Hacker News: beardyw

New comment by beardyw in "Meaningless as a laptop screensaver: reviewers slate Musk's AI-made Odyssey film"

beardyw — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 08:50:21 +0000

I didn't manage to watch all 7 minutes.

Meaningless as a laptop screensaver: reviewers slate Musk's AI-made Odyssey film

beardyw — Wed, 28 Oct 2026 08:49:11 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/27/reviewers-slate-musk-ai-grok-odyssey-film-nolan

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50270769

Points: 7

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New comment by beardyw in "Whoops: Meta's Muse Share Links Disclosed All Sorts of Super-Sensitive User Data"

beardyw — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 06:53:55 +0000

> Meta has suspended the feature while they figure out why they screwed up.

Hmmmm.

Whoops: Meta's Muse Share Links Disclosed All Sorts of Super-Sensitive User Data

beardyw — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 06:53:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/26/whoops-metas-muse-share-links-disclosed-all-sorts-of-super-sensitive-user-data/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50255450

Points: 3

# Comments: 3

Britain bets big on AI to defend against the threats AI is helping create

beardyw — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 06:46:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/10/26/britain-bets-big-on-ai-to-defend-against-the-threats-ai-is-helping-create/5305319

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50255410

Points: 5

# Comments: 0

The young Americans choosing Y2K cars over shiny new SUVs

beardyw — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 19:06:20 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/23/y2k-used-cars-gen-z

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50213880

Points: 3

# Comments: 4

New comment by beardyw in "Barclays to cut 5k jobs as bank's bosses hail AI productivity advances"

beardyw — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:21:07 +0000

.. and I've been pointing out problems in their (I guess vibe coded) website.

Barclays to cut 5k jobs as bank's bosses hail AI productivity advances

beardyw — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 11:19:51 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/22/barclays-profits-up-as-uk-banks-brace-for-tax-increase-in-budget

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50193850

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

New comment by beardyw in "AI firms say UK has a year to head off datacentre protests"

beardyw — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:44:48 +0000

If all this contributed to digital sovereignty it would get more support.

AI firms say UK has a year to head off datacentre protests

beardyw — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:43:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/oct/22/ai-firms-say-uk-has-a-year-to-head-off-datacentre-protests-before-construction-is-threatened

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50192007

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by beardyw in "IBM CEO says open weight models are now irresistibly good and cheap on-prem"

beardyw — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:34:46 +0000

Not surprising he says that, but it makes sense.

IBM CEO says open weight models are now irresistibly good and cheap on-prem

beardyw — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 06:33:36 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/systems/2026/10/22/ibm-ceo-says-open-weight-models-are-now-irresistibly-good-and-cheap-on-prem/5304640

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50191944

Points: 16

# Comments: 7

New comment by beardyw in "Europe's cloud sovereignty rules could do more harm than good"

beardyw — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:01:08 +0000

> Europe’s drive for cloud sovereignty is leading to member states favoring providers from their own nation instead of building a Europe-wide cloud services market

That's because they are countries and the EU isn't.

Europe's cloud sovereignty rules could do more harm than good

beardyw — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:59:23 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/off-prem/2026/10/19/europes-cloud-sovereignty-rules-could-do-more-harm-than-good/5303890

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50156460

Points: 2

# Comments: 1

AI firm Anthropic to commit 5% of shares to fund for 'public good'

beardyw — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:31:19 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/19/ai-firm-anthropic-to-commit-shares-to-fund-for-public-good

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50151080

Points: 6

# Comments: 3

New comment by beardyw in "It's still OK to enjoy programming"

beardyw — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:17:30 +0000

Winston Churchill enjoyed brick laying. Programming is at least intellectually stimulating.

New comment by beardyw in "The Leap Second Is No More"

beardyw — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 18:09:38 +0000

Good point.

Microplastics React with Water, a New Study Says. That's a Problem for Biology

beardyw — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 12:17:49 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/microplastics-react-with-water-new-study-says-thats-a-problem-for-biology/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50130454

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

The Leap Second Is No More

beardyw — Sat, 17 Oct 2026 07:43:43 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wired.com/story/leap-second-is-abolished-bipm-says/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50128865

Points: 2

# Comments: 2

Computers Made of Human Brain Tissue Identify Braille Letters in Breakthrough

beardyw — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:34:04 +0000

Article URL: https://www.404media.co/computers-made-of-human-brain-tissue-identify-braille-letters-in-breakthrough/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50114885

Points: 6

# Comments: 1