Hacker News: pseudalopex

New comment by pseudalopex in "Discourse Is Not Going Closed Source"

pseudalopex — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:57:26 +0000

> I wouldn't say all lies are bad faith.

No one said this.

New comment by pseudalopex in "Discourse Is Not Going Closed Source"

pseudalopex — Fri, 17 Apr 2026 05:02:21 +0000

Hiding something to manipulate public perception is bad faith.

New comment by pseudalopex in "jj – the CLI for Jujutsu"

pseudalopex — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:38:05 +0000

Mercurial and Git started around the same time. Linus worried BitMover could threaten Mercurial developers because Mercurial and BitKeeper were more similar.

New comment by pseudalopex in "Backpacks got worse on purpose"

pseudalopex — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:18:19 +0000

When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3."[1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

New comment by pseudalopex in "Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data"

pseudalopex — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:02:39 +0000

This disruption, according to a University statement, involved shoving police officers, making guests of the University feel threatened and denying students the opportunity to experience the career fair.

Sun reporters on the scene did not observe any physical violence towards law enforcement but did note distress among recruiters, students and administration involved in the career fair.[1]

[1] https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2024/09/pro-palestine-pro...

New comment by pseudalopex in "Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data"

pseudalopex — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:58:21 +0000

> I don't pretend to be a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure that revoking a visa is not a criminal sanction, and the Dept of State has broad discretion wrt visas.

Their 1st sentence said clearly bureaucrats or even leadership should not have broad discretion I thought. And they did not say criminal sanction. What did you think implied it?

New comment by pseudalopex in "Google broke its promise to me – now ICE has my data"

pseudalopex — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:29:40 +0000

> Analogies are never perfect.

This was a fallacious excuse for a fallacious analogy.

> Revoking a visa is not a criminal sanction and not a violation of your rights, as there is no right to a visa.

They mentioned inherent freedoms. They believed rights and laws are different seemingly.

> Your citizenship cannot be revoked.

Your citizenship cannot be revoked possibly. Others can.[2]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47537839

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denaturalization

New comment by pseudalopex in "Hacker compromises A16Z-backed phone farm, calling them the 'antichrist'"

pseudalopex — Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:44:13 +0000

> I thought A16Z were a top-tier VC wanting to create long-term value.

They invested in Cheddr.

We're building the TikTok of sports wagering. Accessible by 18 to 21 year olds. Live in game micro betting. Swipe to predict every moment. It's sports wagering at the pace of a slot machine.[1]

They invested in Coverd.

Bet on your bills — OnlyFans, child support, and last night’s Uber. Wipe them from your credit card by playing your favorite casino games all from the comfort of our app.[2]

"We didn't build Coverd to help people inhibit their spending; we built it to make spending exciting. We let spenders win twice – the second time is when they play it back and win. Our users want immediacy and upside. Coverd gamifies transactions with real financial leverage, meeting users where they are and turning spending into a moment they look forward to," said Albert Wang, co-founder & CEO of Coverd.[3]

[1] https://player.vimeo.com/video/1067223945

[2] https://archive.is/XWKEI

[3] https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/coverd-launches-app...

New comment by pseudalopex in "Sam Altman's response to Molotov cocktail incident"

pseudalopex — Sat, 11 Apr 2026 22:17:21 +0000

Most people believe some violence is correct. But the disagreements include every variable.

New comment by pseudalopex in "The Future of Everything Is Lies, I Guess: Part 3 – Culture"

pseudalopex — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 02:43:45 +0000

Visitors are subject to UK law.

Reddit is weighing identity verification methods to combat its bot problem

pseudalopex — Sun, 22 Mar 2026 15:19:27 +0000

Article URL: https://www.engadget.com/social-media/reddit-is-weighing-identity-verification-methods-to-combat-its-bot-problem-195814671.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47478433

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New comment by pseudalopex in "Warranty Void If Regenerated"

pseudalopex — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 13:23:33 +0000

There was another rule you did not know seemingly. Please don't use HN primarily for promotion. It's ok to post your own stuff part of the time, but the primary use of the site should be for curiosity.[1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

New comment by pseudalopex in "Tech companies defeat bill as AI drains local water supplies"

pseudalopex — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:38:41 +0000

> The only source quoted on the water issue is an EE professor from a school in California, who I am guessing is not a subject matter expert on water in Washington state.

New comment by pseudalopex in "John Carmack about open source and anti-AI activists"

pseudalopex — Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:08:39 +0000

The point was to separate MIT and GPL was wrong.

> My personal thought on that: it's going to be almost guaranteed that, if an LLM is producing stuff it clearly derived from a certain piece of code XYZ, it will also be capable of producing the correct answer to the question "what's the license for XYZ?" And lawyers will successfully argue that this counts as "included".

The MIT license terms are not say the name the license if asked. They are The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

And this would be improbable for many reasons I think.

New comment by pseudalopex in "John Carmack about open source and anti-AI activists"

pseudalopex — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 23:53:05 +0000

> Sure, but developers are permitted to learn from open source code with restrictive copyrights, and apply those lessons to developing other software which does not comply with the copyright of their 'example'.

This was a different argument. And there is no contradiction to separate LLMs and people.

> As an aside, I do believe that LLM trainers are ignoring and violating many licenses, but open-source software is not a clear example of a violation.

How?

New comment by pseudalopex in "John Carmack about open source and anti-AI activists"

pseudalopex — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 23:13:19 +0000

Reproduce is a definition of replicate. And LLMs reproduced code.

New comment by pseudalopex in "John Carmack about open source and anti-AI activists"

pseudalopex — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 21:56:20 +0000

Most licenses do.

New comment by pseudalopex in "John Carmack about open source and anti-AI activists"

pseudalopex — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 21:51:36 +0000

The view LLMs should respect open source software licenses is not for replication alone. Models and generated code are derived from training data.

New comment by pseudalopex in "John Carmack about open source and anti-AI activists"

pseudalopex — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 21:30:47 +0000

Their open source software depended on or derived from your package. They included your copyright notice with software they distributed. Someone contributed code. Someone reported a bug. Someone requested a feature. Someone mentioned it at a conference. I could continue.

New comment by pseudalopex in "John Carmack about open source and anti-AI activists"

pseudalopex — Fri, 13 Mar 2026 20:31:47 +0000

There is no contradiction. Open source software licenses allow use without conditions. Ad blocker use does not distribute the modified web pages.