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New comment by SegfaultSeagull in "Seven books I keep close because I love them"

SegfaultSeagull — Fri, 14 Aug 2026 17:40:24 +0000

The Hebrew is תָּמ֣וֹת נַפְשִׁי֮ עִם־פְּלִשְׁתִּים֒, which literally translates to "You shall die, my soul, with the Philistines."

UK Discover Naval Drone Component Sent Signals to China

SegfaultSeagull — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 16:31:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/world/uk/u-k-discovers-component-in-its-naval-drones-sent-signals-to-china-6ae60578

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49245986

Points: 5

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New comment by SegfaultSeagull in "First Robotic Satellite Servicer Launched"

SegfaultSeagull — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 21:40:38 +0000

Can you tell us what is out of bounds, so we know not to ask those questions? :)

New comment by SegfaultSeagull in "AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion"

SegfaultSeagull — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:28:40 +0000

Time to get a second job buddy.

Mathematicians warn of AI threats to profession as industry encroaches

SegfaultSeagull — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 01:52:38 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/mathematicians-warn-of-ai-threats-to-profession-as-industry-encroaches/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48407048

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by SegfaultSeagull in "Claude Platform on AWS"

SegfaultSeagull — Tue, 12 May 2026 04:29:35 +0000

"Claude in the cloud" has a nice ring to it.

New comment by SegfaultSeagull in "U.S. war in Iran has cost $25B so far, says Pentagon official"

SegfaultSeagull — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:17:25 +0000

Social security and Medicare account for 36% of the Federal budget and are absolutely understood as a cost to run the government. Calling them transfer payments doesn't obviate the fact that they are costs to American taxpayers. Social security and Medicare are also the two Federal outlays that economists fear will bankrupt the United States.

New comment by SegfaultSeagull in "U.S. war in Iran has cost $25B so far, says Pentagon official"

SegfaultSeagull — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:10:43 +0000

https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/feder...

New comment by SegfaultSeagull in "U.S. war in Iran has cost $25B so far, says Pentagon official"

SegfaultSeagull — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:00:03 +0000

The cost to operate the Federal government for one day is about $18 billion.

New comment by SegfaultSeagull in "U.S. war in Iran has cost $25B so far, says Pentagon official"

SegfaultSeagull — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 15:59:05 +0000

$400 billion

New comment by SegfaultSeagull in "Agentic AI systems violate the implicit assumptions of database design"

SegfaultSeagull — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 17:07:54 +0000

This comment is savage and I’m here for it.

New comment by SegfaultSeagull in "AI-assisted cognition endangers human development?"

SegfaultSeagull — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 18:42:44 +0000

It’s a bit ironic that the author includes an AI generated audio version of the article, you know, so we don’t have to read it.

New comment by SegfaultSeagull in "Lunar Flyby"

SegfaultSeagull — Tue, 07 Apr 2026 23:35:27 +0000

Can someone ELI5 how it is one side of the moon is never seen on Earth? The moon orbits and also rotates, does it not?

Thinking in the Margins

SegfaultSeagull — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 04:02:52 +0000

Article URL: https://theamericanscholar.org/thinking-in-the-margins/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47560301

Points: 1

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New comment by SegfaultSeagull in "Sand from Different Beaches in the World"

SegfaultSeagull — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 18:12:29 +0000

This is fantastic! Excellent share. Though I object vigorously to its exclusion of any beach in California. Scandalous!

New comment by SegfaultSeagull in "90% of Claude-linked output going to GitHub repos w <2 stars"

SegfaultSeagull — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 13:00:05 +0000

Starring GitHub repos considered harmful.

I Love the Em Dash–Too Bad If AI Does Too

SegfaultSeagull — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 04:33:56 +0000

Article URL: https://thewalrus.ca/i-love-the-em-dash-too-bad-if-ai-does-too/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47513277

Points: 11

# Comments: 8

New comment by SegfaultSeagull in "Missile defense is NP-complete"

SegfaultSeagull — Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:41:13 +0000

Or perhaps they will learn they are outmatched, lack the resources and technological capabilities to compete, and deterrence will have been established.

New comment by SegfaultSeagull in "Five years of running a systems reading group at Microsoft"

SegfaultSeagull — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 19:50:59 +0000

This is great and congrats on the success. Many years ago I tried starting a cybersecurity reading group in my city since the startup I was working at was small and people there weren’t interested in that topic. I got a lot of very green, aspiring and non-professionals to show up. We couldn’t really agree on where to start and people had different ideas of where to focus or even how much they wanted to contribute. Mostly people wanted to hear a summary and didn’t really put in the kind of effort that I had hoped. It didn’t last long. Congrats again on making it 5 years and covering so much ground.

New comment by SegfaultSeagull in "Shall I implement it? No"

SegfaultSeagull — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:23:12 +0000

What if, stay with me here, AI is actually a communist plot to ensorcell corporations into believing they are accelerating value creation when really they are wasting billions more in unproductive chatting which will finally destroy the billionaire capital elite class and bring about the long-awaited workers’ paradise—delivered not by revolution in the streets, but by millions of chats asking an LLM to “implement it.” Wake up sheeple!