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New comment by darkwizard42 in "Cognition launches new SWE-2 model, Rivaling Fable 5.1 and GPT-Astra"

darkwizard42 — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 19:22:30 +0000

I think the evolution of the harness and ability to preserve loop context outside the context window has made running these kinds of agentic experiences easier.

sorry so many buzzwords to say, the capabilities to do this kind of work are more accessible and easier to manage, so now it works!

Good to see, and agree they were severely overhyping their product back then.

New comment by darkwizard42 in "Muse – Meta’s personal AI agent"

darkwizard42 — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 02:27:08 +0000

The average person is not serving on a board and is definitely not volunteering.

Sports communications at most travel/rec leagues is via group chat / Whatsapp / FB group.

New comment by darkwizard42 in "Muse – Meta’s personal AI agent"

darkwizard42 — Wed, 09 Sep 2026 02:26:29 +0000

The average kid in an average suburban public school is not getting this amount of digital communication. If they are, they still aren't using a Google Calendar and are managing the complexity in much simpler ways (paper calendars)

New comment by darkwizard42 in "Muse – Meta’s personal AI agent"

darkwizard42 — Tue, 08 Sep 2026 20:36:53 +0000

The average person is not using a calendar and is not getting more than 1 relevant personal email per week.

Most people use their personal email extremely sparingly and it is inundated with promotional / account-related materials which are already handled rather deftly by most mainstream email providers

New comment by darkwizard42 in "Fastpotify"

darkwizard42 — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 14:54:50 +0000

I don't see you publishing something which further reduces the memory footprint?

Given the project is open source, have at it! See if you can help improve it instead of complaining. This is a significant improvement and a cool project!

New comment by darkwizard42 in "Nvidia Starts Pac as AI Chip Maker Builds DC Influence Force"

darkwizard42 — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 20:29:04 +0000

The problem is that it requires vast sums of money to influence politics.

That is the antithesis of how politics should function (people are the interest, not moneyed companies)

New comment by darkwizard42 in "Meta reaches $17B settlement over social media harms to children"

darkwizard42 — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 19:00:25 +0000

Some payment is withheld unless competitors (Youtube, TikTok) take specific actions as well.

New comment by darkwizard42 in "Meta reaches $17B settlement over social media harms to children"

darkwizard42 — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:59:56 +0000

Well, they are being asked to make changes as well, which presumably prevents the damage.

It can be argued the changes don't go far enough so maybe "pay fine, reduce harm, but harm still permitted..."

New comment by darkwizard42 in "Meta reaches $17B settlement over social media harms to children"

darkwizard42 — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:59:02 +0000

The prosecutors representing the justice departments of states of California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey

New comment by darkwizard42 in "Meta reaches $17B settlement over social media harms to children"

darkwizard42 — Wed, 26 Aug 2026 18:57:49 +0000

For what its worth, if you believe Meta's product does do this damage, the other products which do similar things should also abide by it.

It helps simultaneously "level the playing field" but also protects consumers.

If the courts stated ruling is hinged on consumer protection then this seems fair. Any competitor which doesn't follow suit is likely opening themselves up to a similar lawsuit which would cost a similar order of magnitude of damages (so it is in the interest of the competitors to do take these actions)

New comment by darkwizard42 in "Waymo in Dallas"

darkwizard42 — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:28:39 +0000

The US is unique in its "cable" and telecom approach (maybe shared with some other Western countries).

In most APAC and African countries cell plans are extremely competitive and data is SUPER cheap. Same with streaming services.

New comment by darkwizard42 in "Waymo in Dallas"

darkwizard42 — Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:26:56 +0000

I think Uber is openly stressful, but is not transparently low paying or dangerous and that is why people are working it. On face value, it seems easy to earn with your existing vehicle, but most drivers dramatically overestimate earnings after depreciation, fuel, maintenance on their vehicle. Additionally, Uber puts the driver in the most dangerous situations (pickups and drops on active roadways) which aren't apparent to the driver. Driving for 6 hours a day will eventually wear on you.

So, yes, I think drivers severely underestimate the risks and rewards and that is why another job is likely better (which is loosely defined here)

New comment by darkwizard42 in "Mark Zuckerberg attacks 'closed' AI rivals as Meta returns to open models"

darkwizard42 — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:12:19 +0000

It doesn't seem like it is confirmed it was on 16 [1]. The Coast Guard said the ship was not in immediate danger. Does that change your opinion?

[1]https://alaskabeacon.com/briefs/cruise-ship-helps-stranded-s...

New comment by darkwizard42 in "Waymo in Dallas"

darkwizard42 — Wed, 05 Aug 2026 05:33:54 +0000

The Uber driver likely gets a different job, probably something a little less stressful and low paying (and frankly dangerous) than Uber.

New comment by darkwizard42 in "Delivery workers made $104M more in tips after NYC began enforcing new law"

darkwizard42 — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:56:08 +0000

Because I make significantly more than the guaranteed rate of the delivery driver.

I didn't claim being a delivery driver was so lucrative that I wanted to do it. I just pointed out that they are now being paid a guaranteed wage (which is fairer than "working" for an hour with no predictability on what you will make).

New comment by darkwizard42 in "Delivery workers made $104M more in tips after NYC began enforcing new law"

darkwizard42 — Tue, 04 Aug 2026 18:55:04 +0000

Why is tip before the order the norm? That is the question.

Why would you tip before the service is provided if the tip is meant to be for good service? If the tip is no longer a bonus for good service, then what is it for?

This is the confusing part of the entire experience.

New comment by darkwizard42 in "Citadel Buys Situational Awareness's Stock Portfolio After Big Losses in AI"

darkwizard42 — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:52:13 +0000

If you are a supergiant like Citadel you can simply acquire positions which are so large they are the equivalent of someone's portfolio (or put another way, Citadel sees a huge block of equities packaged up, looking to move and bids on it).

It would be like if you needed to acquire 100M shares of Apple -- usually a broker will fill that large of an order from several sources OR if some fund has the full liquidity, it can be filled from that single position (and thus acquiring the fund's portfolio position). Now repeat this for their ENTIRE portfolio.

New comment by darkwizard42 in "Delivery workers made $104M more in tips after NYC began enforcing new law"

darkwizard42 — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 18:48:53 +0000

What is the evidence that tipped workers are universally underpaid? Compared to who and against what benchmark? In the law passed by the city, the drivers are now very well compensated -- and guaranteed that compensation (something I believe is important).

New comment by darkwizard42 in "Citadel Buys Situational Awareness's Stock Portfolio After Big Losses in AI"

darkwizard42 — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:28:43 +0000

I think this is probably true. Allowed for Citadel and others to create a ton of pressure on SA's highly leveraged positions.

Always a bigger whale out there with the ability to exert pressure...

New comment by darkwizard42 in "Delivery workers made $104M more in tips after NYC began enforcing new law"

darkwizard42 — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:27:08 +0000

I think this just further confuses end users and is another reason we should get rid of tipping culture.

Tips are currently serving several purposes in users' minds:

1. earned for great service

2. to make up for lower base pay (tipped min wage is lower in many US states)

3. to help employees who they feel aren't making enough

Now reasons #2 and #3 are no longer true because driers are now fairly (IMHO) compensated through the guaranteed wage. How many users actually know about this?

Sure more money is flowing into the drivers' pockets, but doesn't this just continue to muddle the usage of tips and ultimately cost the consumer more?