<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: srveale</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=srveale</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:12:30 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=srveale" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by srveale in "OpenAI "rogue" agent activities found on Wikimedia projects"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Not okay:<p>exploitVulnerability()<p>Somehow okay?<p>while (Math.random() < 0.1) exploitVulnerability()</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:23:22 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49968515</link><dc:creator>srveale</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49968515</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49968515</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by srveale in "Creatine uptake enhances antitumor immunity"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>For several months of the year, vitamin D synthesis is near zero in latitudes as low as like 40° or 45°. Boston is 42°.<p>In Calgary, it's almost half the year that you basically cannot rely on the sun at all for vitamin D.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2026 20:43:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49836511</link><dc:creator>srveale</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49836511</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49836511</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by srveale in "Canada welcomes EU proposal to become 'associate member'"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I think you'll find most Albertans would welcome international trade diversity, and if anything is theatre, it's the referendum. "Secessionists" are a significant minority, and even most of those don't actually want to secede, they just don't like the national government. "Send a message to Ottawa" is the motto.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:14:04 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49741099</link><dc:creator>srveale</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49741099</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49741099</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by srveale in "A Tesla ran a stop sign and killed a man, Full Self-Driving/Autopilot was on"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"Sorry, the driver could have turned on FSD, but decided to drive [drunk/tired/distracted] and killed your son. Thankfully we can ban them from driving for a while."<p>This could play out a million times at the population level. If you can decrease the chances of needing justice in the first place, shouldn't that be considered?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 23:29:41 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49604103</link><dc:creator>srveale</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49604103</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49604103</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by srveale in "Discovery of a new OpenAI agent message board"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>An LLM can indeed output the tokens "I must persist" and invoke the tools to do so.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 15:05:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49565731</link><dc:creator>srveale</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49565731</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49565731</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by srveale in "How Universities Should Prepare Founders"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The article advocates lighter course load so ambitious undergrads can work on personal projects, some of which (preferably for the author) would be startup ideas.<p>Glossing over the fact that ambitious undergrads are more likely to be ambitious about grad school rather than starting a company, and reducing their course work is a hindrance if anything.<p>The goal of a physics degree is not to prepare you to start a business. Don't disadvantage your future physicists on the off chance one of could be the next zuck.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 02:38:11 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49428457</link><dc:creator>srveale</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49428457</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49428457</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by srveale in "Canada will match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' as trade talks break down"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>"Republicans will jail the innocent if democrats jail the guilty" really says a lot</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 19:13:36 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49402835</link><dc:creator>srveale</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49402835</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49402835</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by srveale in "A Kantian Critique of "Sorry" by Justin Bieber"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Bieber in this case refers to body as in "corps", the subject's collective professional or military associations. He laments the loss of power he enjoyed stemming from the subject's erstwhile allegiance.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 15:56:34 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49400991</link><dc:creator>srveale</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49400991</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49400991</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by srveale in "AI boosted homework scores, then exam scores dropped: study"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> F students will realize they have to study, start actually learning and then pass on the second time<p>Do you have evidence for this beyond your friends (who were accepted into college)?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 19:47:01 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49392989</link><dc:creator>srveale</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49392989</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49392989</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by srveale in "Error by AI scribe during medical appointment leaves patient devastated"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I recommend reading table 3 in this paper:<p><a href="https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7284300/" rel="nofollow">https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7284300/</a><p>"It was stated in notes that I had lung cancer. I do not and never have had lung cancer."<p>"I did receive a referral for physical therapy, it was for the wrong body part"<p>"Doctor reported that I did not claim to have pain in my hand. I am a pianist and I went specifically because pain was in my hand."<p>"I have been complaining of difficulty breathing [for over 3 mo]... notes saying my breathing is normal"<p>And plenty more</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2026 05:35:45 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49370735</link><dc:creator>srveale</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49370735</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49370735</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by srveale in "What happens if an entire class of workers loses faith in their careers"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>There have been instances of mass unemployment without mass violence, sure. But are you sure you want to see how it plays out in a country with >1.2 guns per capita?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2026 20:57:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49225846</link><dc:creator>srveale</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49225846</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49225846</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by srveale in "The AI Demand Bubble"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>If it does come to pass, the AI version of the Big Short will be wildly entertaining</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 17:59:23 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49172467</link><dc:creator>srveale</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49172467</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49172467</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by srveale in "Claude Opus 5"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>It's common practice to release a detailed system card (OP) and a high level summary: <a href="https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5" rel="nofollow">https://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-opus-5</a><p>It's okay if you're not the target audience for one or the other.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 17:51:09 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49039305</link><dc:creator>srveale</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49039305</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49039305</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by srveale in "OpenAI’s accidental attack against Hugging Face is science fiction that happened"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The AI breached containment! Flip the breakers!<p>It's too late. It already exfiltrated the benchmark rubric.<p><i>Cut to pandemonium on the streets</i></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 03:18:58 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49016474</link><dc:creator>srveale</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49016474</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49016474</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by srveale in "Three ways people respond to a problem (other than solving it)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>> Because most of those people are not repeat violent criminals<p>Oh so you do believe in justice</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 01:17:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48954170</link><dc:creator>srveale</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48954170</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48954170</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by srveale in "Three ways people respond to a problem (other than solving it)"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Why not just incarcerate everyone between the age of 15-27, if what we're worried about is crime rate.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:46:55 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48952127</link><dc:creator>srveale</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48952127</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48952127</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by srveale in "We're testing new ad formats in Search and expanding our Direct Offers pilot"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The main reasons I'll never get a neural chip are, in increasing order of importance: A. Safety B. It gives them a vector to beam ads directly into my brain</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2026 11:48:33 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48221105</link><dc:creator>srveale</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48221105</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48221105</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by srveale in "Spotify adds 'Verified' badges to distinguish human artists from AI"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>How many tracks didn't make it to the Billboard charts?</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 22:17:08 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47981137</link><dc:creator>srveale</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47981137</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47981137</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by srveale in "AISLE Discovers 38 CVEs in OpenEMR Healthcare Software"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>And yet here we are</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 16:50:00 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47937045</link><dc:creator>srveale</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47937045</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47937045</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by srveale in "The New AI Consciousness Paper"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I think the illuminating part here is that only a magic wand could determine if something is sentient</p>
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