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chronc6393on Chrome's AI features may be hogging 4GB of your computer storage

> They're going to want some sort of analysis

And I want $1 billion dollars.

Doesn’t mean someone’s going to give it to me.

chronc6393on Maryland to ban A.I.-driven price increases in grocery stores

> The practice — supported by artificial intelligence and known as dynamic pricing or surveillance pricing — can lead to two consumers paying different amounts for the same item from the same retailer, at roughly the same time.

Is an if-statement considered AI?

So membership discounts should be banned?

chronc6393on Microsoft and OpenAI end their exclusive and revenue-sharing deal

> Scientists who might have come to the US three years ago have little reason to do so now.

Been saying that about EU and China for decades now.

Yet the top European and Chinese still come to the US. Even in April 2026.

chronc6393on DeepSeek v4

mic drop

chronc6393on DeepSeek v4

> Let's see how long it takes before the big US AI companies start lobbying to outright ban use of Chinese AI, even the open source / local models. For "national security" reasons, of course.

Already do on EVs.

chronc6393on DeepSeek v4

> The US supports the genocide in Gaza, it supports the bombing of Lebanon. The US itself has now started (another) war and bombed Iran.

> With Trump they are now openly hostile to European democracies, and ICE and doing their best at repression within the US.

And what is Europe going to do about it?

Boycott ChatGPT and Claude? Ha.

chronc6393on Gold overtakes U.S. Treasuries as the largest foreign reserve asset

> People have been convinced of that my entire life, and I'm old now.

People in the UK still think they are the #1 superpower today

chronc6393on Gold overtakes U.S. Treasuries as the largest foreign reserve asset

> It has more to do with gold is now worth almost 3x what it was 2 years ago.

And why is it worth 3x?

But S&P500 is not?

chronc6393on Show HN: Travel Hacking Toolkit – Points search and trip planning with AI

lol you conveniently left out 50% of the ticket fees

chronc6393on Artemis II Launch Day Updates

> Better this than slinging Tomahawks at school children.

I’d rather the one be slinging tomahawks, than the one receiving tomahawks because my country decided to reduce military spending.

chronc6393on OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation

> One does not “simply” reduce spending.

Why does stock price go up after mass layoffs?

chronc6393on OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation

> what profits are you talking about to offset the losses?

You don’t need profit to offset the losses.

You can simply reduce spending / expenses.

chronc6393on OpenAI closes funding round at an $852B valuation

> When it becomes a bigger problem, other indices with higher quality controls will out compete the current ones and be used by asset managers seeking safety

Doubt it.

The world does not allow perfect competition.

chronc6393on ChatGPT won't let you type until Cloudflare reads your React state

> Hi Nick, your software is a horrendous encroachment on users' privacy and its quality is subpar to those of us who know what we're working with. We don't use your product here.

It’s ok, OpenAI is cooked.

Feel bad for anyone who joined OAI in the past 12 months. Their RSU ain’t going to be worth much later this year. IPO is too late.