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evilfred··on Japan moves to tighten rules for foreigners
this is colloquially referred to as blood-and-soil...
evilfred··on Why are AI agents lying, cheating and coordinating?
lol it is 60 years old
evilfred··on Why are AI agents lying, cheating and coordinating?
this is way too overblown and deterministic a view. US history was one of many inspirations.
evilfred··on Shopify is moving from React Native back to Swift and Kotlin
using React Native you end up having to drop into native code to do anything interesting or optimized, so it feels kind of pointless to not just use the platforms directly
evilfred··on Three sites made 215,128 “best software” pages for AI. Perplexity cites them
by what mechanism do you believe LLMs verify truth? they are amoral token generators
evilfred··on Three sites made 215,128 “best software” pages for AI. Perplexity cites them
LLMs have no sense of truth, they are just next token generators
evilfred··on Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1
good catch!
evilfred··on Humanity has the debate about AI consciousness backwards
for the same reason I don't think a pinball machine or ATM is conscious
evilfred··on GitHub Outage Tracker: Is GitHub Cooked?
lol they are Microsoft, and the AI stuff has only multiplied usage like 2x, they haven't had sudden exponential growth
evilfred··on Incident with Github.com
14x is barely an order of magnitude
evilfred··on Incident with Github.com [resolved]
no, stop giving the AI companies free marketing
evilfred··on Learning more about Claude's mathematical capabilities
the AI model has NOT solved Riemann
evilfred··on New HIV vaccine shows unprecedented success in preclinical study
who do you expect to create pharmaceuticals other than pharmaceutical companies? sheesh
evilfred··on New HIV vaccine shows unprecedented success in preclinical study
prep is great but i would really rather take a one-time vaccine than be expected to take an expensive pill forever that could mess up my liver
evilfred··on Show HN: ReasonGate- An explainable gate that blocks LLM prompt injection
it's impossible to block injection 100% when the input and outer instructions are unified together.
evilfred··on SpaceX stock erases all its gains and slides below IPO price in intraday trading
SpaceX makes its revenue from renting out GPUs
evilfred··on Study suggests most Americans would be healthier without daylight saving time (2025)
I think US states aren't allowed to switch unless the feds decide to allow it
evilfred··on AI Engineer Claims to Have Cracked Linear A
exactly, thank you
evilfred··on AI Engineer Claims to Have Cracked Linear A
he has apparently translated one word according to the only documentation we have. "my untrained amateur friend with no experience in the field has solved a hundreds of years old puzzle. no, trust me!" gets old real quick.
evilfred··on AI Engineer Claims to Have Cracked Linear A
who at Rutgers and Cambridge? did he just email some random linguistics profs? why not classics? and did they respond out of genuine interest or just trying to let an enthusiastic amateur down gently?

i am sorry but "crank" is the correct term for the many amateurs who routinely email mathematicians, physicists, and apparently linguists with their special theories without having any academic experience in the field. for every anecdote where it panned out there are thousands of cases where it did not.

evilfred··on AI Engineer Claims to Have Cracked Linear A
of course we have no way to assess this claim as there is no public software or paper to review
evilfred··on AI Engineer Claims to Have Cracked Linear A
the info provided is completely unverifiable.
evilfred··on AI Engineer Claims to Have Cracked Linear A
/r/classics thinks this is bunk btw https://www.reddit.com/r/classics/s/wwiNTytNfA
evilfred··on AI Engineer Claims to Have Cracked Linear A
i'm gonna write a blog post now about how my buddy discovered cold fusion and will have a paper out real soon now
evilfred··on AI Engineer Claims to Have Cracked Linear A
this isn't an achievement, it's yet another amateur crank claiming he solved a famous puzzle, without a paper and without any critical review. many people have claimed to decode Linear A before. just because this guy used an LLM doesn't make it more credible
evilfred··on Shopify outage [resolved]
Shopify doesnt block selling Nazi merchandise so idk what control you think they exercise
evilfred··on Will vibe coding end like the maker movement?
vibe coding is only "more efficient" if you ignore the massive energy costs involved
evilfred··on De-dollarization: Is the US dollar losing its dominance? (2025)
I don't think China is forcing the US president to do crazy stuff every day
evilfred··on Do YC after you graduate: Early decision for students
Gotta catch em while they're young, naive, and malleable.
evilfred··on Meta Ray-Ban Display
All of those would keep on existing if Meta died today, so who cares? Are you saying we have to keep permitting Meta to help governments oppress people and enable teen suicides just in case we get another React? that is silly
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