Hacker News: e44858

New comment by e44858 in "Startup founders urge U.S. government not to shut off Chinese open weight AI"

e44858 — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 16:34:09 +0000

How can you prove that a modified LLM was based on a Chinese model?

New comment by e44858 in "OpenAI and Hugging Face address security incident during model evaluation"

e44858 — Wed, 22 Jul 2026 05:45:05 +0000

Except instead of being banned they'll be charged under the CFAA.

New comment by e44858 in "John Deere owners will get the right to repair equipment under FTC settlement"

e44858 — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:34:57 +0000

How is a curved window better on a tractor?

New comment by e44858 in "Big Tech Has Suddenly Flipped on the AI Jobs Wipeout Scenario"

e44858 — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 20:23:03 +0000

I don't want enterprises to thrive. I want me to thrive.

New comment by e44858 in "Amazon CEO's talks with U.S. officials triggered crackdown on Anthropic models"

e44858 — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 21:35:31 +0000

Not all citizens have the right to freedom: "except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted"

https://www.senate.gov/about/origins-foundations/senate-and-...

New comment by e44858 in "1966 Ford Mustang Converted into a Tesla with Working 'Full Self-Driving'"

e44858 — Mon, 04 May 2026 18:54:13 +0000

From the article:

> it achieves 258 Wh/mi — roughly matching the efficiency of an actual Model 3.

New comment by e44858 in "Online age verification is the hill to die on"

e44858 — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:00:27 +0000

Adults could also use this to filter out unwanted content without needing to rely on outdated filter lists.

New comment by e44858 in "Sawe becomes first athlete to run a sub-two-hour marathon in a competitive race"

e44858 — Mon, 27 Apr 2026 16:32:13 +0000

Drug testing has its loopholes: https://www.npr.org/sections/thetorch/2016/07/19/486595080/r...

New comment by e44858 in "Advice, not control: the role of Remote Assistance in Waymo's operations"

e44858 — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 03:26:55 +0000

Some planes can land automatically without the pilot's input: https://avbrief.com/autoland-saves-king-air-everyone-reporte...

Takeoff is probably easier to automate than an emergency landing.

New comment by e44858 in "County pays $600k to pentesters it arrested for assessing courthouse security"

e44858 — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 21:55:05 +0000

> And so did the jury who awarded them $600k

What jury? The payment happened before the trial: "five days before a trial was scheduled to begin in the case, Dallas County officials agreed to pay $600,000 to settle the case".

New comment by e44858 in "A lot of population numbers are fake"

e44858 — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 21:20:52 +0000

> assuming our counts are even close to correct.

That's a bold assumption. States get more representatives if they inflate the population count: https://www.census.gov/topics/public-sector/congressional-ap...

New comment by e44858 in "ICE using Palantir tool that feeds on Medicaid data"

e44858 — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 21:52:44 +0000

Has this ever been tested in court?

New comment by e44858 in "SoundCloud has banned VPN access"

e44858 — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 03:02:06 +0000

They have a lot of user-created music that doesnt exist anywhere else. Maybe they're trying to sell that dataset to AI companies for training their models. If they allow non-residential IPs, those potential customers could just scrape their site instead.

New comment by e44858 in "An update on the Farphone's battery"

e44858 — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 01:21:18 +0000

I've had success using a large capacitor instead of the battery. To keep it charged I connected its positive leg to the 5v USB pin through a diode.

New comment by e44858 in "Android and iPhone users can now share files, starting with the Pixel 10"

e44858 — Fri, 21 Nov 2025 18:50:11 +0000

"you will need a Wi-Fi card supporting active monitor mode with frame injection" https://github.com/seemoo-lab/owl

New comment by e44858 in "DoorDash and Waymo launch autonomous delivery service in Phoenix"

e44858 — Thu, 16 Oct 2025 23:45:15 +0000

Looks like some cars got stuck in a storm a few weeks ago, so they don't seem to be proactively suspending operation during bad weather: https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/waymo-temporarily-susp...

New comment by e44858 in "Qualcomm to acquire Arduino"

e44858 — Tue, 07 Oct 2025 17:09:26 +0000

They could claim copyright infringement if you distribute their SDK in your firmware without their permission.

New comment by e44858 in "Senator demands to know status of 'duplicate' SSA database 'immediately'"

e44858 — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 02:55:53 +0000

Can a single senator issue a subpoena, or does it require a vote?

New comment by e44858 in "‘Robber bees’ invade apiarist’s shop in attempted honey heist"

e44858 — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 23:13:29 +0000

My bees would swarm if they filled up the hive and had no space to put more honey or brood.

New comment by e44858 in ""None of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of FL's Book Ban Bill"

e44858 — Thu, 14 Aug 2025 15:59:32 +0000

Maybe the judge was wrong. Let's see if this ruling gets appealed.