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New comment by cratermoon in "Feds freaked over Fable 5 after 'fix this code', not jailbreak, say researchers"

cratermoon — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:12:05 +0000

"I feel like making ’90s-style t-shirts with ‘fix this code’ on the front and ‘this shirt is a munition’ on the back.”

I'd buy that shirt.

New comment by cratermoon in "Fable ban was never about a jailbreak"

cratermoon — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:03:08 +0000

So the article calls it "knowledge gaps". Has technical expertise ever mattered when the law wants to ban or restrict something it doesn't like? The DMCA comes to mind.

New comment by cratermoon in "Lines of code got a better publicist"

cratermoon — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:57:48 +0000

Japanese carpenters would like to have a word.

New comment by cratermoon in "'Wow, it really worked ': 70s TV show causing worldwide panic today"

cratermoon — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 15:56:18 +0000

War of the Worlds did it first. A Halloween episode of the radio series The Mercury Theatre on the Air which broadcast live at 8 pm ET on October 30, 1938.

New comment by cratermoon in "When Did White-Collar Work Start to Look So Bleak?"

cratermoon — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:41:58 +0000

I did not distinguish pensions per se from other programs run and, most importantly, guaranteed by the employer. In all cases the employee could be assured of a minimum retirement income based on years of service and salaries. This is in contrast to 401k and similar investment schemes where, at best, the employer will partially match employee contributions but at the end of 35 years the actual value of the funds is subject to the vagaries of the stock and bond markets and may not be sufficient to live and could even be zero. The point being: risk and responsibility for retirement is entirely on the individual.

Our docs are shit and we're bad at teaching

cratermoon — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:28:06 +0000

Article URL: https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/docs-shit-bad-at-teaching

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48549808

Points: 4

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New comment by cratermoon in "When Did White-Collar Work Start to Look So Bleak?"

cratermoon — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 22:46:40 +0000

In the 80s, after you graduated from college and got a white-collar job, you probably didn't have much in student loans, and if you did, you could be assured you'd pay them off in a couple of years. Then you'd have money saved up to put down on a house. If you wanted you could get married and have kids. Take two weeks vacation every summer to the shore or the mountains. You expected to be able to afford to put your kids through college, and after 35 years or so of service, you could retire with a pension and a gold Rolex as thanks for your service.

New comment by cratermoon in "Firewood Splitting Simulator"

cratermoon — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:27:39 +0000

Fruit ninja but for logs. Now I can finally play lumberjack like I’m Nicole Coenen.

New comment by cratermoon in "Amazon CEO's talks with U.S. officials triggered crackdown on Anthropic models"

cratermoon — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:40:06 +0000

With this administration I always read "talks with u.s. officials" as some kind of bribe or cushy deal happening.

New comment by cratermoon in "Lines of code got a better publicist"

cratermoon — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 20:04:00 +0000

This is still not an argument for more lines of code. It demonstrates that lines of code are positively correlated with number of features, yes. But that's like saying the number of nails scales with the size of a house. More nails does not create more house.

New comment by cratermoon in "Lines of code got a better publicist"

cratermoon — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:24:39 +0000

Another writer, back in February[1], noted "Every major tech CEO is now competing on what percentage of their code is written by AI"

1 https://www.thepragmaticcto.com/p/lines-of-code-are-back-and...

New comment by cratermoon in "Lyft, Uber sue New York City to block driver retention law"

cratermoon — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:21:06 +0000

IANAL, but I feel like if Lyft and Uber aren't careful the courts are going to end up deciding that their drivers are employees instead of independent contractors.

Beware the Benedict Bot

cratermoon — Wed, 10 Jun 2026 17:38:25 +0000

Article URL: https://firstthings.com/beware-the-benedict-bot/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48479830

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

The King and the Swarm

cratermoon — Thu, 04 Jun 2026 02:24:42 +0000

Article URL: https://firstthings.com/the-king-and-the-swarm/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48392890

Points: 1

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Luddite Lab Resource Hub Launch Webinar

cratermoon — Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:54:53 +0000

Article URL: https://peertube.dair-institute.org/w/4evWrVsa7igh622WT8E5X2

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48388208

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by cratermoon in "Americans don't know how to fight AI so they're fighting data centers"

cratermoon — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:30:48 +0000

I like wine and almonds. They are valuable commodities with a variety of uses and anyone can enjoy them for a modest price. They can be used and made into many additional valuable things, from sangria to baklava. What can LLMs do for me?

New comment by cratermoon in "Americans don't know how to fight AI so they're fighting data centers"

cratermoon — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:26:16 +0000

But the farms! is the new but her emails!

Unlawful by design: Exposing the human rights costs of generative AI

cratermoon — Mon, 01 Jun 2026 01:41:59 +0000

Article URL: https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol40/0996/2026/en/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48351721

Points: 37

# Comments: 6

New comment by cratermoon in "Human brains are misaligned, hallucinative, stochastic parrots"

cratermoon — Sun, 31 May 2026 13:39:41 +0000

Parsley, but not nececelery.

New comment by cratermoon in "Corporate America Is Starting to Ration AI as Cost Skyrockets"

cratermoon — Sat, 30 May 2026 21:09:23 +0000

I have no doubt a few companies, like Uber, were measuring other things and had applicable metrics in place before adopting Clod or CoPilot or whatever automation. I'm speaking in the general sense of companies adopting the latest hype without reflection.