Hacker News: leecoursey

New comment by leecoursey in "California is chasing wealth that has feet"

leecoursey — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 23:19:31 +0000

See also this recent post on the practicalities and rationales of a Land Value Text: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/does-georgism-work-five-yea...

Electronics has a little-known price pain point. And it's getting worse

leecoursey — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 22:00:28 +0000

Article URL: https://www.axios.com/2026/08/18/circuit-board-inflation-ai-iran

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49353341

Points: 5

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New comment by leecoursey in "Models Are Getting Dumber on Purpose"

leecoursey — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:29:47 +0000

Are we slowly discovering what evolution already "realized" via optimization of human brains? i.e., procedural knowledge is easier to maintain than a library of facts, and facts can be accessed in external repositories if one knows the procedure for doing so.

2M Cars with KARR Anti-Theft Systems Are at Higher Risk of Theft

leecoursey — Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:07:43 +0000

Article URL: https://today.ucsd.edu/story/2-million-cars-with-anti-theft-systems-installed-by-dealers-are-at-higher-risk-of-theft

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49111992

Points: 5

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New comment by leecoursey in "US DOE to Convert Uranium Enrichment Facility into Data Center Campus"

leecoursey — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:44:22 +0000

The U.S. Department of Energy has partnered with private companies for a $100 billion investment to transform the former Paducah Site in Kentucky into a massive artificial intelligence data center and energy hub.

US DOE to Convert Uranium Enrichment Facility into Data Center Campus

leecoursey — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 23:44:22 +0000

Article URL: https://www.energy.gov/articles/energy-department-announces-partnership-expand-reliable-affordable-energy-access-and-power

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49104504

Points: 8

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Wordfence Prism AI Vulnerability Detector Finds Backdoored WordPress Plugin

leecoursey — Tue, 28 Jul 2026 21:29:05 +0000

Article URL: https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2026/07/wordfence-prism-detected-backdoored-wordpress-plugin-within-two-hours-of-it-being-introduced/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49090163

Points: 2

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"Google and Reddit do not own the Internet," web scraper says after court win

leecoursey — Mon, 27 Jul 2026 23:44:25 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/07/google-wont-give-up-odd-war-against-ai-web-scraping-despite-court-loss/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49077183

Points: 20

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New comment by leecoursey in "How many of the 170k English words do you know?"

leecoursey — Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:38:02 +0000

The correct response for each word is ALMOST always the longest answer.

Plots, love letters and remedies: The medieval secrets being revealed by AI

leecoursey — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:59:18 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260527-plots-love-letters-and-diplomacy-the-medieval-secrets-being-revealed-by-ai

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48535151

Points: 4

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A USB-connected speaker can infect a PC without ever being touched

leecoursey — Sat, 06 Jun 2026 20:39:26 +0000

Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/06/highly-reviewed-speaker-can-be-hacked-over-the-air-to-infect-connected-devices/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48428797

Points: 6

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New comment by leecoursey in "Show HN: Hallucinopedia"

leecoursey — Thu, 07 May 2026 02:20:56 +0000

My favorite of the several I generated this evening:

https://halupedia.com/recursive-trolley-problem

When innocent tools form dangerous chains to jailbreak LLM agents

leecoursey — Tue, 05 May 2026 19:06:32 +0000

Article URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25624

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48027039

Points: 2

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New comment by leecoursey in "Superfetation"

leecoursey — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 03:56:28 +0000

Superfetation, the simultaneous occurrence of multiple stages of developing offspring, is extremely rare in humans, with only a handful of confirmed cases.