need help.

No, it's a great point. I think we all live in bubbles and aren't aware of what others around us are doing.

Using ChatGPT.com for coding tasks has to be a joke in 2026, right? I assumed everyone is using Codex/Claude Code/OpenCode/Pi by now if you’re using these tools.

I still have a Facebook account to stay connected with my family and friends. However, I have no trust in Meta to handle my health or financial information, as I am quite certain they will sell or use it for marketing purposes.

On the other hand, I’m always surprised how little many seem to care about data privacy.

I have a hard time seeing how Meta is betting people will trust them to serve as their AI agent provider. Based on their track record data privacy and tracking, why would I trust them with my most sensitive data? That’s a hard sell.

Since Broadcom purchased VMware, I want nothing to do with them. I wouldn’t consider their products for anything.

If you have ever worked with low-cost offshore contractors, you know this it true…

I agree. I think the UI is the best part. It seems more responsive to me too.

I apologize to my Canadian friends. This is embarrassing.

I do it monthly because it’s easier to remember that way.

I’m sure everybody’s different, but I don’t particularly care about people’s karma scores when looking at discussion threads.

While no place is perfect, I think the HN community and moderators do a decent job of moderating threads and preventing flame wars while also supporting the sharing of different views.

With the rise of AI, there’s a noticeable uptick of bots attempting to submit articles and comments to HN. You rarely see this low-quality content make it to the front page. That’s a lot of thankless community work.

Please enlighten me how this isn’t AI slop…

Simon, thanks for all the great work you do. I definitely appreciate your contributions to discussion threads here as well as your blog. I learned so much from you.

One benefit of drinking regularly is it forces me to get up and use the restroom. As a software engineer who sits in front of a computer for long periods of time, I think forcing myself to get up regularly and take a break is a positive.

You can make an account for free on X and Reddit. Every time someone posts from either platform folks complain.

AI slop alert

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Uh, no thanks. I’m not wasting $49 on AI slop.

I don’t think anybody associated with Epstein is a leader that we should follow.

Wow, the astonishingly bad AI slop in the readme here is something else.

Gift link: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/why-your-boss-wants-to-make-sure...

While this is a bummer, their current model was too good to be true.

I didn’t realize how important putting meetings on your calendar for one-off work conversations you have are when you at work uses AI productivity monitoring. I need to do a better job of that.