<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: jjfoooo4</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=jjfoooo4</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 22:14:03 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=jjfoooo4" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jjfoooo4 in "Our position on open-weights models"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Requires some pretty tough to get raw materials and equipment, to say the least</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 01:48:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49078244</link><dc:creator>jjfoooo4</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49078244</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49078244</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jjfoooo4 in "Our position on open-weights models"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> How this would actually be achieved is unclear though. Dario is at least proposing a solution a solution<p>How it would be achieved is a pretty important bit! One which Dario is not proposing any concrete solution for other thanks hand waves at some gov safety committee.<p>Would this restrict downloads of an open model, or publishing?<p>Say we ban domestic hosting un-approved open models. How does Dario propose to ban downloads from abroad? You can’t tell what an encrypted payload contains, do we need to restrict encryption?</p>
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<p>Conversely, “we should stop X” should come with some idea of how to feasibly do so.<p>In any case, I’d summarize my position as “you cannot stop open source AI, and attempts at it will inevitably empower bad actors relative to good ones.”</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 13:25:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49035210</link><dc:creator>jjfoooo4</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49035210</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49035210</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jjfoooo4 in "The arguments against open source AI are bad"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I tried to address safety, albeit briefly, in the sections on backdoors and propaganda. What would you have liked to see?<p>I didn't give it much treatment because my frame of reference is about open vs closed AI, and I don't see a lot of daylight in safety concerns between the two.</p>
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<p>Yes that would be my view. Open access doesn't make it trivial, but remains the most expedient way to remediate these exploits.</p>
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<p>Article URL: <a href="https://tombedor.dev/arguments-against-open-source-ai-are-very-bad/">https://tombedor.dev/arguments-against-open-source-ai-are-very-bad/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49024643">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49024643</a></p>
<p>Points: 310</p>
<p># Comments: 215</p>
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<p>(I work for Block, not on this)<p>Cash App was not an acquisition, it originated as a hackweek within (what was then called) Square.<p>Possibly you’re thinking of the Afterpay acquisition?</p>
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<p>A sticky product is one that switching away from creates a major hassle. Which means the user will pay more to avoid said hassle.<p>“I don’t really have a strong preference between the two” is another way of saying “the product isn’t sticky”, which is another way of saying “this provider has very little room to increase margins”</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 02:53:42 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48987498</link><dc:creator>jjfoooo4</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48987498</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48987498</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jjfoooo4 in "Inkling: Our Open-Weights Model"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I don’t really get the business plan for open weights model companies, is the idea companies would pay them for serving?</p>
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<p>Article URL: <a href="https://tombedor.dev/political-spam/">https://tombedor.dev/political-spam/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48711456">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48711456</a></p>
<p>Points: 3</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
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<p>One major difference is that to send network traffic, you <i>have</i> to go through an ISP. With AI you have the option of local open source models</p>
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<p>Article URL: <a href="https://tombedor.dev/human-attention-and-human-effort/">https://tombedor.dev/human-attention-and-human-effort/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48497609">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48497609</a></p>
<p>Points: 1753</p>
<p># Comments: 503</p>
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<p>Down from 10 years ago, down quite a bit from 20 years ago</p>
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<p>But there's not an everyday use case for firearms and explosives for the average person. There's civilian, everyday task that would be easier were better firearms and explosives available</p>
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<p>Surely both manufacturer and convenience store have incentive to push the addictive product in this scenario.<p>In any case, drug dealers really don’t need to do any pushing, the drugs sell themselves. Have you ever taken an opioid? The idea that unfettered access would result in <i>less</i> addiction and death is a pretty remarkable POV</p>
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<p>That they aren’t participating in the AI arms race is very good for current earning</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 01:52:35 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47970522</link><dc:creator>jjfoooo4</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47970522</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47970522</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jjfoooo4 in "UAE to leave OPEC"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> Of course, this then introduces the circular reasoning "because of a potential US attack", but of course if Iran wasn't funding Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis<p>I think the first step of thinking about war objectively is to consider how each side sees it. The US POV is no less circular, from Iran’s perspective - they could list any number of provocations from the US to justify arming themselves, none more obvious than the war itself.<p>The debate around who started the hostility is ultimately pointless, the question is what to do about. Ideally the answer isn’t “arm for obliteration because the other side started it”</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 22:17:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47941634</link><dc:creator>jjfoooo4</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47941634</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47941634</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jjfoooo4 in "Open source memory layer so any AI agent can do what Claude.ai and ChatGPT do"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Even as someone highly interested in memory I don’t see it as a useful tool for coding. The source of truth for what a repo does or should do is the repo itself.<p>What you’re describing sounds more like code review guidelines, which can be explicitly brought into context at specific times during a change. A memory system is both too complex and less accurate for this</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 22:28:46 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47905218</link><dc:creator>jjfoooo4</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47905218</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47905218</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jjfoooo4 in "Open source memory layer so any AI agent can do what Claude.ai and ChatGPT do"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Simple vector similarity plus a cheap model to filter results works pretty well. Though ofc t does add tokens to your primary chat, which is the basic tradeoff of memory systems in general (in addition to latency)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 22:20:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47905161</link><dc:creator>jjfoooo4</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47905161</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47905161</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by jjfoooo4 in "Open source memory layer so any AI agent can do what Claude.ai and ChatGPT do"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I favor automatic recall, invisible to the agent. For memory creation, I find tool calls do a pretty good job, though I also like automatic memory creation on context compression.<p>I think with automatic creation you need async consolidation (calling it dreaming is a little dramatic for my taste).<p>My implementation is at Elroy.bot, I recently wrote about different approaches to agent memory here: <a href="https://tombedor.dev/approaches-to-agent-memory/" rel="nofollow">https://tombedor.dev/approaches-to-agent-memory/</a></p>
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