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wilgon We have a 99% email reputation, but Gmail disagrees

They are not being upfront about whether they are sending transactional or marketing email, which have significantly different compliance requirements for jurisdictions like Europe and also for email providers themselves.

wilgon We have a 99% email reputation, but Gmail disagrees

> This isn't necessary for me to use the icons.

True, but all the information about non-kit deployments is available lower on the page.

wilgon Apple has removed most of the towns and villages in Lebanon from Apple maps?

The whole thread here seems to be full of people who know why Apple would have done this for some kind of bad reason, but nobody saying what that bad reason is. Anybody want to say it? I don't actually know other than something about Israel?

wilgon Reading Is Magic

Starting with a pitch for Jacobin is a pretty bad sign.

wilgon In Japan, the robot isn't coming for your job; it's filling the one nobody wants

His theory on the cause is wrong, and using the wrong number is dishonest here. I agree he more or less correctly cited labor force participation rate (still basically the best in the world) but badly misrepresented what that number is such that he should be apologizing and not doubling down. Dishonest.

wilgon In Japan, the robot isn't coming for your job; it's filling the one nobody wants

Yes, I agree. The person I'm replying to knows only enough about employment rates to have bad conspiracy takes.

wilgon In Japan, the robot isn't coming for your job; it's filling the one nobody wants

I think that fudging the numbers to bolster your pet theory is not an acceptable way of looking at this data.

wilgon In Japan, the robot isn't coming for your job; it's filling the one nobody wants

In case you think 18% is Japan's unemployment rate: it's not. Japan's unemployment rate is 2.5%.

https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS?location...

This is basically the best in the world.

https://www.oecd.org/en/data/insights/statistical-releases/2...

Not sure what rate OP is citing, but it's not the one I'd use to draw OP's conclusion. You don't wanna YOLO understanding how employment rates are calculated.

wilgon A new way to measure poverty shows the US falling behind Europe

A novel way of measuring poverty is something you should be really skeptical of!

wilgon A new way to measure poverty shows the US falling behind Europe

I believe this is the paper https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid%3A501e8eb8-3ce7-4ac0-9d09-...

wilgon The Claude Code Source Leak: fake tools, frustration regexes, undercover mode

Exactly the type of comment Claude Code would write

wilgon AI data centres can warm surrounding areas by up to 9.1°C

Probably not very true.

> The research exaggeration pipeline.

> -Unpublished paper

> -One outlier: "min & max can be found at 0.3°C and 9.1°C" (95th pct "between 1.5°C & 2.4°C")

> -No causal identification; just pre/post that could be result of many factors

> Do you really believe data centers are warming 10km away? Really?

https://bsky.app/profile/brendannyhan.bsky.social/post/3mi7i...

https://blog.andymasley.com/p/data-centers-heat-exhaust-is-n...

wilgon ChatGPT won't let you type until Cloudflare reads your React state

should be pretty easy to test and not rely on an anonymous source from a weird analytics company via business insider. are these bots actually from openai or are they just using their user agent? are they coming from openai ip ranges? etc. https://openai.com/gptbot.json

wilgon ChatGPT won't let you type until Cloudflare reads your React state

robots.txt bro https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/bots/

wilgon Two pilots dead after plane and ground vehicle collide at LaGuardia

Not at all, the ATC situation is different. It doesn't help to try to jam a general (and wrong!) societal comment here, just diffuses responsibility.

wilgon The bespoke software revolution? I'm not buying it

I think there's a potential path where most of your interactions with the computer are through software that rewrites itself to your exact task.

wilgon OpenCode – Open source AI coding agent

Sometimes people want to be real pedants about licensing terms when it comes to OSS, assuming such terms are completely bulletproof, other times people don't think the terms of their agreement with a service provider should have any force at all.

wilgon Runners who churn butter on their runs

Unless they were just using it as an example because they were asked about butter!

wilgon Apple's MacBook Neo makes repairs easier and cheaper than other MacBooks

This machine is probably more repairable because its simpler and bulkier and more cost conscious.

wilgon Runners who churn butter on their runs

The idea of butter being good doesn't strictly seem like it demands a conspiracy theory.

wilgon Apple's MacBook Neo makes repairs easier and cheaper than other MacBooks

pretty sure apple tops reliability metrics reliably, so this is probably more about your feelings than reality

wilgon Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans

The point is we don't know whether that's true, only that some people think it's true, which is not interesting.

wilgon Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans.

That's about essay writing exclusively.

wilgon Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans

It's far from proven or obvious whether involving an LLM in your thought process degrades your thought process.

wilgon Global warming has accelerated significantly

then it wouldnt be cooler would it

wilgon GPT-5.4

Well, they have older ones of course. But the current options actual users see is "Auto" or "Instant (5.3)" or "Thinking (5.4)". Not that complicated really.

wilgon The L in "LLM" Stands for Lying

eyeroll

wilgon Dario Amodei calls OpenAI’s messaging around military deal ‘straight up lies’

Everything you're saying here is the exact delusional cynicism that got us here. Stop.

wilgon Dario Amodei calls OpenAI’s messaging around military deal ‘straight up lies’

Money issue is also a skill issue, but I have no doubt in the era of free media someone could figure it out.

Sorry I didn't invent the idea that there are federal elections every two years, I'm just telling you that you have to win them. Bonus points: this is also how you can change the election schedule or political system!

If you're saying both candidates were bad when one was Trump, and the other was Hillary, Kamala, or Joe, then you don't have very good judgement. I agree Trump lying about not starting a war was bad. Many of us have said for years that he is a terrible liar. Please help us.