Hacker News: rhipitr

New comment by rhipitr in "Feds freaked over Fable 5 after simple 'fix this code' prompt, not jailbreak"

rhipitr — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:35:02 +0000

Isn’t the inverse of this “hack” really difficult to bypass still? They have the model some code they knew had certain security flaws and it fixed them with the right prompt. It seems this type of jailbreak requires that you already know a desired end state, rather than relying on the model to do the heavy creative lift work. Perhaps I’m just not being imaginative enough on the prompt side here though.

New comment by rhipitr in "US Government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5"

rhipitr — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 03:32:34 +0000

Depending on quantization I figure they need at least a p4 and likely a p5 EC2 (or similar instance in another provider) for a model with that many parameters. Maybe they are hosting on bare metal but I imagine not. Those instance types (assuming not using spot) are quite expensive to run.

New comment by rhipitr in "Ask HN: What are tools you have made for yourself since the advent of AI?"

rhipitr — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 23:11:15 +0000

A weight lifting app. I’ve paid for, and used, others over the years, but I always wanted to customize them in some way just for me. So, I just decided to create one the other day (used antigravity CLI) and I’m hosting it on Vercel as a PWA. I’m enjoying it so far and see a lot of potential with making hyper-personal software moving forward.

New comment by rhipitr in "The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves"

rhipitr — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 13:12:33 +0000

I’ve always wondered would most of us, used to modern conveniences, even last very long mentally in an apocalyptic situation (or even want to)?

New comment by rhipitr in "The super-rich ‘preppers’ planning to save themselves"

rhipitr — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 13:11:19 +0000

What if the prepper is on vacation when the apocalypse comes and they are nowhere near their stash and safe house?

New comment by rhipitr in "Amazon is not going to make a bid for Electronic Arts – sources"

rhipitr — Fri, 26 Aug 2022 12:03:36 +0000

If you haven’t seen Leon the professional, you definitely should

New comment by rhipitr in "My newsletter is making $2k per month with 7k subscribers – AMA"

rhipitr — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 01:25:31 +0000

How did you get initial traction for your newsletter?

New comment by rhipitr in "Matt King: Forever Our Wizard"

rhipitr — Wed, 27 Jul 2022 01:02:18 +0000

Went to the Santa Fe Meow Wolf and it is jaw dropping amazing.

New comment by rhipitr in "US Navy wirelessly beams 1.6 kW of power a kilometer using microwaves"

rhipitr — Sun, 24 Apr 2022 16:26:30 +0000

Would this inefficiency be acceptable if it’s transmitting power over rugged/impassable terrain?

New comment by rhipitr in "Transforming cities with superblocks"

rhipitr — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 02:58:16 +0000

Megacity 1?

New comment by rhipitr in "Four Secret Novels by Brandon Sanderson"

rhipitr — Wed, 02 Mar 2022 03:01:19 +0000

Way of Kings

New comment by rhipitr in "Kodi: An Open Source Home Theater System"

rhipitr — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:28:27 +0000

Is there not a getting started section on this page? After skimming the linked page and comments here, it seems to be very configurable in how it runs, but besides a community forum, is there just a general setup guide for a basic use case somewhere?

New comment by rhipitr in "But what about the bus factor?"

rhipitr — Sun, 05 Dec 2021 13:26:16 +0000

Does a code review provide the necessary time for someone unfamiliar with the code base to understand all of the business logic that will be affected and where this new addition sits within that hierarchy? Code reviews have never seemed contextually rich to me.

New comment by rhipitr in "Clinical trial shows that the use of Vitamin D supplement improves sleep quality"

rhipitr — Wed, 06 Oct 2021 12:25:39 +0000

I had been living in an area that’s particularly gloomy in the later fall and winter months. My wife had not been feeling great. At her regular checkup, my wife was prescribed ergocalciferol for a rather pronounced vitamin D deficiency. She said she felt like a new person after taking it.

New comment by rhipitr in "4 Year Compensation Packages Comparison"

rhipitr — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 03:41:49 +0000

Seems like location should be a toggle on this page as well, as I imagine that can contribute to a large variation in compensation figures (fairly or not).

New comment by rhipitr in "Uber, Postmates Agree on $2.65B All-Stock Deal"

rhipitr — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 03:29:56 +0000

I do not look forward to that kind of future. As someone who has worked in food preparation, meals are usually quite unhealthy because they are designed to taste great. I can’t imagine eating delivered meals daily is good for your long term health. You would be surprised that seemingly healthy food, when made at a restaurant, is often anything but.

New comment by rhipitr in "Gitlab phished its own work-from-home staff, and 1 in 5 fell for it"

rhipitr — Sat, 23 May 2020 14:14:14 +0000

The problem seems to me that companies and orgs want to send emails when it is convenient for them to do so (paystub ready, benefits enrollment open click here, etc.) but distribute the cognitive load to its employees/customers to figure out which emails are trustworthy and which emails are not. You eventually get trained to click on links in emails as a form of legitimate interaction.

https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/book.html

New comment by rhipitr in "Austria to make basic face masks compulsory in supermarkets"

rhipitr — Mon, 30 Mar 2020 12:26:04 +0000

Are there any companies in America mass producing basic cloth masks right now, or at least distributing them at scale?Trying to buy one online seems to be quite challenging right now (either back ordered from Amazon, or purchasing from Etsy are the only options I have found). To be fair, I have not searched too hard. I guess I can learn to sew as well.

New comment by rhipitr in "VxWorks now with C++17 and Rust support, alongside Ada and SPARK"

rhipitr — Thu, 10 Oct 2019 11:02:32 +0000

In my experience, front-end projects always seem to get more attention and visibility from product teams, and the business in general. This seems to happen even when it’s a nascent product that doesn’t make any money yet, and older, more boring systems responsible for large percentages of company revenue often get ignored. I’m not sure if this is related to pay in any way, but it definitely seems like the visibility of front-end apps, and being able to showcase them to wider audiences, doesn’t hurt.

Ask HN: How to control computer science wanderlust?

rhipitr — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 11:49:10 +0000

I didn't really know a better way to phrase this, but I am curious if anyone has a system for, or advice on, controlling wanderlust when it comes to technology or computer science knowledge. For me, I feel like this is more pronounced when I read hacker news and discover new, interesting articles & free text books about topics I find interesting. I place them in my "queue" with a "plan" to investigate and read later, but I usually make little headway towards this goal. It's probably a personal issue, as I tend to do this with books I want to read, shows I want to watch, places I want to visit, etc., but I just thought I would ask and see if anyone has any ways that have worked for them when dealing with this issue.

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