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hkon··on Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we’re recording" (2024)
Factually wrong. People actually take pride in recording their wrongdoings.
hkon··on Age verification for social media, the beginning of the end for a free internet?
It's going to come soon. Very soon. I mean they have started in the physical world by regulating 3d printers and cnc machines to submit what they are making to an AI to make sure they are not making gun parts.
hkon··on Age verification for social media, the beginning of the end for a free internet?
hey claude build me a small social media site i can use with my friends...

the beginning of the freedom of every person to become a developer

hkon··on GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing
Github Copilot has for the last week been an absolute shitshow. Clearly something has happened behind the scenes.

AI itself clearly weaker / dumber. Prices increased manyfold.

hkon··on The EU still wants to scan your private messages and photos
ofc, they only need to get it approved once. they will try until they succeed
hkon··on Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11
I hear about people in my extended circle moving to linux every week now. Windows users of 10-25 years++ have had enough.
hkon··on The programmers who live in Flatland
I liked this post. But I was a bit disappointed when it ended so soon.
hkon··on "Be Different" doesn't work for building products anymore
I don't think it matters for developers. They compete in the short term.
hkon··on How I influence tech company politics as a staff software engineer
Where is the influence?
hkon··on A WebGL game where you deliver messages on a tiny planet
Smooth, I enjoyed it a lot.
hkon··on Just let me select text
I disagree. Selection takes priority.
hkon··on Denmark wants to push through Chat Control
Does anyone really think it won't pass?
hkon··on AI surveillance should be banned while there is still time
Which you of course already have done.
hkon··on AI surveillance should be banned while there is still time
For me, what is most scary about ai-chatbot is the interface to an exploiter.

They can just prompt "given all your chats with this person, how can we manipulate him to do x"

Not really any expertise needed at all, let the AI to all the lifting.

hkon··on Income Equality in Nordic Countries: Myths, Facts, and Lessons
Did not know Tanzania was in the Nordics and thus relevant to the topic, but hey, you learn something new everyday.
hkon··on Income Equality in Nordic Countries: Myths, Facts, and Lessons
Can't afford it.
hkon··on Income Equality in Nordic Countries: Myths, Facts, and Lessons
If you want cheap developers, come to Norway.
hkon··on If you have a Claude account, they're going to train on your data moving forward
With the amount of times Claude is visiting my websites I'd say they are very desperate for data.
hkon··on Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward
Same
hkon··on Good EU regulations
Is it a joke?
hkon··on If we can find information by asking GenAI, who needs the Web?
AI gave me this: 1. The Work–Reward Contract

Expectation: If you work hard and build skills, society will reward you with wages, stability, and opportunities for advancement.

AI Tension: If AI automates large swaths of work, the link between effort and reward can collapse. For example, truck drivers, radiologists, or call center workers may find that their decades of skill-building are instantly devalued.

2. The Generational Contract

Expectation: Each generation contributes (through taxes, labor, innovation) to support the current elderly, while expecting the next generation to do the same for them.

AI Tension: If AI concentrates wealth among a small group of owners, younger generations may not have the income base to sustain pensions, healthcare systems, or the tax base that supports aging populations.

3. The Education Contract

Expectation: If you spend years in school, investing time and money, you’ll get access to meaningful employment.

AI Tension: If AI can do much of the work fresh graduates are trained for (law, programming, design, etc.), then the implicit “return on education” may vanish, undermining trust in the education system itself.

4. The Knowledge–Authority Contract

Expectation: Experts and institutions (teachers, journalists, researchers) hold authority because of their training, discipline, and credibility.

AI Tension: If AI can generate convincing text, images, or even research papers, people may not know who or what to trust. This erodes the social contract where institutions act as reliable custodians of knowledge.

5. The Effort–Dignity Contract

Expectation: Work, even if menial, provides dignity and identity.

AI Tension: If AI replaces not only high-skilled jobs but also low-skilled ones, people may lose both economic security and the sense of contributing meaningfully to society.

6. The Civic Contract

Expectation: Citizens deliberate and vote based on human judgment and human-driven discourse.

AI Tension: AI-generated propaganda, deepfakes, or bot-driven political campaigns could undermine democratic trust and participation.

7. The Interpersonal/Creative Contract

Expectation: Human creativity and relationships are uniquely valuable.

AI Tension: If AI-generated art, music, or companionship substitutes for human creation or connection, people may feel dispossessed of their role in culture and community.

hkon··on If we can find information by asking GenAI, who needs the Web?
What contracts are those?
hkon··on Show HN: Clyp – Clipboard Manager for Linux
Great point. It should be excluded from sharing session.
hkon··on Show HN: Clyp – Clipboard Manager for Linux
I love that feature too. I replicated it with this. https://github.com/sentriz/cliphist

In addition to what is shown here, I added a job that runs every 5 minutes which prunes the history so that I can comfortably copy sensitive information as well.

hkon··on If you're remote, ramble
So, if you're remote, why not just talk to your real friends on discord or whatever?

I think this whole "we are all a family" trope that companies push has pretty much been seen through by remote workers.

hkon··on We may not like what we become if A.I. solves loneliness
Leave it alone.
hkon··on We may not like what we become if A.I. solves loneliness
Sounds interesting. What do you and your AI do?
hkon··on Browser extension and local backend that automatically archives YouTube videos
With enough space available hoarding is just thinking ahead.
hkon··on VPN use surges in UK as new online safety rules kick in
Any suggestions?
hkon··on UK VPN demand soars after debut of Online Safety Act
I'm not saying this is the intended consequence. But it's certainly something that has been considered.
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