<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: bravura</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=bravura</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:22:50 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=bravura" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bravura in "An OpenAI Strategist Says AI Labs Should Rival Government Power"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The important meta-conclusion that the article sadly misses is that the government will soon be using AI to regulate AI.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 18:31:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49234161</link><dc:creator>bravura</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49234161</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49234161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bravura in "Reviving a four year old reMarkable 2"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I still have my remarkable 1 and love it. RM 2 didn’t have a backlight so there was no upgrade reason.<p>I actually like that the RM 1 is plastic, it feels durable and light.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 15:16:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49232199</link><dc:creator>bravura</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49232199</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49232199</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bravura in "Waymo in Dallas"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Not all liaisons are French, but all the dangerous ones are.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 20:55:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49175020</link><dc:creator>bravura</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49175020</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49175020</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bravura in "Azulejo"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I’ve been curious for a while the cheapest way to create a small run of azulejo tiles with printed design and very strange (puzzle piece like) shapes</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:35:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49110635</link><dc:creator>bravura</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49110635</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49110635</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bravura in "Turning music into a chore is how I became a musician (2022)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Close contact between exceptional individuals is one of the main values of having a scene.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2026 08:59:31 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48705598</link><dc:creator>bravura</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48705598</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48705598</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bravura in "Om Malik has died"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"I like to write like a human, steering clear of jargon and B-school speak."<p><a href="https://om.co/about/" rel="nofollow">https://om.co/about/</a><p><a href="https://om.co/2020/07/30/write-like-a-human/" rel="nofollow">https://om.co/2020/07/30/write-like-a-human/</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 21:27:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48679433</link><dc:creator>bravura</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48679433</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48679433</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bravura in "Vinyl succumbs to Loudness War: more than just collateral damage (2025)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Who taught you this? And why do you think this way?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:48:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48501565</link><dc:creator>bravura</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48501565</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48501565</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bravura in "Canvas online again as ShinyHunters threatens to leak schools’ data"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A computer?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 04:31:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48058586</link><dc:creator>bravura</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48058586</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48058586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bravura in "New mechanical panoramic film camera from Jeff Bridges"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>When you buy something in Germany and the EU, you typically can return it.<p>That does not apply to custom buildouts, like this camear.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 00:46:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47970164</link><dc:creator>bravura</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47970164</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47970164</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bravura in "OpenClaw isn't fooling me. I remember MS-DOS"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's a handful of useful features that together feel <i>qualitatively</i> different, like you're talking to a real person.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 15:47:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47836027</link><dc:creator>bravura</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47836027</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47836027</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bravura in "I created my first AI-assisted pull request"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Believe me, I came here expecting to dunk on AI-haters, not talk tomato talk.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 02:32:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47498021</link><dc:creator>bravura</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47498021</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47498021</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bravura in "I created my first AI-assisted pull request"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yes. I didn't know or understand why I felt meh about run-of-the-mill raw tomatoes this until the Kenji article.<p>"Using mealy, off-season tomatoes is the primary unforgivable sin, but when it comes to BLT crimes, that's just the tip of the iceberg lettuce.<p>...<p>Off-season tomatoes are grown in warmer climates, picked when underripe, then treated with ethylene gas (a gas that is naturally produced by plants to trigger ripening in fruits) to produce their red color before they hit supermarket shelves. The result is tomatoes that are as bland as they are ruby-red.<p>Truly great tomatoes must be fully ripened on the vine, where they'll continue to develop flavor and sweetness. Look for plump tomatoes, with the heft and give of a water balloon. If you have a choice, look for substantial and meaty heirloom varieties with balanced sweetness and acidity, like Cherokee Purple or Brandywine.<p>Avoid tomatoes that feel light for their size, which means they have more air pockets inside and are typically better for saucing or salads."</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 02:31:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47498008</link><dc:creator>bravura</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47498008</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47498008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bravura in "I created my first AI-assisted pull request"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Hot take: We mostly eat garbage tomatoes.<p>"*A BLT is a tomato sandwich, seasoned with bacon.*<p>It wasn't until I tasted my first great tomato, at the vine-ripe old age of 22, that I finally understood the true nature of the BLT (and, by extension, why I'd never enjoyed tomatoes on my sandwiches or in my salads). Here we go: A BLT is not a well-dressed bacon sandwich. A BLT is a tomato sandwich, seasoned with bacon. From this basic premise, all else follows."<p><a href="https://www.seriouseats.com/ultimate-blt-sandwich-bacon-lettuce-tomato-recipe" rel="nofollow">https://www.seriouseats.com/ultimate-blt-sandwich-bacon-lett...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 02:11:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47497874</link><dc:creator>bravura</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47497874</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47497874</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bravura in "Launch HN: Voygr (YC W26) – A better maps API for agents and AI apps"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Bog-standard LLM mapping is terrible and I recently added Google Maps to my personal agent to remediate this.<p>I'd love to try Voygr for fun. Is there a skill defined that I could just swap in Voygr</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 18:53:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47403154</link><dc:creator>bravura</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47403154</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47403154</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bravura in "Willingness to look stupid"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You and GGP both wrong in ironic ways.<p>GGP says don't care about X because it's a social phenomenon, but frequently this position is a form of social identification.<p>You say: X might deeper than social, implying that social phenomena are not important. Thus agreeing with GP.<p>[edit: my position is pragmatic: If there's a broad or important phenomenon, your position on it should be individualized to the value of the phenomenon itself, not based upon some theory-of-origin category assignment.]</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 06:20:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47361264</link><dc:creator>bravura</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47361264</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47361264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bravura in "Qwen3.5 Fine-Tuning Guide"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>For me, trying to fine-tune a model to write "best day" prose I would accept over 80% of the time.<p>You are correct if we are talking about knowledge.<p>However it is bad at hyper-idiosyncratic, gritty style transfer.<p>I first noticed the issue when asking claude code to draft email responses. The choice of register was off. ("Register in writing refers to the level of formality and tone chosen to suit a specific audience, purpose, and context.")<p>I decided to talk all my HN comments and rewrite them in various bad LLM prose, and see if I could use DSPy to optimize a prompt using in-context-learning (ICL, I give it 10 examples of my HN comments) and the results were abysmal. RHLF fine-tuned frontier LLMs have a deep seated aversion to the target stylistic distribution of my comments.<p>I tried fine-tuning qwen3, llama, and gemma models. Instruct models are already so tuned that they could not be tuned. 
This is using several hunded comments as gold targets and 5 different LLM degradations per gold as the input.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 16:36:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47250013</link><dc:creator>bravura</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47250013</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47250013</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bravura in "Show HN: Mission Control – Open-source task management for AI agents"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>How opinionated is this? Could it be a CLI?<p>Can it work with beads for tracking the state of everything?<p>i.e. do I need to buy in to an entire worldview to adopt this, or can I use it piecemeal?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 19:46:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47223095</link><dc:creator>bravura</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47223095</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47223095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bravura in "Claws are now a new layer on top of LLM agents"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>My work partner set it up on telegram for himself and his wife and she uses it constantly. He was very surprised.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:26:02 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47106663</link><dc:creator>bravura</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47106663</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47106663</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bravura in "Claws are now a new layer on top of LLM agents"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>There are a few qualitative product experiences that make claw agents unique.<p>One is that it relentlessly strives thoroughly to complete tasks without asking you to micromanage it.<p>The second is that it has personality.<p>The third is that it's artfully constructed so that it feels like it has infinite context.<p>The above may sound purely circumstantial and frivolous. But together it's the first agent that many people who usually avoid AI simply LOVE.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 11:44:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47099876</link><dc:creator>bravura</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47099876</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47099876</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by bravura in "Show HN: LocalGPT – A local-first AI assistant in Rust with persistent memory"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Beeper API</p>
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