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New comment by elfbargpt in "Trump says Venezuela’s Maduro captured after strikes"

elfbargpt — Sat, 03 Jan 2026 07:47:27 +0000

Chinese envoy was meeting Maduro just hours ago in Miraflores. Wonder how that factors into the situation

New comment by elfbargpt in "Tell HN: I am afraid AI will take my job at some point"

elfbargpt — Sun, 28 Dec 2025 02:46:03 +0000

I'm pretty confident that if Ai gets good enough to actually take our jobs, it's going to be good enough to take at least 80% of all knowledge work jobs, if not 100%.

In which case everybody is in the same boat and we'll all be in it together.

I don't really believe software dev is uniquely at risk to AI.

New comment by elfbargpt in "Engineers who dismiss AI"

elfbargpt — Fri, 19 Dec 2025 21:03:21 +0000

The catch-22 I run into with AI coding help is always: it helps the most with problems I know how to solve. I feel like most engineers run into problems where we can't fully articulate the problem we're having (otherwise we would be able to fix it). In which case AI can be helpful, but more in a google way.

Unitree Debuts Robot "App Store"

elfbargpt — Sat, 13 Dec 2025 05:27:00 +0000

Article URL: https://twitter.com/UnitreeRobotics/status/1999712278204285361

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46252254

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

New comment by elfbargpt in "Apple's slow AI pace becomes a strength as market grows weary of spending"

elfbargpt — Tue, 09 Dec 2025 22:17:28 +0000

I think one of Apple's strengths since Tim Cook took over is their ability to avoid "gimmicks". As much criticism as people have of apple for not innovating on the iPhone, I appreciate their ability to not screw products up.

I'm not saying AI is a gimmick, but the caution they show is a good quality I think

New comment by elfbargpt in "YouTube to be included in Australia's social media ban for children under 16"

elfbargpt — Wed, 30 Jul 2025 12:49:34 +0000

I find it weird that people aren't questioning the motives behind these changes a little more. Is it not strange this is coming at the same time as the UK Online Safety Act?

There are reports of posts related to the middle eastern conflict being censored. Somehow I don't think this about violence and adult content.

White House reviewing TikTok proposal to lease algorithm from China

elfbargpt — Fri, 04 Apr 2025 15:21:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nhpr.org/2025-04-02/as-deadline-nears-the-white-house-considers-leasing-tiktoks-algorithm-from-china

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43583722

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

New comment by elfbargpt in "Launch YC: Optifye.ai – AI performance monitoring for factory workers"

elfbargpt — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 06:49:35 +0000

I don't think anybody is unaware of third-world conditions. Just surprised YC is investing in tech that helps enforce those conditions directly

New comment by elfbargpt in "Launch YC: Optifye.ai – AI performance monitoring for factory workers"

elfbargpt — Tue, 25 Feb 2025 02:04:40 +0000

I assume unions would have a problem with this right?

New comment by elfbargpt in "Apple pulls data protection tool after UK government security row"

elfbargpt — Fri, 21 Feb 2025 16:05:06 +0000

I totally get your point, but calling the UK's bluff could work. Are they really willing to ban Apple products in the UK? Maybe, maybe not

New comment by elfbargpt in "Trump says he will check amount of gold stored at Fort Knox"

elfbargpt — Thu, 20 Feb 2025 05:49:14 +0000

I hope they do check just for the sake of entertainment, but I can't imagine gold would be worth that much more if it was empty. I just googled and there's supposed to be about ~280 billion dollars of gold there. Which is a lot but I think there's about $12 trillion of gold in circulation

New comment by elfbargpt in "Sam Altman: "50¢ of compute of a SWE Agent can yield "$500 or $5k of work.""

elfbargpt — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 05:39:47 +0000

If this were remotely true they would NOT be offering a subscription. They would start a consulting company that does custom software development and dominate the market

New comment by elfbargpt in "Tell HN: OpenAI in Panic Mode over DeepSeek"

elfbargpt — Mon, 10 Feb 2025 21:18:54 +0000

I'm sure this is just fan fiction, but you're saying some people think "DeepSeek has cracked something fundamental that we missed", and other people think they just stole everything? Any actual evidence one way or another?

New comment by elfbargpt in "Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong"

elfbargpt — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 08:58:03 +0000

They account for 30% of global manufacturing, have the second largest GDP (largest GDP PPP), and are rapidly developing in the tech sector. Not weak by any means

New comment by elfbargpt in "Suspension of inbound parcels from China and Hong Kong"

elfbargpt — Wed, 05 Feb 2025 07:40:51 +0000

They expected China to grow in a way that would lead to the "west" exerting much more control over China than they ended up with today. Basically they wanted more western-style capitalism, reduction of state control, etc...

Now China is very strong, and the west exerts very little influence

New comment by elfbargpt in "DeepSeek demonstrates pro-Chinese bias"

elfbargpt — Wed, 29 Jan 2025 05:20:34 +0000

Is it somehow bad to be "pro-Chinese"?

Imagine someone saying OpenAi has a "pro-American" bias

New comment by elfbargpt in "The race for "AI Supremacy" is over – at least for now"

elfbargpt — Mon, 27 Jan 2025 04:05:33 +0000

I think that is indeed the plan as far as I can tell

New comment by elfbargpt in "Trump Orders JFK, RFK, MLK Assassination Documents Released"

elfbargpt — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 21:40:23 +0000

I feel like it's fair to assume the documents should contain something fairly scandalous if they're real. Is there another reason they wouldn't have been released earlier given the public interest?

New comment by elfbargpt in "TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users"

elfbargpt — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 04:41:58 +0000

Here's what Chuck Schumer said:

"It's clear that more time is needed to find an American buyer and not disrupt the lives and livelihoods of millions of Americans of so many influencers who have built up a good network of followers" [1]

The deal was divest or ban, not look for "more time to find a buyer". My point is they were never prepared for an actual ban.

[1] https://x.com/kenklippenstein/status/1880007290830688609

New comment by elfbargpt in "TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users"

elfbargpt — Sun, 19 Jan 2025 20:05:40 +0000

Clearly US lawmakers were convinced they could easily force ByteDance to divest by issuing an ultimatum. They were never prepared to actually see a ban of TikTok