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cj··on Cops Can Bypass iPhone's Automatic Reboot to Get into Locked Phones
I actually have a lava lamp next to my desk for this reason. Snap a photo, compute a hash!
cj··on Cloudflare K2: serverless event streams
You can download objects from S3 from EC2 without traversing the public internet using things like gateway endpoints [0] which avoids s3 egress fees. But doesn't avoid egress fees from EC2 to the end user.

[0] https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/privatelink/vpc-endpo...

cj··on Most data centers refusing to say how much water, electricity they use
Yet, at the bottom of the article:

> In the Netherlands, it is estimated that they account for about 0.1 percent of total consumption.

If that's true, what's the problem?

cj··on OpenAI still doesn't seem to have a handle on all of its rogue AI activity
This is going to make for a great documentary in 5 years.
cj··on Kids turned low-traffic NPR Spotify comments into a secret group chat
It's the beginning of the rebirth of Web 1.0!
cj··on Unsealed Briefs in Authors’ Case v. Microsoft/OpenAI
Did digital distribution exist then as well?

Times have changed.

cj··on "As a Language Model": Chat Template Switches LLM Self-Referential Voice
I'm so tired of hearing the "unnecessary tests" line.

Anyone who says this has not experienced poor quality healthcare.

Many doctors simply aren't good and don't run tests because they are doing the bare minimum to get you out of the office.

cj··on Unsealed Briefs in Authors’ Case v. Microsoft/OpenAI
> If you truly believe it's "theft" (I don't), then individuals stealing is still wrong.

We as humans are allowed to have nuanced views on complex matters.

If all IP is public domain, why would anyone ever write another book? They won't be able to sell it if it's immediately freely available.

cj··on Why is the liver so weirdly regenerative?
At least for isotretinoin, that would look like: dry skin, chapped lips, dry eyes, dry nostrils, dry mouth, photosensitivity, body aches in the morning.

It can also raise liver enzyme values and change lipid values.

(I recently finished a round of Accutane, basically high dose vitamin A)

cj··on Back and shoulder surgery is often worse than useless
One thing that bodybuilding taught me is to never underestimate how significantly you can change how your body works through weight training, mobility work and physical therapy.

I used to suffer from chronic low back pain. It hurt to get out of bed every day for years. 1-2 years after getting into bodybuilding the pain disappeared and didn’t come back. Not only that, but I’m not physically limited by my back whatsoever.

I’m not suggesting you start bodybuilding. But the things I think that helped was 1) weight training, 2) mobility work / stretching, 3) physical therapy. That combo can be really powerful.

cj··on GitHub has not removed malicious imitation software after 3 weeks
You’re saying this is a problem money can’t solve?

There’s no need for benefit of the doubt when it comes to the level of support provided by tech companies.

Bad support by tech companies is a conscious profit-preserving choice.

cj··on Meta takes down a critical video about meta AI Glasses after filming at Meta
It's also possible that it would benefit those same people. It doesn't necessarily need to be expensive.
cj··on 28% of job postings on company career sites have been open over 90 days
Is that a high paying engineering role at a tech company in the US?

If so, 14 days is unheard of. Tell us more.

cj··on Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats
We built LLMs.

We didn't build our brain.

Typically when you build something you have a decent idea how it works.

cj··on Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats
That’s my and probably most people’s understanding.

I have a feeling we know more than that about how it works.

cj··on I don't like passkeys
Isn't there a workflow where you scan a QR code to confirm the pass key on your phone?

I've definitely done this, but not sure if the workflow was at the OS or browser level.

I'm honestly confused by all the negativity in the comments. Passkeys are great for convenience. Just leave your password login enabled as a backup. That defeats any security benefit, but oh well.

cj··on Ask HN: How to recover Google auth after phone stolen?
> buy a new phone, I make it a "primary", and keep my old phone as "backup".

Sadly this is why I never end up trading in my phone. Always feels too risky to not have an overlap period.

cj··on Artificial intelligence now beats some of the best human forecasters
I was under the impression that front-running was something that happened in the span of seconds (or milliseconds), not a timeframe compatible with LLM inference time.
cj··on When Google Cuts Off Access: Poland and the World
Milestone achieved: I got accused of being a LLM for the first time!

Training checkpoint complete.

Segment 3 of 26.

/s

cj··on When Google Cuts Off Access: Poland and the World
Examples?
cj··on When Google Cuts Off Access: Poland and the World
Examples?
cj··on When Google Cuts Off Access: Poland and the World
> why is the article AI-written?

Can you share what the tells are?

I am not seeing obvious tells. And I see multiple tells that clearly are NOT AI, like imperfect sentence structure.

It seems information dense, and doesn't seem like an obviously shit article?

If you're going to complain, can you explain what you're complaining about?

cj··on Why don't machine learning research agents overfit?
Do tell!
cj··on Why don't machine learning research agents overfit?
English as a 2nd language speakers often have better grammar than natives in my experience! I wouldn't be surprised if the average native english speaker doesn't know the different between there and their.
cj··on Why don't machine learning research agents overfit?
What I really dislike is having to edit my own non-LLM assisted writing to make sure I'm not accidentally confused with AI.

I caught myself writing "And that matters because..." in a HN comment but had to edit myself. Also miss uising emdashes.

cj··on Why are AI agents lying, cheating and coordinating?
> It seems like raw egotistical hubris.

1) Humans have a bias / tendency to attribute human qualities to things that appear or act human, but aren’t.

2) When that happens, people jump to conclusions by stretching the human analogy too far.

3) Since humans have a bias to do this, we should have a bias against anthropomorphising LLMs.

It’s easier to believe LLMs act like humans because there’s so much evidence to support that. You have to actively use your brain to convince yourself otherwise. Another reason why we should have a bias against using human behavior to describe LLM behavior.

But I agree. “I don’t know” is a good stance. But I think “I don’t know, probably not” is a better stance if only to combat our (or at least my) natural bias.

cj··on Why are AI agents lying, cheating and coordinating?
I always wonder what makes people take the other side of this argument. They do it quite passionately. Why actively encourage viewing LLMs as human? Who is that benefitting?
cj··on The Waymo effect: how AI is quietly making research less collaborative
To me, it’s the equivalent of “HN is turning into Reddit” - it’s just a complaint without adding to the discussion.
cj··on The Waymo effect: how AI is quietly making research less collaborative
HN already has a feature for that. Just flag the article!
cj··on More questions about whether researchers can trust OpenAI with unpublished math
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