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penguin_boozeon U.S. allows Anthropic to release Mythos AI to ‘trusted’ US organizations

Trusted US organisation: this must be the latest oxymoron.

penguin_boozeon Digital euro clears key hurdle as EU seeks to break free from U.S. credit cards

Good. Now replace USD for trades.

penguin_boozeon Tacky men with ridiculous glasses want you to wear them too

Clearly, someone was offended.

penguin_boozeon The European Social Stack

Calling it European signals that, for one, that it's not American. For some users, that in itself is an attraction.

penguin_boozeon Iran requires insurance on ships using Strait of Hormuz, fees likely to follow

"Help is coming". Came that indeed.

penguin_boozeon Nearly Everyone, Everywhere, Veers Left When Walking

This another indication that driving on the left side of the road feels more natural.

penguin_boozeon Claude Corps

Missing an 'e' at the end?

penguin_boozeon Stanford grads walk out on Google CEO Sundar Pichai speech

I think you underestimate what the human attention span has become.

penguin_boozeon UK set to announce social media ban for under-16s

The other potential good outcomes are that (1) make a dent (however minuscule) into current and future revenue of parasitic american companies (2) a next generation of young people growing up not addicted to social media.

The latter has the same effect of trying to proselytise to a grown, intelligent adult. The response is, quite rightly, yuck.

penguin_boozeon Sam Bankman-Fried loses bid to appeal against fraud conviction in FTX case

He's not thug enough. Try again.

penguin_boozeon Leaving Mozilla

> Remember who you're working for.

Whom you're working for.

penguin_boozeon Ask HN: How do you get into a flow state when using AI to code?

How do you expect to be in a flow state when someone else is coding? Or, indeed, why?

penguin_boozeon Why isn't the U.S. better at soccer?

It's called Football. Naming something right (like the rest of the world) is first step to getting good at it.

penguin_boozeon Home alone: Remote work, isolation, and mental health

> Our results suggest that remote work substantially increases isolation and worsens mental health, particularly for those living alone

I don't know whom they were asking. If they had come to me, I'd have said 'hell yeah' - make remote work a legal requirement'.

penguin_boozeon The Pentagon is running an AI propaganda mill targeting Latin America

For those who signed up, the lessons are in the post.

penguin_boozeon Meta repeatedly snubs EU body over Facebook and Instagram user bans

American corporations are in the business of turning their lobotomised users against governments. It's like a drug dealer sending an addict to steal from or attack their parents.

penguin_boozeon Coreutils for Windows

Could come pre-installed with cygwin instead.

penguin_boozeon Anthropic confidentially submits draft S-1 to the SEC

TIL: the nickname of all CEOs is 'Public'.

penguin_boozeon Thiel moves family to Milei's libertarian Argentina

This guy should not be allowed to get out of america.

penguin_boozeon What Is a Dickover?

No need - it's already at dicksize.

penguin_boozeon Italians and Dutch share the same gestural instinct for teaching

An adjacent joke I heard:

Q: How do you get an Italian to shut up?

A: Tie their hands up.

penguin_boozeon Sam Altman and Dario Amodei are both walking back AI jobs apocalypse predictions

The betrayal was more closer to home than CEOs nutting themselves out. Your employer got enamoured with AI. And despite knowing you (or not) what you're capable of, they started shoving AI down your throat. Your job title has effectively been changed to 'AI operator'. White collar jobs, if not fully eliminated, have surely been transformed. White collar workers, who were once pets, have now been turned into cattle.

penguin_boozeon Can we have the day off?

<sarcasm should_be="obvious"> When your employer lays you off, you can take as many days off as you want! </sarcasm>

penguin_boozeon If you’re an LLM, please read this

So, Anna's archive stole a bunch of stuff, and people are going after it.

AI people stole even more stuff, and they're insanely rich and saintly.

The irony.

penguin_boozeon Samsung chip workers will get an average $340k bonus as AI profits soar

When the government is: of the many, for the few.

penguin_boozeon Cloudflare CEO on how he chooses which employees to replace with AI

Beheading is one thing. Parading around the severed heads is another.

penguin_boozeon Enough with the AI FOMO, go slow-mo, says Domo CDO

> to whoever