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New comment by _ink_ in "Alphabet Announces Third Quarter 2026 Results [pdf]"

_ink_ — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 21:08:34 +0000

> Youtube meh, like always (weird that it doesn't kill it)

It's a huuuge training set, why would they kill that?

New comment by _ink_ in "SS United States to be sunk as largest artificial reef"

_ink_ — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:47:41 +0000

There are plenty of comments complaining about paywalls, I never saw a comment like yours below one. But it's the same thing. Buy ft, nyt, bloomberg, youtube, whatever and spend $500 month to read a single article or watch a single video per month on that specific site. It's ridiculous and broken and it's ok to complain about it.

New comment by _ink_ in "Hunger beats tenure: Advice for junior engineers"

_ink_ — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 07:02:25 +0000

"work on the weekend for free" aka move the risk (of wasted resources) to the employee. Excellent advice.

How about fostering a working culture were employees get a chance of trying out new things during office hours? Especially since AI is rising productivity so much.

New comment by _ink_ in "SS United States to be sunk as largest artificial reef"

_ink_ — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 06:54:12 +0000

Probably interesting, but unwatchable with ads every two sentences.

New comment by _ink_ in "Show HN: Specification First Agentic Development Plugin and Prove"

_ink_ — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 21:18:06 +0000

What is the difference between having the agent create a spec and having the agent create a plan?

New comment by _ink_ in "Is my data used for model training?"

_ink_ — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 15:09:51 +0000

I think it's still a shitty move and I feel deceived. I opted out of training and it's impossible to see for me (in any practical sense, sure it's somewhere in the ToS) that this simple question leads to my data being stored for 5 years and potentially read by human reviewers.

If I opted out, then don't ask me this deceiving question or make it very obvious that answering it has these consequences.

New comment by _ink_ in "Is my data used for model training?"

_ink_ — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 14:39:44 +0000

Is this also the case when you answer that how is Claude doing question in Claude Code?

New comment by _ink_ in "The Exponential Time Hypothesis Is False [pdf]"

_ink_ — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 09:36:12 +0000

If AI really scales indefinitely is an increase in efficiency even bearish for Nvidia? Wouldn't they still build more and more compute as fast as they can, because these things get smarter and better with more compute?

New comment by _ink_ in "Meta employees say Lula’s accounts restricted in Brazil election: Report"

_ink_ — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 06:57:59 +0000

I would go further and make them liable for what they show. Sure it's user created content. But the feed is entirely curated by them. They decide what to show and what not and they should be liable as such.

New comment by _ink_ in "Getting ready to operate GNU Taler in Germany"

_ink_ — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 03:00:32 +0000

It might be an advantage actually. Wero is a clusterfuck in Germany because it is backed by banks. In Germany there is not a single Wero App, but every bank wanted to implement it in their own app. Now you have the situation that a) some people cannot use it, because their bank decided to not implement at all b) each bank decides what features they implement as well as the timeframe. Some can pay online others cannot, yet, some won't at all. Some can pay in stores, others cannot, yet, some won't at all.

It's essentially dead before it has started. This is something Taler could do better. The real danger for Taker is the digital Euro, which I hope they really implement.

New comment by _ink_ in "Anthropic Talk: The End of the Anthropocene"

_ink_ — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:38:15 +0000

An Anthropic researcher offers his view on the foreseeable future and gives advice for young researchers. (sorry for the x link, I didn't find it somewhere else)

Anthropic Talk: The End of the Anthropocene

_ink_ — Wed, 21 Oct 2026 07:38:15 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/rdominguezibar/status/2111873903970881738

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50177291

Points: 2

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New comment by _ink_ in "AfD Leak: What 421,179 Hacked Emails Show about the German Far Right"

_ink_ — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:29:32 +0000

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

New comment by _ink_ in "AfD Leak: What 421,179 Hacked Emails Show about the German Far Right"

_ink_ — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 20:24:25 +0000

The same question goes the other way as well. If a constitution does not have a slavery clause and now people want to add it, should they be allowed to do that?

I read into your question, that they should be allowed to do that. The question is, why should they?

New comment by _ink_ in "AfD Leak: What 421,179 Hacked Emails Show about the German Far Right"

_ink_ — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 14:34:00 +0000

Ok, there might narrower and wider definitions of Democracy: "Under a narrow definition of democracy, rulers are elected through competitive elections, while broader definitions also link democracy to guarantees of civil liberties and human rights" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democracy)

But Germany has a constitution and it allows to ban parties, that act against it. Would you say, that makes Germany not democratic?

New comment by _ink_ in "AfD Leak: What 421,179 Hacked Emails Show about the German Far Right"

_ink_ — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:46:58 +0000

Democracy is not only rule of majority. It is also protection of the constitution and minorities. The AfD clearly is against hates both, is not democratic and should be banned.

New comment by _ink_ in "AfD Leak: What 421,179 Hacked Emails Show about the German Far Right"

_ink_ — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:46:01 +0000

My personal belief is, that a big share of AfD voters don't know what they vote for. We saw it in the US, where Hispanic people were surprised that they are targeted by ICE. They are manipulated by propaganda. And this can be stopped by destroying the propaganda infrastructure and defund the people behind it.

New comment by _ink_ in "AfD Leak: What 421,179 Hacked Emails Show about the German Far Right"

_ink_ — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:41:08 +0000

Democracy is not only rule of majority. It is also protection of the constitution and minorities. The AfD clearly is against both and thus is not democratic and should be banned.

New comment by _ink_ in "AfD Leak: What 421,179 Hacked Emails Show about the German Far Right"

_ink_ — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 11:36:44 +0000

Democracy is not only rule of majority. It is also protection of the constitution and minorities. So that everybody can live their life as they please. The AfD clearly is against all of that. Our constitution offers a way to defend against these forces and it is time that the process is started.

New comment by _ink_ in "AfD Leak: What 421,179 Hacked Emails Show about the German Far Right"

_ink_ — Tue, 20 Oct 2026 10:17:29 +0000

Just start the process to ban this party already. There is enough evidence that they are enemies of our constitution.