<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: polishTar</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=polishTar</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2026 03:18:10 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=polishTar" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by polishTar in "Meta removes ads for social media addiction litigation"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That’s an internet argument. The legal issue being debated in actual courts has never been “does Facebook have the technical capability to remove content”.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:59:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47718278</link><dc:creator>polishTar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47718278</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47718278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by polishTar in "Denmark's struggle to break up with Silicon Valley"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>But Google <i>is</i> willing to host their content in search, right?<p>They're just not willing to pay since there's no revenue benefit to search hosting it. It seems like Danish media doesn't like this and has chosen to withhold their content, which is their right of course, but it seems strange to contort that into a claim that Google is doing censorship.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2026 20:58:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46639207</link><dc:creator>polishTar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46639207</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46639207</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by polishTar in "OpenAI declares 'code red' as Google catches up in AI race"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>That's a bit revisionist. Network effects were obvious when Google acquired Youtube. Google Video had the edge technically, but it didn't matter because Youtube had the users/content and Google saw that very clearly in their user growth before they made their offer.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2025 07:57:06 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46131437</link><dc:creator>polishTar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46131437</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46131437</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by polishTar in "California DMV approves map increase in Waymo driverless operations"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Municipalities are generally preempted from regulating matters of statewide concern. In CA, the state decided to have the CA DMV regulate operational safety and the CPUC regulate the commercial service. Individual cities are prevented from enacting local laws that encroach upon state authority.</p>
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<p>Oracle Chrome, Ha! I wouldn't even be surprised if that's exactly how it plays out.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 15:32:48 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42184575</link><dc:creator>polishTar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42184575</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42184575</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by polishTar in "Judge dismisses DMCA copyright claim in GitHub Copilot suit"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Ah, you're right. I was wrong to say "public domain".<p>It would be more correct to say Quake III Arena was released to the public as free software under the GPLv2 license.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2024 20:59:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40921031</link><dc:creator>polishTar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40921031</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40921031</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by polishTar in "Judge dismisses DMCA copyright claim in GitHub Copilot suit"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Fast inverse square root is now part of the public domain.<p>Also, even if this weren’t the case you can’t sue for damages to other people (they’d need to bring their own suit)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Jul 2024 20:15:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40920606</link><dc:creator>polishTar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40920606</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40920606</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by polishTar in "Gemini 1.5 outshines GPT-4-Turbo-128K on long code prompts, HVM author"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>For enterprise, Google has something called Vertex AI which has a strict privacy policy but you have to pay just like any other typical cloud service.<p>Presumably Gemini 1.5 will be available there soon.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2024 06:29:21 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39426743</link><dc:creator>polishTar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39426743</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39426743</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by polishTar in "Mark Zuckerberg on Apple Vision Pro [video]"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>what do you mean?<p>If you've ever used a VR headset you'll know the weight is extremely important when it comes to comfort. This isn't just a random marketing metric.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 04:47:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39366601</link><dc:creator>polishTar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39366601</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39366601</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by polishTar in "Cloudflare defeats patent troll Sable at trial"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A lot of patent trolls are very small companies though</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2024 20:34:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39350098</link><dc:creator>polishTar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39350098</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39350098</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by polishTar in "Bard's latest updates: Access Gemini Pro globally and generate images"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I got something totally different when I asked: <a href="https://g.co/bard/share/d5830c43d539" rel="nofollow">https://g.co/bard/share/d5830c43d539</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2024 17:50:57 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39218877</link><dc:creator>polishTar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39218877</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39218877</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by polishTar in "Autonomous trucking is harder than autonomous rideshare"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Gatik has yet to remove safety drivers as I understand it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2024 19:07:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38993377</link><dc:creator>polishTar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38993377</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38993377</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by polishTar in "An artist fights Midjourney"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Eh, it depends.<p>I don't know if this is the case, but if these images were released to press & public as part of a media resource pack with a permissive license used to market the movie (which I <i>believe</i> is commonly done in this industry), I'd have a hard time empathizing with the viewpoint that Midjourney is doing something wicked by including it in their training data.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Dec 2023 01:58:20 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38801011</link><dc:creator>polishTar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38801011</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38801011</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by polishTar in "GM's Cruise alleged to rely on human operators to achieve "autonomous" driving"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Other ridehail products like uber or lyft have 100% human intervention all the time. I think that's what the parent comment is referring to.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Nov 2023 03:38:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38147875</link><dc:creator>polishTar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38147875</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38147875</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by polishTar in "Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I was referring to the graphic they showed during the announcement that verbatim said the CPU was "up to 20% faster than M1 Pro".<p><a href="https://images.macrumors.com/t/wMtonfH5PZT9yjQhYNv0uHbpIlM=/800x0/article-new/2023/10/m3-pro-soc.jpg?lossy" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://images.macrumors.com/t/wMtonfH5PZT9yjQhYNv0uHbpIlM=/...</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2023 16:17:27 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38100453</link><dc:creator>polishTar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38100453</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38100453</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by polishTar in "Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>You're not considering the difference in performance between the p and e cores. The math should be something more like:<p><pre><code>  M2 pro = 8*3 + 4 =28 (the *3 representing that the performance cores contribute ~3x more to total system performance than the efficiency cores)

  M3 pro = 6*3*1.15 + 6*1.3 =28 (apple claims 15% more performance for the p cores not 20%)
</code></pre>
> They do say the system overall is up to 65% faster, and has lower power consumption at the same performance level.<p>They don't claim either of those things. They claim the performance is 20% faster than the M1 pro. Interestingly, they made that exact same claim when they announced the M2 pro.<p>Energy efficiency might be better, but I'm skeptical till I see tests. I suspect at least some of the performance gains on the p+e cores are driven by running at higher clock rates and less efficiently. That may end up being more significant to total energy consumption than the change in the mix of p/e cores. To put it another way, they have more e cores, but their new e cores may be less efficient due to higher clock speeds. Total energy efficiency could go down. We'll just have to wait and see but given that apple isn't claiming an increase in battery life for the M3 pro products compared to their M2 pro counterparts, I don't think we should expect an improvement.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2023 15:16:16 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38086113</link><dc:creator>polishTar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38086113</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38086113</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by polishTar in "Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I guess we'll have to wait for benchmarks but I did find this interesting:<p>Apple's PR release for M2 pro: "up to 20 percent greater performance over M1 Pro"<p>Apple's announcement for M3 pro: "up to 20 percent faster than M1 Pro" (they didn't bother to compare it to M2 pro)</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2023 02:03:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38079232</link><dc:creator>polishTar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38079232</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38079232</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by polishTar in "Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I love Apple's E cores. It just sucks that the M3 pro gains so few given the reduction in P cores.<p>Apple's E cores take up ~1/4 the die space of their P core. If the M3 pro lost 2 performance cores but gained 4-8 efficiency cores it'd be a much more reasonable trade.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2023 01:49:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38079095</link><dc:creator>polishTar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38079095</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38079095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by polishTar in "Apple unveils M3, M3 Pro, and M3 Max"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>In addition to the reduced memory bandwidth, the M3 pro also loses 2 performance cores for only 2 more efficiency cores.<p>M2 pro: 8 performance cores + 4 efficiency cores.<p>M3 pro: 6 performance cores + 6 efficiency cores.<p>Not a great trade... I'm not sure the M3 pro can be considered an upgrade</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Oct 2023 01:21:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38078797</link><dc:creator>polishTar</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38078797</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38078797</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by polishTar in "Threads Software Limited gives Meta 30 days to stop using the name Threads"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Precisely. If you chose your product/company name to be a common word in the english language you should expect it to be more difficult to exclude others from using it too. I don't think there's anything wrong with this, it's just the consequence of a non-distinctive trademark.<p>This should apply for both threads software and meta.<p>I'm a bit surprised how many people here have sympathy for companies trying to enforce exclusivity over common names. Let anybody use "threads" if they want.</p>
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