Hacker News: laybak

New comment by laybak in "GPT-6 Astra"

laybak — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 20:22:46 +0000

I enjoyed it! for a big corporation, that's a well-executed video

New comment by laybak in "Terence Tao explains 6 essential mathematical concepts [video]"

laybak — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:10:26 +0000

this is great foundational content! I also enjoyed his earlier appearance on 3Blue1Brown

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdOXS_9_P4U

New comment by laybak in "Muse Glimmer: 30B-parameter model optimized for always-on local agent workflows"

laybak — Mon, 10 Aug 2026 17:33:19 +0000

I feel you. not sure if the "Glimmer" (of hope) branding is intentional to capture this vibe

New comment by laybak in "Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI?"

laybak — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:18:56 +0000

the Ken Liu story linked in the article is actually spot on. would recommend giving that a quick read

New comment by laybak in "Are we offloading too much of our thinking to AI?"

laybak — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 22:16:49 +0000

I laughed. underrated comment

New comment by laybak in "How Much Is AI Manipulating Us?"

laybak — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 01:58:11 +0000

you beat me lol

Decomposer: Learning to Decompile Symbolic Music (Like MIDI) to Programs

laybak — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 01:57:44 +0000

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.01849

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48812824

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by laybak in "Program-as-Weights: A Programming Paradigm for Fuzzy Functions"

laybak — Tue, 07 Jul 2026 01:56:04 +0000

this reminds me of this other flavor of "program as weights" I saw few months ago, putting deterministic programs inside the weights of an LLM

https://www.percepta.ai/blog/constructing-llm-computer

New comment by laybak in "Cannabis users face substantially higher risk of heart attack (2025)"

laybak — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 16:24:21 +0000

quite a few people I know consume edibles as the main form of cannabis. but it seems underrepresented in all the studies I've seen so far. as several others have pointed out, you would think the act of smoking would itself have nontrivial effects on health

New comment by laybak in "Instead of banning AI, I made a classroom contract with my students"

laybak — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 22:41:27 +0000

same. the older I get, the more I appreciate the "middle of the world" attitude in classical Chinese teachings. there's no single approach that's always / universally right. so it's wise to avoid going to the extreme in any direction

New comment by laybak in "The primary purpose of code review is to find code that will be hard to maintain"

laybak — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:35:42 +0000

this seems like a chain of good practices. though I find it hard to stay disciplined about keeping commits well scoped and well described

New comment by laybak in "The Perfect Match by Ken Liu (2012)"

laybak — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:35:45 +0000

Written a while ago but spot on

The Perfect Match by Ken Liu (2012)

laybak — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 11:35:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/fiction/the-perfect-match/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48759812

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

New comment by laybak in "I used Claude Code to get a second opinion on my MRI"

laybak — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 16:26:08 +0000

> AI can hallucinate, but I've been misdiagnosed by humans so many times too...

I've heard this experience from quite a few folks before, but this is my first time hearing about a mandatory 8 months quarantine as a consequence... damn

New comment by laybak in "GLM 5.2 beats Claude in our benchmarks"

laybak — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 22:12:56 +0000

how representative are Semgrep's benchmarks? everyone seems to have their own benchmark these days (guess it's good "content marketing") I'm honestly losing track