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Interesting thing to ponder: How much time, money, energy (et al) is being used in the (now) ever-escalating war between generating and detecting AI content?

This goes for HR, education, code review, on and on.

I know some would label this view as "Luddite" with derision, but learning some of the background of the actual Luddites, the parallels are hard to ignore. If you're interested, 99pi did a solid episode recently [1].

Yes it's ALSO to a promote a book, but still... there's a lot more to it than just mindlessly raging against a new technology.

[1] https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/552-blood-in-the-mach...

Looks like someone made a project to hook LLMs to Zork with some learning along the way: https://github.com/gudlyf/zork_ai_player

Got me with this one.

Yep, I think vertex is one of the companies trying to tackle an encapsulated set of insulin producing cells.

Neat stuff!

Despite that, glad to see it in a human subject.

I’ve had T1D for more than 30 years and have seen every headline under the sun with a “cure” always sometime in the next 5 years, so my expectations are properly tempered.

Still excited by it but a long way from clinics handing this out as a solution (if it’s viable).

There are also loads of tests for antibodies now; some are even (gasp) free for qualifying people. More here: https://www.breakthrought1d.org/early-detection/#screening-o...

I know a few news sites have low bandwidth versions, which are arguable way better than the auto-play video and ads plastered across their “normal” sites.

A couple examples:

https://lite.cnn.com/

https://text.npr.org/

Perhaps those of us voicing no opinion at all are the crazy ones.

Shows resolved as of Jul 14, 2025 - 23:20 UTC

Looks like they have it listed as of a few minutes ago: https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/28r0vbbxsh8f

Looks like this other post hit the frontpage: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44565836

Maaaaybe not https://www.cloudflarestatus.com/incidents/28r0vbbxsh8f

> But part of the nostalgia of sitting there listening to the rumble of the little hard drive is gone.

I remember this being a key troubleshooting step. Listen/feel for the hum of the hard drive OR the telltale click clack, grinding, etc that foretold doom.

I can see people using this to have their websites (or apps) fit into the design of Apple's OS 26 design language. Neat!

A neat project you (and others) might want to check out: https://kiwix.org/

Lots of various sources that you can download locally to have available offline. They're even providing some pre-loaded devices in areas where there may not be reliable or any internet access.

Bricks too! https://facts.usps.com/sending-bricks-in-the-mail/

Thank you for finding this :-)

Anyone have links to some of the actual posts this person made? The article is a bit light on actual details, sourcing, etc. beyond citing their username/alias.

Light and perhaps curtains in the central area would probably do the trick.

Tour comment about the money made me think of this Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Read_(philanthropist)

Perhaps not all whimsy, but definitely take a look at https://www.creativeapplications.net/blog/ for some interesting stuff people are doing out there in the world.

Most money? Sure. Most success? That depends on what you're quantifying.

I think you may have captured the point best in the way you phrased this: "whatever-it-is Musk is trying to do now"

That it's not entirely clear makes it impossible to know if it might be something he could have success in.

As far as worrying about who has write access to these systems, I think the article makes it fairly clear that even if you're a COBOL programmer with years of experience, that doesn't mean you know these specific COBOL systems and their logic.

Age aside, I feel uncomfortable about anyone new (even experienced COBOL programmers) being able to make changes in these systems, especially given their approach has been portrayed as broadly antagonistic to existing engineers and staff.

It's illegal to make false calls to 911; I know in California it's a misdemeanor at least along with a multi-thousand dollar fine.

Keep in mind the plant they are talking about is in AZ, where median wages and cost of living are generally lower than California.

Some feedback:

* More screenshots/use cases.

* Information about who you are/why it's called Kate's App. I think that especially for single/small dev teams, this can really help build trust and interest.

* Said elsewhere, but a publicly available privacy policy. Also not seeing any after signing up. Big red flag.

* IMO, don't have usernames AND emails at sign up. Choose one.

* Needs padding on either side. Other formatting issues too, but that was the most glaring one.

First, thanks so much for sharing your experience on the HR/hiring side!

I recall in the multiple post-pandemic layoffs (especially in tech industry) that hiring teams were some of the first to be gutted. Made sense on a practical level since, at least in theory, layoffs > fewer job openings > fewer applicants to go through > less people needed to go through them.

However, I'm sure that's also led to more people applying for the fewer job openings that are available.

Does that seem like an accurate read? Maybe a contributing factor to lack of communication, even if it's simply a templated decline?