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New comment by didntknowyou in "Every company building your AI assistant is now an ad company"

didntknowyou — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:57:18 +0000

kinda depressing the race general intelligence is motivated by the potential to profit from ad sales.

New comment by didntknowyou in "A16z partner says that the theory that we’ll vibe code everything is wrong"

didntknowyou — Sun, 22 Feb 2026 10:48:16 +0000

so are they saying this based on their analysis, or because they are trying to stir up support for a non-vibe-coding startup they have have invested.

New comment by didntknowyou in "I guess I kinda get why people hate AI"

didntknowyou — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:20:43 +0000

oh please. people said that about the moon, and nuclear weapons too. and yet it's the one side who has a track record of using new technology to intidmidate.

New comment by didntknowyou in "Your pet's microchip may now be useless after chip company goes out of business"

didntknowyou — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:16:34 +0000

there's no point in getting another chip. the existing chip will still work, you can just register the data with another database.

New comment by didntknowyou in "Your pet's microchip may now be useless after chip company goes out of business"

didntknowyou — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 23:14:53 +0000

it's not useless. it just produces a number that is stored on a database. you can register it with another database if needed, although it would have been good if someone could transfer the records from the ailing company.

New comment by didntknowyou in "I’m joining OpenAI"

didntknowyou — Mon, 16 Feb 2026 10:49:27 +0000

at this point idk what openclaw does and am afraid to ask but great for him

New comment by didntknowyou in "Google AI Overviews cite YouTube more than any medical site for health queries"

didntknowyou — Mon, 26 Jan 2026 22:02:34 +0000

unfortunately i think a lot of AI models put more weighting on videos as they were harder to fake than a random article on the internet. of course that is not the case anymore with all the AI slop videos being churned out

New comment by didntknowyou in "Cows can use sophisticated tools"

didntknowyou — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 17:21:10 +0000

the researcher documented a cow using a stick to scratch itself. no doubt they're intelligent animals but describing them as using 'sophisticated tools' is a bit of a stretch.

this behaviour is quite common in cattle and other animals, often seen rubbing or using sticks to scratch spots. sometimes it is dangerous as they find fences with nail poking out and cut themselves when rubbing to to calm an itch.

New comment by didntknowyou in "High-speed train collision in Spain kills at least 39"

didntknowyou — Mon, 19 Jan 2026 14:14:08 +0000

also the derailed carriages crashed rolled down a hill which complicated things further

New comment by didntknowyou in "Meta retreats from metaverse after virtual reality check"

didntknowyou — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:28:00 +0000

i wonder if how many people actually spoke up and said 'um i don't think many people actually want to use this product' or did they just think it was easier kept their head down, collect their paycheck and go home.

New comment by didntknowyou in "Creating a 48GB Nvidia RTX 4090 GPU – Brother Zhang's Repair Shop (Ft. 张哥) [video]"

didntknowyou — Fri, 16 Jan 2026 22:23:09 +0000

did you bother to see the video? they are a legit repair shop being transparent about everything, no one is in the dark they are getting a new product

New comment by didntknowyou in "DeepSeek founder's hedge fund generated over 50% returns in the past year"

didntknowyou — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:31:40 +0000

interestingly they don't actively seek investment for their AI company because their hedge fund makes enough profit to fund themselves

DeepSeek founder's hedge fund generated over 50% returns in the past year

didntknowyou — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:30:31 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-12/deepseek-founder-liang-s-funds-surge-57-as-china-quants-boom

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46595950

Points: 7

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New comment by didntknowyou in "Some ecologists fear their field is losing touch with nature"

didntknowyou — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:21:52 +0000

for a while now the work in phd/academia rarely involved 'field work'.

90% of the time it is spend analyzing data or writing up proposals/grants/papers. i don't think AI was the turning point.

New comment by didntknowyou in "Apple picks Gemini to power Siri"

didntknowyou — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 17:57:47 +0000

i think it's good. Google has a record of being stable and working with large partners (govt etc) and avoids the controversial cult of altman.

New comment by didntknowyou in "Researchers Beam Power from a Moving Airplane"

didntknowyou — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:29:19 +0000

i mean solar energy already exist so it's not exactly as 'far flung' as they claim.

what they are probably doing however is testing the feasibility for a solar laser weapon as seen in many sci-fi shows

New comment by didntknowyou in "'Office Is Dead': Microsoft Decision Confuses 400M Users"

didntknowyou — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:24:31 +0000

so unlike google who just terminates product lines, microsoft forces migration/adoption of it's products to keep their metrics

New comment by didntknowyou in "Palantir Crashes Out in Response to GN [video]"

didntknowyou — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:20:10 +0000

for a company that keeps boasting how they can collect intel, know everything and control the narrative/future, they seem quite insecure to criticism and overcompensate for any negative feedback

New comment by didntknowyou in "How You Detach Sticky Notes Affects How Well They Stay Attached"

didntknowyou — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 15:15:19 +0000

i find regardless of how you pull it off it does curve eventually tho

New comment by didntknowyou in "Most devs don't trust AI-generated code, but fail to check it anyway"

didntknowyou — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 14:53:22 +0000

i get it, like why waste your time checking potential slop unless your main task is QC