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cromka··on 1 in 8 cancer cases worldwide are caused by infections, study finds
Yes, men too, HPV causes mouth and throat cancer.
cromka··on GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price
Most recent two resets were banked?
cromka··on GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price
Their investors do
cromka··on GPT 6.1 Sol: Near-Astra intelligence for a fifth of the price
Meanwhile Huawei is doing just fine everywhere else
cromka··on California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops
That they describe there is exactly how I feel! That's amazing, thank you for that.
cromka··on California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops
Same experience here, to be fair. 4 beers is a binge for me already, with severe consequences for 2 following days.
cromka··on California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops
America’s obsession with their flag is now seen as nationalism on the outside. I always ask to imagine Germans putting their massive flag absolutely everywhere possible and how would that make everyone else feel.
cromka··on California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops
Binges are substantially worse for you, though, than that same amount spread out in time
cromka··on California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops
I struggle with ADHD, have been for years, and no pharmaceutical drug helps, while they all have severe side effects. Meanwhile every time I take a single drag of my friend’s joint, I feel most relaxed and have most coherent thoughts, while able to pull the exact words from memory I need. A single drag, mind you.

I have not heard a single doctor talk about microdosing THC as a cure for ADHD and I wonder if my experience is coincidental or there’s really something there?

cromka··on Sonnet 5.5
> me: "The tool divides network rates by 1,000, but uses the \`KB\` instead of \`kB\`. \`KB\` (alongside the SI-standardized KiB), is reserved for units based on 1,024. This change corrects the usage of those units.

> it: That still attributes two claims to SI that SI does not make. `KB` is not reserved for 1,024 bytes, and `KiB` is the standardized binary symbol.

> me: where does it say that SI reserves KB?

> it: Nowhere. You said *KiB* was SI-standardized; you did not say SI reserves *KB*. I misread your sentence and argued against a claim you did not make.

It was correct to point me out on my mistake in essence, but still misunderstood my bracketed "(alongside the SI-standardized KiB)" sentence.

Sure, it wasn't a grammar mistake as such, more like a logical one, but it still shouldn't make it. I had more than one such issues already with it, this one was most pronounced.

What it interesting, though, is the number of corporate apologists my comment brought in. It's like it doesn't matter how many times OpenAI and Anthropic have botched some of the models while keeping the branding, some people would still die on that apologist hill.

cromka··on Updated Google Maps shows destruction of the city of Rafah
That's not how that answer was phrased. It directly indicated that the UN should have taken that action.
cromka··on Updated Google Maps shows destruction of the city of Rafah
> Finally, the UN should have deployed

UN has no such power. I am still amazed how people do not get this.

Members need to vote for such things to happen. It wouldn't, not in this climate.

cromka··on Updated Google Maps shows destruction of the city of Rafah
It's the good old whataboutism. It's almost a universal telltale for people in denial of their dirty consciousness.
cromka··on Updated Google Maps shows destruction of the city of Rafah
> being against the only jewish country in the world.

Unironiclly, I think the US can be called one, too, at this point.

cromka··on Sonnet 5.5
Interestingly, I hear about them doing that all the time. But this is in EU.
cromka··on Sonnet 5.5
Not even GPT6 Sol cannot match DeepSeek 4.1 in my work, with outrageous bugs. Don't get me started on Luna.

From my today's session with Sol:

- it actually failed to correctly understand a simple English grammar and logical implication of it, then when challenged it admitted its mistake but couldn't explain why it made it.

- for the code I am working on, I asked to create two PRs for the two small features (couple lines of code). It created one in upstream, as intended, and other one in my own fork. Just like that, out of nowhere, and called the job done.

- it said it would ask me to approve/amend the suggested PR message, it never did and fired off right away

- it keeps forgetting the changes it did itself; no context compaction was used

- it said it tested the change visually, but it did not even try

- hallucinated several facts despite me asking beforehand to check online.

On top of that, it ignores all of my AGENTS.md, which is short and concise. I mean I point it at ignoring it, it acknowledges and ignores again.

This is astonishingly bad and it is nowhere close to what Sol 5.6 was a month ago.

I can't deal with this sh*t anymore, I have no trust in the tools I use and both OpenAI and Anthropic do the same thing.

cromka··on Sonnet 5.5
It matters if it's not Sonnet performing the task, doesn't it?
cromka··on Ember-1
This is my experience today working with it:

- it actually failed to correctly understand a simple English grammar and logical implication of it, then when challenged it admitted its mistake but couldn't explain why it made it.

- for the code I am working on, I asked to create two PRs for the two small features (couple lines of code). It created one in upstream, as intended, and other one in my own fork. Just like that, out of nowhere, and called the job done.

- it said it would ask me to approve/ammend the suggested PR message, it never did and fired off right away

- it keeps forgetting the changes it did itself; no context compaction was used

- it said it tested the change visually, but it did not even try

On top of that, it ignores all of my AGENTS.md, which is short and concise. I mean I point it at ignoring it, it acknowledges and ignores again.

This is astonishingly bad and it is nowhere close to Sol 5.6, or even DeepSeek 4.1! I swear even Gemini 3.8 is slightly better.

To me, Sol6 is what Opus5 was for Claude.

I keep saying that with self-hosting, you at least know what to expect and don't have to trust they nerf their models as they go. I was a skeptic and considered nerfing a conspiracy theory, but at this point with enough experience, I have experienced enough to fully see this being a thing.

Probably only a matter of time before some class action happens.

cromka··on Nissan's third generation e-POWER powertrain
This Nissan is a serial hybrid, as in diesel electric trains.
cromka··on Parley: Federated, decentralised chat that speaks plain IRC
This is why we can no longer have nice things...
cromka··on Nissan's third generation e-POWER powertrain
Ironically, these solutions would be perfect for boating use, if only they used a diesel engine instead. Regular ICE will not go away anytime soon in marine world and I don't think they see the sales potential here if they developed their powertrains with that usage in mind as well.
cromka··on PostmarketOS is rebranding as Nura
I think they want to be a mobile OS, plain and simple. But the new name... Not good.
cromka··on Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners
> They don’t get VAT only, but also income taxes on wages to support that activity and additional rounds of VAT

They would get the same wages earned on the workload surplus coming from employed immigrants in place of nomads. They also use the same services plus pay income salary. That's the whole point discussed here. Skilled immigration is better than glorified tourism.

cromka··on Linux support is coming to Snapdragon X2 series
Actually, my bad, it is available in the US, but seemingly not Europe.
cromka··on ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026
That's a different problem than discussed here.

And it's not like US has companies doing own manufacturing outside of Intel. CHIPS specifically wanted to address that.

cromka··on Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners
> While you’re correct the state misses out on income taxes, they get taxes on further spending, eg, when those digital nomad supplied dollars are used to pay wages at the cafe.

This only works to some extent, because, again, you can't subsidize budget with VAT only. And a person who is a bona fide employed immigrant still pays more tax in place of "just" a nomad.

Sorry, but your logic is flawed here.

cromka··on Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners
Most countries need both VAT and income tax to fund their budget. Importing well off immigrants means they subsidize the VAT part only and likely do not generate income from Japan salaries. This is basically same problem as with digital nomads: they use the infrastructure which they do not fund proportionally compared to regular citizens.

Am I missing something here?

cromka··on Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the business depends on it?
OK, but the context here is IT in mission critical infrastructure, like energy or banking. These industries will not jump on the latest technology and will drag their feet for as long as possible, and for good reasons.

Also, I happen to be familiar with NotJustBikes, watch regularly. I don't see this as the same kind of problem. What you explained is clearly BROKE. What we're talking about works just fine and migration to newer technology doesn't provide advantages outside easier maintenance. It can't be justifies by costs, either.

cromka··on Tell HN: OpenAI $500 ProMax plan listed in API
Or Xiaomi
cromka··on Ask HN: Who's still keeping a DOS machine up because the business depends on it?
If it's not broken, don't fix it.

Same reason why MTA in NYC still operates subway using 100 y/o signaling hardware on most of the lines.

In a way, your comment and the responses you get is a perfect allegory to inexperienced vs experienced engineering.

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