Hacker News: atlasunshrugged

Which people do the AIs value most?

atlasunshrugged — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 21:29:26 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48577177

Points: 2

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New comment by atlasunshrugged in "Spotify's post-English AI future"

atlasunshrugged — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:55:23 +0000

As someone who only speaks English but listens to songs in other languages pretty often (Angele does truly sound angelic!) I found this quite interesting

Spotify's post-English AI future

atlasunshrugged — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 12:54:52 +0000

Article URL: https://restofworld.org/2026/spotify-global-ai-music-streaming-strategy/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48554485

Points: 5

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Population tool: How will pops across the world change in the 21st century?

atlasunshrugged — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:49:48 +0000

Article URL: https://ourworldindata.org/population-simulation-tool

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48541261

Points: 2

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New comment by atlasunshrugged in "Ask HN: What are you working on? (June 2026)"

atlasunshrugged — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 23:31:34 +0000

I'm working on a mobile game that is something of a homage to the Forest Brother movement in the Baltic states post Soviet occupation where tens of thousands of men, women, and children fled to the woods and then waged guerrilla warfare for years (most were systematically killed, captured, or lured out with offers of amnesty within a few decades). The mechanics are going to be similar to Rebel Inc but I try to mix in historic details in the events that happen!

Europe 2031: What getting AI wrong means for us

atlasunshrugged — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:21:58 +0000

Article URL: https://europe2031.ai/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48489996

Points: 36

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New comment by atlasunshrugged in "Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore Story (2023)"

atlasunshrugged — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:59:07 +0000

I strongly second this -- this was also one of my main takeaways from my research on how Estonia modernized and became quite prosperous (especially relative to where it started post re-independence from the Soviet Union).

New comment by atlasunshrugged in "Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore Story (2023)"

atlasunshrugged — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 17:54:33 +0000

Shameless plug but you might also be interested in Estonia's story if you want to hear about how a formerly Communist country also became quite developed in a single generation (and churned out startups like Pipedrive, Veriff, Bolt, Wise and partially Skype). I wrote a book about it which of course I hope you check out, but I also went pretty in depth in this interview: https://www.statecraft.pub/p/how-to-digitize-the-government

Open-Source Software Is Starting to Help Robots Think

atlasunshrugged — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 15:04:40 +0000

Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/open-source-robot-ai-platforms

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48357802

Points: 4

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The American Missile Crisis

atlasunshrugged — Thu, 28 May 2026 14:15:11 +0000

Article URL: https://research.contrary.com/report/the-american-missile-crisis

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48309259

Points: 2

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What the Pope Got Wrong

atlasunshrugged — Wed, 27 May 2026 15:22:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.transformernews.ai/p/what-the-pope-got-wrong-leo-ai-encyclical-catholic-church-ai-magnifica-humanitas

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48295714

Points: 2

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New comment by atlasunshrugged in "Quantum stocks soar as U.S. plans $2B award, taking equity stakes"

atlasunshrugged — Thu, 21 May 2026 12:51:00 +0000

https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2026/05/department-com...

Quantum stocks soar as U.S. plans $2B award, taking equity stakes

atlasunshrugged — Thu, 21 May 2026 12:50:52 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/21/quantum-stocks--us-taking-equity-stakes.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48221826

Points: 7

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New comment by atlasunshrugged in "Eric Schmidt speech about AI booed during graduation"

atlasunshrugged — Mon, 18 May 2026 13:42:52 +0000

This is basically the idea of enshittification popularized by Cory Doctorow right?

New comment by atlasunshrugged in "Hindenburg’s Smoking Room"

atlasunshrugged — Mon, 18 May 2026 13:36:29 +0000

Indeed, a few years ago I spent a couple hundred bucks to travel from DC to LA (in a seat, not a cabin). It took 3 days and was only a little cheaper than a flight that would have taken five hours, but it was something I always wanted to do. But if it were competing on price and/or convenience, long range train travel in the US almost always loses to flights except for in the Northeast corridor (and even then its at best a tossup)