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New comment by jzer0cool in "An Alien Mind"

jzer0cool — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 20:23:29 +0000

It would be nice to postulate some of these potential emergent systems outlines with timelines. Then it may help better map the granular alignment needs.

Any Good Books to Read

jzer0cool — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:56:59 +0000

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49385935

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New comment by jzer0cool in "The August 17 outage"

jzer0cool — Fri, 21 Aug 2026 09:30:25 +0000

Interview question. How would you handle the growing traffic needs and traffic spikes. I'm curious whether any existing architectural diagram of theirs would highlight a potential failure post-mordem.

New comment by jzer0cool in "Watching TikTok and Instagram deactivates the cognitive control network: Study"

jzer0cool — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 19:46:18 +0000

Isn't much of all this the modern couch potato and same as many research done being glued to the TV? It's channel surfing.

New comment by jzer0cool in "How do I permanently disable random Google Photos popup to backup photos? (2024)"

jzer0cool — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 06:38:09 +0000

I have it off. Although not backed up I see the image sorta AI scanned where, for a moment it outlines, segments people for a brief moment. Anyone notice this and what is going on?

New comment by jzer0cool in "I was accused of using AI in my dissertation but I wrote it all myself"

jzer0cool — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:01:48 +0000

From article: > The marker's notes - seen by the BBC - raise concerns about the "polished/uniform tone" of the work, noting the "consistent flawless grammar and similar sentence structure with no variation in style". The notes also mention a "formulaic paragraph structure that follows a typical AI pattern of 'general claim, the example/result, and conclusion'." Other observations point to repetitive phrasing and a lack of "nuanced critique" as well as a high usage of "em" dashes, a type of punctuation thought to be favoured by AI models.

Judging by the given remarks I see nothing here which proves AI use.

New comment by jzer0cool in "Illinois just passed a law that puts Linux on the hook for age verification"

jzer0cool — Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:06:51 +0000

I get the privacy concern in regards to advertising ones age, but I wonder if this is akin to a underage walking into a liquor store, interacting with stranger adults, etc. There are obvious appropriate and inappropriate behaviors to minors.

Let's confine only of consumer OS and is provisioned with an underage bracket (you set it to what you want, And Not a Require verify). All sites/app the OS interacts must honor certain child protection laws (privacy, selling, gathering etc)?

What is the main discussion surrounding placing (by choice) some 'optional' age bracket to enter during the OS setup/provisioning? The OS as provider only declares an age and it seems the sites/apps it interacts with to be the ones in the hook, not the OS.

New comment by jzer0cool in "DARPA, U.S. Air Force fly AI-controlled F-16"

jzer0cool — Fri, 24 Jul 2026 06:01:10 +0000

Ender's Game has arrived! One of my favorite books. Spoiler, read the book. Don't just vibe read it.

New comment by jzer0cool in "LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent"

jzer0cool — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:08:45 +0000

How to ensure physical devices like keyboard, monitor, mouse are safe? Essentially all recording devices.

New comment by jzer0cool in "If you want to create a button from scratch, you must first create the universe"

jzer0cool — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:01:40 +0000

So a button big bang. Born the Light (Minimalist) and Dark patterns

New comment by jzer0cool in "Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail"

jzer0cool — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 06:21:01 +0000

In the 2nd image (clearest) and other images, there appears to be some binary encoding in red. It must encode something!

New comment by jzer0cool in "The kids with phones are alright"

jzer0cool — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 06:13:16 +0000

Who is recording? Who is watching? Who controls the data? All compounded issues when data is hardly ephemeral and is long-lived.

New comment by jzer0cool in "The Tower Keeps Rising"

jzer0cool — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 19:33:57 +0000

> the people is one, ... one language, ..., nothing will be restrained from them

Why being one (I see as collaborative) was it not desired? Interpretations? Why is it seemed *more* harmful rather than good?

New comment by jzer0cool in "How to build a circular LCD clock"

jzer0cool — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 05:30:59 +0000

$159 quite expensive for the LCD

New comment by jzer0cool in "We Know Simple Fluids Can Flow. Turns Out, Some Can Fracture"

jzer0cool — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 05:24:16 +0000

This seems more of inertia, Newton's first law. "An object at rest stays at rest,...". What comes to mind say there is some threshold acceleration (e.g. or at extreme, accelerate to c within some short time, t), then essentially you have a body at rest and breaks at the weakest point. Interesting would be seeing this effect with varying viscosity.

New comment by jzer0cool in "New York City to ban deceptive subscription practices"

jzer0cool — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 19:45:42 +0000

Nintendo (subscription I have for my switch to access some older a classic games btw) is very good reminding me I have a subscription and whether I want to cancel (or renew). I don't have the email at hand but what I remember is thinking they really desire you to reflect to cancel (rather than a push to renew) if not wanting continued service. Sentiment of politeness and I find a good example what to do.

Also, not a subscription but seeing some dark practices after COVID onset at any fast-food like business (including cafes, juices, cupcakes, etc) where a preselected tip is selected. Default should be no.

New comment by jzer0cool in "Why American ambulance rides are so expensive"

jzer0cool — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 08:07:57 +0000

So what is the practical advice to avoid high costs? Also for foreigners, long ago had a friend visit from Asia and wave away ambulance after a potential serious injury (waiver not to be transported) knowing of the high medical costs.

New comment by jzer0cool in "Show HN: 18 Words"

jzer0cool — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 19:39:18 +0000

M-E-T-I-R

New comment by jzer0cool in "The Art of Computer Programming by Donald E. Knuth"

jzer0cool — Wed, 08 Jul 2026 05:32:51 +0000

Let C, chapters V, volumes W, words Is Knuth producing V, optimally and asymptomatically approaches O(n)? Explain. If not O(n) the explain how to approach or better.

New comment by jzer0cool in "Reparaible and open source paper printer"

jzer0cool — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 22:06:31 +0000

Can we expect photos to be looking nice?