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wiihack··on Trying to teach in the age of the AI homework machine
As others have already mentioned, I believe that it's mainly the curious and engaged students who will benefit greatly from AI. And for those who cheat or use AI to deceive and end up failing a written exam, well, maybe that's not such a bad thing after all...
wiihack··on The TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting 'attractive' people
It is absolutely mind boggling to me that even when we are aware of all these issues there isn’t an immediate reaction to it in terms of just shutting these platforms down till they fix their issues
wiihack··on Ask HN: What's the "best" book you've ever read?
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker
wiihack··on What is the history of the use of "foo" and "bar" in source code examples? (2012)
I remember when I started coding in java many years ago. Everywhere I saw foo classes and I had absolutely no idea what they mean :)
wiihack··on Typst: An easy to learn alternative for LaTex
I use Typst every day for my work. It is great software.
wiihack··on Show HN: A modern Jupyter client for macOS
Looks great! :)
wiihack··on Elon Musk Says OpenAI's GPT-4o Reveal 'Made Me Cringe'
Did not seem cringe to me tbh. Okey, the flirty voice maybe ;)
wiihack··on AI-generated sad girl with piano performs the text of the MIT License
Absolutely incredible. Other than pictures and videos, this awakens my excitement :)
wiihack··on Devin doesn't do as good a job as us
In summary, they developed a ChatGPT Plugin that requires human input. It has the potential to assist in building demo websites or simple games, yet its capabilities are inherently limited. Devin aims to replicate the entire software engineering workflow, including a custom IDE and shell environment. And while I think devin is far far from perfect, it shows the direction we are heading in the medium term
wiihack··on Show HN: Coffeehouse, one-on-one voicechat with random HN users
Just had a talk with some people. Very cool concept :)
wiihack··on LM Studio – Discover, download, and run local LLMs
I got Mistral-7b running locally, and although it wasn't hard, it did take some time nonetheless. I just wanted to try it out and was not that interested in the technical details.
wiihack··on How to get ChatGPT to stop apologizing?
Use the API and set "always answer short" as system role. This has the side effect that you use less tokens. Compared to the 20$ for Chat-GPT premium, you also save some money.
wiihack··on It Took Me a Decade to Find the Perfect Personal Website Stack – Ghost+Fathom
Just use plain HTML + a little bit of basic CSS. No need to overcomplicate things
wiihack··on GPT-4 API General Availability
The official docs say, you need at least one successful API invoice to get access to GPT-4.
wiihack··on LLama.cpp now has a web interface
Nice simple interface! And great to see a CEO keeping up with recent technological developments :)
wiihack··on Tesla on track to smash targets after producing almost a million EVs in 6 months
In which sense is Tesla doing better after Elon "left"? The sales seem to be pretty much on track with what's expected [1]. Software and manufacturing quality doesn't seem to be much affected either.

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/502208/tesla-quarterly-v...

wiihack··on San Francisco fire chief fed up with robotaxis that mess with her firetrucks
I think in case of an emergency the doors of the car should get unlocked and someone nearby should overtake
wiihack··on Ask HN: Which book has had the most meaningful contribution in your life?
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress by Steven Pinker
wiihack··on Ask HN: Would more people take public transportation if it had business class?
There are regional trains in Germany where this exists. Even if second class is completely full, first class remains mostly empty. It feels like a waste of space, as the downside for the general public is much greater than any potential gains for first-class travelers and train operators.
wiihack··on Write plain text files (2022)
Plain text is the best. But instead of having no dependencies as the article suggests, I simply use Apple Notes with all formatting and "intelligent" features turned off.
wiihack··on Finish your projects
As I started my studies, I tried to develop a little Android game. It took way longer than expected, being also very frustrating from start to finish. I kept working on it for a couple of months, set up a Google Play account, created some images for the Play Store, and then released it. As expected, it didn't get much traction, but I felt very proud and happy about it. Would recommend! :)
wiihack··on Ask HN: Will Web3 ever become mainstream?
I don't think so. There have been billions of dollars flowing to this industry and till now nothing came out that is close to being useful for the mainstream
wiihack··on Study Finds Video Game Playing Causes No Harm to Children’s Cognitive Abilities
For every opinion, you will find a suitable study on the subject. But what I think is obvious is that if you don't look at the actual gaming itself, you'll notice that other activities are being crowded out by the excessive use of video games. Many friends from my youth still play 5+ hours of video games a day. They don't seem very happy and many of them lack perspective. In other words, do we want our kids to spend hours a day playing Fortnite when there are alternatives like sports activities or spending time with friends and family?
wiihack··on Why is remote work seen as a gift?
It is very interesting to see how strongly the opinions differ on this topic. Both sides have good and understandable arguments. I think that in the future, jobs will also be advertised with the phrase "primarily in the office".
wiihack··on Ask HN: Burnt out from big tech. What's next?
Something like thats exists already! The organisation behind it is called C2PA :) https://c2pa.org/
wiihack··on Google calls in help from Larry Page and Sergey Brin for A.I. fight
Could you provide an example of what you're asking for? It appears to work well for me. I would estimate that 80% of the answers are very good, and 10% provide at least a glimpse of the information I was seeking.
wiihack··on Enhance Speech from Adobe – Free AI filter for cleaning up spoken audio
I was shocked at how good it worked in this case. Thanks for the examples!
wiihack··on Ask HN: What Are You Doing?
it's providing and onboarding portal for universities
wiihack··on Ask HN: What software are you thankful for?
Google Docs. I use it every day and it's a pleasure.
wiihack··on Ask HN: What Are You Doing?
I am currently creating a financial plan for an imaginary startup. This is the task in one of my university modules.
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