Hacker News: samizdishttps://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=samizdisHacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:05:28 +0000<![CDATA[Chip stocks slide after Broadcom boss likens AI investing to 'casino']]>Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/13/chip-stocks-broadcom-ai-samsung-shares-cxmt

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50069667

Points: 4

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]]>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:50:48 +0000https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/oct/13/chip-stocks-broadcom-ai-samsung-shares-cxmtsamizdishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50069667https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50069667<![CDATA[AI models may soon self-replicate without access to data centers]]>Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/business/ai-models-may-soon-self-replicate-without-access-data-centers-anthropic-warns-2026-10-13/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50069333

Points: 40

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]]>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 10:08:18 +0000https://www.reuters.com/business/ai-models-may-soon-self-replicate-without-access-data-centers-anthropic-warns-2026-10-13/samizdishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50069333https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50069333<![CDATA[In "Musk," Alex Gibney Punctures Elon's Self-Mythology]]>Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/in-musk-alex-gibney-punctures-elons-self-mythology

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50027252

Points: 78

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]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:14:03 +0000https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/in-musk-alex-gibney-punctures-elons-self-mythologysamizdishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50027252https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50027252<![CDATA[The One Question I Can't Stand at Restaurants]]>Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/10/restaurant-phone-number-question/688926/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50025878

Points: 3

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]]>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:58:50 +0000https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026/10/restaurant-phone-number-question/688926/samizdishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50025878https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50025878<![CDATA[New comment by samizdis in "People who refuse to let their gadgets die"]]>https://archive.is/HQs1w

]]>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:30:31 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49966167samizdishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49966167https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49966167<![CDATA[People who refuse to let their gadgets die]]>Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/10/meet-the-upgrade-holdouts/688874/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49966137

Points: 3

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]]>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:28:21 +0000https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/10/meet-the-upgrade-holdouts/688874/samizdishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49966137https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49966137<![CDATA[Misophonia: When everyday sounds become unbearable]]>Article URL: https://phys.org/news/2026-10-misophonia-everyday-unbearable.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49964979

Points: 4

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]]>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:56:46 +0000https://phys.org/news/2026-10-misophonia-everyday-unbearable.htmlsamizdishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49964979https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49964979<![CDATA[Accept 'bad things' in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman]]>Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/05/sam-altman-open-ai-chatgpt-benefits-risks

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49964248

Points: 64

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]]>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:56:18 +0000https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/oct/05/sam-altman-open-ai-chatgpt-benefits-riskssamizdishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49964248https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49964248<![CDATA[New comment by samizdis in "I quit OpenAI because its culture is broken"]]>TBF, you can access the full (text) content of The Atlantic by merely disabling javascript. It's a quality publication, with quality writing. I'm inclined to think that its tech team are also quality people ... and I'd love to think that they are happy to allow free and open access to them that have the nous to enable or disable scripts.

The secret is to bang the rocks together, guys! :-)

]]>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 19:01:16 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49956791samizdishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49956791https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49956791<![CDATA[Powerful open model is set to shake up AI race]]>Article URL: https://www.axios.com/2026/10/04/reflection-open-weight-ai

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49955908

Points: 1

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]]>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 17:28:16 +0000https://www.axios.com/2026/10/04/reflection-open-weight-aisamizdishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49955908https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49955908<![CDATA[With most information hidden, the game Stratego had stumped AI–until now]]>Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/ai-finally-beat-the-best-stratego-player-in-history-and-did-it-on-a-budget/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49926787

Points: 7

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]]>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:37:52 +0000https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/10/ai-finally-beat-the-best-stratego-player-in-history-and-did-it-on-a-budget/samizdishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49926787https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49926787<![CDATA[Error-prone AI nearly sparked world war three [Timnit Gebru and Emily M Bender]]]>Article URL: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/01/forget-superintelligence-error-prone-ai-nearly-sparked-world-war-iii-this-month

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49919702

Points: 6

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]]>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:52:01 +0000https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/01/forget-superintelligence-error-prone-ai-nearly-sparked-world-war-iii-this-monthsamizdishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49919702https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49919702<![CDATA[New comment by samizdis in "Ask HN: What are you reading?"]]>Not sure whether this will "keep the brain working", but it definitely tied some knots in mine: The Space Trilogy [1], by C.S. Lewis, blends sci-fi with spirituality and classic mythology. The books should probably be read in sequence, as they follow the adventures of the same main character, but Lewis's almost fractal writing style in wildly trippy sections in the first two (which bear hallmarks from the New Testament's Revelations), exhausted me. The last book in the trilogy is worth reading in isolation; it deals with problematic uses of science (eugenics etc), government capture, media manipulation/propaganda, and also human psychology/power relationships etc. It also has its mystic/mythological stuff (Merlin of Arthurian legend is a character in the book), but what gave me cold chills was the creeping dystopian takeover of societal norms that certainly finds echoes in our modern world.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Trilogy

]]>Wed, 30 Sep 2026 15:10:01 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49910025samizdishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49910025https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49910025<![CDATA[Big AI's content problem: Take the work, keep the money]]>Article URL: https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/09/27/big-ais-content-problem-take-the-work-keep-the-money/5299007

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49875347

Points: 28

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]]>Mon, 28 Sep 2026 09:04:17 +0000https://www.theregister.com/columnists/2026/09/27/big-ais-content-problem-take-the-work-keep-the-money/5299007samizdishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49875347https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49875347<![CDATA[New comment by samizdis in "Open-weight models now carry 56% of production tokens and 14% of the spend"]]>Link yields a "Page not found".

]]>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 16:22:57 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49818456samizdishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49818456https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49818456<![CDATA[New comment by samizdis in "Spain orders blocks on Archive.today and its mirrors"]]>Thanks for that. It works really well for me ATM; long may it thrive.

]]>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 13:26:54 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49787025samizdishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49787025https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49787025<![CDATA[Destroying Humanity Is Against the Law]]>Article URL: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/ai-risk-criminal-law/688615/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49733270

Points: 5

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]]>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 21:29:09 +0000https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/09/ai-risk-criminal-law/688615/samizdishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49733270https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49733270<![CDATA[Deodands put a price on objects that caused death]]>Article URL: https://daily.jstor.org/how-the-railways-killed-a-medieval-law/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49731996

Points: 115

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]]>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 19:51:23 +0000https://daily.jstor.org/how-the-railways-killed-a-medieval-law/samizdishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49731996https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49731996<![CDATA[New comment by samizdis in "Nuclear Fusion's Moment of Truth"]]>https://archive.is/06qDp

]]>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:45:12 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49724086samizdishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49724086https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49724086<![CDATA[Nuclear Fusion's Moment of Truth]]>Article URL: https://www.ft.com/content/ef511d46-a689-4868-9654-15b96a71586d

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49724085

Points: 4

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]]>Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:45:12 +0000https://www.ft.com/content/ef511d46-a689-4868-9654-15b96a71586dsamizdishttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49724085https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49724085