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New comment by inshard in "Larry Ellison: "Citizens will be on their best behavior because we’re recording""

inshard — Tue, 02 Jun 2026 18:16:18 +0000

You can’t have mass immigration from mainly economic migrants from the third world, under funded police forces, and a legal system built for high trust, highly educated, fairly homogeneous populace at the same time; and expect things to be all happy days.

New comment by inshard in "Ferrari Luce"

inshard — Mon, 25 May 2026 23:40:19 +0000

Those rear tail lights don’t sit right with me. I know there’s probably some aerodynamic reason behind it but Jony, those aren’t the proportions that just work. Steve wouldn’t approve this. And I feel Jony was always partly Steve when Jony was at his best.That said the issue is the asymmetric black negative space below and above the red circles. This is mostly fixed if you get the Luce in black or very dark gray.

What Ultimately Is There? Metaphysics and the Ruliad

inshard — Tue, 24 Feb 2026 10:40:16 +0000

Article URL: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2026/02/what-ultimately-is-there-metaphysics-and-the-ruliad/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47135414

Points: 2

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New comment by inshard in "Introducing the Developer Knowledge API and MCP Server"

inshard — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 05:13:32 +0000

I can relate to this. Gemini 3 doesn’t know a thing about iOS 26 or Liquid Glass. It constantly assumes this is some custom view that I want it to develop and ends up building something out the previous gen apis like ultrathinmaterial.

New comment by inshard in "Cells use 'bioelectricity' to coordinate and make group decisions"

inshard — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 07:07:33 +0000

Michael Levine really opened my mind to phase space in biology.

New comment by inshard in "Genetic data from over 20k U.S. children misused for 'race science'"

inshard — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:55:14 +0000

Many sub-Saharan African populations, such as Bantu-speaking West Africans, exhibit relatively lower genetic diversity compared to the Khoisan people, who typically have light brown skin. The Khoisan lineages diverged from those leading to Bantu and other sub-Saharan groups around 100,000–150,000 years ago, making them one of the most ancient human ancestries.

New comment by inshard in "Genetic data from over 20k U.S. children misused for 'race science'"

inshard — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 16:21:50 +0000

Interesting comparing these two entries:

https://grokipedia.com/page/OpenPsych

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenPsych

New comment by inshard in "Iran Protest Death Toll Could Top 30k, According to Local Health Officials"

inshard — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 14:34:15 +0000

Very tragic. May the souls that gave their lives for freedom live in the memory of the people of Iran as a blessing.

New comment by inshard in "How London cracked mobile phone coverage on the Underground"

inshard — Sun, 18 Jan 2026 07:25:22 +0000

The Paris metro figured this out perfectly way back in 2021 - full bars, 5G.

Could the optimal vibe coder be fundamentally different from the optimal SWE?

inshard — Wed, 24 Dec 2025 21:29:28 +0000

Would we witness a completely or somewhat materially distinct persona and set of natural talents flourish in the next paradigm of software development? Can we draw parallels when we transitioned from primitive languages to modern ones? Is the modern-day Swift developer materially different from the prior-day C+/Objective-C developer? What is the logical conclusion to this continuum? Do we eventually end up with thoughts being proactively converted into SW experiences for a user at some point? So, a form of diffusion models for UIs and advanced agents handling all the logic and the backend in real-time?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46379434

Points: 3

# Comments: 2

New comment by inshard in "Gemini 3 Flash in Gemini CLI is better than Claude Code"

inshard — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 07:06:55 +0000

The UI is better - they box the specific types of actions the orchestrator agent takes with a clear categorization. The standard quality of life shortcuts like type a number to respond to an MCQ are present here as well. They use specialized sub agents such as one with big context window to find context in the codebase. The quotas appear to be much more generous vs CC. The agent memory management between compacting cycles seems to have a few tricks CC is missing. Also, with 3.0 Flash, it feels faster with the same level of agency and intelligence. It has a feature to focus into an interactive shell where bash commands are being executed by the orchestrator agent. Doesn't feel like Google is trying to push you to buy more credits or is relying on this product for its financial survival - I suspect CC has some dark patterns around this where the agents runs cycles of token in circles with minimal progress on bugs before you have to top up your wallet. Early days still.

Gemini 3 Flash in Gemini CLI is better than Claude Code

inshard — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 07:04:46 +0000

Based on my testing with an ongoing project. It's much faster as well which is a step change in your productivity.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46351975

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by inshard in "From devastation to wonder as Kangaroo Island bushfires lead to cave discoveries"

inshard — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 04:56:49 +0000

Nice page design and even nicer photography.

Has anyone tried quantum randomness to drive temp functions for LLMs?

inshard — Sat, 20 Dec 2025 14:33:21 +0000

Would performance differ when compared to pseudo-randomness? Specifically, how does it affect deterministic outcomes and creativity, including new thinking?

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46336455

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by inshard in "Gemini 3 Flash: Frontier intelligence built for speed"

inshard — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 06:33:04 +0000

New comment by inshard in "Gemini 3 Flash: Frontier intelligence built for speed"

inshard — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 06:23:22 +0000

Tested it on Gemini CLI and the experience as good if not better than Claude Code. Gemini CLI has come a long way and is arguably likely to surpass Claude Code at this rate of progress.

New comment by inshard in "Gut bacteria from amphibians and reptiles achieve tumor elimination in mice"

inshard — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 05:37:03 +0000

This segment about the mechanism is simple and very profound. I wonder if any cancer researchers here could comment on its universality across various types of cancers:

"Tumor-Specific Accumulation Mechanism

E. americana selectively accumulates in tumor tissues with zero colonization in normal organs. This remarkable tumor specificity arises from multiple synergistic mechanisms:

Hypoxic Environment: The characteristic hypoxia of tumor tissues promotes anaerobic bacterial proliferation

Immunosuppressive Environment: CD47 protein expressed by cancer cells creates local immunosuppression, forming a permissive niche for bacterial survival

Abnormal Vascular Structure: Tumor vessels are leaky, facilitating bacterial extravasation

Metabolic Abnormalities: Tumor-specific metabolites support selective bacterial growth

Excellent Safety Profile

Comprehensive safety evaluation revealed that E. americana demonstrates:

Rapid blood clearance (half-life ~1.2 hours, completely undetectable at 24 hours)

Zero bacterial colonization in normal organs including liver, spleen, lung, kidney, and heart

Only transient mild inflammatory responses, normalizing within 72 hours

No chronic toxicity during 60-day extended observation"

New comment by inshard in "MIT professor shot at his Massachusetts home dies"

inshard — Wed, 17 Dec 2025 08:01:26 +0000

This is my theory as well. A google search for the late prof's name returns a .ir website at the top of the result for some reason. It's a tragic loss for the world and his loved ones as are the victims of the brown incident.

New comment by inshard in "Europeans' health data sold to US firm run by ex-Israeli spies"

inshard — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 16:34:43 +0000

Strange that a 9th October article shows up at the top of the feed given the events of the day in Sydney.

New comment by inshard in "The past was not that cute"

inshard — Sun, 07 Dec 2025 04:38:03 +0000

Everything is relative. Even the perception of effort, from the calories burned at work daily to sustain a livelihood, is subjective. What truly matters is the amount of effort required by your peers to achieve similar financial stability. We tolerate the work as long as everyone else is equally willing to do it.