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Show HN: Counterpart Analysis Skill

lloydjones — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 16:38:42 +0000

For those who are sometimes too kind or simply aren't good at reading others' intentions.

Works best with extra context about a person, along with transcripts.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48763990

Points: 1

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New comment by lloydjones in "Loops is a federated, open-source TikTok"

lloydjones — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 06:35:47 +0000

Is this using ATProtocol? I wasn’t clear from the site.

Congrats!

New comment by lloydjones in "Ask HN: Gmail spam filtering suddenly marking everything as spam?"

lloydjones — Sun, 25 Jan 2026 08:22:57 +0000

Me too!

And a load of fake DMARC setup confirmation emails for a domain I own.

New comment by lloydjones in "'Askers' vs. 'Guessers' (2010)"

lloydjones — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 23:08:17 +0000

They are, yes

New comment by lloydjones in "'Askers' vs. 'Guessers' (2010)"

lloydjones — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 09:07:57 +0000

Having said that, I have become a lot better at being direct these past few years, so I'd likely just say "I'm not able to, sorry. I can recommend some good hotels though".

New comment by lloydjones in "'Askers' vs. 'Guessers' (2010)"

lloydjones — Fri, 23 Jan 2026 09:06:43 +0000

I think guessers agonise over HOW to say "No" in contexts like this, and what it says about them as people.

"Can my family and I stay for two weeks?".

Then:

"No." (looks cold and heartless; do I want to project cold and heartless? Will they hate me?).

"I'm so sorry but I'm not able to. The house is a mess and it's really small" (performative, hand-wringing reluctance; we both know I'm lying).

"I just don't like to share my environment" (most truthful; might look petty to those who don't understand the need for privacy to that degree).

Show HN: PEC – A proposal for compliance metadata in the Model Context Protocol

lloydjones — Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:52:43 +0000

What it is:

PEC (Protocol-Embedded Compliance) is an academic proposal to extend Model Context Protocol (MCP) with compliance metadata, so AI agents can make compliance-aware tool selections.

The problem:

When an AI agent discovers tools via MCP, it has no standard way to know where that tool processes data, what certifications it holds, or what use restrictions apply. Each deployer has to figure this out manually.

The proposal:

A JSON schema extension where MCP servers declare processing locations (e.g., "EU-only", specific countries), certifications (HIPAA, PCI-DSS, ISO 27001, etc.), and use restrictions. This lets compliance-aware orchestrators filter tools before invocation.

Current status:

Draft paper targeting Q1 2026 publication. Draft schema available at https://usepec.eu. No adoption yet — seeking feedback from the MCP ecosystem.

What it's not:

This doesn't guarantee compliance or replace legal review. It standardises how tools declare compliance characteristics. The bet is that protocol-level standardisation is worth the coordination cost.

Happy to discuss the technical approach, alternative designs, or why this might be a terrible idea.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46587749

Points: 2

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The man who mistook his imagination for the truth

lloydjones — Sun, 21 Dec 2025 08:33:38 +0000

Article URL: https://mariakonnikova.substack.com/p/the-man-who-mistook-his-imagination

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46343199

Points: 10

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New comment by lloydjones in "Oliver Sacks put himself into his case studies – what was the cost?"

lloydjones — Thu, 18 Dec 2025 22:27:01 +0000

I feel that his pretentious, overwrought and unctuous writing was perhaps all because of an emptiness or inadequacy… His final years as a nice old gay man seem much more _normal_ and real, and he seems less of a fantasist at that stage…

New comment by lloydjones in "AI agents break rules under everyday pressure"

lloydjones — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 22:19:54 +0000

I’m more optimistic. I see there being iterations developed in conjunction with industry. It will sooner or later become strongly enforced and then to whatever extent it provides guardrails will be down to provisions in the act, plus interpretation.

New comment by lloydjones in "Transparent leadership beats servant leadership"

lloydjones — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 22:13:33 +0000

I don’t really relate to many comments here stating “my approach is X”, or “I went from servant-leader to process-master-whatever leader”.

I’ve found that trying to be anything but flexible to the environment is unrealistic and even egotistical.

E.g, There are some environments where the CEO is so “command and control” that the “I want us all to bring our authentic selves to the peace circle of work, and from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs, we will figure out a synergy that works for all” just won’t ever work.

And for me, being unable to adapt the approach to environment suggests ‘one trick pony’.

New comment by lloydjones in "AI agents break rules under everyday pressure"

lloydjones — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 07:17:32 +0000

I tried to think about how we might (in the EU) start to think about this problem within the law, if of interest to anyone: https://www.europeanlawblog.eu/pub/dq249o3c/release/1

New comment by lloydjones in "AI Is Breaking the Moral Foundation of Modern Society"

lloydjones — Wed, 03 Dec 2025 07:14:40 +0000

Perhaps sovereign compute is the answer? We have open weights models, as a sort of ‘public commons’ that democratises that layer, but compute is still the bottleneck for big companies..

New comment by lloydjones in "Norway wealth fund to vote for human rights report at Microsoft, against Nadella"

lloydjones — Sun, 30 Nov 2025 16:37:26 +0000

How so?

EU AI Act: Pre-Market Rules Don't Fit Runtime AI Agents

lloydjones — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 09:51:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.europeanlawblog.eu/pub/dq249o3c/release/1

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46032227

Points: 1

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New comment by lloydjones in "[dead]"

lloydjones — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:18:18 +0000

My company (live with a few design partner users, but still on waitlist publicly) just experienced “search hijacking”.

Our site is https://visibil.ai, and somebody has created “visibili.ai”.

Our response is to throw more vowels at the problem: https://visibilii.vercel.app/

New comment by lloydjones in "Affinity Studio now free"

lloydjones — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 18:26:44 +0000

I expressly bought this software (Designer, Photo, Publisher) out of principle, against Adobe's enshittification and monopolisation, and because it was premised on "pay once; own it forever".

This is obviously the 'tech circle of life' in action, but... how depressing...

I've always been guilty of preaching market diversification but sticking with the big(ger) players, but this sort of thing illustrates the need for multiple, viable players that all have good market share, so that – whenever one gets cannibalised and debased into some VC-money-addled marketing funnel – there are others to which people can flock in support/protest

New comment by lloydjones in "Make any TypeScript function durable"

lloydjones — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 20:04:27 +0000

"use turnMyBrainOff";

"use blackBoxWrapperForEverything";

New comment by lloydjones in "HP SitePrint"

lloydjones — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 18:42:26 +0000

You beat me to it!

Grand Theft Auto made him a legend. His latest game was a disaster

lloydjones — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 21:01:48 +0000

Article URL: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gzn34gwvwo

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45649344

Points: 4

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