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New comment by popdu in "OpenAI agent hacked Australian government website, PM says"

popdu — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:37:35 +0000

Nukes. Early tests carried out without absolute confidence of what would set out apocalyptic chain reaction.

Could argue we knew it was dangerous, but pursued it anyway. Could argue it's not much different than now: Unknown unknowns, potentially apocalyptic consequences, hopefully not.

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popdu — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:20:30 +0000

Moral of the story: Don't run planning poker :)

New comment by popdu in "Exceptions should not be handled – they should be aggregated"

popdu — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 12:39:16 +0000

No worries, no harm no foul. Thanks for being an inspiration/springboard for my strawman larp at the article. It amused me greatly, hopefully amuses someone else as well. All in good fun.

New comment by popdu in "Exceptions should not be handled – they should be aggregated"

popdu — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:54:40 +0000

Working under a simple structure to expect the best of people I am mandated to presume you read the article leaving me confused as to how your comment relates to social sciences. This causes me great discomfort and although objectively irrational, leads me to wish that the authors soon conclude their future work on exception aggregation to resolve the situation. This also reinforces my past evaluation that the Japanese sure are an interesting bunch.