Hacker News: olalonde

New comment by olalonde in "California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verification law after backlash"

olalonde — Tue, 26 May 2026 11:34:53 +0000

They could and should have foreseen this as well.

New comment by olalonde in "California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verification law after backlash"

olalonde — Tue, 26 May 2026 08:04:54 +0000

Lawmakers should have foreseen this would be the consequence of the law and not have gone through with it.

New comment by olalonde in "California moves to exempt Linux from its age-verification law after backlash"

olalonde — Tue, 26 May 2026 08:00:56 +0000

Browsers can literally chose not to store cookies... There is no need to bring trust in the equation.

New comment by olalonde in "The Eternal Sloptember"

olalonde — Mon, 25 May 2026 13:04:30 +0000

Prediction: the author will wish the Internet Archive didn't exist in a few years.

Helpful tool if you're somebody who files FOIA requests for email logs

olalonde — Mon, 25 May 2026 11:50:47 +0000

Article URL: https://bsky.app/profile/anthonymoser.com/post/3mmnhqjifls2h

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48265775

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

Bullwhip Effect

olalonde — Sun, 24 May 2026 20:41:19 +0000

Article URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bullwhip_effect

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48260814

Points: 10

# Comments: 1

New comment by olalonde in "Microsoft reports AI is more expensive than paying human employees"

olalonde — Sat, 23 May 2026 04:49:54 +0000

Also, from the article it seems they just switched from one LLM (Claude Code) to another one (GitHub Copilot) rather than abandoning "AI"...

New comment by olalonde in "It is time to give up the dualism introduced by the debate on consciousness"

olalonde — Mon, 18 May 2026 18:46:07 +0000

As a philosophical zombie, I have to disagree here.

New comment by olalonde in "OpenAI and Government of Malta partner to roll out ChatGPT Plus to all citizens"

olalonde — Sun, 17 May 2026 08:50:10 +0000

You got a certificate though.

New comment by olalonde in "NYT and vaping: How to lie by saying only true things (2022)"

olalonde — Sat, 16 May 2026 06:30:45 +0000

Apparently, a lot of people blame his nicotine article for getting addicted to nicotine.

Stochastic Parrots: Frequently Unasked Questions

olalonde — Wed, 13 May 2026 20:34:52 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@emilymenonbender/stochastic-parrots-frequently-unasked-questions-49c2e7d22d11

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48127151

Points: 51

# Comments: 61

New comment by olalonde in "Poland is now among the 20 largest economies"

olalonde — Fri, 08 May 2026 12:55:21 +0000

Were they not educated and motivated before?

New comment by olalonde in "AI slop is killing online communities"

olalonde — Thu, 07 May 2026 23:49:24 +0000

More of a philosophical question but if you have no idea whether it's a human or robot, does it really matter? Personally I dislike AI slop only when I can tell it is...

When Claudia Met Claudius

olalonde — Wed, 06 May 2026 11:49:44 +0000

Article URL: https://unherd.com/2026/05/when-claudia-met-claudius/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48035153

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by olalonde in "GameStop makes $55.5B takeover offer for eBay"

olalonde — Mon, 04 May 2026 10:47:47 +0000

"I like the stock" - GameStop

The Network

olalonde — Fri, 01 May 2026 11:06:56 +0000

Article URL: https://www.citadel21.com/the-network

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47973363

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by olalonde in "UAE to leave OPEC"

olalonde — Wed, 29 Apr 2026 06:43:35 +0000

That Western culture is only a few years old and only affects a tiny percentage of people who opt into it.

New comment by olalonde in "Mahjong: A Visual Guide"

olalonde — Sun, 26 Apr 2026 04:51:33 +0000

Really well made website. I played a few times in Shenzhen (slightly different rules), but it's difficult to find players willing to accommodate a beginner because Mahjong players typically play really fast (I'd say on average <1s per turn).

New comment by olalonde in "There Will Be a Scientific Theory of Deep Learning"

olalonde — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:50:38 +0000

This one is impressive too: https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.12948

New comment by olalonde in "There Will Be a Scientific Theory of Deep Learning"

olalonde — Sat, 25 Apr 2026 10:45:40 +0000

Same with electricity. We had Ohm's Law and were building electrical devices (e.g. telegraph, lightbulb) long before we discovered the electron.