<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: Tarq0n</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=Tarq0n</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:44:12 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=Tarq0n" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Tarq0n in "Decisions that eroded trust in Azure – by a former Azure Core engineer"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A lot of enterprise orgs are completely helpless without Microsofts' identity solutions. That's what makes it easy to just adopt more and more Microsoft products.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 07:51:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47624198</link><dc:creator>Tarq0n</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47624198</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47624198</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Tarq0n in "ChatGPT won't let you type until Cloudflare reads your React state"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It seems likely that they buy data from companies who don't obey the same constraints however, making it easy to launder the unethical part through a third party.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:37:56 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47585317</link><dc:creator>Tarq0n</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47585317</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47585317</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Tarq0n in "Google's 200M-parameter time-series foundation model with 16k context"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If it works for predicting the next token in a very long stream of tokens, why not. The question is what architecture and training regimen it needs to generalize.</p>
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<p>I don't like the "those in power" framing because it implies that they all participated and that such a homogenous group even exists.</p>
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<p>Yes their translations offer negative value, which is annoying because at work you can't usually choose your locale settings.<p>And the errors are really basic, like translating shortly to short, not the same thing at all!</p>
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<p>In machine learning, ensembles of weaker models can outperform a single strong model because they have different distributions of  errors. Machine learning models tend to have more pronounced bias in their design than LLMs though.<p>So to me it makes sense to have models with different architecture/data/post training refine each other's answers. I have no idea whether adding the personas would be expected to make a difference though.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 08:12:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47396290</link><dc:creator>Tarq0n</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47396290</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47396290</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Tarq0n in "Tell HN: I'm 60 years old. Claude Code has re-ignited a passion"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>OP has his retirement prepared. That might increase their perception of the upsides and negate some of the downsides of adopting AI.</p>
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<p>At this point theists often try to smuggle God back in as the source of morality through culture.<p>But I agree, empirically religion and moral behavior seem at best uncorrelated.</p>
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<p>Transcendental moral principles can still be secular.<p>One that I find compelling is that Rawls' veil of ignorance lets us imagine that we might be on either side of a conflict, and that therefore moral actions are equitable to both sides. This gives us a secular morality that doesn't come with the baggage of religious outgroup dynamics.</p>
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<p>No it's just stochastic like everything about LLMs. The md file will bias results towards a certain set of outcomes.</p>
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<p>That's just you being unable to let go of your biases? In languages with pointers giving primacy to offsets makes sense. In every other context aligning with natural language and math (first, second, 1..n inclusive) is perfectly logical.</p>
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<p>That's entirely missing the point. "All models are wrong, but some are useful". You can test hypotheses and learn things even about chaotic or emergent systems.</p>
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<p>Not everything is a state secret. There's no need to immediately migrate every trivial email and permit request, but having a parallel infrastructure for the stuff that needs it should be a no-brainer.</p>
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<p>My understanding is that in Europe regulations focused on the length of the whole vehicle, whereas in America the length of the cab and trailer were regulated separately.<p>Also American truckers do a lot more long-haul work and American roads are noisier, so they prefer being more insulated from the engine.</p>
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<p>Cardboard is mostly renewable, it's the applications where we combine it with plastic where alternatives are needed.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:53:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47120632</link><dc:creator>Tarq0n</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47120632</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47120632</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Tarq0n in "0 A.D. Release 28: Boiorix"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Sacrifice is a brilliant RTS where the commander (a summoner mage of sorts) participates at the ground level.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2026 10:52:10 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47120622</link><dc:creator>Tarq0n</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47120622</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47120622</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Tarq0n in "Tesla Sales Down 55% UK, 58% Spain, 59% Germany, 81% Netherlands, 93% Norway"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>DOGE and the nazi sale happened. That's not just problematic social media posting.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 07:20:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47058226</link><dc:creator>Tarq0n</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47058226</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47058226</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by Tarq0n in "Tesla Sales Down 55% UK, 58% Spain, 59% Germany, 81% Netherlands, 93% Norway"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In Europe people aren't really aware of the labor politics, but doing a nazi salute has made Elon radioactive.</p>
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<p>Putting that kind of filter in the way of speech seems ripe for abuse.<p>In the UK once website blocking powers were established, their scope was extended repeatedly by courts for IP protection purposes.</p>
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<p>Disregarding for a moment whether that's what HN-greybeards want or not, being behind in this area doesn't necessarily preclude Apple from catching up later. There's enough of a market that they can buy it from one of Google's competitors if they have to.</p>
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