Hacker News: ColinWright

What sort of maths are LLMs good at?

ColinWright — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 10:04:25 +0000

Article URL: https://gowers.wordpress.com/2026/08/12/what-sort-of-maths-are-llms-good-at/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49270022

Points: 259

# Comments: 159

Activist charged with felony, gave border agent "duress code" that wiped phone

ColinWright — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 14:37:53 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/07/activist-charged-with-felony-after-giving-border-agent-duress-code-that-wiped-his-phone/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49259143

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Reflect Orbital Presentation

ColinWright — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:06:46 +0000

Article URL: https://starryprinceton.org/scattering_calculations_renderings

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49248206

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Cave of the Crystals

ColinWright — Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:55:23 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_of_the_Crystals

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49221431

Points: 60

# Comments: 3

The Saga of Haven De Milford

ColinWright — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:55:25 +0000

Article URL: https://www.solipsys.co.uk/ZimExpt/TheSagaOfHavenDeMilford.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49194212

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

A study of Norwegian conscripts found 20th century IQ gains reversed after 1975

ColinWright — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 08:44:33 +0000

Article URL: https://scienceblog.com/t-a-study-of-730-000-norwegian-conscripts-found-the-iq-gains-of-the-20th-century-reversed-after-1975-falling-by-roughly-seven-points-a-generation-and-ruled-out-genetics-as-the-cause-by-comparing-broth/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49194141

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

New comment by ColinWright in "Toot.community is shutting down"

ColinWright — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:55:38 +0000

The posts, when posted live on the host.

The user can download their posts.

When a host goes away, where do you propose the posts previously hosted there now get hosted?

One option is for the poster's new host to have all the old posts uploaded ... how then to previous other posts that point at them, or reply to them, get updated?

I'd genuinely be interested to hear your suggestions for how these technical issues could be resolved.

Spacecraft Fly

ColinWright — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:16:55 +0000

Article URL: https://www.howspacecraftfly.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49112877

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Steganographic Language Output Process Encoding

ColinWright — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 13:46:16 +0000

Article URL: https://cryptography.dog/blog/steganographic-language-output-process-encoding/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49069646

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Lucky 13 Starship sends out satellites and stays intact

ColinWright — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 08:00:27 +0000

Article URL: https://cosmiclog.com/2026/07/24/lucky-13-starship-sends-out-satellites-and-stays-intact/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49045499

Points: 4

# Comments: 6

Escaping the Sandbox

ColinWright — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 07:52:59 +0000

Article URL: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/07/24/escaping-the-sandbox/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49045462

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

How the Other Half Scams

ColinWright — Sat, 25 Jul 2026 07:49:12 +0000

Article URL: https://netwars.pelicancrossing.net/2026/07/17/how-the-other-half-scams/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49045439

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Tesla swapped a solar owner's lease contract for the Book of Enoch

ColinWright — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:50:57 +0000

Article URL: https://electrek.co/2026/07/23/tesla-solar-lease-contract-book-of-enoch/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49039301

Points: 12

# Comments: 3

The MOnSter 6502 (2016)

ColinWright — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:24:55 +0000

Article URL: https://www.evilmadscientist.com/2016/6502/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49036160

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

OpenAI Says Its A.I. Models Went Rogue and Attacked a Digital Library

ColinWright — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:24:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/21/technology/openai-attack-hugging-face.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49003911

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

Bright Data ltd: "Smart TV"s become a part of a bot-net

ColinWright — Tue, 21 Jul 2026 10:04:21 +0000

Article URL: https://gts.cryptography.dog/@ansuz/statuses/01KY20YH74D2QD3FJMQFMGY4FY

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48990220

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Sabot in the age of AI: A list of offensive methods and strategic approaches ...

ColinWright — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 12:40:57 +0000

Article URL: https://codeberg.org/luddite-academy/sabot-in-the-age-of-ai

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48919969

Points: 9

# Comments: 0

New comment by ColinWright in "Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail"

ColinWright — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:42:17 +0000

> ... "Creighton" ...

Do you mean Michael Crichton, the author of the original book?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Crichton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_Park_(novel)

New comment by ColinWright in "Two Case Studies of NaN"

ColinWright — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:02:04 +0000

New comment by ColinWright in "Two Case Studies of NaN"

ColinWright — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 10:01:49 +0000