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New comment by giantfrog in "GLM 5.2 Is Out"

giantfrog — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 23:59:42 +0000

Putting aside whether or not I agree with the policy or whether it’s at all reasonable, a policy of restricting access to information because there’s a fear it could be used to create a weapon of mass destruction seems entirely different than restricting access to historical facts because they are embarrassing to the government.

New comment by giantfrog in "GLM 5.2 Is Out"

giantfrog — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 23:58:17 +0000

The fact that your username is a racist meme seems relevant to this complaint and how legitimate it is.

New comment by giantfrog in "A Peter Thiel-Backed Tribunal Is Putting Journalists on Trial"

giantfrog — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 19:29:43 +0000

But on April 21, I received a remarkable email. “Someone has filed an objection against something you wrote,”

No one in their right mind is going to do anything other than ignore and/or delete an email this stupid.

New comment by giantfrog in "Greg Brockman interview [video]"

giantfrog — Mon, 25 May 2026 06:05:21 +0000

I think there might be a difference between “I’m violating copyright law to enjoy a work of art” and “I’m violating copyright law on a global, species-wide scale to create a trillion dollar company and enrich myself.” Maybe you can argue the former is wrong but there’s no way it’s equivalent to the latter.

New comment by giantfrog in "Google changes its search box"

giantfrog — Wed, 20 May 2026 05:11:39 +0000

If Google changes the internet so that no one visits websites anymore, no one is going to make or maintain websites. And at that point, A) What is left of the internet and B) What is left for Google to summarize via AI?

New comment by giantfrog in "Bitwarden CLI compromised in ongoing Checkmarx supply chain campaign"

giantfrog — Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:03:23 +0000

How the hell are most people supposed to balance the risk of not updating software against the risk of updating software?

New comment by giantfrog in "Bus stop balancing is fast, cheap, and effective"

giantfrog — Wed, 25 Feb 2026 17:19:19 +0000

Libertarian publication run by the wealthy suggests course of action that will disproportionately harm the poor, I’m shocked!

New comment by giantfrog in "Show HN: If you lose your memory, how to regain access to your computer?"

giantfrog — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 12:34:36 +0000

This system introduces a fun question: What’s more likely, that you suffer total spontaneous memory loss or your best friends betray you?

New comment by giantfrog in "Psychometric Jailbreaks Reveal Internal Conflict in Frontier Models"

giantfrog — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 21:14:41 +0000

This is fanfic not science

New comment by giantfrog in "Guinea worm on track to be 2nd eradicated human disease; only 10 cases in 2025"

giantfrog — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 17:43:49 +0000

RFK Jr: “Not so fast”

New comment by giantfrog in "Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features"

giantfrog — Tue, 03 Feb 2026 01:50:13 +0000

Because Firefox users have been clamoring for the ability to turn them off rather than the opposite.

New comment by giantfrog in "[dead]"

giantfrog — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 01:44:58 +0000

Cool idea, bad AI slop execution

New comment by giantfrog in "Emailing a one-time code is worse than passwords"

giantfrog — Thu, 07 Aug 2025 03:42:07 +0000

Still seems far, far more likely that the average user will have their account stolen via password theft/reuse than the more complicated scheme the author is describing. Links instead of codes also fixes the issue.

New comment by giantfrog in "Anandtech.com now redirects to its forums"

giantfrog — Sat, 02 Aug 2025 21:11:12 +0000

Big loss for the web.

New comment by giantfrog in "Allianz Life says 'majority' of customers' personal data stolen in cyberattack"

giantfrog — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 18:17:58 +0000

This will never, ever, ever stop happening until executives start going bankrupt and/or to jail for negligence. Even then it won’t stop, but it would at least decrease in frequency and severity.

New comment by giantfrog in "What will become of the CIA?"

giantfrog — Tue, 22 Jul 2025 02:44:41 +0000

The author was not only a longtime CIA employee, but staff historian. Not the most trustworthy source here.

https://nationalsecurity.gmu.edu/nicholas-dujmovic/

New comment by giantfrog in "How I Use Kagi"

giantfrog — Thu, 17 Jul 2025 19:45:15 +0000

If you'd told me several years ago I'd be paying $10/month for a search engine, I'd say that's crazy talk. But it genuinely is worth it.

New comment by giantfrog in "Stalking the Statistically Improbable Restaurant with Data"

giantfrog — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:31:43 +0000

This is a really fun exercise; a rare example of something that's "data-centric" without being soulless.

I think it's fascinating how it illustrates weirdness about how Americans think about and categorize "ethnic" food. For example, the author's analysis of Google data shows Glendale, CA ranks #1 for "Highest prevalence of Mediterranean Restaurants." But I am nearly certain the majority of these, given Glendale's demographics, are in fact Armenian or Persian restaurants. Both Iran and Armenia are of course quite far from the Mediterranean region, but for whatever reason (rice? flat breads? grilled things on a stick?) have gotten lumped in with some Americanized, genericized conception of "the Mediterranean" that's indistinguishable from "the Middle East." I would imagine you'd find the same thing happening on Yelp etc.

New comment by giantfrog in "Fiber optic drones are changing combat operations"

giantfrog — Mon, 31 Mar 2025 23:36:26 +0000

Which brands?

New comment by giantfrog in "EFF Border Search Pocket Guide"

giantfrog — Sat, 22 Mar 2025 00:18:05 +0000

I'd argue it's not extreme enough: Use an alphanumeric password or passphrase, as long as you can tolerate, instead of a PIN.