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New comment by baxtr in "Buried Apple feature turns an iPhone into the perfect kids' dumb phone"

baxtr — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:49:47 +0000

We had some friends over last form the US. One 11 yr kid in the group was bored and said: ok I’m gonna go home now, I need the keys please.

He walked home by himself - maybe 500 meters… For us Europeans it was nothing to notice really, but the Americans were absolutely shocked.

New comment by baxtr in "We made Grok 4.5, GPT-5.5, and Claude build the same apps"

baxtr — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 04:12:59 +0000

Tokens per task might be the better choice

New comment by baxtr in "Chat Control 1.0 and 2.0 Explained"

baxtr — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 06:39:42 +0000

I’ve shared this before, I really like this quote:

"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule."

H.L. Mencken

I am dreading our LLM-written incident report future

baxtr — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 05:11:15 +0000

Article URL: https://surfingcomplexity.blog/2026/06/19/i-am-dreading-our-llm-written-incident-report-future/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48782793

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by baxtr in "The operating cost starts after the demo"

baxtr — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:57:40 +0000

Genuinely curious: How do you know?

New comment by baxtr in "Exercise intensity influences body composition in healthy older adults (2025)"

baxtr — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Really depends on how you define high-intensity.

To build muscle, you need to push yourself to a limit. You can reduce the weight and increase the repetitions. This approach is just as effective and lowers the risk of injury.

As the Tide Turns Against Putin, Beware the Drowning Man

baxtr — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 12:32:04 +0000

Article URL: https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/06/25/russia-ukraine-war-putin-escalation-nato-europe/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48718418

Points: 13

# Comments: 1

"Warming Hole" Heat Content Variations Are Caused by Ocean Heat Transport

baxtr — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 03:53:19 +0000

Article URL: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2025GL118383

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48714595

Points: 6

# Comments: 0

New comment by baxtr in "I used Claude Code to get a second opinion on my MRI"

baxtr — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 21:20:27 +0000

This is a serious issue for young people I think.

I have seen outputs that look good but the actual content is bad. If you’re inexperienced in a field you can’t see it because AI makes anything look right.

I have gotten very good results with AI but you can’t take the first answer at face value. You need to be suspicious and challenging until you tweak out the right answer over time.

New comment by baxtr in "DSpark: Speculative decoding accelerates LLM inference [pdf]"

baxtr — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 09:57:25 +0000

If they’re expecting profits like the VC backed US companies how come they behave so differently?

New comment by baxtr in "DSpark: Speculative decoding accelerates LLM inference [pdf]"

baxtr — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 12:05:57 +0000

Even if they were fully self-financed, which isn’t the case, they would expect something in return.

New comment by baxtr in "DSpark: Speculative decoding accelerates LLM inference [pdf]"

baxtr — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 11:38:13 +0000

Who is financing DeepSeek and what are they expecting in return?

New comment by baxtr in "Springer Nature has removed two studies by Max Planck"

baxtr — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:33:10 +0000

Has it ever been sane?

New comment by baxtr in "Blogging can just be stating the obvious"

baxtr — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 07:23:25 +0000

Most relevant xkcd I thing:

https://xkcd.com/2501/

New comment by baxtr in "Extreme Heat conference cancelled due to extreme heat warning"

baxtr — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 07:04:15 +0000

I think it’s a bit ignorant to lump Europe into one.

Europe has roughly 750 mn people. When you’re in the southern parts many homes actually do have AC.

We’re not stupid. Many new buildings have ACs. The northern parts just haven’t adapted to the increased temperatures at scale yet.

New comment by baxtr in "Walt Disney Company is the most successful at monetizing human nostalgia [audio]"

baxtr — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 20:37:17 +0000

Isaac Asimov

New comment by baxtr in "Agency stole bestselling author's book, used AI to relaunch as their own"

baxtr — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 19:29:01 +0000

I’ve noticed this too with things I’m quite familiar with.

I’d like to say it makes me more cautious about topics I’m prompting that I’m not familiar with…

But I’m also worried about the young people. What if you never had to learn something from ground up?

New comment by baxtr in "VPN ban update for UK households as government looks at 'age-gate'"

baxtr — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 17:07:06 +0000

"The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule."

H.L. Mencken

New comment by baxtr in "Humanity isn't ready for the coming intelligence explosion"

baxtr — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 07:46:24 +0000

What does AI want? Without ambitions you have to be told what to do.

New comment by baxtr in "Historic co-determination helps monasteries navigate digital change"

baxtr — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:04:03 +0000

The place is called "the internet" today.