<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: frankacter</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=frankacter</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:42:43 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=frankacter" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by frankacter in "Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Seems X is balancing post visibility against bots, scraping, and some dark patterns that push people to sign in.<p>Showing everything is not viable under those competing goals. So they have settled on:<p>Show the post when someone has a direct link, but require login to see the discussion
Show a limited number of recent posts on a profile, and require login for more<p>Raising that limit from 6 to 10 would not solve the real complaint: “I cannot see communication from my city.”<p>They already identify government official accounts. One simple option is to extend the visible timeline for those accounts only—six months or a year of posts—while still keeping discussions behind a login.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 10:29:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49446637</link><dc:creator>frankacter</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49446637</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49446637</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by frankacter in "Nitter and XCancel receive cease and desist notices"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You still have access to local council posts, without logging in. You need to log in to view the follow up discussions(comments) a subtle but important distinction<p>For example you can view the main post and included links in incognito not logged in, just not the "discussion"<p><a href="https://x.com/ManCityCouncil/status/2091903421917892994?s=20" rel="nofollow">https://x.com/ManCityCouncil/status/2091903421917892994?s=20</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2026 03:08:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49443771</link><dc:creator>frankacter</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49443771</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49443771</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by frankacter in "Meta's blockbuster trial draws parallels to big tobacco"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>>There was a moment in time when Instagram use to show this disclaimer "You're all caught up with the posts".<p>This still exists and I get it every day. It is the floor for my feed. I have to refresh or close the app and reopen to fetch more.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:07:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49359887</link><dc:creator>frankacter</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49359887</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49359887</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by frankacter in "Pixel 11 Pro Fold"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Because Android does not just run on Pixel devices, and the level of control you suggest isn't something that can be bolted on at the manufacturer level.<p>They're slowly adding some of that functionality in, but obviously relies on third party adoption for anything more than UI automated control:<p><a href="https://www.androidauthority.com/gemini-automation-control-other-apps-3637733/" rel="nofollow">https://www.androidauthority.com/gemini-automation-control-o...</a><p><a href="https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/android-multi-step-tasks/" rel="nofollow">https://blog.google/innovation-and-ai/products/gemini-app/an...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 07:21:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49282709</link><dc:creator>frankacter</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49282709</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49282709</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by frankacter in "Manus will return to operating as an independent company"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> I can’t help but read it like ‘anus’ with an M in front of it.<p>Duck Duck Go is really what's wrong with modern dating culture.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 03:49:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49267640</link><dc:creator>frankacter</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49267640</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49267640</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Voice Agent Builder]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://x.ai/news/grok-voice-agent-builder">https://x.ai/news/grok-voice-agent-builder</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48799242">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48799242</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:02:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://x.ai/news/grok-voice-agent-builder</link><dc:creator>frankacter</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48799242</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48799242</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by frankacter in "Computer use in Gemini 3.5 Flash"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I just tried this and it worked without issue.<p>Some considerations:<p>1) tell it to extra t the data (in a new session) does that work?<p>2) if it doesn't, could there be something up with the PDF?<p>As many commentors suggested, this works well with Gemini so there is likely a missing variable in play.<p>Share your prompt and the PDF and let's see if we can determine what.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 03:30:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48668496</link><dc:creator>frankacter</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48668496</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48668496</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by frankacter in "OpenAI DayBreak – GPT-5.5-Cyber"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Yes, limiting the full scope of capabilities, which is why I differentiated between Mythos (unrestricted) from guardrailed.<p>Main point being, we have no idea the measurable capabilities of this, it could be as great or better as unrestricted Mythos, or on par with guardrailed Fable.. or just OpenAI hype that measures up to neither.<p>The distinction is important  because if it truly is a Mythos level (or even guardrailed Fable) it in theory would require that 30 day US government validation before release as well as oversight to the approved partners allowed to use it.<p>Op was drawing a parallel as to why we should be outraged at the double standard, I was drawing a better parallel by which to compare.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 10:25:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48642828</link><dc:creator>frankacter</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48642828</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48642828</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by frankacter in "OpenAI DayBreak – GPT-5.5-Cyber"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>>No one commenting on the fact that oAI is releasing a Claude Mythos-class model - with apparent 0 restrictions or concerns by the US government<p>We don't know that it is Mythos level, it could very well be at (guardrailed) Fable or below.<p>This is not a wide open distribution, this is only being provided to hand picked partners, similar to how Mythos was distributed (unlike Fable which had wider distribution)<p>The larger question, which I don't see an answer to in this post:<p>1) was this tested and validated by the US Government?<p>2) is the list of partners vetted by the US Government?<p>If 
   This is "mythos-class"
AND<p><pre><code>   OpenAI approves SK Telecom as a trusted partner ( https://www.wired.com/story/sk-telecom-anthropic-mythos-export-controls/ ) 
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OR<p><pre><code>   OpenAI did not get approval.
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will this be shut down as quick? Otherwise, it is not really a comparable scenario.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:06:37 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48642264</link><dc:creator>frankacter</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48642264</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48642264</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by frankacter in "OpenAI Losses Increased Nearly 8X in 2025, with Spending Hitting $34B"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>According to Wash they are operationally profitable<p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mind-blowing-growth-is-about-to-propel-anthropic-into-its-first-profitable-quarter-7edbf2f4" rel="nofollow">https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/mind-blowing-growth-is-about-to-...</a><p>Some question it<p><a href="https://www.wheresyoured.at/anthropics-profitability-swindle/" rel="nofollow">https://www.wheresyoured.at/anthropics-profitability-swindle...</a></p>
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<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/trump-adviser-david-sacks-says-anthropic-refused-to-fix-fable-5-jailbreak-before-us-export-controls">https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/trump-adviser-david-sacks-says-anthropic-refused-to-fix-fable-5-jailbreak-before-us-export-controls</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48549814">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48549814</a></p>
<p>Points: 4</p>
<p># Comments: 2</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:29:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/trump-adviser-david-sacks-says-anthropic-refused-to-fix-fable-5-jailbreak-before-us-export-controls</link><dc:creator>frankacter</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48549814</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48549814</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by frankacter in "xAI is looking more like a datacentre REIT than a frontier lab"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Cheap. Fast. Good. Pick two.<p>Colossus is the world's largest single, unified GPU cluster, all GPUs acting as one coherent supercomputer rather than fragmented pools or multi-site setups. They spun it up in a fraction of the time by all estimates. It's not something you can just throw money at and reproduce the results.<p>Per Jensen Huang:<p>"As far as I know, there's only one person in the world who could do that; Elon is singular in his understanding of engineering and construction and large systems and marshaling resources; it's just unbelievable. A supercomputer that you would build would take normally three years to plan and then they deliver the equipment and it takes one year to get it all working."<p>..."it took 19 days to get Colossus from hardware installation to beginning training, the fastest by far anyone's been able to do that."<p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jensen-huang-elon-musk-supercomputer-xai-grok-2024-10" rel="nofollow">https://www.businessinsider.com/jensen-huang-elon-musk-super...</a><p>Regarding on site generators. Meta, OpenAI (Microsoft/Oracle) and others are also using on-site gas turbines, generators, and "behind-the-meter" power plants to keep up with the power demand. This has become an industry-wide strategy driven by grid constraints, with natural gas as a fast-deploy option.<p>It would be great if the grids could keep up with demand, if other options would be considered capable of producing the ongoing demands (ie. more renewable, nuclear, etc) but they're not, and companies are not going to just wait because then they're as good as done.</p>
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<p>The answer remains, these rules do not specifically apply to only SpaceX, they apply to a range of companies that fit specific profiles. Timing happens to favor SpaceX, but will equally favor OpenAI, Anthropic and others within the same qualifiers.<p>The links above provide specifics as to the what's and the why.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 09:26:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48367861</link><dc:creator>frankacter</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48367861</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48367861</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by frankacter in "Can the stockmarket swallow Anthropic, SpaceX and OpenAI?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>>Why does SpaceX warrant a change of existing trading rules?<p>They don't, while timing certainly benefits, and potentially was triggered by them and OpenAI and Anthropic IPOs, these rules are not specific to only apply to SpaceX.<p>FTSE Russell (Russell 1000/2000 etc.) Adopted "fast entry" for large IPOs. Eligible companies (investable market cap above Russell Top 500 cutoff) can join after 5 trading days (previously quarterly rebalances). Also eased float rules with carve-outs.<p><a href="https://www.lseg.com/en/media-centre/press-releases/ftse-russell/2026/ftse-russell-introduces-ipo-fast-entry-enhancements-for-russell-us-indexes" rel="nofollow">https://www.lseg.com/en/media-centre/press-releases/ftse-rus...</a><p>Nasdaq (Nasdaq-100): Effective May 1, 2026, top ~40 market-cap companies can enter after 15 trading days (previously 3+ months). Adjusted low-float handling.<p><a href="https://spotgamma.com/spacex-ipo-index-changes-spotgamma/" rel="nofollow">https://spotgamma.com/spacex-ipo-index-changes-spotgamma/</a><p>S&P Dow Jones (S&P 500): Reducing seasoning from 12 months to 6 months for megacaps and waiving the 4-quarter GAAP profitability requirement for large issuers.<p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/stock-indexes-are-contorting-themselves-to-include-spacex-and-openai-92136b13" rel="nofollow">https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/stock-indexes-are-contort...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:22:03 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48366720</link><dc:creator>frankacter</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48366720</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48366720</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by frankacter in "United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>>First of all, this is not currently a bomb threat up until someone actually makes a threat.<p>It makes sense from the perspective of zero tolerance. Any mention or reference is perceived as a threat regardless of additional actions taken.</p>
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<p>Tesla has offered insurance on their vehicles since 2019, if they did self-insure the robitaxis, likely they would extend it through their existing insurance program.<p><a href="https://www.tesla.com/insurance" rel="nofollow">https://www.tesla.com/insurance</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 15:10:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48337088</link><dc:creator>frankacter</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48337088</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48337088</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by frankacter in "Tesla Self-Certifies Level 4 Autonomous Vehicles in Texas"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>For this announcement, no.<p>Some caveats, this is only for the robotaxi, not any personal owned self driving. Those remain level 2. This is obviously only in Texas.<p>That said,fFor robotaxis, certainly for accidents that the robotaxi is deemed fully reaponsible, Tesla (or insurance?) will be liable.<p>Things like other vehicles, third-party interference, passenger misconduct, etc. will share or cover liability depending on the specifics.<p>Seems like Tesla will self insure, but that's not officially been stated yet.</p>
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<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/4216/tesla-self-certifies-l4-autonomy-in-texas">https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/4216/tesla-self-certifies-l4-autonomy-in-texas</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48333813">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48333813</a></p>
<p>Points: 18</p>
<p># Comments: 7</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2026 07:58:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.notateslaapp.com/news/4216/tesla-self-certifies-l4-autonomy-in-texas</link><dc:creator>frankacter</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48333813</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48333813</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by frankacter in "LLM scraper bots are overloading acme.com's HTTPS server"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Some pros for us, in addition to bot protection.<p>* global distributed caching of content. This reduces the static load on our servers and bandwidth usages to essentially 0, and since it is served at an end point closest to wherever the client is, they get less latency. This includes user logged in specifics as well.<p>* shared precached common libraries (ie. jquery, etc) for faster client load times<p>* Offers automated minification of JS, CSS, and HTML, along with image optimization (serve size and resolution of image specific to the device user is viewing it from) to increase speed<p>* always up mode (even if my server is down for some reason, I can continue to serve static content)<p>* detailed analytics and reporting on usage / visitors<p>There are a lot more, but those are a few that come to mind.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:24:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47686559</link><dc:creator>frankacter</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47686559</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47686559</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by frankacter in "Judge blocks Pentagon effort to 'punish' Anthropic with supply chain risk label"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>>Palantir maven uses Claude<p>The pushback isn't that they use Anthropic, it is that you stated they used it "entirely", which is not true.<p>Yes Anthropic is a priority model in their ecosystem and they are deeply embedded with both tech and staff, but they are not the one as indicated and sourced in my reply above.</p>
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