Hacker News: glitch003

Four reproducible vLLM parser failures that return 200 with the wrong tool call

glitch003 — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 21:41:59 +0000

Article URL: https://ingot.tools/reports/parser-silent-failure

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49471659

Points: 1

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New comment by glitch003 in "[dead]"

glitch003 — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 16:39:35 +0000

Author here. The short version: Qwen3.8's 248k-token vocabulary contains scraped-junk tokens that got almost no training (embedding norms down to 0.001 against a vocabulary mean of 0.899). Put one in a slot that matters, like a username, order ref, or SKU, and the model swaps in a hallucination while keeping the output schema-valid. An order ref of "Kinhted" came back as "order_id": "shelled", 16 out of 16 times at temperature 0.7.

We ran six control models. Mistral and Llama have the same class of problem and lose 5 to 7 of their 12 lowest-norm tokens. Both Gemma generations are clean, so a curated vocabulary avoids this entirely.

Happy to answer methodology questions. If you want to know whether a specific checkpoint has this problem, name it and I'll run the scan.

New comment by glitch003 in "30-year sentence for transporting zines is a five-alarm fire for free speech"

glitch003 — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:51:20 +0000

she called her husband, from jail, and asked him to move them so they couldn't be used in court against her. she said "do whatever you have to do". the cops listened to the phone call, watched him load them into the car and arrested him on the drive. i think it's pretty straightforward that she was asking for his help in obstructing the investigation by hiding potential evidence against her.

Show HN: Vincent – A delegation framework for wallet automation

glitch003 — Wed, 08 Oct 2025 18:31:44 +0000

Vincent lets users safely grant apps/agents limited, revocable permission to use their wallets. Think “OAuth for crypto actions”: you define scopes (e.g., “rebalance stables on Aave up to $1k/day”), users approve, and your app runs within on-chain guardrails. Non-custodial. Built with Lit Protocol's decentralized programmable signing.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45519156

Points: 7

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New comment by glitch003 in "Iroh – P2P that just works"

glitch003 — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 21:25:44 +0000

How does this compare to libp2p?

New comment by glitch003 in "Volkswagen Bringing Back Physical Buttons, Says Removing Them Was a Mistake"

glitch003 — Tue, 11 Mar 2025 21:19:54 +0000

fwiw, tesla, the biggest "no physical buttons" company, does not have this problem at all. it's always very responsive, window buttons always work, there's no "startup" delay at all.

so i guess the choice is between companies that do tech poorly (legacy automakers) and one that does it right but with a big touch screen.

New comment by glitch003 in "We are the builders"

glitch003 — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 00:05:15 +0000

it's still USDS, they just changed the "D" from digital to DOGE

New comment by glitch003 in "We are the builders"

glitch003 — Sat, 22 Feb 2025 00:03:11 +0000

we get the whole US AID budget back, aside from PEPFAR. it's a good example of a case where they cut too much and undid some cuts.

New comment by glitch003 in "BYD to offer Tesla-like self-driving tech in all models for free"

glitch003 — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 19:35:34 +0000

surprisingly, it works excellent in rain. i was on the highway in florida in a torrential downpour, the kind where everyone turns their flashers on and goes 25mph. many people pulled over to wait it out. FSD handled it perfectly even though i could barely see. it did show a warning that it might be degraded due to weather, but there was no change in performance.

i can't speak for snow tho.

New comment by glitch003 in "macOS Sequoia is available today"

glitch003 — Tue, 17 Sep 2024 22:24:36 +0000

same way you do it in the iphone simulator - you hold the option key and the mouse button, and move the mouse up or down to simulate pinch to zoom.

https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1696762?sortBy=rank

The Global Computer and Evolution of Key Managemen

glitch003 — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 17:19:12 +0000

Article URL: https://spark.litprotocol.com/the-global-computer-and-evolution-of-key-management/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41301952

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by glitch003 in "Show HN: Payout.Team – Invoices for Freelancers Who Work on Ad Hoc Teams"

glitch003 — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 18:56:55 +0000

Hi HN - we’re building Payout.Team for freelancers, consultants, and contractors who work on projects together.

Here’s how it works: a users sends an invoice to their client, when the client pays, the funds are automatically routed to the members of the team / subcontractors. Payout.Team takes care of all the on-boarding and tax paper work for the subcontractors, including internationally.

Show HN: Payout.Team – Invoices for Freelancers Who Work on Ad Hoc Teams

glitch003 — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 18:42:57 +0000

Article URL: https://payout.team/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20577013

Points: 10

# Comments: 2

New comment by glitch003 in "What I Learned Trying to Secure Congressional Campaigns"

glitch003 — Tue, 28 May 2019 08:46:51 +0000

I do this with the sites I admin. I don't know why it's not more widespread.

New comment by glitch003 in "Twilio Super SIM"

glitch003 — Sun, 12 May 2019 05:43:07 +0000

With Google Fi you have to have a Google Pixel Phone, and it just works. Google is a MVNO so they can buy tower time from any carrier.

Edit: And yeah it's a single SIM.

New comment by glitch003 in "Google Is Turning Off the Works-with-Nest API"

glitch003 — Wed, 08 May 2019 05:32:02 +0000

Well, Google Apps accounts are for businesses, so it makes sense that they wouldn't work like a personal account.

New comment by glitch003 in "Burger King is rolling out meatless Impossible Whoppers nationwide"

glitch003 — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 21:50:41 +0000

They are Vegan. From mcd's website:

"Our World Famous Fries™ and hash browns are go-tos for our vegetarian and vegan guests. Since 2007, we’ve made them without any animal-sourced ingredients. We cook them in 100% vegetable oil, in a dedicated fryer separate from our meat items."

New comment by glitch003 in "Tesla Shakes Up Model 3 Lineup"

glitch003 — Sat, 13 Apr 2019 01:53:12 +0000

It already is: https://www.fastcompany.com/90209541/meet-the-renegade-whos-...

New comment by glitch003 in "Experts cracked laptop of crypto CEO who died with $137M, but the money was gone"

glitch003 — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 21:51:13 +0000

That's the whole point of the blockchain. Your money is sovereign. There is nobody to call when it gets stolen, but this also means that no government or bank or agency can take your money or prevent you from being paid (see Visa/Mastercard vs Wikileaks etc)

New comment by glitch003 in "Experts cracked laptop of crypto CEO who died with $137M, but the money was gone"

glitch003 — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 21:48:49 +0000

False. See cryptographic signing. A keyholder can sign a message with a private key, proving they possess the key, without exposing the key itself.