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franktankbank··on The Zig project's rationale for their anti-AI contribution policy
Because you are at the whims of the bot they are at least partially dependent on.
franktankbank··on The Zig project's rationale for their anti-AI contribution policy
> need to stop doing it

They won't I suspect. If there isn't any good way to give them a good smack for doing it then I don't know what would make them stop.

franktankbank··on Ghostty is leaving GitHub
Also they own your code in any real sense.
franktankbank··on The AI industry is discovering that the public hates it
I mean come on. The public hates whatever face the vc puts on.
franktankbank··on Ask HN: How to solve the cold start problem for a two-sided marketplace?
Christ some people. I grew stinky weed in an apartment in college back when it was very illegal everywhere. I could never imagine fucking around at the border of my own country let along another one.
franktankbank··on The looming college-enrollment death spiral
Those are under the umbrella of research and teaching no?
franktankbank··on An AI Vibe Coding Horror Story
You rule.
franktankbank··on The tech jobs bust is real. Don't blame AI (yet)
> These are positive growth levers.

These are pointless growth levers.

franktankbank··on US appeals court declares 158-year-old home distilling ban unconstitutional
Maybe we are set to see that change at the federal level?
franktankbank··on France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech
I'm sorry, but how hard is that? Seriously.
franktankbank··on Scientists invented a fake disease. AI told people it was real
I assume you mean this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCP_Foundation ??
franktankbank··on The AI Great Leap Forward
> Unit and end-to-end tests are free now.

Explain please. I might agree with discounted.

franktankbank··on Am I German or Autistic?
> I took the German or Autistic diagnostic. Result: Both. The Wittgenstein Result. I don't know whether to be proud or concerned.

It was 47% 47%. AMA!! I've got stories man, just give me a specific prompt. I can also tell stories about my PhD advisor (100% german, 70% autistic).

franktankbank··on Ask HN: What are you building that's not AI related?
Hell ya, so many different ways to make it fit. Shops rule. Do you have a good idea of projects you want to do?
franktankbank··on Ask HN: What are you building that's not AI related?
I've dreamed of something like this with a geographical bounding (hard part) for what comments/requests you encounter.
franktankbank··on Claude mixes up who said what and that's not OK
Maybe the agents should require some sort of input start token: "simon says"
franktankbank··on F-35 Got Hit
So got hit indirectly.
franktankbank··on F-35 Got Hit
So what is it that happened? They got extremely lucky? The missile has a seriously reduced profile? How did the guy land? Almost sounds like a cannonball hit him.
franktankbank··on F-35 Got Hit
I wonder how often they fired in the last month. How lucky do you have to be per shot?
franktankbank··on Giving AI coding agents a Principal Engineer's mind and cost of intern
Wheres the demo? Theres just some claims of reducing tokens, but no head to head with real prompts for producing useful large projects. I guess in theory it kind of makes sense for an idealized language. Seems a lot of leaps elsewise.
franktankbank··on We Forgot How to Make Some Nuclear Bomb Parts
How hard would it be to pay a handsome sum to just one guy who was familiar enough to get enough of a clue? I don't know how things are siloed but presumably plenty know what its for we are just missing some crucial steps. Man I'd love to join a team to figure out some small part. You meet the wildest range of people working on such things.

I'm missing what was the way of testing for equivalency. Seems a crucial step in understanding the overall story.

I'm wondering if adding extra checks can hamper future efforts at production, because you are going to nail down your tests today. Then in the future some crucial part of the process is technically impossible due to upstream shortages. You didn't understand your wiggle room when you locked down your tests (potentially).

franktankbank··on Anthropic expands partnership with Google and Broadcom for next-gen compute
This conversation is confusing because OP didn't use the same units as the person in the quote.
franktankbank··on "whole civilization will die tonight"
Its on /active I think
franktankbank··on Trump says 'a whole civilization will die tonight' if Iran does not make a deal
I'm sorry if my general discourse is grating in this thread/in general on HN. It really is just kind of who I am and how I figure things out for myself, I'm very off the cuff and unafraid of looking/being stupid if it wins me some knowledge. I think the point of my question is that I predict this is how the conversation is going to go in the next few days (if the bombs start dropping), and I guess I'm trying to predict for myself where this conflict is headed. Big picture, Strait of Hormuz is just one front on the war to get Iran to submit which as stated is to remove their ability to achieve the bomb (if you believe the initial justifications). I don't know if that sheds any light on what my goals were or if it gave you a migraine. Apologies if the second.
franktankbank··on Trump says 'a whole civilization will die tonight' if Iran does not make a deal
> Pakistan stated several times, that will act as nuclear backstop for Iran.

Can you clarify what this would even mean? And could you provide a source (because I couldn't)?

franktankbank··on Trump says 'a whole civilization will die tonight' if Iran does not make a deal
That says internation law as US law.

Light investigation says it is selectively applied for national security. So... pretty big loophole.

franktankbank··on Trump says 'a whole civilization will die tonight' if Iran does not make a deal
Is that US law or international law?
franktankbank··on F-15E jet shot down over Iran
I live in a deeply rural area. Nobody is like this in regards to war. I wish I could put on blast the deep worry I see everyday. Perhaps there is a cultural difference between the rural and red cities? It's hard not to take note of drafting the entirety of your young family to go shoot guns and die even if it was 100 years ago.
franktankbank··on Significant Raise of Reports
I get what you are saying but as you said, if you are already under attack you can't trust your own computer, you just hope that you aren't downloading another exploit/bogus update. Real software I imagine is not so easy to pwn so completely but I don't know.
franktankbank··on Significant raise of reports
If you don't personally review every line then you are already trusting blindly.
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