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overdrive110··on Terminal-Bench-Science: Evaluating AI agents on scientific research workflows
Is this benchmark public? Anecdotally I have had decent results asking Sol to nitpick my proofs (mostly probability theory but nothing super dense). I have never tried Claude seriously, so I am very curious about what the failures look like with Fable.
overdrive110··on A failure of security systems at PayPal is causing concern for German banks
The Nordic countries all have bank-backed apps for instant transfers from a checking account indexed by phone numbers. It basically replaces every peer to peer transaction that would be cash in other countries (paying back a friend, buying something at a flea market, chipping in for a gift at the office...)
overdrive110··on Trump's Tariff Formula Makes No Economic Sense. It's Also Based on an Error
First I thought it could make sense considering the territories have some differences in taxes on imports. But in that case, why is Åland missing then?
overdrive110··on Falsehoods programmers believe about TCP
Perhaps he is thinking of how marriage does not change your last name, but rather gives you an extra, optional last name. [1] The French ID card has two last name fields!

[1] https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nom_d%27usage_en_France