Hacker News: argomo

New comment by argomo in "DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said people love AI mode"

argomo — Wed, 27 May 2026 22:53:49 +0000

Yeah, but perhaps we're getting to the point where the AI synthesis of all reachable data sources is going to be more truthy than trusting whatever random anonymous result you pick from the top half of the results page.

I'm also finding that the AI-cited links are often more helpful and authoritative than the top search results.

New comment by argomo in "The US is winning the AI race where it matters most: commercialization"

argomo — Thu, 14 May 2026 20:03:38 +0000

"heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible"

-- Lord Kelvin, 1895

New comment by argomo in "A message from President Kornbluth about funding and the talent pipeline"

argomo — Thu, 14 May 2026 19:46:05 +0000

Unfortunately, when you try to starve the beast, it's the essential functions that get slashed instead of the leadership and adminstrative apparatus. The animal is harmed further while the parasite intercepts the generated value.

New comment by argomo in "The US is winning the AI race where it matters most: commercialization"

argomo — Thu, 14 May 2026 16:59:50 +0000

If he's a clown what part of his theory is the circus?

Are you saying that superintelligence is impossible?

Are you saying that the alignment problem will certainty be solved before superintelligence emerges?

Are you saying that a superintelligent being connected to the internet would be unable to gain resources such as GPU time, money, and social influence?

Are you saying that a superintelligent being would for some reason be incapable of deception and cunning?

Are you saying that a superintelligent being would necessarily regard human flourishing as a prime objective to be prized above it's own goals and ambitions?

If it's really just doomerism we should be able to point to the flaws in his argument instead of making ad hominem attacks.

New comment by argomo in "The US is winning the AI race where it matters most: commercialization"

argomo — Wed, 13 May 2026 22:11:51 +0000

Not everybody thinks it's nonsensical. Here's a different take:

If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_Anyone_Builds_It,_Everyone_...

New comment by argomo in "Tesla owner won $10k in court for Tesla's FSD lies. Tesla is still fighting him"

argomo — Sun, 03 May 2026 04:30:28 +0000

I'd say repeatedly forecasting "full self driving next year" every year for a decade qualifies Tesla for #2.

New comment by argomo in "Police Have Used License Plate Readers at Least 14x to Stalk Romantic Interests"

argomo — Fri, 01 May 2026 17:03:43 +0000

The evidence is just "human nature". Honestly, it's just negligence at this point to give people power over others without due oversight and accountability. But it's nice we have concrete examples of abuse to help motivate action.

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

argomo — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 19:56:54 +0000

I think a lot of the objections to your post could be answered by reminding folks of how Microsoft Access databases tend to pop up in small businesses as well as corporate environments outside of IT departments. Yes, they're not "proper" databases but they /get business done/ and often serve as v0 before a real app can be properly conceived of.

One can easily imagine an LLM-enabled database that lets a wider audience build meat-and-potatoes line-of-business apps for small team use with minimal compliance concerns.

New comment by argomo in "US special forces soldier arrested after allegedly winning $400k on Maduro raid"

argomo — Fri, 24 Apr 2026 12:11:55 +0000

A military coup in the U.S. is imaginable, which probably explains some of the top brass purges (until recently, where it's probably an attempt to deflect blame for the massive Iran fuck up).

Putin did it better; he kept the military weak and aggressively managed the risk via the FSB.

New comment by argomo in "FIM – Linux framebuffer image viewer"

argomo — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 17:00:44 +0000

It's not for me, but I can see the appeal - minimalism, distraction elimination, geek cred, and the sort of flow state one gets from working in a low latency, high muscle memory environment.

New comment by argomo in "Metro stop is Ancient Rome's new attraction"

argomo — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:25:01 +0000

Okay, I'll say it: is it really worth encumbering the movements of millions of people for decades in order to make a few boring history exhibits? If you want to see some the bone comb that belonged to somebody's great^100-grandmother, there are dozens of museums that already have one on display.

New comment by argomo in "German implementation of eIDAS will require an Apple/Google account to function"

argomo — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 16:17:34 +0000

That's the kind of corporate baby-talk I use when I'm trying to resist doing something.

New comment by argomo in "We haven't seen the worst of what gambling and prediction markets will do"

argomo — Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:56:46 +0000

Amazon extracts a lot of the value of a purchase from the seller's take. Sellers risk sanctions if they sell a product cheaper thru their brand website.

New comment by argomo in "Migrating to the EU"

argomo — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 13:35:43 +0000

Note that populist demagogue started a trade war and threatened allies with invasion. That tends to put a damper on friendship. And that's before the idiotic blunder with Hormuz.

New comment by argomo in "Sci-Fi Short Film “There Is No Antimemetics Division” [video]"

argomo — Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:42:39 +0000

What a coincidence. I also read the book and can't recall what it was about. Umm, what were we talking about again?

New comment by argomo in "Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns"

argomo — Mon, 02 Mar 2026 22:56:26 +0000

While true, that doesn't make it acceptable. In a functioning society, companies would be punished harshly for this behaviour.

New comment by argomo in "Flock Exposed Its AI-Powered Cameras to the Internet. We Tracked Ourselves"

argomo — Tue, 23 Dec 2025 02:34:54 +0000

They should have gone all in and published the travel history of elite politicians, CEOs, and celebrities. That'd get a lot more media attention and potential for consequential legislation.

New comment by argomo in "Germany: Amazon is not allowed to force customers to watch ads on Prime Video"

argomo — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 05:54:45 +0000

It's an unstable equilibrium: companies can always make more by adding ads, therefore they do so. This isn't the consumer's fault.

New comment by argomo in "The web runs on tolerance"

argomo — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 06:04:36 +0000

For me, it's an especially bad argument because the sloppy nature of HTML parsing is NOT a virtue... it's a source of bugs, vulnerabilities, and incompatibilities that provides (yet another) technical moat for existing web browsers. It's a huge tragedy that HTML5 beat XHTML.

New comment by argomo in "Europe is scaling back GDPR and relaxing AI laws"

argomo — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 18:22:21 +0000

In addition, hackers should know government is inevitable. Even in anarchy, governments spontaneously begin to form.