Hacker News: passwordoops

New comment by passwordoops in "Fossil CO2 emissions decrease in 2026"

passwordoops — Tue, 10 Nov 2026 12:39:55 +0000

Emissions budgets are calculated using accounting best practice, which are not designed for full transparency (ref: the creative accounting used to obscure every financial scandal and economic bubble). THIS is the curve that matters:

https://gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/global.html

The Iran blip is clearly seen, but it's just that - a blip. Levels continue to steadily rise.

New comment by passwordoops in "I'm not convinced the AI bubble exists"

passwordoops — Mon, 09 Nov 2026 12:08:03 +0000

Anyone who counts cost as part of their P&L shouldn't be allowed to make decisions! /s

New comment by passwordoops in "I'm not convinced the AI bubble exists"

passwordoops — Mon, 09 Nov 2026 12:01:17 +0000

The substack linked below only looks into one tiny sliver of the off-sheet circular financing that dwarfs even the most optimistic revenue growth, but it's a good place to start to understand why this is a bubble and that, yes, Anthropic is in fact "losing gigantic amounts of money":

"Boom and bust is not about revenue. To find that kind of risk, start by reading the balance sheet... [The 2008] bust came from off-balance-sheet instruments."

https://kennyfraser.substack.com/p/anthropic-ipo-part-one-wh...

Patrick Boyle goes into a deep dive that's well worth the watch:

https://youtu.be/Ic1Jf7VlXRM?si=DjiP6LVdEykBlWwU

New comment by passwordoops in "'We hacked the FBI:' Hackers say they have data on all FBI employees"

passwordoops — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 21:29:38 +0000

I think you're exaggerating a bit.

Does this answer your question?

New comment by passwordoops in "The Death of Shame Is Tearing Us Apart"

passwordoops — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 11:02:57 +0000

Like most things in life, moderation is key

New comment by passwordoops in "NASA: Fill in a name, and you can have an exclusive coordinate in the universe"

passwordoops — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 11:18:17 +0000

You just gotta choose the right pixel

New comment by passwordoops in "The safest job from AI may be writing"

passwordoops — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 02:28:15 +0000

Yeah not seeing it for technical writing. Especially in industries with even a hint of regulatory compliance, the imprecision is too significant. It's not for lack of trying or wishful thinking.

Either your colleagues are facing stiffer competition off-shore (not LLM driven) or their jobs were more about organizing, checking and sorting topics and data (LLMs can take that away)

New comment by passwordoops in "Anthropic's ‘watermark’ text adulteration in Claude is a perversion of writing"

passwordoops — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:44:46 +0000

You are one person. The corporation is not. Scale matters

AI music generator Suno loses copyright infringement legal case

passwordoops — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 10:01:45 +0000

Article URL: https://www.nme.com/news/music/ai-music-generator-suno-loses-copyright-infringement-legal-case-3960760

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49194676

Points: 2

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New comment by passwordoops in "Only 8.9% of sites block AI crawlers, but 94.8% are never cited in AI answers"

passwordoops — Sun, 02 Aug 2026 12:57:50 +0000

LLM's were obviously going be ruined by two factors:

1- LLM Crawler Optimization: the new SEO

2- Weightings-For-Pay: for a fee have your product or service come up more frequently in associated answers

New comment by passwordoops in ""the very foundation of modern academia has been blown to bits""

passwordoops — Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:04:10 +0000

More like how using hand-held computers programmed for dopamine hits could further entrench a sedentary lifestyle, reduce social cohesion, and lead to individual brain rot

New comment by passwordoops in "National Security Determination Threat Posed by Foreign-Produced Robotic Devices [pdf]"

passwordoops — Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:38:02 +0000

Amazingly ironic that the administration most deeply in bed to the finance sector's bidding is now identifying the result of the finance sector's 50 year push to offshore everything a problem for National security

New comment by passwordoops in "Google Discloses $94.1B in SpaceX Stock, Marking 6% Stake"

passwordoops — Sun, 26 Jul 2026 13:11:54 +0000

"The company’s marketable equity securities include $80 billion in shares subject to short-term restrictions and $14.1 billion subject to long-term restrictions"

Actually more like $14.1 and whatever value the other $80 is worth when they sell. Which is probably going to be worth well North of whatever is lost on the $14.1 B long-term... All part of the scam to inflate the value of the AI bubble

New comment by passwordoops in "Turning a pile of documents into a searchable useable knowledge base"

passwordoops — Thu, 09 Jul 2026 02:08:08 +0000

Care to elaborate?

New comment by passwordoops in "Google details new 24-hour process to sideload unverified Android apps"

passwordoops — Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:33:46 +0000

Like the ones constantly advertising across Google's plethora of platforms without any repercussions or possibility of recourse with Google? For my safety, of course.

New comment by passwordoops in "A basket of new fruit varieties is coming your way"

passwordoops — Sun, 08 Mar 2026 19:00:07 +0000

Faced with a full-length pop-up saying they care about my privacy just made me think, "if you cared about my privacy, you wouldn't track me and therefore wouldn't need ny consent for anything"

New comment by passwordoops in "Google Safe Browsing missed 84% of confirmed phishing sites"

passwordoops — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 16:43:45 +0000

Anecdotal and loosely related, but I can say since Gemini was forced into Gmail, much more obvious SPAM passes the filter

New comment by passwordoops in "Waymo blocking ambulance during deadly Austin shooting"

passwordoops — Sun, 01 Mar 2026 23:18:19 +0000

Depends who's observing

New comment by passwordoops in "Google Fulfilled ICE Subpoena Demanding Student Journalist Credit Card Number"

passwordoops — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 18:16:10 +0000

How far back do you have to go for Microsoft to be seen as "good" the way Google was?

New comment by passwordoops in "New York’s budget bill would require “blocking technology” on all 3D printers"

passwordoops — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 12:04:58 +0000

IP/BigCo lawyers are probably the main lobbyists behind this article in the bill so I would think soonish