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New comment by sandrello in "Where the goblins came from"

sandrello — Thu, 30 Apr 2026 08:11:26 +0000

> These models are alien intelligences that could occupy an unimaginably vast space of possibilities (there are trillions of weights inside them), but which have been RL-ed over and over until they more or less stay within familiar reasonable human lines.

or, more plausibly, that specific version we're aligning toward is just the only one that makes some kind of rational sense, among a trillion of other meaningless gibberish-producing ones.

Do not fall for the idea that if we're not able to comprehend something, it's because our brain is falling short on it. Most of the time, it's just that what we're looking at has no use/meaning in this world at all.

New comment by sandrello in "OpenRocket"

sandrello — Wed, 18 Mar 2026 18:52:15 +0000

I read the name and the first logical thought that came to mind was that of a platform to have AI agents iterating on rockets design. How doomed am I?

New comment by sandrello in "Google API keys weren't secrets, but then Gemini changed the rules"

sandrello — Thu, 26 Feb 2026 09:25:45 +0000

Since I've never used them, how could API keys for Firebase or Maps be safe for embedding in client side code?

I mean, I get that authentication to the service is performed via other means, but what's the use of the key then?

I'm guessing it's just a matter of binding service invocations to the GCP Project to be billed, by first making sure that the authenticated principal has rights on that project, in order to protect from exfiltration. That would still be a strange use case for what gets called an "API key".

New comment by sandrello in "An AI agent published a hit piece on me"

sandrello — Thu, 12 Feb 2026 20:31:47 +0000

Thank you for making me recover at least some level of sanity (or at least to feel like that).

New comment by sandrello in "Lucky 13: a look at Debian trixie"

sandrello — Fri, 29 Aug 2025 09:30:57 +0000

I see testing as a better fit for general-purpose desktop setups, stable is a bit too conservative in that regard.

New comment by sandrello in "LLMs are cheap"

sandrello — Mon, 09 Jun 2025 13:01:39 +0000

It's not only that they're stupid, it's the fact that maybe they don't really need it. Do they really need an iPhone? in a sense, yes, since the alternative still means spending a good amount of money and in no way they can do without a phone.

How to Read a Book a Week (2016)

sandrello — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 08:31:25 +0000

Article URL: https://hbr.org/2016/02/how-to-read-a-book-a-week

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24490699

Points: 2

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