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New comment by emperorxanu in "Pokémon Go Scans Trained the Navigation Tech for Military Drones"

emperorxanu — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 13:46:06 +0000

I had assumed the purpose of the data was more in generalising across variegated input sources to better allow the drones to fly on their own in urban settings, aka, adapt more readily to randomness? Better datasets for multimodal training etc.

I am not joking though, I really would consider any data generated on public assets to be considered "releasable" to the public. How many people should get killed by self-driving cars because the company making the cars didn't have enough data to train proper models?

New comment by emperorxanu in "Pokémon Go Scans Trained the Navigation Tech for Military Drones"

emperorxanu — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 07:48:16 +0000

I still feel like this is a perfect example of why we should be asking for our data to be disclosed to the public. If I take a picture of some public point of interest, they end up tagging it with their metadata and selling it, well, that's what I agreed to by not reading 20 pages of T&C's right?

But the value in that data is in the liveliness right, so at some point, would it not make sense for that data to be considered a public asset?

Why do we not demand this data be released regularly (given that the inverse tech could be developed using this as well)? If it can be used to train things used for war, could it not equally be used to train better lifesaving tech (in which case, the data should be made available to the public)?

New comment by emperorxanu in "Claude Code runs Git reset –hard origin/main against project repo every 10 mins"

emperorxanu — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:15:06 +0000

Trust issues start at home.

If you can't trust yourself, you will never be able to trust anyone else.

If you believe the AI is out to get you, that's certainly the reality you will manifest.

New comment by emperorxanu in "Claude Code runs Git reset –hard origin/main against project repo every 10 mins"

emperorxanu — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:14:01 +0000

I don't understand how people in this day and age have not learned what the pink elephant problem is.

If you tell AI not to do something, you make it incomprehensibly more likely it will happen.

Use affirming language. Why do you think negative prompts don't exist in diffusion anymore?

New comment by emperorxanu in "Redox OS has adopted a Certificate of Origin policy and a strict no-LLM policy"

emperorxanu — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:07:20 +0000

Remember when copilot released? It was running some openai thing at the time, now you can choose from many models sure, but if you want a BMW, buy a BMW, don't buy a Nissan with badly strapped on BMW decals.

New comment by emperorxanu in "Redox OS has adopted a Certificate of Origin policy and a strict no-LLM policy"

emperorxanu — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:05:58 +0000

Do you mean you aren't able to use AI to make software?

The thing you fear is the thing that you could just use to improve yourself?

Why fear a shovel?

Also, I never claimed to be a good programmer either. Just don't see the point fearing something that makes it infinitely easier and faster to get work done.

New comment by emperorxanu in "Redox OS has adopted a Certificate of Origin policy and a strict no-LLM policy"

emperorxanu — Tue, 10 Mar 2026 13:37:42 +0000

I feel like every person stating things of this nature are literally not able to communicate effectively (though this is not a barrier anymore, you can get a dog to vibe code games with the right workflow, which to me seems like quite an intellectual thing to be able to do.

Despite that, you will make this argument when trying to use copilot to do something, the worst model in the entire industry.

If an AI can replace you at your job, you are not a very good programmer.

New comment by emperorxanu in "A tough labor market for white-collar workers has turned recruiting upside down"

emperorxanu — Mon, 09 Feb 2026 06:27:06 +0000

Oh. Basically this is the scam they use at Offerzen.

When I saw wsj.com I figured this would be an "article" that's mostly manipulative, fear-mongering and doom and gloom.

If you're paying to maybe get hired, you're not the client - you're basically being sold to yourself.

Show HN: Taru – AI Powered Tarot Readings

emperorxanu — Sun, 13 Apr 2025 18:07:26 +0000

Hi HN!

My partner and I built Taru, an AI-powered tarot reading app that respects the metaphysical aspects of traditional readings. It took about a year to put together, and we are quite proud of it. It's currently available as PWA, with Play Store testing in progress.

The app uses Java backend with React frontend and incorporates user interactions to metaphysically seal each reading to its intended audience. Readings can be private or shared more broadly.

This was a challenging project balancing technical requirements with preserving tarot's spiritual essence.

Any thoughts/advice would be madly appreciated!

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