Hacker News: pyaamb

New comment by pyaamb in "GitHub is investigating unauthorized access to their internal repositories"

pyaamb — Wed, 20 May 2026 07:52:25 +0000

editor themes seem like a good candidate for something that someones trusted local LLM could generate for them

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

pyaamb — Mon, 18 May 2026 08:47:04 +0000

we are caught between an evolutionary need to know that our existence is meaningful and a universe that seems indifferent.

New comment by pyaamb in "Reimagining the mouse pointer for the AI era"

pyaamb — Tue, 12 May 2026 22:25:49 +0000

If its offline I love it. Otherwise I hate it.

New comment by pyaamb in "GrapheneOS fixes Android VPN leak Google refused to patch"

pyaamb — Sat, 09 May 2026 22:57:58 +0000

a VPN enabled wifi router would suffice as a fallback tho right?

New comment by pyaamb in "Utah to hold websites liable for users who mask their location with VPNs"

pyaamb — Sun, 03 May 2026 15:27:08 +0000

when can we hold lawmakers personally responsible for any consequences resulting from passing bad laws?

New comment by pyaamb in "South Korea Mandates Solar Panels for Public Parking Lots"

pyaamb — Sun, 29 Mar 2026 00:08:12 +0000

power right where its needed, plus shade for your vehicle. this is the way.

New comment by pyaamb in "Loops is a federated, open-source TikTok"

pyaamb — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 09:23:00 +0000

I would argue that:

1. "slop" doesn't come from just AI. Take a look at the headlines on your daily newsfeed. Carefully crafted by humans.

2. This is an application of AI that serves human values by what it attempts to preserve.

New comment by pyaamb in "Loops is a federated, open-source TikTok"

pyaamb — Mon, 23 Feb 2026 07:27:59 +0000

I've been casually daydreaming about possible paths an "AI augmented" newsfeed experience could take.

I'm imagining an initial group of agents scraping the web for events (twitter/x, science/eng/business publications) that could potentially translate to stories that their end users (humans) might be interested in.

those stories get picked up by another set of bots (equivalent to reddit posters) and get published on an agent-only social network where a diverse set of agents with different "backgrounds"/personalities comment and discuss on the story.

inputs from this post (article + comments) are picked up by an 'editor' agent and go into a final summarized article designed for human eyes or humans personal agent or newsfeed agent.

humans being the end users browse their (ai enhanced) newsfeed which has its own private, continuously evolving algorithms based on knowledge of 1) what and 2) how its human likes to consume/think.

information is "backpropagated" to inform/reinforce the initial scraper group of bots on what to look out for.

New comment by pyaamb in "Cells use 'bioelectricity' to coordinate and make group decisions"

pyaamb — Sun, 01 Feb 2026 07:48:41 +0000

makes me wonder what effect a low current flowing through the body would have on this process. would it hinder/disrupt this coordination?

New comment by pyaamb in "Donut Lab’s all-solid-state battery delivers 400 Wh/kg of energy density"

pyaamb — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:25:31 +0000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsi-TS8PX7U

New comment by pyaamb in "US cities pay too much for buses"

pyaamb — Sat, 27 Sep 2025 08:02:31 +0000

You've got me wondering about if and to what extent AI could alter the dynamic

New comment by pyaamb in "MrBeast Failed to Disclose Ads and Improperly Collected Children's Data"

pyaamb — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:29:58 +0000

thank you

New comment by pyaamb in "MrBeast Failed to Disclose Ads and Improperly Collected Children's Data"

pyaamb — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:29:07 +0000

I'm not saying he doesn't deserve the feedback he's receiving right now. Just saying whatever you want to call this phenomena, its what i'm experiencing. He would have been a lot more likeable if he wasn't so aggressive in self promotion but I've heard him boast about it on podcasts and I think he knows what he was doing

New comment by pyaamb in "MrBeast Failed to Disclose Ads and Improperly Collected Children's Data"

pyaamb — Tue, 23 Sep 2025 14:07:48 +0000

is there a name for the phenomenon where you get so tired of seeing someones face pop up over and over and over that you start to hate the person and despite their good deeds feel no remorse for them when they end up in trouble?

New comment by pyaamb in "WhoBIRD is now deprecated on certified Android devices"

pyaamb — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 00:16:05 +0000

WhoDEV

New comment by pyaamb in "M5 MacBook Pro No Longer Coming in 2025"

pyaamb — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 23:35:36 +0000

which is why I was surprised to hear some reports that Apple was planning to abandon UMA in future chips. Can't imagine why they would do that

New comment by pyaamb in "Airbnb is in midlife crisis mode"

pyaamb — Wed, 14 May 2025 02:49:20 +0000

I think the issue is locals who are already property owners and long time local tax payers will have a greater say than newcomers on new developments in that area.

New comment by pyaamb in "Airbnb is in midlife crisis mode"

pyaamb — Wed, 14 May 2025 02:45:38 +0000

FWIW I'm fully behind you on more housing and an especially aggressive tax on entities owning multiple properties as investments.

New comment by pyaamb in "Airbnb is in midlife crisis mode"

pyaamb — Wed, 14 May 2025 02:07:46 +0000

As bad as they are I'd still want to have them around to keep hotel prices in check

New comment by pyaamb in "eInk Mode: Making web pages easier to read"

pyaamb — Thu, 17 Apr 2025 05:44:29 +0000

I wish apple would enter the eink device market. Would be a piece of cake for them and easy new revenue for the company if they even get it half right IMO