Hacker News: drclau

New comment by drclau in "GPT-5.2"

drclau — Fri, 12 Dec 2025 11:44:13 +0000

How do you know the confidence scores are not hallucinated as well?

New comment by drclau in "7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Southeast Asia, affecting Myanmar and Thailand"

drclau — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 16:34:01 +0000

According to Google Maps "measure distance" tool it's ~630 miles, or ~1000 km. I am very surprised it was felt so strongly at such a distance.

New comment by drclau in "The tiniest of impact craters"

drclau — Sun, 20 Oct 2024 17:21:59 +0000

Mare Tranquillitatis pit solves these problems. And there are likely many more caves that haven't been discovered yet.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mare_Tranquillitatis_pit

New comment by drclau in "Proposal: JavaScript Structs"

drclau — Fri, 11 Oct 2024 10:21:42 +0000

> Microsoft has a large team dedicated towards improving these languages constantly

… and the people working on these projects need to deliver, else their performance review won’t be good, and their financial rewards (merit increase, bonus, refresher) will be low. And here we are.

Edit: I realize I’m repeating what you said too, but I wanted to make it more clear what’s going on.

New comment by drclau in "Disrupting malicious uses of AI by state-affiliated threat actors"

drclau — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 18:30:47 +0000

Well, they do tell you in the UI that chats are stored for 30 days even when you disable history. And then there's a link to this:

https://help.openai.com/en/articles/7730893-data-controls-fa...

About Stolen Device Protection for iPhone

drclau — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 19:15:17 +0000

Article URL: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT212510

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39093978

Points: 54

# Comments: 80

About 80% Limit with iPhone 15 models

drclau — Sat, 20 Jan 2024 10:19:18 +0000

Article URL: https://support.apple.com/en-us/108055

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39066154

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Jason Cammisa: The Tesla Roadster Tricked Enthusiasts into Loving EVs

drclau — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 16:50:21 +0000

Article URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwf5wZYju0E

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36343280

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by drclau in "Ask HN: Is it just me or GPT-4's quality has significantly deteriorated lately?"

drclau — Wed, 31 May 2023 19:06:23 +0000

I see a lot of complaints regarding ChatGPT 4's performance in coding tasks. My hypothesis is that Microsoft wants to launch Copilot X based on GPT-4 [0], and they can't have OpenAI's ChatGPT 4 as a strong competitor.

[0]: https://github.com/features/preview/copilot-x

New comment by drclau in "What to do about aggressive moose"

drclau — Wed, 31 May 2023 08:24:53 +0000

How did the encounter go? Don’t leave us hanging here!

New comment by drclau in "TV doctors say annual checkups save lives – real doctors call bullshit (2016)"

drclau — Sun, 28 May 2023 09:48:09 +0000

Out of curiosity, where are you from?

FWIW, I agree with you, although I experienced the medical system only as a patient / outsider. I live in a former communist country in Eastern Europe.

New comment by drclau in "ChatGPT app for iOS"

drclau — Thu, 18 May 2023 18:47:34 +0000

How can you create a US account? Don't they ask for a credit/debit card and/or phone number?

New comment by drclau in "5G Rollout Disappointments"

drclau — Sun, 07 May 2023 12:56:37 +0000

> I'm sure it's because the number of people on 5G is drastically lower than the number of people on 4G/LTE.

5G has increased capacity over 4G, so even if all 4G users would switch to 5G, you will still have better service.

Rapid Security Responses for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS

drclau — Mon, 01 May 2023 18:44:19 +0000

Article URL: https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT201224

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35777261

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by drclau in "Sam Altman didn’t take any equity in OpenAI, report says"

drclau — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 15:46:55 +0000

As I understand, OpenAI started as a non-profit entity and has taken on large donations. Then, the for-profit entity has been created and is using the technology developed by the non-profit entity, which was developed presumably by using the donated funds. So, maybe it's not about altruism at all, but instead Sam Altman is just protecting himself against potential lawsuits from the donors? There was probably some agreement on how the technology will be used.

Elon Musk has donated $100M USD, and does not look happy about the developments, based on his tweets.

New comment by drclau in "Little Snitch Mini"

drclau — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 15:28:16 +0000

Not disagreeing with you here, but buying full licenses adds up too. And you will likely have to buy "upgrade" licenses when new versions are released.

That being said, I do like the license model that JetBrains uses for their products: if you pay for the subscription for more than 12mo, when you stop, you get to keep a perpetual license for the latest version that was released during the last 12 months of paid subscription (I hope I got it right).

New comment by drclau in "Build full “product skills” and you'll probably be fine"

drclau — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 10:11:09 +0000

Too many people make the mistake of thinking there’s an infinite number of sinks to get under.

New comment by drclau in "Build full “product skills” and you'll probably be fine"

drclau — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 10:09:10 +0000

> AI won't take plumber or electrician jobs away in the foreseeable future.

I see this argument way too often. How many electricians and plumbers does the world really need? And if the market becomes over saturated, how much will those jobs pay? How often will you actually have a job to do?

New comment by drclau in "Building a better world without jobs (2022)"

drclau — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 12:29:01 +0000

Why do you think robots would not be able to do those tasks?

Vacuum Airship

drclau — Sun, 12 Feb 2023 10:55:57 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_airship

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34761867

Points: 4

# Comments: 2