<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: ronfriedhaber</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=ronfriedhaber</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:34:39 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=ronfriedhaber" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ronfriedhaber in "Apple caught off guard by AI demand for Mac Mini and Mac Studio"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> Just provisioning a new instance and copying the relevant checkpoints and things can take 25 minutes.<p>Modal significantly improves this. Highly recommend.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 21:09:26 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49514864</link><dc:creator>ronfriedhaber</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49514864</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49514864</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[DB-Engines Ranking]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://db-engines.com/en/ranking">https://db-engines.com/en/ranking</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49435380">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49435380</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 15:01:43 +0000</pubDate><link>https://db-engines.com/en/ranking</link><dc:creator>ronfriedhaber</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49435380</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49435380</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We Need a New Science of Progress (2019)]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/we-need-new-science-progress/594946/">https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/we-need-new-science-progress/594946/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49399636">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49399636</a></p>
<p>Points: 4</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 13:38:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/07/we-need-new-science-progress/594946/</link><dc:creator>ronfriedhaber</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49399636</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49399636</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Popcorn: Democratized Fast Kernel Dispatching]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://blog.tilderesearch.com/blog/popcorn">https://blog.tilderesearch.com/blog/popcorn</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49353646">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49353646</a></p>
<p>Points: 5</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 22:25:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://blog.tilderesearch.com/blog/popcorn</link><dc:creator>ronfriedhaber</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49353646</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49353646</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by ronfriedhaber in "GPT-5.6 Sol Pricing Cut by 50% on OpenRouter"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Hard to estimate what enabled the price cuts, 
Yet OpenAI is doing some magic work, especially recently.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:39:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49343724</link><dc:creator>ronfriedhaber</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49343724</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49343724</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[OpenAI o1 System Card (2024)]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.16720">https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.16720</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49331025">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49331025</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:58:52 +0000</pubDate><link>https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.16720</link><dc:creator>ronfriedhaber</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49331025</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49331025</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Simulating Humans at Scale: Simile's Joon Sung Park [video]]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfhFmwcESRw">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfhFmwcESRw</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49318816">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49318816</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:44:18 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfhFmwcESRw</link><dc:creator>ronfriedhaber</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49318816</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49318816</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Predictions for the Era of Continual Learning]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/era-of-continual-learning">https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/era-of-continual-learning</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49296302">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49296302</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 09:08:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/era-of-continual-learning</link><dc:creator>ronfriedhaber</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49296302</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49296302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[RL Environments Explained: How AI Agents Learn Real-World Work [video]]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a00xIn5kwhM">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a00xIn5kwhM</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49274668">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49274668</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:10:14 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a00xIn5kwhM</link><dc:creator>ronfriedhaber</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49274668</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49274668</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Autonomous robots are much closer than you think – Sergey Levine [video]]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48pxVdmkMIE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48pxVdmkMIE</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49255068">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49255068</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:46:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48pxVdmkMIE</link><dc:creator>ronfriedhaber</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49255068</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49255068</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Composer 2 Technical Report]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24477">https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24477</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49240432">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49240432</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 07:24:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.24477</link><dc:creator>ronfriedhaber</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49240432</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49240432</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Find the Most Talented People on Earth (Tyler Cowen, 2025)]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/the-fives-rules-of-finding-talent">https://www.thefp.com/p/the-fives-rules-of-finding-talent</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49236009">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49236009</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 1</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 21:17:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.thefp.com/p/the-fives-rules-of-finding-talent</link><dc:creator>ronfriedhaber</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49236009</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49236009</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[AI Will Change What It Is to Be Human. Are We Ready? (2025)]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.thefp.com/p/ai-will-change-what-it-is-to-be-human">https://www.thefp.com/p/ai-will-change-what-it-is-to-be-human</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49229427">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49229427</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 2</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2026 08:03:20 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.thefp.com/p/ai-will-change-what-it-is-to-be-human</link><dc:creator>ronfriedhaber</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49229427</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49229427</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Anthropic Economic Index]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index">https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226008">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226008</a></p>
<p>Points: 4</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 21:19:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index</link><dc:creator>ronfriedhaber</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226008</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49226008</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Weak-to-strong generalization (GPT-4 Turbo was Pareto-SOTA)]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.forourposterity.com/weak-to-strong-generalization/">https://www.forourposterity.com/weak-to-strong-generalization/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49200715">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49200715</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2026 18:49:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.forourposterity.com/weak-to-strong-generalization/</link><dc:creator>ronfriedhaber</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49200715</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49200715</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The next generation of speculative decoding: DFlash and Spec V2]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://www.lmsys.org/blog/2026-06-15-next-generation-speculative-decoding-dflash-v2/">https://www.lmsys.org/blog/2026-06-15-next-generation-speculative-decoding-dflash-v2/</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49116159">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49116159</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:37:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://www.lmsys.org/blog/2026-06-15-next-generation-speculative-decoding-dflash-v2/</link><dc:creator>ronfriedhaber</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49116159</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49116159</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Host overhead is killing your inference efficiency]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://modal.com/blog/host-overhead-inference-efficiency">https://modal.com/blog/host-overhead-inference-efficiency</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49115964">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49115964</a></p>
<p>Points: 1</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:20:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://modal.com/blog/host-overhead-inference-efficiency</link><dc:creator>ronfriedhaber</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49115964</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49115964</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Is Flash Attention?]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://modal.com/blog/flash-attention-article">https://modal.com/blog/flash-attention-article</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49082402">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49082402</a></p>
<p>Points: 2</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 11:44:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://modal.com/blog/flash-attention-article</link><dc:creator>ronfriedhaber</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49082402</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49082402</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kimi Linear: An Expressive, Efficient Attention Architecture (2025)]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.26692">https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.26692</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49082022">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49082022</a></p>
<p>Points: 306</p>
<p># Comments: 133</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 10:52:30 +0000</pubDate><link>https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.26692</link><dc:creator>ronfriedhaber</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49082022</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49082022</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kimi K3 Running on AMD MI350X with SGLang]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Article URL: <a href="https://twitter.com/__tinygrad__/status/2081837010705420480">https://twitter.com/__tinygrad__/status/2081837010705420480</a></p>
<p>Comments URL: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49076151">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49076151</a></p>
<p>Points: 4</p>
<p># Comments: 0</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 22:14:17 +0000</pubDate><link>https://twitter.com/__tinygrad__/status/2081837010705420480</link><dc:creator>ronfriedhaber</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49076151</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49076151</guid></item></channel></rss>