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hbs18··on Apple picks Gemini to power Siri
It's a warrant canary, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrant_canary
hbs18··on BYD's cheapest electric cars to have Lidar self-driving tech
I used to think like that before I started driving, it's way more structured and harder to screw up than you'd think.

Avoiding potholes is the hardest part of driving, really.

hbs18··on Cold-blooded software (2023)
> Will the newest system be able to easily run that compiled binary?

I feel like releasing it as a win32 app covers you best there

hbs18··on Lessons from 14 years at Google
So what is the correct solution to that specific problem then, adjust loading time per customer?
hbs18··on Backing up Spotify
> Nobody is gonna download a 300TB torrent just to get the latest Taylor Swift album

Well, no. They'll just select the album download it selectively from the torrent.

hbs18··on You can now play Grand Theft Auto Vice City in the browser
Refresh the page after adding the flag
hbs18··on The "confident idiot" problem: Why AI needs hard rules, not vibe checks
> The basic design is non-deterministic

Is it? I thought an LLM was deterministic provided you run the exact same query on exact same hardware at a temperature of 0.

hbs18··on John Giannandrea to retire from Apple
> I'm not ever going to talk to my phone

Maybe you won't, but there's still value in being able to use it hands free. "Hey Siri, call (name) on speaker" is something I regularly ask it to do while I'm driving.

hbs18··on Implications of AI to schools
It's a product of its time, but what exactly do you think makes it bad?
hbs18··on Quantification of fibrinaloid clots in plasma from pediatric Long COVID patients
You live in a very different world compared to one before antibiotics.
hbs18··on CompileBench: Can AI Compile 22-year-old Code?
To be fair, the topic is AI, so of course that's what he's focusing on
hbs18··on I feel Apple has lost its alignment with me and other long-time customers
It's about the Hacker News party, it's orange on voting results maps.
hbs18··on ChatControl update: blocking minority held but Denmark is moving forward anyway
> some sampling % would be sufficient

From what I understand, this what happens currently and allows stolen cars to pass through

hbs18··on Apple iPhone Air [video]
While the video playback battery life claim makes it out to be on par with the 16 Pro, them presenting the companion battery pack along with the phone really makes you wonder.
hbs18··on Volkswagen to make EVs more affordable, starting with the ID.Polo and a new SUV
> Porsche Taycan Turbo doesn't actually have a turbo

For Porsche cars "turbo" meant "more powerful" for like 10 years by now, predating the Taycan. They sell the 911 Carrera and the 911 Turbo, yet both cars have a turbocharged engine.

hbs18··on I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C
You can't get much sleeker with a smartwatch than the apple watch, square shape aside, it's neither childish nor ugly.
hbs18··on The surprise deprecation of GPT-4o for ChatGPT consumers
> I would never get so invested in something I didn’t control

Are you saying you're asocial?

hbs18··on I bought a £16 smartwatch just because it used USB-C
If you use an iphone, get a regular Apple Watch with a metal link strap.
hbs18··on Car has more than 1.2M km on it – and it's still going strong
You're blowing it out of proportion. A repair like that costs between 1-2k euros. Even non-enthusiasts are repairing that, at least those outside of wealthy western Europe.
hbs18··on The North Korean fake IT worker problem is ubiquitous
How do you know?
hbs18··on Pixar's Newest Movie, 'Elio', Is a Box-Office Dud
Words evolve and change meaning over time. "Calarts animation" today just means the beansmile Grubhub ad style of animation, it has nothing to do with 80s Disney art styles, chuds, 4chan users or whatever it was you meant to say.
hbs18··on Low-background Steel: content without AI contamination
I feel like the em-dashes and "You're absoultely right" already kinda serve the purpose of special AI-only glyphs
hbs18··on Ask HN: How do you handle working with difficult colleagues?
One of the senior devs at the company I work at is really arrogant and brash while being basically unfireable due to being a knowledge silo. Things like opening tickets in the ops board, not having full admin access to the entire infra etc. have been a source of verbal conflict in the past on multiple occasions. He also once threw a tantrum because he considered tasks assigned to him annoying and wanting to work on things "he actually cares about", which was rewarded by letting him work from home for a couple of weeks.

I've stopped taking things like that personally. It took effort to do so and to not return fire in equal measure, but the negatives of doing so far outweigh the outcome of keeping a cool head and keeping the discussion rational.

hbs18··on Are electric cars that much cheaper to operate?
When a head gasket fails, it's usually accompanied with the engine overheating, which often warps the engine block.
hbs18··on Microsoft deletes official Windows 11 CPU/TPM bypass for unsupported PCs
Microsoft Word worked pretty well in Wine the last time I tried it, I wouldn't doubt rest of the Office apps worked fine as well.
hbs18··on Nvidia’s $589B DeepSeek rout
Shouldn't it be Jevons' Paradox?
hbs18··on The Origins of Wokeness
"Wokeness" itself implies taking some form of (performative) action. You can be aware of social injustice existing and not be "woke", in my opinion at least.
hbs18··on US lawmakers tell Apple, Google to be ready to remove TikTok from stores Jan. 19
> but there is still a massive net benefit for the youth

No, there isn't. The youth will just switch to Instagram Reels.

hbs18··on Tesla's Cybertruck is outselling almost every other EV in the US
He's a youtuber whose niche is outrage bait for engagement and views.
hbs18··on Apple introduces iPad mini built for Apple Intelligence
I'm 5'8" and have no problem at all using a Max one-handed (provided it's not in a case). Is it difficult for you to shift the grip on your phone while you're holding it?
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