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hrmon··on GPT-6 Astra
On the introduction video: The lady asks "make sure that [the presentation] feels really high-end", but something that gets generated without any effort is not high-end anymore. it will be mediocre, or more probably GARBAGE.
hrmon··on Qwen3.8 27B scores 52 on Artificial Analysis
I want to highlight its (1-hallucation rate) at 70%. BRAVO! For me, this is its most wonderful score. GPT-5.6-Sol sits at 8%.
hrmon··on Models Are Getting Dumber on Purpose
A sharp critical thinker draws admiration, but it is a joy to talk to some dude who knows stuff.
hrmon··on Show HN: Maple-Preview – Ternary 20B MoE running at 120 tok/s on a iPhone
English Wikipedia: "As of 16 October 2024, the size of the current version including all articles compressed is about 24.7 GB without media."

Models in this size range should aim for correct tool calling and avoiding hallucinations, not universal knowledge. (apparently they don't.)

hrmon··on Seedance 2.5
In second video, Look at the reflection of the staff member headset :)

Such models will have fascinating use-cases. But "generating realistic content" is a comedic resemblance of realism movement in painting.

hrmon··on Web-based cryptography is always snake oil
Many comments suggest that the definition and criteria proposed are infeasible and useless. They are not wrong. But still it points out something the layperson misses (or even many tech-savvy people): An E2EE service from A does not provably protect your data against A.
hrmon··on The short leash AI coding method for beating Fable
But staff engineers take "responsibility"
hrmon··on GPT‑NL: a sovereign language model for the Netherlands
> This vaguely-nationalist world view around tech that’s emerging in Europe is dangerous, man.

Guess which country blocked access to a SOTA model based on national security bullshit.

hrmon··on A network smuggling Starlink tech into Iran to beat internet blackout
US military "tested" some of its new weapons during the last war on Iran, in one case killing more than 15 kids [1]. So US tech is famous for improving life quality in Iran.

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/29/world/middleeast/us-preci...

hrmon··on Ask HN: What did you purchase that measurably improved your quality of life?
"Everything you own end up owning you!"
hrmon··on Ask HN: What is your favorite motto?
For God's sake that's the ultimate motto! :)) But really, I prefer one step in 20 directions because at the end I want to be a human being who has tried to be better in many dimensions of life, not the popular superhero at X who is a freak!