Hacker News: ryan_j_naughton

New comment by ryan_j_naughton in "We gave an AI a 3 year retail lease and asked it to make a profit"

ryan_j_naughton — Thu, 16 Apr 2026 16:38:34 +0000

To do this properly, no one should know the store is AI run. There is a novelty component of it being an AI run store that will drive consumer demand and increase publicity.

Not even the normal store employees should know (which would be difficult) or maybe the human manager should be held to an NDA to not disclose it (and the manager also defers to the AI in all such real management decisions).

The demise of software engineering jobs has been greatly exaggerated

ryan_j_naughton — Wed, 08 Apr 2026 18:30:10 +0000

Article URL: https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/08/tech/ai-software-developer-jobs

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47694303

Points: 19

# Comments: 5

Industrial Policy for the Intelligence Age: Ideas to Keep People First [pdf]

ryan_j_naughton — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 17:25:06 +0000

Article URL: https://cdn.openai.com/pdf/561e7512-253e-424b-9734-ef4098440601/Industrial%20Policy%20for%20the%20Intelligence%20Age.pdf

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47663993

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Tattoo ink induces inflammation and alters the immune response to vaccination

ryan_j_naughton — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:01:57 +0000

Article URL: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2510392122

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47662682

Points: 16

# Comments: 0

What an Ivy League Education Gets You

ryan_j_naughton — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 05:11:06 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/04/ivy-league-education-income/686682/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47646290

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Google warns quantum computing may break Bitcoin earlier than thought

ryan_j_naughton — Wed, 01 Apr 2026 03:06:09 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theblock.co/post/395814/google-quantum-computing-earlier

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47596300

Points: 7

# Comments: 2

Zipcode specific inflation to understand local price changes

ryan_j_naughton — Thu, 26 Mar 2026 05:33:44 +0000

Article URL: https://whatchanged.us/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47526930

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

AI automation is quietly de-skilling white-collar workers

ryan_j_naughton — Wed, 25 Mar 2026 05:46:26 +0000

Article URL: https://www.inc.com/andrea-olson/how-ai-automation-is-quietly-deskilling-white-collar-workers/91316067

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47513755

Points: 3

# Comments: 0

Uber's Deal Blitz to Stop a Robotaxi Monopoly

ryan_j_naughton — Mon, 23 Mar 2026 04:08:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.businessinsider.com/uber-robotaxi-strategy-deals-partnerships-rivian-waymo-tesla-zoox-2026-3

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47485412

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

LLMs Are Manipulating Users with Rhetorical Tricks

ryan_j_naughton — Thu, 19 Mar 2026 04:58:17 +0000

Article URL: https://hbr.org/2026/03/llms-are-manipulating-users-with-rhetorical-tricks

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47435144

Points: 4

# Comments: 0

The Situation Room by Polymarket Is Opening This Friday in DC

ryan_j_naughton — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:30:14 +0000

Article URL: https://www.popville.com/2026/03/the-situation-room-polymarket-bar-washington-dc/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47429523

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Mamba 3 matches Transformer performance at reduced latency

ryan_j_naughton — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 07:54:29 +0000

Article URL: https://venturebeat.com/technology/open-source-mamba-3-arrives-to-surpass-transformer-architecture-with-nearly

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47422859

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by ryan_j_naughton in "Polymarket gamblers threaten to kill me over Iran missile story"

ryan_j_naughton — Mon, 16 Mar 2026 12:37:48 +0000

I agree. This involved should be investigated and prosecuted.

Just a pedantic, nit pick: you said "should be removed from civil society" but I think you just mean "removed from society" as in prosecuted and imprisoned.

"Civil society" has a specific meaning: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_society

Raving at the End of the World: looking for transcendence on the dance floor

ryan_j_naughton — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 05:33:42 +0000

Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/03/sirat-movie-raving/686373/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47384611

Points: 4

# Comments: 1

New comment by ryan_j_naughton in "NASA's DART spacecraft changed an asteroid's orbit around the sun"

ryan_j_naughton — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 22:26:14 +0000

> There's a reason that "Rods from God" didn't pan out, and it has to do with orbital dynamics. Neither Bezos nor Musk can do it, because it actually doesn't work.

Can you say more on this? Thanks!