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jcegon Introducing System One Models and Jev

> We deliberately chose not to publish performance against public benchmarks. In fact, we plan to only have one-off evals when we make product updates.

lol, I bet they would publish them if their score on those benchmarks were good.

jcegon Blizzard Revives 'StarCraft' Franchise with Open-World Sci-Fi Shooter

Incredible to see how disconnected Blizzard is from its customers. One more shooter, when we wanted the next RTS.

jcegon New York Times and The Athletic workers demand company scrap Kalshi deal

Most of the top level comments support scrapping the deal, most of them on the basis that "sports gambling is a cancer." A cancer for whom? I want to take the opposite position: let people do whatever they want, as long as they bear the consequences of their decisions instead of socializing the risk. You don't like betting or gambling? Great, then don't do it. But forcing your preferences on others is not the way.

jcegon MIT's Ad Hoc Committee on AI Use in Teaching, Learning, and Research Training

> This is a bunch of fluff.

Accurate description.

jcegon Gemini 3.7 Flash

IMO, they should drop their previous model (3.6 Flash) from the benchmark charts. I don't care how better this is compared with their previous model. What matters (to me) is:

1. How the new model performs against the other top models in the same category.

2. The pricing of the new model against the other top models in the same category.

jcegon GPT-5.6 vs. Claude Fable 5 for Physical AI, which performs best?

Nice! It is missing Codex in the agent harnesses comparison IMO.

jcegon Show HN: Analog Watch

Well, that was harder than expected.

jcegon Physical disc production ending in Jan 2028 for new games on PlayStation

I thought CDs were (mostly) no longer being produced. I'm surprised this decision was not made years ago.

jcegon Spain blocks prediction markets Polymarket, Kalshi over lack of gambling licence

Sure! I can also be an adult, have fire detectors and insure my property against fires instead of hoping for the goodwill of the community or the government.

jcegon Spain blocks prediction markets Polymarket, Kalshi over lack of gambling licence

> That works in a world where everyone has equal knowledge and ability all of the time.

That ^ is mostly true today.

If you have access to Polymarket or Kalshi, you have internet access. If you have internet access, you have access to more public knowledge than any previous generation.

Whether you use the internet to educate yourself or to gamble should be your choice. But starting today, it is no longer your choice in Spain.

jcegon Germany news: Childfree adults to pay more for elder care

Super low income taxes?

The general income tax brackets break down in Germany is as follows:

- Up to €12,348: 0% (Tax-free allowance)

- €12,349 – €69,878: 14% to 42% (Progressive increase)

- €69,879 – €277,825: 42% (Proportional rate)

- Over €277,826: 45% (Reichensteuer or "rich tax")

Source: https://www.expatrio.com/about-germany/german-tax-system

IMO: that doesn't look "super low".

A better tax system is the one used by Estonia: a flat tax rate of 22%

Source: https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/estonia/individual/taxes-on-per...

jcegon It's official: Utah is the U.S. state closest to banning VPNs

IMO, this is one of the main strengths of the US: you have 50 different options to live according to your values and beliefs, and relatively little friction if you decide to move to a state that better reflects them.