Hacker News: docmechanichttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=docmechanicHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Tue, 08 Sep 2026 22:16:32 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by docmechanic in "Central bankers discussing impact of AI agents on financial markets"]]>'In Brunnermeier's telling, AI is so much better at processing information than humans that it will soon have the advantage of knowing with near certainty what central bankers will do even before those policymakers know it themselves, and can therefore devise trading and other strategies to circumvent those actions and turn a profit -- legally or otherwise.'

If folks think the capital markets are a crap shoot now, wait until they see the knock on emergent effects of bands of AI agents teaming up to rig them.

]]>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:38:21 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49511737docmechanichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49511737https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49511737<![CDATA[OpenAI hack shows emergent AI risks]]>Article URL: https://www.semafor.com/article/08/30/2026/openai-hack-shows-emergent-ai-risks

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]]>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 16:26:00 +0000https://www.semafor.com/article/08/30/2026/openai-hack-shows-emergent-ai-risksdocmechanichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49511615https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49511615<![CDATA[Polar Researchers Fearan Ecological Collapse in the Arctic]]>Article URL: https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/expedition-to-the-north-pole-polar-researchers-fear-an-ecological-collapse-in-the-arctic-a-640a73ff-0fcc-4593-9ab0-dae85ca146c6

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]]>Fri, 26 Sep 2025 21:33:57 +0000https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/expedition-to-the-north-pole-polar-researchers-fear-an-ecological-collapse-in-the-arctic-a-640a73ff-0fcc-4593-9ab0-dae85ca146c6docmechanichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45391250https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45391250<![CDATA[A new lawsuit against OpenAI could challenge rule protecting online content]]>Article URL: https://www.semafor.com/article/08/27/2025/a-lawsuit-over-a-teens-suicide-could-challenge-ai-companies-section-230-shield

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]]>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:41:47 +0000https://www.semafor.com/article/08/27/2025/a-lawsuit-over-a-teens-suicide-could-challenge-ai-companies-section-230-shielddocmechanichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45054254https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45054254<![CDATA[Silver State goes dark as cyberattack knocks Nevada websites offline]]>Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/nevada_cyberattack/

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]]>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 20:37:01 +0000https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/26/nevada_cyberattack/docmechanichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45044879https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45044879<![CDATA[New comment by docmechanic in "Leprosy existed in America long before arrival of Europeans"]]>Note the collaboration with Indigenous communities regarding the use of ancestral remains for this research.

]]>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 18:28:07 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45043203docmechanichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45043203https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45043203<![CDATA[Leprosy existed in America long before arrival of Europeans]]>Article URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/05/250529155423.htm

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]]>Wed, 27 Aug 2025 18:28:07 +0000https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/05/250529155423.htmdocmechanichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45043202https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45043202<![CDATA[Tiny microbes may rewire the brain before birth]]>Article URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250818103000.htm

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]]>Tue, 19 Aug 2025 14:41:11 +0000https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250818103000.htmdocmechanichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44952089https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44952089<![CDATA[Mysterious Denisovan interbreeding shaped the humans we are today]]>Article URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250814090949.htm

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]]>Mon, 18 Aug 2025 18:18:05 +0000https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/08/250814090949.htmdocmechanichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44943657https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44943657<![CDATA[Van Hollen accuses Trump of pay-to-play on chips]]>Article URL: https://www.semafor.com/article/08/14/2025/van-hollen-accuses-trump-of-pay-to-play-on-chips

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]]>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 13:43:46 +0000https://www.semafor.com/article/08/14/2025/van-hollen-accuses-trump-of-pay-to-play-on-chipsdocmechanichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44912330https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44912330<![CDATA[Claude Code's copious coddling confounds cross customers]]>Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/13/claude_codes_copious_coddling_confounds/

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]]>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 00:37:41 +0000https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/13/claude_codes_copious_coddling_confounds/docmechanichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44907391https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44907391<![CDATA[GitHub CEO: Future devs will not code, they will manage AI]]>Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/07/github_ceo_ai_coding/

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]]>Mon, 11 Aug 2025 01:19:31 +0000https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/07/github_ceo_ai_coding/docmechanichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44859920https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44859920<![CDATA[Want a glass of wine with dinner? Blame our ape ancestors]]>Article URL: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/wine-apes-alcohol-cravings-b2800491.html

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]]>Sun, 03 Aug 2025 13:01:59 +0000https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/wine-apes-alcohol-cravings-b2800491.htmldocmechanichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44776285https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44776285<![CDATA[New comment by docmechanic in "Spiders may have originated in the ocean before adapting to live on land"]]>Fascinating. Thank you for sharing your knowledge on the subject. I was unaware that this is one of the most mysterious topics in zoology.

]]>Sat, 26 Jul 2025 00:02:42 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44689967docmechanichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44689967https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44689967<![CDATA[New comment by docmechanic in "The unique human body part that evolution cannot explain"]]>The title is misleading, but a nice introduction to how we use convergent evolution to determine why a body part evolved.

]]>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 23:55:45 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44689913docmechanichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44689913https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44689913<![CDATA[The unique human body part that evolution cannot explain]]>Article URL: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/human-body-evolution-chin-b2796022.html

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]]>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 23:55:45 +0000https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/human-body-evolution-chin-b2796022.htmldocmechanichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44689912https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44689912<![CDATA[Spiders may have originated in the ocean before adapting to live on land]]>Article URL: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/spiders-evolution-ocean-land-fossils-b2795433.html

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]]>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 19:39:45 +0000https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/spiders-evolution-ocean-land-fossils-b2795433.htmldocmechanichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44675099https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44675099<![CDATA[OpenAI warns against tokenized stock offered by Robinhood]]>Article URL: https://www.semafor.com/article/07/04/2025/openai-warns-against-tokenized-stock-offered-by-robinhood

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]]>Fri, 04 Jul 2025 18:28:40 +0000https://www.semafor.com/article/07/04/2025/openai-warns-against-tokenized-stock-offered-by-robinhooddocmechanichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44466810https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44466810<![CDATA[New comment by docmechanic in "What LLMs Know About Their Users"]]>The latter.

]]>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:29:16 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44378437docmechanichttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44378437https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44378437<![CDATA[New comment by docmechanic in "Testing free will: New experiments on the quantum property that baffled Einstein"]]>Fingers crossed that they can determine the mechanism behind non-locality.

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